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Author: Bryce Edwards
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
RNZ: Andrew Little to run for Wellington mayoralty
Andrea Vance (Post): Our city is in trouble’: Andrew Little on why Wellington needs him (paywalled)
Herald: Former Labour leader Andrew Little runs for Wellington mayor
Stuff: Andrew Little to run for Wellington mayor
1News: Andrew Little to run for Wellington mayor
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington mayoral polling: Full Curia numbers released, Ray Chung ahead of Tory Whanau (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Murky waters: Wellington Water criticised for hiding contractor and wellness costs (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington Water admits neglecting damning report (paywalled)
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): The Wellington council candidates promising to freeze rates, but they won’t say how
Nick James (RNZ): Two councillors standing for mayor in Lower Hutt
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): Why some Aucklanders get extra votes in local election
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Auckland mayor 'considering' offer to visit flood-impacted residents
Felix Walton (RNZ): Storm-damaged Auckland homes still a magnet for looters two years on
Adam Pearse (Herald): Assessing the chance of an Auckland volcanic eruption and its cost
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Amalgamations on table as Govt restructures and scales back councils
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘That’s cowardice’: Councillor condemns gendered threats online
Grant Miller (ODT): Exodus of leaders continues: DCC denies culture problem (paywalled)
Yashas Srinivasa (Stuff): ‘Given this role my all’: Gary Kircher calls time on Waitaki mayoralty
Brendon McMahon (ODT): 'Incredible privilege': Four-term Otago mayor quits (paywalled)
Alex Casey (Spinoff): We go inside Ōtautahi’s new $683 million stadium
Jean Edwards (RNZ): Christchurch Bus Interchange using classical music to deter anti-social behaviour
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Tauranga City Council signs $91.9m lease deal for Devonport Rd offices
PARLIAMENT, PARTIES, LOBBYING
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Lobbying reform battle heats up
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: Lobbying about lobbyists, the administrative state, and comings and goings (paywalled)
Denise McNabb (BusinessDesk): Still no sign of Te Pāti Māori audit report (paywalled)
Brian Easton (Newsroom): The centre cannot hold
Steven Cowan: Ani O’Brien: Employing her ’special talents’ for The Campaign Group
Tom Peters (World Socialists): Far-right smear campaign continues against New Zealand Green MP
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Former ACT president Tim Jago to claim 'miscarriage of justice'
Simon Mercep (1News): 'Disbelief': Tim Jago's appeal against convictions, sentence set for June
Ben Strang (RNZ): Bipartisanship on the field and in the House
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Inside Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters’ Donald Trump bust-up (paywalled)
Richard Prebble (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is missing the mark on trade leadership (paywalled)
RNZ: In their own words: Luxon v Peters on US tariffs
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Behind the Luxon-Peters bust-up over free trade
Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, (RNZ): Winston Peters emphasises growing importance of NZ's Pacific ties with the United States
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Why The US Stands To Lose The Tariff Wars
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Academic ‘would not travel to the US’ (paywalled)
Michael Daly (Stuff): Possible US pharmaceutical tariffs’ impact on NZ medicine prices 'unclear': Pharmac
Robert MacCulloch : A Solution to NZ's Richest Man, Nick Mowbray's, Awful Billion $ Problem: Move your Factories to NZ and get a 10% Tariff, not China's 145% rate
RNZ: Nick Mowbray says Trump's tariffs would cost Zuru toys $3 billion
Muhammad Cheema (Newsroom): Trump tariffs hit KiwiSaver hard – what to do about it (paywalled)
Chanrith Ngin (Newsroom): Why NZ should have more of a stake in Cambodia
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Chris Trotter (Interest): If New Zealand can neither win, nor afford, to enter an arms race against China, then why not initiate a peace race instead?
