> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # NZ Politics Daily: 18 October 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-18-october-2024/ - Published: 2024-10-17T19:40:10.000Z - Updated: 2024-10-17T20:45:06.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **FAST TRACK** Farah Hancock (RNZ): [Most fast-track panellists picked by ministers, political parties](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/531125/most-fast-track-panellists-picked-by-ministers-political-parties?ref=goodoil.news) Kayla Kingdon-Bebb (Post): [As fast-tracking proceeds, the outcry will only grow](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350454918/fast-tracking-proceeds-outcry-will-only-grow?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [National MP renews vow to ‘lie on tracks’ to stop rail project, now on fast-track](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/17/national-mp-renews-vow-to-lie-on-tracks-to-stop-rail-project-now-on-fast-track/?ref=goodoil.news) Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): [Winton refused to consult on 'challenging' Sunfield development](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/property/winton-refused-to-consult-on-challenging-sunfield-development?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alexa Cook (RNZ): [Controversial Ruataniwha Dam in Hawke's Bay discussed at council for first time in years](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/531127/controversial-ruataniwha-dam-in-hawke-s-bay-discussed-at-council-for-first-time-in-years?ref=goodoil.news) Local Democracy Reporting: [Proposed Hawke's Bay dam project sparks protest](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/17/proposed-hawkes-bay-dam-project-sparks-protest/?ref=goodoil.news) Wayne Scottt (Post): [Fast-track bill is good for quarrying industry and good for NZ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350453183/fast-track-bill-good-quarrying-industry-and-good-nz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **PARLIAMENT** Adam Pearse (Herald): [Electoral Commission issues warnings to several political parties over late donation disclosures](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/electoral-commission-issues-warnings-to-several-political-parties-over-late-donation-disclosures/A4AGCTXPJNGNFK24P67QPQVXEA/?ref=goodoil.news) Peter Duane (Newsroom): [Plain sailing unlikely as parties mull re-election](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/17/plain-sailing-unlikely-as-coalition-parties-think-of-re-election/?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Hooton (Herald): [A 12.5% company tax rate and smarter foreign investment approach better than smarmy meetings and PowerPoints](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/matthew-hooton-a-125-company-tax-rate-and-smarter-foreign-investment-approach-better-than-smarmy-meetings-and-powerpoints/4VFJGZCZ6ZANZFA2SGMP5NDCAY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Beggars can’t be choosers as Shane Jones woos foreign investment](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/beggars-cant-be-choosers-as-shane-jones-woos-foreign-investment/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT Editorial: [Coalition’s busy year](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/coalition%E2%80%99s-busy-year?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Winston Peters claims use of ‘simile’ excuses his ‘sick idiot’ language in House amid uproar](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-claims-use-of-simile-excuses-his-sick-idiot-language-in-house-amid-uproar/JFX5PE7RKVCVFAPG4UZRU6EKXQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [Nicola Willis opens Johnsonville mall office, striking at the heart of Greg O'Connor's Ōhāriu](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350453243/nicola-willis-opens-johnsonville-mall-office-striking-heart-greg-oconnors-ohariu?cx%5FtestId=3&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=3&utm%5Fsource=localised%5Fmodule#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled) Andrea Vance (Post): [Swiss troll? MP posts from Palmy North bus while he’s in Geneva](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350454896/swiss-troll-mp-posts-palmy-north-bus-while-hes-geneva?cx%5FtestId=3&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=1&utm%5Fsource=localised%5Fmodule#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled) Phil Smith (RNZ): [The House: Select committee submissions: Polishing laws with both experts and experience](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehouse/531131/select-committee-submissions-polishing-laws-with-both-experts-and-experience?ref=goodoil.news) Audrey Young (Herald): [Major legal changes looming; Winston Peters and Rawiri Waititi engage in unedifying scrap](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/major-legal-changes-looming-winston-peters-and-rawiri-waititi-engage-in-unedifying-scrap-audrey-young/77WCSMURTVFZREX3QGKTPWKVOM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Newsroom: [Raw Politics Podcast: Shame on them all](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/18/raw-politics-shame-on-them-all/?ref=goodoil.news) Greg Dixon (Listener): [Another kind of politics: Why does nobody love Chris?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/greg-dixons-another-kind-of-politics-why-does-nobody-love-chris/NNGFB5YOXZBHLJVYQZ26FGDK3I/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kelly Dennett (Post): [Politics at noon: Benefit sanctions increase 133%](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350454426/politics-noon-benefit-sanctions-increase-133?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [Jacinda Ardern receives her damehood from Prince William - and acknowledges conflicted feelings](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/350454025/jacinda-ardern-receives-her-damehood-prince-william-and-acknowledges?ref=goodoil.news) **GREENS** Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick fronts media after waka-jumping vote](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/greens-co-leader-chloe-swarbrick-fronts-media-after-waka-jumping-vote/FZNODUIQTRGQ3FR5PRZMPBINRM/?ref=goodoil.news) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): [The Greens draw a long line under the Tana saga](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/18-10-2024/the-greens-draw-a-long-line-under-the-tana-saga?ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Final call to oust former Green MP Darleen Tana from Parliament now with Speaker](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/531121/final-call-to-oust-former-green-mp-darleen-tana-from-parliament-now-with-speaker?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Greens agree to push Darleen Tana out of Parliament](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350454342/darleen-tana-says-shes-heartbroken-greens-meet-try-kick-her-out?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Green Party votes to remove Darleen Tana from Parliament](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/17/green-party-votes-to-remove-darleen-tana-from-parliament/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Who is Benjamin Doyle, who the Greens want to replace Darleen Tana?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/531133/who-is-benjamin-doyle-who-the-greens-want-to-replace-darleen-tana?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [Greens vote to kick Darleen Tana out of Parliament](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350455564/greens-vote-kick-darleen-tana-out-parliament?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to **28 items above**, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to **an additional 107 categorised items**, and **today’s cartoons**. 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