2026-08-06 - Mental health support providers welcome long-awaited action plan to improve system and 9 more stories
This episode includes 10 news blocks. The plan focuses on launching AI navigation to help access and scale integrated services across mental health. Students could soon be studying "next-gen manufacturing" and "energy and infrastructure". Auckland Transport's Stacey van der Putten says the billboard blunder is a "bummer" but at least it happened on the day of the official announcement. Regional mayors will decide on Friday on the exact model. Enrolled Māori voters wanting to switch between elec…