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Author: Bryce Edwards
GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Adam Pearse (Herald): Electoral Commission accepts failure over Manurewa Marae voting base selection
Tara Ward (Spinoff): A journey through the 26 times Luxon said ‘what I say to you is’ on Q+A
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Act had disproportionate influence in year one, says David Seymour. Is he right?
Richard Prebble (Herald): The coalition Government is creating red tape as fast as Labour (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Public sector job losses lower than suggested – Willis
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: the taxwoman cometh, playing the numbers game and more… (paywalled)
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Plans for slimmed down Office for Māori Crown Relations discussed by select committee
Lydia Lewis (RNZ): 'Pacific community should be worried' about Pacific Peoples' ministry output
Claire Mabey (Spinoff): An alternative summer reading list for the prime minister
Sapeer Mayron (Post): Mixing sport and politics? MPs avoid a sticky wicket (paywalled)
Tusiata Avia (Newsroom): On Luxon’s smile, by Tusiata Avia
POLLS
Roy Morgan: National support down again in November as Government seeks to redefine the Treaty of Waitangi
Michael Turner (Post): New poll: New Zealand’s shareholders have spoken (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Luxon, Hipkins and the state of the economy (paywalled)
Shilpy Arora (Stuff): ‘It's not what we're seeing’: PM Luxon on recent poll showing hung parliament
RNZ: Christopher Luxon confident with support for government
Mountain Tui: Luxon Takes A Beating
LABOUR
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: Chris Hipkins’ lackadaisical strategy for Labour (paywalled)
No Right Turn: Restoring the status quo is not enough
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Wealth Tax vs CPT – why Labour needs both to win!
Laszlo Szollosi-Cira: New Zealand Labour Party Conference 2024
HEALTH
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health NZ says cuts will keep going to 2027, reports $722m deficit
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Health New Zealand deficit lower than forecast
Rachel Thomas (Post): Health minister, Labour spar over who ‘manufactured a crisis’ at Health NZ (paywalled)
Ian Powell (Newsroom): Levy’s challenge to up-end Health NZ’s top-down culture
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Nearly 800 surgeries cancelled, postponed at Auckland, Hamilton hospitals in September quarter
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Is your local hospital's 'horizontal infrastructure' up to the task?
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Reti claims no knowledge of outpatients building sale
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Santas descend on Parliament with Dunedin Hospital wish list
1News: Luxon unable to set timeline for nurse student loan promise
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Hospital at crisis point: striking nurses
RNZ: 'Truly distressed with the offer': Nurses go on strike nationwide
Sam Smith (Stuff): Nationwide strike brings over 30,000 nurses to the picket line
Rachel Thomas and Maddy Croad (Post): ‘Never enough nurses’: Thousands strike in protest at ‘overrun’ hospitals (paywalled)
Hūhana Lyndon (Herald): Māori still waiting for a real health plan from Health Minister Shane Reti
Christina Persico (RNZ): Pacific people always likely to be worst-affected by pandemic - Covid inquiry
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): Vaping crisis: From first puff at 11, to 100 puffs a day
RNZ: Covid-19: 1719 new cases, seven deaths
Rachel Thomas (Post): Bloody disgrace? Wellington could lose blood bank (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): US border crackdown warning for NZ over blood plasma supply
Mildred Armah (Stuff): Māori, Pacific voices crucial for HIV plan as population ages, advocates say
Maritza Farrant, Michelle Wise and Susannah O’Sullivan (Newsroom): Pharmac must fund more options for hormone therapy, not fewer
Laura Hardcastle (Newsroom): No magic pill when it comes to natural health product regulation
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE, AUCKLAND
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Government wants road tolls, poll reveals public not yet on board
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): What Wayne Brown wants from his ‘fundamental reset’ of Auckland Transport
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Auckland Transport shake-up: 'There's not much room to get worse' - mayor
David Long (Stuff): ‘Honest’ Brown’s stinging comments as some doors close on Auckland Transport
