> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # NZ Politics Daily: 12 September 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-12-september-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-11T21:00:09.000Z - Updated: 2024-09-11T21:24:18.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS** **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**David Seymour’s Treaty principles released, with major warnings from officials**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350410988/david-seymours-treaty-principles-released-major-warnings-officials?ref=goodoil.news) **Jo Moir (RNZ):** [**Treaty Principles Bill: Officials advise government against redefining principles**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527682/treaty-principles-bill-officials-advise-government-against-redefining-principles?ref=goodoil.news) **Ben Strang (RNZ):** [**'Extremely conservative' estimate suggests $4m cost to progress Treaty Principles Bill**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527744/extremely-conservative-estimate-suggests-4m-cost-to-progress-treaty-principles-bill?ref=goodoil.news) **Anna Whyte, Harriette Boucher and Justin Wong (Post):** [**What is the Treaty Principles Bill costing the Govt?**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350411792/what-treaty-principles-bill-costing-govt?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Richard Harman (Politik):** [**Treaty Bill “a political stunt”**](https://www.politik.co.nz/treaty-bill-a-political-stunt/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Liam Rātana (Spinoff):** [**Seymour is digging his own political grave**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/12-09-2024/seymour-is-digging-his-own-political-grave?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Hooton (Patreon): T**[**reaty bill would do opposite of what Seymour intends**](https://www.patreon.com/posts/treaty-bill-do-111819451?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Ben Thomas (Post):** [**The Maui-sized fish-hook in ACT’s Treaty principles bill**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350411987/maui-sized-fish-hook-acts-treaty-principles-bill?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **ODT Editorial:** [**Jarring juxtaposition**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/jarring-juxtaposition?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom):** [**Like the Treaty itself, Treaty principles bill is drafted to mislead**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/11/only-through-a-shared-understanding-of-our-history-can-we-move-forward/?ref=goodoil.news) **David Farrar:** [**The Treaty Principles Bill**](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/09/the%5Ftreaty%5Fprinciples%5Fbill.html?ref=goodoil.news) **Bill Hickman (RNZ):** [**Māori wards: Councils resentful about funding a binding poll**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527710/maori-wards-councils-resentful-about-funding-a-binding-poll?ref=goodoil.news) **Lucy Xia (RNZ):** [**Ngāti Whātua challenges Kaipara District Council over decision to abolish Māori ward**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/527719/ngati-whatua-challenges-kaipara-district-council-over-decision-to-abolish-maori-ward?ref=goodoil.news) **Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Kaipara Council says Māori ward should not return, even if consultation breach found**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527738/kaipara-council-says-maori-ward-should-not-return-even-if-consultation-breach-found?ref=goodoil.news) **Diane McCarthy (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Whakatāne councillor braces for more anti-Māori rhetoric**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/11/whakatane-councillor-braces-for-more-anti-maori-rhetoric/?ref=goodoil.news) **Chris Trotter (Law News):** [**Two suns and a daughter**](https://lawnews.nz/treaty-maori/two-suns-and-a-daughter/?ref=goodoil.news) **ENERGY** **Alexa Cook (RNZ):** [**Disappointment over lack of government intervention to save 230 Winstone Pulp mill jobs**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527708/disappointment-over-lack-of-government-intervention-to-save-230-winstone-pulp-mill-jobs?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Mill closures: Regional Development Minister Shane Jones warns of further closures after meeting Japanese ambassador**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/mill-closures-regional-development-mininster-shane-jones-warns-of-further-closures-after-meeting-japanese-ambassador/2KHGLTMRBNC7HE4UNCOXBOSQ7E/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **1News:** [**Workers 'looking at Australia' after Ruapehu mill job losses**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/11/workers-looking-at-australia-after-ruapehu-mill-job-losses/?ref=goodoil.news) **Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**‘Bitter disappointment’: Iwi, councils rally around mill workers**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/11/bitter-disappointment-iwi-councils-rally-around-mill-workers/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mike Casey (Newsroom):** [**Power market is ugly and asymmetrical**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/10/power-market-is-ugly-and-asymmetrical-for-home-solar/?ref=goodoil.news) **Gyles Beckford and Nona Pelletier (RNZ):** [**Contact Energy to take over electricity generator Manawa Energy**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/527665/contact-energy-to-take-over-electricity-generator-manawa-energy?ref=goodoil.news) **Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk):** [**Contact’s Manawa play: genius move or political hard-sell?**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/contacts-manawa-play-genius-move-or-political-hard-sell?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk):** [**Contact’s Manawa takeover: what you need to know**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/contacts-manawa-takeover-what-you-need-to-know?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jamie Gray (Herald):** [**Contact’s $2.3b bid for Manawa may struggle to get clearance**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/contacts-23b-bid-for-manawa-may-struggle-to-get-clearance/QQV5GJDA4VBCBL4IUQGHMGZPKA/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post):** [**Contact proposes to take over Manawa Energy**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350410773/contact-proposes-take-over-manawa-energy?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Another blow for industry: Methanex proposes idling one plant indefinitely, job cuts**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/another-blow-for-industry-methanex-proposes-idling-plant-indefinitely-job-cuts/FZS76HTRDJAEVN3RS4YAWXJXFQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Rilkoff (Stuff):** [**Jobs on the line as Methanex considers downsizing**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350411767/jobs-line-methanex-considers-downsizing?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Methanex proposes idling plant, cutting jobs in Taranaki**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527720/methanex-proposes-idling-plant-cutting-jobs-in-taranaki?ref=goodoil.news) **Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk):**[**'Disappointing outcome': More cuts coming at Methanex**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/energy/disappointing-outcome-more-cuts-coming-at-methanex?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **PUBLIC SECTOR** **Andrea Vance (Post):** [**Red-tape ministry’s $410,000 spend up on consultants**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350410072/red-tape-ministrys-410000-spend-consultants?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**X account posing as an 'MFAT insider' likely a disgruntled former employee - minister**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527707/x-account-posing-as-an-mfat-insider-likely-a-disgruntled-former-employee-minister?ref=goodoil.news) **Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB):** [**IRD needs to be addressed**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-ird-needs-to-be-addressed/?ref=goodoil.news) *Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to *36 items*, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to an *additional 110 categorised items, and today’s cartoons*. 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