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Author: Bryce Edwards
COVID-19 INQUIRY
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Health sector cuts: Michael Baker sounds alarm on job losses after Covid inquiry
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): A Covid inquiry ends and another begins
Luke Malpass (Post): The Covid inquiry that did what it was asked (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Measured response a dose of realism (paywalled)
Spinoff: Covid-19 Royal Commission releases first report – what you need to know
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): 5 key takeaways from the Covid Royal Commission of Inquiry
RNZ: What are the recommendations of the Covid-19 inquiry?
RNZ: Former Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins reacts to Royal Commission of Inquiry report
Richard Harman (Politik): Report questions Labour’s big Covid spendup (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): ‘Unnecessary economic costs’ caused by some Govt pandemic decisions- Covid response report (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Covid report says Reserve Bank and Treasury could have worked together better (paywalled)
Robert MacCulloch: The Royal Commission on Covid-19 Report is a Repugnant, Unstructured Mishmash of Disinformation, Dressed up as a Single Source of Truth
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): How I feel now about the vaccine mandates
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): There are lessons to learn from the Covid response
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): The Covid-19 inquiry - the verdict is in
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Covid report: Told you so (paywalled)
1News: First phase of Royal Commission report into Covid-19 response released
RNZ: Government releases first Royal Commission Covid-19 report
Stuff: Full report on NZ's Covid-19 Response from the Royal Commission of Inquiry
Katie Kenny (RNZ): Recapping the Covid inquiry: What you need to know
Kelly Dennett and Thomas Manch (Post): Covid inquiry: Vaccine mandates went too far, Auckland lockdown could have ended earlier (paywalled)
NBR: Vaccine mandates ‘wore away’ at public support for Covid response (paywalled)
AAP (Guardian): New Zealand Covid inquiry finds vaccine mandates were ‘reasonable’
Post: PM says Covid inquiry chair ‘has got out ahead of himself’ (paywalled)
HEALTH
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health NZ: $72m spent on outsourced staff for single IT project, amid staff cuts
1News: Union, tobacco researcher react to proposed Health NZ job cuts
RNZ: Public service cuts: About 50 jobs to go at Te Whatu Ora's Pacific Health Service
RNZ: Dunedin Hospital under-resourcing 'anxiety-provoking' - cardiologist
RNZ: Patient dies after lab down at Dunedin Hospital's cardiac unit
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Doctor shortage nearly saw Grey Hospital close doors, health advocate warns
Maddy Croad (Press): ‘Discrimination’: People diagnosed with autism through telehealth being denied disability funding (paywalled)
Rob Campbell (Herald): Māori health services struggle amid Te Aka Whai Ora disestablishment and cuts
RNZ: Half of nursing graduates miss out on job offer from Te Whatu Ora
Kate Green (RNZ): 'I started applying for Australia' - Nurses turn across the ditch for work
Jenny Carryer (Post): Nurses are the glue of our hospitals but things are coming unstuck (paywalled)
RNZ: ACC launches new Sensitive Claims Service
Rachel Thomas (Post): ACC to offer therapy faster for abuse victims (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch and Imogen Wells (Stuff): Minister issues ‘please explain’ to Pharmac over menopause patch switch
RNZ: Seymour issues 'please explain' over oestrogen patch switch
RNZ: Pharmac holds out hope for ongoing supply of HRT patch
RNZ: Ronald McDonald House struggling to support whānau following biggest year ever
GOVERNMENT, TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): A Year of declining integrity
Thomas Manch (Post): The Annual Report: David Seymour on the Coalition’s ‘core tension’ as the Govt turns one (paywalled)
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Govt doing better than other global first-term govts
Tim Giles (Stuff): ACT says it wants equal rights for all, so what about fair Treaty settlements?
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): How will the select committee process on the Treaty principles bill play out?
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Suffering Pākehā Fomo? Some handy do’s and don’ts (paywalled)
Arena Williams, Stuart Smith (Stuff): ‘The National Party is complicit in this reckless exercise’
Claire Mabey (Spinoff): Anonymous donor buys Te Tiriti handbook for every secondary school in New Zealand
Herald: Anonymous donor gifts Understanding Te Tiriti book to all New Zealand high schools
Steven Cowan: David Seymour’s ‘revolution from above'
Anna Whyte (Post): The Annual Report: Parliament backbenchers to watch (paywalled)
Greg Presland (The Standard): If Seymour succeeds what happens to Ngāpuhi’s Treaty claim?
Anna Whyte (Post): The Annual Report: Parliament backbenchers to watch (paywalled)
RNZ: Investigation launched after police vehicle crashes into limo carrying Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis
1News: Police vehicle in nose-to-tail with Crown car carrying Luxon, Willis
Ava Whitworth (Stuff): Police car crashes into limo with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon inside
Stuff: What we know about David Seymour's love life
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