1News: Major shake-up with Auckland Transport to lose some functions
RNZ: Watch: Auckland Transport stripped of responsibilities
Sapeer Mayron (Post): Auckland Transport powers scuttled, planning and policy return to council (paywalled)
Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): Lots of surprises in mayor Wayne Brown's career
Kate Green (RNZ): Bus fares in Canterbury may quadruple to meet Waka Kotahi targets
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): $8 bus fares? No thanks
RNZ: Air New Zealand makes more cuts to domestic network
Emma Stanford (Post): Thousands of passengers to be impacted by further Air NZ domestic cuts (paywalled)
Stuff: Bridge on Te Ahu a Turanga highway structurally complete
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
1News: Reserve Bank Governor on property 'infatuation', Covid era decisions
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Nicola Willis seeks to chart middle course through the economic rocks (paywalled)
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Willis under scrutiny about the Government’s books (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Inside Economics: Is NZ poorer than the poorest US state? (paywalled)
RNZ: Government's new approach for getting job seekers on benefits into work
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): I like the more targeted approach to Jobseekers
Jane Wrightson (Newsroom): NZ Super is a taonga, not a burden
David Hargreaves (Interest): RBNZ's OCR forecasts 'too high and too hawkish' says Kiwibank
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Poverty rising with costs of living and children in dire need
Leonard Powell (RNZ): 'The struggle is real, I've been there': The Auckland charity rescuing tonnes of kai
TAX
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Charities' $2 billion in untaxed profits
Jo Moir (RNZ): Tax changes for charities to be announced in next Budget
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Labour says the Coalition is being 'sneaky' with new taxes but Finance Minister Nicola Willis says new revenue measures are no secret
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Charity tax crackdown likely to be unveiled at Budget 2025 (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: New Zealand Promotes Tax Evasion (paywalled)
TREATY
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Govt’s coastline dilemma: Follow Supreme Court or fishing industry
Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere (The Conversation): Is ‘judicial activism’ skewing Treaty law – or are court critics the real radicals?
Stuff: Ngāi Tahu: Supreme Court decision ‘raises bar’ to prove customary marine title
Emma Andrews (RNZ): How does Te Tiriti o Waitangi compare to treaties in other colonial countries?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Judith Collins says Defence plan impacted by worsening global situation, China ‘changed game’ with missile launch
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Defence planning cuts as minister warns of ‘not happy times’ in the Pacific
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Why An AUKUS Led By Trump Is A Scary Prospect
Patrick Decloitre (RNZ): Winston Peters embarks on three-day visit to New Caledonia
Henry Cooke: Labour's long win on defence policy
Thomas Manch (Post): More applying for the military than Defence can afford (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Labour MP 'gobsmacked' at minister's view on ACC's Israel-linked investments (paywalled)
RNZ: Operation to remove fuel from sunken Manawanui set to begin on 16 December
RNZ: Japan allows Kiwis to gain approval for working holiday visa twice
Eric Frykberg (Interest): Tariffs cuts aid NZ growers
Kate McVicar (NBR): Non-tariff measures a continued export barrier despite FTAs (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Charlie Mitchell (Press): Conservation budget would need dramatic increase to save all species (paywalled)
Tess Brunton (RNZ): 'These things can just disappear in silence' - robins near Dunedin at risk of extinction
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): The Detail: Seabed mining left out of regional plan for Taranaki
RNZ: Fast Track Bill: Students march on Parliament to voice dissent
RNZ: Do Not Drink water notice in Waimate may last for several months
Eric Frykberg (Interest): Climate chief slams 'carbon leakage'
Eve Hyslop (Stuff): ‘Recipe for nothing but total economic ruin’: Emissions advice scaring Feds
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): NZ's farming sector looks beyond cancelled emissions pricing (paywalled)
Chris Schulz (Consumer): A renowned recycling company was caught dumping plastic. Has it changed its ways?
BIRD FLU
Ryan Anderson (Stuff): How humane is the gas plan for culling 80,000 chickens?
