Finance Minister Grant Robertson speaks to media after his pre-Budget speech in Auckland on Monday. Becoming a qualified doctor in 1988, Vyas said he now treats children from all over the country with rare, complex and severe lung diseases. He sees the effects of child poverty and said kids get a “very, very bad deal” because of it. “I look after kids with a condition called bronchiectasis. It is a disease that is absolutely affected, influenced, driven, aggravated by all the various markers of poverty – food, security, smoke exposure, and cold, damp housing.” Vyas described the state of mental health services in New Zealand as a “crisis”.
Monday, 10 May 2021, 10:50 am
What has a pay freeze got to do with a universal public
health system? Actually quite a lot. Health systems,
especially public hospitals which handle the more complex
and urgent cases that the rest of the system can’t fix,
are by their very nature labour intensive. Overwhelmingly
delayed or denied access to public hospitals are due to
workforce shortages of at least one occupational
group.
To the extent that pay impacts on workforce
morale, retention or recruitment it also impacts on the
accessibility, quality and effectiveness of a health system.
This is no more the case than for medical
What has a pay freeze got to do with a universal public health system? Actually quite a lot. Health systems, especially public hospitals which handle the more complex and urgent cases that the rest of the system canât fix, are by their very nature labour intensive. Overwhelmingly delayed or denied access to public hospitals are due to workforce shortages of at least one occupational group.
To the extent that pay impacts on workforce morale, retention or recruitment it also impacts on the accessibility, quality and effectiveness of a health system. This is no more the case than for medical specialists.
The late John McCombe: Legendary snapper and a tremendous all-round guy
9 May, 2021 09:21 PM
11 minutes to read
John McCombe relaxes at home in Whangamata in 2015. McCombe left Christchurch after the 2011 earthquakes. Photo / NZH
John McCombe relaxes at home in Whangamata in 2015. McCombe left Christchurch after the 2011 earthquakes. Photo / NZH
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Former Christchurch Star photographer John McCombe, regarded as an institution among this country s news snappers, died at his home last week, aged 75. Former colleague Dave Cannan, assisted by several past workmates, compiled this tribute to their old friend . . .
John McCombe was a superb, award-winning photographer. But he wasn t one to attend ceremonies to receive the trophies. And nor did he hang his best photos on the walls of his home. Those spaces were reserved for pictures he admired – but taken by others.
Chris Leitch: A social solution to the giant money merry-go-round
6 May, 2021 05:28 AM
4 minutes to read
Few of Richard Prebble s claims about Social Credit policy are actually correct, argues the writer. Photo / NZME
Few of Richard Prebble s claims about Social Credit policy are actually correct, argues the writer. Photo / NZME
NZ Herald
OPINION:
I suppose I should thank Richard Prebble for promoting Social Credit - except that few of the claims he makes about Social Credit policy or its economic views are actually correct. The one correct claim he made about Social Credit is that one aspect of its policy is to make use of the Reserve Bank capacity to create credit and supply it to the Government at zero interest. His former party, Labour, used the Reserve Bank to fund the building of 30,000 state houses when it first came to power in the 1930s.