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Author: Bryce Edwards
MIKE KING, MENTAL HEALTH
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Analysis: PM should have heeded his own advice not to politicise mental health
Jesse Mulligan: What did Mike King actually say?
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. Mike King
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Groan – In defence of Mike King (again)
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Mike King: A timeline of ups and downs in mental health
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Letter to Minister: Mike King’s alcohol statements ‘misinformed and harmful’
RNZ: Matt Doocey backs Gumboot Friday after Mike King's alcohol comments
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Christopher Luxon accuses Labour of playing politics with mental health
1News: Luxon: 'We are very supportive of the work of Gumboot Friday'
Jaime Lyth & Rachel Maher (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon responds to Mike King mental health alcohol claims
Stuff: PM backs Mike King’s mental health charity despite alcohol comments
Stuff: Mike King was trying to make a valid point about alcohol, mental health boss says
RNZ: Mike King alcohol comments: Are we funding a man or a kaupapa?
Greg Presland (Standard): The strange case of the I am Hope funding
Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): Can we stop playing politics with youth mental health?
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode for .. Matt Doocey
RNZ: Dunedin council grants liquor licence for suicide prevention event that sparked Mike King's alcohol comments
Tim Scott (ODT): Liquor licence granted amid King controversy (paywalled)
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Mike King's charity I Am Hope accused of greenwashing over climate anxiety booklet
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Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health workers quit over safety fears as police pull back on mental health callouts
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health workers worried about violence as police pull back on mental health callouts
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Leaked documents: No finalised standard operating procedure for takeover of mental health callouts
HEALTH
Claire Trevett (Herald): Rundown hospitals, GP waiting times - PM Christopher Luxon’s coalition government in danger of losing the room on health (paywalled)
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Dental system costing NZ $2.5b a year in lost productivity, $103m in sick days - report
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Govt told of concerns over third med school plan (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Waikato medical school folly (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Ministry of Health tells Auditor-General emergency preparedness may be deprioritised with staff, budgets under pressure
Adam Pearse, Jamie Ensor, Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Documents reveal Treasury’s warnings about Health NZ’s finances and board
Ian Powell: ‘If you don’t have hope, you can’t have a strategy’
Michael Morrah (Herald): Single cigarettes sold illegally in South Auckland dairies
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Health NZ and nurses’ union at odds over safe staffing
Ian Powell (Newsroom): Healthcare crisis could be helped by complaint about power imbalance
Rachel Thomas (Post): Doctor brain drain about to get worse (paywalled)
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Whistleblowing nurse: ‘It’s the patient’s right to know who’s touching them’
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Warning as watchdog reveals NZ pandemic model is nearly 20 years old
Kate Green (RNZ): NZ, Australia can improve vaccine access by cooperating on future pandemics - experts
RNZ: Brian Tamaki faces trial over alleged Covid-19 rule breaches
Sasha Borissenko (Herald): NZ councils and legal costs of reducing alcohol-related harm (paywalled)
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): Nelson mayor hits back at fluoride 'disinformation'
Justin Wong (Post): Kāpiti health group proposes local clinic upgrade to include urgent care (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Luke Malpass (Post): The incredible numbers showing which Kiwis would vote for Trump (paywalled)
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Who wins the US election could be a sign of our own political future (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): How the US election could affect New Zealand (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): The choices for NZ when you're inside the tent with Donald Trump and Kamala Harris (paywalled)
Samantha Hayes (Stuff): Ex-US ambassador slams Sir John Key’s Trump endorsement, says Harris will sweep battleground states
Neal Curtis (Newsroom): Why is Sir John favouring a Trump win?
Liam Dann (Herald): Why I think Trump will most likely win on Wednesday (paywalled)
Press Editorial (Post): An election that really matters (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Gulf closes in NZ-Middle East trade, but the work’s not all done
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Middle East trade deal sparks hope for NZ’s ailing sheep industry (paywalled)
RNZ: UN backs New Zealand's proposal to study effects of nuclear war
RNZ: Salvage company assessing how to extract fuel from Manawanui
1News: Manawanui wreck: Fuel removal due to begin this month
RNZ:Start of cyclone season increases danger from Manawanui wreck - expert
Thomas Manch (Post): Extracting fuel from sunken Manawanui could take months (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: Auditor General inquiry into ministerial conflicts of interest
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): PM Christopher Luxon admits he needs to 'work harder on corporate speak' after 'customers' reference
Mike White (Post): Concerns for wrongful conviction commission after controversial appointments (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): An annual event without the regular trimmings (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): ‘Gutless’: Protesters confront Immigration Minister (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Te Pāti Māori says Tākuta Ferris’ ‘f***ing racist’ comment has ‘fallen short’ of expectations
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): How does Labour deal with the Māori Party?
Brent Edwards (NBR): American politics, iwi fears, workplace safety and a trade deal (paywalled)
David Farrar: Major party vote share
Louis Collins (RNZ): The House: Parliament Library became haunted house for Halloween
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