POLLS AND GOVT
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Second poll confirms Labour could take back power, Newshub understands
David Farrar: Roy Morgan poll April 2024
Maiki Sherman (1News): Poll's boo from bleachers will ring in Govt's ears
Jo Moir (RNZ): What the shock poll tells us about the coalition government
Grant Duncan: Could Luxon be a one-term wonder?
1News: Poll: Only 51% say Luxon is the decision-maker in coalition govt
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Can the anti-establishment NZ First return to Parliament after it holds the power?
1News: A 'litany of chaos' or 'silliness': MPs react to poll slump
Newshub: Christopher Luxon doesn't care about TVNZ poll result showing Coalition parties tanking
1News: Poll: Coalition Govt 'absolutely united' despite shaky result – Luxon
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Christopher Luxon says his Government making tough decisions to fix Labour's mess as support for National drops
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Has Christopher Luxon caught the incumbency curse?
Adam Pearse (Herald): Economics, not politics: Former PM Sir John Key proposes theory explaining TV poll
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): On the politics of vengeance
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk): It's just a poll
Adam Pearse (Herald): Question Time: Politicians face off after ministers dismiss TV poll as over-excited ‘fruitcake business’
Newshub: Chris Hipkins reacts to ACT leader David Seymour saying Labour 'should be banished'
Roy Morgan: National/ ACT/ NZ First (53%) lead over Labour/ Greens/ Maori (43%) – cut to 10% points in April
Richard Prebble (Herald): Rolling ministers is the way to get rolled (paywalled)
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Paula Bennett’s political appointment will challenge public confidence
MP PAY RISE
Claire Trevett (Herald): MPs’ pay increases: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon faces his first trial by pay rise while Chris Hipkins is short-changed (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Pay day for MPs: PM Christopher Luxon to get $50k more in rolling pay rises for MPs under Remuneration Authority decision
Molly Swift (Newshub): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon in for 50k pay rise but will donate to charity
RNZ: 'Never a right time' - MPs respond to pay rise news
David Farrar: The upcoming MPs pay rise
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Members of Parliament and Prime Minister to get pay rise
1News: Politicians to receive pay rise after six-year freeze
Kelly Dennett (The Post): Is it the right time for MPs to get a pay rise? (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (The Post): MPs to receive small pay increase (paywalled)
FAST-TRACK BILL
Claire Trevett (Herald): Fast-Track Approvals Bill: Government to take ‘good look’ at ministers’ powers, conflicts of interest management
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Government looking into watering down power fast-track law brings ministers
Thomas Manch (The Post): Chris Bishop signals Government could soften fast-track ministerial powers (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): ‘Barren, toxic wasteland’: Fast-track risks repeating mistakes of the past – Ngāti Toa
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Bishop backtracks after fast-track backlash (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND WORK
Tom Pullar-Strecker (The Post): ‘Autumn chill’ spreads through business community as post-election bravado evaporates (paywalled)
Rob Stock (The Post): Company liquidations hit nine-year high, worse may be ahead (paywalled)
RNZ: Number of debt arrears in NZ creeps back up
Herald: Cost-of-living squeeze: More than 460,000 Kiwis behind on debt payments
Simon Shepherd (Newshub): Businesses feel 'autumn chill' as confidence drops third month in a row
Chris Keall (Herald): Banks select provider for confirmation-of-payee, a key anti-scam measure; Consumer says efforts ‘too slow, too light’ (paywalled)
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Concerns New Zealand inflation could re-accelerate as overseas consumer prices heat up
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Environment ‘under serious threat’ in NZ, could cost export dollars (paywalled)
Catherine Sylvester (Herald): Cost of living: Bay of Plenty tertiary students relying on charities for food
RNZ: Home insurance 'increasingly unaffordable' for high-risk properties - RBNZ
RNZ: Global sustainability standards impact New Zealand exports
Brendon McMahon (RNZ): West Coast mine proposal gets council go ahead
David Farrar: Or the banks could find it, instead of taxpayers
Bryan Bruce: Crisis? What Crisis?
