> ## 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: 23 July 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-23-july-2024/ - Published: 2024-07-22T20:27:40.000Z - Updated: 2024-07-26T11:27:42.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **HEALTH** Rowan Quinn (RNZ): [Te Whatu Ora unable to confirm which hospital departments are safely staffed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522851/te-whatu-ora-unable-to-confirm-which-hospital-departments-are-safely-staffed?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (Post): [Is Health NZ overspending or underfunded?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350351277/health-nz-overspending-or-underfunded?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [‘I have never known morale so low’: Senior doctors, nurses push back on plans to save $1.4 billion in ‘overburdened’ health system](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350351348/i-have-never-known-morale-so-low-senior-doctors-nurses-push-back-plans-save-14?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Rob Campbell on health reform: 'Change required but not this'](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/23/rob-campbell-on-health-reform-change-required-but-not-this/?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Health NZ board sacking: PM Christopher Luxon, former Health boss Rob Campbell on change](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-nz-board-sacking-pm-christopher-luxon-former-health-boss-rob-campbell-on-changes/FWCIONLMGVDTJKETSQQBWMENV4/?ref=goodoil.news) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): [A $1.4bn turnaround job for Health NZ](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/23-07-2024/a-1-4bn-turnaround-job-for-health-nz?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [HealthNZ and Luxon at cross purposes over budget blowout](https://www.politik.co.nz/healthnz-and-luxon-at-cross-purpsoes-over-budget-blowout/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Beehive assumes close control of Health NZ, Labour blames Budget underfunding](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/beehives-assumes-close-control-of-health-nz-labour-blames-budget-underfunding/2LYSKL7YAFCQ3HJCW3STOAIP4Y/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Politics live: Fallout from Health New Zealand's budget woes](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522836/politics-live-fallout-from-health-new-zealand-s-budget-woes?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Health reform blowout is government's responsibility - Labour](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522826/health-reform-blowout-is-government-s-responsibility-labour?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch and Anna Whyte (Post): [Jobs and primary healthcare on the line as Govt stems $130m a month bleed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350351402/jobs-and-primary-healthcare-line-govt-stems-130m-month-bleed?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Dr Shane Reti to replace Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Board with commissioner after agency heading for $1.4b deficit](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350351208/dr-shane-reti-replace-te-whatu-ora-health-new-zealand-board-commissioner-after?ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (1News): ['Turnaround' job: Health NZ board sacked, commissioner appointed](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/22/turnaround-job-health-nz-board-sacked-commissioner-appointed/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government to replace Health NZ board with commissioner](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522796/government-to-replace-health-nz-board-with-commissioner?ref=goodoil.news) Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Health NZ unable to stay within its budget after a period of high inflation and fast population growth](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/128842/health-nz-unable-stay-within-its-budget-after-period-high-inflation-and-fast?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [Government replaces Health NZ board with commissioner, claims merger ‘botched’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350351318/government-replaces-health-nz-board-commissioner-claims-merger-botched?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Irra Lee (1News): [National's 13 cancer drugs left out of Budget after costings issues](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/23/nationals-13-cancer-drugs-left-out-of-budget-after-costings-issues/?ref=goodoil.news) Chelsea Daniels (Herald): [Front Page: NZ’s mental health crisis: Matt Doocey says system ‘not good enough’](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzs-mental-health-crisis-matt-doocey-says-system-not-good-enough-the-front-page/MPDQMC3ACBEG5ICI54YMCHYAQU/?ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): [I'm truly confused over Dr Anthony Jordan's resignation from Pharmac](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/andrew-dickens-monday-afternoons/opinion/andrew-dickens-im-truly-confused-over-dr-anthony-jordans-resignation-from-pharmac/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [First Union accuses Hato Hone St John of being misleading about staffing levels](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522814/first-union-accuses-hato-hone-st-john-of-being-misleading-about-staffing-levels?ref=goodoil.news) Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa: [Increasing whooping cough cases put pēpi at risk. What can be done about it?](https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/increasing-whooping-cough-cases-put-pepi-risk-what-can-be-done-about-it?ref=goodoil.news) Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): [Trinity Koha dental clinic brings relief for Gisborne māmā](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522816/trinity-koha-dental-clinic-brings-relief-for-gisborne-mama?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Covid-19: 2414 new cases, 22 further deaths](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522799/covid-19-2414-new-cases-22-further-deaths?ref=goodoil.news) **ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE** Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [‘Horrific and harrowing’ facts to be laid bare in Royal Commission report into abuse in care](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350351206/horrific-and-harrowing-facts-be-laid-bare-royal-commission-report-abuse-care?ref=goodoil.news) Michael Morrah (Herald): [Young women who say they were abused in Oranga Tamariki care call for agency to be stripped of its responsibilities](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/young-women-abused-in-oranga-tamariki-care-have-called-for-the-agency-to-be-stripped-of-its-responsibilities/M7WLAOAA6ZGX7ONYWT7DYAAZDA/?ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green (RNZ): [Acknowledgement is vital to healing, key figures in Abuse in Care inquiry say](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522818/acknowledgement-is-vital-to-healing-key-figures-in-abuse-in-care-inquiry-say?ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [PM Christopher Luxon to make formal apology for abuse in state and faith-based care](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pm-christopher-luxon-to-make-formal-apology-for-abuse-in-state-and-faith-based-care/SSO4JK3D2FGIVPM4Z3HYRCZZVA/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [PM Christopher Luxon to make public apology for abuse in state and faith-based care](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522805/pm-christopher-luxon-to-make-public-apology-for-abuse-in-state-and-faith-based-care?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [Government to make formal apology for care abuse](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350351177/government-make-formal-apology-care-abuse?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **PARLIAMENT** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Te Pati Māori political donations scandal gets worse](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/te-pati-maori-political-donations) Bryce Edwards (ODT): [Attack on Trump a warning for NZ](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/attack-trump-warning-nz?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [PM 'ducking for cover' from media questions - opposition](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/22/pm-ducking-for-cover-from-media-questions-opposition/?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Shane Jones: Even smaller rural investments can make big community outcomes](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/shane-jones-even-smaller-rural-investments-can-make-big-community-outcomes/4IQHKC4KTVAWVLJTZQJY2NNVZE/?ref=goodoil.news) Bryan Bruce: [Treaty Principles Bill an act of bad faith](https://bryanbruce.substack.com/p/treaty-principles-bill-an-act-of) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): [Is Christopher Luxon a political grim reaper? The evidence suggests yes](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22-07-2024/is-christopher-luxon-a-political-grim-reaper-the-evidence-suggests-yes?ref=goodoil.news) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. Paid subscribers can access the following categories of news and analysis: **HOUSING; TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENT; EDUCATION, TRAINING; ECONOMY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; FOREIGN AFFAIRS; MEDIA; ENERGY; WELFARE** *To subscribe to the full version of Democracy Project email newsletters - which helps keep this service going - click on the link below:* [Subscribe now](https://democracyproject.substack.com/subscribe?) [Read more](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/nz-politics-daily-23-july-2024)