NZ Politics Daily: 27 September 2024

HEALTH
Otago Daily Times Editorial: Give us the hospital that was promised
RNZ: Nurses union warns people will die in downgrade of new Dunedin Hospital
Tim Scott (ODT): Mayor calls on people to voice their outrage
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Retrofitting idea ‘unworkable’
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Hard work undone: clinicians
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): ‘Shocked and outraged’: Dunedin mayor’s reaction to hospital update
ODT: 'Entirely unacceptable': Dunedin Hospital project bombshell
Hamish MacLean (ODT): Govt considering two hospital cuts options
RNZ: 'Sophistry, nonsense': Former health minister slams government over downgrade of new Dunedin Hospital
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): ‘Outrageous’ local MP fumes as Government goes back to the drawing board on Dunedin Hospital build
1News: Govt seeks advice on options for Dunedin Hospital amid cost blowout
RNZ: Government signals downgrade of new Dunedin Hospital
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): New Dunedin Hospital could return to old site as cost forecasts near $3b (paywalled)
Post: Labour urges Government to keep Dunedin Hospital promise (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health NZ not keeping up with hospital upgrades, documents say
Isaac Davison (Herald): Govt directive to public services to deliver on ‘need, not race’ unscientific and dangerous, researchers say
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Govt’s needs-based directive ‘an affront’ to science, say public health physicians
Marnie Prickett, Adam Canning, Tim Chambers, Michael Baker, Simon Hales (PHCCA): Regulator failure on nitrate in drinking water dumps escalating costs on those downstream
Keith Rankin Chart Analysis – Death Frequencies in Aotearoa New Zealand, by Birth Year
RNZ: 'Extremely depressing': Covid-19 tests no longer free from October
Isaac Davison (Herald): Puberty blocker use in New Zealand far higher than similar countries - study
Philip Matthews (Press/Post): Use of puberty blockers declines (paywalled)
Peter Williams: The Cancer War - Time for a New Approach
Katie Kenny (RNZ): Assisted dying, three years on: What you need to know

ECONOMY, TAX, GOVT SPENDING
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On The Government’s Bizarre Hostility To A Capital Gains Tax and Back to, back to the office
RNZ: Where political parties stand on the capital gains tax
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): A financial crunch is coming, Treasury warns
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Money doesn’t buy happiness but debt buys misery (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): On the way to another “Mother of All Budgets”? (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Treasury’s Dominick Stephens: ‘Unprecedented’ per person spending cuts will drive return to surplus (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Public purse will be stretched ‘further and further’, Treasury warns (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Super strain from NZ’s ageing population
Esther Taunton (Stuff): How a capital gains tax could cost you, even if you don't own a rental
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Just introduce a capital gains tax and be done with it
Mike Friend: A taxing question
Christine de Lee: The Thorny Issue of Capital Gains Tax
RNZ: More Kiwis taking a second job due to cost of living, survey shows
Terry Baucher (Interest): Te wiki o te tāke: Inland Revenue ramping up investigation activities

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): All eyes on UN as Peters brushes off Seymour concern
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Winston Peters stops United Nations speech, calls for room to be ‘quiet’
Thomas Manch (Post): Annoyed Winston Peters hushes United Nations audience as he delivers speech (paywalled)
Ellen O’Dwyer and Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): China launch of missile to the South Pacific 'concerning' - minister
Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand navy vessel passes through contested Taiwan Strait (paywalled)
Charlotte Bedford (RNZ): RSE changes: employers win, Pacific workers lose
Caleb Fortheringham (RNZ): NZ govt urged 'to pay attention' for 'retaliatory attacks' by Indonesia after Phillip Mehrtens release
RNZ: Protest outside Israeli Embassy closes road
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Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): NZ’s trade deal with the UAE could unlock Middle East
Anneke Smith (RNZ): NZ strikes its 'fastest ever' trade deal, with the United Arab Emirates
1News: Govt secures free trade deal with United Arab Emirates
Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZ strikes trade deal with United Arab Emirates
Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand, UAE settle on free-trade deal (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Fast-track trade: Government signs free trade deal with United Arab Emirates in four months (paywalled)
Eve Hyslop (Press/Post): Farmers welcome NZ and UAE free trade agreement (paywalled)

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