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Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, CABINET RESHUFFLE
Luke Malpass (Post): The political year is kicking off: here’s what to expect (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): What will Christopher Luxon say in his State of the Nation speech this week? (paywalled)
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On The Rise Of Simeon Brown
Henry Cooke: Are past careers important in politics?
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): Luxon flicks Reti's hospital pass to Brown
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): New health minister declines ‘ODT’ interview
Herald Editorial: There’s no need for Christopher Luxon and the Government to hit the panic button just yet (paywalled)
Herald: The Front Page: Who are the winners and losers from the first Cabinet reshuffle
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): The rise and fall of Shane Reti
Denise Piper (Northern Advocate): Shane Reti says he is leaving health portfolio in good position for Simeon Brown
Stephen Forbes (NZ Doctor): Changing of the guard fails to address broken funding model (paywalled)
Stephen Forbes (NZ Doctor): Who is Simeon Brown? (paywalled)
Alan Perrott (NZ Doctor): New health minister raises hackles of Māori health advocates (paywalled)
Susan Edmonds (RNZ): Significant challenges ahead for new Minister for Economic Growth
Connor Sharp: Can we have a normal Minister of Transport now?
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): MP James Meager's promotion strengthens South Island voice – mayor
Liz McDonald (Press/Post): New South Island Minister confident despite junior ranking (paywalled)
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): Hayek’s bastards
Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand government moves to scrap regulations that constrain corporate profit
Ryan Ward: Deregulation explained
RNZ: MPs won't be on stage at Auckland's Big Gay Out this year
HOUSING, BUILDING
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Government looks to sell 35 homes in Waikanae after developer triggers underwrite (paywalled)
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Kāinga Ora to tidy up mothballed $1.5m Gore site
Gwynn Compton: Time to put NIMBYism on the ash heap of history
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua contracted emergency housing motel exits: Commissioner highlights ministry ‘assumptions’
Greg Ninness (Interest): QV says average housing values declined by just 0.3% last year with prices remaining 'relatively static'
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'No rush back' to the housing market
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): House prices to remain flat throughout the summer
Miriam Bell (Post): Don’t expect house price rises any time soon - QV (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): Long wait for housing in city ends in move to Chch
HEALTH
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Hospital NZ’s most delayed major project
Gary Payinda: NZ's population grows by 93,000 people a year. Why are all the politicians ignoring this?
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): More ‘wait and see’ for Hamilton medical school (paywalled)
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Exclusive: Serious harm cases in New Zealand maternity system include maternal deaths, C-section delay (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Why are NZ’s rescue helicopters not fully funded by the Government?
Nicky Pellegrino (Listener): ‘It’s not just measles’: Preventable childhood diseases on the rise (paywalled)
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