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Author: Bryce Edwards
FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government won’t say how fast track conflicts of interest were managed
RNZ: Shane Jones calls Fast Track Bill conflict fears politically motivated
Gary Taylor and Shay Schlaepfer (Newsroom): The fast-track bill: the good, the bad and the clumsy
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Fast-track list: ‘zombie projects’ among the first 149 in line
Robin Martin (RNZ): Trans-Tasman Resources: Taranaki seabed mining included in fast-track projects list
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Fears confirmed as fast-track projects include Taranaki seabed mining
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Proposal to nearly double Auckland Prison’s capacity uncovered in fast-track project list
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Rich will get richer, poor will get prisons’ -criminologist slams Paramoremo expansion
Sinead Gill and Maxine Jacobs (Press): Government choosing ‘greed’ over local views (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Thinking big in the 2020s (paywalled)
Yashas Srinivasa (Press): Opponents concerned by inclusion of waste-to-energy plant on ‘Fast-track’ list (paywalled)
No Right Turn: The corruption list
Herald: NZ business’ warm response for Govt release of infrastructure projects eligible for fast-track consideration
Tim Hunter (NBR): Gold miners welcome fast track access (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington tunnel options on Government’s fast-track list (paywalled)
Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ): Scrapped Hawke's Bay dam project may be revived under fast-track bill
Mary Argue (RNZ): Fast-track approvals: Wellington housing developments Silverstream Forest and Plimmerton Farm given green light
Nicholas Boyack (Post): Huge Upper Hutt housing project gets fast-tracked (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): The Porirua and Kāpiti Coast developments slated for fast-track (paywalled)
RNZ: Seven aquaculture projects on Fast-track Approvals Bill
Luisa Girao (ODT): Fast-tracking boost for aquaculture (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): North Island ports hit fast track trifecta (paywalled)
RNZ: Mill Road project construction through South Auckland a fast-track project
Eric Frykberg (Interest): Big irrigation schemes are fast-tracked
Dita De Boni (Post): ‘Indigenous procurement’ championed for construction and infrastructure (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: Fast-track Approvals Announced (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): What business is lobbying government for
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): The business community has no time for Seymour’s culture wars
Herald Editorial: Boardroom mood nails the MP who is doing some heavy lifting for this Government (paywalled)
David Farrar: How CEOs rate the MPs
CLIMATE CHANGE, DUNEDIN FLOODS, PM VISITS DUNEDIN
RNZ: Buyout blueprint on the way - Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell
RNZ: PM side-steps questions on declined Dunedin flood risk mitigation plan
RNZ: Dunedin flooding: Will residents be able to get insurance in the future?
Tim Scott (ODT): United response needed: PM (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Carpark, pathology seemingly ruled out
ODT: Security issues may have curtailed visit
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): PM Christopher Luxon visits flood-hit Dunedin, welcomed with protests
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): South Dunedin residents face months of clean-ups and homelessness after floods
ENVIRONMENT
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Resuming oil and gas exploration ‘a referendum on climate change policy’ (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Strong opposition to plan to remove ban on offshore oil and gas (paywalled)
Patrick Phelps (Herald): A Green Party politician and a mining industry stooge walk out of a bar (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): Court challenge over toxicity of Roundup (paywalled)
Keiller MacDuff (Press): 20-year wait for better water possible as nitrate pollution worsens, experts warn (paywalled)
Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff): Daiken NZ charged with allegedly spilling human waste into waterway
FIREARMS
Derek Cheng (Herald): Firearms Minister Nicole McKee, her conflicts of interest, and the plan to manage them (paywalled)
1News: PM dismisses police concerns over gun club rule changes
Maxine Jacobs (Press/Post): How did the Christchurch terrorist get a gun licence? (paywalled)
Tim Brown (RNZ): Christchurch terror attack: Second phase of inquest begins today
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