> ## 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: 26 June 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-26-june-2024/ - Published: 2024-06-25T20:21:06.000Z - Updated: 2024-07-26T11:28:00.000Z - Author: Guest Post *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **FERRIES, KIWIRAIL, INFRASTRUCTURE** Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): [Politicians are failing to put the national interest first in infrastructure](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/politicians-are-failing-to-put-the) Gordon Campbell: [On cancer drugs, and the Great Ferries Cancellation Disaster of ’23](http://werewolf.co.nz/2024/06/gordon-campbell-on-cancer-drugs-and-the-great-ferries-cancellation-disaster-of-23/?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [Luxon assures he 'knows how to deliver economics' as Cook Strait ferry saga boils over](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350322733/luxon-assures-he-knows-how-deliver-economics-cook-strait-ferry-saga-boils-over?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): [Interislander debacle shows problems with state ownership](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350322519/interislander-debacle-shows-problems-state-ownership?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steve Maharey (Herald): [This Government should blame itself for the infrastructure hole it’s in](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/this-government-should-blame-itself-for-the-infrastructure-hole-its-in-steve-maharey/Y6E67MYID5FSRG22OSEMJF7NJA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): [Claims new ferry project will hit iRex price, for much less ship](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350322037/claims-new-ferry-project-will-hit-irex-price-much-less-ship?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emma Hatton (Newsroom): [KiwiRail confusion as rumours swirl around ferry construction and privatisation](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/26/kiwirail-rumours-swirl-around-ferry-construction-and-possible-privatisation/?ref=goodoil.news) Amelia Wade (Newshub): [Government refuses to rule out privatising KiwiRail amid revelations contractor spend tops $8m](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/06/government-refuses-to-rule-out-privatising-kiwirail-amid-revelations-contractor-spend-tops-8m.html?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Interislander could lose rail capability but stay with KiwiRail](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350322697/interislander-could-lose-rail-capability-stay-kiwirail?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Possible ferry cancellation liability 'hasn't been finalised' - Hipkins](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/520533/possible-ferry-cancellation-liability-hasn-t-been-finalised-hipkins?ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Christopher Luxon stands by scrapping Interislander project after Aratere debacle](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/06/christopher-luxon-stands-by-scrapping-interislander-project-after-aratere-debacle.html?ref=goodoil.news) Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): [A brief timeline of Cook Strait ferries](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-06-2024/a-brief-timeline-of-cook-strait-ferries?ref=goodoil.news) Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): [New Zealand is one big crappy flat with successive negligent landlords](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/26-06-2024/new-zealand-is-one-big-crappy-flat-with-successive-negligent-landlords?ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [KiwiRail board members may lose their jobs, call to release consultant cost](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwirail-board-members-could-lose-their-jobs-call-to-release-consultant-cost/LZJ37CC4ZNC7TDEUA5O6FYX7LU/?ref=goodoil.news) **CANCER DRUGS, HEALTH** Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [ Government's cancer funding announcement a catch-up, clean-up job](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/520501/power-play-government-s-cancer-funding-announcement-a-catch-up-clean-up-job?ref=goodoil.news) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Govt risks getting stuck in the short-term thinking trap](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/25/govt-risks-getting-stuck-in-the-short-term-thinking-trap/?ref=goodoil.news) Chelsea Daniel (Herald): [Front Page: Government’s Pharmac funding foreshadowing could have cost New Zealand](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/governments-pharmac-funding-foreshadowing-could-have-cost-new-zealand-the-front-page/OYSAPHB4IJH6ZGYPAYPD7HUKWE/?ref=goodoil.news) Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Luxon defends drug funding's effect on Budget, refuses to share total cost](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/520526/luxon-defends-drug-funding-s-effect-on-budget-refuses-to-share-total-cost?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Oncologist welcomes Pharmac funding boost, but warns over staffing](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/25/oncologist-welcomes-pharmac-funding-boost-but-warns-over-staffing/?ref=goodoil.news) Rodger Tiedemann (Post): [New medicine funding something to celebrate - but there’s a long way to go](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350322721/new-medicine-funding-something-celebrate-theres-long-way-go?ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): [Cancer drugs promise: Mixed reaction to news from patients](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520466/cancer-drugs-promise-mixed-reaction-to-news-from-patients?ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [I'm weirdly grateful for the Government's cancer drugs stuff-up](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/heather-du-plessis-allan-im-weirdly-grateful-for-the-governments-cancer-drugs-stuff-up/?ref=goodoil.news) Robert MacCulloch: [Seymour should've never politicized Pharmac by making National's Biggest Fundraiser, Paula Bennett, its Chair](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/seymour-should-never-have-politicized-pharmac-by-making-national-s-biggest-fundraiser-paula-bennett?ref=goodoil.news) Greg Presland (The Standard): [The great Pharmac backflip](https://thestandard.org.nz/the-great-pharmac-backflip/?ref=goodoil.news) Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): [Wellington has one MRI scanner operating, Health NZ has no plans to buy more](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520547/wellington-has-one-mri-scanner-operating-health-nz-has-no-plans-to-buy-more?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (Post): [Union tells allied staff: don't pick up work of missing staff](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350317475/union-tells-allied-staff-dont-pick-work-missing-staff?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT Editorial: [Looking after our graduate nurses](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/looking-after-our-graduate-nurses?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Fiona Ellis (ODT): [GP funding a matter of ‘survival’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/gp-funding-matter-%E2%80%98survival%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **1NEWS VERIAN POLL, PARLIAMENT** Felix Desmarais (1News): [Poll: Vast majority believe they will not be better off from Budget](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/25/poll-vast-majority-believe-they-will-not-be-better-off-from-budget/?ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (1News): [Poll: Government coalition makes up lost ground as NZ First lifts](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/25/poll-government-coalition-makes-up-lost-ground-as-nz-first-lifts/?ref=goodoil.news) Felix Desmarais (1News): [Govt ‘not resonating’ says Hipkins, but Luxon unmoved by poll](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/25/govt-not-resonating-says-hipkins-but-luxon-unmoved-by-poll/?ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse (Herald): [Prime Minister Christopher Luxon brushes off poll result as Kiwis deliver verdict on Budget 2024](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-brushes-off-poll-result-as-kiwis-deliver-verdict-on-budget-2024/UCL2KA7RWRFTZKS6TPBKRHSGDM/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Political parties not reading too much into latest poll](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/520558/political-parties-not-reading-too-much-into-latest-poll?ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett and Adam Pearse (Herald): [Governing coalition bounces back in new 1News Verian poll, Hipkins closes preferred PM gap](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/poll-governing-coalition-bounces-back-in-new-1news-verian-poll/ELIKEQAGUNDZHB6SY3BQMTFCO4/?ref=goodoil.news) Steven Cowan: [Chris Luxon is in no danger of being popular](https://nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2024/06/chris-luxon-is-in-no-danger-of-being.html?ref=goodoil.news) Post: [Beehive Briefing: Everything you need to know from today](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350322892/beehive-briefing-everything-you-need-know-today?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) No Right Turn: [Unbridled power again](https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/06/unbridled-power-again.html?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [Green MP Darleen Tana investigation now funded by party](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350322002/green-mp-darleen-tana-investigation-now-funded-party?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bryan Bruce: [Should We Ban Political Donations?](https://bryanbruce.substack.com/p/should-we-ban-political-donations) (paywalled) **WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL** Tom Hunt (Post): [D-Day is here for Wellington airport shares sale](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350322685/d-day-here-wellington-airport-shares-sale?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): [Legal threats, demands and mud-slinging as Wellington council mega-vote tension heats up](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350321253/legal-threats-demands-and-mud-slinging-wellington-council-mega-vote-tension-heats?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Diane Calvert (Post): [Wellington's ‘a city on the brink’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350322931/wellingtons-city-brink?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tim Brown (Post): [‘Don’t play the man and try to stick to the truth’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350322987/dont-play-man-and-try-stick-truth?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Erin Gourley (Post): [State of the art plant to solve Wellington’s stinky sludge problem](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350320856/state-art-plant-solve-wellingtons-stinky-sludge-problem?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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