> ## 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: 3 July 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-3-july-2024/ - Published: 2024-07-02T20:11:09.000Z - Updated: 2024-07-26T11:27:56.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **MEDIA** Duncan Greive (Spinoff): [An abrupt U-turn from National, a brave new world for news in New Zealand](https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/03-07-2024/an-abrupt-u-turn-from-national-a-brave-new-world-for-news-in-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Murphy (Newsroom): [Ministers will shake the Facebook and Google money tree for NZ media](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/02/ministers-will-shake-the-facebook-and-google-money-tree-for-nz-media/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: ['Terrible precedent' - Expert concerns about Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/521139/terrible-precedent-expert-concerns-about-fair-digital-news-bargaining-bill?ref=goodoil.news) Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [Why Paul Goldsmith's "good cop" routine is doomed to fail](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/government-shows-weakness-with-media?utm%5Fsource=post-email-title&publication%5Fid=478996&post%5Fid=146188473&utm%5Fcampaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=2peuab&triedRedirect=true&utm%5Fmedium=email) (paywalled) David Farrar: [Stupid Government backing Willie’s bill](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/07/stupid%5Fgovernment%5Fbacking%5Fwillies%5Fbill.html?ref=goodoil.news) Chris Lynch: [Paul Goldsmith’s Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill will decimate local news](https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/opinion-paul-goldsmiths-fair-digital-news-bargaining-bill-will-decimate-local-news/?ref=goodoil.news) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): [An unexpected (and overdue) helping hand for the media](https://thespinoff.substack.com/p/an-unexpected-and-overdue-helping) Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): [Digital Bill announced as Newshub murdered](https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/07/03/digital-bill-announced-as-newshub-murdered/?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [Goldsmith’s media move; “unprincipled” “sop”](https://www.politik.co.nz/goldsmiths-unprincipled-sop/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Felix Desmarais (1News): [Media crisis: Govt outlines plan to open up revenue stream](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/02/media-in-crisis-govt-outlines-plan-to-open-up-revenue-stream/?ref=goodoil.news) Mark Quilivan (Newshub): [ACT Party 'agrees to disagree' with National on Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill - David Seymour](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/07/act-party-agrees-to-disagree-with-national-on-fair-digital-news-bargaining-bill-david-seymour.html?ref=goodoil.news) Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Mediawatch: Digital news Bill backing a big shift by government](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/mediawatch/audio/2018945065/digital-news-bill-backing-a-big-shift-by-government?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Coalition to press ahead with Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/521044/coalition-to-press-ahead-with-fair-digital-news-bargaining-bill?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Digital news bill help for sector ‘under enormous pressure’, says minister](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350328288/digital-news-bill-help-sector-under-enormous-pressure-says-minister?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Patrick Gower (Newshub): [That was f\*\*king Newshub](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2024/07/newshub-closure-that-was-f-king-newshub-by-patrick-gower.html?ref=goodoil.news) Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: Newshub closure – former MediaWorks chief executive Mark Weldon breaks silence; 6pm TV advertising battle heats up](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider-newshub-closure-former-mediaworks-chief-executive-mark-weldon-breaks-silence-three-slashes-ad-rates/FDZ7ZSKT2RE5DKUXUAUJAYZCWQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): [More media cuts? Whakaata Māori prepares for $9.5m funding decrease](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/07/02/more-media-cuts-whakaata-maori-prepares-for-95m-funding-decrease/?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Smith (Stuff): [Whakaata Māori facing a $9.5 million funding decrease](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350329683/whakaata-maori-facing-95-million-funding-decrease?ref=goodoil.news) Chelsea Daniels (Herald): [Front Page: NZ media shake-up: Shortland Street’s lifeline, Newshub’s final goodbye, and a new look 6pm bulletin](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-media-shake-up-shortland-streets-lifeline-newshubs-final-goodbye-and-a-new-look-6pm-bulletin-the-front-page/YSGCHS2IHFF2HEUMVAIKERAT4U/?ref=goodoil.news) Russell Brown (Listener): [The final countdown: Just four days before Stuff takes on broadcast news](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/the-countdown-is-on-just-four-days-before-stuff-takes-on-broadcast-news/JNFIU3H5LRFPVDS6OPYHPIUPLA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emily Brookes (Stuff): [Here’s what will replace Newshub’s bulletins and AM show](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350329122/heres-what-will-replace-newshubs-bulletins-and-am-show?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Award-winning academics, NZ journalists headline Pacific media conference in Fiji](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/521103/award-winning-academics-nz-journalists-headline-pacific-media-conference-in-fiji?ref=goodoil.news) Centrist: [We don’t think there is balance in the media coverage of National and the Greens](https://centrist.co.nz/we-dont-think-there-is-balance-in-the-media-coverage-of-national-and-the-greens/?ref=goodoil.news) **TRANSPORT** Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Welcome Project Orange: the new name for project to replace ferries](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/welcome-project-orange-the-new-name-for-project-to-replace-ferries/JN3SYPUJ6NEVLHLAS4FFPZBIEE/?ref=goodoil.news) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Government ministers raise concerns about financial outlook and safety record at KiwiRail](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ministers-raise-concerns-about-financial-outlook-and-safety-record-at-kiwirail/P423DFWV2RDDDHAHXHXJPMUXMY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Michael Daly (Stuff): [Class surveyor on board Aratere in ‘crucial’ stage to get the Interislander ferry going again](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/350329072/class-surveyor-board-aratere-crucial-stage-get-interislander-ferry-going-again?ref=goodoil.news) Deborah Morris (Post): [KiwiRail to be sentenced over drifting ferry](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350328819/kiwirail-be-sentenced-over-drifting-ferry?