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# NZ Politics Daily: 29 July 2024
- URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-29-july-2024/
- Published: 2024-07-28T20:37:57.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-28T22:00:20.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

*Republished with Permission*  
  
Author: **Bryce Edwards** 
  
**ABUSE IN CARE**  
Aaron Smale (Newsroom): [Finally heard, seen – and believed](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/27/finally-heard-seen-and-believed/?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [John Campbell asks Nikki Hurst: How safe are NZ kids in state care now?](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/28/john-campbell-asks-nikki-hurst-how-safe-are-nz-kids-in-state-care-now/?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Weekes (Herald): [Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry: Survivor network says some victims overlooked, risks to children remain](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/abuse-in-care-royal-commission-of-inquiry-survivor-network-says-some-victims-overlooked-risks-to-children-remain/POPXYOVYL5D2VE3D6C62XFUQLY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Royal Commission into Abuse in Care raises tough questions for current Government](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350354984/royal-commission-abuse-care-raises-tough-questions-current-government?ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): [Either the Government pays compensation to every victim or to no one](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/abuse-in-state-care-either-the-government-pays-compensation-to-every-victim-or-to-no-one-heather-du-plessis-allan/E6MQIXCRT5D73DGVZYRABQYSNM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Gordon Campbell: [On the Royal Commission inquiry into abuse in care](http://werewolf.co.nz/2024/07/gordon-campbell-on-the-royal-commission-report-into-abuse-in-care/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Max Rashbrooke (Post): [The poverty pipeline which delivers the victims of abuse in care](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350356334/poverty-pipeline-which-delivers-victims-abuse-care?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Aaron Smale (Listener): [As Abuse in Care report is released, ghosts of war and the 28th Māori Battalion come calling](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/as-abuse-in-care-report-is-released-ghosts-of-war-and-the-28th-maori-battalion-come-calling/V2CWZUFDNNFEZM7LLY2OMZN4D4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
ODT Editorial: [A horrific stain on New Zealand](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/horrific-stain-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [‘Dark shadow’: historic day must lead to historic actions](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/%E2%80%98dark-shadow%E2%80%99-historic-day-must-lead-historic-actions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Mediawatch: Lifting the lid - or turning a blind eye?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018948666/lifting-the-lid-or-turning-a-blind-eye?ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea): [It’s hard to give evil a name](https://waateanews.com/2024/07/28/its-hard-to-give-evil-a-name/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Abuse in Care apology hollow if boot camps continue](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/abuse-in-care-apology-hollow-if-boot-camps-continue-sasha-borissenko/6TJGON4RAFEHNAA2TMMLLS33TA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
NIva Chittock (RNZ): [Government boot camp starts, no NZDF facilities to be used](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523423/government-boot-camp-starts-no-nzdf-facilities-to-be-used?ref=goodoil.news)  
Neil Ballantyne (Reimagining Social Work): [Close the racist boot camps!](https://reimaginingsocialwork.nz/2024/07/26/close-the-boot-camps/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Māori leader says government's controversial boot camps the wrong approach](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/523257/maori-leader-says-government-s-controversial-boot-camps-the-wrong-approach?ref=goodoil.news)  
Greg Presland (The Standard): [A short history of National’s fascination with boot camps](https://thestandard.org.nz/a-short-history-of-nationals-fascination-with-boot-camps/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Paul Buchanan: [About boot camps](https://www.kiwipolitico.com/2024/07/about-boot-camps/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Military academies - let them give it a crack](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-military-academies-let-them-give-it-a-crack/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim Scott and Grant Miller (ODT): [Embattled chief executive resigns](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/embattled-chief-executive-resigns?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim Scott (ODT): [Records could have been ‘very detrimental’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/records-could-have-been-%E2%80%98very-detrimental%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Michael Morrah (Herald): [Abuse in Care records: NZ Law Society president Frazer Barton on leave after complaints laid](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/abuse-in-care-records-nz-law-society-president-frazer-barton-on-leave-after-complaints-laid/E5LPU2I4LFESHLRVPFKZGBQWWQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Law Society president to take 'leave of absence' while complaint against him addressed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523269/law-society-president-to-take-leave-of-absence-while-complaint-against-him-addressed?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Morrah (Herald): [Abuse in Care records: Second complaint against NZ Law Society president Frazer Barton over advice to church group](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/abuse-in-care-records-second-complaint-against-nz-law-society-president-frazer-barton-over-advice-to-church/Q7L6RW6CVZB6PKCNGHM6GGHMDE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Lawyer denies advising Presbyterian Support Otago to destroy record](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523195/lawyer-denies-advising-presbyterian-support-otago-to-destroy-record?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Abuse in Care inquiry: Judith Collins warns of possible prosecutions if records destroyed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523250/abuse-in-care-inquiry-judith-collins-warns-of-possible-prosecutions-if-records-destroyed?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Focus on Politics: Abuse in care report delivers survivors' demands for justice](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/focusonpolitics/audio/2018948332/abuse-in-care-report-delivers-survivors-demands-for-justice?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): [Waiting for justice: Abuse survivors call for decisive Government action](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350355304/waiting-justice-abuse-survivors-call-decisive-government-action?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): [‘I have to have faith’ ‒ Māori survivors react to abuse in care report](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350347238/i-have-have-faith-maori-survivors-react-abuse-care-report?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernie O’Donnell (Herald): [Abuse in care report: I went to represent myself and my two late brothers](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/abuse-in-care-i-went-to-represent-myself-and-my-two-late-brothers-who-were-also-abused-bernie-odonnell/IAKW3R66Z5AN7DUJAQ2XH4AIDE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Former Jehovah's Witnesses welcome inquiry's findings of 'credible evidence' of abuse](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/abuseincare/523286/former-jehovah-s-witnesses-welcome-inquiry-s-findings-of-credible-evidence-of-abuse?ref=goodoil.news)  
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): [Abuse in Care inquiry: Call for Pacific focused redress pathway](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/523219/abuse-in-care-inquiry-call-for-pacific-focused-redress-pathway?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Fisher (Herald): [Revealed: The 1992 police inquiry into ‘paedophile’ politicians and public servants and what it found](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/revealed-the-1992-police-inquiry-into-paedophile-politicians-and-public-servants-and-what-it-found/JHXNPQCDAJBJ5CGEYZNAVVHTQI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Julia Gabel (Herald): [Prime Minister encourages people with information relating to alleged 80s politician paedophile ring to come forward](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/prime-minister-encourages-people-with-information-relating-to-alleged-80s-politician-paedophile-ring-to-come-forward/VHEUEJXYYVD3VIYN2A63JYY5LA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Christopher Luxon calls for witnesses to alleged '80s politician paedophile ring to speak out](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523233/christopher-luxon-calls-for-witnesses-to-alleged-80s-politician-paedophile-ring-to-speak-out?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Smith (RNZ): [The House: MPs on the Abuse in Care report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-house/audio/2018948548/mps-on-the-abuse-in-care-report?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mountain Tui: [Will the real PM Luxon please stand up?](https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/will-the-real-pm-luxon-please-stand)  
  
