There is an externality to imports which isn't factored in.. so it could make the market more efficient.
But some people get " really rich" from the status quo so it doesn't happen (similar to how the carbon tax was torpedoed in Australia).
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There is an externality to imports which isn't factored in.. so it could make the market more efficient.
But some people get " really rich" from the status quo so it doesn't happen (similar to how the carbon tax was torpedoed in Australia).
From reading the article it seems China’s ever-expanding coal usage (burning) had very little to do with it exporting rubber bath toys to NZ.
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‘Although China is one of the biggest investors in wind and solar, anxious leaders called for more coal-fired power after economic growth plunged and shortages caused blackouts and factory shutdowns. Russia’s attack on Ukraine added to the anxiety that foreign oil and coal supplies might be disrupted.
At a conference in Beijing, Frans Timmermans said that while China is forging ahead with plans to expand its use of renewable resources such as wind and solar energy, the country has also been constructing an ever-growing number of coal-fired plants in the past few years.
“And that seems to be in a contradiction and it is in contradiction,” said Timmermans. “But at the same time, I do understand the anxiety caused by potential blackouts.”’
Panda, China ended its one Child policy back in 2016.
LNF, So the US has twice the carbon emissions per capita that China does. They have so much more they could be doing.
It's difficult for developing nations with such big populations to not dramatically increase their fossil fuel usage. It's a lot easier for already developed nations such as the US, European and of course NZ needs to play its part.
What infuriates me is although Labour is attempting to address this, their policies have been poor. Gas is an excellent alternative to coal for instance. Less cows is the obvious answer not only for emissions but our soils & waterways.
But they need to be supporting farmers to transition and also supporting alternatives such as sheep farming & the wool industry. Great to hear on the wireless that the sheep milk company is growing rapidly. This is the sort of going NZ needs more of. Innovation.
China's problem is that while the official policy was dropped, couples are still not having more babies for a complex mix of reasons. China's demographic imbalance will see its population plummet, possibly by as much as 50% by 2050. In the short term this is irreversible. There are simply not enough women of child bearing age to change it. Effectively as an economic super power, China's days are numbered. Perhaps 12-15 years at best.
The problem for everyone else is China's likely political instability as the slide gathers pace.
This is interesting. The gender ratio in China by age bracket. The average is 104 men to every 100 women. But in the last 20 years its more like 114 men to every 100 women.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/...-by-age-group/
And another armed robbery with the store owner injured, this time in Hastings.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police...M5434INIT56VE/
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Nah, when China plans to burn another 300 million tonnes of coal on top of the 2 billion tonnes they already burn, then trying to force our handful of farmers to ‘transition’ is nothing less than puerile harassment by sadly indoctrinated ignoramuses who think that we can ‘save the planet’ by doing something here in NZ.
Try to imagine someone dumping 200 tonnes of coal in your backyard.
Now imagine the pile is 300,000 tonnes of coal.
Now imagine a million tonnes of coal.
Now imagine 30 million tonnes of coal.
Now imagine 300 million tonnes of coal.
Now imagine 2 billion tonnes of coal.
Now imagine 2.3 billion tonnes of coal.
Now imagine that whole lot going up in smoke this year, and the next year, and the next year, and the next year, and the next year & so on and so forth.
Meanwhile Sameer on the ANZ genuinely thinks he’s ‘saving the planet’ by turning the bathroom light off….
Agree with you 100% on non-pollution of waterways, and farmers address that now through riparian planting and fencing off streams and drains etc. Other than that, leave our farmers alone. Cow numbers peaked and have declined. Leave them alone. Let them earn crucial foreign exchange and maybe we’ll keep our credit rating.
The idea of some urban non-productive type cruising to the beach in their gas guzzler while fuming about a hard working farmer (exporter) is quite honestly sickening. Let’s fix our polluted cities and the situation of human faecal waste constantly washing up on Auckland’s unswimmable beaches before putting the boot into our rural communities yet again.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-pl...KC2TJSJDEA7M4/
‘Five vehicles ram raided a Thames shopping centre overnight causing “significant damage” and forcing some shops to close today.
