> ## 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: 22 July 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-22-july-2024/ - Published: 2024-07-21T20:27:44.000Z - Updated: 2024-07-26T11:27:43.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **HEALTH** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [The Role of tobacco interests in making government policy](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/the-role-of-tobacco-interests-in) Stuff: [Watch: Professor ‘flabbergasted’ over Govt cutting excise tax on Heated Tobacco Products](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350348100/watch-professor-flabbergasted-over-govt-cutting-excise-tax-heated-tobacco?ref=goodoil.news) Nick Rockel: [Tobacco First](https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/tobacco-first) Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): [Ethnicity, equality and Pharmac: how the Treaty really guides NZ’s drug-buying policies](https://theconversation.com/ethnicity-equality-and-pharmac-how-the-treaty-really-guides-nzs-drug-buying-policies-235001?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Director's resignation loss to Pharmac, Māori health advocate says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522711/director-s-resignation-loss-to-pharmac-maori-health-advocate-says?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pharmac director quits over government's Treaty directive](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522584/pharmac-director-quits-over-government-s-treaty-directive?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Pharmac director quits over Government's Treaty rejection](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350348407/pharmac-director-quits-over-governments-treaty-rejection?ref=goodoil.news) Gwen Mcclure (RNZ): [The Detail: The doctor won't see you now](https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018947564/the-doctor-won-t-see-you-now?ref=goodoil.news) Hannah Martin (Stuff): [Half of the country’s general practices not taking new patients](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350342166/half-countrys-general-practices-not-taking-new-patients?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Doctors warn fees will need to rise due to funding 'shortfall'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522547/doctors-warn-fees-will-need-to-rise-due-to-funding-shortfall?ref=goodoil.news) Ian Powell: [Health system IT: 0 steps forward; two steps back](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wordpress.com/2024/07/21/health-system-it-0-steps-forward-two-steps-back/?ref=goodoil.news) Luka Forman (RNZ): [Talks underway for specialist GPs to diagnose and treat ADHD](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522610/talks-underway-for-specialist-gps-to-diagnose-and-treat-adhd?ref=goodoil.news) Belinda Loring and Elana Curtis (E-Tangata): [How racism plays out in public health](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/how-racism-plays-out-in-public-health/?ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [It’s not cheating ‒ Ozempic can make Māori healthier](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350347064/joel-maxwell-its-not-cheating-ozempic-can-make-maori-healthier?ref=goodoil.news) Ehann Manera (Herald): [Wellington company director Finlay Thompson loses 30kg taking Ozempic, wants medication funded](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-company-director-finlay-thompson-loses-30kg-taking-ozempic-wants-medication-funded/6CNB7KMZO5CP7G6JUENBN36CSQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Niki Bezzant (Listener): [Could new weight-loss drugs make dieting redundant?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/health/could-new-weight-loss-drugs-make-dieting-redundant/ZOLHRW5HPRCAJJXLZQMDKW6CKM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Kits to guard firefighters against cancer need more work - union](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522730/kits-to-guard-firefighters-against-cancer-need-more-work-union?ref=goodoil.news) Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Police mental health callouts: Hospital staff say they are already getting hurt as cops pull back](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-to-change-response-to-mental-health-callouts-to-prioritise-core-policing/6XHDGRTANFGL5CCOGXZZCLN4VQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Wayne Howett (Herald): [Do we really want to be a country forced to choose between sick kids?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/do-we-really-want-to-be-a-country-forced-to-choose-between-sick-kids-wayne-howett/S2IRSQJ7RFGS3OGJBEOJCDNDRE/?ref=goodoil.news) T Black (Spinoff): [We don’t have enough organ donors in New Zealand. Why?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/22-07-2024/we-dont-have-enough-organ-donors-in-new-zealand-why?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Changes to NZ's medicinal cannabis export rules approved by Cabinet](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/20/changes-to-nzs-medicinal-cannabis-export-rules-approved-by-cabinet/?ref=goodoil.news) Katie Ham (Stuff): [Family $45k out of pocket after 4-year-old boy denied free healthcare amid visa issues](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350344222/family-45k-out-pocket-after-4-year-old-boy-denied-free-healthcare-amid-visa?ref=goodoil.news) Anjali Bhatia and Nadia Charania (The Conversation):[Navigating NZ’s health system can be so hard some migrant mothers travel home for medical help](https://theconversation.com/navigating-nzs-health-system-can-be-so-hard-some-migrant-mothers-travel-home-for-medical-help-235000?ref=goodoil.news) Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): [Aged care facility proposes cutting 400 hrs/wk from roster](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522666/aged-care-facility-proposes-cutting-400-hrs-wk-from-roster?ref=goodoil.news) Eric Frykberg (Interest): [Aged care funding in the spotlight](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/128770/parliaments-health-select-committee-look-funding-and-asset-thresholds-aged?ref=goodoil.news) Tony Wall, Nick Truebridge and Ryan Anderson (Stuff): [Four NZ suicides linked to poison selling Canadian chef](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350344240/four-nz-suicides-linked-poison-selling-canadian-chef?ref=goodoil.news) Cherie Howie and George Block (Herald): [Four New Zealand self-inflicted deaths linked to Canadian murder-accused Kenneth Law, Coroner rules](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/four-new-zealand-self-inflicted-deaths-linked-to-canadian-murder-accused-kenneth-law-coroner-rules/WVA3HXNLHRBNFDYIHSNYVRSAIA/?ref=goodoil.news) **ABUSE IN CARE** Aaron Smale (Newsroom): [The Crown is in the dock, the verdict is in](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/22/the-crown-is-in-the-dock-the-verdict-is-in/?ref=goodoil.news) MIchael Morrah (Herald): [Redress about more than just 'shut-up money': Gang boss on abuse in state care](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/black-power-auckland-aotearoa-president-reflects-on-abuse-violence-in-state-care-ahead-of-royal-commission-of-inquiry-report/D7VF3UXJCZESVGQHEJVTMFVKUY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tim Brown (RNZ):[Abuse in Care: Survivors self-fund travel to Parliament for report release](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522744/abuse-in-care-survivors-self-fund-travel-to-parliament-for-report-release?