NZ Politics Daily: 17 July 2024

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENT 

Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government plans tree-planting frenzy as report shows NZ no longer on track to hit climate target

Eloise Gibson (RNZ): New Zealand's future climate targets in jeopardy, new calculations find

Marc Daalder (Newsroom): NZ no longer on track for net zero under Govt’s new climate plan

Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): Government believes it has plan to hit carbon target without sacrificing growth (paywalled)

Robin Campbell (The Post): Five ideas for the next Emissions Reduction Plan (paywalled)

Eric Crampton (Newsroom): Consenting, carbon, and councils

Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): Farmers back bill to exclude climate rules in resource consents

Chlöe Swarbrick (Herald): Environment the obvious foundation for our economy

HEALTH

Adam Pearse (Herald): Pharmac told by minister, David Seymour, to ditch Treaty of Waitangi consideration and improve trust

Felix Desmarais (1News): David Seymour lays out expectations for Pharmac

Rachel Thomas (Stuff): Associate Health Minister David Seymour tells Pharmac to drop Treaty considerations

Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Pharmac, Act and the Treaty of Waitangi

Mountain Tui: Crashing New Zealand's health system is not the way to prosperity, Prime Minister

Sarah Dalton (The Post): The misleading place of ‘physician associates’ in health care (paywalled)

Mark Thomas, Stephen Ritchie, Juliet Elvy and Kristin Dyet (Public Health Communications Centre): Reducing the spread of antibiotic resistance in New Zealand, action is long overdue!

Stacey Rangitonga and Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): Patients waiting weeks for appointments at Waikato GPs (paywalled)

SHANE JONES TRANSPARENCY

Thomas Manch (The Post): Shane Jones’ dinner invite to mining boss came with caveat: pay for yourself (paywalled)

Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Regional Development Minister Shane Jones to embark on regional tour of NZ, while copping Labour Party flak for prior trip (paywalled)

BusinessDesk: Shane Jones to visit 15 provincial centres to promote $1.2b fund (paywalled)

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