> ## 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: 29 November 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-29-november-2024/ - Published: 2024-11-28T19:50:59.000Z - Updated: 2024-12-01T02:51:02.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **COVID-19 INQUIRY** Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Health sector cuts: Michael Baker sounds alarm on job losses after Covid inquiry](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/535132/health-sector-cuts-michael-baker-sounds-alarm-on-job-losses-after-covid-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): [A Covid inquiry ends and another begins](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/29-11-2024/a-covid-inquiry-ends-and-another-begins?ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Post): [The Covid inquiry that did what it was asked](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360503652/covid-inquiry-did-what-it-was-asked?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT Editorial: [Measured response a dose of realism](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/measured-response-dose-realism?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Spinoff: [Covid-19 Royal Commission releases first report – what you need to know](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-11-2024/covid-19-royal-commission-releases-first-report-what-you-need-to-know?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [5 key takeaways from the Covid Royal Commission of Inquiry](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360503059/5-key-takeaways-covid-royal-commission-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [What are the recommendations of the Covid-19 inquiry?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535106/what-are-the-recommendations-of-the-covid-19-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Former Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins reacts to Royal Commission of Inquiry report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/535093/former-covid-19-response-minister-chris-hipkins-reacts-to-royal-commission-of-inquiry-report?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Report questions Labour’s big Covid spendup](https://www.politik.co.nz/report-questions-labours-big-covid-spendup/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Stock (Post): [‘Unnecessary economic costs’ caused by some Govt pandemic decisions- Covid response report](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360503708/unnecessary-economic-costs-caused-some-govt-pandemic-decisions-covid-response-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Covid report says Reserve Bank and Treasury could have worked together better](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360503734/covid-report-says-reserve-bank-and-treasury-could-have-worked-together-better?ref=goodoil.news) (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](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/the-royal-commission-on-covid-19-report-is-a-repugnant-unstructured-mishmash-of-disinformation-dre?ref=goodoil.news) John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [How I feel now about the vaccine mandates](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-how-i-feel-now-about-the-vaccine-mandates/?ref=goodoil.news) Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): [There are lessons to learn from the Covid response](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/kerre-woodham-there-are-lessons-to-learn-from-the-covid-response/?ref=goodoil.news) Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): [The Covid-19 inquiry - the verdict is in](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition-with-ryan-bridge/opinion/ryan-bridge-the-covid-19-inquiry-the-verdict-is-in/?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Hooton (Patreon): [Covid report: Told you so](https://www.patreon.com/posts/covid-report-you-116896564?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [First phase of Royal Commission report into Covid-19 response released](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/28/first-phase-of-royal-commission-report-into-covid-19-response-released/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government releases first Royal Commission Covid-19 report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535087/government-releases-first-royal-commission-covid-19-report?ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Full report on NZ's Covid-19 Response from the Royal Commission of Inquiry](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360503393/full-report-nzs-covid-19-response-royal-commission-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) Katie Kenny (RNZ): [Recapping the Covid inquiry: What you need to know](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/535081/recapping-the-covid-inquiry-what-you-need-to-know?ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett and Thomas Manch (Post): [Covid inquiry: Vaccine mandates went too far, Auckland lockdown could have ended earlier](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360503465/royal-commission-report-covid-response-published?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) NBR: [Vaccine mandates ‘wore away’ at public support for Covid response](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/lockdowns-and-vaccine-mandates-questioned-in-covid-19-inquiry/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) AAP (Guardian): [New Zealand Covid inquiry finds vaccine mandates were ‘reasonable’](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/28/new-zealand-covid-19-inquiry-vaccine-mandates-reasonable?ref=goodoil.news) Post: [PM says Covid inquiry chair ‘has got out ahead of himself’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360502950/live-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-talks-after-school-visit?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **HEALTH** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Health NZ: $72m spent on outsourced staff for single IT project, amid staff cuts](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535125/health-nz-72m-spent-on-outsourced-staff-for-single-it-project-amid-staff-cuts?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Union, tobacco researcher react to proposed Health NZ job cuts](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/28/union-tobacco-researcher-react-to-proposed-health-nz-job-cuts/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Public service cuts: About 50 jobs to go at Te Whatu Ora's Pacific Health Service](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535112/public-service-cuts-about-50-jobs-to-go-at-te-whatu-ora-s-pacific-health-service?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Dunedin Hospital under-resourcing 'anxiety-provoking' - cardiologist](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535118/dunedin-hospital-under-resourcing-anxiety-provoking-cardiologist?