> ## 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: 27 September 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-27-september-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-26T20:12:57.000Z - Updated: 2024-09-29T20:41:34.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **HEALTH** **Otago Daily Times Editorial:** [**Give us the hospital that was promised**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/editorial-give-us-hospital-was-promised?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Nurses union warns people will die in downgrade of new Dunedin Hospital**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529179/nurses-union-warns-people-will-die-in-downgrade-of-new-dunedin-hospital?ref=goodoil.news) **Tim Scott (ODT):** [**Mayor calls on people to voice their outrage**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/mayor-calls-people-voice-their-outrage?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Littlewood (ODT):** [**Retrofitting idea ‘unworkable’**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/retrofitting-idea-%E2%80%98unworkable%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Littlewood (ODT):** [**Hard work undone: clinicians**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/hard-work-undone-clinicians?ref=goodoil.news) **Hamish McNeilly (Stuff):** [**‘Shocked and outraged’: Dunedin mayor’s reaction to hospital update**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350429999/shocked-and-outraged-dunedin-mayors-reaction-hospital-update?ref=goodoil.news) **ODT:** [**'Entirely unacceptable': Dunedin Hospital project bombshell**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dunedin-hospital-project-bombshell?ref=goodoil.news) **Hamish MacLean (ODT):** [**Govt considering two hospital cuts options**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/govt-considering-two-hospital-cuts-options?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**'Sophistry, nonsense': Former health minister slams government over downgrade of new Dunedin Hospital**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529179/sophistry-nonsense-former-health-minister-slams-government-over-downgrade-of-new-dunedin-hospital?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**‘Outrageous’ local MP fumes as Government goes back to the drawing board on Dunedin Hospital build**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/outrageous-local-mp-fumes-as-government-goes-back-to-the-drawing-board-on-dunedin-hospital-build/MAEWFUS43BFZ3NJ2A2G3HPV4LM/?ref=goodoil.news) **1News:** [**Govt seeks advice on options for Dunedin Hospital amid cost blowout**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/26/govt-seeks-advice-on-options-for-dunedin-hospital-amid-cost-blowout/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Government signals downgrade of new Dunedin Hospital**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529094/government-signals-downgrade-of-new-dunedin-hospital?ref=goodoil.news) **Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk):** [**New Dunedin Hospital could return to old site as cost forecasts near $3b**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/new-dunedin-hospital-could-return-to-old-site-as-cost-forecasts-near-3b?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Post:** [**Labour urges Government to keep Dunedin Hospital promise**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350430767/labour-urges-government-keep-dunedin-hospital-promise?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Phil Pennington (RNZ):** [**Health NZ not keeping up with hospital upgrades, documents say**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529142/health-nz-not-keeping-up-with-hospital-upgrades-documents-say?ref=goodoil.news) **Isaac Davison (Herald):** [**Govt directive to public services to deliver on ‘need, not race’ unscientific and dangerous, researchers say**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/govt-directive-to-public-services-to-deliver-on-need-not-race-unscientific-and-dangerous-researchers-say/DGIFU3SWMZFAHMWQDCJJE47BRA/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mariné Lourens (Press/Post):** [**Govt’s needs-based directive ‘an affront’ to science, say public health physicians**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350428707/govts-needs-based-directive-affront-science-say-public-health-physicians?ref=goodoil.news) **Marnie Prickett, Adam Canning, Tim Chambers, Michael Baker, Simon Hales (PHCCA):** [**Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream**](https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/regulator-failure-nitrate-drinking-water-dumps-escalating-costs-those-downstream?ref=goodoil.news) **Keith Rankin** [**Chart Analysis – Death Frequencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, by Birth Year**](https://eveningreport.nz/2024/09/26/keith-rankin-chart-analysis-death-frequencies-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-by-birth-year/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**'Extremely depressing': Covid-19 tests no longer free from October**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529137/covid-19-rats-no-longer-free-from-1-october?ref=goodoil.news) **Isaac Davison (Herald):** [**Puberty blocker use in New Zealand far higher than similar countries - study**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/puberty-blocker-use-in-new-zealand-far-higher-than-similar-countries-study/DNZGTK6CSFE5RK76ZOB47STJ2M/?ref=goodoil.news) **Philip Matthews (Press/Post):** [**Use of puberty blockers declines**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350430140/use-puberty-blockers-declines?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Peter Williams:** [**The Cancer War - Time for a New Approach**](https://peterallanwilliams.substack.com/p/the-cancer-war-time-for-a-new-approach) **Katie Kenny (RNZ):** [**Assisted dying, three years on: What you need to know**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/529134/assisted-dying-three-years-on-what-you-need-to-know?ref=goodoil.news) **ECONOMY, TAX, GOVT SPENDING** **Gordon Campbell (Scoop):** [**On The Government’s Bizarre Hostility To A Capital Gains Tax and Back to, back to the office**](https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2409/S00044/on-the-governments-bizarre-hostility-to-a-capital-gains-tax.htm?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Where political parties stand on the capital gains tax**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/529129/where-political-parties-stand-on-the-capital-gains-tax?ref=goodoil.news) **Susan Edmunds (RNZ):** [**A financial crunch is coming, Treasury warns**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/529108/a-financial-crunch-is-coming-treasury-warns?