NZ Politics Daily: 25 July 2024

ABUSE IN CARE
Derek Cheng (Herald): Why some of the Royal Commission’s recommendations will land in the Government’s lap like a tonne of bricks (paywalled)
Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: What the final report says
Luke Malpass (Post): Royal commission shows abuse on an industrial scale (paywalled)
RNZ: Checkpoint: Abuse in care report: 'Cynicism' and 'a great deal of hope' for action after inquiry
Kate Green (RNZ): Abuse in Care: proposed redress system 'innovative' and 'challenging', Stanford says
Thomas Manch (Post): Politicians implicated in alleged ‘paedophile ring’ investigated by state abuse inquiry (paywalled)
Tom Kitchin (RNZ):The Detail: Secrets of state and faith-based care, finally revealed
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Government faces critical test with abuse in care report
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Govt takes blame, will apologise to children abused and tortured in state care
Felix Desmarais (1News): Abuse in care: 'Devastating' cost to survivors, 'stain' on society
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): A long list of ministers and leaders found at fault for allowing abuse in care
Anna Whyte (Post): Dozens of institutions and organisations named in Abuse in Care report (paywalled)
Edward Gay (Stuff): State care was a ‘training ground’ for prison
Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Reporting): Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry: Redress scheme’s compensation plans remain unclear
Thomas Manch and Harriette Boucher (Post): Government to answer billion-dollar redress question after damning abuse inquiry (paywalled)
RNZ: Calls for action follow Abuse in Care inquiry's final report
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Children’s Commissioner says ‘many aspects’ of state care and protection system require work
Tim Brown (RNZ): Abuse in Care inquiry final report made public, commissioners call for reform and redress
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Righting the wrongs of the past: The abuse in care inquiry’s key recommendations
Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Reporting): Abuse in Care: Changes recommended by the inquiry
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Apologies, compensation and prosecution: The key recommendations of the Abuse in Care report (paywalled)
Hanna McCallum (Post): What you need to know: Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Abuse in Care Inquiry: Politicians respond to ‘harrowing’ Royal Commission report
Isaac Davison (Herald): Abuse victim says survivors finally feel heard after royal commission report released
Steve Goodlass (Spinoff): ‘I’m even more concerned’: A survivor’s response to the final abuse in care report
Spinoff: ‘It’s a national disgrace’: responses to the abuse in care inquiry’s final report
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Māori disproportionately affected by state and faith-based care abuse
RNZ: Māori survivors of abuse in state care want transformative action now
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): These are the stories the Jehovah’s Witnesses went to court to stop you reading
David Tombs (Post): Don’t look away: damning report demands our attention (paywalled)
1News: Sexual abuse more prevalent in faith-based care - commission
Tova O;Brien (Stuff): This is the worst of us
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘A national disgrace’: Decades of abuse in care saw 200,000 scarred for life
Eva Corlett (Guardian): ‘National disgrace’: landmark New Zealand report finds 200,000 victims of abuse in state care
Kelly Dennett (Post): Pervasive, systemic, ‘nothing short of horrific’: state care abuse scale finally revealed (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (1News): 'You are heard, you are believed': Prime Minister on state abuse report
Julia Gabel (Herald): Abuse in Care Inquiry: Government praises survivors for sharing accounts of ‘unimaginable, despicable’ treatment
Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Too many of us have failed’: Government promises change after landmark inquiry into child abuse, torture in state care
RNZ: Watch: PM Christopher Luxon, lead Minister Erica Stanford respond to Abuse in Care report
Michael Cugley and Aroha Mane (Te Ao Māori News): Landmark Whanaketia report tabled; state-care abuse survivors want abuse stopped immediately
Anna Whyte (Post): ‘This must be bigger than politics’ - MPs face survivors as Abuse in Care report tabled (paywalled)
Stuff: What you need to know about the royal commission into abuse in care

HEALTH
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project):NZ’s health system in crisis
ODT Editorial: Confused commissioner decision (paywalled)
Bryce Wilkinson (Herald): Replacing Health NZ board offers glimmer of hope (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Luxon gets caught out (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Unexpected success hiring nurses drives Health NZ deficit
Jonathan MIlne (Newsroom): New Health NZ commissioner hesitates to express confidence in CEO
Andrew Little (Herald): Health NZ board sacked: Reform shouldn’t be this bad or hard
RNZ: Chris Hipkins says Shane Reti should have acted earlier if 'farcical' Health NZ claims were true
Herald: Minister Shane Reti says Māori health will be front of mind for incoming commissioner
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Act Party wants Te Whatu Ora staff to ditch karakia
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Health NZ needs to scrap time-wasting measures
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): 'Opt-out' clause used to justify lack of procurement process for Gumboot Friday funding
Public Health Communication Centre: Contradictions surround Government’s move to slash tax on heated tobacco products
David Farrar: Heated tobacco products
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Rotorua hospital staff shortages: Patients sent back to ED from other wards
Janine Rankin (Stuff): St John ambulance staff give notice of strike action
1News: Ambulance delays in Akl, Waikato after increased demand, staff illness
Herald: Hato Hone St John under pressure: High demand, staff sickness in Auckland, Waikato prompts prioritisation of calls
RNZ: Taranaki Base Hospital maternity patients drink bottled water after pipes issue
Helen Harvey (Stuff): Maternity unit using 80 litres of bottled water a day due to unsafe drinking water

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