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [KiwiRail board directors Rachel Pinn and Ed Sims resign after chairman David McLean retires early](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwirail-board-directors-rachel-pinn-and-ed-sims-resign-after-chairman-david-mclean-retires-early/J7CHZZAVNZFJDFQNEOTJO65C3U/?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Two KiwiRail board members resign amid Govt 'refresh'](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/02/two-kiwirail-board-members-resign-amid-govt-refresh/?ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [KiwiRail directors resign after Willis calls for 'board refresh'](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/kiwirail-directors-resign-after-willis-calls-for-board-refresh?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Bluebridge ferries cancellations add to Cook Strait crossing woes](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/521074/bluebridge-ferries-cancellations-add-to-cook-strait-crossing-woes?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt scraps unlimited free driver licence test re-sits](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/02/govt-scraps-unlimited-free-driver-licence-test-re-sits/?ref=goodoil.news) Newshub: [Big change to driver's licence tests coming, Transport Minister Simeon Brown announces](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/07/big-change-to-driver-s-licence-tests-coming-transport-minister-simeon-brown-announces.html?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government scales back free driver's licence re-sits over wait times](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/521088/government-scales-back-free-driver-s-licence-re-sits-over-wait-times?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [Only one free driver licence resit from July 8](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350329506/only-one-free-driver-licence-resit-july-8?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alan Granville (Stuff): [Air New Zealand flight takes off for Shanghai. Nine hours later it lands back in Auckland](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/350328774/air-new-zealand-flight-takes-shanghai-nine-hours-later-it-lands-back-auckland?ref=goodoil.news) Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): [How a NZ council is saving up to $3000 a day on roadworks](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/07/02/how-a-nz-council-is-saving-up-to-3000-a-day-on-roadworks/?ref=goodoil.news) Julie Jacobson (Post): [Traffic light crossing bonanza raises hackles](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350327978/traffic-light-crossing-bonanza-raises-hackles?ref=goodoil.news) **GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT** Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Govt drops the name ‘fast-track’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/07/02/govt-drops-the-name-fast-track/?ref=goodoil.news) Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [Nicola Willis opposes calls to establish unit to monitor government finances, as concerns over credibility of budgets are flagged](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/nicola-willis-walks-back-support-for-independent-costing-unit-as-concerns-over-credibility-of-budgets-are-flagged/4USEDHOHDBF5HONQZKCBFHPFMM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled0 Jem Traylen (BusnessDesk): [Business of Government: Do quarterly reports deliver? Playing policy snooker, and more](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/business-of-government-do-quarterly-reports-deliver-playing-policy-snooker-and-more?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Perry Wilton (Newshub): [Parent calls for guidelines after David Seymour's historic Snapchat messages to teen daughter](https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2024/07/parent-calls-for-guidelines-after-david-seymour-s-historic-snapchat-messages-to-teen-daughter.html?ref=goodoil.news) Roy Morgan: [National support increases marginally in June as support for Labour slumps back below 30%](https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/9623-nz-national-voting-intention-june-2024?ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (RNZ): [Labour kickstarts bid to win back Auckland](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/521148/labour-kickstarts-bid-to-win-back-auckland?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Labour leader Chris ‘Chippie’ Hipkins shows off impressive chippy skills, crafting TV cabinet from scratch](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/labour-leader-chris-chippie-hipkins-shows-off-impressive-chippy-skills-crafting-tv-cabinet-from-scratch/TVUAYJBXSFGX5JCZB5WZKDC65M/?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [The lessons NZ should take from the US and UK elections](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/the-lessons-nz-should-take-from-the-us-and-uk-elections-richard-prebble/PCP4ZTIL2ZEWHKTRBNRSAXUXJM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Benjamin Plummer (Herald): [Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson to undergo surgery tomorrow after breast cancer diagnosis](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/green-party-co-leader-marama-davidson-to-undergo-surgery-tomorrow-after-breast-cancer-diagnosis/OSLG45KLBVH2ZEV2SQFO7ZTKCU/?ref=goodoil.news) Centrist: [Are the left’s failures pushing women voters to the right?](https://centrist.co.nz/are-the-lefts-failures-pushing-women-voters-to-the-right/?ref=goodoil.news) “NZ Politics Daily” continues below. 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