Andrew Bydder: How to Fix Our Councils (Part Five and Final)

Hamilton City Councillor Andrew Bydder has written a lengthy and detailed article for the Good Oil to help readers concerned about our local councils to get prepared for the next LGNZ elections. This is part five and the final. [Ed.]

PART E – HOW DO WE MAKE THE CHANGE?

“Somebody has to start, so it may as well be you.”

Guy Hatchard: How Many Mistakes Does an Expert Have to Make Before They Are No Longer an Expert?

Our health service is in crisis, unable to cope, and all-cause mortality is running at record levels.

Ministry of Health data, released two days ago, shows that it is not due to Covid. This morning both main newspapers rushed to ask the experts.

In the NZ Herald, Associate Professor Dr. Siouxsie Wiles, frequent media commentator and expert on the bioluminescence of superbugs, said she was frustrated because:

“There wasn’t a critical mass of people using basic Covid-19 protections…such as RATs, masks, self-isolation and vaccines…I don’t understand why we aren’t using these measures we know work.”

Even though we are arguably the most highly vaccinated, tested, and masked nation in the world, apparently it isn’t enough for Dr. Wiles.