> ## 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: 29 August 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-29-august-2024/ - Published: 2024-08-28T20:22:14.000Z - Updated: 2024-08-29T21:00:33.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **GREENS** **Herald:** [**Law expert Andrew Geddis discusses Darleen Tana’s decision to take the Green Party to court**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/law-expert-andrew-geddis-discusses-darleen-tanas-decision-to-take-the-green-party-to-court/PIFKSUWMGRBSTNRBPR5PIAG7RY/?ref=goodoil.news) **Bridie Witton (Stuff):** [**Former Green MP Darleen Tana takes last stand with legal challenge**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350394970/former-green-mp-darleen-tana-takes-last-stand-legal-challenge?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Couglan (Herald):** [**Darleen Tana saga: Greens head to court over the right to hold a meeting**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/darleen-tana-saga-greens-head-to-court-over-the-right-to-hold-a-meeting/KX5PENQT2RELZMGCZYFAI5PUSU/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**MP heads to court to stop meeting that could evict them from Parliament**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/526440/mp-heads-to-court-to-stop-meeting-that-could-evict-them-from-parliament?ref=goodoil.news) **Sam Smith and Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Darleen Tana files legal proceedings against Green Party**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350394870/darleen-tana-files-legal-proceedings-against-green-party?ref=goodoil.news) **1News:** [**Darleen Tana files legal proceedings against Greens**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/08/28/darleen-tana-files-legal-proceedings-against-greens/?ref=goodoil.news) **Isaac Gunson (Whakaata Māori):** [**Darleen Tana takes Swarbrick and Greens to court to stop waka-jumping vote**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/28/darleen-tana-takes-swarbrick-and-greens-to-court-to-stop-waka-jumping-vote/?ref=goodoil.news) **Kelly Dennett and Anna Whyte (Post):** [**Darleen Tana files legal proceedings against Green Party**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350394868/darleen-tana-files-legal-proceedings-against-green-party?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Hikurangi Jackson (Whakaata Māori):** [**‘Pretty cooked’ - Chlöe Swarbrick on the state of Aotearoa politics**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/28/pretty-cooked-chloe-swarbrick-on-the-state-of-aotearoa-politics/?ref=goodoil.news) **PARLIAMENT** **Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff):** [**Can an election really be fair if one party has four times more money than the other?**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-08-2024/can-an-election-really-be-fair-if-one-party-has-four-times-more-money-than-the-other?ref=goodoil.news) **Phil Smith (RNZ):** [**Stop the questions: a coach steps in to end the fight**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-house/audio/2018952979/stop-the-questions-a-coach-steps-in-to-end-the-fight?ref=goodoil.news) **Peter Dunne:** [**Labour Risks Fouling Up Tax Policy - Again**](http://honpfd.blogspot.com/2024/08/over-recent-elections-tax-policy-has.html?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**'Capital income tax' just an internal debate at this stage - Chris Hipkins**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/526371/capital-income-tax-just-an-internal-debate-at-this-stage-chris-hipkins?ref=goodoil.news) **Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post):** [**The Irish tax that’s caught Labour’s eye: What is it and how is it seen there?**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350335171/irish-tax-thats-caught-labours-eye-what-it-and-how-it-seen-there?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Privileges committee sides with speaker Adrian Rurawhe over suppression issue involving Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/privileges-committee-sides-with-speaker-adrian-rurawhe-over-suppression-issue-involving-te-pati-maori-co-leader-rawiri-waititi/XGMVQQMFX5CJNDGKJV4KJ3RUJI/?ref=goodoil.news) **Post:** [**Beehive Briefing: Luxon ditches the suit in Tonga**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350394206/beehive-briefing-luxon-ditches-suit-tonga?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS, TREATY, MĀORI WARDS** **Lillian Hanly (RNZ):** [**Sovereignty debate split on party lines**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/526451/sovereignty-debate-split-on-party-lines?ref=goodoil.news) **Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ):** [**Iwi write to PM demanding recognition Māori did not cede sovereignty**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/526393/iwi-write-to-pm-demanding-recognition-maori-did-not-cede-sovereignty?ref=goodoil.news) **Isaac Gunson (Whakaata Māori):** [**Two iwi pen scathing open letter refuting Luxon’s Crown sovereignty claim**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/28/two-iwi-pen-scathing-open-letter-refuting-luxons-crown-sovereignty-claim/?ref=goodoil.news) **Pokere Paewai (RNZ):** [**Planned marine title changes not Treaty compliant, Crown witness admits**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/526394/planned-marine-title-changes-not-treaty-compliant-crown-witness-admits?ref=goodoil.news) **Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog):** [**Herald columnist calls Stuff Columnist ‘dickhead’ as they debated Don Brash, Hobson’s Pledge and Māori rights**](https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/08/29/waatea-news-column-herald-columnist-calls-stuff-columnist-dickhead-as-they-debated-don-brash-hobsons-pledge-and-maori-rights/?ref=goodoil.news) **Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News):** [**The new Foreshore and Seabed confiscation highlights how wrong Hobson’s Pledge advert was**](https://waateanews.com/2024/08/27/the-new-foreshore-and-seabed-confiscation-highlights-how-wrong-hobsons-pledge-advert-was/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB):** [**The Goldsmith scandal is no scandal**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-the-goldsmith-scandal-is-no-scandal/?ref=goodoil.news) **—————** **Tom Hunt (Post):** [**Minister doubling down on $350k cost to councils**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350393853/minister-doubling-down-350k-cost-councils?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **James Perry (Te Ao Māori News):** [**The only way to keep Māori wards is for Māori to vote for them**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/08/29/the-only-way-to-keep-maori-wards-is-for-maori-to-vote-for-them/?ref=goodoil.news) **David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**ECan stands firm on Ngāi Tahu representation**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350394783/ecan-stands-firm-ngai-tahu-representation?ref=goodoil.news) **Peter de Graaf (RNZ):** [**Māori ward supporters to hold rally ahead of Whangārei District Council vote**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526415/maori-ward-supporters-to-hold-rally-ahead-of-whangarei-district-council-vote?ref=goodoil.news) **Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting):** [**Rotorua Lakes Council to hold binding Māori ward poll at 2025 election**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rotorua-lakes-council-to-hold-binding-maori-ward-poll-at-2025-election/FODERKASOVEDXJQE7KWOHZFIAA/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Canterbury Regional Council rejects minister's request to remove iwi representation**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526431/canterbury-regional-council-rejects-minister-s-request-to-remove-iwi-representation?ref=goodoil.news) **George Heagney (Stuff):** [**Tararua District Council votes to retain Māori ward**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350393893/tararua-district-council-votes-retain-maori-ward?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Northland Regional Council votes to keep Māori wards**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/526366/northland-regional-council-votes-to-keep-maori-wards?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Hawke's Bay Regional Council votes unanimously to keep Māori wards**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526406/hawke-s-bay-regional-council-votes-unanimously-to-keep-maori-wards?ref=goodoil.news) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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