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Ian Powell

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Ian Powell is the editor of the health systems blog 'Otaihanga Second Opinion.' He is also a columnist for New Zealand Doctor, occasional columnist for the Sunday Star Times, and contributor to the Victoria University hosted Democracy Project. For over 30 years , until December 2019, he was the Executive Director of Salaried Medical Salaried Medical Specialists, the union representing senior doctors and dentists in New Zealand. He has an MA in History and Political Science from the University of Canterbury and a Diploma of Industrial Relations from Victoria University of Wellington.

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Transitional Wellbeing

Guided Autocracy: Proposed Health System Reforms in NZ

Ian Powell

The Simpson Report on NZ’s health and Disability system has laid out a blueprint for widespread reform and centralisation. The next Government will decide whether, and how, the report is…

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Transitional Wellbeing

Perspective is Critical: Assessing And Improving NZ’s Covid-19 Performance

Ian Powell

Comparing New Zealand’s elimination approach to the Covid-19 pandemic with the alternatives, the upsides overwhelmingly outweigh the downsides. However, there is much more our ‘liberal technocrat’ Government could be doing…

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