Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
ABUSE IN CARE
Steve Goodlass (Spinoff): For abuse in care survivors, an apology without action means nothing
Stephen Winter (Newsroom): Apology will be hollow without meaningful legal and system changes
Laura Walters (Newsroom): The big apology is here, including one from the Solicitor-General
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Child abuse survivors await apology - and redress
Adam Pearse (Herald): Abuse in state care: Government cops flak as redress scheme absent ahead of apology
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): A national apology and what’s left unsaid
Russell Smith (Herald): Abuse in Care apology: Why Parliament was the wrong place for atonement
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): Parliament hosting the national apology ‘doesn’t cut it’
RNZ: Survivors disappointed government chose to deliver abuse in care apology at Parliament
RNZ: Abuse in Care: Government prepares to formally apologise
Herald Editorial: Abuse in Care: Government apology to victims has got to be more than just lip service (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government to outlaw strip searches of children - abuse survivors worry it’s not enough
RNZ: Government to abolish strip searches of children in care
Thomas Manch (Post): Government to outlaw strip searches of children in care
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): ACC not removing psychologist associated with Lake Alice, despite survivors' wishes
Shaun Robinson (Post): It’s time for actions, not words, to put an end to this practice (paywalled)
Tim Brown (RNZ): Abuse in care: Survivors say they were tortured by state employees in psychiatric hospitals
Carly Gooch (Press/Post): Healing walk for state care survivor (paywalled)
1News: 'Excited... anxious': National apology for people abused in care
Ella Stewart (RNZ): Abuse in care: Māori survivors on what a national apology means to them
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): 'We are not what happened to us': Independent report on rainbow survivors of abuse in care released
Haami Chapman (Herald): Abuse in care apology: I help Mongrel Mob members change their lives – here’s why healing matters (paywalled)
Paula Penfold (Stuff): The little girl who smiled through the abuse etched on her face
Harriette Boucher (Post): An apology, finally, but redress question still live (paywalled)
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Tim Murphy and David Williams (Newsroom): Speaker lifts ban on Newsroom journalist ahead of Crown apology
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Speaker backs down from blocking journalist from covering state apology for abuse in care
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Government reverses decision to bar journalist from abuse apology at Parliament
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Speaker Gerry Brownlee reverses decision to bar journalist from covering state abuse apology
Kelly Dennett (Post): Speaker U-turns over decision to bar journalist from covering apology in Parliament
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Barring Aaron Smale from the abuse in care apology is a very, very bad joke
TREATY OF WAITANGI
Chris Trotter (Interest): Hearing ourselves think
Richard Harman (Politik): Seymour is only beginning (paywalled)
RNZ: Hīkoi mō te Tiriti day one: 'Lets make this hīkoi build a nation'
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Hundreds grow to thousands as hīkoi moves across Northland
Thomas Manch (Post): PM says he gets the 'immense frustration' about Treaty Principles Bill (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon open to meeting hīkoi protesters as parties call for conscience vote on Treaty Principles Bill
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Green Party calls for conscience vote on bill deemed a waste of time
RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi organiser rejects David Seymour's offer to meet
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Police warn of disruptions ahead of Treaty Principle Bills hīkoi
Emily Writes: A guide to Hīkoi mō te Tiriti for Pākehā/Tangata Tiriti/tauiwi
Hanna McCallum (Post): Student haka sends ‘warning’ to David Seymour (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Simon Wilson (Herald): Could Donald Trump happen here? (paywalled)
David Harvey: Lessons from America
Tim Hurdle (Post): Tariffs, taxes, and the new ingenuity (paywalled)
Simon Shepherd (NBR): Podcast 28: US Elections - where to now for markets and trade?
