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The tricky job of electoral reform
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The tricky job of electoral reform
In the last sitting week of the year Parliament passed a grab bag of law reforms, some of which could be consequential in next year’s election.
Editorial
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Health targets miss bullseye
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Health targets miss bullseye
With election year looming, the government has some way to go to convince voters our creaking public health system has turned a corner.
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A damnable drip-feeding of data
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A damnable drip-feeding of data
Like a ghastly dance of the seven veils, the United States Department of Justice has been slowly, painfully releasing the contents of its files on Jeffrey Epstein.
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A welcome Christmas cracker
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A welcome Christmas cracker
Let credit be given where credit is due.
Christmas and the stories we forget
Christmas and the stories we forget
Each December comes a familiar pageant.
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Finally, some progress to report
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Finally, some progress to report
Southern health facilities have provided a stream of bad news stories for many years due to their inadequacy, disrepair and lack of capacity.
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Court correcting Corrections
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Court correcting Corrections
This time last year we were writing for the umpteenth time about the Department of Corrections thumbing its nose about calls for it to treat all prisoners according to the law.
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Mobility cuts may strand the disabled
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Mobility cuts may strand the disabled
Scrooge would have been proud. It was an announcement, less than 10 days before Christmas, to cut transport subsidies for New Zealand’s least mobile citizens.
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Politics and money
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Politics and money
Politics and money have always been uneasy bedfellows.
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NCEA decision delay
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NCEA decision delay
The delay of final decisions on proposed changes to the national secondary school qualifications may not be enough to allay teachers’ misgivings about them.
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Good news for Surrey St residents
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Good news for Surrey St residents
Wherever you live there are always annoyances, as there are in every aspect of our lives.
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Empty feeling after Bondi killings
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Empty feeling after Bondi killings
The vast, monumental emptiness yesterday at Sydney’s normally densely crowded Bondi Beach spoke volumes.
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Prevention better than cure
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Prevention better than cure
The information in the State of Cancer report released last week was not all doom and gloom, but it highlights how much work there is yet to do.
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Land of the free, don’t forget
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Land of the free, don’t forget
"Welcome to the United States. If you are here, it’s either because you’ve said nice things about our beloved President Donald Trump or we didn’t manage to find anything nasty or incriminating...
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You had better shop around
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You had better shop around
"Try to get yourself a bargain, son, Don’t be sold on the very first one," Smokey Robinson and The Miracles sang on their breakthrough hit Shop Around.
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Long way to go on RMA reform
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Long way to go on RMA reform
It is too early to tell whether the reality of the proposed replacements for the Resource Management Act will match the hoopla around them.
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Why be surprised by heat and fire?
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Why be surprised by heat and fire?
Every evening on the television news, a peculiar game plays out.
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Peace on earth
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Peace on earth
They call football the beautiful game, but its ugly side was openly on display in the early hours of Saturday morning (New Zealand time).
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Fast track fiasco
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Fast track fiasco
The indecent speed with which the government is pushing through yet another piece of controversial legislation, the Fast-track Approvals Amendments Bill, is concerning.
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Retirement village changes a good start
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Retirement village changes a good start
The advertisements promise a halcyonic experience and wonderful life to come.