> ## 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: 13 September 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-13-september-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-12T20:40:16.000Z - Updated: 2024-09-12T21:47:53.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **BUDGET DOCUMENTS DUMP, GOVERNMENT** **Claire Trevett, Jamie Ensor, Thomas Coughlan, Derek Cheng, Adam Pearse, Julia Gabel, Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald):** [**Budget docs revealed: Warnings cancer promise was under-priced, Treasury wanted even less health funding**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-lifts-the-lid-on-budget-secrets/3LQVQHWGARGGLHUXGPO4PPLNRM/?ref=goodoil.news) **Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff):** [**Peeking behind the curtain of Budget 2024**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/13-09-2024/peeking-behind-the-curtain-of-budget-2024?ref=goodoil.news) **Anna Whyte and Glenn McConnell (Post):** [**Budget documents dump reveals more on funding cuts**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350413855/budget-documents-dump-reveals-more-funding-cuts?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Kate Nicol-Williams (1News):** [**Treasury advised against Budget charter school funding**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/12/treasury-advised-against-budget-charter-school-funding/?ref=goodoil.news) **Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk):** [**Public service struggled to meet $1.5b savings target**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/public-service-struggled-to-meet-15b-savings-target?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Dan Brunskill (Interest):** [**Treasury told Willis to trim tax cuts**](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/129709/treasury-advised-nicola-willis-her-tax-package-would-reduce-inflation-and-interest?ref=goodoil.news) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Winston Peters' 'extreme reluctance' to make MFAT cuts**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350413579/winston-peters-extreme-reluctance-make-mfat-cuts?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Winston Peters’ fight for minimal Foreign Affairs cuts revealed in new documents**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-fight-for-minimal-foreign-affairs-cuts-revealed-in-new-documents/JU5V3A5NAVCWLJAR2DCYG2I4H4/?ref=goodoil.news) **John Gerritsen (RNZ):** [**Government told free school lunches have 'profound impact on wellbeing' before funding cuts**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527855/government-told-free-school-lunches-have-profound-impact-on-wellbeing-before-funding-cuts?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Treasury urged govt to scrap Gumboot Friday funding, delay changes to tax package**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527840/treasury-urged-govt-to-scrap-gumboot-friday-funding-delay-changes-to-tax-package?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**New ministry spending more than $400,000 on contractors**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527778/new-ministry-spending-more-than-400-000-on-contractors?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Ministry for Regulation sets out timetable for action**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527835/ministry-for-regulation-sets-out-timetable-for-action?ref=goodoil.news) **Newsroom:** [**Raw Politics podcast: How do you solve a problem like David Seymour?**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/13/raw-politics-how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-david-seymour/?ref=goodoil.news) **Imogen Wells (Stuff):** [**Māori Development Minister encourages govt agencies to bebilingual**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350413107/maori-development-minister-encourages-govt-agencies-be-bilingual?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**ACT Party leader David Seymour: 'I'm a (not so) secret admirer of Raygun'**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/527861/act-party-leader-david-seymour-i-m-a-not-so-secret-admirer-of-raygun?ref=goodoil.news) **MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS** **Matthew Hooton (Herald):** [**Act achieves total victory on Treaty Principles Bill**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/act-achieves-total-victory-on-treaty-principles-bill-matthew-hooton/T54RW25RHBEQVKTFVEH6CRTDXM/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Gordon Campbell:** [**On Luxon And Seymour’s Good Cop/Bad Cop Routine On The Treaty**](https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2409/S00002/on-luxon-and-seymours-good-copbad-cop-routine-on-the-treaty.htm?ref=goodoil.news) **Audrey Young (Herald):** [**David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill hasn’t yet been drafted, but it’s already a disaster**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymours-treaty-principles-bill-hasnt-yet-been-drafted-but-its-already-a-disaster-audrey-young/DCZPTGXFEVHL5EAR2VOMWIQ47Y/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Chris Trotter (Democracy Project):** [**Managed Democracy**](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/managed-democracy) **Chris Trotter (ODT):** [**Gratitude for idea that we have equal dignity and freedom**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/gratitude-idea-we-have-equal-dignity-and-freedom?