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Author: Bryce Edwards

PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL DIVISION
Maiki Sherman (1News): Darleen Tana: ‘I’ve been silenced, I’ve been isolated’
Tom Kitchin (RNZ): The Detail: It's not easy being Green
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Ex-Green MP Darleen Tana: ‘Easiest thing’ might be to leave Parliament
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Darleen Tana has no plans to resign from Parliament
RNZ: Ousted Green MP Darleen Tana still mulling whether to stay on as an independent MP
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Darleen Tana keeps the Green Party investigation under wraps
David Williams (Newsroom): Jones’ staffer arranged undeclared dinner with mining companies
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Shake-up in the National Party camp
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Labour makes way for community voice
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Hekia Parata backs boycott of Act’s treaty principles select committee
David Farrar: Time for Labour and Greens to take a stand against violent rhetoric from TPM
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Is there a lesson in Trump's shooting for NZ's political leaders?
Stuff: ACT calls for TVNZ apology after skit with Trump doll
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): Gut Reactions
David Harvey: A Common Purpose and a National Mythology
Anaru Eketone (ODT): Pākehā myths and legends defining our history
Denis O’Reilly (Hawkes Bay Today): We can honour the Treaty by honouring each other
Richard Harman (Politik): The second crisis; assumption was the mother (paywalled)
Bryce Wilkinson (Listener): The 1984 Revolution: Why NZ should be grateful for Rogernomics (paywalled)
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The 40 Year Neoliberal Experiment in New Zealand

TRANSPORT
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Transport chief executive Dean Kimpton director of company awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of AT contracts (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Interislander: How Labour's compromise over iReX ferry project led to $100m 'cost burn'
Georgina Campbell (Herald): KiwiRail board positions advertised after members quit, chairman retires early
Oliver Lewis (BiusinessDesk): KiwiRail board overhaul chugs on (paywalled)
Mountain Tui: When an independent expert / advisory group is anything but ..
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Large majority of Kiwis want slower speeds, despite Government policy to restore raise them (paywalled)
RNZ: Speed camera warning signs the 'right thing to do' - AA
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): ‘No surprises’ - Government rolling out new speed camera signs
RNZ: Speed camera warning signs in place by next June
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Govt’s war on cones puts lives in contractors’ hands
Joanne Crawford, Chris Peace, and Danaë Anderson (The Conversation): An overdose of orange cones? What the review of NZ’s workplace safety rules must get right

ENVIRONMENT
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Z Energy 'vastly overstated' emission reductions - Consumer NZ lawyers
Simon Wilson (Herald): From buildings to bicycles to oil and gas, why do we ignore the climate crisis? (paywalled)
Simon Upton (Newsroom): Protect at-risk rural land, don’t wait for the ‘slowest traveller’
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): Fertile land needs protection under housing plan – Auckland councillor

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