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Killing 80,000 chickens: Large bottles of gas visible at Otago farm
RNZ:'No major impact on egg supplies' as hen culling to begin
Anna Murray (1News): Eight questions about NZ's bird flu outbreak answered
ODT Editorial: It was only a matter of time (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Harriet Laughton (Post): Councillors called out at civic square meeting (paywalled)
Imogen Wells (Stuff): Waste forum spends nearly $3k of public money on catering
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): Does anyone – besides Wellington council officers – want another set of traffic lights?
Julie Jacobson (Post): Norwood family launches fundraiser to help save Begonia House (paywalled)
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): How council red tape helped to kill Wellington’s Santa parades
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): No clean audit for Carterton council
Aleyna Martinez (Rotorua Daily Post): Proposal to return Pururū Reserve to iwi supported by majority of public submissions
Avina Vidyadharan (Waikato Times): Waipā’s new CEO steps into a ‘perfect storm’ (paywalled)
Julies Chin (ODT): Council seeking new designs after mix-up
Julian Doorey (ODT): Stormwater justice clearly what is needed for South Dunedin
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Councils should stop playing games with fluoride
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): Coast councillor Frank Dooley remembered as 'strong campaigner'
EMPLOYMENT
Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Post): Worker rights under attack through ACT initiatives (paywalled)
Stuff: Kiwifruit labour company, director penalised $100k for underpaying ‘vulnerable’ workers
Brent Edwards (NBR): ACC promises improved monitoring of accredited employer programme (paywalled)
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): ‘Mentally healthy work’ - hazards to watch out for (paywalled)
Jean Edwards (RNZ): Gloriavale's Overseeing Shepherd ordered to pay former members $274,000 in legal costs
David Williams (Newsroom): ‘If this was a road accident, police would be involved’
SOLAR ZERO
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Collapsed SolarZero’s shortage of capital reaches the capital
Cameron Smith & Chris Keall (Herald): SolarZero collapse: Liquidators’ first report reveals more than $40 million owed (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Willis wants better answers on SolarZero collapse (paywalled)
Tim Hunter (NBR): SolarZero never profitable say liquidators (paywalled)
HOUSING
Mary Williams (ODT): Social housing dream turns sour for tenants (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Kāinga Ora building homes at 'far greater cost' than private sector - Finance Minister
Greg Ninness (Interest): High volume of homes for sale appears to be pushing asking prices down
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Falling interest rates, stable property prices create ‘Goldilocks’ market
1News: Stable property prices help fuel 'Goldilocks' market — report
MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA
Graham Adams (The Platform): The Spinoff’s $10m taxpayer haul
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): The Spinoff caught off guard by funding rejections (paywalled)
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): More change for TVNZ’s leadership, long-term executive leaving
Stuff: A decade of Kiwi journalism preserved from Newshub.co.nz
ENERGY
Richard Harman (Politik): It’s not easy being green (paywalled)
Simon Bridges (Herald): Energy crisis: This problem will not fix itself, the time for action is now (paywalled)
Brendon McMahon (ODT): Proximity of wind farm a concern
CRIME, POLICE
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times): Double-digit rise in fraud and cybercrime in latest New Zealand Crime and Victims Survey (paywalled)
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): Action on scams needs ‘political will,’ says ComCom (paywalled)
Te Ao Māori News: Delighted cops say firearms register a winner after it revealed firearms allegedly passed on to gangs
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Armed police at gang tangi: Who’s intimidating who?
George Block (Herald): Head Hunters West Raid: Envelope full of cash returned to gang after ‘drugs profit’ turns out to be ‘drags profit’ from motorcycle racing event
OTHER
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Report claims ‘inhumane treatment’ at facility for intellectually disabled children
Anna Whyte (Post): Corrections’ culture enabled sexual harassment and assaults, scathing review finds (paywalled)
Stephen Day (Spinoff): A new tool maps Aotearoa with a Māori lens
Simon Wilson (Herald): Former UK PM Boris Johnson embraces the land of ‘rugby-playing hobbits’ at a $1500 lunch with Key, Peters, Coutts and Woodham (paywalled)
Joe Hendren (Commonweal): Bruce Jesson: Socialist, Nationalist and Republican (1944-1999)
David Chaplin (BusinessDesk): Brand unawareness: how the FMA flies under the regulatory radar (paywalled)
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