Table of Contents
Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
OPINION POLLS
Tom Day (1News): Political leaders react to poll showing Te Pāti Māori rise
RNZ: Support for Te Pāti Māori has surged in the latest One News Verian poll
RNZ: ACT and Te Pāti Māori up in latest Taxpayers-Union Curia poll
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): A tale of two polls
Jamie Ensor (Herald): New poll reveals big gains for Act, Te Pāti Māori, but National, Labour down
Sam Smith (Stuff): National would not need Winston Peters to govern in latest poll
BANKS
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government inches towards Kiwibank part-privatisation, asking KiwiSavers, local funds to invest $500m
Luke Malpass (The Post): Government rides Kiwibank to the rescue - but not really (paywalled)
Martien Lubberink: Kiwibank partial private float: back on track or back to square one?
Richard Harman (Politik): How Fed Farmers is driving Willis’s campaign against the banks (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Govt instructs Kiwibank to raise $500m in private capital
Brent Edwards (NBR): Government prompts Kiwibank to try raise $500m (paywalled)
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Which bank is John Small's recalcitrant one?
Lawfuel: Holding The New Zealand banks to account – Why a legal game changer will change the way banks behave
Lachlan Colquhoun (NBR): ANZ goes outside of the bank for Shayne Elliott’s successor (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Court gives BNZ greenlight to shut Gloriavale’s bank accounts in move that could end the community
SOLARZERO COLLAPSE
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): Behind SolarZero's collapse
Ian Powell: Changing face of capitalism: private equity threat to New Zealand economy
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Disingenuous, or careless? Pressure on Govt green bank over SolarZero collapse
Chris Keall (Herald): SolarZero collapse: What next for the industry? (Paywalled)
MEDIA
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Democracy Briefing: The Politics of NZ’s “postjournalism”
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Our Media Person of the Year 2024: When a ban is an accolade
Gavin Ellis: A glimmer of the role that newspapers should serve
Colin Peacock (RNZ): If you can't beat social media or ban it, join it?
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Explained: What happened to TV3’s massive news and current affairs archive?
Robert MacCulloch: Deloitte's Awards for the Greats of NZ Business and our non-Governmental Economics Policy Setter
Martyn Bradbury: Spinoff sinking, Māori TV bleeding and 14 Newspapers culled – the media are dying and our democracy will be far worse for it
Bryan Bruce: TVNZzzzzzzz (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Council of Trade Unions economist Craig Renney blocked from Treasury event
Chris Trotter (Interest): By any other name
Steven Cowan: The Green Party’s Green New Deal
RNZ: Prime Minister's new chief press secretary starts
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): David Seymour, Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Willie Jackson must be the 2024 Māori Politicians of the Year
Elliot Crossan: Should Socialists Join the NZ Labour Party? An Interview with Justine Sachs
Calida Stuart-Menteath and Hamish McNicol (NBR): Ten things we learnt from Scrutiny Week (paywalled)
Jo Moir (RNZ): Review of science sector, role of prime minister's chief science advisor won't be announced until next year
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Andrea Vance (The Post): Kiwis support joining Aukus tech-sharing pact, poll shows (paywalled)
Mick Hall: NZ part of drive to 'produce and sustain warfighting capability in the Indo-Pacific'
John Hobbs (E-tangata): A more principled approach to Palestine
Craig Greaves (Listener): The go-between: NZ’s soft power role in global politics (paywalled)
Tim Hurdle (The Post): Facing up to an increasingly threatening and complex world (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (The Post): Biden's man in Wellington has some Trump advice: 'Chill out' (paywalled)
TREATY
The Centrist: Poll: Majority of New Zealanders support equality in Treaty debate
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Explainer: the history and implications of the Treaty Principles Bill
Layla Bailey-McDowell (Herald): New Dame Whina Cooper clothing collection celebrates Māori land rights legacy
The Centrist: Most KCs silent on Treaty Principles Bill letter
Aroha Gilling (E-tangata): A subtle silencing
Susan Healy, Tim McCreanor, Ray Nairn (E-tangata): Hobson’s actual pledges
LAW AND ORDER
1News: Poll: Do NZers feel safer under coalition's law and order policies?
