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NZ Politics Daily: 2 September 2024

Republished with Permission

Author: Bryce Edwards

GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, POLITICAL INTEGRITY
Janet Wilson (Post): 
Shining a light on smokefree policy reveals troubling behaviour (paywalled)
Vernon Small (Post): 
PM Luxon’s multi-headed problem (paywalled)
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): 
'A solution is imminent' - Big Fish, Big Gun, Big Fuel and all us little people
Bridie Witton (Stuff): The political dilemmas facing the government this week
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): 40 years ago, Rogernomics installed a new Establishment
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): New Zealand’s ‘clean’ reputation makes it an attractive target for corruption, global expert warns (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): 
Why New Zealand should worry about corruption (paywalled)
Greg Presland (Standard): 
How can you forget $178,394 in campaign donations?
RNZ: Deadline extended for Stats NZ's investigation into misuse of census data claims
Andrew Gunn (Press/Post): The Notorious P Goldsmith: The minister who can’t stop free-flowing his way into headlines
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Shane Jones’ judges comments: Law group wants greater action by Government
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. to the Minister of Cutting Red Tape, Seymour of the Grand Scissors
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Darleen Tana humiliating the Greens: The rogue rookie MP handing her old party a hiding (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): 
A tough time to be a Green (paywalled)
Peter Wilson (RNZ): 
The Week in Politics: No quick fix for the energy crisis
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. party leaders on the Test Match
Kelly Dennett and Julie Jacobson (Post): Oh, to dine like a politician (paywalled)

TREATY
Andrea Vance (SST): 
Why David Seymour’s Treaty debate is not an honest conversation (paywalled)
Brian Easton (Pundit): 
The Principles Of The Treaty
Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown (Spinoff): Understanding the Waitangi Tribunal’s report on the Treaty Principles Bill
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): What’s the matter with the Treaty Principles Bill
Robert MacCulloch: Why does Dame Professor Anne Salmond Defend the Treaty by Attacking Liberty?
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: Pākehā Treaty group calls out David Seymour’s ‘divisive’ politics
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Sovereignty debate sees major parties weighing in for first time
Grant Duncan: What is sovereignty anyway?

KIINGI TUHEITIA
Jamie Tahana (E-Tangata): 
A particularly wretched blow for te ao Māori
Jamie Tahana (Spinoff): Kiingi Tuheitia’s death leaves a massive void at a critical moment
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Māori King Tūheitia’s death: The Māori who didn’t want to be king but became a man for his people
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): What is this thing, kotahitanga? Growing up under the Kīngitanga umbrella
Press Editorial (Post): Remembering a humble, unifying leader (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): 
Moe mai ra: Tributes flow for Kiingi Tūheitia
Te Karere: Kīngi Tuheitia's tangihanga: What you need to know
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Māori King Kiingi Tuheitia funeral: What we know so far about the coming week
Stephen Ward (Waikato Times): Choice of new Kiingi comes at ‘challenging time’
Mike Mather (Waikato Times/Post): The life and times of Tuheitia - the truckie who became ‘a quiet king’ (paywalled)
RNZ: 
Obituary: Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, Māori King, dies at 69
Michelle Duff (Guardian): New Zealand’s Māori King Tuheitia dies aged 69
Natasha Hill and Michael Cugley (Whakaata Māori): Tame Iti, Dame Cindy Kiro among rā tuatoru visitors at tangi of Kiingi Tuheitia
RNZ: In photos: Day 3 of the tangi for Kiingi Tuheitia at Tuurangawaewae
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Thousands set to descend on Tuurangawaewae Marae after death of Kiingi Tuheitia
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘Beautiful, gentle soul': Rotorua acknowledges death of Kiingi Tuheitia
RNZ: Monarchy a 'new' idea for Māori, historian says
RNZ: Kiingi Tuheitia: World leaders react to death of Māori king
Natasha Hill (Whakaata Māori): Kiingi Tuheitia: Ariki across the world pay tribute
RNZ: In photos: Māori King Kiingi Tuheitia's 18-year reign
RNZ: Kiingi Tuheitia: Reaction from New Zealand political leaders to death of Māori king
1News: Tributes flow for Kīngi Tuheitia: 'Unwavering commitment'
Te Aorewa Rolleston (Waikato Times/Post): ‘A man of the people’: Leaders pay tribute to late Māori King
Post: Tributes flow after Kiingi Tuheitia dies (paywalled)
RNZ: 
Aotearoa New Zealand mourns Māori King Kiingi Tuheitia

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