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Author: Bryce Edwards
HEALTH
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Bribe allegations about NZ vape kits in employee secret recordings
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Costello rejects 'premise' of questions around $575,000 contract to Chinese vape company RELX (paywalled)
Rachel Thomas (Post): Simeon Brown says health privatisation ‘not my focus’ (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Treasury sinks key National election promise (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): Hospital decision expected
RNZ: New Dunedin hospital announcement imminent
Kathryn van Beek (Newsroom): Worrying about Dunedin Hospital
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Cancer patient calls for a fair decision by govt
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): 'Very significant concerns': Documents reveal tension over proposal to close Dargaville Hospital
RNZ: General practices about 'to cross a tipping point', new Health Minister warned
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Cardiac and mental illnesses fuel surging benefits bill
Jack Riddell (Herald): Government invests $67m in Hawke’s Bay Hospital upgrades
Cherie Stayner and Jim Mann (ODT: Prevention our only viable option
Ian Powell: Reckless Disregard Or Cruelty (Or Even Trumpian!)
Barbara Fountain (NZ Doctor): Ministerial execution
Barbara Fountain (NZ Doctor): A–Z: On the cards for health in 2025 (paywalled)
Martin Johnston (NZ Doctor): One regulator to rule them all? Health workforce body mooted (paywalled)
Isaac Davison (Herald): ‘Gay blood ban’ to be removed next year, New Zealand Blood Service says
RNZ: Rules preventing blood donations from men who have sex with men to change
Caron Copek (Stuff): Removal of a blanket gay blood donation ban celebrated
Maddy Croad (Press/Post): Lack of support sees half of breast cancer survivors shun treatment after their illness (paywalled)
Alex Penk (Ethos): Puberty blockers will keep generating conscience issues
PRIVATISATION, ASSET SALES, ECONOMY
Peter Dunne: Act looks backwards
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Singapore has Temasek – Why not KiwiSec for New Zealand? (paywalled)
Sally Wesley (RNZ): ACT pushes for sale of Pāmu to offset drain on taxpayer funding
Herald Editorial: NZ for sale - Should we sell state assets? If so, what? (paywalled)
Tim Hunter (NBR): Political posturing mars privatisation debate (paywalled)
Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): Public assets, private investors: a match made in investment heaven? (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Luxon won’t say ‘yes’ to housing development in his Botany electorate
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): The Nation of No? Welcome to New Zealand in 2025, says the PM (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): NZ could become 'net exporter' of population
RNZ: Public services, workers' wellbeing hit hard by government cuts - union
Nicola Gaston (The Conversation): If the government wants science to have an economic impact it has to put its money where its mouth is
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Scientists to Govt: Put your money where your mouth is
Eric Crampton (Newsroom): When politicians campaign on competition, be very worried
David Hargreaves (Interest): 'NZ's long-run economic growth about expanding the population and rising house prices'
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): We need to unlock a 'Go’ economy (paywalled)
Jenny Ruth: Does our banking system contribute to NZ's low productivity? (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Business confidence, economic growth to improve from mid-year - Infometrics
Liam Dann (Herald): ‘Over $400 a month’: Economists see mortgage savings boost to economy in 2025 (paywalled)
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Tourist towns doubtful of government support
PARLIAMENT
Martin Van Beynen (Press/Post): Sometimes you just need to swallow your hurt (paywalled)
Stewart Bowman-Lund (Spinoff): Is Winston Peters already gearing up for 2026?
Rayssa Almeida (RNZ): Members of NZ's Latin American community shocked, offended by NZ First MPs' comments
RNZ: Winston Peters backs down over comments after Mexican ambassador raises concerns
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Mexican Embassy wades in after NZ First minister’s comments: PM Christopher Luxon repeats ‘rhetoric’ warning
Sam Smith (Stuff): NZ First accuses Greens of ‘pearl clutching’ and ‘faux outrage’ as culture war hostilities escalate
RNZ: Watch: Christopher Luxon tells MPs to 'watch their rhetoric' as NZ First accused of racism
RNZ: David Seymour calls Te Pāti Māori 'race fanatics' after Karen Chhour comments
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Grand coalition would head off ‘extreme politics’
Audrey Young (Herald): David Seymour, Winston Peters steal spotlight (again) as Christopher Luxon takes a hiding (paywalled)
Greg Dixon (Listener): Could Jacinda-mania be our economic savour? (paywalled)
RNZ: Green MP Benjamin Doyle snapped with no seatbelt
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