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Author: Bryce Edwards
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
RNZ: 'It'll kill rail off' - Rail advocate on Government's transport plan
Russell Palmer (RNZ): National's new roads a trade-off for safety, public transport, local roading - opposition parties
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The politics of potholes
Richard Harman (Politik): Can Brown deliver his roads
Amelia Wade (Post): Transport minister under fire for speed bump claims (paywalled)
Tim Scott (ODT): Dunedin Councillor blasts govt’s transport funding (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government’s National Land Transport Programme shake-up: New roads in, cycleways out
Bridie Witton and Sam Smith (Stuff): Govt unveils $32.9b for roads, rail, public transport
RNZ: Government to spend nearly $33 billion on transport over the next 3 years
Herald:
Transport Minister Simeon Brown unveils $32.9b National Land Transport Programme
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Mother of man killed by drugged driver pleads for MPs to support roadside testing, but concerns raised about technology
Simon Wilson (Herald): Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown: Rude, ridiculous, and sometimes he’s right (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Arm wrestling by National and Labour over consensus on fast-track and infrastructure is why we can’t have nice things (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): Forty Years of Remembering to Forget
David Farrar: The Police should have prosecuted
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Politics and the PR blame game - when do we stop looking in the rear-vision mirror? (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern recognised for leadership with international award win
Standard: Let’s Talk About Tax
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS
Craig Penney (Post): Assessing the real value of Government’s tough talk to councils (paywalled)
Tim Cadogan (Stuff): Getting to grips with what core business actually is
ODT Editorial: Combining southern councils (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Council pulled out of Reading deal over concerns about company’s finances, councillors say (paywalled)
Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): Government’s regional deals framework a perfect fit for Queenstown
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): Everything you need to know about Auckland’s new alcohol rules
Torika Tokelau (Local Democracy Reporting): 'Rush' for Auckland bottle shop licences ahead of new rules
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): What’s going on with the Golden Mile?
Julie Jacobson (Post): ‘You couldn’t excavate me out of here if you tried’: Wellington’s cheerleaders speak up (paywalled)
Tracy Watkins (SST): Accentuate the positives, or dwell on the negatives?
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Front Page: Inside Sir Peter Jackson’s biggest land deal of the year
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Nerves, frustration as South Island councils vote on Māori wards
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua Lakes Council to hold binding Māori ward poll at 2025 election
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘Paddling the waka together’ – Western Bay votes to keep its Māori ward
Janhavi Gosavi (Re: News): Young NZers are voting in local elections but why aren’t more running?
Bob Harvey and Ian Taylor (Herald): Transforming Auckland: The case for waterfront museum showcasing a nation of voyagers (paywalled)
Max Frethy (Local Democracy Reporting): Faecal bacteria at popular swimming sites raise safety concerns
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