Isaac Davison

@isaac_davison

Senior reporter for @nzherald

Auckland, New Zealand

Joined March 2012

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Isaac Davison@isaac_davison · Nov 12

Premature birth: How families who lost multiple babies gained another chance at parenthood via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/premature-b…

isaac_davison's tweet card. Pre-term birth rates are rising, but a new initiative starts today.

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Isaac Davison@isaac_davison · Oct 8

Assisted dying in NZ: Reviewers say oversight is so limited that wrongful deaths could go undetected , via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/assisted-dy…

isaac_davison's tweet card. One doctor described the oversight process for assisted deaths as a 'tick-box activity'.

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Georgina Campbell@GeorgeKCampbell · Sep 3

Today on The Front Page podcast: @isaac_davison talks about what led to a commissioner being appointed at Health NZ, the state of our health system and what's next + Wellington Hospital's U-turn on ditching toast for women after birth. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/what-14-bil…

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Michael Morrah@MichaelMorrah · Sep 2

New Zealand’s healthcare crisis - watch & read about what’s happening at a GP clinic in Otara. @nzherald #doctors #nurses #nzpol #gps #health #nz nzherald.co.nz/nz/healthcare-… Healthcare crisis: Desperate patients queue from 6am at Ōtara clinic for doctor visits

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Matt Nippert@MattNippert · Aug 16

This is a magnificent piece of story-finding and -writing from ⁦@nickjonesnzer⁩. Impossible to read and not be moved. nzherald.co.nz/nz/an-autistic…

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Isaac Davison@isaac_davison · Aug 14

Whaikaha changes confirmed this morning. Disability Support Services moving to MSD. Whaikaha survives but will be a smaller entity. Also significant - Enabling Good Lives rollout being paused. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/lo…

isaac_davison's tweet card. A scathing report says spending has blown budgets for almost a decade.

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Isaac Davison@isaac_davison · Aug 12

Doctor and nurse shortage at Counties mental health crisis team leads to waits of up to 72 hours for acute treatment via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/shortage-of…

isaac_davison's tweet card. 'The situation is quite dire,' said a union rep about the shortages.

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Isaac Davison@isaac_davison · Aug 10

'I’m on my way out': Suffering patients say right-to-die law still doesn't help them via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/assisted-dy…

isaac_davison's tweet card. The family of a woman who was declined for assisted dying say the law is 'ridiculous'.

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Isaac Davison@isaac_davison · Jul 31

Health NZ apologises after nursing graduates have job offers retracted via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-nz-a…

isaac_davison's tweet card. Nursing grads said they were 'heartbroken' after offers of work turned out to be false.

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Isaac Davison@isaac_davison · Jul 31

Spoke to a few former Health NZ board members about the PM and Finance Min's criticisms earlier this week. Story here with @AdamPearse13 via @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-heal…

isaac_davison's tweet card. Members said they were "all over" Health NZ's financial problems - contrary to Govt claims

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Simon Wilson@simonbwilson · Jul 25, 2024

Seen the big Whenua project we launched today @nzherald? At the heart of it: an interactive map where you can find the history of land sales + confiscations all over the country. Many more stories there too, all free online: nzherald.co.nz/nz/whenua-inte…

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Isaac Davison@isaac_davison · Jul 24, 2024

Pretty bizarre redaction in the smoking repeal background docs. Assume the answer was too frank

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Matt Nippert@MattNippert · Jul 24, 2024

Kinda overwhelmed right now. The RC into state abuse has a 110-page case study looking at the Great Barrier boot camp I've spent two decades excavating. It's somehow - impossibly - worse than I thought. abuseincare.org.nz/assets/Whanake…

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