The University of Auckland (UoA) and University of Otago (UoO) have drawn together an overview of New Zealand’s current medical education system and assessment of future options to address the problems the system faces. This is designed to inform Manatū Hauora Ministry of Health’s (MoH) programme of work on the proposed establishment of a third medical school at the University of Waikato (UoW). Read more
Coalition policies are not about ‘needs’ or ‘race’
One of the more absurd actions from the coalition Government came last week when the Cabinet Office Circular set out the rules for public servants to ensure that public services would be based on the “needs of all New Zealanders”.