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![Danyl McLauchlan: Critical care now needed for our struggling health sector](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=803)
Danyl McLauchlan: Critical care now needed for our struggling health sector
Tax cuts and subsidies are delivered but beware the long-term impacts on the health sector
![Chris Slane’s cartoon of the week: August 5](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_p.png?d=803)
Chris Slane’s cartoon of the week: August 5
Chris Slane shares his perspective on current events.
![Denis Welch: Where there is no vision, the people perish](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Denis Welch: Where there is no vision, the people perish
In its quest to roll back the clock, the govt shows severe lack of vision and imagination.
![Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: What Darleen Tana could learn from Joe Biden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: What Darleen Tana could learn from Joe Biden
Former Green MP Darleen Tana has given NZ the finger.
![1984 Revolution part III: How Lange-Douglas govt ushered in the age of spin](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
1984 Revolution part III: How Lange-Douglas govt ushered in the age of spin
We have the Lange-Douglas govt to thank for introducing spinners and fixers into the mix.
![Danyl McLauchlan: Sacrifices may be called for if Greens are to flourish](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Danyl McLauchlan: Sacrifices may be called for if Greens are to flourish
Darlene Tana follows the standard go-rogue script, but do the Greens have deeper issues?
![Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week: July 22](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week: July 22
Anthony Ellison shares his perspective on current affairs.
![Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: Why the Act Party is the petty party](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: Why the Act Party is the petty party
Act used the attempted assassination of Donald Trump as an excuse for petty point scoring.
![The 1984 Revolution: Why NZ should be grateful for Rogernomics](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
The 1984 Revolution: Why NZ should be grateful for Rogernomics
Less competent governments might have tried to reform, got cold feet, and been thrown out.
![Even before the assassination attempt, a Trump rally brimmed with contradictions](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Even before the assassination attempt, a Trump rally brimmed with contradictions
Plunging into the parallel universe that is a Donald Trump rally.
![Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week: July 15](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Anthony Ellison’s cartoon of the week: July 15
Anthony Ellison shares his perspective on current affairs.
![The 1984 Revolution part II: Crash and burn](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
The 1984 Revolution part II: Crash and burn
The sharemarket crash was the beginning of the end for the Lange-Douglas government.
![Danyl McLauchlan: Chris Bishop’s housing policy is a genuine change in economic direction](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Danyl McLauchlan: Chris Bishop’s housing policy is a genuine change in economic direction
Chris Bishop’s housing policy will face many challenges, but represents true change.
![Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: Take the hint Darleen, it’s time to go](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: Take the hint Darleen, it’s time to go
Darleen Tana needs to salvage the one thing she can from this affair: Her dignity.
![Former Green MP Sue Bradford on Rogernomics: ‘The betrayal was absolute’](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Former Green MP Sue Bradford on Rogernomics: ‘The betrayal was absolute’
1984 revolution: Rogernomics turned our society on its head.
![1984 Revolution part I: The rise of Rogernomics and how it still shapes NZ lives](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
1984 Revolution part I: The rise of Rogernomics and how it still shapes NZ lives
The 1984 election marked a sea change for NZ, then on the brink of bankruptcy.
![Danyl McLauchlan: Chris Hipkins needs to have some awkward conversations](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Danyl McLauchlan: Chris Hipkins needs to have some awkward conversations
Chris Hipkins must develop ideas around tax, the treaty and law and order.
![1984 Revolution: David Lange - the leader that was led?](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
1984 Revolution: David Lange - the leader that was led?
Despite charisma, David Lange was an unlikely PM who struggled to rein in a radical agenda
![Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: Backing the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill smacks of expediency](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: Backing the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill smacks of expediency
Backing the bill means there is one less thing for media commentators to criticise.
![Danyl McLauchlan: NZ spends so much on infrastructure, yet gets so little](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Danyl McLauchlan: NZ spends so much on infrastructure, yet gets so little
What we get for our money: Gold-plated designs, bad management and cost blowouts.
![Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: The Miracle of the 54 New Drugs](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: The Miracle of the 54 New Drugs
The Gospel According to Christopher of National.
![Danyl McLauchlan: Bowing to Ag sector demands could have dire consequences](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Danyl McLauchlan: Bowing to Ag sector demands could have dire consequences
"We're selling something customers are loudly and repeatedly telling us they don't want."
![Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: Waiting for the great leap forward](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Greg Dixon’s Another kind of politics: Waiting for the great leap forward
A plane that won’t take off is a useful metaphor for the popularity of Luxon’s government.
![Schnapps judgement: Revisiting the ‘84 election that changed NZ forever](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Schnapps judgement: Revisiting the ‘84 election that changed NZ forever
How a hastily called election lead to an economic revolution.
![Danyl McLauchlan: Luxon's drug problem](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Danyl McLauchlan: Luxon's drug problem
National shot itself in the foot with promises on the hustings it couldn’t hope to fulfil.
![Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: MPs, what a pack of bludgers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Greg Dixon’s Another Kind of Politics: MPs, what a pack of bludgers
The shameless 23 politicians bludging off the taxpayer.
![Outside the tent? Danyl McLauchlan on where Te Pāti Māori stands](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.nzherald.co.nz/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=803)
Outside the tent? Danyl McLauchlan on where Te Pāti Māori stands
Te Pāti Māori is acting like a protest movement outside the political tent.