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Patient dies after lab down at Dunedin Hospital's cardiac unit](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535054/patient-dies-after-lab-down-at-dunedin-hospital-s-cardiac-unit?ref=goodoil.news) Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): [Doctor shortage nearly saw Grey Hospital close doors, health advocate warns](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535146/doctor-shortage-nearly-saw-grey-hospital-close-doors-health-advocate-warns?ref=goodoil.news) Maddy Croad (Press): [‘Discrimination’: People diagnosed with autism through telehealth being denied disability funding](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360490212/discrimination-people-diagnosed-autism-through-telehealth-being-denied-disability-funding?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Campbell (Herald): [Māori health services struggle amid Te Aka Whai Ora disestablishment and cuts](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/maori-health-services-struggle-amid-te-aka-whai-ora-disestablishment-and-cuts-rob-campbell/KEVJYHPZ7JEB7CWMX6DKQBVNAY/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Half of nursing graduates miss out on job offer from Te Whatu Ora](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535049/half-of-nursing-graduates-miss-out-on-job-offer-from-te-whatu-ora?ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green (RNZ): ['I started applying for Australia' - Nurses turn across the ditch for work](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535119/i-started-applying-for-australia-nurses-turn-across-the-ditch-for-work?ref=goodoil.news) Jenny Carryer (Post): [Nurses are the glue of our hospitals but things are coming unstuck](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360501152/nurses-are-glue-our-hospitals-things-are-coming-unstuck?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [ACC launches new Sensitive Claims Service](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535091/acc-launches-new-sensitive-claims-service?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (Post): [ACC to offer therapy faster for abuse victims](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360502706/acc-offer-therapy-faster-abuse-victims?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenna Lynch and Imogen Wells (Stuff): [Minister issues ‘please explain’ to Pharmac over menopause patch switch](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360504134/minister-issues-please-explain-pharmac-over-menopause-patch-switch?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Seymour issues 'please explain' over oestrogen patch switch](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535098/seymour-issues-please-explain-over-oestrogen-patch-switch?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pharmac holds out hope for ongoing supply of HRT patch](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535098/pharmac-holds-out-hope-for-ongoing-supply-of-hrt-patch?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Ronald McDonald House struggling to support whānau following biggest year ever](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535063/ronald-mcdonald-house-struggling-to-support-whanau-following-biggest-year-ever?ref=goodoil.news) **GOVERNMENT, TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [A Year of declining integrity](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/democracy-briefing-a-year-of-declining) Thomas Manch (Post): [The Annual Report: David Seymour on the Coalition’s ‘core tension’ as the Govt turns one](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360486351/annual-report-david-seymour-coalitions-core-tension-govt-turns-one?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Dunne (Newsroom): [Govt doing better than other global first-term govts](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/28/govt-doing-better-than-other-global-first-term-govts/?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Giles (Stuff): [ACT says it wants equal rights for all, so what about fair Treaty settlements?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360502865/act-says-it-wants-equal-rights-all-so-what-about-fair-treaty-settlements?ref=goodoil.news) Toby Manhire (Spinoff): [How will the select committee process on the Treaty principles bill play out?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-11-2024/how-will-the-select-committee-process-on-the-treaty-principles-bill-play-out?ref=goodoil.news) Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): [Suffering Pākehā Fomo? Some handy do’s and don’ts](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/suffering-p%C4%81keh%C4%81-fomo-some-handy-do%E2%80%99s-and-don%E2%80%99ts?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Arena Williams, Stuart Smith (Stuff): [‘The National Party is complicit in this reckless exercise’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360504297/national-party-complicit-reckless-exercise?ref=goodoil.news) Claire Mabey (Spinoff): [Anonymous donor buys Te Tiriti handbook for every secondary school in New Zealand](https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/29-11-2024/anonymous-donor-buys-te-tiriti-handbook-for-every-secondary-school-in-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Anonymous donor gifts Understanding Te Tiriti book to all New Zealand high schools](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/anonymous-donor-gifts-understanding-te-tiriti-to-all-new-zealand-high-schools/DBBUPPLVP5FSJJNMNXWSD6PFAI/?ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [David Seymour’s ‘revolution from above'](https://nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2024/11/david-seymours-revolution-from-above.html?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [The Annual Report: Parliament backbenchers to watch](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360501897/annual-report-parliament-backbenchers-watch?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Greg Presland (The Standard): [If Seymour succeeds what happens to Ngāpuhi’s Treaty claim?](https://thestandard.org.nz/if-seymour-succeeds-what-happens-to-ngapuhis-treaty-claim/?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [The Annual Report: Parliament backbenchers to watch](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360501897/annual-report-parliament-backbenchers-watch?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Investigation launched after police vehicle crashes into limo carrying Christopher Luxon and Nicola Willis](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/535069/investigation-launched-after-police-vehicle-crashes-into-limo-carrying-christopher-luxon-and-nicola-willis?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Police vehicle in nose-to-tail with Crown car carrying Luxon, Willis](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/11/28/police-vehicle-in-nose-to-tail-with-crown-car-carrying-luxon-willis/?ref=goodoil.news) Ava Whitworth (Stuff): [Police car crashes into limo with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon inside](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360503034/police-car-crashes-limo-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-inside?ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [What we know about David Seymour's love life](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360502591/what-we-know-about-david-seymours-love-life?ref=goodoil.news) There are links to **58 items above** in today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily”. 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