Love all your work Mountain Tui, some of the best I have read. Keep up the hard mahi - without your work I would truly feel lost. Thank you for the ‘light’ in my day.
More stunning policy moves from this genius government - sack half the health IT staff then expand video health calls. I suppose it will be necessary to employ IT consultants to build and maintain this expanded video health call system.
And we all know "privatised companies" will cost US the taxpayer more $$ than paying employees (who incidentally don't need to "learn" the system so are already more valuable & efficient in the role 🥹)
Tui, you've nailed it again. These guys are as thick as two short planks. It would delight me if they all walked a short plank. But, please, as a live-a-board sailer, not over the sea. We've got enough crap floating around here already. Perhaps a very deep ravine would suffice
They are extremely similar in ideology especially with the help of Seymour, with the exception of the added tech broligarchy with their Yarvin Ideology.
While we all truly appreciate the impressive results of your “too many long nights and days” the inevitable impacts on you are worrying. So, we would also appreciate your scheduling in some outdoor relaxation and fun into your life before you need medical assistance yourself. This weekend off maybe, Tūī?
So well written. I'm an IT professional and was working for a health charity just when the pandemic hit. We were working with hospitals and creating a cutting edge solution that would be a world first to help cancer patients. We hit all sorts of problems due to the segmented nature of the NZ health system, so when Andrew Little announced his reforms I knew how important they were and what a huge difference they would eventually make. I'm anxious all the time now, knowing how the coalition is shredding the health sector to pieces in order to privatise it. And Simeon Brown was the last straw for me. I also have a child with a rare disorder and have spent more time than most in hospitals. Over the course of last year, Auckland hospitals declined so badly and the workers looked so stressed. This is just awful. ACT had it in their policies that they wanted to privatise hospitals. I tried to tell my electorate and was told not to worry and they'd elect Brooke van Velden anyway. I wonder if they worry now?
It's my fear that investors are lining up to scoop up NZ's public health service, as soon as it finally succumbs sufficiently to death by a thousand cuts.
So first up, this government invents non-existent crisis in government spending (caused by wicked Labour). This has ‘forced’ it to release the dogs - austerity measures - almost tantamount to classic 'structural adjustment'. Sorry, NZ, you’ll have to bite a lot of bullets and lose a lot of privileges.
And no, there isn’t a golden future at the end of this for ordinary people here.
That’s for just a few.
If a move to privatise health starts to roll out though, will NZers have the balls to rise up and say No ? People have wanted to privatise the UK NHS for a long time, but opposition has stopped it happening. Our public health system is a jewel that could never be replaced.
😱 I used to think a 4yr term of govt was a good idea (when we had a sympathetic bunch of politicians in power & an awful Opposition) but I shudder to think how much more harm this lot could do if they didn't have to have an eye to the election in 2026 😱 - at least 2 x3 yr terms (IF the worst happens 🤮) is better than 2 x 4 yr terms 🤷
That's really well summarised. The other thing people need to realise is that the $5000 insurance policy (as Seymour likes to quote) will be 10 times that amount in a privatised world and you can forget getting a policy if you have a congenital illness. We must fight to keep public health, public. 💚
Love all your work Mountain Tui, some of the best I have read. Keep up the hard mahi - without your work I would truly feel lost. Thank you for the ‘light’ in my day.
Thank you for saying that. I appreciate it right back.
More stunning policy moves from this genius government - sack half the health IT staff then expand video health calls. I suppose it will be necessary to employ IT consultants to build and maintain this expanded video health call system.
Great point Andrew, as always.
I assume they're going to rely on privatised companies to save them but the whole thing smacks of incompetence and marketing over substance.
And we all know "privatised companies" will cost US the taxpayer more $$ than paying employees (who incidentally don't need to "learn" the system so are already more valuable & efficient in the role 🥹)
100% but that doesn't seem to be what they care about - it seems to be more about personal enrichment, ideology and power, unfortunately.
