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Showing posts with label Ele Ludemann. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ele Ludemann. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Ele Ludeman: Do you want govt between you & your GP?

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Labour’s policy to fund three GP visits for everyone has been criticised for many reasons, including that it would overwhelm already overstr...
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Sunday, April 19, 2026

Ele Ludemann: Open letter to National MPs

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Dear National MPs, Your party members, the ones who support events, fundraising and you, hate disloyalty and leaks. Voters punish both.
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Monday, March 30, 2026

Ele Ludemann: Incompetence or worse?

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Derek Cheng writes : Chris Hipkins says he never got the ‘unnecessary risk’ advice on teens and Covid vaccine. This Cabinet paper shows othe...
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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Growth vs grab

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It ought to have been a good week for Labour in breaking its policy drought. It wasn’t. The Future Fund failed by leaving a gaping hole with...
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Monday, October 27, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Widespread weather woes

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A friend from Southland told us last Wednesday that this spring was worse than last year’s. He’d had a good lambing percentage but day after...
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Partisan problem

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There’s a partisan problem with some unions. In an interview with PPTA president Chris Abercrombie on Wednesday morning Ryan Bridge asked if...
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Friday, October 24, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Stop tolerating intolerance

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The sign outside the airport lounge implored people to treat staff with good manners and respect. I’ve seen similar signs in hotels, restaur...
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Sunday, October 19, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Lots of little bits saved add up

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The Broadcasting Standards Authority received $859,000 from the government in the year to June last year . The previous year it received $7...
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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Ele Ludemann: If violence is answer

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This is a very red flag : A new Taxpayers’ Union-Curia poll reveals worrying levels of support for political violence across the political s...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Ele Ludemann: What’s not said

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The first of the hostages held by Hamas are being released as I write this. The news that President Trump’s negotiation for a ceasefire and ...
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Sunday, October 12, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Don’t stop with Chorus

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The government is considering selling the securities it holds in Chorus : The Government is exploring ways to free up capital locked in its ...
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Saturday, October 11, 2025

Ele Ludemann: First steps closer

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The first steps towards peace in Gaza are closer: Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palesti...
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Friday, October 10, 2025

Ele Ludemann: In need of confidence

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Yesterday’s announcement of a 50 basis point official cash rate reduction will ease pressure on households and businesses. That ought to pr...
Thursday, October 9, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Local democracy is broken

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The headline says local election votes significantly up from 2022 : Voting numbers so far for this month’s local body elections are signific...
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Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Ele Ludemann: The benefit burden

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The superannuation burden as the aging population grows gets far more attention than the benefit burden. The alternative to aging is death a...
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Common sense on earthquake risk

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The government is applying common sense to building regulations on earthquake risk : The earthquake-prone building system will be refocused ...
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Friday, September 26, 2025

Ele Ludemann: Right focus

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Dr Anna Breman, the First Deputy Governor of Sweden’s central bank, has been appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank . . . . She ...
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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Ele Ludemann: It would be much easier

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It would be much easier to have sympathy for the calls to free Palestine and end the suffering in Gaza if the people making them acknowledge...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2025

Ele Ludemann: “Appropriate” is the operative word

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Plans to allow visitors 24 hour access to family members where appropriate is not universally supported : . . .NZ Nurses Organisation kaiwh...
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Monday, September 22, 2025

Ele Ludeman:

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Where are the protests? Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, girls and women have been subjected to increasing loss of rights. They ...
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