Adam Pearse (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon adamant bootcamp pilot not a failure, hints at changes after youths absconded
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk): Prominent figures come out in support of bootcamps
Mike White (Sunday Star Times): Head of wrongful conviction body defends controversial appointment (paywalled)
Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): Inspectorate report highlights failures in New Zealand youth prison system (paywalled)
Christine McCarthy (Newsroom): Prison no place to grow up
ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND WORK
RNZ: Plans to reintroduce pay deductions for partial strikes
Dita De Boni (The Post): Govt moves to let bosses dock pay for partial strikers (paywalled)
Gerrard Eckhoff (ODT): Absolute power is corrupting capitalism absolutely
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): The regions that performed above the rest in the September quarter
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): To call this voodoo economics is an insult to voodoo
Geoff Bertram (North & South): Canute economics
RNZ: One in five expect holiday strain on wallet to be worse this year
INFRASTRUCTURE, FERRIES AND TRANSPORT
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Three big issues as the future of the Interislander is set to be revealed
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Ferry decision: You’re gonna need a smaller boat
Thomas Manch (The Post): 'No comment' from PM as Cook Strait ferry deadline nears (paywalled)
David Long (Stuff): Work under harbour will help determine bridge or tunnel for Auckland crossing, minister says
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Overlooked Wellington megatunnel could have cost $7.6 billion (paywalled)
Laura Smith (1News): Regional MPs object to Air NZ cutting 'vital' Wellington flights
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Auckland Council’s Te Puna project: $1.8m fund and land deals under scrutiny (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): Wellington’s City to Sea Bridge: Save it now! (paywalled)
Dave Armstrong (The Post): Capital shown how to do big projects well (paywalled)
ODT: Editorial – QLDC’s landscape failure (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (The Post): Free Speech Union suing Hutt City Council (paywalled)
Ke-Xin Li (Waikato Times): ‘Ratepayers of tomorrow will thank us’ - Hamilton council seeks a good deal on water (paywalled)
ALCOHOL AND AUCKLAND
Maia Ingoe (RNZ): Alcohol retailers brace for earlier cut-off time in Auckland
Nick Smale (Herald): Auckland’s new alcohol restrictions, including a 9pm supermarket cut-off: A shift in power and paradigm
Gabi Lardies (Stuff): When can I buy alcohol in Auckland?
Josephine Bartley (Herald): Auckland’s new local alcohol policy: When and where you will be allowed to purchase
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Auckland alcohol restrictions: New rules come into force
CLIMATE CHANGE
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Dame Patsy Reddy to chair Climate Change Commission
BusinessDesk: Former Governor-General Patsy Reddy to chair Climate Change Committee (paywalled)
Sally Round (Herald): Reducing methane emissions: What farmers could be using in the near future
COVID
Peter Gluckman (BusinessDesk): Covid helped polarise us: we need to fix the divisions (paywalled)
Damien Grant (Stuff): New Zealand is ashamed about what happened in the Covid years
Arena Williams, Stuart Smith (Stuff): Worst policy decision ever made in NZ history
GAMBLING
Michael Guerin (Herald): New Zealand racing industry secures future with new online betting laws
RNZ: Winston Peters pushes for TAB to cover online betting industry
Mariné Lourens (The Post): Counting the cost of gambling (paywalled)
HOUSING
RNZ: Insulation standards shake up could save homes thousands, government says
RNZ: Penk unrepentant on revised savings for changes to house insulation
Miriam Bell (The Post): Government insulation changes sensible, industry says (paywalled)
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): Govt proposes insulation standard adjustments to cut costs
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Housing market on track for its flattest year in a decade
MARSDEN FUND
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Marsden Fund needed scrutiny only for the ‘silly’ projects, says Govt adviser
Richard Easther (Interest): The Marsden Fund already provides economic returns, so don't break what isn't broken
Suze Wilson (The Post): Cuts to research funding will lead the country on to the rocks (paywalled)
David Cooke (Aotearoa Educators Collective): Skewing Marsden
Pounamu Jade Aikman (E-tangata): We dismiss the ‘fluffy’ stuff at our peril
RETIREMENT
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Commissioner steps up amid delayed retirement village law review
Catherine Beard (The Post): Finding a way out of the superannuation squeeze (paywalled)
Ella Somers (Interest): Retirement Commission faces 'throwing our strategy out the window and going much smaller'
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Combating loneliness in older age: 'You have to make the effort'
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): How much you need to have saved to comfortably retire in 2025
HEALTH
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health NZ's plan to stop or defer 136 IT projects
Grant Duncan and Michael Keall, (PHCC): ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed
Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Empty threat’: Nearly half smokefree enforcer officer roles still unfilled
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Healthcare staff asked to 'fill in' on reception
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): School sex education plans derailed by misinformation, bigotry and threats of violence - report
Herald: New report finds relationship and sex education in schools taught on ad-hoc basis
CONSERVATION
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): A huge DoC reset is on the cards, but will it affect conservation or your next tramp?
Derek Cheng (Herald): 'Huge shift in values': How Govt is squeezing more money from conservation land (paywalled)
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