Tui, you've nailed it again. These guys are as thick as two short planks. It would delight me if they all walked a short plank. But, please, as a live-a-board sailer, not over the sea. We've got enough crap floating around here already. Perhaps a very deep ravine would suffice
Unbelievable really! Do they bdlieve they belong to the Trump Musk team, behaving in a similar way. Thanks for you work.
They are extremely similar in ideology especially with the help of Seymour, with the exception of the added tech broligarchy with their Yarvin Ideology.
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Absolutely smashing out the facts and connections - nailing it Mountain Tui.
Laying things out bare for all to see.
It is truly stark. Thank you!
😷🙏 Thanks Amy
Privatisation is their goal. Its simple. They dont give a s...t
Thank you for your mahi, much appreciated.
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While we all truly appreciate the impressive results of your “too many long nights and days” the inevitable impacts on you are worrying. So, we would also appreciate your scheduling in some outdoor relaxation and fun into your life before you need medical assistance yourself. This weekend off maybe, Tūī?
Sounds good :-) Thanks Lesley - it's more the toxicity and misinformation I read as I strive to exit the echo chambers, its sheer power does weigh.
So well written. I'm an IT professional and was working for a health charity just when the pandemic hit. We were working with hospitals and creating a cutting edge solution that would be a world first to help cancer patients. We hit all sorts of problems due to the segmented nature of the NZ health system, so when Andrew Little announced his reforms I knew how important they were and what a huge difference they would eventually make. I'm anxious all the time now, knowing how the coalition is shredding the health sector to pieces in order to privatise it. And Simeon Brown was the last straw for me. I also have a child with a rare disorder and have spent more time than most in hospitals. Over the course of last year, Auckland hospitals declined so badly and the workers looked so stressed. This is just awful. ACT had it in their policies that they wanted to privatise hospitals. I tried to tell my electorate and was told not to worry and they'd elect Brooke van Velden anyway. I wonder if they worry now?
Yes I'm with you, Victoria
It's my fear that investors are lining up to scoop up NZ's public health service, as soon as it finally succumbs sufficiently to death by a thousand cuts.
I’m sure that this isn’t the only advisor tipping off clients on this government’s intentions https://www.dlapiper.com/-/media/project/dlapiper-tenant/dlapiper/pdf/insights/2024/dla-piper-nz-ict-emerging-trends-report-dec24.pdf?rev=004f012cf75d4b19a02644936fa19bc1. Open to PPPs – this means open to PPPs.
People are suffering meanwhile, and this is shocking. But the big scary element for me is how this is playing out just exactly to formula - - and where it leads. And this from the New Zealand Medical Journal no less! www.nzma.org.nz/journal-articles/neoliberalism-what-it-is-how-it-affects-health-and-what-to-do-about-it. The whole story is expressed at the top of page one in really simple terms.
So first up, this government invents non-existent crisis in government spending (caused by wicked Labour). This has ‘forced’ it to release the dogs - austerity measures - almost tantamount to classic 'structural adjustment'. Sorry, NZ, you’ll have to bite a lot of bullets and lose a lot of privileges.
And no, there isn’t a golden future at the end of this for ordinary people here.
That’s for just a few.
If a move to privatise health starts to roll out though, will NZers have the balls to rise up and say No ? People have wanted to privatise the UK NHS for a long time, but opposition has stopped it happening. Our public health system is a jewel that could never be replaced.
This really matters.
😱 I used to think a 4yr term of govt was a good idea (when we had a sympathetic bunch of politicians in power & an awful Opposition) but I shudder to think how much more harm this lot could do if they didn't have to have an eye to the election in 2026 😱 - at least 2 x3 yr terms (IF the worst happens 🤮) is better than 2 x 4 yr terms 🤷
Ditto. The next 14-15 months is already going to be too long
That's really well summarised. The other thing people need to realise is that the $5000 insurance policy (as Seymour likes to quote) will be 10 times that amount in a privatised world and you can forget getting a policy if you have a congenital illness. We must fight to keep public health, public. 💚
It is enough to make you sick!