Greg Bond
@docgregb.bsky.social
Squeaky wheel.
Older, but still not right.
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📍Pōneke, Aotearoa NZ
Older, but still not right.
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📍Pōneke, Aotearoa NZ
Hard to disagree.
IMO, all it would take for a broader discussion about the corruption that takes place & how it’s defined (or how it should be defined) in NZ, would be for the country to drop say 10 places in a couple of those “least corrupt countries” lists.
IMO, all it would take for a broader discussion about the corruption that takes place & how it’s defined (or how it should be defined) in NZ, would be for the country to drop say 10 places in a couple of those “least corrupt countries” lists.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Hard to disagree.
IMO, all it would take for a broader discussion about the corruption that takes place & how it’s defined (or how it should be defined) in NZ, would be for the country to drop say 10 places in a couple of those “least corrupt countries” lists.
IMO, all it would take for a broader discussion about the corruption that takes place & how it’s defined (or how it should be defined) in NZ, would be for the country to drop say 10 places in a couple of those “least corrupt countries” lists.
For an article already festooned with advertising & cookies about unseemly business practices: demanding I sign in - apparently so your company can “engage with [me] more deeply” - feels icky.
Give me an option to pay a sub, with no tracking cookies, & minimal ads, then I’ll sign up.
Give me an option to pay a sub, with no tracking cookies, & minimal ads, then I’ll sign up.
November 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
For an article already festooned with advertising & cookies about unseemly business practices: demanding I sign in - apparently so your company can “engage with [me] more deeply” - feels icky.
Give me an option to pay a sub, with no tracking cookies, & minimal ads, then I’ll sign up.
Give me an option to pay a sub, with no tracking cookies, & minimal ads, then I’ll sign up.
Due to our unique blah blah blah, that could never work in New Zealand, sorry.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Due to our unique blah blah blah, that could never work in New Zealand, sorry.
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I personally favour a properly well-funded public healthcare system which generously funds Māori and other communities’ own providers.
Whilst that remains elusive, we shouldn’t be chastising people for meeting an otherwise unmet need: we can’t wait for jam tomorrow.
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Whilst that remains elusive, we shouldn’t be chastising people for meeting an otherwise unmet need: we can’t wait for jam tomorrow.
End.
November 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I personally favour a properly well-funded public healthcare system which generously funds Māori and other communities’ own providers.
Whilst that remains elusive, we shouldn’t be chastising people for meeting an otherwise unmet need: we can’t wait for jam tomorrow.
End.
Whilst that remains elusive, we shouldn’t be chastising people for meeting an otherwise unmet need: we can’t wait for jam tomorrow.
End.
…needing to see a specialist.
Not to mention those who could never afford it in the first place.
Both systems disadvantage Māori, our seniors and low-waged people - funnily enough, the people who are often more likely to need to access healthcare.
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Not to mention those who could never afford it in the first place.
Both systems disadvantage Māori, our seniors and low-waged people - funnily enough, the people who are often more likely to need to access healthcare.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
…needing to see a specialist.
Not to mention those who could never afford it in the first place.
Both systems disadvantage Māori, our seniors and low-waged people - funnily enough, the people who are often more likely to need to access healthcare.
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Not to mention those who could never afford it in the first place.
Both systems disadvantage Māori, our seniors and low-waged people - funnily enough, the people who are often more likely to need to access healthcare.
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OTOH we have a health insurance market that’s either cost-prohibitive or puts up exclusionary hurdles to care (‘pre-existing conditions’).
I’ve lost count of people shortly past retirement who’d cancelled their private health cover due to unaffordable escalating cost only to find themselves …
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I’ve lost count of people shortly past retirement who’d cancelled their private health cover due to unaffordable escalating cost only to find themselves …
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November 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
OTOH we have a health insurance market that’s either cost-prohibitive or puts up exclusionary hurdles to care (‘pre-existing conditions’).
I’ve lost count of people shortly past retirement who’d cancelled their private health cover due to unaffordable escalating cost only to find themselves …
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I’ve lost count of people shortly past retirement who’d cancelled their private health cover due to unaffordable escalating cost only to find themselves …
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I really struggle with seeing a public healthcare system that’s been so poorly resourced that for many people, the services just don’t exist, or people end up waiting interminably for the care they need.
This goes for waiting hours in the ED as much as for waiting a year to see a specialist.
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This goes for waiting hours in the ED as much as for waiting a year to see a specialist.
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November 2, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I really struggle with seeing a public healthcare system that’s been so poorly resourced that for many people, the services just don’t exist, or people end up waiting interminably for the care they need.
This goes for waiting hours in the ED as much as for waiting a year to see a specialist.
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This goes for waiting hours in the ED as much as for waiting a year to see a specialist.
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I really shouldn’t criticise National’s messaging here - they deserve to have it backfire on them spectacularly.
But a $900k bach?
In this economy?
Half the population barely afford rent, let alone saving up the deposit for a shitty shoebox apartment.
And they’re wanging on about owning a bach?
But a $900k bach?
In this economy?
Half the population barely afford rent, let alone saving up the deposit for a shitty shoebox apartment.
And they’re wanging on about owning a bach?
October 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I really shouldn’t criticise National’s messaging here - they deserve to have it backfire on them spectacularly.
But a $900k bach?
In this economy?
Half the population barely afford rent, let alone saving up the deposit for a shitty shoebox apartment.
And they’re wanging on about owning a bach?
But a $900k bach?
In this economy?
Half the population barely afford rent, let alone saving up the deposit for a shitty shoebox apartment.
And they’re wanging on about owning a bach?
I’d settle for even $20bn for rail: you’d get a half-decent intercity network for that.
Put the rest into cycleways, new ferries & port infrastructure (lol), bus lanes in our cities, a network of regional bus routes and, why the heck not?, better road maintenance.
There’d still be change left over.
Put the rest into cycleways, new ferries & port infrastructure (lol), bus lanes in our cities, a network of regional bus routes and, why the heck not?, better road maintenance.
There’d still be change left over.
October 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I’d settle for even $20bn for rail: you’d get a half-decent intercity network for that.
Put the rest into cycleways, new ferries & port infrastructure (lol), bus lanes in our cities, a network of regional bus routes and, why the heck not?, better road maintenance.
There’d still be change left over.
Put the rest into cycleways, new ferries & port infrastructure (lol), bus lanes in our cities, a network of regional bus routes and, why the heck not?, better road maintenance.
There’d still be change left over.