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Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR
Brent Edwards NBR): Constructive political debate still a distant ideal (paywalled)
No Right Turn: The problem is the regime, not MMP
Marilyn Waring (Spinoff): Why I convened the people’s select committee on pay equity
Richard Prebble (Herald): Luxon needs to lead, not just manage, if he wants to win the next election (paywalled)
Chris Trotter: The Singers and the Song
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘Not every single Māori in the country supports you’: The Labour/Te Pāti Māori conundrum
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Labour's Toxic Friendship
Kelly Dennett (Post): New Parliament building makes progress, flat-pack style (paywalled)
REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL
Jonathan Boston, Michael Baker, Andrew Geddis, Carwyn Jones, Geoffrey Palmer (PHCC): Regulatory Standards Bill threatens the public interest, public health and Māori rights
Melanie Nelson: MP Duncan Webb on the RSB: How Property Rights Trump People, Prices, and Democracy
Camryn Brown (The Blue Review): The Regulatory Standards Bill: What It Does — and Doesn’t — Do
DEFENCE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Why New Zealand’s travel ban on Israeli ministers matters
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): What Israel Government ministers said to cop NZ sanctions
Jamie Ensor (Herald): United States condemns New Zealand and other countries for sanctions on Israeli politicians
RNZ: US criticises allies as NZ bans two top Israeli ministers
Russell Palmer (RNZ): New Zealand's sanctions on Israel too little, too late - opposition parties
Jack McDonald (Post): An understatement to say these sanctions are too little, too late (paywalled)
No Right Turn: Doing less than the bare minimum
Brent Edwards (NBR): How New Zealand can ride out US ‘policy instability on steroids’ (paywalled)
Laszlo Szollosi-Cira: New Zealand’s Foreign Policy: The Best Possible Developments
RESERVE BANK
Luke Malpass (Post): Orr omnishambles redux: The ‘personal decision’ that wasn’t really personal (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Inside the Reserve Bank’s Adrian Orr crisis communications plan (paywalled)
Anan Zaki (RNZ): Was former governor Adrian Orr's resignation mishandled by the Reserve Bank?
RNZ: Documents reveal why Adrian Orr suddenly quit as Reserve Bank Governor
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Reserve Bank reveals Adrian Orr resigned as Governor over ‘distressing’ funding disagreement
Justin Hu (1News): Revealed: Why Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr suddenly quit
Dan Brunskill (Interest): RBNZ Chairman Neil Quigley confirms he withheld the actual motivation for Adrian Orr’s resignation from the public
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Adrian Orr resigned over funding disagreement
Michael Reddell: The Orr story (well, part of it anyway)
STATE CARE OF CHILDREN
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Oranga Tamariki report finds stark outcomes for Māori in state care system
Hanna McCallum (Post): Most Māori referred to youth justice had concerns reported to OT
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Teenager starves to death alone in emergency accommodation
NBR RICH LIST, INEQUALITY
Brent Edwards (NBR): Fair Tax Coalition launches new campaign (paywalled)
Herald: NBR Rich List reignites wealth tax debate as Act’s Karen Chhour squares off against Chlöe Swarbrick
Wei Shan (Press/Post): ‘Under-the-radar’ Ashburton business cracks NBR Rich List for first time (paywalled)
HOUSING, INFRASTRUCTURE, RATES
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): City Rail Link: Government forces Auckland to allow more houses around CRL stations, U-turns on coalition agreement density deal
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): ‘Pragmatic solution’ to open up housing development in Auckland (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): ‘RMA gymnastics': Auckland Council given until October for new CRL-focused plan change (paywalled)
Stephen Ward (Waikato Times): ‘Tidal wave’ of pressure from fast-track projects builds for Hamilton (paywalled)
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua homeless trespassed in Amohia St in council operation with police
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What Muriwai's surprise CV increase can tell us about rates and valuations
David Long (Stuff): Help me understand how my rates are calculated
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The Council valuations are crap
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Nobody wants to give more money to councils who waste it
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What you need to know if your CV is less than you owe on your property
Herald: Wool carpet to be rolled out by Kāinga Ora in state homes
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Despite public distrust, Govt vows to make water reforms work – this time
Tom Hunt (Post): Metro Water bills forecast to hit $7000 a year in Wellington – before rates (paywalled)
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Southland water reforms to stay under council control
Harriet Laughton (Post): Relief for ratepayers with proposed assistance scheme (paywalled)
RNZ: Survey finds support for Queenstown Lakes mayor, councillors drops to 17%
Peter Newport (Crux): Ombudsman forces release of QLDC trust survey - council claims 17% trust rating
Joanne Naish (Press): ‘People make mistakes’: Council uncovers significant budgeting error of almost $6m (paywalled)
HEALTH
Janet Hoek and Jude Ball (The Conversation): NZ’s goal is to get smoking rates under 5% for all population groups this year – here’s why that’s highly unlikely
Ian Powell: The disgrace of the hospice care funding scandal
Maryanne Spurdle (Post): Are we euthanising choice?
