New Zealand’s ‘World Class Health System” Falling Apart?

New Zealand is presented often as having a ‘world class’ health system, however it is underfunded and understaffed, with some regions suffering from a severe lack of medical specialists. By April 2015, according to the World Health Organisation, New Zealand health system ranked 41st in the world, behind Singapore at 6th, the UK at 18th, Australia at 32nd,…

England Lay Down the Challenge with the #Hakarena

The British sense of humour, and art of self deprecation, comes across loud and clear in Matt Dawson’s Hakarena. Before Kiwis start suffering from mass sense of humour failure, let’s take a moment to reflect on who started #hakafails To be fair, the present day All Blacks haka is a piece of great theatre. Dawson,…