Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards RMA, ENVIRONMENT Lillian Hanly and Giles Dexter (RNZ): Farmers hail end of 'unworkable' RMA, Greens say changes dismantle protections Jamie Ensor and Julia Gabel (Herald): Major proposed changes to Resource Management Act outlined for freshwater, infrastructure, farming Russell Palmer (RNZ): Sweeping RMA
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PUBLIC SERVICE RNZ: 'Chilling effect': Union raises concerns over ministers' interference after leaks John Gerritsen (RNZ): Education Ministry asks RNZ to help investigation into leaks - we declined RNZ: Drip, drip, drip: NZ's biggest political leaks Azaria Howell (Herald): Inside
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT Russel Norman (Post): The dangers in the Regulatory Standards Bill (paywalled) Ryan Ward (Newsroom): How the Regulatory Standards Bill could leave taxpayers on the hook Maioha Panapa (Te Ao Māori News): Govt blasted over submission glitch on controversial Regulatory Standards Bill Brent Edwards
Why did no one bother to ask the questions I did on the actual day? When I was at school, that’s exactly what would have happened.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, URGENCY Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Can parliamentary urgency and public accountability peacefully coexist? Russell Palmer (RNZ): Pay equity changes: 'People's select committee' formed to gather evidence instead of 'high-flying cliches' Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Former MPs unite for
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Ministers don’t know the scale of the tax break they’ve signed up to Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Investment Boost: Govt’s ticking fiscal time bomb Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): “Investment Boost” or “Corporate Welfare”? Fran O’Sullivan (Herald)
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET SUMMARIES AND ANALYSIS Jo Moir (RNZ): Analysis: Finance Minister delivers 'nip and tuck’ Budget Janet Wilson (Post): Winners make gains at the expense of the strugglers (paywalled) Matthew Hooton (Herald): Budget reveals we’re going broke faster than we knew (paywalled) Jamie
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET - SUMMARIES AND ANALYSIS Laura Walters (Newsroom): Budget takes from squeezed middle for growth Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Budget 2025 is a bit bitsy - here are the best bits Luke Malpass (Post): Willis delivers more with less but fiscal risks remain (paywalled) Bridie Witton and
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET RNZ: New Zealanders across political spectrum want increased spending on public services, poll finds Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Budget 2025: Nicola Willis to Labour: ‘Show me the money’ Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): National says Labour divided on fiscal policy - here’s what was said
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TE PĀTI MĀORI SUSPENSION DEBATE RNZ: ACT asked for advice on range of punishments for Te Pāti Māori MPs - including imprisonment Kelly Dennett (Post): ACT MP Parmjeet Parmar sought imprisonment advice for Te Pāti Māori haka (paywalled) Russell Palmer (RNZ): Up for debate: Which
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TE PĀTI MĀORI SUSPENSION Matthew Hooton: Can Luxon lead on TPM shambles? Russell Palmer (RNZ): Parliament faces a debate primed for filibuster in Budget week Derek Cheng (Herald): Te Pāti Māori voices in Parliament on Budget Day in doubt after compromise talks fail (paywalled)
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PAY EQUITY, THE C-WORD Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): I said what I said. And I’m sorry... sort of (paywalled) Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): When all hell breaks loose, and politics becomes theatre (paywalled) Jesse Mulligan: Thinking about the c-word
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PAY EQUITY, THE C-WORD Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Echo Chamber: A C-bomb explodes in parliament Cherie Howie (Herald): Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters blasts behaviour in Parliament as ‘degradation’ Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Inside ‘the House of Chaos’: Six days that saw Parliament
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PAY EQUITY Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Lies, damned lies and political subterfuge Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Lack of debate fans pay equity fury Mandy Henk (Newsroom): I’m a librarian and you’re right Mr Luxon. But not for the reasons you think. Hayden
Pursuing this to its logical conclusion, since every news outlet must at some point offend someone, trust in ‘The Media’ will eventually decline to zero.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PAY EQUITY, BUDGET Laura Walters and Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Ministers set to take big pay rises, right after wiping 33 pay equity claims Jo Moir (RNZ): FamilyBoost policy: $14m of $62m spent on administration costs Dan Satherley (RNZ): Pay equity claims: What they are
