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Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
Derek Cheng (Herald): Revealed: The 10 emails to Minister Nicole McKee that helped toughen Three Strikes (paywalled)
Kathy Spencer (Post): How the red-tape crusader is failing in his own mission (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): The Regulatory Standards Bill: What you need to know
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): What’s all the fuss about the bill to regulate regulations?
Adam Pearse (Herald): Justice committee unable to hear all oral submissions on Treaty Principles Bill amid record response
Kate Green (RNZ): Treaty Principles Bill: Number of total submissions to be revealed on Thursday
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Treaty Principles Bill smashes submissions record
Steven Cowan: Chris Hipkins: More of the same, but different
HEALTH
Art Nahill (Herald): Private heathcare in NZ: We need a transparent, comprehensive and independent review (paywalled)
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Health students at Otago University still mostly from privileged backgrounds (paywalled)
Jules Radich (ODT): As planned remains best hospital plan
Mountain Tui: Our Health Isn't Your Wealth, Shane Reti & Lester Levy
Barbara Fountain (NZ Doctor): Public health leaders urge reconsideration of pending cuts (paywalled)
POLICE
Jared Savage & Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming suspended amid criminal investigation
1News: Deputy police commissioner suspended amid investigation
RNZ: Country's second most powerful police officer, Jevon McSkimming, suspended amid probe
Sam Sherwood and Blair Ensor (Stuff): Top cop suspended amid criminal investigation (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Protecting our police: Should NZ frontline officers carry guns?
ECONOMY BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Big 0.5% rate cut ‘no done deal’ as nerves jingle over inflation outlook (paywalled)
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): The centrepiece of Labour’s immigration reset gets the boot (paywalled)
Simon Bridges (Herald): NZ’s economic challenge: Investment and growth key to retaining talent (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Business sentiment is improving, but actual trading isn’t (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Stuttering start to 2025 for business confidence (paywalled)
Aimee Shaw (Post): Economic uncertainty growing concern among executives of large firms (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZIER business survey turns positive for first time in almost four years
Brent Melville (NBR): Builders have more spring in their step: NZIER (paywalled)
Anne Gibson (Herald): Inland Revenue going ‘full throttle’ on January liquidation applications (paywalled)
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): Insolvency outlook: ‘Bumpy road ahead’ (paywalled)
Joanne Naish (Press/Post): Co-working spaces on the West Coast fight for survival after Govt funding comes to an end (paywalled)
Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand government prepares anti-strike law
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