Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FERRY REPLACEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Jo Moir (RNZ): Winston Peters says rail-enabled ferries are 'no-brainer' for Interislander replacements Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk): The ferry "announcement" is embarrassing Dom Kalasih (The Post): Rail ferry debate needs reality rather than rhetoric (paywalled) Thomas Manch
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FERRY REPLACEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): An 'announcement of an announcement' of two new boats Russell Palmer (RNZ): Interislander replacement: Opposition 'astounded', 'disgusted' over 'omnishambles' Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Interislander ferry replacements: Labour slams delays after Government
Now that parliament has polarised into rival coalitions, voter and media attention may turn much more to the proposed policies of the minor parties.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TREATY AND RACE RELATIONS Tom Day (1News): Poll: More NZers oppose than support Treaty Principles Bill David Farrar: Treaty Issues poll shows the way forward Ryan Bridge (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: Act and David Seymour’s poll bump shows this strategy is working (paywalled)
I would love to make sweeping statements about the report, but I must control myself. Whatever we do, we must not surrender the moral high ground.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards OPINION POLLS Tom Day (1News): Political leaders react to poll showing Te Pāti Māori rise RNZ: Support for Te Pāti Māori has surged in the latest One News Verian poll RNZ: ACT and Te Pāti Māori up in latest Taxpayers-Union Curia poll Stewart Sowman-Lund
New Zealand is experiencing the emergence of more explicitly partisan media.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT Farah Hancock (RNZ): The government's targets in charts: More than half behind track The Post: The Annual Report: The quiet political layers you’ve barely heard of. Part 1. (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government survives under scrutiny, but crisis in health
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR Richard Harman (Herald): Budget battle looms as reality hits Coalition Government (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government floats new deficit measure, Labour says it is ‘shifting the goalposts’ Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government deficit moves further off track (paywalled) Michael Reddell: The
Labour and Hipkins continue with their very deliberate lackadaisical strategy.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Kate Green, Ruth Hill and Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health Commissioner to seek apology after 'cooking the books' accusation Tom Day (1News): 'Cooking the books' – Levy strongly rejects Verrall's claims Bridie Witton (Stuff): What we learned after a
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Adam Pearse (Herald): Electoral Commission accepts failure over Manurewa Marae voting base selection Tara Ward (Spinoff): A journey through the 26 times Luxon said ‘what I say to you is’ on Q+A Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Act had disproportionate influence in
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Andrea Vance (RNZ): New poll delivers hung Parliament, bad news for Christopher Luxon as preferred PM Luke Malpass (Post): The Post/Freshwater Strategy Poll: There was no honeymoon, just high prices and a recession (paywalled) Simon Wilson (Herald): The Government’s year:
The opaque and constrained nature of the commission itself suggests that mistrust is still warranted. Why would a government set such limited terms of reference if there was nothing to conceal?
