A Softly, Softly Approach Won’t Do It
These investigations in Britain and Australia provide an idea of what New Zealand needs if it wants to take research into corruption seriously.
Guest Post
NZ Politics Daily: 16 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS Janet Wilson (Post): The price everyone will pay for Luxon’s naive deal-making (paywalled) Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Doomed debate around Act’s Treaty Principles Bill turns up heat on polarising issue (paywalled) Vernon Small (Post): The political game behind ACT’s zombie
NZ Politics Daily: 13 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET DOCUMENTS DUMP, GOVERNMENT Claire Trevett, Jamie Ensor, Thomas Coughlan, Derek Cheng, Adam Pearse, Julia Gabel, Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Budget docs revealed: Warnings cancer promise was under-priced, Treasury wanted even less health funding Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Peeking behind the curtain of Budget 2024 Anna
NZ Politics Daily: 12 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS Glenn McConnell (Stuff): David Seymour’s Treaty principles released, with major warnings from officials Jo Moir (RNZ): Treaty Principles Bill: Officials advise government against redefining principles Ben Strang (RNZ): 'Extremely conservative' estimate suggests $4m cost to progress Treaty Principles Bill
How Christian Are the 400 Church Leaders?
How can Christian church leaders, the ones who preach God’s love to all his children, suggest that some are more equal than others?
Do We Have a Cronyism Problem?
Prime Minister Starmer can claim that his new government is just doing the same as their predecessors, but that doesn’t seem to cut with a very disgruntled public. Prime Minister Luxon should take note.
NZ Politics Daily: 11 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PUBLIC SERVICE Glenn McConnell (Stuff): This Twitter account is a ‘national security’ issue Richard Harman (Politik): Inside the public service (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): The case for making structural change to the Public Service (paywalled) Tony Burton (NZ Initiative): Demystifying the State Jem Traylen
NZ Politics Daily: 10 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL Simon Wilson (Herald): Luxon’s choice: Kotahitanga or destructive referendums (paywalled) Herald Editorial: Act leader David Seymour has a goliath task to get his Treaty Principles Bill over the line (paywalled) Laura Walters (Newsroom): PM still hasn’t seen draft Treaty
Time to Break up the Supermarket Duopoly
An embarrassing big con is being sold to New Zealanders. Hopefully the politicians and public soon learn to look beyond the duopoly’s plea to only have tweaks made to their dominance and then genuine reform can come.
NZ Politics Daily: 9 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS Joseph Los’e (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: 400 church leaders want David Seymour’s bill voted down RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill: 440 Christian leaders sign open letter asking MPs to vote no Richard Harman (Politik): Seymour’s Treaty bill making Nats nervous
Why Won’t Police enforce the Electoral Act?
It says something about MacLeod that he had extraordinarily high donations for his campaign and was telling some of his donors that he didn’t need to declare their contributions.
NZ Politics Daily: 6 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT Henry Cooke: On John Key still being prime minister Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Labour paving the way for a capital gains or wealth tax Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Tova podcast: Labour leader Chris Hipkins reignites tax debate, offers update on working with Winston
NZ Politics Daily: 5 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards COMCOM GROCERY SECTOR REPORT Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Supermarkets now a sitting duck for intervention (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Supermarkets get terse tongue-lashing for ‘ripping off’ Kiwis (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Five things households should know about the first annual grocery report Lauren Crimp (RNZ)
NZ Politics Daily: 4 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE Russell Palmer (RNZ): Korea ferry cancellation talks were two texts sent within an hour of announcement Tova O’Brien (Stuff): PM to avoid any talk of cancelled Korean ferry deal while in South Korea despite official warnings Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National Land
NZ Politics Daily: 3 September 2024
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE RNZ: 'It'll kill rail off' - Rail advocate on Government's transport plan Russell Palmer (RNZ): National's new roads a trade-off for safety, public transport, local roading - opposition parties Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The politics
Rogernomics Installed a New Establishment in 1984
The 1984 reforms were supposedly about getting rid of vested interests from politics and economy. But it’s clear in retrospect that they ended up empowering a brand new set of vested interests.