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Abuse in care: Govt promises survivors will be heard](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/21/abuse-in-care-govt-promises-survivors-will-be-heard/?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): ['It was an abomination, don't let it be repeated,' victim says ahead of report from abuse in care inquiry](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522596/it-was-an-abomination-don-t-let-it-be-repeated-victim-says-ahead-of-report-from-abuse-in-care-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) Sapeer Mayron (Post): [Shut it down: Abuse survivor calls for the end of Oranga Tamariki](https://www.thepost.co.nz/society/350343714/shut-it-down-abuse-survivor-calls-end-oranga-tamariki?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **GOVERNMENT** Jenna Lynch (Stuff): [Government creaks open Treaty debate vault](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350348870/jenna-lynch-government-creaks-open-treaty-debate-vault?ref=goodoil.news) Carwyn Jones (E-Tangata): [The Treaty bill is an act of extreme bad faith](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/carwyn-jones-the-treaty-bill-is-an-act-of-extreme-bad-faith/?ref=goodoil.news) Atereano Mateariki (Waatea News): [Māori governance expert says new ministers are overstepping their briefs](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-governance-expert-says-new-ministers-are-overstepping-their-briefs/O6YGUPE5EFDZJH4HYEES2F72WE/?ref=goodoil.news) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Attorney-General warns Govt against rushed lawmaking](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/19/collins-warns-govt-about-rushed-lawmaking-after-record-urgency/?ref=goodoil.news) Mountain Tui: [Pharmac Director, Climate Change Commissioner, Health NZ Directors - The latest to quit this month](https://mountaintuihere.substack.com/p/pharmac-director-climate-change-commissioner-f8e) Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Ghost trip: Crown limo drives hundreds of kilometres with no passengers](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350344297/ghost-trip-crown-limo-drives-hundreds-kilometres-no-passengers?ref=goodoil.news) Ella Somers (Interest): [NZ faces highest gender gap in central government trust amongst OECD nations](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/128806/oecd-survey-reveals-only-55-men-compared-37-women-new-zealand-have-trust-central?ref=goodoil.news) Steve Braunias (Newsroom): [The Secret Diary of .. Sheriff Seymour](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/20/the-secret-diary-of-sheriff-seymour/?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [PSA considering more legal action over Govt job cuts after win](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/20/psa-considering-more-legal-action-over-govt-job-cuts-after-win/?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [‘Another huge process’ ahead for Education Ministry public servants](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350347467/another-huge-process-ahead-education-ministry-public-servants?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Good Ideas: [Could randomised control trials save government?](https://goodideasnz.substack.com/p/could-randomised-control-trials-save) (paywalled) K Gurunathan (Post): [The Government needs more consensus, not dismissiveness](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350348729/government-needs-more-consensus-not-dismissiveness?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Whyte (Post): [Inside the Beehive: 10 minutes with Casey Costello](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350348484/inside-beehive-10-minutes-casey-costello?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **PARLIAMENT, WEEK IN POLITICS, FOURTH LABOUR GOVT** 1News: [Fresh questions raised on Tāmaki Makarau MP's electoral return](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/21/fresh-questions-raised-on-tamaki-makarau-mps-electoral-return/?ref=goodoil.news) Azaria Howell (Herald): [Ex-Manurewa Marae CEO and Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp to take leave after kidney disease diagnosis](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ex-manurewa-marae-ceo-and-te-pati-maori-mp-takutai-moana-natasha-kemp-to-take-leave-after-kidney-disease-diagnosis/QEOLOPWHGBFAJI3JSUAGU355VA/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Te Pāti Māori MP diagnosed with kidney disease, to take leave](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522715/te-pati-maori-mp-diagnosed-with-kidney-disease-to-take-leave?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp diagnosed with kidney disease](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/21/te-pati-maori-mp-takutai-tarsh-kemp-diagnosed-with-kidney-disease/?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [Welcome back, Prime Minister, it’s going to be a busy week](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350350052/welcome-back-prime-minister-its-going-be-busy-week?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Whyte (Post): [Coalition parties get lift in latest poll](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350349242/coalition-parties-get-lift-latest-poll?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Wilson (RNZ): [The Week in Politics: Former Green MP will be a media target](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522607/the-week-in-politics-former-green-mp-will-be-a-media-target?ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Donald Trump assassination attempt kicks off a week that shook the world](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/donald-trump-assassination-attempt-kicks-off-a-week-that-shook-the-world-audrey-young/YVVM37XFONG23EPUNQJ7FTS2VQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Good morning and welcome, Dunedin is ready for visitors](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/good-morning-and-welcome-dunedin-ready-visitors?ref=goodoil.news) ODT: [Civis: Taking on water and making all votes count](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/taking-water-and-making-all-votes-count?ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [David Lange in his own words: on leadership, fatherhood, the Rainbow Warrior, India, the Treaty of Waitangi, Helen Clark and making up with Roger Douglas](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-lange-in-his-own-words-on-leadership-fatherhood-the-rainbow-warrior-india-the-treaty-of-waitangi-helen-clark-and-making-up-with-roger-douglas/VRVBGRY5FFGGDE4RYCWIGREXDM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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