Bernard Hickey and Cathrine Dyer chew over the week's climate news, including a report on the lessons from Cyclone Gabrielle and the latest IEA estimate that emissions are still increasing
I recall way back in the 1980s when the efficiency of user pays was promoted the amount of valuable voluntary work being done was mentioned. That came through from census figures. So it wasn't paid for , and now we don't have it as much as before.
Pretty eye-opening about the state of our Emergency Management in this country. Looks like a lot of the lessons from the Christchurch Earthquakes have still not been learnt.
The woeful state of NZ's Emergency Management reflects the catastrophic state of our underfunded social fabric - unaffordable housing, viciousness towards the disabled community, dilapidated school buildings, etc... The mania for tax cuts started with Roger Douglas in the 1980's & every right wing government since then has continued with this ruinous policy - Richardson & Shipley in the 1990's, Key in 2010, (when he imposed a third world tax system on us) & now the present rabble in the beehive. In the last 40 years these fools have deliberately deprived the government of billions of dollars in revenue by giving unaffordable, unnecessary tax cuts to the wealthy. We have sown the wind & we're now reaping the whirlwind - the proof of that is all around us.
"the more efficient you become, the less reslient you become" --- feels like that is true in New Zealand, but doesn't have to be. It's only because that is the system we set up, if we set up a system to balance and navigate the tension over time to include investing in the capabilities and processes that sustain long term efficiency, including accountability of Directors and Leaders, then we wouldn't equate efficiency with some kind of badge of honour on what we miraculously achieved on the skeleton doing the work. Really appreciated your conversation Catherine and Bernard.
This underlines the folly of closing down Maori Health with its institutional knowledge. A friend, a young-ish newly arrived Dutch GP, told us about her surprise/shock that Maori/Pasifika patients gravitated towards her and her non-NZ colleagues and wondered why. I suspect it's possibly a combination of her /their non-judgemental approach and an aversion to representatives (valid or not) of a culture that's either actively discriminated against or passively marginalised non-Europeans for generations.
I keep being reminded of the story about a man trying to reduce the expense of feeding his donkey. He successfully reduced it's feed over time and had succeeded in reducing it to nothing when unfortunately it died.
Thank you so much to both of you for what I think is probably the most important report and comments about the current state of NZ in relation to its unwillingness to face reality and to plan appropriately. It is blindingly obvious that the future is uncertain and if we don't plan for resilience, than we will continue to have the disasters such as happened from Cyclone Gabrielle. Living in Dunedin, I have watched with dismay as the St Claire/St Kilda beach erosion has been repaired by sticking-plaster bodge for at least the last 10 to 15 years. Much has been said and researched into the likely effect of sea rise on the low-lying South Dunedin area yet there is so much opposition to any planning. I guess that if/when it happens, people will say, 'Why were the plans not in place to deal with this?'
Sadly we will know the answers by referring back to this substack.
1200 Jews massacred. Torture. Children burnt alive before their parents eyes. Dismemberment. Women, many, many women raped then shot in the vagina. Hamas expects a massive reaction, to engage other Jihadist organizations and fuel their useful idiots in the West. But Israel goes slow. Hamas are dug in having spent years of aid money on tunnels. They stack defensive positions with "human sheilds" turning the Israelis humanity against them. No one mentions that it is inconceivable that Israel would use "human sheilds" nor that Hamas would pause a second if they did. No one mentions that Hamas deliberately stops civilians,< children taking shelter in the tunnels nor that they could simply release the "hostages".
You are a disgrace. Continue with your propaganda with your despicable crew.
Remove me from you mail list. And excuse me while I cleanse myself of this moral cesspool with a shower
Happy Easter, Bernard and Catherine. Excellent discussion, more of this please.
I recall way back in the 1980s when the efficiency of user pays was promoted the amount of valuable voluntary work being done was mentioned. That came through from census figures. So it wasn't paid for , and now we don't have it as much as before.
Pretty eye-opening about the state of our Emergency Management in this country. Looks like a lot of the lessons from the Christchurch Earthquakes have still not been learnt.
The woeful state of NZ's Emergency Management reflects the catastrophic state of our underfunded social fabric - unaffordable housing, viciousness towards the disabled community, dilapidated school buildings, etc... The mania for tax cuts started with Roger Douglas in the 1980's & every right wing government since then has continued with this ruinous policy - Richardson & Shipley in the 1990's, Key in 2010, (when he imposed a third world tax system on us) & now the present rabble in the beehive. In the last 40 years these fools have deliberately deprived the government of billions of dollars in revenue by giving unaffordable, unnecessary tax cuts to the wealthy. We have sown the wind & we're now reaping the whirlwind - the proof of that is all around us.
Another brilliant discussion. Hope you are now able to hit pause over the long weekend.
Tēnā kōrua.
"the more efficient you become, the less reslient you become" --- feels like that is true in New Zealand, but doesn't have to be. It's only because that is the system we set up, if we set up a system to balance and navigate the tension over time to include investing in the capabilities and processes that sustain long term efficiency, including accountability of Directors and Leaders, then we wouldn't equate efficiency with some kind of badge of honour on what we miraculously achieved on the skeleton doing the work. Really appreciated your conversation Catherine and Bernard.
This underlines the folly of closing down Maori Health with its institutional knowledge. A friend, a young-ish newly arrived Dutch GP, told us about her surprise/shock that Maori/Pasifika patients gravitated towards her and her non-NZ colleagues and wondered why. I suspect it's possibly a combination of her /their non-judgemental approach and an aversion to representatives (valid or not) of a culture that's either actively discriminated against or passively marginalised non-Europeans for generations.
I keep being reminded of the story about a man trying to reduce the expense of feeding his donkey. He successfully reduced it's feed over time and had succeeded in reducing it to nothing when unfortunately it died.
Thank you so much to both of you for what I think is probably the most important report and comments about the current state of NZ in relation to its unwillingness to face reality and to plan appropriately. It is blindingly obvious that the future is uncertain and if we don't plan for resilience, than we will continue to have the disasters such as happened from Cyclone Gabrielle. Living in Dunedin, I have watched with dismay as the St Claire/St Kilda beach erosion has been repaired by sticking-plaster bodge for at least the last 10 to 15 years. Much has been said and researched into the likely effect of sea rise on the low-lying South Dunedin area yet there is so much opposition to any planning. I guess that if/when it happens, people will say, 'Why were the plans not in place to deal with this?'
Sadly we will know the answers by referring back to this substack.
1200 Jews massacred. Torture. Children burnt alive before their parents eyes. Dismemberment. Women, many, many women raped then shot in the vagina. Hamas expects a massive reaction, to engage other Jihadist organizations and fuel their useful idiots in the West. But Israel goes slow. Hamas are dug in having spent years of aid money on tunnels. They stack defensive positions with "human sheilds" turning the Israelis humanity against them. No one mentions that it is inconceivable that Israel would use "human sheilds" nor that Hamas would pause a second if they did. No one mentions that Hamas deliberately stops civilians,< children taking shelter in the tunnels nor that they could simply release the "hostages".
You are a disgrace. Continue with your propaganda with your despicable crew.
Remove me from you mail list. And excuse me while I cleanse myself of this moral cesspool with a shower