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Author: Bryce Edwards
GREENS
Herald: Law expert Andrew Geddis discusses Darleen Tana’s decision to take the Green Party to court
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Former Green MP Darleen Tana takes last stand with legal challenge
Thomas Couglan (Herald): Darleen Tana saga: Greens head to court over the right to hold a meeting
RNZ: MP heads to court to stop meeting that could evict them from Parliament
Sam Smith and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Darleen Tana files legal proceedings against Green Party
1News: Darleen Tana files legal proceedings against Greens
Isaac Gunson (Whakaata Māori): Darleen Tana takes Swarbrick and Greens to court to stop waka-jumping vote
Kelly Dennett and Anna Whyte (Post): Darleen Tana files legal proceedings against Green Party (paywalled)
Hikurangi Jackson (Whakaata Māori): ‘Pretty cooked’ - Chlöe Swarbrick on the state of Aotearoa politics
PARLIAMENT
Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): Can an election really be fair if one party has four times more money than the other?
Phil Smith (RNZ): Stop the questions: a coach steps in to end the fight
Peter Dunne: Labour Risks Fouling Up Tax Policy - Again
RNZ: 'Capital income tax' just an internal debate at this stage - Chris Hipkins
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): The Irish tax that’s caught Labour’s eye: What is it and how is it seen there? (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Privileges committee sides with speaker Adrian Rurawhe over suppression issue involving Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi
Post: Beehive Briefing: Luxon ditches the suit in Tonga (paywalled)
MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS, TREATY, MĀORI WARDS
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Sovereignty debate split on party lines
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Iwi write to PM demanding recognition Māori did not cede sovereignty
Isaac Gunson (Whakaata Māori): Two iwi pen scathing open letter refuting Luxon’s Crown sovereignty claim
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Planned marine title changes not Treaty compliant, Crown witness admits
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Herald columnist calls Stuff Columnist ‘dickhead’ as they debated Don Brash, Hobson’s Pledge and Māori rights
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): The new Foreshore and Seabed confiscation highlights how wrong Hobson’s Pledge advert was
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The Goldsmith scandal is no scandal
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Tom Hunt (Post): Minister doubling down on $350k cost to councils (paywalled)
James Perry (Te Ao Māori News): The only way to keep Māori wards is for Māori to vote for them
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): ECan stands firm on Ngāi Tahu representation
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Māori ward supporters to hold rally ahead of Whangārei District Council vote
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua Lakes Council to hold binding Māori ward poll at 2025 election
RNZ: Canterbury Regional Council rejects minister's request to remove iwi representation
George Heagney (Stuff): Tararua District Council votes to retain Māori ward
RNZ: Northland Regional Council votes to keep Māori wards
RNZ: Hawke's Bay Regional Council votes unanimously to keep Māori wards
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