NZ Politics Daily: 30 September 2024

Painting of the Beehive in the abstract style of Kindinsky - by AI

DUNEDIN HOSPITAL CUTS
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): The things that are unaffordable and the things that aren’t
ODT Editorial: Build it once, build it right (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Going off diary to deliver a kick in the guts for South (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Retrofitting old hospital unworkable: documents
ODT: Massive protest vows to fight Dunedin hospital cuts
RNZ: 'Biggest protest in Dunedin in decades' as up to 35,000 rally against hospital cuts
Ben Tomsett (Herald): Thousands march against ‘broken promise’ as new Dunedin hospital project faces massive cuts
1News: Thousands turn out to protest against Govt over health system cuts
Caron Copek, Poppy Clark and Louisa Steyl (Stuff): Up to 35,000 people protest over proposed cuts to new Dunedin hospital project
ODT Editorial: Let southern voices be heard (paywalled)
Otago Daily Times: Hospital rebuild: National’s about-face
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Final hospital design was ‘balanced’ (paywalled)
Hamish MacLean (ODT): The South ‘hugely cheated’
Tim Scott (ODT): Medical school could ‘disappear’ with cuts
ODT: Decision could ‘hinder’ students’ learning experiences
RNZ: Dunedin Hospital downgrade: Unions urge government to reconsider
RNZ: Did National check its numbers before new Dunedin Hospital promises?
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): The Dunedin Hospital project on life support
David Farrar: The Dunedin hospital rebuild
Katie Townshend (Stuff): Hospital power outages symptom of underinvestment

HEALTH, DISABILITY
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): 'Most benefit' of government's tobacco tax cuts will go to tobacco company Philip Morris, officials told Casey Costello
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Finding Casey Costello’s “smoking gun”
David Galler (Newsroom): Medics try to smoke out Costello
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Proposal for third medical school at University of Waikato ‘does not stack up’
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Third medical school passes first hurdle
Ke-Xin Li (Waikato Times/Post): Waikato medical school passes its first government test (paywalled)
Ross Lawrenson and Chunhuan Lao: (The Conversation): Access to a GP can make all the difference in surviving lung cancer – and that is a problem for Māori
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): 'Threatens to waste healthcare resources': Māori academics ask government to rescind 'colourblind' directive
RNZ: Police to refuse 'inappropriate' requests for help as part of mental health pullback
David Farrar: Health Target 1 – cancer waiting times
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Continuous glucose monitors 'life-changing' for children with type 1 diabetes
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Up to one in 20 New Zealanders have fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - advocate
Katie Harris (Herald): Cannabis for kids: NZ children get hundreds of prescriptions per year (paywalled)
Shilpy Arora (Stuff): Man with ‘minced’ fingers waits hours for help in ED
Corazon Miller (1News): Philippine Govt urges 'great caution' to nurses considering NZ move
Cushla Norman (1News): Public funding of oestrogen gel 'a huge win'
Miriam Bell (Post): Investing in better office air quality leads to big benefits (paywalled)
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Jason Gurney: A love letter to my dad
Philip Matthews (Press/Post): The war over puberty blockers (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Southern Cross records 15% rise in claims costs (paywalled)
RNZ: A mother's raw story of struggle to get care for a child with a significant, unlabelled disability
Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): Ministry of Disabled People to investigate deaths of four people while in care
Gabrielle Baker (NZ Doctor): Lack of political will leaves tāngata whaikaha Māori adrift (paywalled)

GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE, WORKING FROM HOME
Janet Wilson (Post): David Seymour’s risky dance of disregard for coalition politics (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): Office politics: Why Nicola Willis should stay out of the workplace (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. Working from home
VIctor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. Lonely King Luxon
Andrew Gunn (Press): Nicola Willis: ‘Don't make me tell you again’ (paywalled)
Peter Wilson (RNZ): The Week in Politics: The ups and downs of working from home
Brent Edwards (NBR): Woke police, charter schools, offshore gas, boosting trade
Claire Trevett (Herald): Work and truancy: Nicola Willis, David Seymour on mission to get people out of home, into office or classroom (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (SST): Hipkins says Govt ‘scapegoating’ public servants (paywalled)
Cameron Barrie (BusinessDesk): Making public servants return to the office is no panacea (paywalled)
Laura Frykberg (Stuff): It’s ‘heartbreaking’: Recruiters on the struggle to find work in Wellington
ODT: Civis: Acronyms work and so does WFH (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Explained: Are public servants less productive working from home?
Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): The Working from Home directive seems reasonable to me
Gillian Brookes (Post): When considering hybrid working, let’s look at the evidence (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): On the Money: Protests, Wellington, Metroglass, East Timor, Andy Foster and more (paywalled)

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