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Author: Bryce Edwards
FOREIGN AFFAIRS - MIDDLE EAST
Lillian Hanly (RNZ):Calls for government to denounce United States attack on Iran
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Iran-Israel conflict: Why NZ is being urged to push for UN Security Council reform
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): How has New Zealand responded to the escalating conflict in the Middle East?
Audrey Young (Herald): New Zealand hints at support for US over Iran (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): US ‘acting in collective self-defence’ claim in New Zealand’s response to bombings – Winston Peters
RNZ: US-Iran conflict 'extremely worrying', NZ backs diplomacy - Winston Peters
Christina Persico (RNZ): NZ may help Pacific Islanders in the Middle East 'where feasible' says Peters spokesperson
Gordon Campbell: On Trump’s Anti-Bomb Bombing Campaign
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Get the Kiwis out of Iran and Israel - and leave it at that
Kelly Dennett (Post): More than 200 Kiwis register with MFAT as being in Israel, Iran (paywalled)
RNZ: How would an escalation in conflict in the Middle East impact New Zealand
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Kiwi weapons inspector warns of the same mistakes, in Iran
Kelly Dennett and Juliet Speedy (Post): Defence Force evacuation help on way to Kiwis in conflict zone (paywalled)
1News: NZ deploys aircraft to assist evacuations after US strikes on Iran
RNZ: Petrol price 'double whammy' looming, economists say
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What US attacks on Iran mean for KiwiSaver, petrol prices
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Brace for 30c a litre petrol price rise as Iran threatens closure of Strait of Hormuz (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Jamie Tahana (RNZ): Christopher Luxon arrives for 'fork in the road moment' at NATO
Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon plays it close as Trump-focused Nato summit looms (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Luxon not seeking meeting with Trump at Nato
Thomas Manch (Post): Trump seeking meeting with Luxon and other IP4 nations at Nato ‒ reports (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon follows his great-grandfather's footsteps through Belgium (paywalled)
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Luxon starts Europe trip remembering NZ's past WWI sacrifice
Mike Hall: Colonial bullying of Cook Islands shows hypocrisy of NZ's sub-imperial henchmen
1News: Russia's 'shadow fleet' targeted in fresh NZ sanctions
REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL
Giles Dexter (RNZ): David Seymour defends social media posts accusing Regulatory Standards opponents of 'derangement syndrome'
Tom Hunt (Post): Tory Whanau calls for David Seymour council ‘harassment’ investigation (paywalled)
Stuff: Wellington mayor accuses Seymour of online harassment campaign against academics
Public Health Communication Centre: Submission: Regulatory Standards Bill
No Right Turn: A parliamentary purpose?
Ganesh Ahirao: Solemn, compelling, and overwhelming case to discard RSB in its entirety
PARLIAMENT, POLLING
Chris Trotter (Interest): The politics, and politicians, of nostalgia
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): The souring mood of the nation (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): David Seymour’s first rodeo: how did he go? (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Brooke v Chlöe: Two visions of Auckland from two very different local MPs (paywalled)
Isaac Davison (Herald): Government House in Auckland may axe jobs in cost-cutting proposal (paywalled)
Tom Peters (World Socialists): A Different Kind of Power whitewashes Jacinda Ardern’s right-wing, pro-imperialist government
OVERSEAS INVESTMENT, WEALTH VISAS
RNZ: Overseas investment decisions made twice as fast after directive from David Seymour
RNZ: Nearly 200 people apply for 'golden visas' in 3 months
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Rich Americans flock to apply for New Zealand’s ‘golden visas’ after rules relaxed
Mandy Te (Interest): New Zealand open to business with new 'golden' visa
MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS
Julia Gabel (Herald): NZ First drafting bill to require only one Ngāpuhi settlement
Whatitiri Te Wake, Tumamao Harawira, Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): Shane Jones drafting bill for his own iwi to lock in single Ngāpuhi settlement
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Cabinet frets over funding for Māori foreshore claims
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Adam Pearse (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon open to scrapping regional councils amid RMA reform
Post: PM says Government should ‘explore’ disestablishing regional councils (paywalled)
Tina Law (Press): Christchurch mayor backs Govt exploring rates caps and scrapping regional councils (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Public losing faith in local councils’ value and sustainability, poll finds
ODT Editorial: Redefining localism (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): The Government’s into local decision-making - when it suits
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The move of the week from the Govt
Marika Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Explainer: Local elections - what they are, when they are and how they work
Harriet Laughton (Post): Fears for the would-be female mayors (paywalled)
Robin Martin (RNZ): New Plymouth ponders first-ever public-private partnership for inner-city revamp
Local Aotearoa: Wellington, Upper Hutt thumb noses at Ombudsman's transparency expectations
Tom Hunt (Post): Who saved what? Wellington council budget votes revealed (paywalled)
Post: Campaign countdown: The week that was in Wellington’s council (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington set to adopt $12-a-week rates rise as Crown observer’s time comes to end
