Public health doctors say Simeon Brown is meddling in the submissions they can make and it's having a "chilling effect".

Doctors and health experts should be free to do their job without being micro-managed by Simeon Brown.

It’s past time Te Whatu Ora Health NZ returned to transparent governance and replaced the destructive Lester Levy with a board. Here’s what I wrote to Minister Simeon Brown on how we could approach this constructively together for the good of our health system.

National needs to take responsibility for the job cuts and hiring freeze they’ve imposed and admit it’s putting people in danger. If a hospital needs a cancer specialist, they shouldn’t have to wait around for National’s sign-off while patients suffer.

The sheer number of resignations in health leadership point to one thing: that they’ve been directed from the top. Christopher Luxon seems to have a low tolerance for diversity of thought and is pushing out people whose advice he disagrees with. This decision takes New Zealand backwards.

Te Anau BBQ tradition - throwing the icebreaker on when the weather changes at 7pm.