Lydia Lewis (RNZ): Pacific Cooperation Foundation strives to reimagine Pacific narrative amid NZ gov cuts
RNZ: Kiribati voices concern over ongoing missile testing in the Pacific Ocean
FAST TRACK, GE, CONSERVATION, DOC
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Greenpeace slams fast-track bill as ‘war on nature’ and anti-Māori
Mike Thorpe (Herald): Proposed Government reforms of genetic engineering regulation raises industry concerns
Sam Alley (1News): Risk possums in NZ will become resistant to 1080 - research
Robin Martin (RNZ): DOC warns government it will lose money investing in Tongariro Chateau repair
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times): Repair costs and climate change concerns cited in DOC advice to Conservation Minister over future of the Chateau Tongariro (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Dave Armstrong (Post): The cost-cutting option that’s not being looked at (paywalled)
1News: Govt announces Crown Observer pick for Wellington City Council
Sam Smith (Stuff): Crown Observer appointed to Wellington Council
RNZ: Wellington City Council's Crown observer named as Lindsay McKenzie
Herald: Wellington City Council spends $45k on three Christmas trees, decorations and light installation
Tom Hunt (Post): Council open to sandy save for City to Sea Bridge (paywalled)
RNZ: In defence of Auckland's $1.2m Christmas tree
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): Simeon Brown being investigated by Ombudsman for failing to disclose meeting
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Council ‘dysfunction’ disillusions residents
Liz McDonald (Press): Private sector keen to lead economic vision (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Update for councillors on CEO expected (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Concise questioning trial floated (paywalled)
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): ECan confident Ngāi Tahu voice will remain at council table
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Ruapehu mayor: Government funding needed to complete ‘vital’ Mountains to Sea trail
TRANSPORT
Michael Morrah (Herald): Aviation sector accuses Civil Aviation Authority of secrecy amid restructure (paywalled)
RNZ: Council faces hefty maintenance bill if replacement Manawatū Gorge road is tolled
Julie Jacobson (Post): Child safety concerns raised as Wellington cycle lanes rolled out (paywalled)
Tina Law (Press): Ratepayers face $51m bill to upgrade railway crossings (paywalled)
ECONOMY, TAX
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why we might need to pay more tax
David Hargreaves (Interest): Inflation expectations show small rise in RBNZ survey
RNZ: Survey reveals predictions for the economy in 2025
RNZ: Has New Zealand reached peak financial hardship?
David Hargreaves (Interest): 'The balancing act for the Reserve Bank has become more complex'
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Trump govt could hit NZ growth, dollar, and inflation, warns BNZ (paywalled)
HEALTH
Jacob Johnson (1News): Health needs dominate as latest Givealittle donation figures revealed
Stephen Forbes (NZ Doctor): New Zealand Health Plan won’t be signed off until 2025 due to delays (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Thousands lose after-hours care (paywalled)
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Free lower North Island counselling service facing uncertain future
James Pocock (Herald): Tairāwhiti practices concerned with after-hours care tender process (paywalled)
RNZ: Pharmac to fund new ADHD medicine
MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA
Gavin Ellis: Tar from Trump’s brush could splatter NZ media
David Harvey: Media Influencers
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): TVNZ directors turn down Govt’s 41% fee increases – for now
Shayne Currie (Herald): Top TVNZ news roles in the gun amid plans to axe 50 jobs from state broadcaster
Simon Plumb (Stuff): Leaked TVNZ document reveals proposed fate of senior news bosses
Hamish McNicol and Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): How not to do PR (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): NZME says operating profit will be $2m to $4m below bottom of earlier forecast (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Herald publisher NZME downgrades earnings guidance from $57m-$61m to $53m-$55m but positive about fourth quarter (paywalled)
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Australia and Malaysia step up social media accountability
RNZ: NZ should follow Australian ban on social media for children under-16 - expert
HOUSING
Ella Somers (Interest): Coastal erosion may make 10,000 homes uninsurable by 2050, report suggests
Greg Ninness (Interest): QV says home values 'showing no sign of taking off anytime soon'
RNZ: Average house values little changed from start of year
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Average house price back to where it was at the start of the year
1News: NZ house values remain 'largely flat overall' - QV
Miriam Bell (Post):‘No sign’ house prices will rise any time soon - QV (paywalled)
David Kidney (ODT): Dunedin’s own heritage dilemma
ENERGY
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Regulator warns electricity contract issues may pose risk to competition (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): More concerns raised over Contact's $1.9b bid for Manawa (paywalled)
Simon Robertson (BusinessDesk): Energy is everything (paywalled)
Mike Casey (Post): New Zealand: Please put your rooftops to work (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Should the taxpayer chip-in for your solar panels?
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Country’s largest solar farm prepares to power up, as green waste piles up
EMPLOYMENT, WORKPLACE SAFETY
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Immigration adviser on tape offering job for $70k
Dita De Boni (NBR): Member’s bill to limit PGs could see “free-for-all’, lawyer ways (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Is Gen Z asking for too much in the workplace?
