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Author: Bryce Edwards
GOVERNMENT
Fox Meyer and Laura Walters (Newsroom): Official concerns about haste and dearth of evidence in Govt’s first year
Virginia Fallon (Post): Lost at sea: a curious case of missing consultation (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Poll results: Who does NZ think is in control of the coalition Government?
Brent Edwards (NBR): After a good first year, Coalition faces challenges ahead (paywalled)
Barry Soper (Herald): Coalitions in the past have been fraught, and this one is no different
Verity Johnson (Stuff): Luxon is PM because there’s no one else
Leanne Dalziel (Newsroom): ‘Eyes wide open’ – one year of Luxon-speak
Thomas Manch (Post): The Annual Report: ACT, NZ First move on Treaty angst as National seeks moderate ground (paywalled)
Joseph Los’e (Herald): David Seymour demands apology from Willie Jackson before Treaty debate
Gavin Ellis (Asia Pacific Report): Cynical politics reported on world stage damage NZ’s reputation
Allan Brent: The Principles, revisted
Ian Taylor (Stuff): Stick to what you know? When rugby, politics and dancing collide
Malcolm McKinnon (Democracy Project): Māori and other nationalisms
Matt Nippert (Herald): Shelling out: How taxpayer spent $52m buying into a loss-making mussel farm (paywalled)
Michael Morrah (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon claims he’d be comfortable living next to new radioactive waste facility
OneRoof: PM's real estate hat trick: Christopher Luxon sells third rental property this year
Spinoff: Gone By Lunchtime Podcast: Christopher Luxon’s big first birthday boil-up
HEALTH
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Shortsighted, 'shameful' and 'ludicrous' - reaction to more jobs axed in health sector
Rachel Thomas (Post): ‘It’s just sick’: Hundreds of public health staff face layoffs
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Te Whatu Ora staff 'filled with anxiety' over proposed job cuts
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Nearly 1500 more Te Whatu Ora roles face axe, PSA says
Azaria Howell (Herald): Public sector cuts: Health NZ plans to axe nearly 1500 more roles, union says
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Health NZ proposing to lay off 1500 staff, union says
Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Soft, ineffective’: Academic blasts Casey Costello’s smokefree strategy
Felix Walton (RNZ): Government unveils Smokefree 2025 action plan
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Cardiac patient dies while lab down
Mary Williams (ODT): Change in project leadership criticised
Phil Pennington (RNZ):Health NZ's project to pay $2b back to staff makes slow progress
Jason Walls (Newstalk ZB): Revealed: Mike King’s message to Mental Health Minister following controversial alcohol comments
Greg Presland (The Standard): National’s dodgy health announcements
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): ‘Literal life and death’: Menopause patch users launch petition as Pharmac switches supplier
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Helen Baxter and the importance of a consistent HRT provider
RNZ: University of Auckland opens Autism Research Clinic
ECONOMY, OCR
Thomas Manch (Post):'I love Winston’: Christopher Luxon on his deputy's criticisms (paywalled)
Grant Duncan: Luxon said he'd grow the economy. Is he keeping his promise?
Richard Harman (Politik): Look out Nicola, your surplus is slipping (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: OCR cut and interest rates drop but the party hasn’t started yet
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): OCR: Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr warns borrowers to temper expectations around mortgage rates cuts (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): RBNZ is doing its job, now for the Government’s growth plan (paywalled)
RNZ: OCR cut: 'We are on the right path' - Luxon
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Adrian Orr signals another 50 basis points cut in February
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Another chunky OCR cut likely before summer fades (paywalled)
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Reserve Bank cuts the Official Cash Rate by 50 points to 4.25%
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Banks move in wake of OCR cut
David Hargreaves (Interest): The Reserve Bank cut rates as expected but surprised the markets with a relatively 'hawkish' view of any future reductions in the OCR
David Chasten (Interest): The flurry of changes for home loan rates extends to fixed rates
David Chaston (Interest): Banks cut floating rates after the OCR reduction. Test rate cuts too
1News: Interest rate relief: 'Confident' Reserve Bank cuts OCR to 4.25%
1News: Major banks move to cut home loan rates after OCR fall
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Reserve Bank cuts official cash rate by 0.5% (paywalled)
Deborah Morris (Post): Banks swiftly follow RBNZ’s official cash rate cut
Mike Grimshaw (Plain Sight): An Abundance Agenda manifesto for Aotearoa
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