Table of Contents
Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, WEEK IN POLITICS
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): NZ Initiative 'absolutely delighted' Seymour wants to slash ministerial line-up
Adam Pearse (Herald): David Seymour proposes abolishing some portfolios and cutting minister numbers
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): ACT's David Seymour wants to slash 'bloated' ministerial line-up
David Farrar: ACT proposes fewer Ministers and Ministries
RNZ: Greens announces policy it says will create 40,000 'green' jobs
Herald Editorial: Punishing already punished prisoners is spiteful (paywalled)
Emily Rakete (Newsroom): Prisoner voting ban a call made in the absence of politics
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): We have bigger concerns than prisoners not voting
Brent Edwards (NBR): David Seymour’s plan to revamp government (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Labour lines up candidates to retake Māori seats
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Chloë Swarbrick is challenging for Winston Peters’ spot as populist champion of the regions
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times/Post): Green Party plan could see Kinleith Mill revert to State ownership (paywalled)
Waikato Times/Post: Greens promise 40,000 jobs in $8 billion plan (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): 100 days down, 1361 to go: Donald Trump’s blitz has barely begun (paywalled)
Greg Dixon (Listener): NZ First demands “safe spaces for real men” (paywalled)
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Mata: Episode 8: It’s a (Biological) Man’s World. Shane Jones: Minister, Hitman, Culture Warrior.
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Plans to slash mental health beds horrify (paywalled)
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Health Minister urges striking doctors to return to negotiations
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Senior hospital doctors strike in protest at stalled pay talks
Julia Gabel (Herald): Health NZ taking striking medical union to Employment Relations Authority as negotiations stall
1News: More than 5000 senior doctors strike over pay dispute
Denise Piper (Northern Advocate): Doctors’ strike puts spotlight on patient suffering and understaffing
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘The hospital is more sick than me,’ patient says amid doctors’ strike
RNZ: Vaping doubles risk of serious lung disease, even without smoking history - study
Brent Melville (NBR): Medical conferences not for ‘drug pushers’ - Medicines NZ (paywalled)
RNZ: Fluoridation of some Tauranga water supply suspended due to faulty tank
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Peter Dunne: It's An Election, Not A Coronation
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Wellington mayoral race: Can Tory Whanau’s replacement tackle the city’s issues?
Thomas Manch (Post): Councils debt risk grows amid population challenge
Brent Edwards (NBR): Government’s water reforms will not improve council debt (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Election initiative launched as candidate diversity declines
RNZ: Public to be consulted over Auckland's Western Springs Stadium plans
Paul Lewis (Herald): Auckland stadium question raised by Eke Panuku’s $300m Wynyard Quarter plan (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): ‘Destruction by neglect’: Residents unhappy with council over state of historic Auckland reserve
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Kaikōura sets rate rise to just under 10%
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua Lakes Council to stay with LGNZ as councillors debate value for money
Julie Jacobson (Post): Did Tory Whanau cop worse abuse than most? (paywalled)
RNZ: Councillors to have 'how-to' guidebook on staying safe from abuse
Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): Why Gisborne locals are pushing back against relaxed alcohol rules
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Southern council could sell building for $1
Justin Wong (Post): Plugging leaks soaking up Wellington Water’s Porirua budget (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington pipe bursts again, leaving daycare high and dry (paywalled)
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Tauranga businesses fear impact of expanded paid parking
BANKS, FINANCIAL SERVICES
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Is there method to the Government’s madness, making a retrospective law change that will help ANZ and ASB defend themselves in court?
Rob Stock (Post): Cabinet agrees to fast-track bank customer data-sharing (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Big four banks need to meet new open banking requirements by Dec 1
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): From no to go: ASB U-turns on POLi
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Open banking a step closer to gaining scale, as ASB and POLi strike deal - is the Govt’s competition push working? (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Bank security changes hitting owners of older phones
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT, MIGRANT EXPLOITATION
Rob Stock (Post): Nelson Building Society 'got it wrong' with migrant worker car loans (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Migrant workers forced to take out car loans, law centre says (paywalled)
Duncan Bridgeman (Herald): NZ CEOs pay survey: First $5m woman, recession hits pay packets (paywalled)
Laine Priestley (ODT): Union movement ‘under attack’, meeting told
Steve Armitage (Herald): Back hospitality for a thriving Auckland (paywalled)
JUSTICE, ABUSE IN CARE
Derek Cheng (Herald): Why Minister Paul Goldsmith says access to justice is ‘imperfect’, and what to do about it (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Abuse in Care: 52 Lake Alice survivors opt for rapid payment
Neil Sands (Law News): Shane Jones takes a swing at judges, urges ‘reset’ of relationship with Māori
BUDGET, ECONOMY
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): KiwiSaver providers mull possible changes to 'free' $521 a year
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Inflation was 2.6%, but Stats NZ says too awkward to retrospectively correct (paywalled)
Peter Williams: A Modern Version of Ruthanasia
ENVIRONMENT
Glenn McLean (Stuff): Hipkins makes Labour’s stance on seabed mining clear
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Embolden your councils: Seabed mining critics call on voters
David Williams (Newsroom): How Queenstown’s wastewater system went wrong from the start
Michael Baker, John Kerr, Simon Hales, Ralph Chapman (Public Health Communication Centre): Earth Overshoot Day: Should Aotearoa New Zealand be more like Uruguay?
