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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