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Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT, LOBBYING AND CORRUPTION, PUBLIC SECTOR
Kelly Dennett (Post): The academic ruffling feathers in the political lobbying world (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Corroding corruption in NZ (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour overtakes National in post-Budget poll, economy top issue for New Zealanders
RNZ: Labour leapfrog National, but coalition keeps power in Taxpayers' Union poll
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Labour outgrows National in latest poll
Kelly Dennett (Post): New poll plots Labour ahead of National - just (paywalled)
Roy Morgan: NZ: In May, for an eighth straight month, both National and Labour are supported by fewer than a third of the electorate
RNZ: Core public service agencies spend $420m on consultants, contractors in 9 months to March
Anna Whyte (Post): Public service workforce down 3% compared with a year ago
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Non-stop hazards monitoring at risk from job cuts
Anna Whyte (Post): Who’s Your Boss? Secretary of Internal Affairs Paul James (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): The undercover zingers in Jacinda Ardern’s memoir; why Fieldays is a magnet for politicians (paywalled)
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Mata: Tania Waikato: The haka, the fallout and the Regulatory Standards Bill
Bernard Lagan (Listener): Why travel with PMs is not for the faint of heart (paywalled)
RESERVE BANK
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Reserve Bank’s lack of transparency around Adrian Orr’s resignation erodes its credibility (paywalled)
Michael Reddell: Why is Neil Quigley still RB board chair?
Jamie Ensor & Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Nicola Willis criticises Reserve Bank over handling of Adrian Orr resignation, chair admits ‘regret’
Jo Moir (RNZ): Finance Minister Nicola Willis criticises RBNZ over handling of Adrian Orr's resignation
Justin Hu (1News): Reserve Bank criticised by Willis over handling of Adrian Orr exit
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Willis to Quigley: ‘Pull your socks up’
Dita De Boni (Post): Neil Quigley’s ‘regret’ on the handling of comms around Adrian Orr’s departure (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Reserve Bank chair Neil Quigley says sorry after knuckle rap from Finance Minister Nicola Willis (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE
RNZ: Judith Collins says possible AUKUS security pact review not for NZ to comment on
1News: AUKUS defence pact 'being reviewed' by US government
Michael Koziol, Rob Harris and Paul Sakkal (Sydney Morning Herald/Post): Aukus in doubt as US starts review into whether the deal is ‘America First’ (paywalled)
RNZ: NZ officials to attend UN conference on Israel-Palestinian conflict
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Christopher Luxon’s China trip before Nato summit risks Beijing tension (paywalled)
Lisette Reymer (Stuff): Ukraine’s ambassador to NZ: ‘You need us more than we need you’
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): When alliances like Aukus fail, sovereign capability is all that’s left and Ukraine says it could help NZ (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Defence's Waiouru housing project fails to break ground after deal with Ngāti Rangi falls over, sources say
RNZ: ‘Devil will be in detail’: Luxon reacts to possible USA-China trade deal
REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL
Kate Green (RNZ): Experts warn Regulatory Standards Bill threatens future public health laws
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): The Regulatory Standards Bill is an attack on all of us (paywalled)
Melanie Nelson: Marie Doole: Regulatory Capture and the Risks Inside the Regulatory Standards Bill
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Richard Harman (Politik): National v ACT for the farmer vote (paywalled)
Will Harvie (Press): Farmer ‘Tony’ gets a tax break after draining wetland, sparks outrage (paywalled)
Gianina Schwanecke (RNZ): Farmers still rushing to convert land to forestry - report
Eric Frykberg (Interest): Beef + Lamb NZ still has concerns over rules to curb forestry conversions
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Rush to October deadline for on-farm forest plantings (paywalled)
RNZ: Fieldays: Christopher Luxon faces questions as rural wellbeing fund announced
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Call for more rural psychologists to help farmers with mental health
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Ministry of Primary Industries forecasts export revenue increase of 12% for food, fibre sector
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Returns up, risks remain: Fieldays opens to cautious confidence (paywalled)
RNZ: Kāinga Ora to use wool carpet in new state homes
Madeleine Powers (Waikato Times/Post): State house carpets and woollen coffins - wool’s on the up (paywalled)
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): Smoke or fog? Former council chair fumes over pollution doubters
ENVIRONMENT, RMA
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Fast track or slow track? The data problem that could hurt development
RNZ: Lawyers sue government over emissions, claiming plan misses the mark
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
RNZ: ACT's local govt candidates want to oppose attempts to manage emissions
Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington Water mea culpa: Issues ‘bigger and gnarlier than we thought’ (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Vision for Wellington finds $2.8b in council savings
Tom Hunt and Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington mayoral candidate pledges to cut council services but won't say which (paywalled)
Jack Riddell (Hawkes Bay Today): Hastings council takes down Māori wards videos after legal letter from Hobson’s Pledge
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): Councils' waste bill hits $629m as NZ misses economic, emissions opportunities – report (paywalled)
Tina Law (Press): 30 hot spots targeted in $180m plan to fix surface flooding (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): No kerbside recycling in Upper Hutt after council vote (paywalled)
Joe Shaw (RNZ): Christchurch community have their say on council's new alcohol policy draft
Mike Tweed (Whanganui Chronicle): Ruapehu Mayor Weston Kirton announces bid for re-election
HEALTH
Cherie Howie (Herald): Maxim Institute report highlights gaps in palliative care and euthanasia safeguards
1News: Assisted dying: Whānau working through tikanga at end of life
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Longer contracts for some mental health providers after Health NZ delays
Jessie Curran (RNZ): Health Committee backs bill to extend hospital stays for new mums, but how much will it cost?
