> ## 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: 22 August 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-22-august-2024/ - Published: 2024-08-21T20:11:56.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-22T01:49:27.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT** **Guyon Espiner (RNZ):** [**Leaked tobacco lobbying plan for 'political pressure' shows tobacco giant got its tax cut wish**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/525810/leaked-tobacco-lobbying-plan-for-political-pressure-shows-tobacco-giant-got-its-tax-cut-wish?ref=goodoil.news) **Otago Daily Times:** [**Editorial: As transparent as mud**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/transparent-mud?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tova O’Brien (Stuff):** [**Minister calls Judge ‘Communist’ in meeting with seafood lobby over Māori rights**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350386759/minister-calls-judge-communist-meeting-seafood-lobby-over-maori-rights?ref=goodoil.news) **Craig McCulloch (RNZ):** [**New ministry paying staff average salary of $150k despite public sector job cuts**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525769/new-ministry-paying-staff-average-salary-of-150k-despite-public-sector-job-cuts?ref=goodoil.news) **Post:** [**Seymour says Ministry of Regulation salaries ‘good value for money’**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350386429/seymour-says-ministry-regulation-salaries-good-value-money?cx%5FtestId=3&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=1&utm%5Fsource=localised%5Fmodule#cxrecs%5Fs) **(paywalled)** **Jo Moir (RNZ):** [**Winston Peters casts doubt on PM's position on Treaty Principles Bill**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525793/winston-peters-casts-doubt-on-pm-s-position-on-treaty-principles-bill?ref=goodoil.news) **Barry Soper (Herald):** [**The truth about the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-truth-about-the-upcoming-treaty-principles-bill-barry-soper/T4H6B424QBFGLNU77I3LWPTXGM/?ref=goodoil.news) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Kiingi Tūheitia says Māori are more respected overseas than in Aotearoa**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350386567/kiingi-tuheitia-says-maori-are-more-respected-overseas-aotearoa?ref=goodoil.news) **Riria Dalton-Reedy and Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News):** [**‘Keep pushing forward’ Kiingi Tuheitia urges in annual address**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/21/keep-pushing-forward-kiingi-tuheitia-urges-in-annual-address/?ref=goodoil.news) **Karanama Ruru (Stuff):** [**Ngāti Toa Rangatira leader Helmut Modlik challenges David Seymour to debate on Treaty of Waitangi**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350385580/ngati-toa-rangatira-leader-helmut-modlik-challenges-david-seymour-debate-treaty?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Ngāti Toa's challenge to David Seymour: Kill Treaty Principles Bill or front up**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525767/ngati-toa-s-challenge-to-david-seymour-kill-treaty-principles-bill-or-front-up?ref=goodoil.news) **Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Northland Māori leader calls on Luxon to ‘sack’ Act from coalition**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/21/northland-maori-leader-calls-on-luxon-to-sack-act-from-coalition/?ref=goodoil.news) **Peter Williams:** [**Luxon's Big Calls**](https://peterallanwilliams.substack.com/p/luxons-big-calls) **Jack McDonald (Post):** [**Opposition parties must up the ante**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350386078/opposition-parties-must-ante?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **David Farrar:** [**Mitchell fisks Hipkins on Welfare**](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/08/mitchell%5Ffisks%5Fhipkins%5Fon%5Fwelfare.html?ref=goodoil.news) **Newstalk ZB:** [**"Witch hunt": Darleen Tana says attempts to get them to resign were "premeditated"**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/darleen-tana-former-green-mp-on-their-decision-to-remain-in-parliament-the-situation-with-the-migrant-workers/?ref=goodoil.news) **Post:** [**Beehive Briefing: Charles and Camilla have arrived**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350386570/beehive-briefing-charles-and-camilla-have-arrived?ref=goodoil.news) **Spinoff:** [**Gone By Lunchtime Podcast: Luxon, the bus, the wrecking ball and the polls**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/21-08-2024/gone-by-lunchtime-luxon-the-bus-the-wrecking-ball-and-the-polls?ref=goodoil.news) **LOCAL GOVERMENT** **RNZ:** [**PM Christopher Luxon's speech on waste rubs councils the wrong way**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525819/pm-christopher-luxon-s-speech-on-waste-rubs-councils-the-wrong-way?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**In attacking councils, Luxon plants himself a thicket of rhetorical contradiction**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350386835/attacking-councils-luxon-plants-himself-thicket-rhetorical-contradiction?