> ## 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: 19 September 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-19-september-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-18T20:25:30.000Z - Updated: 2024-09-18T21:20:20.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **LABOUR, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE** **Anusha Bradley (RNZ):** [**Wealthy people pay lower tax in NZ than in similar states, study shows**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/528379/wealthy-people-pay-lower-tax-in-nz-than-in-similar-states-study-shows?ref=goodoil.news) **Peter Dunne:** [**Hipkins' risky overseas trip**](https://honpfd.blogspot.com/2024/09/it-is-often-said-that-timing-is.html?ref=goodoil.news) **Brent Edwards (NBR):** [**Can Labour develop a coherent and credible tax and fiscal plan?**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/edwards-on-politics/can-labour-develop-a-coherent-and-credible-tax-and-fiscal-plan/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Claire Trevett (Herald):** [**Labour leader Chris Hipkins an easy target after a bad poll, talk about tax and an overseas trip**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/claire-trevett-labour-leader-chris-hipkins-an-easy-target-after-a-bad-poll-talk-about-tax-and-an-overseas-trip/DQDEYPVEJRHBJCC4JGVQMLYQDI/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Kelly Dennett (Post):** [**Pollster stands by work despite Labour attacks**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350420252/pollster-stands-work-despite-labour-attacks?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB):** [**The beginning of the end for Hipkins**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-hipkins/?ref=goodoil.news) **Richard Prebble (Herald):** [**This is a US election no one should copy**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/this-is-a-us-election-no-one-should-copy-richard-prebble/D3NG6OIHZ5D23DJZ3VTX7TA6YQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Anaru Eketone (Herald):** [**Is it time we called the coalition government’s policies ‘austerity’?**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-language-week-is-it-time-we-called-the-government-the-big-a-no-not-that-world-anaru-eketone/LK5ND5DIQ5BTTJNUIX3VCYHQQI/?ref=goodoil.news) **Anna Whyte (Post):** [**Public Service stock-take: How far will the knife cut?**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350419378/public-service-stock-take-how-far-will-knife-cut?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Anna Whyte (Post):** [**Survey designed to gauge mood of public service postponed a year**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350420570/survey-designed-gauge-mood-public-service-postponed-year?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Phil Smith (RNZ):** [**The House: Budget 2024: Light at the end of the tunnel**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehouse/528376/budget-2024-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Winston Peters claims Parliament in ‘state of decay’, takes issue with Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-claims-parliament-in-state-of-decay-takes-issue-with-te-pati-maori-mp-takuta-ferris/DD7CCWMNKJAKBJ3UOXR4LHSOWY/?ref=goodoil.news) **Anna Whyte (Post):** [**‘Confidential agreement’ reached over empty Ministry of Education building**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350412603/confidential-agreement-reached-over-empty-ministry-education-building?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk):** [**Ministry of Education settles dispute over vacated office**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/property/ministry-of-education-settles-dispute-over-vacated-office?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Spinoff:** [**Gone By Lunchtime: David Seymour and the zombie utopia**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-09-2024/gone-by-lunchtime-david-seymour-and-the-zombie-utopia?ref=goodoil.news) **Sam Sherwood (Stuff):** [**Four complaints made about former National MP accused of child sexual abuse**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350418912/four-complaints-made-about-former-national-mp-accused-child-sexual-abuse?ref=goodoil.news) **Hayden Donnell (Spinoff):** [**Celebrating the lynchpin of our democracy, parliament’s online petitions page**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-09-2024/celebrating-the-lynchpin-of-our-democracy-parliaments-online-petitions-page?ref=goodoil.news) **Harriette Boucher (Post):** [**Relief, as Parliament bar confirms it’s not closing**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350420778/relief-parliament-bar-confirms-its-not-closing?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **HEALTH** **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**A third strike for Reti’s Health NZ claims**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350419496/reti-derides-health-nz-pathfinders-and-boundary-spanners-dont-exist?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Rachel Thomas (Post):** [**Politicians grill Health NZ commissioner over finances and ‘North Korean’ practices**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350420094/politicians-grill-health-nz-commissioner-over-finances-and-north-korean-practices?ref=goodoil.news) **paywalled)** **Richard Harman (Politik):** [**What seemed so simple is now so complex**](https://www.politik.co.nz/what-seemed-so-simple-is-now-so-complex/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Benedict Collins (1News):** [**Working 'like there's no tomorrow': Health commissioner defends other role**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/18/working-like-theres-no-tomorrow-health-commissioner-defends-other-role/?ref=goodoil.news) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**‘A cocktail of issues’, but no clear diagnosis for the health system**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350420623/cocktail-issues-no-clear-diagnosis-health-system?ref=goodoil.news) **Jo Moir (RNZ):** [**'Cocktail of issues' at Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ says Commissioner**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528331/cocktail-of-issues-at-te-whatu-ora-health-nz-says-commissioner?ref=goodoil.news) **Ruth Hill (RNZ):** [**Doctors confront minister on hiring freeze that 'should not be happening'**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528333/doctors-confront-minister-on-hiring-freeze-that-should-not-be-happening?