> ## 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: 6 August 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-6-august-2024/ - Published: 2024-08-05T20:19:11.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-06T00:27:18.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, RACE RELATIONS** Simon Wilson (Herald): [National Party: Hugs and kisses, silly statements and the plan for better maths](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/national-party-hugs-and-kisses-silly-statements-and-the-plan-for-better-maths-simon-wilson/NYXXH2SLTZBM3IOJIGIHB3UOE4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): [Housing and education: not your usual centre-right fare](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350367914/housing-and-education-not-your-usual-centre-right-fare?ref=goodoil.news) Toby Manhire (Spinoff): [Luxon seeks the light as the heat fails at National jamboree](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/05-08-2024/luxon-seeks-the-light-as-the-heat-fails-for-national-jamboree?ref=goodoil.news) Dave Armstrong (Post): [Sevens stars show what being in the same waka can do](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350367486/sevens-stars-show-what-being-same-waka-can-do?ref=goodoil.news) Marama Royal (Herald): [What Christopher Luxon didn’t want to hear from Māori at iwi leaders forum](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/what-christopher-luxon-didnt-want-to-hear-from-maori-at-iwi-leaders-forum-marama-royal/W3FWXNNG35EGJMRK2NYKVPXRWM/?ref=goodoil.news) Liam Rātana (Spinoff): [‘It feels like we are being attacked’: Iwi leaders send strong message to government](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/02-08-2024/it-feels-like-we-are-being-attacked-iwi-leaders-send-strong-message-to-government?ref=goodoil.news) Post: [‘Watch it’: PM Christopher Luxon on escalating tensions between MPs](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350368203/watch-it-pm-christopher-luxon-escalating-tensions-between-mps?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Don Brash: [John Key's Call for "Caution" in Race Relations](https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/don-brash-john-key-s-call-for-caution-in-race-relations?ref=goodoil.news) Heather Roy (Post): [What the ‘not Māori enough’ attacks say about political obsessions](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350367155/what-not-maori-enough-attacks-say-about-political-obsessions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): [Identity Politics Gone Mad: Karen Chhour’s identity isn’t the issue – her deplorable policies are!](https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/08/06/identity-politics-gone-mad-karen-chhours-identity-isnt-the-issue-her-deplorable-policies-are/?ref=goodoil.news) Jen Black (Stuff): [‘I wrote back to every child’: Sir John Key on his time as Prime Minister](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350367390/i-wrote-back-every-child-sir-john-key-his-time-prime-minister?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Postcode care killing rural New Zealanders, doctors say](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524140/postcode-care-killing-rural-new-zealanders-doctors-say?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (Post): [Don’t just focus on the dollars, Sir Ashley Bloomfield tells health fixer](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350365681/dont-just-focus-dollars-sir-ashley-bloomfield-tells-health-fixer?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Health NZ re-appoints former board member, crown observer as Deputy Commissioners](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524177/health-nz-re-appoints-former-board-member-crown-observer-as-deputy-commissioners?ref=goodoil.news) Mountain Tui: [New Zealanders are now dying from an underfunded health system](https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/new-zealanders-are-now-dying-from) Public Health Communication Centre: [Parliamentary voting for smokefree over two decades: Implications for future progress](https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/parliamentary-voting-smokefree-over-two-decades-implications-future-progress?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Health NZ blocks free early access to cancer drug Keytruda](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524186/health-nz-blocks-free-early-access-to-cancer-drug-keytruda?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Christchurch Emergency Department's Observation Unit opens four years after being built](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524212/christchurch-emergency-department-s-observation-unit-opens-four-years-after-being-built?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Concerns spur more oversight](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/concerns-spur-more-oversight?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Thousands of ambulance officers to strike as sector in 'worst state' ever seen](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524201/thousands-of-ambulance-officers-to-strike-as-sector-in-worst-state-ever-seen?ref=goodoil.news) Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Midwives' legal action: Government must be held to account, lawyer says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524219/midwives-legal-action-government-must-be-held-to-account-lawyer-says?ref=goodoil.news) Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Midwives take govt to court after long fight for better support](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524145/midwives-take-govt-to-court-after-long-fight-for-better-support?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Midwives take on Health Ministry for failing to deliver settlement](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/08/05/midwives-take-on-health-ministry-for-failing-to-deliver-settlement/?ref=goodoil.news) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Health is adjusting back to being fair](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-health-is-adjusting-back-to-being-fair/?ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [Joyce on health reforms](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/08/joyce%5Fon%5Fhealth%5Freforms.html?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Decade to diagnosis: Endometriosis sufferers' agonising wait](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/08/05/decade-to-diagnosis-endometriosis-sufferers-agonising-wait/?ref=goodoil.news) Brittany Keogh (Post): [Meningococcal immunisation for preschoolers rises, still ‘shit’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350358943/meningococcal-immunisation-preschoolers-rises-still-shit?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Covid-19 update: 2003 new cases, 15 further deaths](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524209/covid-19-update-2003-new-cases-15-further-deaths?ref=goodoil.news) **HOUSING** Louise Ternouth (RNZ): [Crunching the Numbers: Kiwis spending half their household income on rent](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524234/crunching-the-numbers-kiwis-spending-half-their-household-income-on-rent?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Private rental sector unlikely to keep up with pensioner demand - retirement commission](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/524224/private-rental-sector-unlikely-to-keep-up-with-pensioner-demand-retirement-commission?ref=goodoil.news) Angela Yeoman (Listener): [Leaky logic: Will loosening building & lending rules lead to new wave of disasters?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/leaky-logic-will-loosening-building-lending-rules-lead-to-new-wave-of-disasters/RUIWI6EIWBCQDEP5P5EBJGSDBE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Average national asking price on Realestate.co.nz down $110,515 since February, Auckland down by $143,000](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/129000/average-asking-price-realestateconz-down-110515-february-auckland-down-143000?ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Barfoot & Thompson's average selling price dropped $108,697 in July, median price down $50,000](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/129053/big-drop-selling-prices-pushes-sales-barfoot-thompson-vendors-prepared-meet-market?ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Post): [Auckland house sales defy slowdown, winter chill](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350367412/auckland-house-sales-defy-slowdown-winter-chill?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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