Goldfields Shopping Centre manager John Freer said vehicles drove through the front doors about 2am smashing through one side of the centre and out the other.
He said it “smashed” a set of doors inside and damaged the vape shop and computer kiosk before driving out the other entrance by “smashing through the doors”.
Police Detective Senior Sergeant Kristine Clarke said five vehicles were used to gain entry through commercial premises on Mary St in Thames and were “driven carelessly through the premises”.
Police were called after multiple alarms were activated about 2.10am.
“Significant damage was caused, and an unknown amount of goods and money were stolen,” she said.’
Farmers are just the whipping boys (and girls) for 4,445,853 (as per 2021 figures) urban dwelling New Zealanders who are all farting, defecating, eating, drinking, and driving their vehicles hither and tither on our roads while angrily pontificating about the farmers who grow their food and bring in the foreign exchange which goes some way towards alleviating our horrific balance of payment deficits.
Farmers are expected to be ever so ‘umble and spend all their time apologising to the urban majority who seem to resent their existence of this earth.
Meanwhile you get the shocking hypocrisy of James Shaw and his entourage flying halfway around the world to attend a climate change conference, Chloe Swarbrick living in Auckland and flying to Wellington and back every week, and the young climate activist who lectured people about non-essential travel and then got caught out flying off on a lovely family holiday to Fiji.
And yet our waterways are still not swimmable in many instances, let alone drinkable. Nitrate levels are creating a health hazard and cancer risk that Europe acknowledges at much lower levels than we are prepared to hear.
If everyone has your attitude then nothing gets done. There are many ways we could reduce our emissions without causing economic harm.
The bill taxpayers are & will be paying to clean up the environmental mess of the farming industry will far outweigh the cost of doing something now. Funny those on the right don't like welfare unless of course it's corporate welfare.
In your latter post you complain about those polluting cities driving their guzzlers etc. A bit of hypocrisy there regarding the Rights view on subsidising EVs. Of course our cities can do better, however they house by far the majority of the population in a comparatively small space. 97% of our fresh waterways are outside of cities. Nice diversion tactic though, although a bit simplistic.
Blackcap, yes the metal health issues occurring in farming is a sad indictment of the industry. The Government is the easy scapegoat, when really, many farmers aren't enjoying modern farming which has become more like factory production rather than a country lifestyle. This is driven by production is King, more milk, more fertilizer, more antibiotics, more palm kernel, intensive winter grazing so they and their cows are constantly in mud/cow ****e soups.
Intensive farming has been pummeled into farmers by the fertilizer companies, industry bodies & banks and the cost of production has gone through the roof as a result.
I bet ya those practicing regenerative and more sustainable farming are enjoying what they are doing far form. Looking after their land, lowering costs, lowering production and looking after their animals.
You must have ignored the part where I said farmers are busy with riparian planting and fencing off waterways.
But I understand that castigating our farmers is your pressure release valve, your little contribution to the virtue signalling effort which helps you sleep more soundly at night.
Meanwhile, in Auckland…..
https://i.stuff.co.nz/auckland/auckl...ged-for-sewage
Eleven Auckland beaches black flagged for sewage
Karanama Ruru
11:58, Jan 27 2023
‘Eleven Auckland beaches have been black flags due to wastewater overflow, according to Safeswim.
Mission Bay, St Heliers, Okahu Bay, Te Tiana, St Mary's Bay, Taipari Strand, Chapman Strand, Beach Haven, Herne Bay, Home Bay and Point England are all affected.
Wastewater overflows occur when wastewater, or sewage spills out from gully traps, manholes, engineered overflow points or pump stations. It then flows into backyards or waterways as well as the sea.