Alka Prasad (Post): Gen Z workplace discrimination ‘wake up call’ for employers - report (paywalled)
Herald: Skills shortage: Disabled New Zealanders can help fill industry shortage gaps
Nadine Roberts (Stuff): ‘Glaring safety gaps’: Steel firm fined $300k after employee crushed to death
1News: Business fined $300k after man's 'tragic' death in racking collapse
Press: Gloriavale leader allegedly admits community ‘used forced labour’ (paywalled)
BUSINESS
RNZ: Commerce Commission wants greater budget independence for telco disputes
Ben Moore (BusinessDesk): Commerce Commission wants to detach telco disputes from industry (paywalled)
Jemima Huston (RNZ): Weak results expected in company earnings reports
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: ‘Shrinkflation’ is becoming more common but what is it?
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Gift card tax warning for tradespeople
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Hoteliers keeping the bed tax dream alive
Miriam Bell (Post): Commercial rent collection is up, but challenges remain (paywalled)
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Sistema proposes to cut 102 from its workforce, union says
JUSTICE
RNZ: Stalking law: 'Shouldn't be up to victims to prove they were scared'
Madeleine Holden (Spinoff): The new stalking law, explained
ODT Editorial: Long-needed law change nears
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): I'm surprised stalking wasn't illegal before
Neil Sands (Law News): What it takes to become a judge
CLIMATE CHANGE
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Does NZ have the credibility to lead discussions at COP29?
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Climate summit fails to launch as countries battle over agenda
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): COP29: The trillion-dollar questions to be asked at climate summit
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Climate minister doesn’t expect criticism of new oil and gas at global summit
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): What is Cop29? A beginner’s guide to the big climate summit in Baku
Eric Frykberg (Interest): NZ needs more horticulture plus low methane breeding for cattle & sheep, Climate Change Commission says
BANKS, FINANCE SECTOR
Rob Stock (Post): ANZ bucks big bank trend by not setting dairy emissions target
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): Have we forgotten about non-bank finance?(paywalled)
Brent Sheather (NBR): Fairness in financial services: the role of regulation (paywalled)
TECHNOLOGY
Nicholas Xavier Dynon (The Conversation): In your face: our acceptance of facial recognition technology depends on who is doing it – and where
John Anthony (BusinessDesk): Tech leader frustrated at MPs lack of understanding (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Sarah Morton (Waikato Times): Schools face tight deadline for curriculum implementation (paywalled)
Tatiana Gibbs (Press): Getting in: Christchurch’s oldest and most expensive high school (paywalled)
Brett Kerr-Laurie (Press): Getting In: What happens when a school leaves its zone? (paywalled)
BOM GILLIES LAID TO REST
RNZ: Flags to fly at half-mast following death of WWII veteran Sir Robert Gillies
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Thousands expected to farewell Sir Robert Gillies today
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Hundreds pay final respects to Sir Robert Gillies at Rotorua marae
Aleyna Martinez (Rotorua Daily Post): Sir Robert Gillies tangihanga in Rotorua: Thousands expected to pay respects
RNZ: Sir Robert Gillies funeral: Rotorua marae welcomes people from across Aotearoa for tangi
1News: Sir Bom remembered: 'A huge loss across the world and Aotearoa'
Willie Jackson (Herald): Vale Sir Robert Gillies: The inside story of how the last Māori Battalion soldier finally accepted a knighthood
OTHER
Harriette Boucher and Anna Whyte (Post): The slash and burn of the public sector: where are the numbers at now?
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Defence Minister uses ‘extraordinary’ power to control NZDF strike
Janet Wilson (Post): What if how we use the right to speak brings that right into disrepute? (paywalled)
K Gurunathan (Post): The voices that should be heard in a ‘discussion’ about the swastika (paywalled)
Graeme Austin (Newsroom): Parody and satire bill would let us safely poke fun at the world
RNZ: A third of retiress frequently feel lonely or socially isolated, study finds
Karyn Scherer (NBR): Many Kiwi retirees better off than Aussies, say NZIER (paywalled)
RNZ: Formula 1: Liam Lawson calls for NZ anthem to be played for McLaren victories
RNZ: Regional fund grants $20m to Waitangi and Rātana grounds
1News: Are your KiwiSaver funds used ethically – or not? Here's how to know
Jared McCulloch (1News): Outdoor recreation groups calling for clarity of health and safety law
Peter Grace (Listener): State surveillance goes under the spotlight to reveal hidden cost of dissent (paywalled)
Nicolas Boyack (Post): Stunning picture of Muldoon unearthed in private collection (paywalled)
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