NZ Politics Daily: 25 October 2024

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WELLINGTON CITY COUNCIL, LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Now it’s Simeon Brown on notice, not mayor
Gordon Campbell: On Dissing Wellington, And Porridge Radio
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Wellington City Council’s Crown observer was waiting in the wings in January (paywalled)
Nick James (RNZ): No new major contracts from Wellington City Council as it works on long-term plan amendment
Post: Wellington movers, shakers, dames and knights, set goal for the capital (paywalled)
Azaria Howell (HReld): Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau’s Instagram account likes comments suggesting Govt intervention is a ‘hit-job’
Nicholas Boyack (Post): It will take Wellington City 6388 years to fix its broken pipes (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Even Green voters say Wellington’s spending too much on cycleways (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Here's how we could keep local councils on track
Michael Daly (Stuff): Busy long weekend in the capital, but no trains to get there
Eye of the Fish: Bridge to Nowhere
Harriet Laughton (Post): Waterfront safety $23 million more than expected (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Voting decline 'existential threat to local government'
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Here's how to get more people voting in local body elections
Tina Law and Sinead Gill (Press): Christchurch council payouts increase eight-fold (paywalled)
Richard Davison (ODT): Heated debate as CDC votes to reduce its size (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Letter forces Auckland Council to delay decision on moving speedway from Western Springs
David Long (Stuff): Chaos at Auckland Council meeting over speedway’s future at Western Springs Stadium
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Māori ward contenders told ‘do the homework’

FAST-TRACK, RMA, ENVIRONMENT
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Regional council fumes over late changes to RMA
Louis Collins (RNZ): The House: Government passes Resource Management Act changes to freshwater
Krystal Gibbons (RNZ): Wind power firm departs, amid fast-track controversy over seabed mining
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Offshore wind developer pulls out of NZ amid seabed mining concerns
Maiki Sherman (1News): Wind farm plan scrapped, 'key uncertainties' include allocation of seabed
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Fast-track foils offshore wind project
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Offshore wind developer BlueFloat pulls out of NZ (paywalled)
RNZ: 'Catastrophe in the making?': Fast-tracked housing on flood-prone land sparks concern
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): Winton chair defends Sunfield development after shareholder concerns
Brent Melville (NBR): Backing billionaires: Queenstown’s remarkable fast-track wishlist (paywalled)
Philip Chandler (Mountain Scene): 'Call me a Nimby': Gibbston locals fight plan for 900 homes (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Market-led approach best for climate change adaptation: Watts (paywalled)
Marnie Prickett and Simon Hales (Press): Will ECan’s decisions today stop this getting worse tomorrow? (paywalled)
Anna Sintenie (Press): Canterbury’s rivers deserve better than ‘quick and dirty’ (paywalled)

GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Adam Pearse (Herald): Unredacted letter shows Andrew Bayly complainant a former Defence Force worker
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Andrew Bayly complainant condemns minister's behaviour in unredacted letter
Bryan Bruce: They Don't Give A **** About Workers' Rights
Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): With one electorate set for the chop, could Epsom’s days be numbered?
Greg Presland (Standard):Is the Epsom seat goneburger?
Greg Dixon (Listener): Who’s NZ’s biggest loser, Bayly or Luxon? (paywalled)
Newsroom: Raw Politics Podcast: Send in the Crown(s)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Political ups and down sees Darleen Tana out, Andrew Bayly under fire, and Winston’s war of words
Inside Government: New Electoral Commission chair appointed

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