Posts by Katharine Moody
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to Paul Campbell,
Not surprised about the futzing around in the US - my experience is that some specialists and most hospitals/clinics there often milk the insurance for all its worth before getting around to what should have been done many $$$ earlier.
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Polity: House-buying patterns in Auckland, in reply to chris,
Nope. But then I have no idea what white sounds like in comparison to pink, purple, orange, yellow, blue, brown or black. In my family, we have most of those colours and regardless of colour, they all sound like family to me.
PS Oh, I see you changed your previous post. Well done.
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to Joe Wylie,
When did NZ's school nurses go missing?
Not missing altogether but predominantly part time in secondary and not sure what if anything much at primary from what I've read;
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA1306/S00067/health-minister-is-wrong-school-nurses-are-needed.htm
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Polity: Land of the brave little kids, in reply to Rosemary McDonald,
And, another big difference twixt here and the US is that doctors and nurses who screw up over there get their asses sued.
That can have a real downside as well in the US. It is particularly difficult, even if you have written a 'living will', for your relatives to wrestle these decisions away from insurance companies and physician/health care decision-makers.
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One comparative aspect where NZ falls short is in not having school nurses. At my primary school in the US, the school nurse was part time on a daily basis. In my secondary school (a larger student roll) the school nurse was full time. I cannot help but think many childhood illnesses as well as instances of physical/emotional abuse of children would be picked up at the early onset stage, and subsequently treated much earlier if we had school nurses.
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Polity: Too much to swallow on the TPP, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
About as useful as the ‘keep talking’ outcome of that Constitutional review that was part of the Māori Party coalition agreement with National;
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Jane Kelsey on Labour's position;
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11487555
Trying to have a foot in both camps doesn't cut it for me either.
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Beverage groups sues city of San Francisco;
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11487414
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Polity: House-buying patterns in Auckland, in reply to chris,
With sufficient funds it’s one of the easier ways for immigrants to get a foot in the door – the cut price overseas investor category.
Also being discussed here;
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Polity: House-buying patterns in Auckland, in reply to Alfie,
What interested me is that both people are listed as students on the electoral roll. WTF?
Student must be what they stated as their occupation at the time of registering on the electoral roll. A foreign student studying in NZ, who enters on a student visa – cannot vote – so this couple must both be permanent residents or citizens of New Zealand;
http://www.elections.org.nz/voters/enrol-check-or-update-now/who-can-and-cant-enrol
And ‘student’ was what they stated as their occupation at the time of registration on the electoral roll.
This does raise another point however, that of student allowances – which they might well have been on when registering to vote. Student allowances are not loans – they are taxpayer funded – and they never have to be paid back – here are the criteria;
http://www.studylink.govt.nz/student-allowance/
They are income but not asset tested. As long as you don’t work, and you don’t collect an income (or if you make a loss on your asset, I assume .. a ‘negative income’) on your assets, I imagine you would qualify for a student allowance (and provided you are enrolled to study).