Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards MIKE KING, MENTAL HEALTH Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Analysis: PM should have heeded his own advice not to politicise mental health Jesse Mulligan: What did Mike King actually say? Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. Mike King Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Groan – In defence
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I recommend the ALTY hospital to any fellow New Zealanders who need a hip transplant and can afford the cost.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT Giles Dexter (RNZ): Will the Wellington City Council intervention set a precedent? Luke Malpass (Post): The $700 million case for intervening in Wellington City Council (paywalled) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): What’s so bad about Wellington? Pressure on to see
The numbers above suggest we already have a very fair tax system, which is possibly even skewed against high income earners. A party campaigning on a CGT in 2026 will be swamped at the polls.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Auditor-General asked to investigate Costello decision to slash tax on heated tobacco products Jo Moir (RNZ): Bayly complaint: Email disappeared from Labour MP's inbox Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The unanswered questions in the Andrew Bayly
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards ANDREW BAYLY Andrea Vance (Post): Harmless bants, or the National party telling us exactly who it is? (paywalled) Adam Pearse, Claire Trevett, Julia Gabel (Herald): Small Business and Manufacturing Minister Andrew Bayly apologises for interaction during company visit RNZ: National Minister Andrew Bayly apologises
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FAST TRACK Farah Hancock (RNZ): Most fast-track panellists picked by ministers, political parties Kayla Kingdon-Bebb (Post): As fast-tracking proceeds, the outcry will only grow (paywalled) Fox Meyer (Newsroom): National MP renews vow to ‘lie on tracks’ to stop rail project, now
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Government intervention in Wellington more likely than not - source Krystal Gibbons and Mary Argue (RNZ): Wellington council intervention: Mayor to meet with minister Peter Dunne (Post): Wellington council jolted into action, now the Govt has to follow through
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT RNZ: Can the govt step in to take control over Wellington City Council?: What you need to know Andrea Vance (Post): Attention Wellington City Council ‒ this is not a drill (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): Tory Whanau’s Wellington City Council: Why there’
