> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # NZ Politics Daily: 8 October 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-8-october-2024/ - Published: 2024-10-07T19:07:21.000Z - Updated: 2024-10-07T19:33:03.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **FAST TRACK, INFRASTRUCTURE** **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Government won’t say how fast track conflicts of interest were managed**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350443131/government-wont-say-how-fast-track-conflicts-interest-were-managed?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Shane Jones calls Fast Track Bill conflict fears politically motivated**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530015/shane-jones-calls-fast-track-bill-conflict-fears-politically-motivated?ref=goodoil.news) **Gary Taylor and Shay Schlaepfer (Newsroom):** [**The fast-track bill: the good, the bad and the clumsy**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/08/the-fast-track-bill-the-good-the-bad-and-the-clumsy/?ref=goodoil.news) **Fox Meyer (Newsroom):** [**Fast-track list: ‘zombie projects’ among the first 149 in line**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/07/fast-track-list-zombie-projects-among-the-first-149-in-line/?ref=goodoil.news) **Robin Martin (RNZ):** [**Trans-Tasman Resources: Taranaki seabed mining included in fast-track projects list**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530067/trans-tasman-resources-taranaki-seabed-mining-included-in-fast-track-projects-list?ref=goodoil.news) **Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News):** [**Fears confirmed as fast-track projects include Taranaki seabed mining**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/10/07/fears-confirmed-as-fast-track-projects-include-seabed-mining/?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Proposal to nearly double Auckland Prison’s capacity uncovered in fast-track project list**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/proposal-to-nearly-double-auckland-prisons-capacity-uncovered-in-fast-track-project-list/KCQTYWO26ZGQ5HQYZEFULP5RRA/?ref=goodoil.news) **Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News):** [**‘Rich will get richer, poor will get prisons’ -criminologist slams Paramoremo expansion**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/10/07/rich-will-get-richer-poor-will-get-prisons-criminologist-slams-paramoremo-expansion/?ref=goodoil.news) **Sinead Gill and Maxine Jacobs (Press):** [**Government choosing ‘greed’ over local views**](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350442266/government-choosing-greed-over-local-views?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **ODT Editorial:** [**Thinking big in the 2020s**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/thinking-big-2020s?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Yashas Srinivasa (Press):** [**Opponents concerned by inclusion of waste-to-energy plant on ‘Fast-track’ list**](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350442217/opponents-concerned-inclusion-waste-energy-plant-fast-track-list?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **No Right Turn:** [**The corruption list**](https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-corruption-list.html?ref=goodoil.news) **Herald:** [**NZ business’ warm response for Govt release of infrastructure projects eligible for fast-track consideration**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/nz-incs-warm-welcome-for-govt-release-of-infrastructure-projects-eligible-for-fast-track-consideration/UYADBCXFIBHGHOKQAUUYVLKJTA/?ref=goodoil.news) **Tim Hunter (NBR):** [**Gold miners welcome fast track access**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/gold-miners-welcome-fast-track-access/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Harriet Laughton (Post):** [**Wellington tunnel options on Government’s fast-track list**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350442366/wellington-tunnel-options-governments-fast-track-list?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ):** [**Scrapped Hawke's Bay dam project may be revived under fast-track bill**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530087/scrapped-hawke-s-bay-dam-project-may-be-revived-under-fast-track-bill?ref=goodoil.news) **Mary Argue (RNZ):** [**Fast-track approvals: Wellington housing developments Silverstream Forest and Plimmerton Farm given green light**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/530075/fast-track-approvals-wellington-housing-developments-silverstream-forest-and-plimmerton-farm-given-green-light?ref=goodoil.news) **Nicholas Boyack (Post):** [**Huge Upper Hutt housing project gets fast-tracked**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350442560/huge-upper-hutt-housing-project-gets-fast-tracked?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Justin Wong (Post):** [**The Porirua and Kāpiti Coast developments slated for fast-track**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350442299/porirua-and-kapiti-coast-developments-slated-fast-track?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Seven aquaculture projects on Fast-track Approvals Bill**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/530046/seven-aquaculture-projects-on-fast-track-approvals-bill?ref=goodoil.news) **Luisa Girao (ODT):** [**Fast-tracking boost for aquaculture**](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/fast-tracking-boost-aquaculture?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Brent Melville (NBR):** [**North Island ports hit fast track trifecta**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/infrastructure/north-island-ports-hit-the-fast-track-trifecta/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Mill Road project construction through South Auckland a fast-track project**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530052/mill-road-project-construction-through-south-auckland-a-fast-track-project?ref=goodoil.news) **Eric Frykberg (Interest):** [**Big irrigation schemes are fast-tracked**](https://www.interest.co.nz/rural-news/130117/big-irrigation-schemes-including-old-ruataniwha-dam-are-among-projects-given-fast?ref=goodoil.news) **Dita De Boni (Post):** [**‘Indigenous procurement’ championed for construction and infrastructure**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350442906/indigenous-procurement-championed-construction-and-infrastructure?