NZ Politics Daily: 10 July 2024

GREENS
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Tana 'likely' knew about allegations of worker exploitation - investigation
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Greens are responsible for tidying up their Darleen Tana mess
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Why the Greens hate party waka-jumping law and will be cautious about using it (paywalled)
RNZ: Darleen Tana's evidence changed over course of inquiry, investigation finds
Adam Pearse (Herald): Leaked Darleen Tana report reveals details of investigation, claims husband’s evidence incoherent
RNZ: Income tax not paid for worker at Darleen Tana-linked bike shop - lawyer
Thomas Manch (Post): National promised to abolish the 'waka-jumping' law. Now it won’t (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): The Green Party's 'dead rat' is back: A brief history of waka jumping (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (1News): Darleen Tana saga 'messy from the start' - commentator
1News: Darleen Tana saga: Former employees feel 'vindicated' - advocate
Adam Pearse (Herald): Ex-Green MP Darleen Tana: What you need to know and what happens next?
Anna Whyte (Post): What next for Darleen Tana? (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): On yer bike Darleen
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Making tough decisions is part of politics
David Farrar: Meet the next Green MP

TRANSPORT
Jessica Roden (1News): Taxpayer bill for abandoned mega ferries project climbs to $484m
1News: NZ First posits Aratere ferry ran aground 'on autopilot'
Sam Smith (Stuff): NZ First claims Aratere ran aground with 'autopilot' left on
Herald: NZ First questions whether Interislander’s Aratere ferry ran aground after autopilot was left on
RNZ: New Zealand First questions whether negligence caused Aratere grounding
Felix Desmarais (1News): 'Simeon knows best': Transport Minister criticised for speed limit email
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Invercargill City Council joins chorus over speed limit changes
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): KiwiRail to cut health and safety roles - union
Eloise Gisbon (RNZ): Government eases 'too stringent' Clean Car Standard rules
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Imports: Government weakens emissions standards for cars, aligning NZ with Australia (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government weakens carbon-emissions targets for imported cars (paywalled)
Maia Ingoe (RNZ): Smart road user charges would help fund infrastructure and maintenance - think tank report
1News: Pothole problems: A crash course in the wear and tear on our roads
Tom Hunt (Post): CentrePort scotches 70km waterfront cycle and walking path dream (paywalled)

HOUSING
Maria Slade and Murray Jones (BusinessDesk): Emergency housing providers: benefitting from the misery of others (paywalled)
Christine McCarthy (The Conversation): Size matters: why NZ’s new housing rules risk cheap builds and shoebox apartments
RNZ: Building consent inspections to be virtual by default, government says
Ella Somers (Interest): Penk pushes for remote building inspections to be the default
NBR: Virtiual inspections as ‘default’ will fast track consents (paywalled)
Niva Chittock (RNZ): Christchurch's sewer systems block further housing developments
Arena Williams (Herald): Government cutting public housing funding at the worst time
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Housing changes will make it ‘harder for disabled people to live’, advocate says
Malisha Kumar (Herald): Kāinga Ora: Waikato region receiving 582 social housing homes
Local Democray Reporting: Affordable rental homes to be built on former Rotorua reserve

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