Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT, THREATS TO POLITICIANS
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Winston Peters declines Benjamin Doyle's invitation to speak directly
Andrea Vance and Charlie Mitchell (Post): Businessman behind toxic online Benjamin Doyle campaign (paywalled)
Bridie Witton and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Green MP Benjamin Doyle dismisses social media controversy as ‘baseless, personal’ attack
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Green Party MP Benjamin Doyle admits political naivety in refusing to delete social media posts
RNZ: I refuse to be disappeared by hate' - Green MP Benjamin Doyle responds to social media scrutiny
Thomas Manch (Post): Benjamin Doyle admits ‘I was politically naive’ in refusing to delete social posts (paywalled)
Paul Thistoll (Herald): Green MP Benjamin Doyle has been the victim of a moral panic (paywalled)
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Michael Morrah (Herald): PM downplays MP’s ties to sect under FBI investigation
Amy Williams (RNZ): 'My beliefs are a private matter' - National MP part of underground sect probed by FBI
RNZ: National MP James Meager leaves Justice Committee chair role
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Chris Trotter: Angry Voices
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): ‘Really, do we have to be called bitches?’ Female MPs open up about abuse in Parliament
Richard Davison (ODT): Threats led to worries over safety (paywalled)
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Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): Is political trust ‘in crisis’? It depends
Harry Love (ODT): To pray or not to pray enduring dilemma
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: A Question Time scavenger hunt
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Echo Chamber: Supplementary! That’s the sound of defunding da police
RNZ: 'Shoot me': Retiring MP David Parker dismisses prospect of Wellington mayoralty bid
HEALTH
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Formula firms fight against expanded online ad ban despite WHO warnings
Gergely Toldi (Newsroom): Government lobbying the same old formula
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Health NZ proposes to axe jobs from team that brings in millions for the govt
Jessica Roden (1News): Health NZ team lead on Nelson Hospital: 'I'm very confident things will change'
Shaun Robinson (Spinoff): The police withdrawal from mental health callouts has to stop in its tracks
Prabani Wood (Herald): Failing to get frontline healthcare right comes at a huge cost (paywalled)
ODT: Healthcare needs focus of report (paywalled)
TRUMP'S TARIFFS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Juliet Speedy (Stuff): Economist Michael Reddell warns Trump’s tariff war could hit NZ like the GFC
RNZ: China, US tariff war will be felt by New Zealand exporters, New Zealand China Council says
RNZ: Finance Minister Nicola Willis insists NZ must withstand global volatility
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Five key things Nicola Willis said about Donald Trump’s tariffs
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: Trump's tariff turmoil and the cost for the world
Eric Crampton (Newsroom): With regime uncertainty, we don’t know how lucky we are, mate
Phil O’Reilly (Post): The overdue lessons and wake-up calls from Trump’s tariffs (paywalled)
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): The Kiwi companies that insulated themselves from Trump’s trade war
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Kiwi exporters face $1b tariff, some quit US market
Brent Melville (NBR): Trump tariff war’s silver lining for NZ tourism (paywalled)
Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand government downplays Trump’s tariffs, despite business fears
Alka Prasad (Post): Singapore’s need for a ‘food security partner’ could boost NZ commodity prices (paywalled)
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Brent Edwards (NBR): Boosting defence spending in a more uncertain world (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Mixed response on defence dollars (paywalled)
ECONOMY, OCR
Dan Brunskill (Interest): RBNZ drops OCR to 3.5%; says tariffs may mean more cuts
1News: Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate
Liam Dann (Herald): OCR decision: RBNZ takes ‘dovish’ tone, expected to cut rates further on tariff downturn (paywalled)
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Economists ponder sub-3% OCR amid global trade turmoil (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Reserve Bank delivers expected 0.25% OCR cut (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Reserve Bank cuts Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 3.5%
RNZ: Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate to 3.5 percent
David Chaston (Interest): Banks cut mortgage and savings account rates after RBNZ lowers OCR again
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): First banks move in response to OCR