**GREENS**  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Green Party party drags out process to evict now independent MP Darleen Tana](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/green-party-party-drags-out-process-to-evict-now-independent-mp-darleen-tana-thomas-coughlan/MLUBPNO6WZE2JEZDHSLNG4WYEQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Swarbrick rallies Green troops as Tana saga drags on](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/29/swarbrick-rallies-green-troops-as-tana-saga-drags-on/?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: Darleen Tana: [200 Green delegates to vote on MP's future in weeks](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/28/darleen-tana-200-green-delegates-to-vote-on-mps-future-in-weeks/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Darleen Tana drama could end in a month, following Green conference](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/greens-look-to-the-future-whilst-agonising-about-the-past/KDIONFK4MBH45EL2YLUXEK2EYQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Stuff): [Former Green MPs back call to dump Darleen Tana from Parliament](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350358211/former-green-mps-back-call-dump-darleen-tana-parliament?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Stuff): [Ruptures emerge over Greens’ handling of Darleen Tana](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350358045/greens-hold-media-conference-ex-green-mp-darleen-tana?ref=goodoil.news)  
Giles Dexter (RNZ): [Green Party fractures start to show over Darleen Tana debate](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523416/green-party-fractures-start-to-show-over-darleen-tana-debate?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Three Green party members quit over treatment of Darleen Tana](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523412/three-green-party-members-quit-over-treatment-of-darleen-tana?ref=goodoil.news)  
Waatea News: [Roopu Pasifika leaves Green Party in pieces](https://waateanews.com/2024/07/28/roopu-pasifika-leaves-green-party-in-pieces/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Greens set deadline to decide Tana’s fate](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/28/greens-set-deadline-to-decide-tanas-fate/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Chlöe Swarbrick tells Greens to ‘evolve’ as Darleen Tana hangs over AGM](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chloe-swarbrick-tells-greens-to-evolve-as-darleen-tana-hangs-over-agm/RNGY5SAQMFBLPG2Y65XT5N6ZZU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Stuff): [Waka-jumping the elephant in the Green Party room](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350357851/waka-jumping-elephant-green-party-room?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Green Party co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick speaks at annual general meeting](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/523326/green-party-co-leader-chloe-swarbrick-speaks-at-annual-general-meeting?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [G-Day as Greens to debate booting Darleen Tana from Parliament](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/g-day-as-greens-to-debate-booting-darleen-tana-from-parliament/OY6RKXQOHZG6LCHBT2PA3BODQI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Giles Dexter (RNZ): [Green AGM: Party processes will be respected on Darleen Tana issue, Chlöe Swarbrick says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/523281/green-agm-party-processes-will-be-respected-on-darleen-tana-issue-chloe-swarbrick-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Stuff): [Greens AGM to grapple with gnarly waka-jumping questions](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350356982/greens-agm-grapple-gnarly-waka-jumping-questions?ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig Kapitan (Herald): [Golriz Ghahraman theft case: Court documents used by judge in ex-Green MP’s sentencing released](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/golriz-ghahraman-theft-case-court-documents-show-evidence-used-by-judge-in-ex-green-mps-sentencing/7B3EC36OCVDITFAQFGTNHQPNWU/?ref=goodoil.news)

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