“Overflows are more common in wet weather, but they can happen in dry weather if pipes are blocked or damaged,” Safeswim said.’
This artificial urban - rural divide is a political tool for National anyway.
"War on farmers"... There is no divide, we're all NZers and row the same boat :)
There was no war until National declared there was one on their website.
Farmers were forced to fence waterways & plant riparian strips. Many since have bought into it which is great. But at the time the law was introduced there was a major push back from industry bodies such as Federated Darmers & that was despite the Government funding (corporate welfare) that was made available. These waterways are the same places they farmed & had their cows in streams for decades. Land they drained to create more farmland so much so that NZ has lost 90% of its wetlands.
Planting riparian strips helps but doesn't prevent nitrates getting into the water tables, it also doesn't prevent run off in heavy rain. You are dreaming if you think riparian planting is all that is required.
You obviously missed the part where I said the Cities need to do their part. However the challenges cities face doesn't let farming off the hook.
I live in a rural area, I am looking out the window at calves right now. I'm not anti farming that is done well but there are too many who don't give a crap and the Industry bodies fight every change at any opportunity.
The degradation of our rural environment in the last 30 years says otherwise.
But don't take my word for it, read tge evidence. Here is a short summary report with 68% of tests failing the ecoli level for safe drinking.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/487815/concerns-sobering-freshwater-report-will-fail-to-trigger-needed-reforms
‘Our Freshwater 2023 is a joint report from the Ministry for Environment and StatsNZ that looks at the pressures on freshwater across the motu.
It found agriculture, forestry and urban expansion were big stress points, as were in-water activities like dams and stopbanks that break up ecosystems.’
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-ba...CTLGDEWA75LPM/
Pascoes Napier jeweller targetted in daytime robbery
Welcome to Labour's land of out of control scum and lawlessness ..
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-ba...FZWKMKPMTQB7M/
Five youths aged 11 to 14 arrested after Napier dairy ram raid
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Police arrested five youths aged 11 to 14 after spiking a stolen vehicle allegedly used in a ram raid on a Napier dairy.
The Manna Family Mart on Marine Parade was broken into during the early hours of Tuesday morning.
The store’s owner said icecream, chips and soft drinks were taken and thousands of dollars of damage was done to the store during the ram raid.
Binu Thomas earlier said his shop had been broken into more than once and the offenders were usually youths.
The stolen vehicle that had been used in the burglary was spotted by a police patrol overnight Tuesday in central Napier.
Who is ultimately on the paying end for damage etc done by these out of control lawless little prats ?
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/fanati...BXJDTGBIMXE4I/
‘Fanaticism’ driving 30km speed limit for Whakatāne towns
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“Waka Kotahi are showing a level of fanaticism and idealism that I am not convinced is going to yield significant results. They are trying to reduce deaths and injuries to zero in the cheapest way possible, by slowing us down to a snail’s pace.”
Sounds like yet more retarded inwards navel gazing coming from the Waka of Roading C*ckups & Stupidity
now devoid of it's most glaring example of a stupid disgraced Ministerial Parrot ;)
Lawlessness, daylight robberies and wanton violence against defenceless women - that’s the state of law & order in NZ after 5.5 years of this useless Labour government.
But NZers are told that it is safer out there by #4 police minister in 1 year.
@#!^# Ardern & Hipkins
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cri...s-in-her-skull
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/watch-...LPHVWZX24WGGQ/
Watch: Thames five-car ram raid: Thieves steal vape shop’s entire stock worth $150,000
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Dramatic video footage shows the moments a vape store owner was left at least $150,000 out of pocket after a five-vehicle ram raid at a Thames mall overnight.
The mall manager described the heist as ”like something out of a movie”.
The vehicles were driven through the front doors about 2am and smashed through one side of the centre and out the other.
The footage shows a car ramming into the Vape Vice Co. in the middle of the mall and driving off. A person is seen climbing over the counter before people in the background can be seen kicking glass cabinets.
