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Author: Bryce Edwards
WINSTON PETERS’ RNZ INTERVIEW, MEDIA
Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ): PM will not step in over Peters' comments in RNZ interview
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Politicians have a right to complain about media, but Winston Peters crossed a line (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Winston's attacks on RNZ aren't that shocking
RNZ: Labour wants Christopher Luxon to step in over Winston Peters' comments on RNZ funding
Sam Smith (Stuff): Labour calls for PM to step in after Winston Peters’ RNZ threat
RNZ: NZ First leader Winston Peters defends gender bill during fiery RNZ interview
Poppy Clark and Bridie Witton (Stuff): Tracey Martin hits back at Winston Peters after fiery RNZ interview
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Winston Peters issues RNZ funding warning
Shayne Currie (Herald): ‘Arrogant wokester loser’ - NZ First leader Winston Peters takes aim at RNZ Morning Report host Corin Dann; RNZ defends itself (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Should reality TV shows such as The Block NZ and Married at First Sight NZ receive Government rebate support? Media executive shake-ups at Stuff, TVNZ, NZME and Sky TV (paywalled)
Spinoff: The Fold: Big job ahead for TVNZ’s news and content chief
David Harvey: The Harmful Digital Communications Act Understood
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING, EMPLOYMENT
Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): A stocktake of all the policies rolling back workers’ rights in New Zealand
Julia Gabel (Herald): FamilyBoost: Govt overestimated flagship childcare rebate policy, Finance Minister admits IRD got it wrong
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Third of New Zealanders need help with food
Craig Renney: Inflation Higher. Minimum Wage Lower. Living Wage Better
Amy Williams (RNZ): AI use for job seekers: Defaulting to a 'computer says no' situation
Brent Edwards (NBR): The Budget dilemma: How to bump the Trump slump (paywalled)
RNZ: The Detail: Getting swept into a global recessionary vortex
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): ‘Uncertainty abounds’: Finance minister on trade war challenges
Mike Dinsdale (Northern Advocate): New social supermarket in Kaikohe to address food insecurity
Tony Alexander (One Roof/Herald): Global trade war’s effect on house prices - the good, bad and ugly
PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Speaker: Te Pāti Māori haka defence ‘a complete nonsense’
Layla Bailey-McDowell and Pokere Paewai (RNZ): 'Me tū, me haka!': Te Pāti Māori MPs defend haka in Privileges Committee written submissions
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori a no-show, once again, at Privileges Committee hearing
Layla Bailey-McDowell and Giles Dexter (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori MPs will not attend Privileges Committee hearing, citing lack of fairness and disregard to tikanga
Adam Pearse (Herald): Te Pāti Māori judgment day over House haka to land alongside party’s ‘independent’ hearing
Anna Whyte (Post): Te Pāti Māori stands by haka in submission to privileges committee (paywalled)
David Farrar: The party above the law
Laszlo Szollosi-Cira: Infertile Debates with David Parker
Rebecca Graham: The government is coming for...plain language??
