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Author: Bryce Edwards
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Luxon has officially abandoned localism
Thomas Manch (Post): Mayors, councillors given their marching orders from Wellington (paywalled)
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Day after accusing councils of wasting money, government puts $750K toward dance festival
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): What is a 'core activity’? Government tells councils to focus on ‘must-haves’
Russell Palmer (RNZ): How regional deals differ from successful Manchester, Glasgow models
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): ‘False economy’: Worried NZ councils look at bankrupt Birmingham
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): Luxon's local government speech misses the mark
Thomas Manch (Post): No money, but 10-year infrastructure plans on table for councils with regional deals (paywalled)
Greg Presland (Standard): So much for Localism and Devolution
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): 'Slippery slope to mediocrity': Mayors hit back at PM's speech
Justin Wong (Post): Rural council say it’s running out of ‘nice-to-haves’ to chop (paywalled)
Mary Afemata (RNZ): Pasifika and Māori hit back at PM’s speech
Brendon McMahon (ODT): Govt needs to do its bit for communities: mayor
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Is capping rates the best way to get councils back to basics? (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): PM goes to war on council waste – and on councils
Mountain Tui: Luxon's red-headed lecturing of councils is political genius
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Five ‘regional deal’ lifelines may be on offer for cash-strapped councils
Georgina Campbell (Herald): New Zealand’s first regional deal will be finalised by next year - Simeon Brown
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Local government keen to see funding tools for regional deals
RNZ: Government announces new infrastructure agreements for councils
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government to help councils move faster in emergencies
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Simeon Brown announces regional deals framework (paywalled)
RNZ: Strong public support for four-year local government term, poll reveals
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Community newsletter column sparks $7k council investigation
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Kaikōura plans for future amid raft of policy changes
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘Part of Masterton’s history’: Council staffer sells plaque to scrapyard
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): Rotorua council wants to collect dog DNA to help in prosecutions
RNZ: Council staff on move to allow earthquake strengthening of Hāwera base
Thomas Manch (Post): Nelson mayor says no water co-operation without amalgamation (paywalled)
Nicolas Boyack (Post): Illegal petrochemical dumping damages treatment plant (paywalled)
RNZ: Crews back at site of Wellington burst water main
GOVERNMENT, CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS, PARLIAMENT
Geoffrey Palmer (Newsroom): Lurching towards constitutional impropriety
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Costello brushes off revelation tobacco giant Philip Morris targeted NZ First
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Poll no excuse for Labour complacency (paywalled)
Gordon Campbell: On The Plague Of The Seymourites
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Who regulates the Ministry of Regulation?
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): Kāinga Ora forks out nearly $3m for contractors to help with restructures (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): David Seymour pushes his luck over Treaty bill; Tuku Morgan lets rip at Tūrangawaewae (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Foreshore and seabed: What the planned changes to the law mean and why (paywalled)
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): The Treaty Principles Bill isn’t dead yet
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Deep analysis of Treaty principles a treasure for all of us (paywalled)
Gary Judd: Treaty is a bald agreement, anchored in its time and place
Megan Wilson (Bay of Plenty Times): Ngāi Te Rangi spend on Waitangi Tribunal claim could reach $300,000
Tumamao Harawira (Te Ao Māori News): Did Māori cede sovereignty?
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Second tranche of Resource Management Act reforms on the way
Greg Dixon (Listener): David Seymour, cry baby (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Not his last rodeo, will Winston Peters stand again at the 2026 election?
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Tova podcast: Shane Jones on Māori rights, the energy crisis, fast-track bill, communism and Winston
Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): Does Darleen Tana’s party-hopping legal argument stack up?
Bob McCoskrie: Schooling the media & politicians on personal pronouns
Mountain Tui: David Seymour's Ministry of Slush Hides Far Greater Risks
Newsroom: Raw Politics Podcast: Number’s up for Luxon, and Hipkins
Harriette Boucher (Post): ‘People ask, how do you put up with trolling?’ Politicians on online abuse (paywalled)
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