> ## 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: 23 August 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-23-august-2024/ - Published: 2024-08-22T20:29:04.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-22T20:51:37.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS** **Joel MacManus (Spinoff):** [**Luxon has officially abandoned localism**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/23-08-2024/luxon-has-officially-abandoned-localism?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**Mayors, councillors given their marching orders from Wellington**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350388216/mayors-councillors-given-their-marching-orders-wellington?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Craig McCulloch (RNZ):** [**Day after accusing councils of wasting money, government puts $750K toward dance festival**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525891/day-after-accusing-councils-of-wasting-money-government-puts-750k-toward-dance-festival?ref=goodoil.news) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**What is a 'core activity’? Government tells councils to focus on ‘must-haves’**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350388320/what-core-activity-government-tells-councils-focus-must-haves?ref=goodoil.news) **Russell Palmer (RNZ):** [**How regional deals differ from successful Manchester, Glasgow models**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525943/how-regional-deals-differ-from-successful-manchester-glasgow-models?ref=goodoil.news) **Jonathan Milne (Newsroom):** [**‘False economy’: Worried NZ councils look at bankrupt Birmingham**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/22/false-economy-worried-nz-councils-look-to-bankrupt-birmingham/?ref=goodoil.news) **Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa):** [**Luxon's local government speech misses the mark**](https://localaotearoa.co.nz/news/2024/8/21/luxon-local-government-speech-misses-the-mark?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**No money, but 10-year infrastructure plans on table for councils with regional deals**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350387113/no-money-10-year-infrastructure-plans-table-councils-regional-deals?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Greg Presland (Standard):** [**So much for Localism and Devolution**](https://thestandard.org.nz/so-much-for-localism-and-devolution/?ref=goodoil.news) **Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**'Slippery slope to mediocrity': Mayors hit back at PM's speech**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/525887/slippery-slope-to-mediocrity-mayors-hit-back-at-pm-s-speech?ref=goodoil.news) **Justin Wong (Post): R**[**ural council say it’s running out of ‘nice-to-haves’ to chop**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350387436/rural-council-say-its-running-out-nice-haves-chop?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Mary Afemata (RNZ):** [**Pasifika and Māori hit back at PM’s speech**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/525868/pasifika-and-maori-hit-back-at-pm-s-speech?ref=goodoil.news) **Brendon McMahon (ODT):** [**Govt needs to do its bit for communities: mayor**](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/govt-needs-do-its-bit-communities-mayor?ref=goodoil.news) **Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk):** [**Is capping rates the best way to get councils back to basics?**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/is-capping-rates-the-best-way-to-get-councils-back-to-basics?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jonathan Milne (Newsroom):** [**PM goes to war on council waste – and on councils**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/22/the-pm-is-going-to-war-on-council-waste/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mountain Tui:** [**Luxon's red-headed lecturing of councils is political genius**](https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/luxons-red-headed-lecturing-of-councils) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Five ‘regional deal’ lifelines may be on offer for cash-strapped councils**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350387557/five-regional-deal-lifelines-may-be-offer-cash-strapped-councils?ref=goodoil.news) **Georgina Campbell (Herald):** [**New Zealand’s first regional deal will be finalised by next year - Simeon Brown**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zealands-first-regional-deal-will-be-finalised-by-next-year-simeon-brown/JGRPF4SF4JARHP4OTDIYNNC5NE/?ref=goodoil.news) **Giles Dexter (RNZ):** [**Local government keen to see funding tools for regional deals**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525909/local-government-keen-to-see-funding-tools-for-regional-deals?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Government announces new infrastructure agreements for councils**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525852/government-announces-new-infrastructure-agreements-for-councils?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Government to help councils move faster in emergencies**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-to-help-councils-move-faster-in-emergencies/JC732DQCPRDEZDBR7OBVBQJS3I/?ref=goodoil.news) **Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk):** [**Simeon Brown announces regional deals framework**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/simeon-brown-announces-regional-deals-framework?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Strong public support for four-year local government term, poll reveals**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525917/strong-public-support-for-four-year-local-government-term-poll-reveals?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Community newsletter column sparks $7k council investigation**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/525900/community-newsletter-column-sparks-7k-council-investigation?ref=goodoil.news) **David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Kaikōura plans for future amid raft of policy changes**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350387506/kaikoura-plans-future-amid-raft-policy-changes?ref=goodoil.news) **Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**‘Part of Masterton’s history’: Council staffer sells plaque to scrapyard**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350386497/part-mastertons-history-council-staffer-sells-plaque-scrapyard?ref=goodoil.news) **Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ):** [**Rotorua council wants to collect dog DNA to help in prosecutions**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525880/rotorua-council-wants-to-collect-dog-dna-to-help-in-prosecutions?