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): A tale of two aged-care systems (paywalled)
RNZ: Growing trend: More unstaffed petrol stations opening - Commerce Commission
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Countries call for Govt to get businesses to address modern slavery, PM says legislation 'not priority'
PARLIAMENT
Felix Desmarais (1News): Is Labour's low-key dog and pony show enough?
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The highs and lows of James Shaw’s 10 years in parliament
Joel McManus (Spinoff): Efeso Collins deserved better than what parliament offered yesterday
RNZ: 'A man of the people': MPs pay tribute to Fa'anānā Efeso Collins
Newshub: Labour's Rachel Boyack calls for ACT's Todd Stephenson to be removed from arts portfolio after 'utterly bizarre' interview
Anna Whyte (The Post): James Shaw on working with business, Ardern and what next (paywalled)
Jo Moir (RNZ): James Shaw exit interview: The 'greatest privilege' - and the 'horrible' moment
Brent Edwards (NBR): Chlöe Swarbrick adamant tax reform is needed (paywalled)
MEDIA
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Urgent democratic need to save NZ’s journalism ecosystem
Gavin Ellis: You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
Gavin Ellis (Newsroom): If not journalists, then who?
Gavin Ellis (Daily Blog): Koi Tū Discussion Paper: If not journalists, then who?
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: TVNZ political poll coverage - PM, former Labour MP criticise political editor’s report; broadcaster dealing with 50 formal complaints (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): Newsroom welcomes the Secret Diary
https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/27/newsroom-welcomes-the-secret-diary/
RNZ: Problems for news media arose 'too fast' - former media minister Melissa Lee
Adam Pearse (Herald): Demoted minister Melissa Lee accepts she was ‘a little slow’ with media portfolio
EDUCATION
Michael Johnston and James Keirstead (The Post): Beware the university seeking to limit the freedom of speech (paywalled)
Brett Kerr-Laurie (The Post): NCEA results down for fourth year running (paywalled)
Patrick Usmar (The Conversation): Will New Zealand’s school phone ban work? Let’s see what it does for students’ curiosity
RNZ: School cellphone ban: What you need to know
Bill Hickman (RNZ): School phone ban for 16-year-olds 'very backward' - principal
Newshub: Christopher Luxon believes open-plan classrooms haven't worked
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Onwards and UPwards – what next post-Te Pukenga? (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Pressure on minister over polytechs plan (paywalled)
Oliver Hartwich (The Australia): New Zealand’s education revolution (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): PPTA: Charter schools a 'vanity project' taking cash out of desperate public schooling system
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Secondary schools struggling to hire teachers - union survey
HEALTH AND DISABILITY
Robin Martin (RNZ): Public hospital cuts will affect patient care, healthcare assistant says
Poppy Clark (Stuff): What is Pharmac and what does it do?
RNZ: Call for radical reform of Pharmac's budget amid concern Kiwis not getting basic standard of care
Newshub: Government's Pharmac funding boost 'doesn't go far enough', Patient Voice Aotearoa chairman Malcolm Mulholland says
Newstalk: 'Are we doing it right?' Pharmac's 'fiscal cliff' budget leads to criticism of medicine investment
Mike Hosking (Newstalk): More money for Pharmac or better self-health management?
