> ## 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: 30 July 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-30-july-2024/ - Published: 2024-07-29T20:21:10.000Z - Updated: 2024-07-29T21:01:29.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **HEALTH** Guyon Espiner (RNZ): [Govt set aside $216m to pay for heated tobacco product tax cuts](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/523526/govt-set-aside-216m-to-pay-for-heated-tobacco-product-tax-cuts?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Former National Cabinet Minister didn’t know what questions to ask](https://www.politik.co.nz/former-national-cabinet-minister-and-top-tax-official-on-board-that-didnt-know-what-questions-to-ask/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Health NZ changes: 'Everything's on the table' - Luxon](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523527/health-nz-changes-everything-s-on-the-table-luxon?ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse (Herald): [PM Christopher Luxon says heads could roll in Health NZ executive team](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pm-christopher-luxon-says-heads-could-roll-in-health-nz-executive-team/4W2EYPY6S5DWXBCXGFLCCVRSIU/?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [Luxon doubles down on incorrect Health NZ claim](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350359352/luxon-doubles-down-incorrect-health-nz-claim?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Patients, doctors on list of '14 layers of management' at Health NZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523463/patients-doctors-on-list-of-14-layers-of-management-at-health-nz?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [PM says no doctor for Dargaville Hospital cardiac arrest 'challenging'](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/29/pm-says-no-doctor-for-dargaville-hospital-cardiac-arrest-challenging/?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [‘Botched merger’ or ‘manufactured crisis’? What is going on at Te Whatu Ora?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350359149/botched-merger-or-manufactured-crisis-what-going-te-whatu-ora?ref=goodoil.news) Nick James (RNZ): [Telehealth company called in to help with staff shortages at Porirua's Hospital](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523541/telehealth-company-called-in-to-help-with-staff-shortages-at-porirua-s-hospital?ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [The state of Health New Zealand is like an episode of American medical TV series ER](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-state-of-health-new-zealand-is-similar-to-the-american-tv-series-er-editorial/HS7ZYEZCYNFWNBQSN3G5UM7QN4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ruth Hill (RNZ): ['Lucky' young mum with cancer spends house deposit on private care](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523532/lucky-young-mum-with-cancer-spends-house-deposit-on-private-care?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [The effects of doctor shortages through the eyes of practitioners and patients](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523522/the-effects-of-doctor-shortages-through-the-eyes-of-practitioners-and-patients?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Patients travelling hours amid doctor shortage, mayor says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523473/patients-travelling-hours-amid-doctor-shortage-mayor-says?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Nurses may revive campaign to keep promises on Dunedin Hospital](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/nurses-may-revive-campaign?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jackie Cumming (The Conversation):[Under pressure, 80% of GPs closed their books to new patients at some point since 2019 – here’s why](https://theconversation.com/under-pressure-80-of-gps-closed-their-books-to-new-patients-at-some-point-since-2019-heres-why-235500?ref=goodoil.news) Louise Ternouth (RNZ): [Community pharmacists afraid for future of business and patient care](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523520/community-pharmacists-afraid-for-future-of-business-and-patient-care?ref=goodoil.news) John Braddock (World Socilalists): [New Zealand health system faces steep funding cuts, possible privatisation](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/07/29/lhuw-j29.html?ref=goodoil.news) Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): [Third Age Health's profit up 140% as expansion continues](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/property/third-age-healths-profit-up-140-as-expansion-continues?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **ABUSE IN CARE, BOOT CAMPS, CHILD WELFARE** Chris Trotter (Interest): [The why and the how of abuse in care](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/128929/victims-abuse-care-are-last-receiving-recognition-apologies-and-compensation?ref=goodoil.news) Simon Wilson (Herald): [Crime on Queen St, abuse in care, and Christopher Luxon: Yes, they are related](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime-on-queen-st-abuse-in-care-and-christopher-luxon-yes-they-are-related-simon-wilson/SUND6INIONHNZHIA5VRLO6IYGI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Govt could take a bootcamp off-ramp](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/29/govt-could-take-a-bootcamp-off-ramp/?ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Post): [The softer approach to getting the boot](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350359174/softer-approach-getting-boot?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [History never repeats. Except for boot camps](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-history-never-repeats-except-for-boot-camps/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Abuse in care: Mission to identify thousands of unmarked graves possibly holding victims](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523509/abuse-in-care-mission-to-identify-thousands-of-unmarked-graves-possibly-holding-victims?ref=goodoil.news) John Lewis (ODT): [Barton vacates uni council as PSO fallout continues](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/barton-vacates-uni-council-pso-fallout-continues?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Scott (ODT): [PSO records torn out, abuse survivor says](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/pso-records-torn-out-abuse-survivor-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Erik Monasterio (Press/Post): [There are still vulnerable abused in state institutions](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350358920/there-are-still-vulnerable-abused-state-institutions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Calls to end segregated education in light of Royal Commission](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/29/calls-to-end-segregated-education-in-light-of-royal-commission/?ref=goodoil.news) George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): [‘Zero appetite’ for culture of abuse in Catholic church](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350358867/zero-appetite-culture-abuse-catholic-church?ref=goodoil.news) Rukuwai Tipene Allen (Te Ao Māori News): [I can’t help but look at the system and think those are our babies, our Māori babies](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/07/29/opinion-i-cant-help-but-look-at-the-system-and-think-those-are-our-babies-our-maori-babies/?ref=goodoil.news) Bryan Bruce: [State Abuse And Gang Membership](https://bryanbruce.substack.com/p/state-abuse-and-gang-membership) (paywalled) **GREENS** Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): [Wooing The Masses – A Green Fairy Tale?](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/wooing-the-masses-a-green-fairy-tale) Gordon Campbell: [On The Greens’ Darleen Tana Dilemma, And The Weirdness Of J.D. Vance](https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2407/S00057/gordon-campbell-on-the-greens-darleen-tana-dilemma-and-the-weirdness-of-jd-vance.htm?ref=goodoil.news) Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): [The many complex truths within the Darleen Tana saga](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-07-2024/the-many-complex-truths-within-the-darleen-tana-saga?ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Looks like Greens will waka jump Tana out of Parliament](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/07/looks%5Flike%5Fgreens%5Fwill%5Fwaka%5Fjump%5Ftana%5Fout%5Fof%5Fparliament.html?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Chlöe Swarbrick explains why three senior Green members walked out of AGM](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chloe-swarbrick-explains-why-three-senior-green-members-walked-out-of-agm/GOW5JABA3RBB3IE4D7VPVVJO54/?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Green’s Pasifika leadership says the treatment of Darleen Tana was last straw in list of disgraceful decisions around Māori and Pasifika MPs](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/greens-pasifika-leadership-says-the-treatment-of-darleen-tana-was-the-last-straw-in-a-list-of-disgraceful-decisions-around-maori-and-pasifika-mps/Z2A57YBJT5B2HOMLMXSK64TJXQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Senior Pasifika Green Party members resign over treatment of Darleen Tana](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350358767/senior-pasifika-green-party-members-resign-over-treatment-darleen-tana?ref=goodoil.news) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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