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News Briefing: 2 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR, WEEK IN POLITICS Lillian Hanly (RNZ): NZ Initiative 'absolutely delighted' Seymour wants to slash ministerial line-up Adam Pearse (Herald): David Seymour proposes abolishing some portfolios and cutting minister numbers Craig McCulloch (RNZ): ACT's David Seymour wants
Malcolm Turnbull’s Relevance Deprivation Syndrome: A Pompous Lecture from a Failed PM
Turnbull’s RNZ sermon is just another chapter in his long history of self-important drivel. He’s a failed PM who couldn’t hack it at home, so now he’s preaching to the Kiwis like he’s some elder statesman.
News Briefing: 1 May 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET, ECONOMY Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government not ruling out cuts to its $521 a year KiwiSaver contribution Gordon Campbell: On Our Austerity Fixation Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: What could be cut as Government slashes operating allowance for Budget 2025 Bernard Hickey (The Kākā)
Judge Ema Aitken’s Disgrace: A Judicial Scandal That Demands Accountability
How can the public trust Aitken to preside impartially when she’s shown such blatant disregard for judicial decorum?
Face of the Day
Goldsmith said allowing prisoners to vote was “typical of the previous government’s soft-on-crime approach”.
News Briefing: 30 April 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards BUDGET, ECONOMY Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government trimming spending in big way - here’s what it might cut and why (paywalled) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Five key insights into Budget 2025 Dennis Wesselbaum (The Conversation): Willis warns of a ‘tight’ budget to come, but NZ should
Tory Whanau’s Exit: A Chaotic Farewell to Wellington’s Most Authentic Disaster
Tory Whanau is on her way out, thank goodness, but her legacy of chaos will linger like a bad smell. Andrew Little might be next in line but his history suggests he’ll just swap one set of disasters for another.
They Want a Licence to Kill
The average number of sunshine hours in New Zealand is above 2,000 per year. In the United Kingdom, it averages around 1,350.
News Briefing: 29 April 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards LOCAL GOVERNMENT Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Tory Whanau bows out of Wellington mayoral race Giles Dexter (RNZ): Tory Whanau quits Wellington mayoral race Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Tory Whanau’s withdrawal upends race for Wellington mayor Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Tory Whanau drops out of Wellington’s
Can New Zealand Avoid Kleptocracy?
If we don’t decisively act now, New Zealand risks becoming another cautionary tale of how complacency turns democracy into kleptocracy.
News Briefing: 28 April 2025
Republished with Permission Author: Bryce Edwards DEFENCE, ANZAC DAY Matthew Hooton (Herald): How military training could transform NZ society (paywalled) RNZ: Government set to fight latest legal battle in Agent Orange case Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Millions paid out for Defence redundancies amid multibillion-dollar boost (paywalled) RNZ: