12 Podcast Episodes
Des Gorman: Auckland University Medical Professor discusses Te Whatu Ora restructure
Des Gorman: Auckland University Medical Professor discusses Te Whatu Ora restructure
Hundreds of jobs could be on the line at Te Whatu Ora, as it works to streamline teams that provide corporate or back of... Read more
31 Mar 2023
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5mins
Des Gorman: Emeritus Professor on medical schools reaching out to govt offering to train students and not hearing back
Des Gorman: Emeritus Professor on medical schools reaching out to govt offering to train students and not hearing back
New Zealand is the middle of a healthcare worker shortage and our government is reportedly ignoring offers from medical ... Read more
28 Feb 2023
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3mins
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Des Gorman + listener correspondence
Peter Williams hosts Taxpayer Talk: Des Gorman + listener correspondence
On this week's episode of Taxpayer Talk, Peter Williams speaks to Des Gorman - Emeritus Professor of Medicine at Aucklan... Read more
8 Sep 2022
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49mins
Des Gorman: Auckland University Emeritus Professor says the actual vaccine rate will be much less than 90 percent
Des Gorman: Auckland University Emeritus Professor says the actual vaccine rate will be much less than 90 percent
Our vaccination rate isn't quite as high as it's being promoted.Stats NZ is reviewing Ministry of Health data which capt... Read more
6 Jun 2022
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3mins
Des Gorman: Auckland University Emeritus Professor says the actual vaccine rate will be much less than 90 percent
Des Gorman: Auckland University Emeritus Professor says the actual vaccine rate will be much less than 90 percent
Our vaccination rate isn't quite as high as it's being promoted.Stats NZ is reviewing Ministry of Health data which capt... Read more
6 Jun 2022
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3mins
Podcast: Prof Des Gorman on New Zealand’s response to Covid-19
Podcast: Prof Des Gorman on New Zealand’s response to Covid-19
Oliver Hartwich and Eric Crampton talk to University of Auckland’s Professor Des Gorman (Ngāpuhi), from the University’s... Read more
12 Aug 2021
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43mins
Des Gorman: Medical professor says NZ's response to Covid 19 is a work in progress
Des Gorman: Medical professor says NZ's response to Covid 19 is a work in progress
A medical expert says improvements to the border system should have happened sooner.Covid 19 Response Minister Chris Hip... Read more
18 Nov 2020
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3mins
Shaun Hendy and Des Gorman on Christchurch MIQ Covid-19 outbreak
Shaun Hendy and Des Gorman on Christchurch MIQ Covid-19 outbreak
There are concerns with overseas Covid-19 testing after an outbreak at a managed isolation facility. A group of 11 fishe... Read more
20 Oct 2020
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7mins
Des Gorman: Calls for independent body to take over Government's pandemic response
Des Gorman: Calls for independent body to take over Government's pandemic response
A senior medical figure and a former head of the Treasury say an independent body should take over New Zealand's Covid-1... Read more
20 Aug 2020
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6mins
Des Gorman: Can the country continue going into lockdown to fight Covid-19?
Des Gorman: Can the country continue going into lockdown to fight Covid-19?
New Zealand has seen that, from a health perspective, the elimination approach to Covid 19 of going hard and going early... Read more
15 Aug 2020
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16mins