The following article appeared in the Otago Daily Times, on Wednesday 3 February 2010, in response to an article by Dr Mathew Zacharias entitled Patients’ rights trampled in drive for equality and ongoing talk about user pays models at the Dunedin Public Hospital.
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by admin on February 22, 2010
A small mention here at Tumeke for my comments today about our Prime Minister who craves to see the warm and friendly hand of charity extended to the dispossessed.
John Key is a confused man. He wants a British “honours” system, an American “generosity” system and presumably a Burmese employment system to pay for it all.
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by admin on March 18, 2009
The view advanced by Chris Trotter that there is no alternative for socialists in New Zealand but to support the Labour Party is both mistaken and destructive. It will cramp political debate, encourage the right wing, and lead to a further decay of progressive political aspirations. In an MMP environment, and at a time when global capitalism has been shaken to its core, the left should be advancing, not retreating.
by admin on January 4, 2009

My new election blog for 2008 is online. I’ll be posting on this for the duration of the campaign – see you there.
by admin on September 14, 2008

I have been selected to stand for the Alliance Party in the 2008 general election for the Dunedin North electorate.
More information as it comes to hand. I haven’t decided yet to blog on my campaign on my old election blog or just keep it all here.
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On the theme of things “eco”, George Monbiot sums up recent thoughts rather nicely here.
He also manages to pin down the blindingly obvious with this post on Unions and the Labour Party in the UK. Some parallels to be drawn with our free trade pushin’ Government?
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by admin on August 16, 2007
Last Tuesday night, it was impossible to get a seat at Tim Flannery’s lecture at Otago University on climate change. It attracted an overflow crowd. I haven’t read his popular books yet but look forward to it, as I have just got the Weather Makers out of the library.
Read more on Tim Flannery and the new eco-conservatism…
by admin on August 10, 2007
My friend Jack Yan just posted a thought provoking article about globalization and the relationship between economy, business and society on his blog.
Jack is speaking at an open to the public session later this year at the Alliance Party conference in Dunedin on these very topics – and based on his above article, it should be well worth catching.
Read more on Jack Yan on the downsides and upsides of globalization…
by admin on August 6, 2007