Table of Contents
Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
DEFENCE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Marketing The Military Threat Posed By China
Sarita Davis (Herald): $12 billion defence spend could halve child poverty by 2028 (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Access to space systems 'critical on the modern battlefield'
Giles Dexter (RNZ): WTF: Weird Tariff Frenzy - what it means for NZ and the world
Thomas Manch (Post): Peters says Luxon ‘premature’ to suggest Asia-Pacific, Europe push back on tariffs (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Luxon pitches new bloc to salvage global trade
RNZ: Luxon speaks to six world leaders about Donald Trump's tariffs
Jo Moir (RNZ): US tariffs 'confronting' for New Zealand businesses, Christopher Luxon says
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Watch: Luxon plans free-trade talks blitz as Trump changes tune on tariffs
RNZ: Christopher Luxon talks to world leaders as Donald Trump pauses tariffs
Felix Walton (RNZ): Phil Goff relishes new-found freedom, blasts Donald Trump again
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): MPs’ share portfolios hit by tariff shock
RNZ: Donald Trump's 10% US tariff on NZ looks set to remain, officials clarifying - Nicola Willis
Juliet Speedy (Stuff): New Zealand will still feel years of fallout following Trump’s tariff U-turn, economists warn
RNZ: 'No one knows what the end game is' - Consumer confidence hit by global trade turmoil
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Trump could see new wool rule as carpet ban
Luke Malpass (Post): Russian businessman Alexander Abramov has NZ travel ban lifted (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol (NBR): Russian billionaire ‘humbled and grateful’ NZ sanctions lifted (paywalled)
TREATY, CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Treaty Principles Bill may be resurrected; the opposition is primed
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Grubby’ treaty principles bill voted down in New Zealand parliament
Karanama Ruru and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): A ‘great day’ but Māori-Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka not given Treaty Principles Bill speaking spot
Kelly Dennett (Post): The winners, losers and political legacy of the ‘cremated’ Treaty Principles Bill (paywalled)
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Treaty Principles Bill scrapped but the fight for Te Tiriti is just beginning - lawyers and advocates say
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): With a whimper rather than a bang, Treaty Principles Bill is buried – for now (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): The last day we’ll ever have to talk about the Treaty principles bill
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): ‘They’ll bury the bill with her’: Treaty Principles Bill figuratively, literally buried
1News: Treaty Principles Bill voted down amid fiery MP debate
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Bulletin: PM skips historic debate as Treaty principles bill voted down
RNZ: Celebrations at defeat of divisive Treaty Principles Bill
RNZ: 'Watch this space': Seymour on if voted down Treaty Principles Bill will return
Stuff: Willie Jackson defiant after being kicked out of House for Seymour ‘disgrace’, ‘liar’ comments
Julia Gabel, Jamie Ensor, Adam Pearse (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: Parliament votes down controversial policy at second reading
Daniels Perese and Natasha Hill (Te Ao Māori News): Nehu day: Treaty Principles Bill laid to rest, only Act voting in favour
Anna Whyte (Post): Watch: Treaty Principles Bill second reading gets off to fiery start (paywalled)
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): ‘Oh my God!’ Object nearly hits David Seymour before Treaty Principles Bill reading
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Why Christopher Luxon won't be at the Treaty Principles Bill debate
Julia Gabel (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill timeline: The controversial policy’s rocky road to rejection
RNZ: Watch: Te Pati Māori film crew ejected from public gallery by Parliament security
Tini Molyneux and Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): Labour MP believes Seymour will find a way to keep Treaty Principles Bill alive
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Russell Palmer (RNZ): Watchdog warns of reputational damage from failure to meet Treaty settlement obligations
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): New report reveals public organisations are falling short on treaty settlements
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Auditor General’s damning report on Treaty settlements (paywalled)
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Nelson Tenths descendants vow to continue fighting (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT
Martin Van Beynen (Post): Different strokes for different folks but rules are rules (paywalled)
Neil Sands (Law News): Inflexible coalition agreements give ‘fringe’ too much power: Clark
Cassandra Mudgway (The Conversation): A damning study of online abuse of female MPs shows urgent legal reform is needed
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Tamatha Paul’s police comments, Treaty bill dies, Winston Peters turns 80: A week in NZ politics
Thomas Manch (Post): Happy Birthday, Winston: deputy PM marks his 80th (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Trump slump to poll bump? Christopher Luxon’s big opportunity amid tariff chaos (paywalled)
Mildred Armah (Stuff): Labour investigates head of disability branch after woman alleges mistreatment
Mildred Armah (Stuff): ‘She’s a narcissistic autistic’: The bitter feud between a disabled woman and an advocate
Sam Smith (Stuff): Chris Hipkins praises ‘hugely important’ partner in new interview
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Echo Chamber: Why it took nine attempts for Rawiri Waititi to ask a question
RNZ: Te Pāti Māori to run candidates in general seats at next election
Tini Molyneux and Whatitiri Te Wake (Te Ao Māori News): Te Pāti Māori pushes for greater Māori representation, targeting 21 general seats
Sam Smith (Stuff): Former Labour minister launches scathing attack on Green Party
Steven Cowan: The trouble with Chloe
ODT Editorial: A question of privilege (paywalled)
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Bulletin: Are New Zealanders losing confidence in the system?
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Quarrying company J Swap denied Supreme Court appeal to mine on QEII covenant land
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Tai Rāwhiti to replant 100,000 hectares of forestry with permanent bush, but at whose cost?
