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# NZ Politics Daily: 16 December 2024
- URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-16-december-2024/
- Published: 2024-12-15T20:10:06.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-15T20:36:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

*Republished with Permission*  
  
Author: **Bryce Edwards**

**PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, THE YEAR IN POLITICS**

Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Democracy Briefing: First Among Equals? New Zealand First’s year in government](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/democracy-briefing-first-among-equals)

Janet Wilson (The Post): [In the Age of Meh, voters are sending a message loud and clear](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360521225/age-meh-voters-are-sending-message-loud-and-clear?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Claire Trevett (Herald): [Politician of the Year 2024: Is it David Seymour, Te Pāti Māori or Simeon Brown, king of the roads?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/politician-of-the-year-2024-is-it-david-seymour-te-pati-maori-or-simeon-brown-king-of-the-roads/J7CPVVHPVJEZNFPMVUNYNT6CPA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): [What's left on the parliament agenda for 2024?](https://thespinoff.substack.com/p/whats-left-on-the-parliament-agenda)

Thomas Manch (The Post): [Just three more days in the political year ‒ officially](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360523172/just-three-more-days-political-year-officially?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Parliament fraying at the seams in final weeks](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/13/parliament-fraying-at-the-seams-in-final-weeks/?ref=goodoil.news)

Duncan Garner (Listener): [The Good, the really bad and the downright disastrous of 2024](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/duncan-garner-the-good-the-really-bad-and-the-downright-disastrous-of-2024/TREIAI4BQVCRFNM5DTFVGBW44Y/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Shane Te Pou (Herald): [See this Government for what it is: NZ is not getting ‘back on track’ like they claim](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/see-this-government-for-what-it-is-nz-is-not-getting-back-on-track-like-they-claim-shane-te-pou/6ITEPQHXCZE23BTFU33KKWQPD4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Herald: [Prime Minister Christopher Luxon reflects on his year – Ask Me Anything with Paula Bennett](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-reflects-on-his-year-ask-me-anything-with-paula-bennett/UDOV2SVIMRFR3LEU5PXWKORVGE/?ref=goodoil.news)

Victor Billot (Newsroom): [An Ode to .. Nicola Willis](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/15/an-ode-to-nicola-willis/?ref=goodoil.news)

RNZ: [Quote of the Year 2024: Luxon’s ‘wealthy and sorted’ in running for annual contest](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/quote-of-the-year-2024-luxons-wealthy-and-sorted-in-running-for-annual-contest/4CQEM4YL65D2PJSPMMW77JPEUY/?ref=goodoil.news)

David Farrar: [Audrey rates the new Nats](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/12/audrey%5Frates%5Fthe%5Fnew%5Fnats.html?ref=goodoil.news)

Max Rashbrooke (The Post): [The Greens find a new target that isn’t one of their own](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360522143/greens-find-new-target-isnt-one-their-own?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk): [What's with all the press releases?](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/the-sunday-session/opinion/francesca-rudkin-whats-with-all-the-press-releases/?ref=goodoil.news)

Louis Collins (RNZ): [Parliament on the home stretch, but first, a 30-hour sitting week](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehouse/536714/parliament-on-the-home-stretch-but-first-a-30-hour-sitting-week?ref=goodoil.news)

Brent Edwards (NBR): [Whacking banks, dog racing, ferry imbroglio, fast-track spat](https://www.nbr.co.nz/beehive-banter/whacking-banks-dog-racing-ferry-imbroglio-and-fast-track-spat/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**GREYHOUND RACING BAN**

Paddy Gower (Stuff): [What I thought I’d never say about Winston Peters](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360522057/paddy-gower-aussie-schooling-us-war-social-media?ref=goodoil.news)

Luke Malpass (The Post): [D-Day for the dishlickers as Peters comes up big](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360522359/d-day-dishlickers-peters-comes-big?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Herald Editorial: [Greyhound racing ban a victory for tireless advocates](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/editorial-greyhound-racing-ban-a-victory-for-tireless-advocates/VVEXIGCB6RD2HCN5MRHOOSO5XM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Editorial (ODT): [Greyhounds running out of track](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/greyhounds-running-out-track?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**FERRY REPLACEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT**

Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): [Running us off the rails](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/running-us-off-the-rails)

Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Interislander ferry woes: Government all at sea over faltering plan for cheaper Cook Strait solution](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/interislander-ferry-woes-government-all-at-sea-over-faltering-plan-for-cheaper-cook-strait-solution-heather-du-plessis-allan/LL7VWLSODRDUTB73O4RPONHEIE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): [Becalmed: The interisland ferry project that’s going nowhere](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360521787/becalmed-interisland-ferry-project-thats-going-nowhere?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): [Why Christopher Luxon just made (another) tactical blunder](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360519400/why-christopher-luxon-just-made-another-tactical-blunder?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): [Was the ferry ‘decision’ good? A bid to explain the unexplainable](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360520540/was-ferry-decision-good-bid-explain-unexplainable?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [Time for some soul searching](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/time-for-some-soul-searching) (paywalled)

Joe Hendren: [Ferry (in)decision demonstrates lack of ministerial talent](https://joehendren.substack.com/p/ferry-indecision-demonstrates-lack)

Steven Joyce (Herald): [KiwiRail ferry saga highlights flaws in political decision-making](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/kiwirail-ferry-saga-highlights-flaws-in-political-decision-making-steven-joyce/KNV7H4CVEJBVDLRANHFU5IIR5E/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Otago Daily Times: [Editorial – Away with the ferries](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/away-ferries?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Georgina Campbell (Herald): [What does ‘rail-enabled’ Cook Strait ferries mean and can KiwiRail survive without them?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/what-does-rail-enabled-cook-strait-ferries-mean-and-can-kiwirail-survive-without-them/4NPYW63IH5EQDHWAR733774VZY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Nick James (RNZ): [KiwiRail sells ferry for more than double what it paid for it](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/536587/kiwirail-sells-ferry-for-more-than-double-what-it-paid-for-it?ref=goodoil.news)

**TREATY AND RACE RELATIONS**

Audrey Young (Herald): [Supreme Court forces rethink on Government approach to foreshore and seabed](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/audrey-young-supreme-court-forces-rethink-on-govt-approach-to-foreshore-and-seabed/TICTH6PRXRGSXFOKRSIPYUHT5M/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Thomas Manch (The Post): [Two polls, differing views on the Treaty Principles Bill backing](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360523260/two-polls-differing-views-treaty-principles-bill-backing?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

The Post: [Poll: What the public thinks of the Treaty Principles Bill, and how principles should be decided](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360521942/poll-what-public-thinks-treaty-principles-bill-and-how-principles-should-be-decided?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Ross Stitt (Newsroom): [The Treaty principles bill – bad execution of a good idea?](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/14/the-treaty-principles-bill-bad-execution-of-a-good-idea/?ref=goodoil.news)

Dale Husband (E-Tangata): [Eru Kapa-Kingi: It’s the system that’s radical, not me](https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/eru-kapa-kingi-its-the-system-thats-radical-not-me/?ref=goodoil.news)

David Farrar: [So will they call the Supreme Court racist names now?](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/12/so%5Fwill%5Fthey%5Fcall%5Fthe%5Fsupreme%5Fcourt%5Fracist%5Fnames%5Fnow.html?ref=goodoil.news)

Matthew Scobie and Anna Sturman (E-Tangata): [We underestimated the scale of the attack](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/we-underestimated-the-scale-of-the-attack/?ref=goodoil.news)

Melanie Nelson (E-Tangata): [The ‘dangerous’ bill flying under the radar](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/the-dangerous-bill-flying-under-the-radar/?ref=goodoil.news)

Jamie Tahana (E-Tangata): [The year we stood up](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/the-year-we-stood-up/?ref=goodoil.news)

Kennedy Warne (E-Tangata): [‘Let Waitangi reconcile us’](https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/let-waitangi-reconcile-us/?ref=goodoil.news)

Don Brash: [Additional polling: are Kiwis worried about division?](https://www.hobsonspledge.nz/additional%5Fpolling%5Fdivision?ref=goodoil.news)

Anaru Eketone (ODT): [Overcoming the barrier of privilege, one power tool at a time](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/overcoming-barrier-privilege-one-power-tool-time?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Jerry Coyne: [“The latest from the asylum”: New Zealand nurses directed to foster, accept, and prioritize indigenous culture](https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2024/12/13/the-latest-from-the-asylum-new-zealand-nurses-directed-to-foster-accept-and-prioritize-indigenous-culture-including-specious-ways-of-healing/?ref=goodoil.news)

**EDUCATION**

Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): [Science or economics? Collins’ Marsden Fund shift raises questions](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/danyl-mclauchlan-science-or-economics-collins-marsden-fund-shift-raises-questions/CL6OATHDTBCQDCS3SXY3WCDCCU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Hannah August (Spinoff): [Wasteland: A response to a university restructure](https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/14-12-2024/wasteland-a-response-to-a-university-restructure?ref=goodoil.news)

