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Author: Bryce Edwards
TREATY AND RACE RELATIONS
Tom Day (1News): Poll: More NZers oppose than support Treaty Principles Bill
David Farrar: Treaty Issues poll shows the way forward
Ryan Bridge (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: Act and David Seymour’s poll bump shows this strategy is working (paywalled)
Emily Clark (ABC): New Zealand citizens' right to launch referenda could play role in Treaty of Waitangi debate
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Iwi cold shoulder forces Govt to change engagement
Jessica Tyson (Te Ao Māori News): Hutt City Council first local body to formally oppose Treaty Principles Bill
Maxine Jacobs (The Press): Government should abandon Treaty Principles Bill, ECan draft report (paywalled)
Michael Bassett: Beware of ‘Te Tiriti’ nonsense
Teuila Fuatai (E-tangata): Playing the long game
MPS REFERRED TO PRIVILEGES COMMITTEE FOR HAKA
RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill: MPs including Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke referred to privileges committee over haka
1News: Four MPs referred to Privileges Committee over Parliament haka
No Right Turn: Bringing the House into disrepute
FERRY REPLACEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Revealed: $900 million set aside for smaller Interislander ferries
RNZ: Government to unveil plan for Cook Strait ferry replacement
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Government expected to reveal new plan for KiwiRail’s Interislander Cook Strait ferries
Jo Moir (RNZ): Ferry replacement to cost less than Labour's iRex - Christopher Luxon
1News: Ferry replacement to cost less than Labour's iRex - Luxon
PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Democracy Briefing: Can the Opposition capitalise on the Government’s unpopularity?
Audrey Young (Herald): Rating National’s 20 rookie MPs after their first year in the job (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Fast-Track projects: Speaker rules no private benefit in list
Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): Late amendments to Fast-track bill would make decisions harder to challenge (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer stands by $200b CGT, Nicola Willis calls it ‘Soviet’
Sarah Maguire (Herald): Christopher Luxon’s communication challenge: The Prime Minister’s messaging isn’t landing (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Green Party explores renationalisation of energy assets to meet climate goals (paywalled)
Daniel Alvey (ODT): Politics, parenthood and the pressures of life in Government
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Seeking precision and finding equivocation (paywalled)
BANKS
Robert MacCulloch: The Finance Minister's solution to the big bank oligopoly
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Government cautious on Kiwibank capitalisation, keeping foreign investors well clear for now (paywalled)
Ava Whitworth (Stuff): Prime Minister says banks ‘understand’ Government’s push for competition
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Supercharged Kiwibank dwarfed by majors, but primed to compete on price
Anan Zaki (RNZ): BNZ, ANZ receptive to moves to 'enhance competition'
Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk) Simplicity keen on Kiwibank investment as Government unveils $500m funding strategy (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Herald): Bank-run ATMs shrink in New Zealand, private providers fill gap
RNZ: Bad debts leads to profit falls for specialist lenders
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk): Banks aren't the moral police
John MacDonald (Newstalk): Our handling of Gloriavale is a national shame
Juha Saarinen (Interest): Commerce Commission says banks' high API pricing 'is damaging the nascent market' for open banking
GREYHOUND RACING BAN
RNZ: Rehoming greyhounds to be a 'special project', Winston Peters says
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Greyhound racing sprints toward the finish line
Eva Corlett (Guardian): New Zealand plans to ban greyhound racing over animal welfare concerns
Michael Guerin (Herald): The human cost of greyhound racing’s unexpected demise
Charlie Mitchell (The Press): Spate of Christchurch greyhound injuries contribute to industry closure decision (paywalled)
Brendon Egan (The Post): Prominent owner: Minority ruined it for the greyhound industry (paywalled)
The Press: Greyhound industry left reeling from shock announcement of racing ban (paywalled)
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Greyhound racing to end (paywalled)
LAW AND ORDER, POLICE
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Police Minister Mark Mitchell’s boy racer crackdown not this year, Labour says ‘another broken promise’
1News: 'Tremendous progress' - PM in wake of law and order poll result
Ian Taylor (Stuff): New gang laws - are police focused on the wrong issues?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Does the Government really believe Labour (plus Greens and TPM) won’t repeal the watered-down Three Strikes?
