> ## 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 September 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-18-september-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-17T20:35:52.000Z - Updated: 2024-09-17T22:10:13.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **JUSTICE, GANGS, CRIME** **Derek Cheng (Herald):** [**Ministry of Justice warns NZ First-National coalition commitment risks doubling prison population**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/not-feasible-ministry-of-justice-slams-nz-first-national-coalition-commitment-as-doubling-the-prison-population/42F4OS6B7VGSNFJICNQS7FG7FM/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Alice Neville (Spinoff):** [**Inside the government’s beleaguered bid to reduce violent crime**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/18-09-2024/inside-the-governments-beleaguered-bid-to-reduce-violent-crime?ref=goodoil.news) **Tova O’Brien (Stuff):** [**PM struggles to explain why he backs the police on gangs, but not guns**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350419537/pm-struggles-explain-why-he-backs-police-gangs-not-guns?ref=goodoil.news) **Jo Moir (RNZ):** [**Justice minister's advice to gang members who want to wear patches at home: 'Just don't get caught'**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528217/justice-minister-s-advice-to-gang-members-who-want-to-wear-patches-at-home-just-don-t-get-caught?ref=goodoil.news) **Russell Palmer (RNZ):** [**Labour demands consultation after another 11th-hour gang patch ban amendment**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528272/labour-demands-consultation-after-another-11th-hour-gang-patch-ban-amendment?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Explainer: What is a gang patch and what will happen when they are banned?**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528253/explainer-what-is-a-gang-patch-and-what-will-happen-when-they-are-banned?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Comanchero bust: 'Other suppliers will simply jump in to meet the demand'**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528276/comanchero-bust-other-suppliers-will-simply-jump-in-to-meet-the-demand?ref=goodoil.news) **Jared Savage (Herald):** [**‘Ghost Team’: Police allege former US marine trained Comanchero gang members in military tactics**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ghost-team-police-allege-former-us-marine-trained-comanchero-gang-members-in-military-tactics/QTGC6BWKLNFWHLA7Q26NXAOJ74/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jared Savage (Herald):** [**Police investigation ‘deals blow to heart’ of Comancheros motorcycle gang, with nearly every member facing criminal charges**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-investigation-deals-blow-to-heart-of-comancheros-motorcycle-gang-with-nearly-every-member-facing-criminal-charges/MA3O46FDMBFNJMTISYEEQ5A6QE/?ref=goodoil.news) **1News:** [**Nearly every Comanchero member charged amid years-long probe**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/17/nearly-every-comanchero-member-charged-amid-years-long-probe/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Nearly every member of the Comanchero motorcycle gang in New Zealand facing criminal charges**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528226/nearly-every-member-of-the-comanchero-motorcycle-gang-in-new-zealand-facing-criminal-charges?ref=goodoil.news) **Sam Sherwood (Stuff):** [**Nearly all of Comanchero gang facing charges following three-year investigation**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350418804/nearly-all-comanchero-gang-facing-charges-following-three-year-investigation?ref=goodoil.news) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Police bias questions with more Māori charged with cannabis-related crimes than Pākehā**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350419334/police-bias-questions-more-maori-charged-cannabis-related-crimes-pakeha?ref=goodoil.news) **1News:** [**Kiwis lost $6.8 million to cybercrime last quarter**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/18/kiwis-lost-68-million-to-cybercrime-last-quarter/?ref=goodoil.news) **Michael Andrew (Law News):** [**How the Court of New Beginnings is reducing re-offending**](https://lawnews.nz/administrative-public/how-the-court-of-new-beginnings-is-reducing-re-offending/?ref=goodoil.news) **Neil Sands (Law News):** [**Courts’ digitisation program hits snags but still on budget**](https://lawnews.nz/administrative-public/courts-digitisation-program-hits-snags-but-still-on-budget/?ref=goodoil.news) **John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB):** [**Where's the justice in concurrent prison sentences?**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-wheres-the-justice-in-concurrent-prison-sentences/?ref=goodoil.news) **TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE, URBAN DESIGN** **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Government got advice on hiking bus and train fares and reducing subsidy**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-got-advice-on-hiking-bus-and-train-fares-and-reducing-subsidy/2SSW6BI3PNGNZKVPMVRONWD5PY/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **1News:** [**Community meeting after 'bolt out of the blue' tolling proposal**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/17/community-meeting-after-bolt-out-of-the-blue-tolling-proposal/?ref=goodoil.news) **Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ):** [**Objections raised to proposed toll for Manawatū Gorge road replacement**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528259/objections-raised-to-proposed-toll-for-manawatu-gorge-road-replacement?ref=goodoil.news) **ODT Editorial:** [**Wanted, dead or alive: Faster roads**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/wanted-dead-or-alive-faster-roads?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Timothy F Welch (Newsroom):** [**Slow down, Mr Brown**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/18/slow-down-mr-brown/?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**Simeon Brown resists killing off Auckland mayor's bridge idea**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350418903/simeon-brown-resists-killing-auckland-mayors-bridge-idea?