NZ Politics Daily: 22 October 2024

Republished with Permission

Author: Bryce Edwards

GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Auditor-General asked to investigate Costello decision to slash tax on heated tobacco products
Jo Moir (RNZ): Bayly complaint: Email disappeared from Labour MP's inbox
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The unanswered questions in the Andrew Bayly story
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon puts MP Andrew Bayly on notice in latest case of MPs behaving boorishly (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): Worker complaint: PM says Bayly got it 'horribly wrong'
Julia Gabel & Adam Pearse (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon grilled over complainant’s email in Minister Andrew Bayly’s insult controversy
Brent Edwards (NBR): Prime Minister is confident Andrew Bayly won’t misbehave again
David Farrar: The Bayly apologies
Chris Trotter (Interest): The odd couple
Richard Harman (Politik): Luxon boasts a unique insight (paywalled)
Azaria Howell (Herald): Department of Conservation, Crown Law, Children’s Monitor and Land Information NZ spending more on consultants (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Nicola Willis told working from home already not an ‘entitlement’ before setting new public service expectations
RNZ: Government not filling chief science advisor role 'concerning' - ex-advisor
Anna Whyte (Post): Victim of ‘unalloyed sexist’ behaviour at ministry tells story (paywalled)
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): The strange, sorry saga that is Act’s obsession with Tusiata Avia

PARLIAMENT
Michael Swanson (Newsroom): Democracy is weaker when oppositions go quiet
Nigel Haworth (Standard): Doomed?
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Is it all good to flick the prime minister’s nose? An argument with myself
1News: Golriz Ghahraman's appeal over shoplifting convictions fails
RNZ: Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman appeal of shoplifting conviction fails

JUSTICE
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): A tarnished Crown
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Govt rules out apology and compo in Peter Ellis case
David Harvey: “Who Makes the Law? Reining in the Supreme Court”
Derek Cheng (Herald): Government toughens Three Strikes 2.0, likely to include thousands more after public sentiment it was too soft
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Three Strikes Bill: Government wants tougher version of the law
David Williams and Rachel Maher (Herald): Youths climb on roof of Wiri justice facility, demand Big Macs, cigarettes
Ryan Anderson (Stuff): Thirteen youths spend night on roof of youth justice facility
RNZ: Youths get onto roof at Oranga Tamariki Auckland justice facility

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS
Simon Wilson (Herald): Wayne Brown and Tory Whanau: What’s the difference? (paywalled)
Natalia Albert: Politics Beyond the Base: Where is the Leadership in Wellington?
Dave Armstrong (Post): Navigating the city of shambles and shemozzles (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Simeon Brown receives advice on Wellington City Council intervention as Tory Whanau aims to ‘share the pain’
Sam Smith (Stuff): Tory Whanau announces priorities for LTP amidst fear of Government intervention
Tom Hunt (Post): Brown now considering advice on any council intervention (paywalled)
RNZ: Wellington mayor outlines no-go areas for service cuts
Ethan Manera (Herald): Local body elections 2025: Who is challenging Tory Whanau for Wellington’s mayoralty (paywalled)
Imogen Wells (Stuff): Wellington councillors need to ‘start acting like grown ups’
Bob Jones: The Dying Wellington myth
RNZ: Unofficial Wellington hospo awards to 'change the narrative'
Zack Newman (BusinessDesk): Turning the Tap: the real impact of short-changing water investment (paywalled)
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Mayor says he will no longer respond to three news outlets
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Roaming dog attacks are on the rise, and school children are at risk
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): 'Get off the couch': Ashburton leaders challenge youth over boring town claims

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