At least six people frantically grab products while several jump back and forth over the counter, passing goods to those on the other side.
At one point, a person leans over the counter near the computer while everyone continues to grab products from shelves and cabinets, running out of shot with the goods before returning to grab some more.
More people then climb over the counter and go through all the cabinets and shelves, passing goods back to those on the other side.
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Vape Vice Co. Thames owner Kevin Carroll told the Bay of Plenty Times it was the fifth ram raid in three months across his six stores in the North Island: two in Ta Rapa in Hamilton, one at Victoria St in Hamilton, and one in Te Awamutu.
Two of his stores were boarded up waiting for roller doors and other security measures.
“I’m absolutely so sick of this,” he said.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cyclon...BD3ODREKOCWJ4/
Cyclone Gabrielle: Twyford residents don’t feel safe returning even after rebuild green light
And onto Labour's Waka of Incompetent Cyclone Fix-up C*ck-ups ;)
How many hopeless temporary losers did Govt put in the hotseats as Ministers on this
and elsewhere before each got deposed to be replaced by the next ? ;)
No wonder things are moving so slowly and this sort of thing is coming out ..
Stop banks back to pre Cyclone standards or not ? What is that going to stop
if further incidences of worse occur in future ? ;)
Quite clearly the improved standard of defences appear to be lost on the Councils, & will probably
get lost in noise .. until it appears again next time ;)
Who was responsible for not upgraded & maintained to higher standards before the Cyclone
when they should have known of increased risks ?
Are they dumb stupid as well as blind - and get off with a quick band aid, little improvement ? ;)
Clearly neither Govt nor Local Govt can be trusted to even plan for future proofing - when this
is repeatedly seen and all the puppets in the room run away shaking their heads each time
a worse event occurs ..
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rebels...PCJWABBHY3TWQ/
Rebels gang member used threats of violence to extort cash from victim caught wearing rival’s colours
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Rebels MC captain Robin Edwards menacingly assured his victim that failure to pay the price for wearing a rival’s colours on their patch would result in violence or even death.
“Don’t be a smart c..t,” Edwards told his target.
“I will take you and shoot you and you won’t be seen again.”
Edwards appeared before Judge Justin Marinovich in the Whanganui District Court on Monday for sentencing on a charge of non-aggravated robbery, by threats.
He pleaded guilty to the charge, which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years imprisonment, after receiving a sentencing indication in April.
Another of Comrade Kelvin & Labour's poor disadvantaged harmless kids being dealt with by the Beak ;)
Perhaps the Beak should be made aware that Labour have decreed these unfortunate examples are allowed to have their own Street Laws and the other Laws only apply to everyone else usually minding their own business ;)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...CDLJLRGSOROEM/
What Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was told about Michael Wood’s inability to sell his airport shares by Cabinet Office
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Cabinet Secretary Rachel Hayward said it was “highly unusual” for Labour MP Michael Wood to continue to have shares in Auckland Airport despite being told repeatedly to sell them.
She also said the “difficulties in getting traction on the issue” called for the involvement of the Prime Minister’s chief of staff, which usually resolved the issue - but in Wood’s case, it had not.
Hayward’s insights were included in a letter she wrote to Prime Minister Chris Hipkins apologising for not informing him earlier of the issues with Wood, his shares and the several interactions he had with the Cabinet Office telling him to sell them. The most recent was in March this year, after Hipkins’s tenure at the top had begun.
Hayward’s letter to Hipkins, released to the Herald, is dated June 7, a day after a story in the Herald revealed the potential conflict of interest involving the then-Transport Minister and his airport shares.
Wood was stood down from the transport portfolio, and sold his shares his shares two days after the Herald story came out.
He assured Hipkins that he had nothing else hiding in the closet, but then resigned as a minister two weeks later after further shareholdings and potential conflicts of interest emerged that he had failed to adequately manage. He remains the MP for Mt Roskill.
