> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # NZ Politics Daily: 1 October 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-1-october-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-30T19:07:28.000Z - Updated: 2024-10-01T19:14:34.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS** **Chris Trotter (Interest):** [**No government can survive the level of anger driving one quarter of a major city’s citizens onto the streets**](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/129972/no-government-can-survive-level-anger-driving-one-quarter-major-city%E2%80%99s?ref=goodoil.news) **Alexia Russell (RNZ):** [**The Detail: Dunedin Hospital's low place in infrastructure must-haves list**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529486/dunedin-hospital-s-low-place-in-infrastructure-must-haves-list?ref=goodoil.news) **Richard Harman (Politik):** [**The Dunedin hospital crisis may be about more than just a hospital**](https://www.politik.co.nz/the-complexities-of-the-dunedin-hospital-crisis/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Liam Hehir (The Blue Review):** [**Promising the moon and then blaming gravity**](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/promising-the-moon-and-then-blaming) **(paywalled)** **Tara Ward (Spinoff):** [**‘National hates the south’: On the ground at the Ōtepoti hospital protest**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-09-2024/national-hates-the-south-on-the-ground-at-the-otepoti-hospital-protest?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Otago mayors told two weeks ago Dunedin Hospital build was still all go - Bryan Cadogan**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529481/otago-mayors-told-two-weeks-ago-dunedin-hospital-build-was-still-all-go-bryan-cadogan?ref=goodoil.news) **Grant Miller (ODT):** [**Govt knew of overruns for weeks: Some re-tendering signalled**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/govt-knew-overruns-weeks-some-re-tendering-signalled?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**'This is the start': Dunedin mayor threatens more protests over broken hospital promise**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529405/this-is-the-start-dunedin-mayor-threatens-more-protests-over-broken-hospital-promise?ref=goodoil.news) **Bridie Witton (Stuff):** [**‘They need to come clean’: Government under pressure to reveal full costings for Dunedin Hospital upgrades**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350434543/they-need-come-clean-government-under-pressure-reveal-full-costings-dunedin?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Key documents about Dunedin Hospital build yet to be released**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529426/key-documents-about-dunedin-hospital-build-yet-to-be-released?ref=goodoil.news) **Anna Whyte (Post):** [**Details of Dunedin Hospital cost blow-out can’t be revealed due to ‘commercial sensitivity’**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350434457/details-dunedin-hospital-cost-blow-out-cant-be-revealed-due-commercial?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled0** **Katie Kenny (RNZ):** [**Dunedin Hospital: A timeline of the redevelopment**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529431/dunedin-hospital-a-timeline-of-the-redevelopment?ref=goodoil.news) **Anna Rawhiti-Connell (Spinoff):** [**Hospital call adds insult to injury for ‘forgotten’ South**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/01-10-2024/hospital-call-adds-insult-to-injury-for-forgotten-south?ref=goodoil.news) **Tim Scott (ODT):** [**Photos: no ordinary protest crowd**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/photos-no-ordinary-protest-crowd?ref=goodoil.news) **Rachel Moore (Stuff):** [**Health Minister defends Government after ‘difficult’ Dunedin hospital call**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350434424/health-minister-defends-government-after-difficult-dunedin-hospital-call?ref=goodoil.news) **Hamish MacLean (ODT):** [**PM 'understands frustration' over hospital**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/pm-understands-frustration-over-hospital?ref=goodoil.news) **Andrew Gunn:** [**Health Minister Praises 35,000-Strong Dunedin Fitness Walk**](https://andrewgunn.substack.com/p/health-minister-praises-35000-strong) **HEALTH** **RNZ:** [**'Stinks like corruption': Labour on tax cut helping tobacco giant**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529451/stinks-like-corruption-labour-on-tax-cut-helping-tobacco-giant?ref=goodoil.news) **Phil Pennington (RNZ):** [**Health authorities ditch plan to do data matching on 111 callers in mental distress**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529403/health-authorities-ditch-plan-to-do-data-matching-on-111-callers-in-mental-distress?ref=goodoil.news) **Ruth Hill (RNZ):** [**Cancer drug Keytruda free for eligible patients**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529485/cancer-drug-keytruda-free-for-eligible-patients?ref=goodoil.news) **Ella Somers Interest):** [**Southern Cross CEO says the health insurer has 'never been in more demand'**](https://www.interest.co.nz/insurance/129987/southern-cross-records-annual-deficit-claims-15-and-premiums-9?ref=goodoil.news) **Tina Morrison (Newsroom):** [**Rise in health insurance sign-ups despite cost-of-living crisis**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/30/rise-in-health-insurance-sign-ups-despite-cost-of-living-crisis/?ref=goodoil.news) **Shilpy Arora (stuff):** [**‘No hope’: Migrant nurse spends life’s savings on registration, now leaving NZ**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350421849/no-hope-migrant-nurse-spends-lifes-savings-registration-now-leaving-nz?ref=goodoil.news) **Isaac Davison (Herald):** [**ADHD: Clear link between ADHD and harmful drug use, new report confirms**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/adhd-clear-link-between-adhd-and-harmful-drug-use-new-report-confirms/HQ6CFX5FKBB5XGMCPVIEUSOB5E/?ref=goodoil.news) **Coco Lance (RNZ):** [**Navigating Pacific mental health with cultural understanding**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/529251/navigating-pacific-mental-health-with-cultural-understanding?ref=goodoil.news) **Jai Whelan, Taylah John, Rose Crossin, Ryan Ward (Newsroom):** [**Ballooning panic around nitrous oxide helps no one**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/29/ballooning-panic-around-nitrous-oxide-helps-no-one/?ref=goodoil.news) **Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Alcohol sellers failing to check buyer's age**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350428840/alcohol-sellers-failing-check-buyers-age?