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Bonkers! Treaty prioritised while treatment for Kiwis overlooked

OPINION: Both Labour and National designed the health system to fail.

NBR Columnist Duncan Garner speaks with Calida Stuart-Menteath.

Duncan Garner Mon, 13 Jun 2022

What I am about to say comes with a public health warning.

This is the uncomfortable and, at times life-threatening, truth about our stretched, neglected, and underfunded public health system.

Right across New Zealand, hospitals are reporting a shortage of beds and woefully low staffing numbers due

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