#BHN Gary Payinda on surgeries going private | Tamatha Paul criticised | Gang numbers up under Luxon

Green MP Tamatha Paul is being criticised by the Government and Labour over comments that a "visible police presence" makes people feel "more on edge." Is she right? We'll take a look at the fall out tonight.Dr Gary Payinda joins us this evening to talk about whistle blower and colleague Dr David Bailey blowing the lid off the narrative that privatization of surgeries is the way out of the backlog of public hospital surgeries as it doesn't fix the chronic underfunding but will create a good headline. Dr Gary's substack https://substack.com/@drgarypayinda Police have added 13 new police officers in the 18 months National has led this government leading them needing another 487 to reach their 500 additional police officers in the next 10 months23&Me has declared bankruptcy and now people are being told to delete their DNA from the site as someone may now be able to buy that database and get used for nefarious reasons like a bank denying a mortgage based on your medical profile=================================Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠=================================Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebookwww.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter.@patbrittenden @Chewie_NZFollow us on BlueskyPat @patbrittenden.bsky.socialChewie @chewienz.bsky.socialEmily @iamprettyawesome.bsky.socialMagenta @xkaosmagex.bsky.social