Posts by Angela Hart
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Access: Social media, disability…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
that used to be provided for free at the local hospital…more for access and handling
Middlemore still provides a dental service, either free or low cost depending on whether you go through their referral system or not
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Hard News: After Len, in reply to Shaun Lott,
I only hope the next incumbent has the ability to follow through on the infrastructure vision that Brown has been able to establish.
yup, that's crucial
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Disability activism and community inclusion are both affected by income.
I get quite grumpy when I see articles like this one http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/money/73758616/Retirees-need-more-than-the-pension-gives-them-research-showswhich I suppose are legitimately trying to encourage people to save more, but which completely overlook those permanently seriously disabled and unable to work people who subsist, often for their adult lifetime, on what is now called Supported Living Payment. Their weekly income is in the region of a $100 lower than National Super and that's a hell of a difference at these levels.
It's too easy to ignore this reality.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
That's very interesting Ian, and synergises with the Real Balance Sheet post as well.
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A great post Tim, investigative journalism at TV3 is under siege and not doing terribly well elsewhere in Godzone either. I thought 3D was publicly funded, but perhaps that was a subsidy.
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Speaker: Are there opportunities within…, in reply to Sacha,
mea culpa
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Access: How many agencies does it take…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Because…although one might be “eligible"….that doesn’t necessarily mean “entitled”.
I started a response but I can't seem to do it without ranting, because the Ministry's refusal to accept that anyone is entitled makes me so cross. They just like to see all the begging bowls lined up. Must make them feel good.
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Seems to be topical today, here's another fresh approach to an access/egress problem which is widespread across New Zealand
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wairarapa-times-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503414&objectid=11541288 -
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Speaker: Are there opportunities within…, in reply to ,
Labour wants to both change the environment and encourage exercise in the young:
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/political/289097/labour-reveals-plan-to-tackle-obesity