NZ Politics Daily: 18 June 2024

HOUSING
Lillian Hanly and Kate Green (RNZ): Granny flat change welcomed by housing providers and opposition
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Granny flats will be easier to build following promised plan changes; Chris Bishop ponders whether house price falls would be a bad thing
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Housing is too expensive and average prices need to fall even if it scares existing homeowners, Minister for Housing Chris Bishop says
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Could granny flats help solve our housing crisis?
Newshub: Government proposes making it easier to build granny flats
Herald: Winston Peters delivers post-Cabinet press conference, Govt to streamline rules around building ‘granny flats’
RNZ: Government seeks feedback on no-consent 'granny flat’ policy
Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZ First leader Winston Peters says allowing more granny flats to be built would help make housing more affordable for families
Thomas Manch (Post): Government proposes ‘granny flat’ changes (paywalled)
Anne Gibson (Herald): Property Insider: NZ tops OECD rent chart; tenancy law changes next year; Resido – patience encouraged (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): House prices dropped for the second month in a row in May

MARAMA DAVIDSON BREAST CANCER ANNOUNCEMENT
Felix Desmarais (1News): Greens co-leader Marama Davidson has breast cancer
Adam Pearse and Julia Gabel (Herald): Marama Davidson, Green Party co-leader, reveals breast cancer diagnosis
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Marama Davidson reveals breast cancer diagnosis
Molly Swift (Newshub): Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson announces she has breast cancer
RNZ: Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson announces breast cancer diagnosis
Thomas Manch (Post): Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson has breast cancer (paywalled)
Rachel Maher, Julia Gabel and Adam Pearse (Herald): Marama Davidson’s breast cancer diagnosis: PM Christopher Luxon, Chlöe Swarbrick support for Green co-leader

PARLIAMENT
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Christopher Luxon loves localism, until locals have the wrong opinions
Dave Armstrong (Post): Flats, allowances, and the 59km commute (paywalled)
David Farrar: Media keep getting it wrong on Costly
Thomas Manch (Post): Peters takes the podium while Luxon travels (paywalled)
Haimona Gray: How Labour Could Win In 2026
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): Going For Bloke
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Public Service Minister Nicola Willis defends job cuts before select committee
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Public service cuts dominate start of scrutiny week
Richard Harman (Politik); Scrutiny week off to rocky start (paywalled)

FAST-TRACK, ENVIRONMENT, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Kate Green and Farah Hancock (RNZ): Fast-track legislation: DOC's OIA refusal was unlawful - Ombudsman
Meriana Johnsen (Newshub): Māori respond to Government's proposed Fast-Track Approvals Bill
Brent Edwards (NBR): Long-term gas contract floated as way to give sector confidence (paywalled)
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): National promised a 'strong and stable' carbon market - then it crashed
Nathan Cooper (The Conversation): Budget cuts to climate funding mean NZ may now struggle to meet its international obligations
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Simon Upton has a message you need to hear
Peter Wilson (Newsroom): Mates-based management an Achilles’ heel for NZ
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Relationship between Labour and rural sector broke down ‘too much’, Hipkins says (paywalled)
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Blunt truth on degraded waterways
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Rivers fight goes public across Taranaki
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Fisheries NZ adopts stronger-than-expected seabird protections
Losirene Lacanivalu (Cook Islands News): Cook Islands can learn from Māori fishing model - Shane Jones

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