Adam Pearse (Herald): Winston Peters tells police to ‘read the coalition agreement’ amid concerns 500 extra police target will be missed
David Burton (The Post): Do women face a glass ceiling in the police force? (paywalled)
BOOTCAMPS
ODT: Editorial – Not putting their best foot forward (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Bootcamps: Christopher Luxon acknowledges youths could be in facility for longer under legislation
Jo Moir (RNZ): It's not 'locked and loaded', but longer boot camps on the cards
Adam Pearse (Herald): Children’s Minister Karen Chhour claims a third bootcamp participant accused of reoffending
ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND WORK
Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): Kiwis becoming more equal – if untaxed income ignored (paywalled)
Craig Renney (The Post): Decoding the language of the government books (paywalled)
Richard Prebble (Herald): Dairy should be NZ’s economic growth engine not immigration (paywalled)
RNZ: 'It shouldn't happen': Punishing employees for working to rule will lead to more strikes - CTU
Mary Argue (RNZ): PSA takes legal action against govt over working from home restrictions
Anna Whyte (The Post): Union takes legal action over restriction on working from home (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Renationalising gentailers a bad idea: NZSA (paywalled)
Maryana Garcia (Herald): Tokoroa meeting brings Winston Peters, MPs and Kinleith Mill workers together
Russell Palmer (RNZ): 'Save our Mill' meeting offers glimmer of hope
Herald: Rabobank Rural Confidence Survey: Farmer sentiment at highest level since mid-2017
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): The sector still adding jobs and paying an average $70k
Jonathan Milne, Mike Wesley-Smith (Newsroom): Calls for health inquiry into billion dollar Kiwi dietary supplement
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): How NZ businesses can find offshore success
Hamish McNicol (NBR): ‘Missed opportunity’ in Companies Act reform (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): Commercial property to climb out of $4b hole (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): New climate plan: NZ could reach ‘net zero’ 2050 target six years early
Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): NZ could meet 'net zero' target six years early, says minister (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Govt’s final climate plan relies on unproven technology
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): ‘The window has closed on tree-planting’ – Rod Carr
Brent Edwards (NBR): Watts reckons NZ can hit net zero 2050 target six years early (paywalled)
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): Govt releases ‘cost-effective’ second emissions reduction plan
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'Death spiral' for gas: Frank Energy turns off switch
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Greymouth Petroleum confirms significant gas find in Taranaki
HEALTH
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Chris Hipkins doubles down claim Lester Levy is 'cooking the books'
Amy Ridout (Stuff): Cutting IT jobs will cost lives, says IT specialist
Isaac Davison (NewstalkZB): Health system needs 3450 more doctors and 4100 more nurses in next decade
RNZ: Smokefree 2025 plan 'frustratingly ambiguous' for Māori and Pacific communities
RNZ: Te Whatu Ora aims for more healthcare outside hospitals to sort budget crisis
Alan Perrott (NZ Doctor): GPs barely feature in new Te Whatu Ora workforce plan (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Redesign too risky — HNZ (paywalled)
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times): Psychologist shortage ‘a national issue of concern’ says Chief District Court Judge (paywalled)
PUBLIC SERVICE
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: is the economy the new mission, AI's hopes and fears, and more... (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs more money for India push, Winston Peters says (paywalled)
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): Public sector cuts: contractors cash in at least $10.8m (paywalled)
David Williams (Newsroom): Furious minister calls ‘please explain’ meeting over Lake Alice payments
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Julie Jacobson (The Post): Beehive lobbying ‘deeply problematic’: Wellington mayor (paywalled)
Tina Law (The Press): Councillor calls for cathedral levy to be spent on reducing rates increase (paywalled)
Rachael Kelly (The Press): Gore won’t be ‘woke and broke’ with iwi values, says mayor (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has change of heart over running major events like SailGP
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): Auckland Council opposes new housing because motorists won’t be able to see a hill
MEDIA
1News: Govt to repeal broadcast ad prohibitions on Sundays, public holidays
RNZ: Legislation paves way to relax advertising rules for media
Jonah Franke-Bowell (BusinessDesk): Advertising changes to level playing field – minister
David Farrar: The Herald’s censorship regime
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