NZ Politics Daily: 17 October 2024

WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Government intervention in Wellington more likely than not - source
Krystal Gibbons and Mary Argue (RNZ): Wellington council intervention: Mayor to meet with minister
Peter Dunne (Post): Wellington council jolted into action, now the Govt has to follow through (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): What options does Wellington City Council have left? (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Wellington in a fight for its independence
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Govt’s hostile takeover bid for Wellington City
Luke Malpass (Post): Why the Government will (and should) send in an observer (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Tory Whanau insists Wellington City Council will be fine, plan to be presented to Simeon Brown
RNZ: Wellington mayor Tory Whanau pledges not to increase rates as council looks to amend long term plan
Tom Hunt and Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington City Council drama: ‘shambles’, urgent meeting, then hopeful plan (paywalled)
Tom Hunt, Thomas Manch and Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington mayor says $500m disaster debt headroom agreed on (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Tory Whanau insists Wellington City Council will be fine, plan to be presented to Simeon Brown
RNZ: Wellington City Council: Urgent meeting held following intervention threat
Kate Green (RNZ): Wellington City Council 'incredibly close' to needing government intervention - former LGNZ president
Anna Murray (1News): Capital concerns: Why is Wellington Council under scrutiny?
Nick James (RNZ): Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau admits government 'right to be concerned' about City Council
Karl du Fresne: The sad, ignoble fate of Frog City
Harriette Boucher (Post): Tamatha Paul: Talk of Wellington City Council intervention ‘scaremongering’ (paywalled)
Mary Argue (RNZ): Wellingtonians disappointed with council after airport sale saga

ECONOMY, BANKS
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'Never seen such a sustained period of financial stress', economist says
Geoff Bertram (The Conversation): Austerity and recession: 3 simple graphs that explain New Zealand’s economic crisis
Sam Smith (Stuff): Political reaction mixed to lowest drop in inflation in over three years
David Hargreaves (Interest): Inflation is behaving - what now?
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Victory declared in war against the ‘inflation beast’
Brent Edwards (NBR): Low inflation and falling interest rates augur well for coalition (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Consumers Price Index inflation falls to 2.2%: Why it didn’t slow down even more
Liam Dann (Herald): What today’s inflation fall means for interest rates (paywalled)
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): What the inflation rate means for the official cash rate
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): The inflation fight is over, but the economy still suffers
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Interest rates heading 50 points lower next month: economists (paywalled)
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): 50 or 75? Inflation victory reinforces more OCR cuts ahead (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): On target: Annual inflation falls to 2.2%
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Inflation hits lowest level in 3.5 years
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Inflation finally falls within the key target band at 2.2% (paywalled)
Aimee Shaw (Post): ‘Tempted to do a jig’ when inflation hit 2.2%: RBNZ assistant governor (paywalled)
Jemima Huston (RNZ): Dollar falls in response to inflation data
David Hargreaves (Interest): Banks set to be 'constrained' in how much they can cut mortgage rates
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Big 4 bank CEOs weigh in on bank lending & profits; 'It's in our interest to lend money to people who can pay it back at the right price'
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How do you solve a problem like Kiwibank?
David Chaston (Interest): Term deposit rates on the 'down’ escalator
Rob Stock (Post): Farmers say they’re paying much more than city-dwellers for loans (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Ex-staffer wants Reserve Bank to dump gender and ethnic balance requirements
Mike McRoberts (NBR): How the Reserve Bank wants to unlock Māori access to capital (paywalled)
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): ASB to wind-up its KiwiSaver Positive Impact Funds
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Trust and functionality – not jargon – the key to open banking success

GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): 'Deep in the pockets of Uber' - Government accused of copy-pasting company's position
Claire Trevett (Herald): Wealthy and out of touch? Prime Minister Christopher Luxon battles polling blues (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): All the things Christopher Luxon gets
Andrew Gunn: PM Told To Speak English
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Christopher Luxon accused of having ‘no idea’ about city’s issues
Mountain Tui: Au Revoir, PM Luxon
Spinoff: Gone By Lunchtime: The one-year stocktake special
Thomas Manch (Post): Te Pāti Māori refuses to explain lack of financial statement (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Deputy PM Winston Peters says he would have left Te Pāti Māori’s Rawiri Waititi ‘limping’ after brouhaha over question
Alice Neville (Spinoff): Could the Darleen Tana saga finally be coming to an end?
Kelly Dennett (Post): Could today be Darleen Tana’s last day in Parliament? (paywalled)
Richard Larsen (RNZ): Labour's Barbara Edmonds to National: 'Why are you so afraid' of a capital gains tax?
Herald: Labour leader Chris Hipkins puts money on returning as Prime Minister
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Parliament's watchdog against bullying - 'I hope it's having some impact'
Harriette Boucher (Post): Clashes, canines, and collapsing inflation (paywalled)
Guardian: Jacinda Ardern hopes to ‘spread a little kindness’ as she is made a dame
India McTaggart (Stuff): Prince William makes republican Jacinda Ardern a Dame
RNZ: Jacinda Ardern receives Damehood from Prince William
Herald: Dame Jacinda Ardern bestowed with damehood at Windsor Castle investiture ceremony

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