Posts by Angela Hart
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Access: Family Carers Case – Five Years On, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
No, it's like Dirty Politics, it isn't going to go away- that didn't come out right- I mean that until the allegations in the Dirty Politics book are properly, honestly and openly addressed, they will keep resurfacing. The issues raised by the Atkinson plaintiffs have the same stickability. Until they are properly addressed they will keep resurfacing, they must because they continue to cause pain to too many people.
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Access: Some aspects of New Zealand's…, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
Thanks Rosemary, well worth a read and they're not the only special needs family to have encountered the obstructive misdirection of Mr Ryall, who was at least consistent. Good riddance!
I had already heard of this project but didn't realise they intend to use Kimberley ground. I'm not sure about the wisdom of that. I'd want a tapu lifting ceremony or a blessing of some sort, even though I'm not religious or superstitious, but bad things happened there and there needs to be some sort of symbolic new beginning. Hopefully they are sensitive to that. -
Seems disrespectful, as if Kimberley's past is of no importance nowadays.
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Access: Family Carers Case – Five Years On, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
After three months of the mother getting more and more worried and stressed, the last minute reprieve house still leaves several days gap between the notified move out date and access to the HNZ house. The HNZ house was slated for demolition, is it reprieved long term or will they install ramps, do modifications and then have to move out and go through the whole rigmarole all over again?
The social worker involved, Lauree White, from Maori health provider Ti Piki Oranga is quoted:"I don't believe MSD realise the seriousness of some people's situations," she said.
"Cases like this have to reach crisis point before action is taken. Housing assessments with whanau should be done in person so a client's needs are met instead of ticking a box. There needs to be regular contact with clients so a case doesn't reach crisis point."
Am I allowed to say it's a typical government department ballsup? Because it is. Typical. Just in this case action was achieved because the desperate family agreed to subject themselves to the media attention required to find a solution, however temporary.
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Access: Family Carers Case – Five Years On, in reply to Sacha,
Yes, ACC is by no means perfect and has shown itself to be subject to the philosophy of the political party in power, when it should stand apart and be consistent. However the real point is that the reason this mother chose to continue to fight to get ACC cover for her son is that the Ministry of Health services he was receiving were woefully inadequate. If the disparity between supports offered by the two providers (ACC and MOH) were not so mind bogglingly enormous, this fight would not have been needed. Fact is human beings struggling with unusual circumstances like this should not have to spend more time and energy fighting for reasonable support. In Godzone, they do have to fight, that is the default position and it is wrong.
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Sacha just linked to this on another thread
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/comment/64894646/Erosion-of-democratic-rightsDame Anne Salmond on Dirty Politics and democratic erosion, she really packs a punch!
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Access: Family Carers Case – Five Years On, in reply to Sacha,
wow, that is one hell of a piece by Dame Anne.
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Hard News: Dirty Politics, in reply to James Francis,
Well it would be if the position of Governor General had unexpectedly become vacant, but it didn't, the vacancy would have been signalled, with plenty of warning to the PM. It was really very odd that Mataparae took up his appointment as Director of the GCSB in February 2011 but was announced as the next GG in March 2011.
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Andrew Little is surprised too http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/263594/labour-questions-spy-boss-resignation
Mr Little said when he met with Mr Fletcher before Christmas, he was on top of his job and was talking about developing relationships with the opposition leader's office.
"So it's come as a big surprise, certainly to me," he said.
"What I find intriguing is, in the published statement, the references to the upcoming review of the security agencies and whether or not he's now been told of something that he finds disagreeable, and this is the real reason he's going. I mean, that remains to be seen." -
It does make you wonder. The exposure of so much deception, deflection and manipulation has meant that now when I see "resigned for family reasons" I automatically doubt that, it's a convenient reason for departure which isn't usually questioned, but now I need to know that someone's mother has died or whatever the "family reason" is before I can accept this excuse as probably true.