Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards Alarm bells sounded last Tuesday about the integrity of New Zealand politics. Global integrity watchdog Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perception Index, showing that New Zealand had dropped its ranking and score again. Since then, there’s been much talk about the urgent
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards MANUREWA MARAE INQUIRY Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Manurewa Marae and the Integrity crisis at the heart of NZ democracy Anna Whyte (Post): ‘All options on the table’ over Electoral Commission probe (paywalled) Kelly Dennett (Post): Manurewa Marae inquiry: Former chief statistician says copying
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards We are often told that there is no corruption in New Zealand, and that our public service and electoral system are robust and free from manipulation and conflicts of interest. But the two official reports released yesterday about the allegations of misuse of resources
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards MANUREWA MARAE INQUIRY Jamie Ensor (Herald): Manurewa Marae inquiry findings: Christopher Luxon ‘shocked’, Chris Hipkins says ‘alarm bell’ for NZ reputation 1News: Manurewa Marae inquiry: Stats NZ boss to leave Andrea Vance (Post): Manurewa Marae inquiry: Whistleblowers vindicated (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Post): Marae whistleblowers
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon not ruling out directly appointing public service chief executives, Labour calls this Trumpian Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche considers axing government entities (paywalled) Chris Trotter (Interest): Ideology problems Azaria Howell (Herald)
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Can Christopher Luxon grow his way out of a buyer’s remorse election? (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Post): Can Christopher Luxon turn it around? (paywalled) Damien Grant (Stuff): ACT’s clarity a sticking point for Luxon in his
Protests against Israel are founded on a misunderstanding of these facts, and are funded by Arab money pouring into American universities to buy faculty and, by extension, student opinion; opinion which in turn has spread worldwide to those who slavishly follow all that is American and in vogue.
New Zealand First has been encouraged to speak out on fluoridation now because of the petition and because of the New Zealand speaking tour of the American anti-fluoridation campaigner Michael Connett.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Matthew Hooton (Herald): Labour eyes swift return to Government (paywalled) Peter Dunne: Next election still National's to lose Herald: David Seymour’s letter to police advocating for Philip Polkinghorne - the full text and the questions the NZ Herald put
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Barry Soper (Herald): David Seymour’s actions test Christopher Luxon’s coalition leadership Verity Johnson (Stuff): Chill, David Seymour isn’t NZ’s Trump Anna Rawhiti-Connell (Spinoff): Christopher Luxon’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week RNZ: New Zealand slips further
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Matt Nippert (Herald: New Zealand slips off least-corrupt podium Pattrick Smellie and Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Business of Govt: corruption, transparency and purgatory (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): David Seymour’s 48 hours under fire Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Has David Seymour gone mad?
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, POLLS, PUBLIC SERVICE Claire Trevett (Herald): Tension between Act’s David Seymour and PM Christopher Luxon spills over in public (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Seymour tells Luxon where to go (paywalled) Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Seymour asking Luxon for the sack (paywalled) Jamie
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WAITANGI, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS Simon Wilson (Herald): Act’s David Seymour, NZ First’s Shane Jones and the battles of Waitangi (paywalled) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Inside the debate and drama of the Waitangi Treaty Grounds Brent Edwards (NBR): Honouring the Treaty would have helped avoid
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WAITANGI, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS Adam Pearse & Julia Gabel (Herald): Te Pāti Māori to demand a new Te Tiriti Commissioner to audit Government policy Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori issues coalition ultimatum, naming Treaty Commissioner as a 'bottom line' RNZ: Te Pāti
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WAITANGI, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS Laura Walters (Newsroom): Waitangi sets the scene for political fireworks, Shane Jones calls for calm Glenn McConnell (Stuff): A stark contrast as David Seymour’s hapū welcomes National MPs Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Waitangi prepares for 50,000 visitors as Treaty politics
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards Kia ora This is the first “Integrity Briefing” email newsletter from The Integrity Institute. As I explained in today’s “News Briefing” email (formerly “NZ Politics Daily”), the Democracy Project is being retired and superseded by a new research and advocacy organisation, The Integrity