John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Polytechnics losing foreign enrolments due to study visa wait times, Te Pūkenga warns](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536763/polytechnics-losing-foreign-enrolments-due-to-study-visa-wait-times-te-pukenga-warns?ref=goodoil.news)

Amanda Coulston (The Post): [Policy changes in ECE have cost sector years of progress](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360522585/policy-changes-ece-have-cost-sector-years-progress?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**FAST TRACK BILL AND INFRASTRUCTURE**

Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Landmark fast-track ruling bulldozes past a tricky question](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/13/unprecedented-fast-track-ruling-bulldozes-past-a-tricky-question/?ref=goodoil.news)

Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Going slowly along the fast track legislation](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/going-slowly-along-fast-track-legislation?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): [Can the politics be taken out of infrastructure?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360521448/can-politics-be-taken-out-infrastructure?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Peter Newport (Crux): [Rod Drury: privatisation the best way get things done](https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/rod-drury-privatisation-the-best-way-get-things-done/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**PUBLIC SECTOR**

Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Govt's cuts to contractor and consultant spending ahead of schedule](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536632/govt-s-cuts-to-contractor-and-consultant-spending-ahead-of-schedule?ref=goodoil.news)

Anna Whyte (Sunday Star Times): [Fleur Fitzsimons: The fight for public servants and switching off with Billy Joel](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360517799/fleur-fitzsimons-fight-public-servants-and-switching-billy-joel?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

André Chumko (The Post): [Arts Minister considers fate of NZSO board member](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360522160/arts-minister-considers-fate-nzso-board-member?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**HEALTH**

Herald: [Auckland City Hospital’s ‘ghastly’ new IT system frustrates staff, leads to delays](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-city-hospitals-ghastly-new-it-system-frustrates-staff-leads-to-delays/DJ22355YN5FG7IHLTVIOA2J3UU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Nikki Macdonald (The Post): [Childhood immunisation: ‘If we can't get this right, our health system can't ever function’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360519464/childhood-immunisation-if-we-cant-get-right-our-health-system-cant-ever-function?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Mary Williams (ODT): [Ward staff tell of ‘low-income nation’ conditions](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/ward-staff-tell-%E2%80%98low-income-nation%E2%80%99-conditions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Ian Powell: [Commissioner’s approach to healthcare provision: ‘slash and burn’](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wordpress.com/2024/12/15/commissioners-approach-to-healthcare-provision-slash-and-burn/?ref=goodoil.news)

Louisa Steyl (The Press): [Former health boss dismayed at ‘disingenuous’ Dunedin Hospital debacle](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360521842/former-health-boss-dismayed-disingenuous-dunedin-hospital-debacle?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**LOCAL GOVERNMENT**

David Williams (Newsroom): [ECan councillors briefed in private by vested interests](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/12/ecan-councillors-briefed-in-private-by-vested-interests/?ref=goodoil.news)

Julie Jacobson (The Post): [New voice or old hat? The people behind ‘the vision’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360516168/new-voice-or-old-hat-people-behind-vision?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Grant Miller (ODT): [Statistician queries DCC’s analysis of online survey](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/statistician-queries-dcc%E2%80%99s-analysis-online-survey?ref=goodoil.news)

Tom Hunt (The Post): [Two days, several big calls to end 2024 for Wellington City Council](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360523017/two-days-several-big-calls-end-2024-wellington-city-council?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**MEDIA**

Toby Manhire (Spinoff): [To all the TV news we lost in 2024](https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/16-12-2024/to-all-the-tv-news-we-lost-in-2024?ref=goodoil.news)

Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Media under the sinking lid in 2024](http://Media under the sinking lid in 2024)

Mike McRoberts (NBR): [‘A Māori television station without a news service – it’s crazy’](https://www.nbr.co.nz/te-ao-maori/a-maori-television-station-without-a-news-service-its-crazy/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: Omnicom and IPG – advertising’s global mega-merger and the impact on the New Zealand industry and clients](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-omnicom-and-ipg-advertisings-global-mega-merger-and-the-impact-on-the-new-zealand-industry-and-clients/GKZUJ2BWPVDZVMU7RY5RYS274E/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Richard Pook (Sunday Star Times): [Google and meta will drink all the milkshake if we let them](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360518179/google-and-meta-will-drink-all-milkshake-if-we-let-them?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

**ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND WORK**

Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): [GDP figures expected to show NZ in recession](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360522077/gdp-figures-expected-show-nz-recession?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [New Zealand Government under pressure with Treasury expected to forecast deficit to 2029](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/gdp/nz-government-under-pressure-with-treasury-expected-to-forecast-deficit-to-2029/3Y2RZKUDKNCQLD2K7SGQNDJSYU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): [Treasury's potential growth assessment is crucial](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/treasurys-potential-growth-assessment-is-crucial?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Eric Crampton (The Post): [Targets the Commerce Act review should have in its sights](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360521831/targets-commerce-act-review-should-have-its-sights?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Liam Dann (Herald): [Last NZ economic news for 2024 to offer no tidings of comfort or joy](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/liam-dann-last-blast-of-economic-news-to-offer-no-tidings-of-comfort-or-joy/3MRDKUIHEZCAZBJQGDXPPN2XPA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Cameron Smith (Herald): [The good and the bad: 2025 will be a ‘year of two halves’ – Kiwibank](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/the-good-and-the-bad-2025-will-be-a-year-of-two-halves-kiwibank/Q7CI5JOP7BAYNEXCD2O6EOJ4H4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Jane Finlayson (Herald): [Fixing manufacturing’s billion-dollar harm problem](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/fixing-manufacturings-billion-dollar-harm-problem-jane-finlayson/EIRG2NIUIZGS3MDNBXGMFR6JUQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): [Fiscal crunch: Tuesday may show if numbers adding up for Nicola Willis](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360520482/fiscal-crunch-tuesday-may-show-if-numbers-adding-nicola-willis?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Austin Ellingham-Banks (The Post): [When New Zealand needs growth, Labour offers taxes](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360519513/when-new-zealand-needs-growth-labour-offers-taxes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

1News: [Supermarket supplier costs up 2.1% annually](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/16/pace-in-grocery-supplier-cost-increases-picks-up-slightly/?ref=goodoil.news)

**FAMILY AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE ACTION PLAN**

RNZ: [Family violence funding review could see services lose out – critics](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536771/family-violence-funding-review-could-see-services-lose-out-critics?ref=goodoil.news)

Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Government to review $1.3b in family and sexual violence spending](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360523144/government-review-13b-family-and-sexual-violence-spending?ref=goodoil.news)

Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Family, sexual violence: New action plan released by Government](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/family-sexual-violence-new-action-plan-released-by-government/RPTKL4LAAFCQDEQM7BYPF3VIAI/?ref=goodoil.news)

**ENVIRONMENT**

Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [National’s quiet U-turn on $247m EV charger pledge](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360517582/nationals-quiet-u-turn-247m-ev-charger-pledge?ref=goodoil.news)

Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): [Carbon credits, fish poo and the push to discover the secrets of the sea floor](https://thespinoff.co.nz/science/16-12-2024/carbon-credits-fish-poo-and-the-push-to-discover-the-secrets-of-the-sea-floor?ref=goodoil.news)

Jamie Morton (Herald): [NZ study: How peoples’ emotional cues shape views of genetically modified food](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-study-how-peoples-emotional-cues-shape-views-of-gm-food/AJLQNUSO4BGHHB3CZMKXBAQVOA/?ref=goodoil.news)

**LAW AND ORDER**

Andrea Vance (Sunday Star times): [Free Koru and spouse allowances: District court judge perks revealed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360516140/free-koru-and-spouse-allowances-district-court-judge-perks-revealed?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Bootcamps: Youth advocates hope Christopher Luxon delivers Christmas gift of stopping legislation](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/boot-camps-youth-advocates-hope-christopher-luxon-delivers-christmas-gift-of-stopping-legislation/KEBZVXQOD5HD7L6AUVKHTATNF4/?ref=goodoil.news)

Denis O'Reilly (E-Tangata): [Reimagining what it means to be a gang](https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/reimagining-what-it-means-to-be-a-gang/?ref=goodoil.news)

**INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS**

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): [What Winston Peters’ bold words reveal about NZ’s China strategy](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/what-winston-peters-bold-words-reveal-about-nzs-china-strategy-fran-osullivan/GU77E74JTJFJ7MQ75KFXUIVLW4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

Farheen Hussaiin (Diplosphere): [The China - New Zealand Relationship with an Indian Twist](https://diplosphere.substack.com/p/the-china-new-zealand-relationship)

Paula Penfold (Stuff): [33 NZ police staff under fire for ‘political tourism’ trip to China](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360522669/33-nz-police-staff-under-fire-political-tourism-trip-china?ref=goodoil.news)

### Cartoons

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Bell - The Post 16 December 2024

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Emmerson - NZ Herald 14 December 2024

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Emmerson - NZ Herald 14 December 2024 II

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Body - NZ Herald 16 December 2024

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