The Kākā’s Pick 'n' Mix for Friday, July 12
The Kākā’s Pick 'n' Mix for Friday, July 12
Govt set to privatise Interislander; Bidders for cut-price school sandwich programme, Compass & Libelle, penalised for poor quality; Police pick Ford Rangers for fleet; $381m of Health IT budget cuts
TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 9:00 am on Friday, July 12 are:
Scoop: Ministerial group advises KiwiRail no longer run Cook Strait ferries 1News’ Julia Roden
News: Record number of patients at Middlemore Hospital ED as flu, winter illnesses hit hard RNZ’s Rowan Quinn
Investigation: Cut lunches: the catering firms that lost contracts after performance issues Business Desk-$$$’s Cecile Meier
Scoop: $381m Budget cut could trap health system in 20th century Newsroom’s Marc Daalder
Solutions News: Solar sowing seeds for energy generation and farming together RNZ’s Sally Murphy
News: NZ’s most popular ute set to join Police fleet. Ford Ranger best-seller gets green light from Police, joins four-wheel drive selection. Stuff’s Matthew Hansen
(Full paying subscribers can see a lot more juicy links and detail below the paywall fold.)
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