Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards TE PĀTI MĀORI Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Tikanga stand off: Te Pāti Māori refuse to front up to committee over haka Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira, Layla Bailey-McDowell and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori MPs refuse to attend Parliament's Privileges Committee hearing over haka protest
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards OPEN GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT Jem Traylen (The Integrity Institute): Still a “game of hide and seek” – 30+ years of OIA shenanigans Richard Harman (Politik): When moral authority is not enough (paywalled) David Farrar: Chief Ombudsman assesses agencies on OIA compliance John McLean: Official Information Regress
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards SOCIAL COHESION AND DISCONTENT Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): NZ’s trust crisis – A Revolt against oligarchy 1News: Q+A: Report sheds light on social cohesion in New Zealand Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Do you know what people on benefits actually get? Jamie Morton (Herald)
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards New Zealand is in the throes of a trust crisis. The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer – an annual global survey of confidence in institutions – delivers a stark warning: public faith in the country’s core pillars of society has plummeted. Trust in government is down
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards JUSTICE, CRIME, POLICE Martin Van Beynen (Press/Post): What planet are the Greens on? It’s not called reality (paywalled) Emmy Rākete, Grace Gordon and Peyton Bond (Spinoff): Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB)
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards JUSTICE, CRIME, POLICE Glenn McConnell (Stuff): What a Green MP said about police, and why it’s being called ‘nutty’, ‘stupid’ and ‘la la land stuff’ Grant Duncan: The Green Police Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Green MP Tamatha Paul doubles down on criticism of police
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, OIA Joel MacManus (Spinoff): How new electorate boundaries could affect key races in the 2026 election Giles Dexter (RNZ): Labour's Greg O'Connor plans to stick around even if his Ōhāriu seat is carved up RNZ: Wellington to lose
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards RMA Anneke Smith (RNZ): RMA overhaul: Government seeks common ground with opposition Thomas Coughlan (Herald): RMA reform: Government promises overhaul of zoning rules, end to councils’ tight control of development with $14.8b in benefit (paywalled) RNZ: Christopher Luxon reveals Resource Management Act reform
A minister in a corrupt government becomes the most powerful person in sport.
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards NZ FIRST Tim Murphy (Newsroom): The State of Winston Peters Thomas Coughlan (Herald): NZ First: Winston Peters has a lot of thoughts about Labour (paywalled) Giles Dexter (RNZ): No love lost as Peters and Hipkins trade barbs Richard Harman (Politik): Winston Peters – political contortionist
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘It’s censorship’: Public health leaders slam ‘Trumpian’ edict Matthew Littlewood (ODT): ‘Farcical’: Quarter of hospital budget already spent (paywalled) Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): Some patients waiting for heart scan given death sentence due to delays, cardiologists say Paul Penfold (Stuff)
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Visits to India, USA test the Government’s approach to changing face of global politics Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand’s case for a Trump tariff carve out (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Winston Peters ‘seriously pleased’ with
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Act enters the messy, at times unhinged world of local politics Herald Editorial: David Seymour and Chris Hipkins are right, local politics needs a shake-up (paywalled) Karl du Fresne: Why shouldn't ACT have a go? The
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards HEALTH Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘Quite frankly nonsense’: $2m contractor responds to Stuff investigation Georgina Campbell (Herald): Health NZ refuses to release rent costs for Lower Hutt sick baby unit that doesn’t exist Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Government criticised for ‘pathetic’ bowel cancer
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENT 1News: Q+A: Shane Jones: Cameras on fishing boats is 'state surveillance' Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): The orange roughy and a ‘cautionary tale of over-exploitation’ (paywalled) Julia Gabel (Herald): Law firm Russell McVeagh says Mt Messenger wildlife permit ruling