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Wynsley Wrigley (Herald):** [**Luxon defends local democracy and ‘unprecedented’ health spend**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/luxon-defends-local-democracy-and-unprecedented-health-spend/LZ6SGN67X5FH5JLFY5U36XCRDE/?ref=goodoil.news) **Paul Moon (The Conversation):** [**Blowing the dust off NZ’s ‘founding documents’ reveals the hold they still have on today’s Treaty debate**](https://theconversation.com/blowing-the-dust-off-nzs-founding-documents-reveals-the-hold-they-still-have-on-todays-treaty-debate-238687?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Māori health leaders demand government kill Treaty Principles Bill**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527784/maori-health-leaders-demand-government-kill-treaty-principles-bill?ref=goodoil.news) **Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News):** [**Seymour defends Treaty Bill after international indigenous leaders label it a ‘profound violation’**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/09/12/seymour-defends-treaty-bill-after-international-indigenous-leaders-label-it-a-profound-violation/?ref=goodoil.news) **Tova O’Brien (Stuff):** [**Where ACT and Te Pāti Māori stand on key Treaty developments**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350413764/where-act-and-te-pati-maori-stand-key-treaty-developments?ref=goodoil.news) **Tova O’Brien (Stuff):** [**Tova pod: What you need to know about Treaty Principles Bill developments**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350413242/tova-pod-what-you-need-know-about-treaty-principles-bill-developments?ref=goodoil.news) **Robert MacCulloch:** [**Treaty of Waitangi legal "experts", in particular judges, have misunderstood its economic rationale**](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/treaty-of-waitangi-legal-experts-in-particular-judges-have-misunderstood-its-economic-rationale?ref=goodoil.news) **Andrew Gunn:** [**Deflecting the Treaty Principles Bill, Trump-Style**](https://andrewgunn.substack.com/p/deflecting-the-treaty-principles) **A J Hendry:** [**Treaty Principles Bill: Is Christian Theology on Seymours side?**](https://wlas.substack.com/p/treaty-principles-bill-is-christian) **Georgina Campbell (Herald):** [**Far North Mayor Moko Tepania says Government should pay for Māori ward referendums**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/far-north-mayor-moko-tepania-says-government-should-pay-for-maori-ward-referendums-on-the-tiles/ZKVXQI7JD5EC3H6QUUFPUNWSXQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **PARLIAMENT** **Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project):** [**Why New Zealand can’t have a fairer tax system**](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/why-new-zealand-cant-have-a-fairer) **Peter Dunne (Newsroom):** [**Tax and borrow plans will sink Labour in 2026**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/12/higher-taxes-and-higher-borrowing-plans-will-sink-labour-in-2026/?ref=goodoil.news) **Steve Kilgallon (Stuff):** [**‘Buyer’s remorse’: Green Party says Darleen Tana wants to walk back her resignation, but can’t**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350412873/buyers-remorse-green-party-says-darleen-tana-wants-walk-back-her-resignation-cant?ref=goodoil.news) **Corazon Miller (1News):** [**Tana says Green Party, co-leaders, did not abide by constitution**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/12/tana-says-green-party-co-leaders-did-not-abide-by-constitution/?ref=goodoil.news) **Lucy Xia (RNZ):** [**Darleen Tana says Greens broke own constitution by asking her to resign**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527793/darleen-tana-says-greens-broke-own-constitution-by-asking-her-to-resign?ref=goodoil.news) **Phil Smith (RNZ):** [**The House: Analysing government answers on guns**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/527811/the-house-analysing-government-answers-on-guns?ref=goodoil.news) **Greg Dixon (Listener):**[**Does God hate the Act Party?**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/greg-dixons-another-kind-of-politics-does-god-hate-the-act-party/KMSS5FURT5H5JNTFEICMGKIPY4/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Julia Gabel (Herald):** [**Politician of the Year: Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke of Te Pāti Māori wins major international award**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/politician-of-the-year-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-of-te-pati-maori-wins-major-international-award/JBAGRUUJUJGSNDRMPB7SO7EYWY/?ref=goodoil.news) *Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to *38 items*, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to an *additional 101 categorised items, and today’s cartoons*. 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