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Georgina Campbell (Herald):** [**Huge water leak in Wellington delivers perfect backdrop for Christopher Luxon’s speech on council spending**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/huge-water-leak-in-wellington-delivers-perfect-backdrop-for-christopher-luxons-speech-on-council-spending/WO3VIIRY5JBWRDDEOZ6DJABZDE/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Stewart Sowman-Lund (Bulletin):** [**Christopher Luxon’s simple message for councils: get back to basics**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/22-08-2024/christopher-luxons-simple-message-for-councils-get-back-to-basics?ref=goodoil.news) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Christopher Luxon swipes at councils, taking aim at the ‘white elephant’ he’s speaking from**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350385950/christopher-luxon-swipes-councils-taking-aim-white-elephant-hes-speaking?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Christopher Luxon had a message for councils, Tory Whanau had a message for Christopher Luxon**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chistopher-luxon-had-a-message-for-councils-tory-whanau-had-a-message-for-christopher-luxon/TRMXNPTIQFCRFFE3K3UZHGSOPI/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ: L**[**ocal councils need to 'rein in the fantasies' on spending - PM**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525788/local-councils-need-to-rein-in-the-fantasies-on-spending-pm?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**Luxon tells mayors the ‘party’s over’, as councils call for funding change**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350386209/luxon-tells-mayors-partys-over-councils-call-funding-change?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Herald:** [**PM Christopher Luxon tells councils he wants ratepayers’ funding used appropriately**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/watch-live-prime-minister-christopher-luxon-speaks-to-media/SM5SAJPXSJBF7K3GKFAM3CPCPY/?ref=goodoil.news) **Max Salmon (Herald):** [**Localism enjoys council support**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/localism-enjoys-council-support-max-salmon/UPWEEQEZGBEATH7XM5JYUZZA6A/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Finance Minister Nicola Willis, mayors share experiences of gendered online abuse**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/localism-enjoys-council-support-max-salmon/UPWEEQEZGBEATH7XM5JYUZZA6A/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Ashburton to vote against Māori ward poll challenge**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/21/ashburton-to-vote-against-maori-ward-poll-challenge/?ref=goodoil.news) **Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Listen to the leaders you picked, pleads Māori ward councillor**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350385547/listen-leaders-you-picked-pleads-maori-ward-councillor?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Dunedin councillor apologises for offensive comments about Māori**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525779/dunedin-councillor-apologises-for-offensive-comments-about-maori?ref=goodoil.news) **Tim Scott (ODT):** [**Sincerity of apology for breach queried**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/sincerity-apology-breach-queried?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Bill Hickman (RNZ):** [**Burst water main floods major Wellington street, outage spreads to suburbs**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525719/burst-water-main-floods-major-wellington-street-outage-spreads-to-suburbs?ref=goodoil.news) **Tom Hunt (Post):** [**Burst pipe, which flooded major Wellington roads, repaired**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350386907/burst-pipe-which-flooded-major-wellington-roads-repaired?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Joel MacManus (Spinoff):** [**Who killed the Johnsonville mall?**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/business/22-08-2024/who-killed-the-johnsonville-mall?ref=goodoil.news) **Torika Tokelau (LocalDemocracy Reporting):** [**More bottle shops could open outside town centres, expert warns**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525786/more-bottle-shops-could-open-outside-town-centres-expert-warns?ref=goodoil.news) **John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB):** [**Limiting booze sales - Auckland has but Christchurch shouldn't**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-limiting-booze-sales-auckland-has-but-christchurch-shouldnt/?ref=goodoil.news) **Catherine Groenestein (Stuff):** [**Earthquake strengthening work gives council staff the push**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350386103/earthquake-strengthening-work-gives-council-staff-push?ref=goodoil.news) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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