Briefly for all subscribers, the key things to know from Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Wednesday, July 30 are:
A survey of a quarter of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners’ members has found 18% of GPs and 26% of rural hospital doctors are considering leaving the country, with 70% of the 1,374 GPs surveyed saying they were burnt out. See more below in my Top Pick ‘n Mix Six, Chart of the Day and Docs of the day.
Auckland outreach workers report there are now 809 people who are regularly sleeping rough in our biggest city, via RNZ See more below Quote of the Day.
The IMF increased its world GDP growth forecasts for 2025 and 2026 overnight, removing one of the reasons the Government can cite for the economy’s mid-winter slump. See more in Docs of the Day.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis and Deputy PM David Seymour talked up the prospect of another $20 billion-plus in Government spending cuts yesterday, with Willis saying those worried about a Government-cost-cutting-to-consumer-spending-doom-loop were “economically ignorant.” See more in Top Pick’n Mix Six below & via Thomas Coughlan in NZ Herald
A Perceptive survey also found 72% of renters believed homeownership was out of their reach. See more in Docs of the Day below.
Today’s must-read is Jamie Tahana’s feature in RNZ about how climate change activist students from Vanuatu changed international law. See Picks ‘n Mixes below.
Paying subscribers can hear more detail and commentary in the podcast and video above and get the links below the paywall first, along with my full Picks ‘n’ Mixes for this morning.
