> ## 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: 24 September 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-24-september-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-23T20:33:28.000Z - Updated: 2024-09-24T21:03:05.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **PUBLIC SERVICE** **David Farrar:** [**The role of the public service is not to create shoppers**](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/09/the%5Frole%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fpublic%5Fservice%5Fis%5Fnot%5Fto%5Fcreate%5Fshoppers.html?ref=goodoil.news) **Luke Malpass (Post):** [**The WFH public sector party is over**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350426415/wfh-public-sector-party-over?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Government's anti-working from home move a 'total distraction' - union**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528792/government-s-anti-working-from-home-move-a-total-distraction-union?ref=goodoil.news) **Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff):** [**Is the end of ‘wfh’ what Wellington needs?**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/24-09-2024/is-the-end-of-wfh-what-wellington-needs?ref=goodoil.news) **Lillian Hanly (RNZ):** [**Working from home: Would more public servants back at the office make a difference?**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528811/working-from-home-would-more-public-servants-back-at-the-office-make-a-difference?ref=goodoil.news) **David Long (Stuff):** [**Wellington's hospitality businesses give thumbs up to return of public servants**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350426617/wellingtons-hospitality-businesses-give-thumbs-return-public-servants?ref=goodoil.news) **Jemima Huston (RNZ):** [**'Four days a week seems to be the norm', but businesses want more staff in the office**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/528820/four-days-a-week-seems-to-be-the-norm-but-businesses-want-more-staff-in-the-office?ref=goodoil.news) **Sapeer Mayron (Post):** [**Will office work directive be a capital lifeline?**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350426464/will-office-work-directive-be-capital-lifeline?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Watch: Nicola Willis demands tightening of working-from-home public service arrangements**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528779/watch-nicola-willis-demands-tightening-of-working-from-home-public-service-arrangements?ref=goodoil.news) **Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk):** [**For those still working, return to the office: Willis**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/economy/for-those-still-working-return-to-the-office-willis?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Dan Brunskill (Interest):** [**Nicola Willis orders public service back into office**](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/129872/coalition-government-wants-less-public-servants-working-home?ref=goodoil.news) **Adam Ray (1News):** [**Working from home not an entitlement for public servants - Govt**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/23/working-from-home-not-an-entitlement-for-public-servants-govt/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mountain Tui:** [**Nicola's destruction**](https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/nicolas-destruction) **GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT** **Chris Trotter (Interest):** [**Has government become a public-private partnership?**](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/129849/chris-trotter-argues-governing-now-about-fulfilling-private-interests%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) **Andrew Gunn:** [**PM Clarifies What It Fricken Is And Isn’t About**](https://andrewgunn.substack.com/p/pm-clarifies-what-it-fricken-is-and) **Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff):** [**Businessman Christopher Luxon talks business to business people**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/23-09-2024/businessman-christopher-luxon-talks-business-to-business-people?ref=goodoil.news) **Esther Taunton (Stuff):** [**Christopher Luxon sells Onehunga, Auckland, investment property**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/350425447/christopher-luxon-sells-onehunga-auckland-investment-property?ref=goodoil.news) **Toby Manhire (Spinoff):** [**MPs want a four-year term. Should we give it to them? An argument with myself**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-09-2024/mps-want-a-four-year-term-should-we-give-it-to-them-an-argument-with-myself?ref=goodoil.news) **Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB):** [**Should we have a longer term?**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-parliament-should-we-have-a-longer-term/?ref=goodoil.news) **Warrick Cleine (Newsroom):** [**Seinfeld’s lessons for NZ Labour**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/24/seinfelds-lessons-for-nz-labour/?ref=goodoil.news) **Rob Campbell (Newsroom):** [**Coalition should worry about reality outside, not this theatre of the absurd**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/23/coalition-should-worry-about-reality-outside-not-this-theatre-of-the-absurd/?ref=goodoil.news) **Post:** [**Greens mum on plans to discuss waka-jumping Darleen Tana**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350425513/greens-mum-plans-discuss-waka-jumping-darleen-tana?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **TRANSPORT** **Tova O’Brien (Stuff):** [**Government parties disagree on ferry solution**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350426606/tova-obrien-government-parties-disagree-ferry-solution?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Interislander: Winston Peters wants rail on ferries, National isn’t so sure**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/interislander-winston-peters-wants-rail-on-ferries-national-isnt-so-sure/JUISSIRWSZEYNJONAEMD4SLJ3Q/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jo Moir (RNZ):** [**Interislander replacements: 'We're continuing to take advice' - Willis**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528798/interislander-replacements-we-re-continuing-to-take-advice-willis?ref=goodoil.news) **Simon Wilson (Herald):** [**Simeon Brown says higher speed limits will grow the economy: Is he right?**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/will-simeon-browns-faster-speeds-create-a-stronger-economy-what-the-evidence-says-simon-wilson/7ZKFTOGVFBEQDAOP5HB3HUYUZM/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Brent Edwards (NBR):** [**KiwiRail to make cuts to Napier line, year after reopening**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/infrastructure/kiwirails-multi-year-transformation-plan/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Steve Cosgrove (Post):** [**Capital Conversation: How Wellington got its bike lanes**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350425602/capital-conversation-how-wellington-got-its-bike-lanes?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Marie Guerreiro (Herald):** [**Auckland transport emissions pathway: We need to build our streets to supercharge walking and cycling**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-transport-emissions-pathway-we-need-to-build-our-streets-to-supercharge-walking-and-cycling-marie-guerreiro/RXWNVYJDT5AEZJJK6EFUNU453M/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mahvash Ikram (RNZ):** [**Scheme that helps young people get a driver licence fears funding cut**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528819/scheme-that-helps-young-people-get-a-driver-licence-fears-funding-cut?ref=goodoil.news) **Juha Saarinen (Interest):** [**The details of the government's new $27.5 million Low Emissions Heavy Vehicle Fund**](https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/129859/details-governments-new-275-million-low-emissions-heavy-vehicle-fund?ref=goodoil.news) *Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to *32 items above*, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to an *additional 89 categorised items, and today’s cartoons*. 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