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Ensor (Newshub):** [**Health NZ Commissioner Lester Levy wouldn’t request gag orders for senior staff**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/health-nz-commissioner-lester-levy-wouldnt-request-gag-orders-for-senior-staff/53POM5ZPGBB7DKPUAVK2L3CBXM/?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Littlewood (ODT):** [**Radich accused of 'white flag' over hospital**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/radich-accused-white-flag-over-hospital?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Hamish McNeilly (Stuff):** [**‘Nothing new here’ - Health Minister on Dunedin Hospital project concerns**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350420246/nothing-new-here-health-minister-dunedin-hospital-project-concerns?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Littlewood (ODT):** [**Answers demanded from Reti over hospital confusion**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/answers-demanded-reti-over-hospital-confusion?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Laura Frykberg (Post):** [**New anti-vaping bill won’t stop speciality retailers that ‘pop up’ in cities like Wellington, advocates say**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350420466/new-anti-vaping-bill-wont-stop-speciality-retailers-pop-cities-wellington?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Aui'a Vaimaila Leatinu’u (PMN):** [**Pacific, Māori children suffer staggering rates of rheumatic fever hospitalisation - report**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/528323/pacific-maori-children-suffer-staggering-rates-of-rheumatic-fever-hospitalisation-report?ref=goodoil.news) **Gwen McClure (RNZ):** [**The Detail: How NZ is failing at HPV cancer prevention**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528383/how-nz-is-failing-at-hpv-cancer-prevention?ref=goodoil.news) **Sophie Lapsley (Press/Post):** [**Physio patients paying up to 30% more due to ACC funding gap**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350412825/physio-patients-paying-30-more-due-acc-funding-gap?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **JUSTICE, GANGS, CRIME** **Phil Pennington (RNZ):** [**Police staff have unauthorised access to 'stalkerware by design'**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528395/police-staff-have-unauthorised-access-to-stalkerware-by-design?ref=goodoil.news) **Adam Pearse and Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Future of National/NZ First coalition item on sentencing reform unclear**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/future-of-nationalnz-first-coalition-item-on-sentencing-reform-unclear/JC6R6BIS4FBDNMGWXY2IP5I6OM/?ref=goodoil.news) **Bill Hickman (RNZ):** [**What the stats say: Murder convictions up 77%, meth dominating drug landscape**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528368/what-the-stats-say-murder-convictions-up-77-percent-meth-dominating-drug-landscape?ref=goodoil.news) **Russell Palmer (RNZ):** [**Ministers defend level of scrutiny on gang patch ban changes**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528361/ministers-defend-level-of-scrutiny-on-gang-patch-ban-changes?ref=goodoil.news) **Adam Pearse (Herald):** [**Anti-gang legislation: Police Minister Mark Mitchell defends late amendment as bill heads for debate**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/anti-gang-legislation-police-minister-mark-mitchell-defends-late-amendment-as-bill-heads-for-debate/ZXDU2D2JOVAL3HJZJZ5Z4PQNRU/?ref=goodoil.news) **Sophie Trigger (Herald):** [**Police Association says careful approach needed on gang-patch ban in home**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/confrontational-and-intrusive-police-association-says-careful-approach-needed-on-gang-patch-ban-in-home/5MU4EU2PMZFR7PDB7J76C75IOM/?ref=goodoil.news) **Greg Presland (Standard):** [**National’s gang patch ban may hinder police investigations**](https://thestandard.org.nz/nationals-gang-patch-ban-may-hinder-police-investigations/?ref=goodoil.news) **Andrew Gunn:** [**Police Eye For The Gang Guy**](https://andrewgunn.substack.com/p/police-eye-for-the-gang-guy) **Sam Sherwood (Stuff):** [**Gang members allegedly made illicit motorcycle parts at Christchurch jail**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350421019/gang-members-allegedly-made-illicit-motorcycle-parts-christchurch-jail?ref=goodoil.news) **Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom):** [**Just say the words, minister: Military. Style. Weapons. Will. Remain. Banned**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/18/why-wont-govt-say-military-style-weapons-will-remain-banned/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Government confirms members of advisory group on retail crime**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/indonz/528354/government-confirms-members-of-advisory-group-on-retail-crime?ref=goodoil.news) *Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to *44 items*, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to an *additional 86 categorised items, and today’s cartoons*. To subscribe to the full version, click on “Subscribe now” link below. Your paid subscription helps keep the newsletter going, which is 100% subscriber-funded and not-for-profit. I’m also happy to give complimentary full subscriptions to anyone on limited budgets - just email me: bryce.edwards@vuw.ac.nz* [Subscribe now](https://democracyproject.substack.com/subscribe?) 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