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): First home buyer takes 10% hit on KiwiSaver ‘deposit’ after putting in offer
HOUSING
Janet Wilson (Post): The big lies and half-baked policies behind surge in homelessness (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): ‘Absolutely unacceptable’: Social agency gives tent grant instead of home (paywalled)
Edward Gay (Stuff): Dubious landlord owns three houses but hasn’t paid damages to vulnerable tenants
Joanne Naish (Press): Struck-off real estate agent 'preying on vulnerable' or housing the homeless? (paywalled)
Deborah Morris (Post): OCR cut ‘shot in the arm’ for flat property market (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Here’s what the OCR cut means for the housing market (paywalled)
BANKS
Rob Stock (Post): Lawyer slams Government planned law change to protect banks
Tim Hunter (NBR): Lawyer slams ‘political interference’ in bank class action (paywalled)
Ella Somers (Interest): FMA will be monitoring how long banks are taking to pass on OCR cuts
Rob Stock (Post): FMA watching how quickly banks pass on rate changes, MPs told (paywalled)
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): NZ bank sector heavily regulated? No way, says FMA (paywalled)
Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): Risky business? Why Kiwibank's $500m funding boost is causing concern (paywalled)
TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS
Julia Gabel (Herald): Act’s David Seymour set to face bill’s demise without PM Christopher Luxon or deputy PM Winston Peters
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘Cremation day’: Ministers prepare to bury the Treaty Principles Bill
Anneke Smith (RNZ): National minister heralds 'cremation day' for Treaty Principles Bill
Laura Walters (Newsroom): ‘Strained’ Waitangi Tribunal needs more resources – review
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
RNZ: Environment watchdog calls for seismic shakeup to Emissions Trading Scheme
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): We need to change the way we do forestry - Environment Commissioner
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Simon Watts indicates he's not minded to take forestry out of ETS (paywalled)
Ella Somers (Interest): Environment watchdog wants ETS reform for forestry
Brent Edwards (NBR): Upton reiterates call for forests to be phased out of ETS (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Fast-track panels not out of blocks yet (paywalled)
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Charity takes legal action over government's 'failure' to protect Hector's and Māui dolphins
Andrea Vance (Post): Protection plan for world’s rarest dolphin challenged in court (paywalled)
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Call for more to be done to stop mass death of migrating eels in Canterbury
Hamish MacLean (ODT): Compliance slipping across region (paywalled)
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): New seawall planned to tackle urgent erosion risk at Te Awanga
Tom McKinlay (ODT): The right people for a crisis
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Ethan Manera (Herald): Chris Hipkins says Andrew Little has his ‘full support’ for potential mayoral run
Karl du Fresne: Andrew Little signals a tilt at the Wellington mayoralty
RNZ: Lower Hutt mayor Campbell Barry calling it quits at next election
Justin Wong (Post): Lower Hutt mayor Campbell Barry not standing for re-election (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Liz Kelly walks out of council meeting, twice (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Local Government NZ boss Susan Freeman-Green calls it quits
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): Tauranga Mayor says he doesn't want marine precinct sold - then votes in favour
Sam Smith (Stuff): Wayne Brown under investigation for driving while on the phone
RNZ: Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown investigated by police for taking video call while driving
RNZ: Auckland councillors to discuss uses for land left vacant after storm buyouts
Rob Stock (Post): Auckland Future Fund shielded from market turmoil as capital kept in cash (paywalled)
David Long (Stuff): Manurewa Senior Citizens Club refuse to vacate condemned community hall
Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): Gisborne District councillor attendance rates: One attended 41.2% of meetings since October
Tina Law (Stuff): Clash over two New Brighton liquor stores 300m apart
Sinead Gill (Press): Akaroa residents want reimbursement for helping ‘expose’ flaws in council wastewater scheme (paywalled)
Diane McCarthy (Local Democracy Reporting): Māori wards referendum: Bay of Plenty teen activist Jack Karetai-Barrett plans awareness hīkoi
RNZ: Need for Māori wards on council behind teen's hikoi to Tauranga
Grant Miller (ODT): Council CEO contract stance ‘eye-opening’ (paywalled)
RNZ: West Coast residents told to boil water after possible contamination
