Harvesting knowledge: a travel diary through European healthcare, migration, wealth + poverty inequality, and public policy.

There may be nothing more important for New Zealanders' quality of life than the protections afforded by its public policy. Yet can anyone think of a more 'unclickable' topic for a travelogue?

Apologies for the quiet, but for the past few weeks I've been travelling in Europe. This is a voyage of discovery for me.

I'm speaking at the international medical conference on assisted dying in Dublin in September, and took the opportunity to use long saved-up annual leave to visit the places that have gone through or currently going through conflict a…