Eugene Doyle: Before it’s too late: reimagining New Zealand’s military future
RNZ: New Zealand's role with potential 'coalition of the willing' still undecided
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Ian Powell: It does matter to patients whether they are operated in a public or private hospital
Adam Burns (RNZ): Senior doctors' union defends strike plans, says government is risking patient safety
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Senior doctors threaten strike, while Health NZ looks to cut HR team
1News: Minister 'disappointed' as senior doctors vote to strike for 24 hours
RNZ: Senior doctors to walk off job in May as pay negotiations stall
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Hundreds more jobs proposed to go at Health NZ, union says
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Midwives advocate for 'and-and' approach to pregnancy language
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): A deeply frustrating line-by-line reading of Casey Costello’s letter to Health NZ
Laine Priestley (ODT): Govt advised to focus on the issues, not ideology (paywalled)
Monique Steele (RNZ): Over 53K people living in rural areas at highest risk of campylobacteriosis - especially children
Mildred Armah (Stuff): Charity linked to advocate banned by Labour breached clients' rights, health watchdog finds
Michael Cugley (Te Ao Māori News): Te Tiratū calls for urgent action on dental equity
Rachel Graham (RNZ): 'They're here to share their story' - new peer support services at Christchurch Hospital
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): The Detail: It's a matter of time before measles comes to NZ, and experts are worried
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Palmerston North hospital staff want better security after gun-wielding man jumps into car
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Gun-wielding man jumps into Palmerston North nurse's car, threatens her outside hospital
POLICE, JUSTICE, CRIME
Derek Cheng (Herald): The dramatic fall in victims of violent crime, and the impact of the Government’s ‘vibe’ rather than its policies (paywalled)
Russell Palmer and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Violent crime data raises more questions than answers - Labour
RNZ: Government celebrates latest violent crime statistics, admits data is volatile
Herald: Government claims to have already surpassed key crime target
David Harvey: Judicial Constraints
Lance Ryan (Post): The Parole Board’s hidden role in over-imprisonment (paywalled)
John Braddock (World Socialists): Furore over New Zealand Green MP’s criticisms of police
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Paying a cyber criminal is no longer a dirty secret (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Charter schools: David Seymour defends $10 million for 215 students
RNZ: Education Minister Erica Stanford announces new school in Auckland, extra classrooms
Stuff: Government rolls out plans for new school classrooms
Jenny Ritchie, Carmen Dalli and Linda Mitchell (Newsroom): Cost cutting risks children’s learning and wellbeing
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): New sex ed curriculum is a great start
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): University mulls future of student assessment after exam error
Luka Forman (RNZ): New music school opens to fill gap left by MAINZ closure
HOUSING, PROPERTY INDUSTRY
Simon Wilson (Herald): Social housing: How not to fix a crisis (paywalled)
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times/Post): Kāinga Ora rent arrears forgiveness sees $127,000 turn into $6541 for just five Waikato tenants (paywalled)
Deborah Morris (Post): No money yet for Wellington tenants who won $14k from their landlord (paywalled)
Mike Tweed (Whanganui Chronicle): Housing: Whanganui councillors lament lack of Govt funding for new homes
Denise Piper (Northern Advocate): Green light for Whangārei roading project set to unlock 3000 homes, supermarket
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Property investors return to housing market
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Where is it cheaper to own a house than to rent one?
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): House prices down, listings up: Why Real Estate Institute is feeling positive
Greg Ninness (Interest): House prices sinking under the weight of new listings in March, REINZ says
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Property developers stuck with empty sites after council blocks development
RMA, ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Forest owners push back on watchdog report
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Single-use plastic bans quietly shelved
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Annual emissions fell two percent in 2023, new data reveals
Nicki Wakefield (Spinoff): The resource management reform is a direct hit on te Tiriti
Andrea Graves (Listener): Policy reversals threaten progress NZ has made on reducing emissions (paywalled)
RNZ: Auckland councillors approve policy for future use of land left vacant after storm buyouts
Jihee Junn (Spinoff): Auckland floods: how to find out if your home is at risk
Brett Kerr-Laurie (Press): ‘Magic in a bottle’: Banks Peninsula land sold to conservationists (paywalled)
ENERGY
1News: Power bills will soon rise by up to $25 – and that's not due to weather
Richard Meade and Magnus Söderberg (The Conversation): Winter electricity prices are rising – how do we know we’re getting value for money?