Eva Gallot (Stuff): Boil water notice issued for Grey district due to possible contamination
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Part of Invercargill park inches closer to losing reserve status
Hilary Calvert (ODT): Count risks, rewards of new development (paywalled)
Stephen Ward (Stuff): Hamilton developers let rip over council’s brake on city growth
Hamish MacLean (ODT): DCC plans alarming developers
TRANSPORT
Phil Pennington and Nick James (RNZ): Auckland Council raises concerns about national ticketing project
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Transport advocacy group battles speed limit increases
Simon Wilson (Herald): Speed around schools: Why are we making the streets more dangerous? (paywalled)
Nick James (RNZ): Wellington council fights speed limit reversals: 'This is stupid policy'
Post: Court case seeks to put brakes on speed limit U-turn
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Great Ride: Iwi, mayors, tourism partners team up to finish Mountains to Sea cycle trail
Alan Granville (Stuff): 'Everyone wins': Air New Zealand in talks to partner up with Air Chathams
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, PROCUREMENT
Imogen Wells (Stuff): Wool rules: Government orders agencies go fleece first
RNZ: New procurement rules urge wool use in government buildings
Anna Whyte (Post): ‘Let’s make wool great again’: Wool to roll out at Government agencies (paywalled)
Sinead Gill (Press/Post): Canterbury farmers ready to ‘make wool great again’ after years of keeping faith (paywalled)
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Wool great, wood you consider timber? Industry wants in on Govt buildings plans
Stuff: ‘Major strides’ in recovery of Kaikōura pāua fishery
Lisa Futschek (ODT): What’s so fishy about the 1980s?
PACIFIC
RNZ: Winston Peters leads delegation to Tonga, Vanuatu and Hawai’i
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Trump’s pick as NZ envoy caught up in Pacific slip-up
Talaia Mika (RNZ): ‘International standing at risk’: Opposition demands full investigation into Maritime Cook IsIands, Ministry of Transport
Susana Suisuiki (RNZ): Samoa power crisis: Hope arrives in the form of leased generators from NZ
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): Fiji and other Pacific nations decry 'unfair and disappointing' US tariffs
Lydia Lewis (RNZ): Tokelau's trifecta of issues: Trump's tariffs, delayed tuna funds, and self-determination
ENERGY
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Households paying more for power because of low-user tariff phase-out
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Low-user electricity tariff phase-out has winners and losers (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Power companies 'eager' to offer more weird and wonderful pricing plans (paywalled)
Doug Sail (Timaru Herald): Alpine Energy ordered to refund customers $16.9m
RNZ: Diesel importers required to increase reserves to 28 days
JUSTICE, POLICE, CRIME
Julia Gabel (Herald): Green MP Tamatha Paul fires back at Labour, says expectations of party’s law and order policies were ‘already low’
Virginia Fallon (Post): Another awful anniversary (paywalled)
Neil Sands (Law News): Parliament receives motion to scrap compulsory tikanga Māori for core law subjects
RNZ: 'Increasingly vulnerable' - Warning over rise of organised crime in NZ
Warren Pyke (Law News): How karakia fit into our justice system
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post/Herald): Why a leading entertainment figure convicted of sex crimes still can’t be identified (paywalled)
EDUCATION
RNZ: School attendance to be scrutinised by Education Review Office again
RNZ: Artificial intelligence exam-marking on the way for Year 10 writing tests
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): Parents onboard with councils taking over school buses
RNZ: Streaming classrooms does more harm than good - education expert
John Lewis (ODT): Uni rubbishes claim robot a security threat (paywalled)
MEDIA
Rebecca Stevenson (Herald): ‘I am very much onside’: NZME’s wannabe chair wants swift resolution of share purchase probe (paywalled)
RNZ: TikTok releases new saftey features for Kiwi kids
BUSINESS
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): ‘A very bad experience’: More franchisees speak out about cleaning firm
RNZ: Retailers need more support to offset construction work disruption, NZIER finds
John Weekes (Herald): NZ: Engineering firms lose 1200 people in a year (paywalled)
Anne Gibson (Herald): Developer of 112 South Auckland units at Wattle Park liquidated, estimated to owe $4.6m (paywalled)
OTHER
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Agency charged with emergency communications upgrade not funded for 111 changes
Ffion Heale (Post): Who has been dobbed in to the ‘red tape tipline’? (paywalled)
Amy Williams (RNZ): Ministry of Social Development to use basic AI to regrant benefits
Annemarie Quill (Stuff): Winston Peters’ former multimillion mansion with hidden cocktail bar sold to expats
