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Ursula Edgington

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Ursula Edgington is an educational consultant, author and adult tutor. She completed her PhD in education in England and has lived in the Waikato for over ten years. Her published academic texts and investigative journalism includes environmental law, emotional labour in teaching and the use of creativity in research.




Lockstep lawfare & legal privilege in NZ

This week Bryce Edwards’ Integrity Briefing highlighted NZ’s Rich List. This short article consolidates previous posts to add context to the reasons for the increasing...

Bribery, Fraud and Corruption in New Zealand: an illusive concept?

Bribery and corruption was in the news this week when Mark Lester and Sean Bryan were sentenced to three years’ imprisonment; guilty of illegally...

My submission to the NZ Royal Commission Covid Inquiry: Phase 2

Dear Commissioners, Grant Illingworth KC, Anthony Hill, Judy Kavanagh, In respect of your Terms of Reference, if your purpose is to “learn from Aotearoa New...

Vaccination gravy trains: Retirement villages still coercing residents

Ethics and informed consent dismissed in favour of wealth transfer, profits and data harvesting. In an earlier post I presented some ideas about how retirement...

Savings, retirement villages & The Warehouse Group: Nudges, NZ Reserve Bank & CBDC

Exploiting our elders, transfer of wealth, social credit scores and NZ CBDC. What have Kiwi retirement homes got to do with Central Bank Digital Currency...

Z-Drag, Saviours and the Scottish Covid Inquiry

My friend Cliff and I have been chatting again. This time about how anecdotes, stories and metaphors are the way out of this traumatic...

New Zealand’s Crown Law merry-go-round of legal fees

In this article, I use a number of recent Official Information Act (OIA) responses to summarise a merry-go-round of money paid by just four...

MyIndici: NZ App with Global Partners

Part 2 of my investigation into NZ health apps - in support of #ScrapTheApp campaign. In the ‘urgent push’ towards the ‘Global Digital Health Agenda’,...

No memory holes for the good or the bad

Some reflections as we near the end of another year of 1984 dystopia. As 2024 draws to a close, it’s inevitable that we reflect. Although...

Local is actually global: How a small Council in New Zealand got captured by BigChem

First of all, I’m no scientist (obviously). If you want answers to the issue of fluoride from an in-depth scientific perspectives, I suggest you consult...

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