NZ Politics Daily: 16 August 2024

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): Christopher Luxon’s hawkish foreign policy address in Sydney
Chris Trotter (ODT): In whose footsteps exactly are our leaders choosing to follow? (paywalled)
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Luxon to Canberra: we need you (you might need us too)
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): PM Luxon says ‘Ukraine could happen’ in Indo-Pacific, warns ‘splendid isolation’ not enough
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Christopher Luxon's Lowy Institute address: 'Deliberately deepening our relationships' with Five Eyes
Luke Malpass and Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon commits New Zealand to be ‘participant’ in global security (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Christopher Luxon, in Australia, sees benefits in Aukus alliance
Herald: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon outlines bleak international outlook in major foreign affairs speech
Lydia Lewis (RNZ): Tonga invites Elon Musk to Pacific leaders’ summit
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ urged to speak out about citizen imprisoned in Iran
Julia Bergen (ABC News): NZ pilot shot dead in West Papua remembered by family and friends as a man with 'mana'

ECONOMY,  COST OF LIVING, BENEFIT SANCTIONS
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): A thank you to our interest rate-cutting heroes, the unemployed
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why the OCR cut is not necessarily something to celebrate
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Willis celebrates while bell tolls for Hipkins (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Benefit crackdown: Can 'outdated, hard to use' technology support government's changes?
Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Questions of evidence over new benefit sanctions regime
Herald: Front Page: What the Official Cash Rate changes means for you and the wider economy
Jenny Ruth: Adrian Orr: his own worst enemy or just a gaslighter? (paywalled)
Michael Reddell: Heading for 2.5% (or less) by this time next year?
Robert MacCulloch: The Reserve Bank throws truth out the window
Robert MacCulloch: The National Party's Adviser / Think Tank, the NZ Initiative, comes out as Pro-Monopoly, Anti-Consumer
ODT Editorial: A vulnerable juncture (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): You can't trust Adrian Orr
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): The OCR is just a piece in the economic puzzle
Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): Interpreting RBNZ statements has become a bit of an art
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Rising unemployment ‘weighing heavily on policy makers’ Adrian Orr tells MPs (paywalled)
Anan Zaki (RNZ): 'There's no U-turn' - Reserve Bank governor hits back over rate cut 'flip-flop'
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Orr rejects 'U-turn' label at Parliament committee, suggests lower rates could be passed through to the economy more quickly
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): 'There’s no U-turn’: Adrian Orr irritated with National MP (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Households still doubt inflation will fall back under 3%
Newsroom: Raw Politics: The Govt’s ‘mission accomplished’ moment

GOVERNMENT
Amelia Wade (Post): Ex-gun lobbyist minister meets monthly with firearms groups (paywalled)
Gordon Campbell: On ACT’s Takeover Of The Government Agenda
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Luxon needs to paint us all a picture
Peter Dunne: Judith Collins has rewritten the book about how ex-leaders should behave within a party Caucus
Audrey Young (Herald): Government on track for post-Olympic policy sprint; Luxon lets side down with benefit brain fade (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: Back On The Nasty Track (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Revealed: Why Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was rushed away from Auckland media briefing

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