They Are All Defending the Indefensible
Or how Brown Town thinks they’re allowed to discriminate.
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NZ Politics Daily: 20 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CABINET RESHUFFLE Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Luxon tries to head off ‘vibecession’ with major reshuffle Jo Moir (RNZ): PM's portfolio reshuffle leaves Cabinet top heavy Rachel Thomas (Post): Why Dr Shane Reti didn't work as National’s health minister (paywalled) Bill
NZ Politics Daily: 17 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT Derek Cheng (Herald): Hand-picked by Judith Collins: The former National minister and the governance job he had no ‘significant’ experience for (paywalled) Henry Cooke: David Seymour's subtle powerplay Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On More Threats To Democracy From David Seymour David
NZ Politics Daily: 16 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SEVICE Audrey Young (Herald): Sir Brian Roche spells out what’s wrong with the public service (paywalled) Derek Cheng (Herald): Swell the pot, then raid it: Inside the ministerial wrangling over using the tourist tax to improve the Government’s books
NZ Politics Daily: 15 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT Derek Cheng (Herald): Revealed: The 10 emails to Minister Nicole McKee that helped toughen Three Strikes (paywalled) Kathy Spencer (Post): How the red-tape crusader is failing in his own mission (paywalled) Lillian Hanly (RNZ): The Regulatory Standards Bill: What you need to
NZ Politics Daily: 14 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, GOVT LEGISLATION Anna Whyte (Post): Jam-packed political start lies ahead (paywalled) Spinoff: NZ politics in 2025: The big issues on which the year will hinge Dave Armstrong (Post): The country has bigger fish to fry (paywalled) Herald: David Seymour’s Treaty bill draws
NZ Politics Daily: 13 December 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Time for Labour to shrug off the shackles of election defeat Max Rashbrooke (Post): The honeymoon’s over, but a hangover’s just kicking in (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Labour’s message for 2026: Are you
NZ Politics Daily: 10 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS Matthew Hooton (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill submissions received, but there are issues leaving race debate in dust (paywalled) Rob Campbell (Post): Betting you’ll come out on the better side, when most won’t (paywalled) Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Three
NZ Politics Daily: 9 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, POLITICAL FINANCE, 2025 Greg Presland (The Standard): Who funds the Taxpayer’s Union? Verity Johnson (Stuff): Labour, don’t waste this crisis Geoff Fischer (Daily Blog): Political quackery: Dr Palmer’s prescription for what ails New Zealand “democracy” Simon Shepherd (NBR): Podcast Summer
NZ Politics Daily: 8 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, 2025 Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context Richard Prebble (Herald): The New Year resolutions the Government should be making (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): Winston Peters on New Zelaand First’s year of achievement (paywalled) NBR: Out of
NZ Politics Daily: 7 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TARIANA TURIA Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Labour should apologise to Dame Tariana Turia's whānau - Willie Jackson at tangi Don Brash: Dame Tariana Turia - may she rest in peace Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Labour didn’t treat her well’: Hipkins,
NZ Politics Daily: 6 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TARIANA TURIA Audrey Young (Herald): How Dame Tariana Turia influenced NZ politics (paywalled) Virginia Fallon (Post): ‘She could scare you’: Remembering Dame Tariana Turia (paywalled) RNZ: Obit: Dame Tariana Turia has died 1News: 'Significant legacy': Tributes paid to Dame Tariana Turia Peter
NZ Politics Daily: 3 January 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): NZ report card 2024: How the country fared in 25 key global and domestic rankings Post: The Post's political predictions for 2025 (paywalled) Spinoff: Ten wild political predictions for 2025 Brent Edwards
NZ Politics Daily: 31 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS Dave Armstrong (Post): The sweet, the exotic, the fragrant and the bruised: the 2024 Basil Awards (paywalled) Harriette Boucher (Post): A brief history of 2024’s political brouhaha (paywalled) David Farrar: Kiwiblog’s 2025 predictions Post political
NZ Politics Daily: 30 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. 2024 Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters on NZ First: ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’ Kelly Dennett (Post): Nicola Willis: Relentless optimist, trying not to be perfect all the time (paywalled) Herald Editorial:
NZ Politics Daily: 27 December 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW Laura Walters (Newsroom): Seymour takes aim at politics, the media, and economic recovery Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Shane Jones wants coal in his stocking Brent Edwards (NBR): Chlöe Swarbrick’s nerdy interest in democracy (paywalled) RNZ: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon