Table of Contents
Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
HEALTH
Janet Hoek, Jude Ball, Andrew Waa, Anna Graham-DeMello, Richard Edwards, and Melissa-Jade Gregan (Public Health Communications Centre): Mind the gap: Associate Health Minister’s actions conflict with Ministry advice, align with tobacco industry lobbying
Brett Kerr-Laurie (Press/Post): Tobacco companies gain customers as NZ cuts tax on addictive devices (paywalled)
RNZ: Watch: Minister Casey Costello says heated tobacco tax cuts a 'trial'
Mountain Tui: 'Corruption First' Strikes Again
Rachel Thomas (Post): ‘There’s no money’ sick man needing life-saving La-Z-boy told (paywalled)
RNZ: 'We are struggling': Limited resource to administer new cancer drugs
RNZ: Minister confirms hospitals starting ED mental health scheme
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Five hospital emergency departments to trial mental health support workers
Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Disjointed, broken’: Suicide survivor calls for change after 20-hour stint in ED
Kelvin McDonald (Whakaata Māori): Kaupapa Māori study ‘reaffirms’ oral health inequities disproportionately affect Māori
Anna Murray (1News): GP fees explained: How your doctor sets their prices
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Underfunding, staff shortages, burnout: Why many GPs are turning away new patients (paywalled)
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): GPs disappointed with ‘insufficient’ increase in Government funding (paywalled)
Luka Forman (RNZ): Hopes of ADHD diagnosis sink for many
1News: Health expert slams Govt's signalled shift on insulation
PARLIAMENT, WEEK IN POLITICS
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): As “the megaphone” for mining, is Shane Jones too lax on lobbying?
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Empty tubthumping? Winston Peters yet to hear from Chumbawumba and Bob Carr
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Shane Jones accuses Te Pāti Māori of playing the Harry Potter ‘muggles’ blood shaming game
RNZ: ERA claims against Darleen Tana's husband's business being assessed by liquidator
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The next steps of the Darleen Tana saga, explained
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): How long will Darleen vs the Greens go on for?
Nik Dirga (RNZ): Trump assassination attempt - How well are NZ politicians protected?
Brent Edwards (NBR): Common ground, climate differences, inflation, speed cameras
Newsroom: Raw Politics: To cut Orr not to cut
Greg Dixon (Listener): Why the Act Party is the petty party (paywalled)
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Snap! Labour still wary of broad church
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Bridges and betrayal: the Lange-Douglas letters
HOUSING
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Property investors rake in $500 billion over 30 years
Philippa Howden-Chapman & Lucy Telfar-Barnard (Post): Why rolling back housing insulation is a bad idea (paywalled)
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Cat pee, mould and rubbish, for $450 a week
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua neighbours of former reserve reflect on its sale, councillor questions price
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Are you missing out on secret special interest rates?
RNZ: First-home buyers to benefit from flat housing market - CoreLogic
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Natural Hazards Commission looks into subsidising homeowners to make their properties more resilient (paywalled)
John Collyns (BusinessDesk): Why BERL's analysis of NZ retirement villages’ business model is flawed (paywalled)
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