Comments on: National’s newspeak

By: Tigger

Tigger — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:54:45 +0000

What on earth is a ‘clinical network’? And is it something I should fear or embrace?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 02:39:24 +0000

Spanky, being spanked, having the spank, wanting the spanky are terms that should be in the ‘in’ column.

By: the sprout

the sprout — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:34:07 +0000

Next words on National’s ban list, for equally obvious reasons:

“plan, difference, achieve, success, care”

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:12:15 +0000

MSD has a similar list to Health.

No more strategy, now action plan. No more collaborations etc.

And money has already been cut for community groups contracted to work with at risk families and children. All very depressing.

By: Libertyscott

Libertyscott — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:19:07 +0000

The Department of Internal Affairs was told by Sandra Lee when she was Minister of Local Government that the words “efficiency, transparency and accountability” were not to be used in briefings on the Local Government Bill as they were “Business Roundtable speak”.

“Value for money” replaced “efficiency” when briefings on transport were to be given to Ministers under the last government, for the same reason.

Yep, Labour did the same too. What do you think political advisors to Ministers were under the last government? It is not much different from how the Blair government sanitised advice from the UK public service.

By: BLiP

BLiP — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 01:34:06 +0000

Associate minister of health, Dr Jonathan Coleman, is being particularly quiet on the subject of cigarette displays in shops – perhaps he still remembers December 2006 when he was a guest of British American Tobacco at a U2 concert – http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/910849 – after hurling abuse at a woman who took umbrage at him blowing cigar smoke into her face, he got a smack in the face. Coleman claimed at the time that he had learned a very valuable lesson – wonder what it was because he hasnt changed one bit, and nor has National’s fawning at the feet of the tobacco industry.

By: ak

ak — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:16:52 +0000

Just imagine the screaming, teeth-gnashing and outraged media apoplexy if Helen had done something like this a year ago……

(indeed Julie, “public health” – simply staggering, where are our gallant “anti-PC” warriors? And where’s fearless Tariana on “inequalities”?)

Last year was bad enough, but if this blatant media keyfellation continues much longer, the barons are ensuring their own, deserved, demise (and good riddance).

By: George Darroch

George Darroch — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:13:18 +0000

Yeah, waffly rubbish like “public health”, or “inequalities” in healthcare outcomes.

By: grumpy

grumpy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:08:27 +0000

They probably want staff to write reports etc. that actually mean something rather than the waffly rubbish from the past.

By: Ianmac

Ianmac — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:05:36 +0000

Strange that a Minister can tell the workers what words to use/not use. Like Collins I guess you can bend any rules at will.

By: Felix

Felix — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:01:41 +0000

See, you righties are all trying to tell me what I can and can’t say!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:53:48 +0000

So the Ministry of Health aren’t allowed to talk about “public health”? This does my head in.

I’m not surprised Ryall declined to comment, silence seems to be a common strategy to kill a story, eg the pay equity stuff. Sadly it seems to be working out there in Medialand

By: QoT

QoT — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:50:59 +0000

Oh come ON, Ryall, at least TRY to be a little less blatantly obvious. Please?

By: gingercrush

gingercrush — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:46:39 +0000

Oh god Felix, don’t start talking like Bomber.

By: Felix

Felix — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:44:42 +0000

Welcome to the Daddy State.