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Author: Bryce Edwards
GOVERNMENT
Guyon Espiner (Listener): Is Christopher Luxon worried his party might reshuffle him? (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon goes all in on economy as National MPs accept reshuffle fate (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon expected to deliver reality check on what’s needed to grow economy
Luke Malpass (Post): Prime Minister to make case for growth, investment (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Nats call on Luxon to deliver (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): National Party MPs meet as Luxon urges focus on economic growth (paywalled)
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Willis’ greater economic powers could come at a cost (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Regulatory Standards Bill proposal fails first test: Simon Upton (paywalled)
Bryce Wilkinson (Herald): Transparency, not ideology: The case for the Regulatory Standards Bill (paywalled)
Centrist: Is the Treaty debate bigger than statistics suggest?
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): Act and NZ First ministers not held to same standards
Chris Keall (Herald): Tech Insider: Technology - the portfolio you get demoted to; Survey rates the business usefulness of Microsoft’s Copilot AI (paywalled)
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): Moment of truth: Is innovation a priority for National? (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: New Minister for South Island portfolio a welcome boost for underappreciated Mainlanders (paywalled)
Alex Casey and Tara Ward (Spinoff): A serious and urgent briefing for the first minister for the South Island
Simon O’Connor: Is a second term likely?
Spinoff: Gone By Lunchtime Podcast: Luxon launches reboot for 2025
Greg Presland (Standard): The difference between Christopher Luxon and Donald Trump
ECONOMY
Brent Edwards (NBR): What business revealed to Treasury about the economy (paywalled)
Sam Smith (RNZ): PM says inflation figures show the ‘plan is working’. Others are less optimistic
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Christopher Luxon defends government's economic growth record
RNZ: Nicola Willis hints at visa changes to grow economy
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): 'Rolling maul' of economic policy announcements coming: Nicola Willis
Roeland van den Bergh and Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Finance Minister says 2.2% inflation ‘good news for people with mortgages’ (paywalled)
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Inflation has failed to budge, with fears of ‘reacceleration’
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Inflation holds steady at 2.2% for second consecutive quarter
Zane Small (Stuff): Inflation fails to move thanks to rising rents
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Bulletin: Inflation stagnant as government strives for growth
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): The inflation battle is over - so why doesn't it feel like it?
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Inflation update soothes fear Reserve Bank might back off 0.5% rate cut (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): The inflation beast is back in its cave (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Economists say big rate cut still on cards after inflation data (paywalled)
Joanthan Mitchell (NBR): Don’t stop me now: RBNZ likely unfazed by inflation halt (paywalled)
Brett O’Riley (Newsroom): NZ is ‘the best kept secret in the third world’. AI can change that.
MEDIA
David Harvey: Media Mutterings-Part 1
Graham Adams (The Platform): The fraught business of Being Chlöe: Mystery surrounds taxpayer-funded doco on Greens co-leader
Brent Edwards (NBR): Can a tax on digital platforms save the news media (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): New cutbacks at NZME harmful for public, 'news ecosystem' - union
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Almost 40 jobs set to be cut from NZ Herald newsroom as NZME proposes major shake-up
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Nearly 40 jobs to go at NZME
Caron Copek (Stuff): Nearly 40 jobs to go as part of proposed ‘reorganisation’ of NZ Herald newsroom
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Media firm NZME to cut 38 jobs and publish fewer stories (paywalled)
NBR: Less news on the cards as NZME announces restructure (paywalled)
Peter Williams: Another nail in the media coffin
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