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Nova Energy chief quits as firm splits generation and retail arms
NZ Energy: Exit interview
RNZ: Homes with piped or bottled gas face increasing prices and fewer choices
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): The mysterious case of the Govt’s stalled oil and gas renaissance
BANKING
Nikki Chamberlain (Post): Alarm sounded over proposed law change benefiting two Australian banks (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): The cost of over-regulated banking: $10b to $14.4b a year (paywalled)
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): How will tariffs and trade wars impact banks?
BUSINESS, HEALTH AND SAFETY, EMPLOYMENT
Garth Bray (BusinessDesk): Grocery commissioner doubles down on supermarket shake-up (paywalled)
RNZ: Law lacks teeth to rein in companies that greenwash - Consumer NZ boss
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): If you get hit with a surcharge this Saturday or Sunday, tell them this...
Denise McNabb (BusinessDesk): Property, rentals and hiring attract greatest IRD scrutiny (paywalled)
RNZ: 'Golden visa' applications: Seven investors with $35m to spend approved so far
David Burton (Post): Contractor vs employee disputes unlikely to become any clearer (paywalled)
Derek Cheng (Herald): On the Up: As greenshoots sprout, what more can Government do for business? (paywalled)
Chris Peace, Danaë Anderson and Joanne Crawford (The Conversation): Owners are officially no longer responsible for tourism accidents on their land - but they never really were (paywalled)
Alka Prasad (Post): NZ workplaces rank higher than Aus for ethics, safety - report (paywalled)
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Wellington lines workers worry staff are at risk of injury
Catherine Hutton (Open Justice Reporting): Prowash employee hospitalised for six months after 6m fall from roof
Rob Stock (Post): Victory against car parking companies (paywalled)
Will Mace (NBR): AML law Changs aplenty but struggling businesses await relief (paywalled)
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Warning tariffs could push food prices higher
RNZ: Food prices rise at fastest rate in more than a year - butter up 64 percent
1News: Butter, milk help drive annual food price increase - Stats NZ
Ella Somers (Interest): Food prices climb 0.5% in March, driven by groceries and drinks
Stuff: Milk, butter, and chocolate - driving 3.5% increase in food prices
Dan Brunskill (Interest): RBNZ launches real-time GDP estimate
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Reserve Bank consensus that tariffs should dampen inflation (paywalled)
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): ‘Wrong in so many ways’: RBNZ’s Conway kicks op-ed misinformation (paywalled)
RNZ: Social supermarket set up in Hastings for struggling families
Michaela Gower (Hawkes Bay Today): Nourished for Nil opens social supermarket in Hastings
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: NZME director David Gibson resigns for personal reasons (paywalled)
Richard Larson (RNZ): 30 with Guyon Espiner: Former Facebook CEO Stephen Scheeler on why the site should be banned for children
TRANSPORT
ODT Editorial: Driving home the changes
Isra'a Emhail (RNZ): Should you wait for the driver licence changes or sit the test?
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Electric ferry to soon return to service in Wellington Harbour
Amy Ridout (Stuff): Cycleways and slow sales: Small business still feeling the pinch
OTHER
Chris Keall (Herald): Many public servants using AI off their own bat, but few trained - experts raise red flags (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Tāwhaki national aerospace centre pursuing companies to build launch pad
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Rocket Lab to help US and UK develop hypersonic weapons (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: US cuts on Antarctic research could be a major blow for NZ
1News: Govt proposes new rules to tackle prolonged tethering of dogs
RNZ: Chatham Islands residents encouraged to apply for Regional Infrastructure Fund
1News: Iwi saddle up for hīkoi in hopes of buying back Hawke's Bay landmark
Anna Leask (Herald): Christchurch upskirt teacher Douglas Martin was ‘elder’ in Two by Twos religious sect under investigation by FBI for sexual abuse
