Also research shows neither Academies or Free Schools (uk charter schools) actually produce better results, and often are worse. This has been reported by BBC and Tortoise Media. Tortoise Media has done a great in-depth podcast .

Telehealth is not helpful if you break a bone, have a heart attack or asthma attack (ans 1 in 7 children and 1 in 8 adults have asthma)

@historyaotearoa.bsky.social relevant your particular interest in all things Semple

Just putting this “The faster you go, the bigger the mess” New Zealand Transport Safety ad here for no particular reason at all. Nope, can not think of a single reason Also content warning: people may have forgotten how grim this campaign was youtu.be/v_AMEYsBxZA?...

The Bigger the Mess

YouTube video by Toestubber

Their repetition of “government’s blanket speed ban “ is infuriating beyond belief!! So maddening. The decision sat with local councils (who largely engaged with communities)

Also Countdowns Johnsonville (both of them. Build above the mall, damnit) and Newtown. Tbh, probably many supermarkets up and down the country.

Ah, thank you!! I was telling someone about this but couldn’t really where it was. This is Also what New World Thorndon and New World Chafers should be!!

Great to see this published, about the govt’s ‘needs base’ he’s directive. “Ethnicity, especially Māori ethnicity, is the strongest predictor of avoidable deaths, even after adjusting for deprivation and rurality. “ www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3504...

There are just too many examples, and across every sector 😣

New Zealand has a major problem with “short-termism”. Building for the now rather than the future because “costs”. The thing is, that actually ends up costing us more down the road. Case in point, Wellington Regional Hospital