Table of Contents
Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Korea ferry cancellation talks were two texts sent within an hour of announcement
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): PM to avoid any talk of cancelled Korean ferry deal while in South Korea despite official warnings
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National Land Transport Programme: Government has a hospital-sized hole in its transport plan (paywalled)
Timothy Welch (The Conversation): Spinning its wheels: the new national transport plan steers NZ back to a car-dependent past
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Road-heavy transport plan does little for bipartisanship
Michael Daly (Stuff): What do we know about the Government’s big road plans - when will they start, what will they cost?
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): South Island missing out on fair share of transport funding, commentators say
Charlie Mitchell (Press): Canterbury’s missing transport billions (paywalled)
Nicholas Boyack (Post): Wellington gets 10% of $32b land transport cash splash (paywalled)
David Williams (Newsroom): Justification for raising speed limit on motorway is ‘nonsense
RNZ: Speed limit on Christchurch motorway could be raised
Justin Wong and Nicholas Boyack (Post): Kāpiti Expressway gets 110kmh speed limit, Transmission Gully may be next (paywalled)
Greg Presland (Standard): National’s eternal road obsession
Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Inching forward on infrastructure
Michael Morrah (Herald): Whistleblower allegations: Civil Aviation Authority orders independent review into workplace culture (paywalled)
Monique Steele (RNZ): Agriculture industry hits out at proposed 'tax on a tax'
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SECURITY AGENCIES
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Increased sunlight on foreign interference threat welcomed
Thomas Manch (Post): China's foreign interference among threats highlighted in new SIS report (paywalled)
RNZ: Security threats facing New Zealand detailed in just-released NZSIS report
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Foreign intelligence units targeting New Zealand, tried to recruit Kiwis, spies warn
1News: New intelligence service report highlights security threats
Isaac Gunson (Whakaata Māori): Anti-Māori views linked to rise in extremist ideologies, NZSIS warns
1News: US, Australia deny 'divvying up' Pacific policing
Samantha Mythen (RNZ): Is New Zealand’s immigration ‘set up’ to take in climate migrants from the Pacific?
John Minto (Daily Blog): Government must follow UK lead and suspend Rakon bomb-component exports to the US
GOVERNMENT
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Fast-track bid from Northport sparks debate over Marsden Maritime CEO Rosie Mercer’s involvement (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Cabinet hardened fast-track with ministerial over-ride, before u-turn
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: corruption's slow rot, tax insights, NZ Post's turnaround, and more (paywalled)
Roy Morgan: National support up in August as National-led Government increases lead to 10% points
Otago Daily Times Editorial: Crossing the line (paywalled)
Elspeth McLean (ODT): Running away no respite from fourth form Latin (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Shane Jones’ ‘communist’ judge comment: Winston Peters sides with Attorney-General Judith Collins
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Sheepish Shane Jones thanks Winston for his Gold Card and Judith Collins for the boot up the backside
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Happy birthday, Shane Jones – enjoy your SuperGold Card
No Right Turn: Open Government: National reneges on beneficial ownership
Michele Hewitson (Listener): Paul Goldsmith’s political turnaround: From losing seats to managing five key ministries (paywalled)
Luke Fitzmaurice-Brown (Stuff): ‘Undoing years of progress’: How the Treaty Principles Bill breaches te Tiriti
Geoff Fischer (Daily Blog): Mission Accomplished: The Treaty Principles Bill
Hawkes Bay Today: David Seymour in Hastings: 74-year-old ejected, claims assault
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): On “we are now one people” (paywalled)
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