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Covid-19: 1339 new cases, four further deaths**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529454/covid-19-1339-new-cases-four-further-deaths?ref=goodoil.news) **CAPITAL GAINS TAX, PM’S PROPERTY GAINS** **Hayden Donnell (Spinoff):** [**Can we find an economist who backs Nicola Willis’s CGT stance? Not easily, no**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/01-10-2024/can-we-find-an-economist-who-backs-nicola-williss-cgt-stance-not-easily-no?ref=goodoil.news) **Felix Desmarais (1News):** [**Revealed: Luxon set to gain almost $500k on property sales**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/30/revealed-luxon-gains-almost-500k-on-property-sales/?ref=goodoil.news) **Jo Moir (RNZ):** [**Christopher Luxon moves into refurbished Premier House**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529419/christopher-luxon-moves-into-refurbished-premier-house?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Christopher Luxon sells Wellington apartment as he moves into Premier House**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/christopher-luxon-sells-wellington-apartment-as-he-moves-into-premier-house/LYECTHEAVREFBCL5QOA5LPM27I/?ref=goodoil.news) **Rob Campbell (Newsroom):** [**A capital gains tax is only an answer to a narrow question**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/30/a-capital-gains-tax-is-only-an-answer-to-a-narrow-question/?ref=goodoil.news) **GOVERNMENT** **Rupert O’Brien (Spinoff):** [**The real reason behind Act’s push to redefine the Treaty principles**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-09-2024/the-real-reason-behind-acts-push-to-redefine-the-treaty-principles?ref=goodoil.news) **Samantha Gee (RNZ):** [**UN Human Rights Office sends please-explain to NZ government**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529469/un-human-rights-office-sends-please-explain-to-nz-government?ref=goodoil.news) **Allan Brent:** [**Principles**](https://brentystwocents.substack.com/p/principles) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Five big, two unexpected, and one absent promise in Luxon’s final 2024 quarterly plan**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350435159/five-big-two-unexpected-and-one-absent-promise-luxons-final-2024-quarterly-plan?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Government remembers the virtue of doing things people actually like**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-remembers-the-virtue-of-doing-things-people-actually-like/ZARMH5ZY6FHDZG4KNXPFUUYDZE/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Watch: PM Christopher Luxon targets infrastructure in latest quarterly plan for government**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529456/watch-pm-christopher-luxon-targets-infrastructure-in-latest-quarterly-plan-for-government?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Red tape, foreign interference in crosshairs of Government as it releases latest action plan**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/red-tape-foreign-interference-in-crosshairs-of-government-as-it-releases-latest-action-plan/3SQPLHSGLNE6LERPWAF35O2LMI/?ref=goodoil.news) **Sam Smith (Stuff):** [**Government to focus on infrastructure in next quarter**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350435004/government-focus-infrastructure-next-quarter?ref=goodoil.news) **Post:** [**PM’s terse exchange with reporter over property sale**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350435093/pms-terse-exchange-reporter-over-property-sale?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Anna Murray (1News):** [**October brings changes: The Govt policies taking effect from today**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/01/october-brings-changes-the-govt-policies-taking-effect-from-today/?ref=goodoil.news) **PARLIAMENT** **Simon Wilson (Herald):** [**Come on Chris Hipkins, it’s time to step up or step aside**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/come-on-chris-hipkins-its-time-to-step-up-or-step-aside-simon-wilson/P3XPX5J4NZGF7P4X7B6SHYWR2M/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jo Moir (RNZ):** [**National MP David MacLeod reappointed to select committees after donations scandal**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529447/national-mp-david-macleod-reappointed-to-select-committees-after-donations-scandal?ref=goodoil.news) **Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project):** [**Jacinda Ardern cashes in on her time in public office**](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/jacinda-ardern-cashes-in-on-her-time) **Samantha Hayes (Stuff):** [**Why Sir John Key thinks Donald Trump should win the US election**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350434743/why-sir-john-key-thinks-donald-trump-should-win-us-election?ref=goodoil.news) **Juliette Sivertsen (Stuff):** [**‘No regrets’: Carmel Sepuloni departs Celebrity Treasure Island to emotional song by teammates**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/350435069/no-regrets-carmel-sepuloni-departs-celebrity-treasure-island-emotional-song?ref=goodoil.news) *Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to *49 items above*, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to an *additional 104 categorised items, and today’s cartoons*. 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