NZ Politics Daily: 11 July 2024

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): New Zealand forges deeper ties with NATO
Luke Malpass (Post): What is NZ doing at Nato anyway? (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Nato-NZ ties grow ever closer as Luxon visits DC
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon in Washington DC and the questions about President Joe Biden and Donald Trump he doesn’t want to answer (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): A good day for Biden as Luxon pays court in the Capitol (paywalled)
Jo Moir (RNZ): Luxon rubs shoulders with world leaders as issues in Europe simmer
1News: Luxon tight-lipped on what potential Trump presidency could mean for NZ
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Luxon not pushing for Biden meeting, says Tana an issue for Greens
Luke Malpass (Post): Republicans and world leaders on Luxon’s Nato plate today (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): No Oval Office for Luxon but the PM optimistic of meeting Biden
RNZ: NZ shares 'deep commitment' to helping Ukraine win over Russia
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): From beef to business services, the unlikely success of NZ exports to the US (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell and Paula Penfold (Stuff): Luxon wants investigation into probation officer’s snooping on Chinese offenders
Prianka Srinivasan and Virginia Harrison (Giuardian): Mapped: the vast network of security deals spanning the Pacific, and what it means
Mike Cherney (Wall Street Journal/BusinessDesk): NZ, US and allies issue rare warning on Chinese hacking group (paywalled)
Louis de Koker (The Conversation): Pacific islands being 'debanked' - what it means and why NZ is concerned

GREENS
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): Cops called to angry clash between migrant worker and former Green MP, report reveals
Adam Pearse (Herald): Ex-Green MP Darleen Tana claims leaked report into migrant exploitation intended to ‘pressure’ her
RNZ: Tana 'not entitled' to be independent MP - Hipkins
ODT Editorial: Greens’ Tana conundrum continues (paywalled)
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Greens suggested a tikanga approach to Darlene Tana at her marae after she quit the party
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Former National MP Claudette Hauiti asks Green Party how culturally safe are its wāhine Māori members
Adam Gifford and Peter Verschaffelt (Waatea News): Parliament is a toxic workplace for women, wāhine Māori and women of colour - former MP
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Bring on Darleen Tana's replacement

HOUSING
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Govt housing deregulation is a “charter for property developers”
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): The names behind New Zealand's largest emergency housing provider (paywalled)
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post/Herald): NZTA gives Rotorua Kāinga Ora tenants free use of 15 bikes in $110k pilot
Hanna McCallum (Post): Wellington City Council to add 183 apartments to inner city (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'Expectations need to be reset': Is golden age for property investment over?
Greg Ninness (Interest): Residential building costs are declining for the first time in at least 12 years
RNZ: Cost of building new homes drops for the first time in years
1News: Home building costs fall for the first time in decade - CoreLogic
Anne Gibson (Herald): House building costs drop for first time in 12 years: Down 1.1% in latest quarter (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Home building costs drop for first time on record
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): Journey to the centre of the Earth: My bold plan to dig deep and solve the housing crisis

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