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Support our Doctors and the wider Health Service
Join our doctors to show your support on May 1st.
Some background information on why this is IMPORTANT and why we need a well funded health service and well paid health professionals.
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• Privatising our health system is not a model we want in New Zealand. In the USA people are made bankrupt to pay for health procedures and healthcare is witheld if you don’t have the means to pay for it.
• Private health insurance premiums increase with age and are loaded for existing health conditions. e.g. pensioners and people with existing chronic health conditions unable to afford private health premiums.
• Private operators are in it to make a profit and they will cherry pick the most profitable cases.
• Private hospitals don’t train staff, they poach them leaving public hospitals struggling to staff their operations.
• Funding the public health system properly is the most sound economic return on tax payer money (15-20% of every dollar put into private health is syphoned off as profits and often offshored to rich corporates / investment companies)
• Private Health does not offer a better level of care. Should anything go horribly wrong in the private system you will be shipped back to the public system to mop up the mess.
• Our public health system has been chronically underfunded for years but moving to a private health model is NOT the answer.
Poll: 🤖 What skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
The Reserve Bank has shared some pretty blunt advice: there’s no such thing as a “safe” job anymore 🛟😑
Robots are stepping into repetitive roles in factories, plants and warehouses. AI is taking care of the admin tasks that once filled many mid-level office jobs.
We want to know: As the world evolves, what skills do you think give a CV the ultimate edge in a robot-filled workplace?
Want to read more? The Press has you covered!
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52.8% Human-centred experience and communication
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14.7% Critical thinking
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29.6% Resilience and adaptability
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2.9% Other - I will share below!
Brain Teaser of the Day 🧠✨ Can You Solve It? 🤔💬
Make a hearty dish. Take just half a minute. Add four parts of kestrel. Then just add one. What have you made?
(Trev from Silverdale kindly provided this head-scratcher ... thanks, Trev!)
Do you think you know the answer? Simply 'Like' this post and we'll post the answer in the comments below at 2pm on the day!
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Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
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