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Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT, WEEK IN POLITICS
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Christopher Luxon is completely out of his depth (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): This week three parties stood together – can they withstand the storm to come?
Audrey Young (Herald): Shallow takes on Hīkoi mō te Tiriti underestimate its power (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Labour claims Erica Stanford has been calling MPs ‘stupid b....’
RNZ: National's Erica Stanford allegedly calls Labour's Jan Tinetti a 'stupid bitch’
1News: Education Minister accused of calling Labour MP a 'stupid b****
Nigel Haworth (The Standard): The Left Trumped?
Anna Whyte (Post): Nicola Willis ‘impatient’ for more change to public service (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): Job losses possible at Archives NZ and the National Library as closer ties proposed
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Meanwhile, a week of passing law
Newsroom: Raw Politics: Six months in a leaky Bill
Sam Smith (Stuff): Watch: New Green MP pays tribute to transgender community in maiden speech
RNZ: Dame Jacinda Ardern to be given United Nations leadership award
Harriette Boucher (Post): Dame Jacinda Ardern to be honoured as ‘Champion for Global Change’
TREATY OF WAITANGI
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): Crossing A Line
Peter Dunne: The Wrong answer to a question that does not exist
Chris Trotter (ODT): An almighty question which many will not want answered (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Māori electoral roll grows by close to 1800 in three weeks
Greg Dixon (Listener): If David Seymour were truly a reasonable man, he would kill the bill (paywalled)
Graham Adams (The Platform): Seymour’s opponents need better arguments
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): Act lays complaint against MPs who participated in viral haka
David Farrar: Imagine a different scenario
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): By the numbers: How big is the Stop the Treaty Principles Bill petition?
Tony Fitchett (ODT: Principles debate shows the need for greater protection of Treaty rights
Emily Rākete (Webworm): Cutting Through An Inundation of Dipshit Racists - the meaning behind that haka
Oliver Hartwich (NZ Initiatives): Lessons for Australia in NZ’s polarising Treaty debate
Pokere Paewai, Te Manu Korihi (RNZ): The biggest difference between Hīkoi mō te Tiriti and past hīkoi: More support from non-Māori
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Richard Harman (Politik): This is bad news (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Chris Bishop responds to Treasury economy warning: Government not ‘slave to a surplus’ (paywalled)
Anna Rawhiti-Connell (Spinoff): Hold the roosters, no economic dawn yet (paywalled
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): It’s time for a national conversation on productivity (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Recession deeper than expected, Treasury says
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Economic recovery to happen later than first thought
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Treasury confirms it’s likely to downgrade economic and fiscal forecasts (paywalled)
Ganesh Nana (BusinessDesk): Government’s arms flailing, with little cohesive direction (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Cool response to call from economists to suspend spending cuts (paywalled)
RNZ: Institute of Directors more optimistic of economic recovery, survey finds
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): Directors’ economic confidence hits historic high, survey shows (paywalled)
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): NZ's board directors see better days ahead (paywalled)
Ella Somers (Interest): Early KiwiSaver withdrawals reach new monthly record
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Can’t beat it - unemployment is rising in NZ, why isn’t it rising in Wellington? (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Why we need to look past a ‘survive till '25′ mentality (paywalled)
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