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Ian Powell: Indicators of the government’s new health system
There are 12 national initial high-level indicators, but some are still in development.
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Ian Powell: The politics of pandemic traffic lights
If we are to accept prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s words, for the second time New Zealand is becoming a world leader in the fight against the covid-19 pandemic. But the reality is the opposite.
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Ian Powell: Health system's ships passing in the night
The government is ditching critical statutory structures without having developed a design for the sort of health system it wants.
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Ian Powell: How has New Zealand performed on vaccines
New Zealand is a small economy negotiating in a sea of sharks, and facing a major power imbalance in its negotiating position.
