> ## 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: 20 September 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-20-september-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-19T20:46:14.000Z - Updated: 2024-09-19T23:10:32.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **ECONOMY, TAX** **Matthew Hooton (Metro):** [**Welcome to the next Argentina**](https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/welcome-to-the-next-argentina?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Hooton (Herald):** [**Worst economic downturn in living memory**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/worst-economic-downturn-in-living-memory-matthew-hooton/6BSFA5BXVBEU5PLISDQDRCY4W4/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Dan Brunskill (Interest):** [**New Zealand facing a second Great Recession**](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/129822/economists-call-faster-rate-cuts-recent-slowdown-economic-activity-outpaces-2008?ref=goodoil.news) **Dan Brunskill (Interest):** [**NZ’s per capita recession has surpassed the Global Financial Crisis after contracting for seven consecutive quarters**](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/129812/new-zealand%E2%80%99s-capita-recession-has-surpassed-global-financial-crisis-after?ref=goodoil.news) **Gyles Beckford (RNZ):** [**Economy goes backwards as GDP falls 0.2%**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/528413/economy-goes-backwards-as-gdp-falls-0-point-2-percent?ref=goodoil.news) **Liam Dann (Herald):** [**GDP: What does the shrinking economy mean for interest rates?**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/gdp-what-does-the-shrinking-economy-mean-for-interest-rates/I5KEIYMXGRCIZD65LCTNMWDG2M/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Liam Dann (Herald):** [**NZ economy narrowly escapes recession, GDP falls 0.2%**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/gdp-how-far-did-the-economic-slump/6JECNIBZJZHCHEXQMPOEVURELM/?ref=goodoil.news) **Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post):** [**Government and Opposition trade barbs as GDP drops 0.2%**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350421642/government-and-opposition-trade-barbs-gdp-drops-02?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jonathan Mitchell (NBR):** [**Will the RBNZ follow the Fed with a 50bp cut next month?**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/economics/will-the-rbnz-follow-the-fed-with-a-50bp-cut-next-month/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB):** [**Confidence in our economy is growing**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-confidence-in-our-economy-is-growing/?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Government wants to reduce jobseeker beneficiaries by 50k, but forecasts are up 11k**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-wants-to-reduce-jobseeker-beneficiaries-by-50k-but-forecasts-are-up-11k/OQSTQQGFGJAMNAS24L47ONGJHA/?ref=goodoil.news) **—————** **Gordon Campbell (Scoop):** [**On New Zealand’s Timid Reluctance To Tax The Rich**](https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2409/S00031/gordon-campbell-on-new-zealands-timid-reluctance-to-tax-the-rich.htm?ref=goodoil.news) **No Right Turn:** [**Tax the rich!**](https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/09/tax-rich.html?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** **Guyon Espiner (RNZ):** [**Chief Ombudsman criticises Costello over withholding tobacco documents**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528429/chief-ombudsman-criticises-costello-over-withholding-tobacco-documents?ref=goodoil.news) **John Lewis (ODT):** [**Costello’s department criticised for ‘failures’**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/costello%E2%80%99s-department-criticised-%E2%80%98failures%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) **No Right Turn:** [**Worse and worse**](https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/09/worse-and-worse.html?ref=goodoil.news) **Tova O’Brien (Stuff):** [**Health minister warned first-hand by doctors about impact of staffing shortages on patients**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350422855/health-minister-warned-first-hand-doctors-about-impact-staffing-shortages?ref=goodoil.news) **Anneke Smith (RNZ):** [**120 Wellington families lose access to respite care support, but ministers say it's not a cut**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528505/120-wellington-families-lose-access-to-respite-care-support-but-ministers-say-it-s-not-a-cut?ref=goodoil.news) **Corazon Miller (1News):** [**Number of clinical health staff increasing - Health NZ**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/19/number-of-clinical-health-staff-increasing-health-nz/?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**Health NZ planned to call staff 'boundary spanners', 'story collectors', 'information wranglers’**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350422127/health-nz-planned-call-staff-boundary-spanners-story-collectors-information?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Lee Scanlon (Westport News):** [**Health Minister Shane Reti fails to address West Coast health cut concerns**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528452/health-minister-shane-reti-fails-to-address-west-coast-health-cut-concerns?