Bernard's Dawn Chorus & Pick 'n' Mix for Wednesday, April 16

The Kākā by Bernard Hickey · Apr 15, 2025 · 7m

Long stories short from our political economy on Wednesday, April 16:

* Simeon Brown has attacked doctors striking for more than a 1.5% pay rise as already “well remunerated,” even though the $353,500 average salary he cites includes overtime, and hospitals can’t recruit enough doctors, who are being offered more elsewhere. Health NZ is also sacking a fifth of its HR staff.

* Public health academics have called for regulation of junk food ads, citing new research showing tamariki are exposed to twice as many junk food ads outdoors as ads for healthy food. The ads increase cases of diabetes…