More smoke & mirrors to try to submerge Woody Woodpecker's Share disclosure antics ;)
Lots of highly unusual things going on right under Chippy's nose - aren't there ? ;)
What other things with a high pong are lurking under pews of the other peacefully sleeping front bench ?
Cant blame any past sale date burned sausage rolls for any of this .. :)
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...M27G2DQT2TYK4/
Mortgage pain: Four major banks hike home loan rates
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Four major banks have now moved to lift their home loan rates this week, heaping more pressure on mortgage holders.
With Love from Labour, Robbo & RB Chief Spoon Stirrer - Adrian Orrsome
Enjoy - Boy's and Girls .. it's another of Labour's Free Gifts, but you'll save SFA with this one :)
They really want you all to know what pain & suffering feels like ..
Just remember .. it's election year, so all your screams will be ignored.
It was free after all :)
Last week, Newshub asked Auckland Minister Carmel Sepuloni just how bad the crime was in her city.
"Oh I wouldn't say it's bad at all," the Deputy Prime Minister said.
Watch the video and ask yourself what sort of country NZ has become :
Cowardly scums of the earth using hammers to attack defenseless woman - that's the society bequeath by @#%@&# Ardern and Hipkins as police minister.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...KHS34Q7QXEQJA/
"The “reckless” attack by hammer-wielding offenders on two people at an Auckland dairy caught on camera last night has been revealed, as police continue to search for the perpetrators.
Two people were seriously injured in the attack - the wife of the dairy owner and a customer - after the Mt Roskill store became the latest target of an aggravated robbery at around 4.30pm yesterday.
Security footage of the attack shows two men enter the Jyotis Dairy on Mt Albert Rd in Mt Roskill between 4-5pm.
One man ran behind the counter and swiped his hammer at the woman, the wife of the store owner who was minding the shop at the time."
5 vehicles smashing through the Goldfields Shopping Centre is just the latest atrocity perpetrated by out-of-control marauding criminals. Labour and our media want to paint the crime wave as something concocted out of thin air; a National Party beat up to ‘play politics with law and order in election year’. Cartoons and articles are produced to reinforce this message, while the likes of Carmel Sepuloni blithely claim that what is transpiring is all pretty ho hum…New Zealand has apparently always been a place where ram raids are a daily norm.
Labour and the Greens and the media know who the real evil doers are: the descendants of ‘colonialists’, wealthy New Zealanders, and the hated farming sector.
I'm more NZF aligned on the issue, tough on crime but also provide an acceptable alternative (work that pays decently where you don't cancel public holidays & stop minimum wage hikes).
Both sides of the current argument on the crime issue will fail.
The ‘quality’ of Labour’s COVID response :
Half a billion dollars, $500,000,000 (yes, $500m) of over-ordered RAT tests in stock and expiring month by month.
This Labour government is not fit to kiss a donkey’s backside when it comes to making sound economic decisions.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...H2GNI5OP6ZBRQ/
But Cindy said "Test, test, test". At the time she was throwing medical practitioners under the bus for following her policy of restricting tests due to previous under ordering.
Well, they weren't going to fall into that trap again were they? What the heck, squander $500m in taxpayer funds. Let's do this!
Hipkins blew $200 million just on admin costs for the dunderheaded polytech mega-merger, and another $500 million on a mountain of RAT’s that no-one will ever use, yet I see Labour questioning how National will find $280 million to put towards a 3rd medical school to be created in Hamilton.
Obviously Labour are taking a scorched earth approach and trying to ensure that a National led government finds the cupboard is bare when they take office.
But it must be really disappointing for fervent Labour supporters to see the party of “Let’s do this !” standing against progress and more homegrown doctors & nurses.