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Council staff on move to allow earthquake strengthening of Hāwera base**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525865/council-staff-on-move-to-allow-earthquake-strengthening-of-hawera-base?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (Post):** [**Nelson mayor says no water co-operation without amalgamation**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350385742/nelson-mayor-says-no-water-co-operation-without-amalgamation?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Nicolas Boyack (Post):** [**Illegal petrochemical dumping damages treatment plant**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350386953/illegal-petrochemical-dumping-damages-treatment-plant?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Crews back at site of Wellington burst water main**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/525818/crews-back-at-site-of-wellington-burst-water-main?ref=goodoil.news) **GOVERNMENT, CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS, PARLIAMENT** **Geoffrey Palmer (Newsroom):** [**Lurching towards constitutional impropriety**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/23/geoffrey-palmer-lurching-towards-constitutional-impropriety/?ref=goodoil.news) **Lillian Hanly (RNZ):** [**Costello brushes off revelation tobacco giant Philip Morris targeted NZ First**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525918/costello-brushes-off-revelation-tobacco-giant-philip-morris-targeted-nz-first?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Hooton (Herald):** [**Poll no excuse for Labour complacency**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/poll-no-excuse-for-labour-complacency-matthew-hooton/66DB6ZZSKZG2ZEBIX5PS6PT5RU/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Gordon Campbell:** [**On The Plague Of The Seymourites**](http://werewolf.co.nz/2024/08/gordon-campbell-on-the-plague-of-the-seymourites/?ref=goodoil.news) **Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff):** [**Who regulates the Ministry of Regulation?**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/23-08-2024/who-regulates-the-ministry-of-regulation?ref=goodoil.news) **Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk):** [**Kāinga Ora forks out nearly $3m for contractors to help with restructures**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/public-sector/kainga-ora-forks-out-nearly-3m-for-contractors-to-help-with-restructures?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Audrey Young (Herald):** [**David Seymour pushes his luck over Treaty bill; Tuku Morgan lets rip at Tūrangawaewae**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-pushes-his-luck-over-treaty-bill-tuku-morgan-lets-rip-at-turangawaewae-audrey-young/TC42FGBLIVAXBLKVXAVZJTB2LE/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Audrey Young (Herald):** [**Foreshore and seabed: What the planned changes to the law mean and why**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/foreshore-and-seabed-what-the-planned-changes-to-the-law-mean-and-why-audrey-young/I3S2AOTD2ZBBXIE7D5ICYRVWHY/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Liam Rātana (Spinoff):** [**The Treaty Principles Bill isn’t dead yet**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/22-08-2024/the-treaty-principles-bill-isnt-dead-yet?ref=goodoil.news) **Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT):** [**Deep analysis of Treaty principles a treasure for all of us**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/deep-analysis-treaty-principles-treasure-all-us?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Gary Judd:** [**Treaty is a bald agreement, anchored in its time and place**](https://garyjuddkc.substack.com/p/treaty-is-a-bald-agreement-anchored) **Megan Wilson (Bay of Plenty Times):** [**Ngāi Te Rangi spend on Waitangi Tribunal claim could reach $300,000**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/ngai-te-rangi-spend-on-waitangi-tribunal-claim-could-reach-300000/H4VDCPFCIBFDDGDZVVKNFWLJDQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **Tumamao Harawira (Te Ao Māori News):** [**Did Māori cede sovereignty?**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/23/did-maori-cede-sovereignty/?ref=goodoil.news) **Lillian Hanly (RNZ):** [**Second tranche of Resource Management Act reforms on the way**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/525925/second-tranche-of-resource-management-act-reforms-on-the-way?ref=goodoil.news) **Greg Dixon (Listener):** [**David Seymour, cry baby**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/greg-dixons-another-kind-of-politics-david-seymour-cry-baby/7K2QXT33HFCVRKM4CXY5G7QPGM/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tova O’Brien (Stuff):** [**Not his last rodeo, will Winston Peters stand again at the 2026 election?**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350387944/not-his-last-rodeo-will-winston-peters-stand-again-2026-election?ref=goodoil.news) **Tova O’Brien (Stuff):** [**Tova podcast: Shane Jones on Māori rights, the energy crisis, fast-track bill, communism and Winston**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350387780/tova-podcast-shane-jones-maori-rights-energy-crisis-fast-track-bill-communism?ref=goodoil.news) **Andrew Geddis (Spinoff):** [**Does Darleen Tana’s party-hopping legal argument stack up?**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/22-08-2024/does-darleen-tanas-party-hopping-legal-argument-stack-up?ref=goodoil.news) **Bob McCoskrie:** [**Schooling the media & politicians on personal pronouns**](https://bobmccoskrie.com/schooling-the-media-politicians-on-personal-pronouns/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mountain Tui:** [**David Seymour's Ministry of Slush Hides Far Greater Risks**](https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/david-seymours-ministry-of-slush) **Newsroom:** [**Raw Politics Podcast: Number’s up for Luxon, and Hipkins**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/23/raw-politics-numbers-up-for-luxon-and-hipkins/?ref=goodoil.news) **Harriette Boucher (Post):** [**‘People ask, how do you put up with trolling?’ Politicians on online abuse**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350387947/people-ask-how-do-you-put-trolling-politicians-online-abuse?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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