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Littlewood (ODT):** [**Public called on to march for hospital**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/public-called-march-hospital?ref=goodoil.news) **Stuff:** [**Southerners urged to march over Dunedin Hospital concerns**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350422768/southerners-urged-march-over-dunedin-hospital-concerns?ref=goodoil.news) **Claire Dale (The Conversation):** [**A looming crisis means New Zealand must rethink how it pays for aged care**](https://theconversation.com/a-looming-crisis-means-new-zealand-must-rethink-how-it-pays-for-aged-care-239299?ref=goodoil.news) **PHCCA:** [**Robust vaccine surveillance shows safety – we need to communicate this better**](https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/robust-vaccine-surveillance-shows-safety-we-need-communicate-better?ref=goodoil.news) **Graham Adams (North & South):** [**Staying Alive**](https://northandsouth.co.nz/2024/08/12/staying-alive/?ref=goodoil.news) **(preview)** **Michaela Gower (Hawke’s Bay Today):** [**Investigation launched at Hawke’s Bay Hospital after patient strangles healthcare worker**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/investigation-launched-at-hawkes-bay-hospital-after-patient-strangles-healthcare-worker/MSWVIMKVPFDOHDJEL2AAEQJIO4/?ref=goodoil.news) **Ruth Hill (RNZ):** [**Those worst affected by ADHD the least likely to get treatment - psychiatrists**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528485/those-worst-affected-by-adhd-the-least-likely-to-get-treatment-psychiatrists?ref=goodoil.news) **Stephen Forbes (NZ Doctor):** [**Report shows $138 million Te Whatu Ora project was on shaky ground**](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/report-shows-138-million-te-whatu-ora-project-was-shaky-ground?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Covid 19 update: 728 new cases, 3 further deaths**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528476/covid-19-update-728-new-cases-3-further-deaths?ref=goodoil.news) **GOVERNMENT** **Peter Dunne (Newsroom):** [**Luxon a long way from joining legion of strong leaders**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/19/luxon-a-long-way-from-joining-legion-of-strong-leaders/?ref=goodoil.news) **Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB):** [**These targets will be the making or breaking of Luxon**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition-with-ryan-bridge/opinion/ryan-bridge-these-targets-will-be-the-making-or-breaking-of-luxon/?ref=goodoil.news) **Guyon Espiner (Listener):** [**Luxon’s MMP woes: Our political culture, not the system, is broken**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/opinion/luxons-mmp-woes-its-the-political-culture-not-the-system-thats-broken/3T7SDNLO7BCPZMQQNLCRO2EAIQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Chris Trotter (Democracy Project):** [**Is National A White Supremacist Party?**](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/is-national-a-white-supremacist-party) **Charlotte Graham McLay (Associated Press):** [**Seen abroad as a leader on Indigenous rights, New Zealand enters a divisive new era**](https://apnews.com/article/maori-zealand-treaty-waitangi-principles-luxon-seymour-5390951314bc5c5e690ad192043b6913?ref=goodoil.news) **ABC News:** [**How Progressive New Zealand Shifted Right | Foreign Correspondent**](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsSJdH6wdzU&ref=goodoil.news) **(video)** **Jamie Tahana (Metro):** [**Commission of inquiry**](https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/commission-of-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) **Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT):** [**Waitangi Tribunal deserves respect for holding shared past**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/waitangi-tribunal-deserves-respect-holding-shared-past?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Justin Tipa (Post):** [**Forget the political debate and focus on potential of rangatiratanga**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350420711/forget-political-debate-and-focus-potential-rangatiratanga?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Kassie Hartendorp (Metro):** [**Australia said 'No'. New Zealand must say 'No Further'**](https://www.metromag.co.nz/society/society-society/australia-said-no-new-zealand-must-say-no-further?ref=goodoil.news) **Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom):** [**Trump-backing venture capitalist meets Luxon in NZ visit**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/19/trump-backing-venture-capitalist-meets-luxon-in-nz-visit/?ref=goodoil.news) **David Farrar:** [**A return to sanity**](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/09/a%5Freturn%5Fto%5Fsanity.html?ref=goodoil.news) **Herald:** [**National Party forgets date New Zealand women achieved suffrage... 1983? 1883? 1893?**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/1983-1883-1893-national-party-forgets-date-new-zealand-women-achieved-suffrage/I7REYB3P4JBFNBU2GNR2FC5YGY/?ref=goodoil.news) **Rob Campbell (Post):** [**Looking beyond the myths used to justify asset sales**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350421928/looking-beyond-myths-used-justify-asset-sales?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** *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 97 categorised items, and today’s cartoons*. 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