The Kākā’s Pick 'n' Mix for Wednesday, July 17

Penk considering rolling back home insulation standards that reduce heating needs by 40%; Boot camps to cost $100,000 per person; Watts proposes tree-planting frenzy to meet emissions targets

TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day to 7:00 am on Wednesday, July 17 are:

1. Scoop: Government considers rolling back home insulation standards RNZ’s Eloise Gibson

2. News: Government plans tree-planting frenzy as report shows NZ no longer on track to hit climate target NZ Herald’s Thomas Coughlan

3. Scoop: Boot camps to cost $100k per person in option for an 'intensive mentor role’ RNZ’s Lillian Hanley

4. News: Some Waikato patients are waiting up to five weeks for their preferred doctor, and an urgent clinic’s seeing up to 75 patients a day. The Waikato Times-$$$’s Stacey Rangitonga and Matthew Martin

5. News: NZ’s homelessness worst ‘in living memory’ as multiple community organisations say situation is ‘unprecedented’. Stuff’s Imogen Wells

6. Solutions News: Calls for public database of property disaster risks intensifies. Some homes could become unsellable in coming years, climate adaptation inquiry told. The Post-$$$’s Rob Stock

(Full paying subscribers can see a lot more juicy links and detail below the paywall fold.)

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