Mountain Tui: My Food Bag Founders' Tend Health Win
Victor Walters (RNZ): Pharmac considers extension to free meningoccocal B vaccination programme
Stuff: Government commits $41.2m to upgrade radiology services at Auckland City Hospital
RNZ: Radiology backlog at Taranaki Base Hospital cleared
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Mainland Capital delivers $50m raise for Christchurch private hospital expansion (paywalled)
ENERGY
Max Harris (Post): Return to public ownership could help reverse public’s sense of powerlessness
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Rising line charges hit power consumers hard
No Right Turn: Trying to attract a stranded asset
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): The real reason Meridian shut down its grand green hydrogen project
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): New Meridian boss Mike Roan warns electricity market intervention high-risk (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Gas prices increase by up to 20% (paywalled)
New Zealand Energy: New Zealand Energy Strategy
RNZ: Transpower plan rebuild for Hawke's Bay substation damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle
TRANSPORT
Thomas Manch (Post): Winston Peters scathing of ‘blinkered’ officials over Cook Strait ferries (paywalled)
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Maritime Union says Aratere ferry should not retire, despite breakdown
Poppy Clark (Stuff): The Aratere ferry breaks down again. Can it make it to retirement in August?
Tom Hunt (Post): Welded, tested and broken down: Interislander woes continue (paywalled)
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Iwi partner with NZTA and hope future projects can follow same model
Nick James (RNZ): Free fares for bus-replaced Wairarapa train services long time coming - councillor
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Auckland’s shiny new $5.5b underground leaves political landmines
EMPLOYMENT
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): ACC warns Brooke van Velden: Your reforms will cost us more in payouts
Mike Mercer (BusinessDesk): A refocus, not a retreat: The pragmatism behind the WorkSafe reforms (paywalled)
Kate Green (RNZ): Council of Trade Unions take NZ's pay equity fight to international conference
JUSTICE, CRIME
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Prison population projected to boom over next decade
Rachel Maher (Herald): Prisoner numbers projected to increase by 36% in next 10 years
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Concern Mark Lundy parole board condition impinges on freedom of speech
Anna Sargent (RNZ): Students hope new prisoners' newsletter 'removes some stigma'
Stephanie Robertson (Post): Fear in Wellington: Why we’re all Michael Forbes’ victims (paywalled)
RNZ: Kiwi businesses reporting large losses to online scammers
STATE CARE OF CHILDREN
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): ‘Falling short’: New oranga tamariki report finds ‘sobering’ outcomes for Māori in care
Hanna McCallum (Post):‘Absolutely hopeful’: Porirua iwi’s work with OT a beacon for change (paywalled)
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): School attendance better for term one than same time last year
John Gerritsen (RNZ): English teachers voice concern about proposed curriculum as consultation closes
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Elections loom for school boards, parents encouraged to stand
Isaac Davison (Herald): Auckland University vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater ‘lost trust and confidence’ of staff, colleagues claim (paywalled)
MEDIA
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Chantelle Baker ordered to pay $100k bond ahead of defamation case against Stuff
Myles Thomas (Herald): Public media such as RNZ are not actually about audience ratings (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): TV3 future in spotlight under WBD’s big global changes; Sky, NZR and a new TV rights deal; Shortland St eyes life support again; Creative ad agency cuts (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Horse & Pony magazine defamation case – Court of Appeal orders retrial, citing risk of ‘substantial miscarriage of justice’ (paywalled)
LENDERS, KIWISAVER
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Lenders push KiwiSaver withdrawals, refer borrowers in trouble to volunteer organisations
RNZ: KiwiSaver fund manager slams 'disturbing' social media hacks to falsely access funds
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Unregistered lender allegedly threatened borrowers would be ‘named and shamed’ if loans weren’t paid
1News: Auckland lender charged for allegedly providing illegal personal loans
Dita De Boni (Post): Tongan community lender slapped with criminal charges (paywalled)
HOUSING
Kelly Makiha (Herald): Rotorua Mayor Tania Tapsell clashes with MP Rawiri Waititi over homeless operation
Caroline Williams (Stuff): Kāinga Ora spending millions on meth damage, but not making tenants pay
Amy Williams (RNZ): Youth hikoi to highlight homelessness in Auckland
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Denser housing coming for Auckland, but not (necessarily) in your back yard
BUSINESS
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Supermarkets wringing billions of dollars a year from suppliers, review finds (paywalled)
RNZ: Many small businesses plan to buy new asset as result of Investment Boost - survey
Dita De Boni (Post): Major NZ retailers sign up to use facial recognition technology (paywalled)
NBR: RBNZ socks, s*** humans, dunkelflaute, NZME skin (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Retail card spending still in the doldrums
IMMIGRATION
RNZ: New Zealand PM defends 'parent boost' visa amid criticism
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Golden visas bring in big bucks as one-percenters look to NZ
Greg Ninness (Interest): Net population gain from migration slumps to just 125 people in April
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