> ## 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: 28 June 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-28-june-2024/ - Published: 2024-06-27T20:33:15.000Z - Updated: 2024-07-26T11:27:58.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS** Georgina Campbell and Azaria Howell (Herald): [Wellington City Council passes long-term plan, avoids Government intervention](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-city-council-passes-long-term-plan-avoids-government-intervention/WVLLF4AOT5ECVEP3IPJQ2RCFMQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Erin Gourley (Post): [Not the end for Wellington Airport shares, mayor's opponents say](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350325635/not-end-wellington-airport-shares-mayors-opponents-say?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Bid to stop Wellington Airport share sale fails](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520673/bid-to-stop-wellington-airport-share-sale-fails?ref=goodoil.news) Erin Gourley (Post): [Fury, bickering, points of order but the LTP has been passed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350320854/fury-bickering-points-order-ltp-has-been-passed?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Erin Gourley (Post): [In pictures: Wellington council’s tumultuous long-term plan debate](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350325658/pictures-wellington-councils-tumultuous-long-term-plan-debate?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Ratepayers across Wellington region face increases as long-term plans approved](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520733/ratepayers-across-wellington-region-face-increases-as-long-term-plans-approved?ref=goodoil.news) Bay of Plenty Times: [Bay of Plenty Regional Council green-lights Port of Tauranga share sell-down](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/bay-of-plenty-regional-council-green-lights-port-of-tauranga-share-sell-down/3OA7HKSVB5DY7KTRWRV5WCODRA/?ref=goodoil.news) Evan Harding (Southland Times): [Mayor's brother slammed for ‘disgraceful’ comments](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350324273/mayors-brother-slammed-disgraceful-comments?ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Ayling (Waikato Times/Post): [Free speech: an idiot detection device](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350324095/free-speech-idiot-detection-device?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Mather and Avina Vidyadharan (Waikato Times/Post): [Feel free to call me a ‘c..t’ - councillor defends potty-mouthed rant](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/350322525/feel-free-call-me-ct-councillor-defends-potty-mouthed-rant/?utm%5Fsource=stuff%5Farticle&utm%5Fmedium=referral) (paywalled) Al Williams (Herald): [Thames-Coromandel District Council snubs Chief Ombudsman’s recommendations for more transparency](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/council-snubs-chief-ombudsmans-recommendations-for-more-transparency/EEAOQ2FYFRAPJOMYZUQJADVL6Y/?ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Boyack (Post): [Big rate increases for Hutt Valley ratepayers](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350325133/big-rate-increases-hutt-valley-ratepayers?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Christchurch rates rise 'navigates choppy financial waters' - Mayor](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520684/christchurch-rates-rise-navigates-choppy-financial-waters-mayor?ref=goodoil.news) \---------- RNZ: [Half a million New Zealanders without access to safe drinking water](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520724/half-a-million-new-zealanders-without-access-to-safe-drinking-water?ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Councillor defends city’s ‘mature’ water system](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/councillor-defends-city%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98mature%E2%80%99-water-system?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **ENVIRONMENT** Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Shane Jones defends links to industry and diary omission](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/520710/shane-jones-defends-links-to-industry-and-diary-omission?ref=goodoil.news) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Govt will weaken methane target in defiance of Climate Commission – McClay](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/27/govt-will-weaken-methane-target-in-defiance-of-climate-commission-mcclay/?ref=goodoil.news) Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Methane reduction targets will be lowered if panel advises it, Agriculture Minister says](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/128470/senior-minister-todd-mcclay-will-accept-findings-expert-panel-which-has-been?ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [Climate change: Panel members revealed for review of country’s methane goals](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/climate-change-panel-members-revealed-for-review-of-countrys-methane-goals/4IPQ5S3RHFBJJB3V2MJYQHRO4U/?ref=goodoil.news) Christina Hood (Post): [Ministers should be accountable for policies that affect emissions](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350324959/ministers-should-be-accountable-policies-affect-emissions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) No Right Turn: [Climate Change: A strapped chicken "review"](https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/06/climate-change-strapped-chicken-review.html?ref=goodoil.news) Allan Brent: [An aquaculture Bill, property rights, and cans of worms](https://brentystwocents.substack.com/p/an-aquaculture-bill-property-rights) David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [Environment Canterbury investigates easier path for farmers to develop wetlands](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/environment-canterbury-investigates-easier-path-for-farmers-to-develop-wetlands/IW4QGMKZKBHX3FJDQHCVW6TLVI/?ref=goodoil.news) Marty Verry (BusinessDesk): [Time to push go on Building for Climate Change programme](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/time-to-push-go-on-building-for-climate-change-programme?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **PARLIAMENT** 1News: [Exclusive: John Campbell asks Golriz Ghahraman why she threw it all away](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/27/exclusive-john-campbell-asks-golriz-ghahraman-why-she-threw-it-all-away/?