> ## 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: 25 July 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-25-july-2024/ - Published: 2024-07-24T20:22:55.000Z - Updated: 2024-07-26T11:27:41.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **ABUSE IN CARE** Derek Cheng (Herald): [Why some of the Royal Commission’s recommendations will land in the Government’s lap like a tonne of bricks](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/derek-cheng-why-some-of-the-royal-commissions-recommendations-will-land-on-the-governments-lap-like-a-tonne-of-lead-bricks/S3ZDBDTS3NDHVH3L4RYYHQEBJU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): [Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: What the final report says](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/royal-commission-of-inquiry-into-abuse-in-care-what-the-find-report-says/6L4RA5OD2JBHVHDBWFYDYRMSXA/?ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Post): [Royal commission shows abuse on an industrial scale](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350353937/royal-commission-shows-abuse-industrial-scale?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: Checkpoint: [Abuse in care report: 'Cynicism' and 'a great deal of hope' for action after inquiry](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523051/abuse-in-care-report-cynicism-and-a-great-deal-of-hope-for-action-after-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green (RNZ): [Abuse in Care: proposed redress system 'innovative' and 'challenging', Stanford says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523055/abuse-in-care-calls-for-change-not-just-apology?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [Politicians implicated in alleged ‘paedophile ring’ investigated by state abuse inquiry](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350353838/politicians-implicated-alleged-paedophile-ring-investigated-state-abuse-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Kitchin (RNZ):[The Detail: Secrets of state and faith-based care, finally revealed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018948203/secrets-of-state-and-faith-based-care-finally-revealed?ref=goodoil.news) Liam Rātana (Spinoff): [Government faces critical test with abuse in care report](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/25-07-2024/government-faces-critical-test-with-abuse-in-care-report?ref=goodoil.news) Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Govt takes blame, will apologise to children abused and tortured in state care](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/24/govt-takes-blame-will-apologise-to-children-abused-and-tortured-in-state-care/?ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (1News): [Abuse in care: 'Devastating' cost to survivors, 'stain' on society](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/24/abuse-in-care-devastating-cost-to-survivors-stain-on-society/?ref=goodoil.news) Joel MacManus (Spinoff): [A long list of ministers and leaders found at fault for allowing abuse in care](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-07-2024/a-long-list-of-ministers-and-leaders-found-at-fault-for-failing-to-stop-abuse-in-care?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [Dozens of institutions and organisations named in Abuse in Care report](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350353839/dozens-institutions-and-organisations-named-abuse-care-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Edward Gay (Stuff): [State care was a ‘training ground’ for prison](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350354224/state-care-was-training-ground-prison?ref=goodoil.news) Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Reporting): [Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry: Redress scheme’s compensation plans remain unclear](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/abuse-in-care-royal-commission-of-inquiry-redress-schemes-compensation-plans-remain-unclear/AB2RZE6XJRGYZEYIWWR5VNZRIE/?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch and Harriette Boucher (Post): [Government to answer billion-dollar redress question after damning abuse inquiry](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350353676/government-answer-billion-dollar-redress-question-after-damning-abuse-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Calls for action follow Abuse in Care inquiry's final report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523037/calls-for-action-follow-abuse-in-care-inquiry-s-final-report?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sherwood (Stuff): [Children’s Commissioner says ‘many aspects’ of state care and protection system require work](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350353219/childrens-commissioner-says-many-aspects-state-care-and-protection-system-require?