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Caulerpa is threatening two of NZ’s most vital industries – why isn’t it a national pest yet?
TRANSPORT
RNZ: Aratere retirement: Commuters face major disruptions over next 4 years
Thomas Manch (Post): Travellers warned to expect night sailings at peak times (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): You thought it was expensive now to travel. Just wait...
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Commerce Commission cops flak for deciding to ditch airfare probe (paywalled)
Billie Moore (Post): Domestic aviation is in decline and Kiwis are being told to look the other way (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Hydrogen and biofuel setbacks force Air NZ to chart new emissions course
Will Mace (NBR): Air NZ replaces carbon intensity target with emissions ‘guidance’ (paywalled)
David Hill (RNZ): Canterbury bus fares to increase from July
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): The changes to plans for the streets around the Karanga-a-Hape CRL station, explained
MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Regulatory Standards Bill claim accepted for urgency by Waitangi Tribunal with 12,000 claimants signed on
Rob Campbell (Post): We should embrace co-governance, not demonise or hide from it
Karl du Fresne: Colonisation and the burden of guilt
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Bruce Munro (ODT): Global Insight: Trump causing tension for NZ govt
1News: Philippines signs military pact with NZ
Corin Dann (RNZ): Kiwi pathway to Australian citizenship safe in upcoming election
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): What the Australian election means for NZ businesses, jobs and projects (paywalled)
John Braddock (World Socialists): New Zealand ruling elite escalates preparations for war
Sudesh Jhunjhnuwala (Post): India-NZ FTA is on the table - but we don’t need to wait to make hay (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Louise Ternouth (RNZ): School lunch programme revisted: How is term two?
ODT Editorial: Māori children should matter in our mainstream schools (paywalled)
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Mayors tell Govt: School attendance isn’t our job
Mike Hosking (Nestalk ZB): Financial literacy in schools? About time
MEDIA
Paula Penfold and Justin Wong (Stuff): 'Full of lies': Chinese Embassy hits back over Stuff role in global investigation
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): News audience numbers recalled over possible error
Tumamao Harawira (Te Ao Māori News): Social impact of Whakaata Māori far exceeds its funding
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): The Fold: If not advertising, then what?
Katie Harris (Herald): Media Insider: Shortland Street; gender gap at RNZ’s 30 with Guyon Espiner; TVNZ’s new Europe correspondent and Gore’s nOOb makes it to Cannes (paywalled)
ONLINE ABUSE
Amy Ridout (Stuff): ‘Sexually explicit and degrading comment’ - Minister for Women launches toolkit for online abuse
Paddy Gower (Stuff): ‘Properly scared’: Kanoa Lloyd calls out the racist, misogynistic abuse and cyber-bullying she got, just for being on TV
Mariné Louren (Press/Post): Radio host Lana Cochrane-Searle calls out online abusers of women (paywalled)
HOUSING
David Hargreaves (Interest): Problem mortgages hit 12-year high
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Where house prices are still down 25 percent
Greg Ninness (Interest): Buyers in control of housing market as vendors slash asking prices and stock levels remain high
OTHER
ODT: Dismay after sinking-lid pokie policy rejected
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): MBIE refusing to say whether any interest in supplying Government with gas (paywalled)
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): Breaking Big Tech’s grip: Paris Marx on NZ's digital future
Lee Marshall (Post): Right-to-repair bill is well-intentioned but it’s a lemon (paywalled)
Will Harvie (Press): Antarctica science to get $49m over 7 years (paywalled)
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): We can’t keep leaving emergency planning to chance
RNZ: Passport fees set to increase tomorrow
