Table of Contents
Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Gordon Campbell: On Luxon in the NATO pressure cooker
Davina Zimmer (RNZ): America's space wars are our space wars
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon weighs in on President Joe Biden’s mental state
Logan Church (1News): 'On top of his brief' - Luxon on Biden meeting
RNZ: Peters heads to Japan, Korea for a week
Jo Moir (RNZ): Christopher Luxon calls out 'Russia's callous disregard for life' in meeting with Ukraine President
Luke Malpass (Post): Luxon takes aim at China’s Russian war support, meets Zelenskyy and Biden at Nato (paywalled)
RNZ: NZ announces more sanctions over military support for Russia
RNZ: 'Wonderful night': PM Christopher Luxon on staying at the White House
Luke Malpass (Post): ‘Wonderful night’ for Luxon at White House dinner hosted by Joe Biden (paywalled)
1News: Christopher Luxon meets US President Joe Biden
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Fishing or rockets? Space operator denies involvement in lakeside hut evictions
Kelvin Anthony (RNZ): Suspended Fiji prosecutor Christopher Pryde seeks NZ government intervention
TRANSPORT
Jessica Roden (1News): Ministerial group advises KiwiRail no longer run Cook Strait ferries
Adam Pearse (Herald): Aratere ferry grounding: How an NZ First tweet drove daylight between Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters
Thomas Manch (Post): Acting PM Winston Peters runs the country by 'just asking questions’ (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Post): How a NZ First tweet led to reason the Interislander grounded (paywalled)
Erin Gourley and Tom Hunt (Post): Beached ferry crew dispute ‘wrong button’ safety report (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Analysis: The tough questions KiwiRail faces after Interislander Aratere autopilot bungle (paywalled)
Stuff: What we know about the alleged autopilot error on the Aratere
RNZ: Winston Peters alleges cover-up over Interislander crash
Tom Hunt (Post): Winston demands ferry answers, Interislander insists ‘no cover up’ (paywalled)
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Aratere ferry grounding: Interislander hits back at Winston Peters' claims
Georgina Campbell (Herald): New poll shows Kiwis divided over whether to sell Cook Strait Interislander service
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Hey KiwiRail, come clean or be cleaned-up
Lynn Prentice (Standard): Winston Peters – lazy hypocrite on ferries
Katie Kenny (RNZ): Time of use pricing schemes are a step closer in Auckland: What you need to know
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Transport Minister Simeon Brown: Traffic management road cone use ‘out of control’
RNZ: Government declares crackdown on 'excessive' use of road cones, temporary speed limit signs
Max Frethey (1News): Speed reductions that 'make sense' should be kept — councillors
Grant Bradley (Herald): Boeing is in trouble and Air New Zealand is doubling down on Dreamliners - why? (paywalled)
Nicholas Boyack (Post): Finally, a start date for Melling Interchange (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT
Peter Dunne: The Greens moral high horse has become a much more uncomfortable ride
Anna Whyte (Post): How do you vet a political candidate? (paywalled)
Mountain Tui: Casey Costello strikes again
No Right Turn: A criminal minister
Haimona Gray: Debbie Ngarewa-Harris And The Risk Facing The Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency
Brent Edwards (NBR): Green controversy, climate strategy, Nato talks, rate cuts
Newsroom: Raw Politics: Greens and Peters defy political gravity
Mountain Tui: Christopher Luxon's business acumen
ODT: Act begins bus tour of country
Catherine Hutton (Open Justice Reporting): Parliament protester praised by judge for turning life around
OECD REPORT ON GOVT REGULATION AND LOBBYING
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): OECD urges NZ to tame its corporate lobbyists
Thomas Manch (Post): NZ’s OECD regulation ranking shows overhaul needed: Seymour (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): New Zealand falls behind in OECD ranking of most regulated countries (paywalled)
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): When it comes to red tape, OECD says NZ's a bit average (paywalled)
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