Amy Ridout (Stuff): A law aimed at removing jargon from the public service is on the line: is it worth saving? (paywalled)
Spinoff: Gone By Lunchtime: Christopher, champion of the free trade world
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE, ANZAC DAY
Janet Wilson (Post): Careful, pragmatic, capable: Luxon finally finds his footing (paywalled)
Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ): Christopher Luxon promotes NZ's rocket, tech talents to UK businesses
1News: Christopher Luxon appears to be hit by shell casing in UK
RNZ: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to attend Pope Francis' funeral
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Inside changes to veteran status and defence funding ahead of Anzac Day
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Defence Ministry puts out tender for help strengthening systems 'increasingly vulnerable' to cyber attack
Jermey Rose (North & South): The case for armed neutrality
Taimor T Hazou (North & South): Lest We Forget what? Our ANZACS, Palestine, and the Kiwi Conviction Crisis
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Anzac Day boycott: why official services tomorrow will be missing some veterans
Tim Brown (RNZ): NZ's last WWII vets on Anzac Day: 'It is a day that should never be forgotten'
Ella Scott-Fleming (ODT): Documentary recalls service in East Timor
Rojoef Manuel (The Defense Post): New Zealand Begins Construction of Poseidon Aircraft Training Simulator
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Kiwi entrepreneur sells $70m of drones to UK military, for use in Ukraine
Rob Stock (Post): Tauranga-based Syos wins $67 million UK drone contract (paywalled)
Josh Wineera (Post): Mobilising local industry to share in the defence dollars (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Seymour rewrites ECE rulebook in bid to cut costs and ease compliance
Adam Pearse (Herald): Early childhood education licensing criteria may be cut after Government review
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Early childcare education providers to have new rules ‘by end of year’
RNZ: Regulation Minister David Seymour on ECE sector review
Cate Macintosh (Press/Post): Childcare regulations overhaul draws fury and relief (paywalled)
Cate Macintosh (Press/Post): Childcare sector overhaul gets green light (paywalled)
John Lewis (ODT): Concern about ECE qualifications plan (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): I wish I had the Minister's positivity around teaching
Olivia Reid (Whanganui Chronicle): Tertiary institution Ucol proposes staff cuts to tackle financial pressures post-Te Pūkenga
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times/Post): Home schooled kids miss out on bike competition medals (paywalled)
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Gisborne doctors dispute Government’s ‘inaccurate’ hiring figures
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Plunket scheme vaccinates fewer than 100 babies in five months
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Early Super for Māori, or better health for all?
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Seven Christchurch Hospital staff permanently affected by toxic fume exposure (paywalled)
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Autistic child's family struggle for support after medical injury leaves him unable to walk
RNZ: PSA, Health NZ settlement saves 200 roles from being cut
Michael Bassett: Wish-lists and reality
John Braddock (World Socialists): New Zealand senior doctors vote for national strike
Renee Liang (North & South): Politicians want to choose who treats you
Megan Wilson (Bay of Plenty Times/Herald): Tauranga Hospital mental health unit upgrade to begin, completion expected mid-2027 (paywalled)
ODT: Health stars gains limited
Kate Green (RNZ): Volunteers run StarJam workshops after charity closes
Monique Steele (RNZ): Medicinal cannabis producers veer away from local market for export
RESERVE BANK, BANKING
Robert MacCulloch: Finance Minister Willis Cannot Be Telling the Truth. She ordered the RBNZ's Capital Requirements Review, not the Reserve Bank. Why deny it?
Rob Stock (Post): Banks’ scam compensation code called ‘too little, too late’ by victim (paywalled)
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Minister hails 'important win for bank customers'
RNZ: New Zealand Banking Association updating practice code to better prevent scams
TRANSPORT
RNZ: Six roads to retain lower speeds, 16 more set for further consultation
1News: At least $4 billion: New west Auckland busway costings revealed
RNZ: Chris Bishop makes announcement on Auckland's Northwest Rapid Transit
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): NZTA approves investment case for Northwest Auckland Busway (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Now build it and watch Northland grow (paywalled)
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Northland Expressway preferred routes: New road over Brynderwyn Hills to be built
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): NZTA shares 'emerging preferred corridor' for multi-billion-dollar Northland expressway
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Concern swells over 'horrendous' flight costs (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, RMA
RNZ: West Coast coal mine protest at Stockton ends as police arrest three more demonstrators
Brett Kerr-Laurie (Press/Post): Coal mine protest ends with arrests, but spirits high (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Climate Change Commission sees room to release $1b of extra carbon credits (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: Climate Commission's 'steady as you go' advice on ETS price controls
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Saving our taonga: Iwi unite to protect tuna and our waterways
Brian Easton: Resource Management and Property Rights
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Harriet Laughton (Post): Four years down the drain: Wellington Water’s missed opportunity laid bare (paywalled)
Diane Calvert (Scoop): Breaking free from political silos
Herald: Three ex-LG New Zealand staff guilty of destroying evidence in anti-competitive investigation
RNZ: Ex-LG staff plead guilty to obstructing commerce investigation
Rob Stock (Post): Name suppression lifted on LG staffers in TV price-fixing probe (paywalled)
Max Frethy (Stuff): Nelson and Tasman poised to go-it-alone on water
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Landslide approval of Wairarapa water model
RNZ: Grey District mayor hopeful boil water notice will be lifted today or tomorrow
Tom Belford (Bay Buzz): Who really runs Hawke’s Bay?
