NZ Politics Daily: 22 August 2024

GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Leaked tobacco lobbying plan for 'political pressure' shows tobacco giant got its tax cut wish
Otago Daily Times: Editorial: As transparent as mud (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Minister calls Judge ‘Communist’ in meeting with seafood lobby over Māori rights
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): New ministry paying staff average salary of $150k despite public sector job cuts
Post: Seymour says Ministry of Regulation salaries ‘good value for money’ (paywalled)
Jo Moir (RNZ): Winston Peters casts doubt on PM's position on Treaty Principles Bill
Barry Soper (Herald): The truth about the upcoming Treaty Principles Bill
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Kiingi Tūheitia says Māori are more respected overseas than in Aotearoa
Riria Dalton-Reedy and Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Keep pushing forward’ Kiingi Tuheitia urges in annual address
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Ngāti Toa Rangatira leader Helmut Modlik challenges David Seymour to debate on Treaty of Waitangi
RNZ: Ngāti Toa's challenge to David Seymour: Kill Treaty Principles Bill or front up
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): Northland Māori leader calls on Luxon to ‘sack’ Act from coalition
Peter Williams: Luxon's Big Calls
Jack McDonald (Post): Opposition parties must up the ante (paywalled)
David Farrar: Mitchell fisks Hipkins on Welfare
Newstalk ZB: "Witch hunt": Darleen Tana says attempts to get them to resign were "premeditated"
Post: Beehive Briefing: Charles and Camilla have arrived
Spinoff: Gone By Lunchtime Podcast: Luxon, the bus, the wrecking ball and the polls

LOCAL GOVERMENT
RNZ: PM Christopher Luxon's speech on waste rubs councils the wrong way
Thomas Manch (Post): In attacking councils, Luxon plants himself a thicket of rhetorical contradiction (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Huge water leak in Wellington delivers perfect backdrop for Christopher Luxon’s speech on council spending (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Bulletin): Christopher Luxon’s simple message for councils: get back to basics
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Christopher Luxon swipes at councils, taking aim at the ‘white elephant’ he’s speaking from
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon had a message for councils, Tory Whanau had a message for Christopher Luxon
RNZ: Local councils need to 'rein in the fantasies' on spending - PM
Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon tells mayors the ‘party’s over’, as councils call for funding change (paywalled)
Herald: PM Christopher Luxon tells councils he wants ratepayers’ funding used appropriately
Max Salmon (Herald): Localism enjoys council support (paywalled)
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Finance Minister Nicola Willis, mayors share experiences of gendered online abuse (paywalled)
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Ashburton to vote against Māori ward poll challenge
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Listen to the leaders you picked, pleads Māori ward councillor
RNZ: Dunedin councillor apologises for offensive comments about Māori
Tim Scott (ODT): Sincerity of apology for breach queried (paywalled)
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Burst water main floods major Wellington street, outage spreads to suburbs
Tom Hunt (Post): Burst pipe, which flooded major Wellington roads, repaired (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Who killed the Johnsonville mall?
Torika Tokelau (LocalDemocracy Reporting): More bottle shops could open outside town centres, expert warns
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Limiting booze sales - Auckland has but Christchurch shouldn't
Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): Earthquake strengthening work gives council staff the push

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