Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Wednesday, March 19

Doctors told they need 'national level sign-off' for public comments; Seymour says Watts doing 'absolute minimum' on climate (which is good); ACT MP climate sceptic slams National for staying in Paris

Mōrena. Here’s my selection¹ of scoops, breaking news, news, analyses, deep-dives, features, interviews, Op-Eds, editorials and cartoons from around Aotearoa’s political economy on housing, climate and poverty from RNZ, 1News, The Post-$², The Press−$, Newsroom/$³, NZ Herald/$, Stuff, BusinessDesk/$, Politik-$, NBR-$, Reuters, FT/$, WSJ/$, Bloomberg/$, New York Times/$, The Atlantic-$, The Economist-$ and more as of 6am on Wednesday, March 19.

In short: Doctors have been told they need 'national level sign-off' for public comments, which they fear will restrict their criticism of health sector cuts. David Seymour says Simon Watts is doing the 'absolute minimum' on climate, ‘which is a good thing.’ ACT climate sceptic MP Mark Cameron has slammed National for being ‘out of touch’ by sticking to New Zealand’s climate commitments. Contact’s big Southland wind farm plan is rejected to protect some bats and lizards.

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My Pick n’ Mix Top Six at 6am on Wednesday, March 19