RNZ: Almost 10,000 extra elective surgeries delivered by outsourcing privately, government says
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Concern over youth mental health services (paywalled)
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Last call for supermarkets and off-licences selling cut-price alcohol
Joe Shaw (RNZ): Christchurch community have their say on council's new alcohol policy draft
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): What does the future of Covid-19 look like?
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Govt’s data shakeup would answer farmer and conservationist pleas
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Fieldays: Farmers expected to come on board as methane science advances
Madeleine Powers (Waikato Times/Post): ‘Go off and invest’ PM tells Fieldays farmers - so are they? (paywalled)
Maryana Garcia (Herald): Government announces $17m resilient pasture programme, grass-fed certification scheme
Herald: Foot-and-mouth: Government and industry sign agreement to boost outbreak readiness
Greg Boland (Post): The long and short of it: A field day for agri investors
Alexa Cook (RNZ): 'We're quite excited': Fieldays farmer spending tipped to hit new highs
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Ministry of Primary Industries forecasts export revenue increase of 12% for food, fibre sector
Jamie Gray (Herald): New Zealand primary exports set to hit record $60b – Ministry for Primary Industries
Garth Bray (BusinessDesk): Nestlé researching marine farming in Nelson with Cawthron Institute team (paywalled)
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Fieldays 2025: big business and a party in the paddock (paywalled)
TRANSPORT
RNZ: Raising speed limit next to beach 'doesn't make any sense' - councillor
Nic Duff (ODT): Group asks MP to help get speed limit reversed
Madeleine Powers (Waikato Times): Holiday communities ‘livid’ about speed limit reversals (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Cook Strait rescue tug called away in Taranaki during Aratere breakdown (paywalled)
Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ): Aratere passengers stuck on board for hours because of electrical fault
RNZ: NZTA proposes State Highway 1 change through Picton for cars using Cook Strait ferries
Nick James (RNZ): Wellington regional council demands answers from KiwiRail over Wairarapa line disruption
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Canterbury councils list roading ambitions – if they can find the money
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Blue Highway: Government opens applications for $30m coastal shipping fund (paywalled)
1News: Regions struggling to maintain aviation links amid soaring costs
ENERGY
David Williams (Newsroom): $80m to be lopped from energy efficiency agency
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Smelter owner's $1 billion profit not sign power firms struck weak deal, says Meridian (paywalled)
KIWISAVER
David Hargreaves (Interest): KiwiSaver - death by 'tweaking'?
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Concerns KiwiSaver is being used as 'piggy bank' to solve financial woes
ECONOMY, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Mike Jones: What Kiwis want to know about the economy
Katy Jones (Nelson Mail/Post): 'She'll be right' attitude to innovation curbing growth: Sir Peter Gluckman (paywalled)
Christoph Schumacher (NBR): Productivity in Brazil is nuts compared with NZ (paywalled)
JUSTICE, CRIME
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Police, Customs warned of ‘gap’ in NZ’s child sex offender system, how ministers responded (paywalled)
Virginia Fallon (Post): The real scandal is the not-crime (paywalled)
RNZ: Fear of reprisals if stalkers warned without target's knowledge
Ani O’Brien: Stalking law heads to second reading
Andrea Vance (Post): Security boss convicted of assaults against women keeps licence (paywalled)
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Auckland CBD's community engagement model could be used in suburbs - police minister
Lane Nichols (Herald): Auckland businessman Carel Viljoen sacked from Beca, warned to expect prison sentence for role in $2 million scam (paywalled)
Neil Sands (Law News): Zero tolerance for courtroom bullies, Attorney-General says
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): The Detail: New Zealand's predator-free future in peril
ODT: ‘Worrying issues’ about proposed goldmine raised
Elizabeth Macpherson, Rachael Mortiaux, Simon Thrush, Joanne Ellis, Karin Bryan, Karen Fisher and Conrad Pilditch (Post): New Zealand must take the helm to protect the ocean (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Jonathan Ayling (Post): ‘Neutral’ universities are essential to strengthening free speech (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): University of Auckland vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater resigns
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): The Detail: America’s foreign student fiasco
Richard Davison (ODT): Tiny Otago school says govt won't return $50k (paywalled)
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