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Health Commissioner Professor Lester Levy has been accused of “cooking the books” at Health NZ-Te Whatu Ora to justify cuts to health services. Labour's Health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall highlighted Levy’s past record at three district health boards, where she claimed that he produced surpluses which turned to deficits when he left. Levy had a “reputation for cooking the books”, she said. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has sold another investment property - potentially making a significant tax-free capital gain. The Reserve Bank Governor stands by his decisions during and after Covid-19, saying the economy could have turned out far worse, while also criticising investors who had taken advantage of cheap lending to buy more property. Thirteen thousand more people in New Zealand are severely housing deprived compared to the previous Census. As a percentage of the population, it's an estimated increase of 0.2 percent, but there are large disparities between ethnicities, abilities, and postcodes ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ ================================= Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

There are Treaty Bill Submission Parties being hosted by ActionStation. Tonight we host ActionStation Director Kassie Hartendorp about why they are doing this and how to be involved. While we have Kassie we will also pick her brain on the Treaty Principles Bill submission which is at 290,000 signatures. If you are interested in being a part of the online submissions workshop, register at https://our.actionstation.org.nz/events/submissions-webinar-with-actionstation-together-for-te-tiriti?utm_source=actionstation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast3353&source=actionstation&bucket=blast3353 Twitters failures and the evacuation of millions of users is annoying China who has spent tens of millions of dollars infiltrating the site with ghost and fake accounts to influence Twitter users with Pro-China information. About 36,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants have walked off the job for eight hours today over what they say are critical threats to patient safety. At a picket in Auckland, about 1000 people turned out in support of the health workers and all of this is happening while the government is announcing more cuts are on the way ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ ================================= Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Christopher Luxon finally appeared on Q&A over the weekend and we saw his usual behaviour of blaming Labour, not answering questions and CEO speak. One thing that was incredibly interesting from the interview is how much responsibility Christopher Luxon has, versus how much should be laid at the feet of David Seymour...it was shocking. Stuff and Three News release what they are calling "shocking" result from a recent survey asking New Zealanders about the Treaty Principles Bill. Chippy is joining us LIVE later in the week but tonight we'll take a quick look at what was promised ta the weekend's conference in Christchurch ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ ================================= Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ

Legendary Shihad frontman Jon Toogood joins us to talk life as a musician, his faith, his journey into being a real adult and we're very keen to hear about where he is when it comes to politics and society today ================================= Come support the work we're doing by becoming a Patron of ⁠⁠#BHN⁠⁠ www.patreon.com/BigHairyNews⁠ Merch available at www.BHNShop.nz Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com/BigHairyNews Follow us on Twitter. @patbrittenden @Chewie_NZ