Nick James (RNZ): Petone Wharf restoration will cost more than councils maximum budget, report finds
Michaela Gower (Hawkes Bay Today): Tararua local body election 2025: Scott Gilmore to challenge Tracey Collis for district mayoralty
Grant Miller (ODT): Forming trust floated to save Sammy’s
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Land lease problems scupper plan for Manāia iwi-council centre
ENERGY
Blayne Slabbert (Press/Post): Low hydro lakes signal tough winter for power prices (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Review to probe 'complex issues' stemming from emergency hydro storage
Jamie Gray (Herald): Transpower opts against freeing up hydro storage amid dry start to 2025 (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Energy uncertainty and costs drive interest in PPAs, BusinessNZ Energy Council says (paywalled)
INFRASTRUCTURE, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Infrastructure failures: Govt makes little headway on fixing weaknesses
RNZ: Trees around power lines need stricter rules - lobby group
Mark Aue (Post): Beyond roads and rail: NZ’s infrastructure blind spot (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Cyclone Tam makes case for having One NZ Sim card in emergency kit (paywalled)
RNZ: Auckland Emergency Management defends storm alert timing after Easter flooding
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Auckland residents question council preparedness for local flooding
ABUSE IN CARE, CHILD WELFARE
Anna Whyte (Post): ‘Disturbing’ staff abuse allegations in OT children care facilities (paywalled)
No Right Turn: The rotten, unaccountable crown
SPORT
Herald Editorial: For the love of the game, we must mitigate risks of sporting corruption (paywalled)
RNZ: Annual cost of treating sport concussions climbs to $80m - ACC
Dana Johannsen (RNZ): In death, Olivia Podmore is finally seen by a system that failed her
BUSINESS
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): The pope’s counter to Kiwi consumerism
1News: Rural support payments open for application for drought-hit farmers
RNZ: Government extends assistance for drought-affected farmer
RNZ: Room rates climb in Queenstown, Christchurch and Rotorua amid tourism recovery
HOUSING, PROPERTY INDUSTRY
Brent Melville (NBR): Renting still a better bet than buying, but gap closing, says BNZ (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): House sellers cut prices, March sales 'roaring back to life'
Greg Ninness (Interest): Residential rents tumbling as stock of properties available for rent hits 11-year high, Trade Me Property says
Deborah Morris (Post): Wellington’s median house value biggest drop of any main centre (paywalled)
OTHER
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Millie Elder-Holmes faces complaint for promoting gambling - 26 influencers now on govt watchlist (paywalled)
Emily Simpson (1News): John Campbell on Destiny Church: ‘I’ve never encountered so much fear’
Jamie Tahana (Guardian): Fifty years on, New Zealand’s tribunal upholding Māori rights faces a turning point
Brian Easton: A Culture of Wokeness
Anaru Eketone (ODT): The important thing is that karakia do not become tokenistic (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): Work and residence visa trends settling back to normal levels
RNZ: Dame Jacinda Ardern to give Yale University's graduation ceremony address
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Fewer tangihanga on the marae: Families 'don't feel really connected'
Hilary Calvert (ODT): Dual heritage needs proper accounting (paywalled)
Philip Matthews (Press/Post): The Omega Man: ‘Heretic’ Sir Lloyd Geering at 107 (paywalled)