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): [Abuse in Care inquiry final report made public, commissioners call for reform and redress](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523014/abuse-in-care-inquiry-final-report-made-public-commissioners-call-for-reform-and-redress?ref=goodoil.news) Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Righting the wrongs of the past: The abuse in care inquiry’s key recommendations](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-07-2024/righting-the-wrongs-of-the-past-the-abuse-in-care-inquirys-key-recommendations?ref=goodoil.news) Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Reporting): [Abuse in Care: Changes recommended by the inquiry](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523028/abuse-in-care-changes-recommended-by-the-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): [Apologies, compensation and prosecution: The key recommendations of the Abuse in Care report](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350353752/apologies-compensation-and-prosecution-key-recommendations-abuse-care-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hanna McCallum (Post): [What you need to know: Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350353749/what-you-need-know-abuse-care-royal-commission-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Julia Gabel (Herald): [Abuse in Care Inquiry: Politicians respond to ‘harrowing’ Royal Commission report](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/abuse-in-care-inquiry-politicians-respond-to-harrowing-royal-commission-report/YFFMEPB455BEZJBPPMUSFP3FQQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Davison (Herald): [Abuse victim says survivors finally feel heard after royal commission report released](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/abuse-victim-says-survivors-finally-feel-heard-after-royal-commission-report-released/UYZYQSPQGFADJDMAKQRCK5XQ5I/?ref=goodoil.news) Steve Goodlass (Spinoff): [‘I’m even more concerned’: A survivor’s response to the final abuse in care report](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-07-2024/im-even-more-concerned-a-survivors-response-to-the-final-abuse-in-care-report?ref=goodoil.news) Spinoff: [‘It’s a national disgrace’: responses to the abuse in care inquiry’s final report](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-07-2024/its-a-national-disgrace-responses-to-the-abuse-in-care-inquirys-final-report?ref=goodoil.news) Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): [Māori disproportionately affected by state and faith-based care abuse](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/523020/maori-disproportionately-affected-by-state-and-faith-based-care-abuse?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Māori survivors of abuse in state care want transformative action now](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/abuseincare/523046/maori-survivors-of-abuse-in-state-care-want-transformative-action-now?ref=goodoil.news) Toby Manhire (Spinoff): [These are the stories the Jehovah’s Witnesses went to court to stop you reading](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-07-2024/these-are-the-stories-the-jehovahs-witnesses-went-to-court-to-stop-you-reading?ref=goodoil.news) David Tombs (Post): [Don’t look away: damning report demands our attention](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350354189/dont-look-away-damning-report-demands-our-attention?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Sexual abuse more prevalent in faith-based care - commission](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/24/sexual-abuse-more-prevalent-in-faith-based-care-commission/?ref=goodoil.news) Tova O;Brien (Stuff): [This is the worst of us](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350354144/worst-us-tova-obrien-royal-commission-abuse-state-care?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [‘A national disgrace’: Decades of abuse in care saw 200,000 scarred for life](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350352153/national-disgrace-decades-abuse-care-saw-200000-scarred-life?ref=goodoil.news) Eva Corlett (Guardian): [‘National disgrace’: landmark New Zealand report finds 200,000 victims of abuse in state care](https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/24/new-zealand-royal-commission-abuse-state-religious-care-report-ntwnfb?ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett (Post): [Pervasive, systemic, ‘nothing short of horrific’: state care abuse scale finally revealed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350353841/pervasive-systemic-nothing-short-horrific-state-care-abuse-scale-finally?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Felix Desmarais (1News): ['You are heard, you are believed': Prime Minister on state abuse report](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/24/you-are-heard-you-are-believed-prime-minister-on-state-abuse-report/?ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [Abuse in Care Inquiry: Government praises survivors for sharing accounts of ‘unimaginable, despicable’ treatment](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/abuse-in-care-inquiry-government-praises-survivors-for-sharing-accounts-of-unimaginable-despicable-abuse/V7IK5C2B4REXFNFW6XRKOBECQQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [‘Too many of us have failed’: Government promises change after landmark inquiry into child abuse, torture in state care](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350354223/too-many-us-have-failed-government-promises-change-after-landmark-inquiry-child?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Watch: [PM Christopher Luxon, lead Minister Erica Stanford respond to Abuse in Care report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523015/watch-pm-christopher-luxon-lead-minister-erica-stanford-respond-to-abuse-in-care-report?ref=goodoil.news) Michael Cugley and Aroha Mane (Te Ao Māori News): [Landmark Whanaketia report tabled; state-care abuse survivors want abuse stopped immediately](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/07/24/landmark-whanaketia-report-tabled-state-care-abuse-survivors-want-abuse-stopped-immediately/?