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Golriz Ghahraman fined for shoplifting, denied discharge without conviction](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/06/27/golriz-ghahraman-fined-for-shoplifting-denied-discharge-without-conviction/?ref=goodoil.news) Maia Ingoe (RNZ): [Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman convicted, ordered to pay fine and court costs](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520688/former-green-party-mp-golriz-ghahraman-convicted-ordered-to-pay-fine-and-court-costs?ref=goodoil.news) Jogai Bhatt (RNZ): [What is 'loss-reactive shoplifting', cited in Golriz Ghahraman's court case?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/520731/what-is-loss-reactive-shoplifting-cited-in-golriz-ghahraman-s-court-case?ref=goodoil.news) Newstalk ZB: [Does Golriz Ghahraman have a future in the legal sector?](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/craig-kapitan-nz-herald-crime-reporter-on-ex-green-mp-golriz-ghahraman-being-convicted-for-shoplifting/?ref=goodoil.news) Simon Wilson (Herald): [Moana Jackson’s dream for Aotearoa](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/matariki-reflecting-on-moana-jacksons-dream-for-aotearoa/V2MG645SM5BXVKQCLKOJJ6R5UI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Metiria Stanton-Turei (ODT): [A Maori parliament need not be like the one we know](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/maori-parliament-need-not-be-one-we-know?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Post): [Luxon still wants to move into Premier House, four months on](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350325774/luxon-still-wants-move-premier-house-four-months?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Arena Williams, Stuart Smith (Stuff): [In the end, the taxpayer pays](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350320458/end-taxpayer-pays?ref=goodoil.news) Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): [Has Progressivism Peaked?](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/has-progressivism-peaked) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Chlöe Swarbrick still believes the Greens can overtake Labour as the voice of the left](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350325050/chloe-swarbrick-still-believes-greens-can-overtake-labour-voice-left?ref=goodoil.news) Tova O’Brien (Stuff): [Tova podcast: Chlöe Swarbrick on Golriz Ghahraman, Darleen Tana and the Greens’ future](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350325116/tova-podcast-chloe-swarbrick-golriz-ghahraman-darleen-tana-and-greens-future?ref=goodoil.news) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Government’s spooky timing on law-and-order push; the coalition ‘cracks’ that weren’t; minister’s magical cocktail](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/governments-spooky-timing-on-law-and-order-push-the-coalition-cracks-that-werent-ministers-magical-cocktail-claire-trevett/PUMPVNIDJ5GHNCUFBOVV5XIQEE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Post: [Briefing from the Beehive: What you need to know from today](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350325911/briefing-beehive-what-you-need-know-today?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Saying sorry, fixing ferries, power problems disagreement](https://www.nbr.co.nz/beehive-banter/saying-sorry-fixing-ferries-power-problems-and-disagreement/?ref=goodoil.news) Newsroom: [Raw Politics: The glasses clink in the coalition bunker](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/27/raw-politics-the-glasses-clink-in-the-coalition-bunker/?ref=goodoil.news) **TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE** Peter Dunne (Newsroom): [NZ is at an infrastructural breaking point](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/06/27/nz-is-at-an-infrastructural-breaking-point/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ, Amelia Wade (Newshub): [Government unveils 10-year transport plan, including several new road tolls and increased petrol tax](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/06/government-unveils-10-year-transport-plan-including-several-new-road-tolls-and-increased-petrol-tax.html?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Transport minister suggests all Roads of National Significance to be tolled](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/520683/watch-government-unveils-transport-plan-after-feedback?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [Car registration fees to rise to pay for $22b transport plan](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350325267/car-registration-fees-rise-pay-22b-transport-plan?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Claire Trevett (Herald): [Transport Minister Simeon Brown unrepentant about cuts to cycle lane funding to pay for potholes and roads in Govt transport plan](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/transport-minister-simeon-brown-unrepentant-about-cuts-to-cycle-lane-funding-to-pay-for-potholes-and-roads-in-govt-transport-plan/ETM7Z2BF5REI7FIJ3ZN6MAVZWY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Govt sets $22b transport plan, lowers debt repayment track](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/govt-sets-22b-transport-plan-lowers-debt-repayment-track?ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Exclusive: KiwiRail CEO Peter Reidy on future of Cook Strait Interislander ferries after turbulent week](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/exclusive-kiwirail-ceo-peter-reidy-on-future-of-cook-strait-interislander-ferries-after-turbulant-week/SCQBJJ5I3RHXJLCUPCZQVUE53M/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrea Fox (Herald): [All eyes on Govt to end the state-run Cook Strait ferry service fiasco with a speedy decision](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/all-eyes-now-on-govt-to-end-the-state-run-cook-strait-ferry-service-fiasco-with-a-speedy-decision/O2MKGNNAHZAARB5KRTVAMZXBFU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): [State-Owned Enterprises Minister Paul Goldsmith says no plans to sell KiwiRail amid ferry crisis](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/06/state-owned-enterprises-minister-paul-goldsmith-says-no-plans-to-sell-kiwirail-amid-ferry-crisis.html?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Hunter (NBR): [Let’s privatise Interislander](https://www.nbr.co.nz/hunters-corner/lets-privatise-interislander/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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