NZ Politics Daily: 17 June 2024
NZ Politics Daily: 17 June 2024
POLITICAL FINANCE, PARLIAMENT, WEEK IN POLITICS
Tracy Watkins (Post): Why should taxpayers foot the bill for MPs’ property investments? (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): MPs’ accommodation allowances need to change because voters are losing respect (paywalled)
Miriam Bell and Rob Stock (Post): The houses of Parliament (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Speaker Gerry Brownlee alleges 'political campaign' over MPs accommodation allowance (paywalled)
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Ministerial conflicts of interest under scrutiny
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Ministerial conflicts register leaves room for speculation
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Parliament gears up for a week of fireworks, ahead of bombshell Royal Commission report (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Ministers under microscope in Parliament’s new ‘scrutiny week’ (paywalled)
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Scrutiny weeks: new select committee process puts ministers in the hot seat (paywalled)
Phil Smith (RNZ): Scrutiny Week: When 'government comes to Parliament and tries to justify its spending'
Peter Wilson (RNZ): The Week in Politics: Data misuse, MPs' perks and talks with China
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Shoring up the vote? Looks like a mission for ‘Rural Nats’ (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon, Chinese Premier Li Qiang tiptoe around danger zones; environmental backlash ramps up (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. Christopher Luxon
Mike Munro (Listener): Schnapps judgement: Revisiting the ‘84 election that changed NZ forever (paywalled)
TE PĀTI MĀORI DATA MISUSE ALLEGATIONS
Andrea Vance (Post): Government agencies yet to contact whistleblowers in marae census row (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Former solicitor-general to lead inquiry into Te Pāti Māori data misuse claims (paywalled)
Herald: Public Service Commission reveals scope of inquiry into data misuse claims
RNZ: Census-promoting Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency welcomes data-protection inquiry
David Farrar: The mystery Te Pati Maori donor
LABOUR
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour leader Chris Hipkins’ mission to soothe peeved voters and a lofty goal (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Labour could win the next election but probably won’t
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour leader Chris Hipkins tells party faithful of hopes for a one-term National-led Government
Jason Walls (Newstalk ZB): The quiet before the storm for the political Left (paywalled)
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Chris Hipkins addresses Labour faithful at party conference
Steven Cowan: Labour drifting further right under Chris Hipkins
1News: Q+A: Labour MP Willie Jackson responds to claims of TPM data misuse
Newshub: Labour's Willie Jackson reveals why he didn't speak at Budget protests, gives verdict on Māori Parliament
Liam Dann (Herald): Money Talks: Labour’s Barbara Edmonds hints at need to discourage property investment (paywalled)
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