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‘Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Peter Davis – Vaccine passport and smoke-free law’
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 19th September 2021
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‘Fishing for a post-COVID solution to New Zealand’s development model’
Published on STUFF, 29th July 2021
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‘Submission to the Tax Working Group on health and super funding’
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 9th July 2021
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‘From the Social Welfare state to the Social Insurance State?’
Published on Newsroom, 22nd June 2021
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‘Are prescription medicines particularly expensive in New Zealand?’
Published in The Big Q by the University of Auckland, 16th June 2021
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‘Social Democracy and the Healthcare System in New Zealand’
Published in May 2021 in the Social Democracy Asia Journal
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‘Will the proposed health changes make a difference in Auckland?’
Published on STUFF, 10th May 2021
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‘Maori leadership needed on health equity for all: a reply to John Tamihere’
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 9th May 2021
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‘Everything to play for in health reform announcement’
Published on Newsroom, 22nd April 2021
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‘Dealing with the health effects of our harmful consumption patterns’
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 5th April 2021 New Zealand, like other affluent societies, is suffering the health consequences of our harmful consumption patterns. Thus, a recent report from Diabetes…
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‘After COVID. Beyond GDP Growth’
Published on The New Zealand Herald website, 24th of February 2021
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‘Observations on COVID in Aotearoa New Zealand’
Published in ASA Medical Sociology Newsletter, Winter 2020/21
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Think tanks are leading the way as political parties play it safe
OPINION: We are living in unprecedented times with a pandemic of global proportions. For many commentators, this is seen as an opportunity to think “outside the box” about the future direction of…
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Advice to the Incoming Minister of Health
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 20th October 20
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What we can all learn from the Auckland outbreak
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 31st August 2020
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Invitation to Policy, the guide to Election 2020
I’m writing to invite you to try Policy, the complete guide to Election 2020, now online at policy.nz. We thought you might be interested because you took part in our 2019 local…
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Health Post-Pandemic: Necessity the mother of intervention?
Published in Policy Quarterly, August 2020 In August 2019 the panel of the Health and Disability System Review (HDSR, 2019), chaired by Heather Simpson, published its 300-page interim report. For anybody…
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‘The Health System Review. An Opportunity for Auckland’
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 5th July 2020
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‘The “Simpson” Report: Cautious steps towards a national health system?’
Published on Stuff, 17th of June 2020 The “Simpson” Report: Cautious steps towards a national health system? The last time we had a review as comprehensive as the “Simpson” Report (Health…
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“Our ageing society. Implications for the Tax Working Group”
A recent Herald editorial is headed “Pension not enough even for ‘no frills’ retirement” and concludes “The future of an ageing New Zealand needs a lot of close attention”. Could this…
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‘ADHB Health and Social Care – “Closer to Home”’
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 10th September 2019
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‘DHBs are hospital boards in all but name – and they need a re-set’
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 8th January 2020
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‘Creating “policy space” in the aftermath of the CGT debate’
Published on STUFF, 24th April 2019 For anybody with a belief in the public interest benefits of evidence-based policy, the shelving of a comprehensive capital gains tax (CGT) after a short…
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‘The pandemic – a stimulus to healthcare innovation’
Published on STUFF, 9th April 2020
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‘Future lies in expanded primary and community care and fewer hospitals’
Published on STUFF, 24th September 2019
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‘What have we learned in Auckland healthcare from the level-4 lockdown?’
Published in The New Zealand Herald, 20th April 2020
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‘Bill English has slammed the big pay rise for the Super Fund boss. Here’s why he’s wrong’
Published in The Spinoff, 24 February 2017
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