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Author: Bryce Edwards
HOUSING
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government to ‘flood’ cities with more housing by liberalising planning rules
Luke Malpass (Post): Chris Bishop to set out radical land use and planning reforms (paywalled)
RNZ: Minister announces new Kāinga Ora board, lays out 'expectations'
1News: Construction downturn bites hard, Kāinga Ora refocuses
Greg Ninness (Interest): Increase in property values in late 2023/early 2024 a 'dead cat bounce', CoreLogic says
1News: Biggest monthly house values drop in a year — CoreLogic
RNZ: House prices have largest monthly drop in a year
Miriam Bell (Post): By the numbers: Where house prices are at (paywalled)
RNZ: Housing intensification best way to save money on Wellington infrastructure - report
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Council rates rises blamed for rocketing rents
Robin Martin (RNZ): Homeowners may be forced to sell if rates rise confirmed - council staff
Malcolm McCracken: Let your city flourish
Mary Williams (ODT): Fears homeless will be kicked out for kick-off (paywaled)
PARLIAMENT
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Inside Chris Hipkins’ mission to rebuild Labour’s support in Auckland
RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill: Māori translators pen letter over 'deeply flawed translations'
Anna Murray (1News): What happens when coalition partners 'agree to disagree'?
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): What's the point of the David Seymour Snapchat story?
Newshub: AM hosts say David Seymour Snapchatting school students 'icky', 'looks bad'
Rachel Pannett (Washington Post): New Zealand, once a utopia for Trump-weary exiles, turns to the right
Ben Thomas (Post): No-surprise politics may make Luxon the anti-Trump we need (paywalled)
Robert MacCulloch: Luxon is a good team leader, but not a "PM" designing rules & incentives to improve the nation's efficiency and fairness
Danny Keenan (Newsroom): Could a Māori Parliament arise again?
Simon O’Connor: Three reasons ...
Post: Beehive Briefing: Everything you need to know from today (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): How Richard Prebble tried to save the Lange government with Human Synergistics
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
Michael Morrah (Newshub): New data shows astonishing number of protected species killed by commercial fishers in three-month period
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Fisheries NZ change to way fishing bycatch data reported worries conservationists
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Shane Jones heads to Australia to woo mining investors
Brent Edwards (NBR): Partisan politics stands in the way of policy consistency (paywalled)
Allan Brent: Distractions
Nick Clark (Herald): Charting a course for meaningful RMA reform (paywalled)
Emily Writes: Debunking the myths about greyhound racing
1News: Above average temperatures for most of NZ in June — NIWA
Madeleine Powers (Waikato Times/Post): Eco island’s cash crisis - Maungatautari in Jobs for Nature pinch (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Scratching at the cat-control problem (paywalled)
1News: Feral cats like 'devil on meth' - Canterbury hunt organiser
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Reducing farm emissions is about future proofing: Nestlé (paywalled)
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