The cancer on the National Party, Michelle Boag is gone, excised, cut out, cauterised…dead. She has resigned her membership, presumably before being cancelled by the board. As is usual with her the resignation is utterly self-serving. She needs investigating. How often has she used her position on Boards to
Tiwai Point to close Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Government subsidising practically everything plays hardball with Rio Tinto (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Sudden closure of aluminium smelter worst outcome for jobs, consumers and the environment Brian Fallow (Herald): Tiwai closure sad news – and an opportunity for the environment (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan
National Party Covid-19 patient privacy leak Claire Trevett (Herald): The harm for Todd Muller in Hamish Walker’s Icarus moment (paywalled) Cat MacLennan (RNZ): National’s attacks not what we need right now Richard Harman (Politik): How Walker was persuaded to resign Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Does Hamish Walker understand what’
Wednesday 8 July 2020 News: Authentic Partnerships With Regional Council A Top Priority For Iwi And Hapu scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2007/S00164/authentic-partnerships-with-regional-council-a-top-priority-for-iwi-and-hapu. Te Teko blueberry farm largest in Aotearoa – owned by Maori for Maori waateanews.com/waateanews?story_id=MjQ5MzM Iwi apply for 2020 sponsorship fund boprc.govt.
National Party revealed as source of Covid-19 privacy leak Audrey Young (Herald): National’s failures on patient leak from top to bottom (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Stuff): National leader Todd Muller found wanting in first real test of moral leadership Jo Moir (RNZ): How the Hamish Walker Covid-19 patient detail leak
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The original author had an agenda to push but wiser heads prevailed…
Parliament ODT Editorial: Grubby politics wearing thin Zane Small (Newshub): Todd Muller defends Chinese Communist Party-linked National MP Jian Yang, who’s accused of avoiding English media Election 1News; Battle for Northland seat between Matt King and Shane Jones shaping up as a must win for NZ First Newstalk ZB:
Labour Party Thomas Manch (Stuff): It might be ‘team’ Labour, but there’s little doubt about who’s the skipper, and ‘saviour’ Audrey Young (Herald): No ordinary Labour speech by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (paywalled) Richard Harman (Politik): Labour’s red glow Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour starts election season with
Monday 6 July 2020 News: Work and Income defends against claims of discrimination against women and Maori newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/07/work-and-income-defends-against-claims-of-discrimination-against-women-and-m-ori.html Waitemata DHB Maori Nurse of the Year announced teaomaori.news/waitemata-dhb-maori-nurse-year-announced Moerewa residents angry about new boiler at Affco meatworks and air quality issues
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David Clark resigns as Health Minister Audrey Young (Herald): Ex-Health minister David Clark became a distraction to Govt focus on re-election (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): David Clark, the minister who took on an impossible portfolio and lost Jane Patterson (RNZ): Resigned: David Clark bows to inevitability Luke Malpass (Stuff): Labour