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Bryan Bruce:** [**Fast-track Approvals Announced**](https://bryanbruce.substack.com/p/fast-track-approvals-announced) **(paywalled)** **GOVERNMENT** **Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project):** [**What business is lobbying government for**](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/what-business-is-lobbying-government) **Duncan Greive (Spinoff):** [**The business community has no time for Seymour’s culture wars**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-10-2024/the-business-community-has-no-time-for-seymours-culture-wars?ref=goodoil.news) **Herald Editorial:** [**Boardroom mood nails the MP who is doing some heavy lifting for this Government**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/boardroom-mood-nails-the-mp-who-is-doing-plenty-of-heavy-lifting-for-this-government-editorial/H5EHBGK6T5FGDO4Y2VJGPP524I/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **David Farrar:** [**How CEOs rate the MPs**](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/10/how%5Fceos%5Frate%5Fthe%5Fmps.html?ref=goodoil.news) **CLIMATE CHANGE, DUNEDIN FLOODS, PM VISITS DUNEDIN** **RNZ:** [**Buyout blueprint on the way - Emergency Management and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530069/buyout-blueprint-on-the-way-emergency-management-and-recovery-minister-mark-mitchell?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**PM side-steps questions on declined Dunedin flood risk mitigation plan**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530051/pm-side-steps-questions-on-declined-dunedin-flood-risk-mitigation-plan?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Dunedin flooding: Will residents be able to get insurance in the future?**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530093/dunedin-flooding-will-residents-be-able-to-get-insurance-in-the-future?ref=goodoil.news) **Tim Scott (ODT):** [**United response needed: PM**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/united-response-needed-pm?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Matthew Littlewood (ODT):** [**Carpark, pathology seemingly ruled out**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/carpark-pathology-seemingly-ruled-out?ref=goodoil.news) **ODT:** [**Security issues may have curtailed visit**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/security-issues-may-have-curtailed-visit?ref=goodoil.news) **Hamish McNeilly (Stuff):** [**PM Christopher Luxon visits flood-hit Dunedin, welcomed with protests**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350442053/pm-christopher-luxon-visits-flood-hit-dunedin-welcomed-protests?ref=goodoil.news) **Lauren Crimp (RNZ):** [**South Dunedin residents face months of clean-ups and homelessness after floods**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530080/south-dunedin-residents-face-months-of-clean-ups-and-homelessness-after-floods?ref=goodoil.news) **ENVIRONMENT** **Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post):** [**Resuming oil and gas exploration ‘a referendum on climate change policy’**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350442251/resuming-oil-and-gas-exploration-referendum-climate-change-policy?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Brent Edwards (NBR):** [**Strong opposition to plan to remove ban on offshore oil and gas**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/strong-opposition-to-plan-to-remove-ban-on-offshore-oil-and-gas/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Patrick Phelps (Herald):** [**A Green Party politician and a mining industry stooge walk out of a bar**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/patrick-phelps-a-green-party-politician-and-a-mining-industry-stooge-walk-out-of-a-bar/I7GRQHOUUBD6FE4O7WZ3EHU75A/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Andrea Vance (Post):** [**Court challenge over toxicity of Roundup**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/environment/350434604/court-challenge-over-toxicity-roundup?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Keiller MacDuff (Press):** [**20-year wait for better water possible as nitrate pollution worsens, experts warn**](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/350435146/20-year-wait-better-water-possible-nitrate-pollution-worsens-experts-warn?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff):** [**Daiken NZ charged with allegedly spilling human waste into waterway**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/350440508/daiken-nz-charged-allegedly-spilling-human-waste-waterway?ref=goodoil.news) **FIREARMS** **Derek Cheng (Herald):** [**Firearms Minister Nicole McKee, her conflicts of interest, and the plan to manage them**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/firearms-minister-nicole-mckee-her-conflicts-of-interest-and-the-plan-to-manage-them/OHN2VRUJ2RHNNGOHZ425Y3QXJU/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **1News:** [**PM dismisses police concerns over gun club rule changes**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/10/07/pm-dismisses-police-concerns-over-gun-club-rule-changes/?ref=goodoil.news) **Maxine Jacobs (Press/Post):** [**How did the Christchurch terrorist get a gun licence?**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350443026/how-did-christchurch-terrorist-get-gun-licence?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tim Brown (RNZ):** [**Christchurch terror attack: Second phase of inquest begins today**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/530088/christchurch-terror-attack-second-phase-of-inquest-begins-today?ref=goodoil.news) Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to **48 items above**, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to **an additional 108 categorised items**, and **today’s cartoons**. 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