Science Media Centre: The Risks Of Pine Carbon Farms – Expert Reaction
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): Why forestry should be removed from the ETS
Public Health Communication Centre: Unsafe waters: The hidden Campylobacter infection risk in rural New Zealand (paywalled)
Adam Burns (RNZ): Bottled water supplies under pressure as boil water notice remains for Greymouth
David Williams (Newsroom): The shifting sands beneath the Ngāi Tahu water case
Herald Editorial: New Zealand is well-placed despite an inconvenient truth for those on the moral EV mound (paywalled)
Juha Saarinen (Interest): Electric vehicles could increase carbon emissions without renewable energy boost
ECONOMY, OCR
Brent Edwards (NBR): Fiscal responses to shocks need to be targeted and temporary (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Why Nicola Willis’ commitment to tight spending means the Reserve Bank will stay in the spotlight (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Treasury: New agency may be needed to scrutinise ratcheting government debt (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): It can’t be like Covid (paywalled)
Robert MacCulloch: NZ Initiative Chairman Partridge gets his international economics wrong
BANKS
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Consumer finance law change could quash huge class action against ANZ and ASB banks (paywalled)
Tim Hunter (NBR): There’s a bigger picture in the pro-bank bill (paywalled)
Jenny Ruth: Why does the govt want to protect 2 Aussie banks from their own failures? (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): ‘Not good enough’: Why don’t banks pass on the OCR cut instantly?
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): When will fixed home loan rates move?
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Govt eyeing ComCom bank interchange fees decision
HEALTH
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): War of words as Seymour says health profession has too many ‘whining busy-bodies’ (paywalled)
Louis Collins (RNZ): The House: Verrall and Brown go tit-for-tat in health annual review debate
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Cut in colonoscopies after Covid funding ran out
Briana Northey (Post): Outsourcing health care risks the next generation of specialists (paywalled)
RNZ: Nelson and Marlborough Health NZ staff get $20 million in Holidays Act remediation payments
Renee Liang (North & South): The Corporate Creep … Why It’s Not Good For Our Health
Paula Penfold (Stuff): ACC exec under investigation ‘no longer employed’
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): Te Kōhao Health and Te Whatu Ora band together to reduce inequities in healthcare system (paywalled)
RNZ: Thousands to benefit as Pharmac widens access to four medicines
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown questions why Cabinet ministers get limos but he doesn’t after driving offence
David Hill (RNZ): Waimakariri council may ditch credit rating agency S&P after downgrade
Peter Dunne: Is Andrew Little Wellington's Mayor-In-Waiting?
Mike O’Donnell (Post): Blasts from the past helping to mix things up in the capital (paywalled)
Deborah Morris (Post): Wellington’s arts events ‘need to go global’ (paywalled)
Robin Martin (RNZ): New Plymouth police to take more action against 'lawless' homeless people, mayor says
RNZ: E Coli found in Palmerston North drinking water
Deborah Morris (Post): Vision for Wellington second meeting sold out (paywalled)
Diane McCarthy (Local Democracy Reporting): Commission finds in favour of Ōpōtiki council wards
EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Van Velden accused of undermining unions by scrapping 30-day rule
Ryan Ward: Brooke van Velden is a humdrum, run-of-the-mill union buster
NBR: Private Bin: Super surveillance, finfluencers at war, disappointed FNZ (paywalled)
Tom Raynel (Herald): Thousands of Woolworths workers could see pay cut under restructure, union claims (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Woolworths confirms restructure, closes two stores
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Briscoes, Rebel Sport staff want pay rise that keeps up with cost of living
TRANSPORT
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Bid to hit the brakes on speed limit increases heard in court
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Wellington council latest to resist speed limit reversals
Justin Wong (Post): More private funding needed to keep fare rises low (paywalled)
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): The Detail: A rocky road for the battle against road cones
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): New road between Manawatū and Tararua set to open
Maioha Panama (Te Ao Māori News): Air NZ ensures new uniform honours Māori heritage without appropriation
JUSTICE, POLICE, CRIME
Rob Stock (Post): Reforms pave way for $60,000 Disputes Tribunal claims (paywalled)
Gary Judd: How karakia fit into our justice system
RNZ: Iwi and police join forces to stamp out drug dealing gangs in Northland
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Iwi leader says 'Ōpōtiki-style' raids possible in Northland meth crackdown
MEDIA
Rick Neville (Herald): NZME boardroom battle: Editorial independence and the serious questions shareholders must consider (paywalled)
Bob McCoskrie: “Trust Barometer” Gets Even Chillier Towards Media
Shayne Currie (Herald): The Chase NZ comes with a costly catch; TV rugby rights battle - a new broadcaster in mix; Political editor Claire Trevett’s candid exit (paywalled) interview
EDUCATION
Hanna McCallum (Post): Highest number of students expelled in five years (paywalled)
Herald: Act leader David Seymour criticises student climate strikers, calls absences ‘unjustified’
John Gerritsen (RNZ): StudyLink processing delays see students struggling to pay rent
Isaac Davison (Herald): Auckland University law school merger uncertain after showdown meeting mysteriously cancelled
GREYHOUND RACING BAN
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Greyhounds trot on Parliament grounds as racing ban looms
Ffion Heale (Post): Built for speed, also built for love (paywalled)
HOUSING
Brittany Keogh and Tom Hunt (Post): Porirua has Wellington’s worst quality homes, and some of its best (paywalled)
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Far North couple want council, government to buyout flood-prone home
OTHER
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Inland Revenue calls in debt collector Baycorp in crackdown
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How much can your KiwiSaver manager protect you from the downturn?
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Should the Government force you to buy wool? (paywalled)
RNZ: Three youths escape from Oranga Tamariki remand homes still missing
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Two found guilty of running a $336,000 pyramid scam
Katie Kenny (RNZ): Copper network retirement a step closer: What you need to know
RNZ: Alpine Energy ordered to refund $16.9m after overcharging
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Huge number of property listings slows rising cost of construction