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington public toilets cost $2.3 million, transform into light show at night
Tom Hunt (Post): Council to find spaces for artists to help put the creative back into the capital (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): Upper Hutt council could spend $80,000 hunting mall-deal leaker
1News: Auckland council spending $30,000 a year on meeting refreshments
Mary Afemata (RNZ): Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown rejects dog task force amid calls from residents
RNZ: Golf NZ rejects council plan to halve Takapuna course for use as flood catchment
Peter Newport (Crux): Major 25% investor and partner pulls out of QLDC's Lakeview project
Steve Hepburn (ODT): Council amalgamation proposal rejected (paywalled)
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): The southern council with almost 50 vacant roles
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Hawke's Bay residents outraged over council's proposed water rate hike
AGED CARE
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): Revealed: Why aged care costs could rocket for some Kiwis
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): Aged care investigation: Blind and deaf 98-year-old died in isolation
Vanessa Pratley (Consumer NZ): The “gut-wrenching” update to the Retirement Villages Act review
Julie Jacobson (Post): Dying for a payout ‒ a David vs Goliath battle (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Govt urged not to drop asset limits for fully paid old-age care as funding crisis hits sector (paywalled)
Sarah Curtis (Northern Advocate): 101 Northland retirement villagers join group amid payout delay frustrations
Julie Jacobson (Post): Retirement village profitability report shows long haul to profit
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Retirement villages operating on razor thin margins, report shows
HOUSING, RMA
Dave Armstrong (Herald): Derelict flats a symbol of city neglect (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The Gordon Wilson flats saga reaches the funniest possible conclusion
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Housing project cuts ‘perfect storm’ for rise in homelessness (paywalled)
atthew Martin (Waikato Times): Flagstaff state homes plan KO’d by Kāinga Ora (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, FAST-TRACK, MINING
Andrea Vance (Post): Shane Jones wants to strip Conservation Department’s concession powers (paywalled)
Sam Olley (1News): Urgent Otago meetings held to oppose fast-tracking gold mine (paywalled)
Katie Todd (RNZ): Local opposition to Central Otago goldmine conducts public meetings
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): West Coast Regional Council chief executive calls for more staff as goldmine delays bite
Robin Martin (RNZ): Iwi must deal with us 'whether they want us or not' - seabed miners
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Ministers quizzed over bottom trawling, freshwater, axing Predator Free 2050
INFRASTRUCTURE
Vernon Small (Post): Infrastructure spend? Important. Protecting projects from future governments? Priceless (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Government, Opposition scrap over common infrastructure ground
TRANSPORT
David Williams (Newsroom): $170m promised for EV chargers yet to materialise
Adam Pearse (Herald): Three bidders confirmed for next Northland Expressway section
RNZ: Bidders for Northern Expressway public private partnership revealed
Azaria Howell (Herald): Treasury ‘got it wrong’ predicting KiwiRail to fall short of financial target, Winston Peters says (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Winston Peters’ plan to make rail great again (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Mt Victoria tunnel ground-breaking promise down to the wire (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Fletcher Building and partner settle motorway dispute with NZTA (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): New Melling interchange and bridge to cost taxpayers $740 million (paywalled)
HEALTH
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Abuse compensation claims has cost ACC $50 million so far
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): ACC only releases 1% of $3.6b set for expanded injury claims (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The ACC system still doesn't work
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Hospital staff concerned about combined cleaner-security officer roles
Mary Williams (ODT: Hospital stall due to contract
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): GPs to get extra funding in agreement government hopes will lead to faster healthcare
Stuff: GPs to see largest funding boost in NZ history, health minister says
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Seymour’s ‘light up’ message alarms tobacco researchers
Ava Whitworth (Stuff): David Seymour goes for winter solstice swim pushing pharmacy-first health message
Ivor Popovich (Spinoff): ‘Punitive and suffocating’: a doctor’s view of the working environment for nurses (excerpt)
Mariné Lourens (Press): What life is like as an ICU doctor in Christchurch Hospital (paywalled)
Ruth Spearing (Post): The flagship, innovative, ingenious health company that Pharmac has blocked (paywalled)
ENERGY
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Shane Jones attacks gas exploration ban, calls for apology from former minister in fiery Parliament hearing (paywalled)
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Associate Energy Minister Shane Jones vows to restart oil, gas industry
RNZ: Stewart Island solar farm to fight high power prices gets funding
RNZ: New Zealand's major power companies join forces to improve energy security
Blayne Slabbert (Press/Post): Apps could help households cut power costs (paywalled)
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