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  • 4 days ago | aol.com | Caroline Gall |Peter Wilson

    A barber shop in West Bromwich is helping men open up about their mental health with the help of two NHS-trained psychotherapists. Seven Stars Barbers offers customers the opportunity to talk about issues in a safe and private space. The evening sessions are led by two mental health experts who run Melanin Moods, an organisation set up in 2020 "to provide specialist support to black and brown communities".

  • Sep 26, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson

    Analysis - The government's crackdown on working from home has significant consequences for thousands of public servants, the still-awaited ferries solution is testing coalition cohesion and tax policy is in the news again. The hollowing out of Wellington's CBD and the plight of its hospitality trade has been a tale of woe since the pandemic, so the government ordering public servants to get back in their offices was a big deal for the capital.

  • Sep 19, 2024 | indianweekender.co.nz | Peter Wilson

    Analysis - A surge in violent crime throws the government's reduction target into doubt and a last-minute 'home patch ban' raises serious questions, Health NZ's problems are described as 'a cocktail of issues' and Labour's Chris Hipkins has to deal with a bad poll. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon began his post-Cabinet press conference with some good news.

  • Sep 12, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson

    Analysis: David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill is a step closer to Parliament as warnings about its divisive potential ramp up, and Labour leader Chris Hipkins' hints his party could go into the next election with a radical tax policy. A cartoon published by the New Zealand Herald this week showed a fierce dragon with a diminutive David Seymour standing in front of it, saying: "Not long now, my precious, and you'll be off the chain."The timing was spot on.

  • Sep 5, 2024 | rnz.co.nz | Peter Wilson

    Analysis - The government began the week with its most important announcement of the week - a $32.9b transport spend-up over the next three years. As National campaigned on bigger, better roads and Transport Minister Simeon Brown's mantra has been "getting Kiwis around quickly and safety" it wasn't surprising to see where the money was going.

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