Pick ‘n’ Mix at 6am on Friday, March 21

Poll shows Govt even more unpopular; Neil Holdom calls out Govt inaction on homelessness; Christchurch ED overwhelmed by youth mental health crisis; US wants NZ to do more defence 'burden sharing'

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/$, Washington Post/$, Wired/$, The Atlantic/$, The Economist-$, and more, as of 6am on Friday, March 21.

In short: A new poll shows the Government’s popularity at a record low. Christchurch’s mental health crisis worsens with ED admissions quadrupling. New Plymouth’s Mayor challenges the Government to do something on homelessness. Marco Rubio tells Winston Peters New Zealand will have to spend more on defence to help the US with ‘burden sharing.’

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My Pick n’ Mix Top Six at 6am on Friday, March 21