Labour had already announced a policy literally the day before National to increase not only the number of doctors, but nurses & other Healthcare workers. It's obvious the next day National had a knee jerk reaction and thought they needed to respond. So regurgitated an old policy that no one believed then or does now.
Can't deny the waste you mention though. Beyond ridiculous.
How long has it taken the current mob of idiots to wake up to there being a very large problem ? ;)
Remember that Little was portraying a Health system that was managing, when obvious media reports were
coming through regularly that all was not well :)
The fact he got kicked sideways into the less visible Defence portfolio from Health in itself should send
a very good message on things to all ..
Did someone kick the new Fill-in's chair with screams of 'Election Year - some feel good excuses of something happening needed' ? ;)
The current Health Shambles (along with other Ministerial Portfolios now in similar shambles) will be all too obvious to all out around the country .. No amount of spinning or Verral feeding BS out now will change that or past inaction while Little was asleep in the chair .. It's too late ;)
You can see the defeatist attitude of Labour supporters. Apparently nobody believes a 3rd medical school can be set up. It seems the real ‘knee jerk’ response in all this is the Labourites instant dismissal of a potentially transformative solution.
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‘Dr. Jo Scott-Jones, Pinnacle's clinical director, emphasises the significance of a third medical school as one of many solutions needed to address a dire problem.
The workforce situation in primary care is desperate. Doctors are under immense pressure, often having to prioritise their patients' wellbeing at the expense of their own."
Statistics from the RNZCGP reveal that 90 percent of doctors surveyed in 2022 agree the system forces them to make personal sacrifices.
Scott-Jones says as the demand for doctors continues to rise, the burden on the healthcare workforce intensifies, with professionals departing from practices. He highlights the potential domino effect resulting from the loss of a single general practitioner in a small community, adversely impacting surrounding practices and hospitals.
“The proposed third medical school, with its unique approach to graduate entry and community-focused training, holds the potential to be a transformative solution to the acute medical workforce shortage.”’
More commentary that will no doubt anger the “Let’s not do this!” brigade….
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/waikato-n...NPB2KCVV4L5SE/
‘Waikato leaders are welcoming National’s plans to develop a third medical school for New Zealand at the University of Waikato in Hamilton if the party wins the election in October.
Leader Christopher Luxon announced National’s health policy in Hamilton on Wednesday , saying a National Government under his leadership will open a medical school in Waikato to boost the number of doctors.
“National will also increase the number of medical school placements at Auckland and Otago by a total of 50 from 2025. This will be in addition to the 50 extra places already funded in Budget 2023. Together, this will see an additional 220 doctors graduating a year by 2030, compared to just 50 more under Labour’s plan.”
Waikato Chamber of Commerce chief executive Don Good applauded National’s policy announcement saying he was thrilled to see the party’s commitment to addressing our “dire shortage” of doctors, GPs, and those practising in rural outposts.’
Team “Let’s not do this!” will be shaking with rage over all the positive comments….
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‘University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor Professor Neil Quigley said a third medical school was a “fundamental step” towards addressing the health workforce needs and reducing “our chronic reliance on importing our health workforce from overseas”.
“We consistently made the case for investment in a third medical school ... We are committed to establishing a medical school based here in the Waikato region but with partners in other parts of New Zealand, as well as to build a full range of allied health programmes.”’
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...LSQKUYX434PSA/
Forget about election bribes - this Government has spent all the money
Where all the Money been squandered and wasted by your clueless mob - Robbo ? ;)
Even Labour MP’s support the 3rd medical school, despite all the poo pooing coming from the gaggle of “Let’s no do this!” negative Nellies.
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‘Labour MP for Hamilton East Jamie Strange says his view on the new medical school has been consistent. “As a local MP, I support the establishment of a third medical school based at Waikato University, I always supported it. I advocated for it [in the past] but I haven’t been successful.”
“[The school] would need to work closely with the government and industry professionals to make sure that there are jobs for the students once they graduate.”’
