NZ Politics Daily: 19 September 2024

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LABOUR, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Wealthy people pay lower tax in NZ than in similar states, study shows
Peter Dunne: Hipkins' risky overseas trip
Brent Edwards (NBR): Can Labour develop a coherent and credible tax and fiscal plan? (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour leader Chris Hipkins an easy target after a bad poll, talk about tax and an overseas trip (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Post): Pollster stands by work despite Labour attacks (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The beginning of the end for Hipkins
Richard Prebble (Herald): This is a US election no one should copy (paywalled)
Anaru Eketone (Herald): Is it time we called the coalition government’s policies ‘austerity’?
Anna Whyte (Post): Public Service stock-take: How far will the knife cut? (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Survey designed to gauge mood of public service postponed a year (paywalled)
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Budget 2024: Light at the end of the tunnel
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Winston Peters claims Parliament in ‘state of decay’, takes issue with Te Pāti Māori MP Takuta Ferris
Anna Whyte (Post): ‘Confidential agreement’ reached over empty Ministry of Education building (paywalled)
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Ministry of Education settles dispute over vacated office (paywalled)
Spinoff: Gone By Lunchtime: David Seymour and the zombie utopia
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Four complaints made about former National MP accused of child sexual abuse
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Celebrating the lynchpin of our democracy, parliament’s online petitions page
Harriette Boucher (Post): Relief, as Parliament bar confirms it’s not closing (paywalled)

HEALTH
Thomas Manch (Post): A third strike for Reti’s Health NZ claims (paywalled)
Rachel Thomas (Post): Politicians grill Health NZ commissioner over finances and ‘North Korean’ practices paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): What seemed so simple is now so complex (paywalled)
Benedict Collins (1News): Working 'like there's no tomorrow': Health commissioner defends other role
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘A cocktail of issues’, but no clear diagnosis for the health system
Jo Moir (RNZ): 'Cocktail of issues' at Te Whatu Ora / Health NZ says Commissioner
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Doctors confront minister on hiring freeze that 'should not be happening'
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Health NZ Commissioner Lester Levy wouldn’t request gag orders for senior staff
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Radich accused of 'white flag' over hospital (paywalled)
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): ‘Nothing new here’ - Health Minister on Dunedin Hospital project concerns
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Answers demanded from Reti over hospital confusion (paywalled)
Laura Frykberg (Post): New anti-vaping bill won’t stop speciality retailers that ‘pop up’ in cities like Wellington, advocates say (paywalled)
Aui'a Vaimaila Leatinu’u (PMN): Pacific, Māori children suffer staggering rates of rheumatic fever hospitalisation - report
Gwen McClure (RNZ): The Detail: How NZ is failing at HPV cancer prevention
Sophie Lapsley (Press/Post): Physio patients paying up to 30% more due to ACC funding gap (paywalled)

JUSTICE, GANGS, CRIME
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Police staff have unauthorised access to 'stalkerware by design'
Adam Pearse and Jamie Ensor (Herald): Future of National/NZ First coalition item on sentencing reform unclear
Bill Hickman (RNZ): What the stats say: Murder convictions up 77%, meth dominating drug landscape
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Ministers defend level of scrutiny on gang patch ban changes
Adam Pearse (Herald): Anti-gang legislation: Police Minister Mark Mitchell defends late amendment as bill heads for debate
Sophie Trigger (Herald): Police Association says careful approach needed on gang-patch ban in home
Greg Presland (Standard): National’s gang patch ban may hinder police investigations
Andrew Gunn: Police Eye For The Gang Guy
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Gang members allegedly made illicit motorcycle parts at Christchurch jail
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): Just say the words, minister: Military. Style. Weapons. Will. Remain. Banned
RNZ: Government confirms members of advisory group on retail crime

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