2026-09-20 08:22 UTC
NZFirst is right we need to put more into preventative healthcare including better access to healthy food.
But cycleways and pedestrianised city streets are also beneficial in that regard and didn't get a mention. Smokefree NZ, a big preventative healthcare win, was cancelled by NZFirst. And as others have pointed out, their policy doesn't mention vaccination either.
As a whole their health policy sounds cribbed from RFK jr, even down to the slogan, and that's a red flag obviously.
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@paulh@cloudisland.nz 2026-09-20 20:59
@benchaotica@mastodon.nz And so lazy of them too, which is par for the course as well.
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@paulh@cloudisland.nz 2026-09-22 01:27
@benchaotica@mastodon.nz Bingo! "New Zealand First appears to have copied most of its health policy from a natural health advocacy group - even going so far as to copy a typo from the group’s website into their official policy documents." https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361036430/nz-firsts-health-policy-copy-pasted-advocacy-groups-website