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# NZ Politics Daily: 16 July 2024
- URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-16-july-2024/
- Published: 2024-07-15T20:15:33.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-26T11:27:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL DIVISION**  
Maiki Sherman (1News): [Darleen Tana: ‘I’ve been silenced, I’ve been isolated’](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/15/darleen-tana-ive-been-silenced-ive-been-isolated/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Kitchin (RNZ): [The Detail: It's not easy being Green](https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018946871/it-s-not-easy-being-green?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Ex-Green MP Darleen Tana: ‘Easiest thing’ might be to leave Parliament](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ex-green-mp-darleen-tana-easiest-thing-might-be-to-leave-parliament/RLTAD56US5HFHHFVHCBFHD42LU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Darleen Tana has no plans to resign from Parliament](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/15/darleen-tana-has-no-plans-to-resign-from-parliament/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Ousted Green MP Darleen Tana still mulling whether to stay on as an independent MP](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522208/ousted-green-mp-darleen-tana-still-mulling-whether-to-stay-on-as-an-independent-mp?ref=goodoil.news)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Darleen Tana keeps the Green Party investigation under wraps](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350343822/darleen-tana-keeps-green-party-investigation-under-wraps?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Williams (Newsroom): [Jones’ staffer arranged undeclared dinner with mining companies](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/16/jones-staffer-arranged-undeclared-dinner-with-mining-companies/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Shake-up in the National Party camp](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/12/shake-up-in-the-national-party-camp/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Labour makes way for community voice](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/15/labour-makes-way-for-community-voice/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): [Hekia Parata backs boycott of Act’s treaty principles select committee](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-07-2024/hekia-parata-backs-boycott-of-acts-treaty-principles-select-committee?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Time for Labour and Greens to take a stand against violent rhetoric from TPM](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/07/time%5Ffor%5Flabour%5Fand%5Fgreens%5Fto%5Ftake%5Fa%5Fstand%5Fagainst%5Fviolent%5Frhetoric.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): [Is there a lesson in Trump's shooting for NZ's political leaders?](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition-with-ryan-bridge/opinion/ryan-bridge-is-there-a-lesson-in-trumps-shooting-for-nzs-political-leaders/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [ACT calls for TVNZ apology after skit with Trump doll](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350343168/act-calls-tvnz-apology-after-skit-trump-doll?ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): [Gut Reactions](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/gut-reactions)  
David Harvey: [A Common Purpose and a National Mythology](https://djhdcj.substack.com/p/a-common-purpose-and-a-national-mythology)  
Anaru Eketone (ODT): [Pākehā myths and legends defining our history](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/p%C4%81keh%C4%81-myths-and-legends-defining-our-history?ref=goodoil.news)  
Denis O’Reilly (Hawkes Bay Today): [We can honour the Treaty by honouring each other](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/denis-oreilly-we-can-honour-the-treaty-by-honouring-each-other/J3SD3XSKFJFEVP4ZQA3W4UQ56Q/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Harman (Politik): [The second crisis; assumption was the mother](https://www.politik.co.nz/the-second-crisis-assumption-was-the-mother/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bryce Wilkinson (Listener): [The 1984 Revolution: Why NZ should be grateful for Rogernomics](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/the-1984-revolution-why-nz-should-be-grateful-for-rogernomics/CVVKVCMOURCOLJARLXLCV25YP4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): [The 40 Year Neoliberal Experiment in New Zealand](https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/07/16/the-40-year-neoliberal-experiment-in-new-zealand/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Transport chief executive Dean Kimpton director of company awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of AT contracts](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-transport-chief-executive-dean-kimpton-director-of-company-awarded-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-worth-of-at-contracts/CSG4KCHQUFHAFJZBCYSMTADDWE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Interislander: How Labour's compromise over iReX ferry project led to $100m 'cost burn'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/522218/interislander-how-labour-s-compromise-over-irex-ferry-project-led-to-100m-cost-burn?ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [KiwiRail board positions advertised after members quit, chairman retires early](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwirail-board-positions-advertised-after-members-quit-chair-retires-early/MSUNA7EPDFCU7GMDDVZKFK6344/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Oliver Lewis (BiusinessDesk): [KiwiRail board overhaul chugs on](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/kiwirail-board-overhaul-chugs-on?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mountain Tui: [When an independent expert / advisory group is anything but ..](https://mountaintuihere.substack.com/p/when-an-independent-expert-advisory)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Large majority of Kiwis want slower speeds, despite Government policy to restore raise them](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/large-majority-of-kiwis-want-slower-speeds-despite-government-policy-to-restore-raise-them/IG7XOVLSONCR5EBNO3K2ADEUYM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Speed camera warning signs the 'right thing to do' - AA](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522232/speed-camera-warning-signs-the-right-thing-to-do-aa?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [‘No surprises’ - Government rolling out new speed camera signs](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/no-surprises-government-rolling-out-new-speed-camera-signs/T6Q7UV7IUFBIZKDG2GRBOCMDJU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Speed camera warning signs in place by next June](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522223/speed-camera-warning-signs-in-place-by-next-june?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Govt’s war on cones puts lives in contractors’ hands](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/15/govts-war-on-cones-puts-lives-in-contractors-hands/?ref=goodoil.news)  
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](https://theconversation.com/an-overdose-of-orange-cones-what-the-review-of-nzs-workplace-safety-rules-must-get-right-234151?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENVIRONMENT**  
Bill Hickman (RNZ): [Z Energy 'vastly overstated' emission reductions - Consumer NZ lawyers](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522195/z-energy-vastly-overstated-emission-reductions-consumer-nz-lawyers?ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Wilson (Herald): [From buildings to bicycles to oil and gas, why do we ignore the climate crisis?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/from-buildings-to-bicycles-to-oil-and-gas-why-do-we-ignore-the-climate-crisis-simon-wilson/RWKZCOXLYBHUBKLYB27TOUTAII/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Simon Upton (Newsroom): [Protect at-risk rural land, don’t wait for the ‘slowest traveller’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/12/protect-at-risk-rural-land-dont-wait-for-the-slowest-traveller/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): [Fertile land needs protection under housing plan – Auckland councillor](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522217/fertile-land-needs-protection-under-housing-plan-auckland-councillor?ref=goodoil.news)

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