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Author: Bryce Edwards
FAST TRACK
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Most fast-track panellists picked by ministers, political parties
Kayla Kingdon-Bebb (Post): As fast-tracking proceeds, the outcry will only grow (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): National MP renews vow to ‘lie on tracks’ to stop rail project, now on fast-track
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Winton refused to consult on 'challenging' Sunfield development (paywalled)
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Controversial Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay discussed at council for first time in years
Local Democracy Reporting: Proposed Hawke's Bay dam project sparks protest
Wayne Scottt (Post): Fast-track bill is good for quarrying industry and good for NZ (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT
Adam Pearse (Herald): Electoral Commission issues warnings to several political parties over late donation disclosures
Peter Duane (Newsroom): Plain sailing unlikely as parties mull re-election
Matthew Hooton (Herald): A 12.5% company tax rate and smarter foreign investment approach better than smarmy meetings and PowerPoints (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Beggars can’t be choosers as Shane Jones woos foreign investment (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Coalition’s busy year (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Winston Peters claims use of ‘simile’ excuses his ‘sick idiot’ language in House amid uproar
Thomas Manch (Post): Nicola Willis opens Johnsonville mall office, striking at the heart of Greg O'Connor's Ōhāriu (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): Swiss troll? MP posts from Palmy North bus while he’s in Geneva (paywalled)
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Select committee submissions: Polishing laws with both experts and experience
Audrey Young (Herald): Major legal changes looming; Winston Peters and Rawiri Waititi engage in unedifying scrap (paywalled)
Newsroom: Raw Politics Podcast: Shame on them all
Greg Dixon (Listener): Another kind of politics: Why does nobody love Chris? (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Post): Politics at noon: Benefit sanctions increase 133% (paywalled)
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern receives her damehood from Prince William - and acknowledges conflicted feelings
GREENS
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick fronts media after waka-jumping vote
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The Greens draw a long line under the Tana saga
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Final call to oust former Green MP Darleen Tana from Parliament now with Speaker
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Greens agree to push Darleen Tana out of Parliament
1News: Green Party votes to remove Darleen Tana from Parliament
RNZ: Who is Benjamin Doyle, who the Greens want to replace Darleen Tana?
Anna Whyte (Post): Greens vote to kick Darleen Tana out of Parliament (paywalled)
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