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Hayden Donnell (Spinoff):** [**Screw it, build Wayne Brown’s weird bridge**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/17-09-2024/screw-it-build-wayne-browns-weird-bridge?ref=goodoil.news) **Amelia Wade (Post):** [**A bridge over troubled tunnels? Architect reveals concepts for Auckland crossing**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350419348/bridge-over-troubled-tunnels-architect-reveals-concepts-auckland-crossing?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk):** [**Auckland Council taps out of AIA capital raise**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/auckland-council-taps-out-of-aia-capital-raise?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Post:** [**Investors, institutions snap up over $1.2b in Auckland Airport shares**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350418658/investors-institutions-snap-over-12b-auckland-airport-shares?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Anne Gibson (Herald):** [**How Hawkins won giant $800m new Auckland Airport domestic terminal contract**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/how-hawkins-won-giant-800m-new-auckland-airport-domestic-terminal-contract/SPPZHX2OMRAP3LRDHMAYEVWVSI/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **1News:** [**Auckland's Westgate let down by transport officials – owners**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/17/aucklands-westgate-let-down-by-transport-officials-owners/?ref=goodoil.news) **Lloyd Burr (Stuff):** [**Auckland Explained: Goodbye free car parks, hello bigger fines**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350408840/auckland-explained-goodbye-free-car-parks-hello-bigger-fines?ref=goodoil.news) **Philip Matthews (Aotearoa NZ Review of Books):** [**Urban Aotearoa: A vision for beyond the 'quarter-acre dream'.**](https://www.nzreviewofbooks.com/urban-aotearoa-ed-david-batchelor-and-bill-mckay/?utm%5Fsource=rss&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fcampaign=urban-aotearoa-ed-david-batchelor-and-bill-mckay) **Jonathan Killick (Post):** [**NZTA says no to Jason Momoa filming stunts, explosions on Auckland motorway**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350418992/nzta-says-no-jason-momoa-filming-stunts-explosions-auckland-motorway?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **GOVERNMENT, CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS** **Brent Edwards (NBR):** [**Govt reviewing why it owns SOEs**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/determining-why-the-government-should-own-companies/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk):** [**Business of Government: Roche's return, Whānau Ora up for grabs and more**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/business-of-government-roches-return-whanau-ora-up-for-grabs-and-more?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff):** [**No decisions on whether NZ still needs a telecommunications commissioner**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350413610/no-decisions-whether-nz-still-needs-telecommunications-commissioner?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tim Murphy (Newsroom):** [**A long, personal and painful read for the minister they call Goldie**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/17/a-long-personal-and-painful-read-for-the-minister-called-goldie/?ref=goodoil.news) **Audrey Young (Herald):** [**10 Māori policies in the sights of the coalition Government**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/10-maori-policies-in-the-sights-of-the-coalition-govt/SV5VQSJM7BDRRP6RYFEQFV2Y2U/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ):** [**Mata: Rawiri Wright on Te Wiki o Te Reo, Jordan Williams on the Treaty Principles Bill**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes/story/2018944163/mata-season-2-episode-17-rawiri-wright-on-te-wiki-o-te-reo-jordan-williams-on-the-treaty-principles-bill?ref=goodoil.news) **Philip Temple (ODT):** [**We need to talk about paddling together**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/we-need-talk-about-paddling-together?ref=goodoil.news) **PARLIAMENT, FORMER MPS** **Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project):** [**An Age of growing discontent in New Zealand**](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/an-age-of-growing-discontent-in-new) **Matthew Hooton (Patreon):** [**Labour's Hipkins Problem Worsens**](https://www.patreon.com/posts/labours-hipkins-112187894?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Chris Hipkins poll results: Labour leader says he has ‘full support’ of caucus**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chris-hipkins-poll-results-labour-leader-says-he-has-full-support-of-caucus/3J5WRDG3FNH3HHTILNFRP63TYM/?ref=goodoil.news) **Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB):** [**Is Hipkins the man to lead Labour into the next election?**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/kerre-woodham-is-hipkins-the-man-to-lead-labour-into-the-next-election/?ref=goodoil.news) **Marc Daalder (Newsroom):** [**Bipartisan support for constitutional change to Parliament**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/17/bipartisan-support-for-constitutional-change-to-parliament/?ref=goodoil.news) **Harriette Boucher (Post):** [**Beehive Briefing: Everything you need to know from today**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350419470/beehive-briefing-everything-you-need-know-today?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **David Fisher (Herald):** [**Aussie Malcolm sex abuse claims: How allegations emerged after former Cabinet minister’s death, plea for police to keep investigating**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/aussie-malcolm-sex-abuse-claims-how-allegations-emerged-after-former-cabinet-ministers-death-plea-for-police-to-keep-investigating/SQ2QNAA6YVEILM7AWTYIOPPAOA/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Sam Sherwood (Stuff):** [**Cop believed teen who alleged former politician sexually abused him**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350418125/cop-believed-teen-who-alleged-former-politician-sexually-abused-him?ref=goodoil.news) **Melissa Nightingale (Herald):** [**Kiri Allan crash: Police defend heavy redactions in released file**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiri-allan-crash-police-defend-heavy-redactions-in-released-file/55L2BHSUXVE63AEJYHIWNDAJ3I/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** *Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to *50 items*, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, 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