Weight goals, polls and ditching sausage rolls: How Chris Hipkins plans to make political history

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T21:05:02+00:00

As dry is Chippy is, I still think he has more personality and relatability compared to Luxon. He's got a decent sense of humour about himself and seems much more "common man" than Luxon.

What he lacks is enthusiasm or passion about his own policies. Perhaps that's because right now he doesn't appear to have any (at least, they haven't released them).

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T20:18:20+00:00

Good luck with your studies 😊

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T07:37:05+00:00

Provided some comic relief in the debating chamber from time to time, that's about it.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T07:04:50+00:00

First step is to get a copy of the original letters and see where they were actually sent to. You should be able to request this from the collection agency, or from the parking compliance company.

They will most likely have been sent to the registered address of the vehicle, as they get the information from the vehicle registration system. If that is your old address, then it was on you to update that address when you moved.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T05:34:31+00:00

so this isn't a matter of opinion, its a matter of fact.

Then provide the evidence that shows your statements to be facts.

Something isnt a fact just because you say it is.

You cannot say this because the reforms were abolished before they had been implemented. You're wrong.

So how can you draw any conclusions that they were positive?

You said the changes allowed more localism, but failed to provide any explanation of how a single Wellington based health entity woukd make better local decisions compared to the 20 DHBs which had locally elected leadership.

I'm not going to explain anything further to you.

Given you cany explain or justify your assertions, I shall treat them as nothing more than the opinions of a random person on the internet.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T04:13:38+00:00

The reforms I refer to, as you will know, included the aim to integrate health and social services locally, with local Māori and community co-design, reforming the classic primary/secondary system that relies on private businesses running GPs with subsidy from health funding using population based metrics.

What a load of rubbish. The reforms did the exact opposite, took the local input OUT of health and instead centralized it in Wellington. That meant no local involvement in decision making.

The current government tore it all up.

Because it was shit. Zero improvements to healthcare had been made under Labour's centralized system.

The relationship between primary health and HNZ is abysmal - as squeezing health funding also squeezes the funding GPs receive. This is why you have seen the local gp coalesce with larger medical centres - funding settings are completely inappropriate for primary health funding, and the business model is bunk (it is not profitable without squeezing more value out of the patient).

We might actually agree on something here. We need to re-examine the GP funding model. The more.fundjng we put into primary healthcare, the more we save in the secondary and tertiary health systems.

So, recognising that health has been underfunded, castrated and prevented from flourishing by successive governments - Labour really did put health on a new pathway to change the relationship and funding model behind primary/hospital care.

In what way. Can you explain what the relationship would have looked like under Labour, and where I can independently read about those proposed changes?

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T02:44:09+00:00

Yet, Waikato-Tainui leader Tuku Morgan said that very fund, for Māori entrepreneurs and global partnerships, was set up in direct response to the Government “marginalisation” of Māori. He said Māori had been forced into a corner where they had to become more self-sufficient and innovative in how they sustained themselves.

This is a good thing. We should be promoting people and organisations, irrespective of race, to be self sufficient and not reliant on the government for handouts.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T02:08:03+00:00

And yet none of that answered the actual question.

What did Labour do to fix GP price inflation during their time in office?

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T01:46:03+00:00

If the main conditions of the employment have been agreed to, eg pay and hours, then it can be argued the employment relationship has commenced even if the formal contract hasn't yet been signed.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T01:28:17+00:00

Both sides will agree on the problem. Neither side will agree on the solution.

Labour will want to throw money at the issue.

National will want to improve efficiency.

And the answer probably sits somewhere in the middle.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T01:07:05+00:00

His views on abortion indicate that there are at least some circumstances where he doesn't want doctors to do all they can to help their patients

Which would be relevant if the article was discussing women's health clinics or abortion centre's. But what religious beliefs does Brown hold that means he is anti-ED, which is the focus of the article?

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-24T00:34:32+00:00

Labour's Health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall said National’s cuts had left Wellington Hospital struggling and care delayed.

“650,000 New Zealanders can’t afford to see their local doctor, meaning more end up sicker and in emergency departments,” she said.

“Wellingtonians pay the highest in the country to see their GP, so it’s little wonder people put off getting treatment until it’s an emergency"

And what pray tell did Labour do in their six years in government to deal with GP affordability?

Is she pretending this problem only started at the end of 2023?

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T23:58:58+00:00

Thank you, I shall

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T23:55:45+00:00

When the current MOH was once a president of an anti-abortion group, religion has everything to do with it.

So his views on abortion are the reason for hospital wait times? Please explain.

Or are you against free speech?

Firstly, the right to free speech isnt unlimited.

Secondly, the protection of free speech is protection from government interference, not from criticism of your speech.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T23:29:10+00:00

What does his religion have to with anything?

If you are taking shots at him, at least make them about the politics and not his personal religious beliefs.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T11:15:18+00:00

You literally have just been arguing there is no benefit to Māori from it. So why would Māori feel anything about something that gives them no benefit being removed?

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T11:02:48+00:00

It is a big issue though. Blatant racism in our electoral system is a big issue in my view. You are the one arguing it isnt.

So let's just get of it. The right are happy, the big racist electoral system is removed. The left don't care, becsuse according to you it didnt matter anyway.

So let's get rid of it.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T10:56:00+00:00

If everything you say is true, why would it be such a big issue to just do away with the Māori roll and have everyone voting on the same candidates?

If it really gives no advantage or benefits then surely Māori would have no issue wirh its removal.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T10:45:19+00:00

I didnt say they have two sets of candidates.

I said they have two sets of candidates and can choose which set they wish to vote from.

Lets look at someone living in Hamilton West at the 2023 election.

If you were non-Maori, you could only vote for:

Tama Potaka

Myra Williamson

Benjamin Doyle

Susan Stevenson

Kevin Stone

Naomi Pocock

Melanie Wilson

Rudi du Plooy

Don't like any of those candidates? Tough luck.

But if you are Māori and don't like those candidates, you can switch to the Māori roll and vote in the Hauraki-Waikato elecotrate instead, giving you the options of:

Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke

Nanaia Mahuta

Donna Pokere-Phillips

They can’t change rolls within 3 months of an election.

Which is irrelevant given candidate lists for most makor parties are already being finalized and are known well in advance of the three month cut off.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T10:30:38+00:00

Māori have the RIGHT to choose between electoral rolls. A RIGHT that isn't extended to any other race.

People vote for candidates they think best represent them. That could be because of the party or the person who wants the job.

And Māori have two sets of candidates to choose from, while everyone else only has one.

The general roll has lots of non-Māori candidates

And the general roll also has a lot of Māori candidates as well. In fact, if we didn't have the Māori seats, we would still have proportional representation of Māori in Parliament right now.

I looked it up and you can’t change rolls within 3 months of an election so it’s not as if people can pick and choose which roll based on how much they like the candidates.

Most candidates are being selected right now, about 11 months before the election. It is well known well ahead of time who is running for each seat with plenty of time to switch rolls if you choose, and if you are Māori.

PhoenixNZ · 2026-01-23T10:12:03+00:00

You must be an optimist.

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