When you keep people healthy via free prescriptions and affordable preventative healthcare they won't need expensive medical care.
Further evidence of the WONDERFUL state of our Health System:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/elderl...F2BTWQIVLQF4I/
Elderly woman’s surgery one of four cancelled in one day at Wellington Hospital as health sector pressure builds
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An 81-year-old woman languishing on an operating wait list for the past year sat hungry and cold for two and a half hours expecting hernia surgery only to be told it was cancelled because the hospital was too busy.
Helen Hennessey of Lyall Bay has also been on the waiting list for hip and shoulder replacements for the past year.
“I’m in agony. I have the most horrific pain in my groin and down my leg. Of course, my shoulder is sore - I can’t reach, can’t stretch, so to walk is pretty horrible,” she told the Herald.
She was one of four patients who had surgeries cancelled at Wellington Regional Hospital on Tuesday as the health system once again comes under pressure this winter.
Who was the Minister of Health who said everything was managing fine .. not so long ago ? ;)
This is not an isolated case either
Not going to do much for queues waiting waiting waiting is it ?
So in your imaginary world Free prescriptions and preventative care prevents more serious ? ;)
Pull the other one :)
Have you asked whether the local Chemist has something for free to fix a broken IQ and selective blindness ? ;)
When you consider NZ already has too many tertiary institutions with overlapping courses (for our population) which has resulted in the mess a number find themselves in now, with huge budget shortfalls & needing bailouts, it does seem the announcement of a new medical school at Hamilton is pure politicking & another ill conceived knee jerk policy response to a problem.
Of course Waikato university want it to boost their standing & there's even speculation around a deal with the eye watering $1million in consultancy fees the university has paid ex Nat Minister Stephen Joyce, & Luxon's announcement.
But it's not as though a new medical school in Hamilton will turn out doctors who can go straight into the work force.
Far far better & more efficient & better return for tax payers to increase funding for more placements at existing medical schools esp Auckland.
Helen Clark must be deeply ashamed and disgusted that the current incompetent mob have not paid
much attention and left the Education System & Uni's her Govt went to great lengths to encourage
and build, to fall into rack and ruins - a disgusting neglected shadow of what it previously was, courtesy
of the meddling and fumbling of the current mob of Labour idiots ;)
Never thought I’d see Labourites (faux) angry over the prospect of more doctors. The message from the Unions & party hierarchy is clear: “Oppose every initiative - let’s not do this!”
Cuba's Healthcare probably works far more efficiently than what is seen here
Must be the reason why Comrade Little wanted a British style NHC Shambles here instead
which has proven that a larger Empire doesn't work and only inspires more lies required from
the top to cover a greater shambles created and why it's not delivering ;)
Must be fairly good reason why Little got given the boot from Health Portfolio .. which
Labour now have to carry the can for covering up on it not delivering and huge cost.
We already have a bloated Cuban style Govt sector -- how many have the current mob added to Public t*t here in just 5 or so years in employment villages up and down the country ? ;)
With all the bells and whistle thrown on top - no wonder there is very little in the tin now :)
Plenty of money available for flash new whānau-centric courthouses, but none for medical schools. Typical of this wasteful and wrong-headed government.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-pl...PQTXHOGDM2EGE/
‘The Government has confirmed $208 million in funding to build a new courthouse in Tauranga.
The current courthouse is served by two linked buildings. The Cameron Rd building is leaky and “too expensive to fix” while the other, McLean House, is outdated, a Ministry of Justice press release said.
As part of the estimated $208m redevelopment, the Cameron Rd building would be decommissioned, and a new courthouse building built on the corner of McLean, Willow and Monmouth Sts.
This was across the road from McLean House, which would be refurbished as part of the project, the press release said.
The number of courtrooms would increase from 10 to 13, including provision for High Court criminal trials to return to Tauranga, rather than be heard in Rotorua or Hamilton. This would minimise the extra travel burden placed on victims, whānau and lawyers resident in Tauranga.
