Home-based care cuts make no sense
Recent cuts to home-based care services in Southland have caused great distress for the elderly. A Grey Power […]
Politics
Southland excluded from regional cancer treatment package
People in the south are dying because of delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment. But recent actions from […]
Queenstown economist Benje Patterson announces Southern DHB candidacy
13 August 2019 Media release for immediate use Invercargill-born economist, and Queenstown resident Benje Patterson has announced his […]
Short electoral cycle breeds inexperience and conservatism
New Zealand’s short three-year parliamentary term is an impediment to meaningful policy implementation. Politicians have a fire under their bum to get stuff done fast. There is no time for new politicians to learn the ropes and, consequently, policy-on-the-fly becomes the modus operandi.