As those who are in positions of power decide how the Government is going to look like over the next three years, all those of us miles away from power can do is sit and ponder about what we think should be at the front of their lobes. I thought I would start with a quote from Norm Kirk which … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 20 October 2020
Election campaign: The wrapper around the Sunday Times this morning says it all “Time to get moving. Labour’s historic landslide means the hard work has just begun”. …and so say all of us. I’m not sure whether its just me. But the past election campaign hasn’t been about ideas much. It’s … [Read more...]
Garry writes 29 September 2020
This week I had a really enjoyable coffee session with a Chartered Accountant discussing our study of the CDHB and what needs to be challenged. It was a real pleasure to spend time with a man who has had considerable experience with medical finance as a professional, but who also combined his … [Read more...]
Garry writes 22 September 2020
During the week Spinoff published an interview with an amazing young woman, AIGAGALEFILI ‘FILI’ FEPULEA’I-TAPUA’I, who lives in South Auckland. She is referred to as “Fili” in the article. I hope she does not peak too early, which I have seen so many times with young able people. I really liked what … [Read more...]
Garry’s Thoughts 15 September 2020
The first election campaign I was involved in was in 1978. I had signed up as a Labour Party member in 1976 and joined the Labour team in the Lyttelton electorate. Thus, commenced a commitment to the Party, and to politics, mostly as a Party hack for years, and finally running out of excuses on … [Read more...]
Garry writes 8 September 2020
This week I witnessed the best produced cv I have ever seen. This was the public cv of David Meates. He doesn’t need to write anything about his career for any future job application. He just needs to produce a photo of the guard of honour which was informally organised for him as he left for his … [Read more...]
Garry writes 25 August 2020
This week I haven’t been able to think about much other than the disaster which is occurring at the CDHB. Having a chance to listen to Sir John Hansen on Tuesday night didn’t settle my concerns. Time and again I turned my mind to what a friend wrote to me some weeks ago that we are dealing with … [Read more...]
Garry writes about CDHB
A good mate of mine text me the other day. He was commenting on David Meates being pushed out of CDHB. His comment was “here is a great example of ethics being pushed aside by economics”. To this I would add, bad economics. How long, South Island New Zealand, will we remain at the mercy of … [Read more...]
Garry Writes 4 August 2020
On Jim Mora’s programme on Sunday morning Jim discussed data results, with Research NZ managing partner Emanuel Kalafatelis, about NZers views on people who perform various roles in our society. High on the popularity list are people who perform the role in the fire service, ambulance staff, … [Read more...]
Garry’s musings 28 July 2020
It appears that people are really concerned that we support those in our community who have been made vulnerable by Covid 19. I have had really wonderful responses from all sorts of people who read about the research which was conducted by the Wayne Francis Trust on employment programmes. This … [Read more...]
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