The press release said it was in the final phases of designing the courthouse. The design would will reflect Te Ao Māori values and concepts including Hohou te Rongo, which was about resolution and restoration of balance.
It would also include whānau-centric spaces, where people could work with participants and their whānau to support, restore and facilitate.
“We would like to acknowledge the contribution of Te Kāhui Hapū o Te Papa - representatives of Ngāi Tamarāwaho, Ngāti Tapu, Ngāi Tūkairangi, Ngāti Hē, Ngāi Te Ahi and Ngāti Ruahine - we have worked together to help ensure the new courthouse will meet the needs of the Tauranga community.”’
https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/132...ear-of-closure
Prices set to rise as retailers battle high costs and fear of closure
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Prices will continue to rise in the next three months as almost 60% of retailers fail to meet sales targets and others fear closure within the year.
The latest Retail Radar report from Retail NZ found many of the challenges that retailers reported last quarter had continued into the winter months, with inflation, increasing wage costs and retail crime proving stubborn.
Almost 60% of retailers did not meet their sales targets over the past three months, which was up from 44% in the previous quarter, Retail NZ’s chief executive Greg Harford said.
“Much of the same outlook continues for the next three months, with half of all retailers not expecting to meet targets again in the third quarter of 2023.”
Thanks Labour - As many thought was coming - All Consumers going to suffer more Wallet Sting courtesy
of your clueless economic management ;)
but Guess who is likely to score a severe dose of backside hurt in October ? ;)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/pol...-ahead-of-nato
Live: PM to give foreign policy speech ahead of Nato
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The Prime Minister is delivering a speech on foreign policy, ahead of his trip to Lithuania for the Nato summit and less than a week after his trade trip to China.
Have to make most of FREE overseas trips before Travel Gravy Train come to abrupt halt ;)
Also must make impression while away .. so don't forget to demonstrate How Opening the Legs keeps Covid away .. then they won't forget who you are ;)
You miss the point entirely.
If you want the smartest, quickest most efficient increase the number of doctors coming out of our medical schools, it's simple, increase funding for more places at Auckland & Otago.
NZ now has a significant problem with too many tertiary institutions competing against each other for the size of our population.
Medical schools require huge levels of subsidising from taxpayers, so we don't want 3 schools competing against each other when a smarter policy is to increase the number of placements available in our 2 schools.
Building another medical school, with all the academic scaffolding needed to turn House officers into doctors who can work independently without supervision & Specialists, just down the road from Auckland medical school & hospital, is copying a broken model.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...DFFHYNHVCXHZA/
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins confronts Nanaia Mahuta ‘haranguing’ in speech on China and world affairs
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Prime Minister Chris Hipkins addressed head-on reports that his Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta received a “haranguing” at the hands of her Chinese counterpart Qin Gang, in a March meeting this year.
Reports of that conversation, published in The Australian, leaked out shortly before Hipkins’ trip to China last month.
In his first major foreign policy speech as prime minister, Hipkins addressed the issue head on.
“Reports emerged just before my trip of a robust conversation between our Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta and the Chinese Foreign Minister,” Hipkins said.
“You might have noticed we didn’t deny that,” he said.
So it didn't happen .. and Mahuta just got put into the backroom Broom Cupboard for a little Nap instead ? ;)
and the Aussies must have just been imagining they saw some dirty water instead ? ;)
Likely story - Chippy - spin us another one ;)
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/wai...nd-new-zealand
Housing sign-off saga affects more than 1000 properties around New Zealand
Looks like a slight Housing C*ck Up - Boys and Girls ;)
Is Megan Housebuilder still sound asleep like a fallen log or revising the forward tallies further downwards ? ;)
Someone best wake her up on another huge Crisis and Red Tape shambles headed her way :)
Also unwinding the polytech reforms, each of our regions much have their own set of wasteful administrators.