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Hooton (Herald):** [**Money doesn’t buy happiness but debt buys misery**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/money-doesnt-buy-happiness-but-debt-buys-misery-matthew-hooton/5GU3KL7U45EJ7OOFATTYYFBCRU/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Richard Harman (Politik):** [**On the way to another “Mother of All Budgets”?**](https://www.politik.co.nz/on-the-way-to-another-mother-of-all-budgets/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Treasury’s Dominick Stephens: ‘Unprecedented’ per person spending cuts will drive return to surplus**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/treasurys-dominick-stephens-unprecedented-per-person-spending-cuts-will-drive-return-to-surplus/Y5ZDI4BJGZCEZMIU4EOCHAAXGA/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post):** [**Public purse will be stretched ‘further and further’, Treasury warns**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350430406/public-purse-will-be-stretched-further-and-further-treasury-warns?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom):** [**Super strain from NZ’s ageing population**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/25/super-strain-from-nzs-ageing-population/?ref=goodoil.news) **Esther Taunton (Stuff):** [**How a capital gains tax could cost you, even if you don't own a rental**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/350430456/how-capital-gains-tax-could-cost-you-even-if-you-dont-own-rental?ref=goodoil.news) **Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB):** [**Just introduce a capital gains tax and be done with it**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/kerre-woodham-just-introduce-a-capital-gains-tax-and-be-done-with-it/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mike Friend:** [**A taxing question**](https://mfriend.substack.com/p/a-taxing-question) **Christine de Lee:** [**The Thorny Issue of Capital Gains Tax**](https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/christine-de-lee-the-thorny-issue-of-capital-gains-tax?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**More Kiwis taking a second job due to cost of living, survey shows**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529144/more-kiwis-taking-a-second-job-due-to-cost-of-living-survey-shows?ref=goodoil.news) **Terry Baucher (Interest):** [**Te wiki o te tāke: Inland Revenue ramping up investigation activities**](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/129944/new-zealand-tax-podcast-current-gst-threshold-holding-back-business-and?ref=goodoil.news) **FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE** **Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom):** [**All eyes on UN as Peters brushes off Seymour concern**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/26/all-eyes-on-un-as-peters-brushes-off-seymour-concern/?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Winston Peters stops United Nations speech, calls for room to be ‘quiet’**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-stops-united-nations-speech-calls-for-room-to-be-quiet/YU2TF5EF2VET7AVZBYCBXT3CA4/?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**Annoyed Winston Peters hushes United Nations audience as he delivers speech**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350430732/annoyed-winston-peters-hushes-united-nations-audience-he-delivers-speech?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Ellen O’Dwyer and Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ):** [**China launch of missile to the South Pacific 'concerning' - minister**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529140/china-launch-of-missile-to-the-south-pacific-concerning-minister?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**New Zealand navy vessel passes through contested Taiwan Strait**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350431008/new-zealand-navy-vessel-passes-through-contested-taiwan-strait?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Charlotte Bedford (RNZ):** [**RSE changes: employers win, Pacific workers lose**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/529135/rse-changes-employers-win-pacific-workers-lose?ref=goodoil.news) **Caleb Fortheringham (RNZ):** [**NZ govt urged 'to pay attention' for 'retaliatory attacks' by Indonesia after Phillip Mehrtens release**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/529095/nz-govt-urged-to-pay-attention-for-retaliatory-attacks-by-indonesia-after-phillip-mehrtens-release?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Protest outside Israeli Embassy closes road**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/529106/protest-outside-israeli-embassy-closes-road?ref=goodoil.news) **—————** **Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project):** [**NZ’s trade deal with the UAE could unlock Middle East**](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/nzs-trade-deal-with-the-uae-could) **Anneke Smith (RNZ):** [**NZ strikes its 'fastest ever' trade deal, with the United Arab Emirates**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/529097/nz-strikes-its-fastest-ever-trade-deal-with-the-united-arab-emirates?ref=goodoil.news) **1News:** [**Govt secures free trade deal with United Arab Emirates**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/26/govt-secures-free-trade-deal-with-united-arab-emirates/?ref=goodoil.news) **Dan Brunskill (Interest):** [**NZ strikes trade deal with United Arab Emirates**](https://www.interest.co.nz/business/129934/trade-minister-todd-mcclay-signs-trade-deal-united-arab-emirates-which-could-save?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**New Zealand, UAE settle on free-trade deal**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350430061/new-zealand-uae-settle-free-trade-deal?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk):** [**Fast-track trade: Government signs free trade deal with United Arab Emirates in four months**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/primary-sector/fast-track-trade-government-signs-free-trade-deal-with-united-arab-emirates-in-four-months?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Eve Hyslop (Press/Post):** [**Farmers welcome NZ and UAE free trade agreement**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/rural/350430464/farmers-welcome-nz-and-uae-free-trade-agreement?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** *Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to *53 items above*, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to an *additional 103 categorised items, and today’s cartoons*. 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