RNZ: Low measles vaccination rates for Māori blamed on cyclone, pandemic
Phil Pennington (RNZ): 'Absurd and totally unacceptable': Canterbury man has to wait a year for surgery
RNZ: New minister announces review into disability support services funded by Whaikaha
Molly Swift (Newshub): Government launches review into disability support system after financial issues found
HOUSING
Anne Gibson (Herald): Who are NZ’s 20 busiest home builders? (paywalled)
Wasay Majid (1News): The three flaws in NZ's accommodation supplement scheme
Trent Doyle (Newshub): Greens call for controls as rents soar by 'unusual' amount
Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): Rents soar by 'unusual' amounts as tenants forced to pay thousands more each year - Trade Me
RNZ: Rents at an all time high, Trade Me index shows
RNZ: Soft house prices show it's still a buyer's market - CoreLogic
Newstalk: 'Bit of a communication stuff up': Chris Bishop admits ministry let down Rotorua over motel housing
Maria Slade (NBR): Auckland Council U-turn on urban sprawl dampens land prices (paywalled)
Kymberlee Gomes (RNZ): Lending changes, investors still locked out: What is happening with the NZ housing market this week?
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL, ORANGA TAMARIKI, TREATY
RNZ: National first introduced piece of Oranga Tamariki Act legislation it now seeks to repeal - Willie Jackson
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Waitangi Tribunal warns Government’s Oranga Tamariki policy will cause harm
No Right Turn: A clear warning
Herald: Oranga Tamariki Māori purge ‘arrogant and conceited’, says Te Pāti Māori MP
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Te Tiriti o Waitangi could be heading home after 'long and arduous journey'
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Herald): The Government’s Treaty Principles Bill advances colonialism
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Mata Season 2 | Episode 7: Tauranga Moana marks 160 years of struggle, the repeal of 7AA, and the Iwi Chairs forum
PUBLIC SERVICE
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: Back office blowout –who's responsible? the 1900 jobs that were already cut, and more ... (paywalled)
RNZ: Ministry of Māori Development proposes to cut 38 positions
Jordan Dunn (RNZ): Public service plants made redundant, seek refuge at trade union 'orphanage'
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
RNZ: Govt might take $1.1b hit to return GST on rates to councils
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Nicola to Wayne: 450 million reasons to say ‘no’
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Returning GST to councils would cover 'infrastructure cost increases' to councils (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Wynyard Quarter crossing bridge closure ‘becoming a reputational issue for Auckland’ - Deputy Mayor Desley Simpson (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Billion-dollar Aurora Energy deal could close by July 2025 (paywalled)
Mike Tweed (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon visits Whanganui with message for local councils
LAW AND ORDER; JUSTICE SYSTEM
Anna Leask (Herald): Breaking 'Bad': How could New Zealand curb its youth crime crisis? (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (The Post): Secrecy still cloaks taxpayer-funded perks enjoyed by most judges (paywalled)
Catherine Hutton (Newshub): Senior judges’ perks revealed, including Crown limos, free flights for partners
RNZ: Paul Goldsmith tells UN of commitment to reduce victims of violent crime, youth offending
David Farrar: The new Three Strikes law may lead to shorter sentences
Benjamin Plummer (Herald): Police Minister Mark Mitchell says children between 9 and 14 involved in recent spate of jewellery store robberies
ENVIRONMENT
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Commercial fishing sector tells Minister Shane Jones it's 'imperative' all recreational anglers report catch
Charlie Mitchell (The Post): The lagoon, the irrigation scheme, and a giant can of worms (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Kiwis are learning how to fight climate change – polls
DEFENCE
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Defence watchdog survives after NZ First blocks repeal
George Block and David Fisher (Herald): Defence Force crisis: Briefings say Navy ‘extremely fragile’ as three ships remain in care of civilians (paywalled)
No Right Turn: NZDF is still hostile to oversight
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Marco de Jong and Emma Shortis (The Conversation): NZ started discussing AUKUS ‘Tier 2’ involvement in 2021, newly released details reveal
Ian Powell: Cuba and New Zealand: a relationship worthy of strengthening
ANZAC DAY
The Press: Editorial – Anzac Day’s warnings (paywalled)
James Nokise (The Post): Protesting for Palestine has its place on Anzac Day (paywalled)
Herald: Real Life: RSA NZ boss Marty Donoghue says Anzac Day has become ‘a bit like Disneyland’
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