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [‘This must be bigger than politics’ - MPs face survivors as Abuse in Care report tabled](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350354087/must-be-bigger-politics-mps-face-survivors-abuse-care-report-tabled?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [What you need to know about the royal commission into abuse in care](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350354135/what-you-need-know-about-royal-commission-abuse-care?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project):[NZ’s health system in crisis](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/nzs-health-system-in-crisis) ODT Editorial: [Confused commissioner decision](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/confused-commissioner-decision?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bryce Wilkinson (Herald): [Replacing Health NZ board offers glimmer of hope](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/replacing-health-nz-board-offers-glimmer-of-hope-dr-bryce-wilkinson/67PU3KDQHFHELPEKHPDIVVT2M4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): [Luxon gets caught out](https://www.politik.co.nz/luxon-gets-caught-out/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Unexpected success hiring nurses drives Health NZ deficit](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/24/unexpected-success-in-hiring-nurses-drives-health-nz-deficit/?ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan MIlne (Newsroom): [New Health NZ commissioner hesitates to express confidence in CEO](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/24/new-health-nz-commissioner-hesitates-to-express-confidence-in-ceo/?ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Little (Herald): [Health NZ board sacked: Reform shouldn’t be this bad or hard](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-reform-in-new-zealand-shouldnt-be-this-bad-or-hard-andrew-little/FZ3FV4LI5BEFDFZQWUP5CN6GSM/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Chris Hipkins says Shane Reti should have acted earlier if 'farcical' Health NZ claims were true](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522971/chris-hipkins-says-shane-reti-should-have-acted-earlier-if-farcical-health-nz-claims-were-true?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Minister Shane Reti says Māori health will be front of mind for incoming commissioner](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/minister-shane-reti-says-maori-health-will-be-front-of-mind-for-incoming-commissioner/G36X7Q3WMNBLTCGBDCSKQTGPSY/?ref=goodoil.news) Joseph Los’e (Herald): [Act Party wants Te Whatu Ora staff to ditch karakia](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/act-party-wants-te-whatu-ora-staff-to-ditch-karakia/SLONF7OU4FC5VF7TIAWE4EHL6U/?ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Health NZ needs to scrap time-wasting measures](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/heather-du-plessis-allan-health-nz-needs-to-scrap-time-wasting-measures/?ref=goodoil.news) Anusha Bradley (RNZ): ['Opt-out' clause used to justify lack of procurement process for Gumboot Friday funding](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/523056/opt-out-clause-used-to-justify-lack-of-procurement-process-for-gumboot-friday-funding?ref=goodoil.news) Public Health Communication Centre: [Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products](https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/contradictions-surround-governments-move-slash-tax-heated-tobacco-products?ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Heated tobacco products](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/07/heated%5Ftobacco%5Fproducts.html?ref=goodoil.news) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Rotorua hospital staff shortages: Patients sent back to ED from other wards](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523052/rotorua-hospital-staff-shortages-patients-sent-back-to-ed-from-other-wards?ref=goodoil.news) Janine Rankin (Stuff): [St John ambulance staff give notice of strike action](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350351631/st-john-ambulance-staff-give-notice-strike-action?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Ambulance delays in Akl, Waikato after increased demand, staff illness](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/24/ambulance-delays-in-akl-waikato-after-increased-demand-staff-illness/?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Hato Hone St John under pressure: High demand, staff sickness in Auckland, Waikato prompts prioritisation of calls](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hato-hone-st-john-under-pressure-high-demand-staff-sickness-in-auckland-waikato-prompts-prioritisation-of-calls/RFRRNI4TJVFRLDMERELKHQKL3M/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Taranaki Base Hospital maternity patients drink bottled water after pipes issue](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523034/taranaki-base-hospital-maternity-patients-drink-bottled-water-after-pipes-issue?ref=goodoil.news) Helen Harvey (Stuff): [Maternity unit using 80 litres of bottled water a day due to unsafe drinking water](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350345604/maternity-unit-using-80-litres-bottled-water-day-due-unsafe-drinking-water?ref=goodoil.news) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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