Daily review 07/09/2026

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  1. 1

    Cory Doctorow interview is very good. 20+ years talking about tech policy gives him a good set of skills to address the current issues we face because of tech.

    1. 2.1

      A measured response from Neale Jones, Andrew Little's chief of staff.

      "Jones, who’s now a political commentator with his own consultancy firm, cautions against reading too much into Labour’s poor result, or a kneejerk change of the leadership.

      “Obviously 25.9% is not a good result for Labour, and if that was replicated in other polls, it would cause some serious reflection. But I think you've got to look more broadly,” he said.

      “If you look at the Talbot Mills, the 1News, and the RNZ polls, they all show Labour at 30% or above and able to form a government with the Opportunity Party and the Greens.”

      August’s polls had Labour on 27.8% (Taxpayers’ Union-Curia), 29% (1News Verian), 32.2% (RNZ Reid Research) and 34% (Talbot Mills’ corporate poll, reported by the Herald)."

      Jones also spoke of the methodologies used by Curia which give different results from other pollsters. Better to "look across the trend across all polls, and and over a period of time draw analysis from that" he said.

      Sound advice. If people are concerned then I would say get out there, get involved, chip in in what ever way possible to get this government's tenure just the one term.

      1. 2.1.1

        Those methodologies used by Curia and other pollsters need to have some media scrutiny…..if the methodologies are skewed then how can any resultant trend be meaningful…..which is my point…..how much do the publication of the results of these polls influence voting up to the election…….I would say they must have some influence otherwise why would anyone bother…….

        1. 2.1.1.1

          I don't remember Jones attacking Curia's methodologies. But you point about how much polls, which may be rigged, slanted or wrongly conducted as a separate issue, affect the real poll on election day is certainly worth considering.

          Some electoral practices ban such polls being published within certain time frames, I understand, for good reasons no doubt. Google AI tells of three periods, very short 1 or so days, a medium 5-15 days and a longer month period. More info here.

          https://www.research-live.com/article/news/half-of-countries-restricting-political-polling/id/5115303

        2. 2.1.1.2

          The only one which doesn't publish the questions and the polling methodology they use is Talbot Mills – which regularly 'leak' their results, but not the methodology. Sadly, this is the polling company most often associated with Labour.

          Having answered a range of polling surveys – the questions are rarely slanted "If the election were held today, which party would you vote for?" – isn't open to much opportunity to slant results.

          Nor does anyone *want* the results slanted. The reason for paying for polling is to get as close to a real answer as possible – and see the impact of policy and propaganda on the voters.

          If all you want is wishful thinking, and positive reinforcement – you can get that for free at party faithful meetings.

      2. 2.1.2

        I note that Jones carefully avoided mentioning the most recent poll, (apart from the Curia one), Roy Morgan – which had an even greater gap between Labour and National.

      3. 2.1.3

        If Neal says it's not time to panic, then it IS time to panic, the last Labour government that flushed an unprecedented sole majority down the toilet in no small part due to taking the advice of people like Neal.

        Labours been trending down in polls for two months, even though they've been ahead of National for most of the year, the more people see of Chris Hipkins the more they remember the dying days of the last Labour government and say "hard pass", the fact that with a horrific economy, the worst unemployment stats in a decade, a bad housing market, a healthcare crisis, and a weak leader who lets his minister of foreign affairs say racist crap, alienating the blue dragons and then lecturing small business AND nearly being rolled and it's Labour that is losing ground is insane.

        Labour is getting destroyed by National attacks about tax and that's gonna cost Labour the election, even Jacinda who was winning in 2017 until the relentless attack ads about tax couldn’t stop the bleed and she actually had a well funded campaign and star power and was likable unlike Hipkins who everyone and their mother hates.

        Hipkins has got to go. We have two months from today, that's plenty of time for a new leader to come in launch an effective campaign, Kieran is a straight talker with charisma, he is everything Hipkins isn't, Hipkins delivered labour it's worst electorate seat result in history, he's another Starmer and even UKLP got rid of him.

        If nzlp stays with Hipkins it's gonna get its worst result under MMP and doom us to a second term of a historically weak and unpopular national government solely because labour tried to run the same guy and the same weak team team with same weak policies and low energy campaign the country rejected last time against the same opponent thinking it'd get a different result.

  4. 4

    A shortage of cardiac beds and staff in Wellington and Christchurch hospitals is leaving patients at risk and waiting weeks for treatment instead of the recommended days – a situation one doctor describes as a "shambles".

    The shortage also means that cardiac cath labs – used for procedures such as placing stents – are left unused for parts of the day due to a lack of staff.

    https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/1282074/patients-left-waiting-weeks-for-lifesaving-procedures-amid-bed-shortage

    The writing is on the wall but some people look away, afraid of the truth that National has made things much worse in NZ health care.

    Additional beds are expected to come online across Wellington Hospital over the coming years, he said.

    Fixing the basics in NZ health care shouldn’t take this long, as the need is now and becoming more urgent by the day.

    1. 4.1

      On my latest trip to our ED, we were seen in a new wing. Approximately 50% bigger than the existing one. We got to see and utilise the new CT Scanner.

      This chronically needed new extension isn't commissioned yet because… don't have the staff.

      Makes me wonder how many of the 54 nurses in the last two years were earmarked for working there?

    2. 4.2

      Coalitions 'Fixing the basics' in health was a 20% capacity cut, not replacing departed or open vacancies and slashing the workforce that were digitising and consolidating the systems.

      Then there's the stealthy long term contracts of taxpayer dosh to private health etc.

      Hows that working out for everyone still alive ? They should get booted out on health alone, a clinician was telling me he's still awaiting his user id to be reset working around it.

      Fixed those basics just like they sorted the ferries.

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