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Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, CABINET RESHUFFLE
Jamie Ensor (Herald): National Party caucus meeting: MPs meet after reshuffle, poor poll result
Jo Moir (RNZ): NZ political parties gear up for a busy 2025
Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon assembles his caucus after Cabinet reshuffle
Roy Morgan: Support for National-led Government increases in December with National, Act and NZ First all up
Julia Gabel (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: Record number of submissions leads to issues submitting on bootcamps, social welfare bills
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Finance Minister Nicola Willis wraps up Labour-style ‘cluster’ budgeting (paywalled)
Joe Hendren: Economic development – a casualty of Luxon's cabinet reshuffle?
Richard Prebble (Herald): Personal choice should be protected at all cost (paywalled)
Malcolm Mulholland (Post): A message to the Health Minister: people’s lives are literally in your hands (paywalled)
Gary Payinda: This 1 weird trick will help Simeon Brown dominate Health NZ
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Govt can deliver on hospital: Meager (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: A hurried shuffle? (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Energy sector responds to change of minister (paywalled)
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): Community leaders surprised at Melissa Lee’s removal from ethnic communities’ portfolio
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Archives NZ to assess whether MBIE's Fast-track record-keeping fell short of law (Paywalled)
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: Unleashing growth, taking the productivity pulse, and more… (paywalled)
RNZ: Allen likely to take-over from Boshier as Chief Ombudsman
Anna Whyte (Post): WellingtonNZ CEO John Allen recommended as new Ombudsman (paywalled)
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Labour could learn from the Dem's failures
MEDIA
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): The twilight of NZ journalism? Google, Big Tech and breaking news (paywalled)
Felix Walton (RNZ): More media cuts expected today: 'It's time the government woke up about this'
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: NZ Herald, Newstalk ZB staff called to meeting; fears of job losses (paywalled)
RNZ: Ahead of a meeting, NZ Herald and Newstalk ZB staff fear job losses
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): NZ Herald, Newstalk ZB staff called into meeting following fears of job losses
Spinoff: The Fold Podcast: On Meta going Maga, TikTok’s perilous future and NZ media in 2025
MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Judge grants Māori six more customary marine titles as Govt second guesses its coastline reform
Gabi Lardies and Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Clean-out at the Waitangi Tribunal: Who’s in and who’s out?
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Māori Party labels new Waitangi Tribunal appointments a ‘whitewash’
No Right Turn: Sabotaging te Tiriti
Penetaui Kleskovich (Herald): Rātana celebrations honour Maori heritage and political ties
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
RNZ: PM, deputy congratulate Trump, Vance; keen to deepen ties with US
Herald Editorial: Donald Trump’s return: New Zealand braces for impact of US trade policies (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: What are Donald Trump’s foreign policy plans now he’s back as President?
Aui'a Vaimaila Leatinu'u (PMN): How Trump’s 'America first' policies could impact NZ and Pacific
Luke Malpass (Post): The new world and the court of King Donald (paywalled)
Eva Corlett (Guardian): ‘That’s the one thing we did’: New Zealand irked by Trump’s false claim US split the atom
RNZ: Nelson Mayor responds to Donald Trump's claim America split the atom in speech
Raphael Franks (Herald): Trump inauguration atom claim: New US President seemingly rewrites history on splitting atom
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): India tests waters on free trade with NZ (paywalled)
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Fonterra urges Canada to 'play by the rules' in dairy trade dispute (paywalled)
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