NZ Politics Daily: 29 May 2024

GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL INTEGRITY
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Revealed: The simple texts between Sir Bill English and Chris Bishop that led to Kāinga Ora review
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Is it time for an Integrity Commission to monitor conflicts of interest?
David Fisher (Herald): David Seymour’s special envoy in medicines is dumping his drug company investments
Felix Desmarais (1News): ACT MP to sell shares to remove 'distraction'
RNZ: ACT MP Todd Stephenson sells his shares
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Gumboot Friday: 'lone wolf' to govt-funded (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Luxon to correct KiwiSaver error in register of pecuniary interests (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Government doesn't fulfil coalition agreement commitment on time, changes timeframes
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): One law for all? Or assimilation policies for Māori?
Brent Edwards (NBR): The Government might have to pick up the tab for Mt Ruapehu (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Coaltion consults with specific groups on gun reform changes

BUDGET, BUDGET DAY PROTESTS
Richard Shaw (The Conversation): NZ Budget 2024: the coalition needs a circuit breaker – the National Party most of all
Claire Trevett (Herald): Tax cuts versus spending and job cuts – Nicola Willis plays game of good numbers, bad numbers as day of protest looms (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Willis plans an Aspirin Budget for a country with a hangover
Luke Malpass (Post): Willis’ challenge: Budgeting for a high cost economy (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: The great cull of 2024 (paywalled)
Azaria Howell (Herald): Public sector cuts: ‘No reprieve’ for staff as ministries signal years of fiscal restraint
Richard Prebble (Herald): We have exceeded peak taxation; the key number to watch on Thursday (paywalled)
RNZ: How much can tax cuts do to ease the cost of living?
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): What can we expect from National’s long-promised tax cuts?
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The key questions being asked ahead of Budget Day
1News: John Campbell takes your pre-Budget questions
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Public service cuts: Taxpayers' Union urges government to axe more jobs
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: putting the budget under the spotlight, a new think tank and more (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Oranga Tamariki senior lawyers lawyer-up ahead of restructure decision (paywalled)
Newshub: 'Save Science Coalition' launched against Government cost cutting
RNZ: NZTA announces more jobs on the line as part of cost-cutting
Louise Ternouth (RNZ): Period products or food? Struggling families forced to choose
Isaac Gunson and James Perry (Te Ao Māori News): As the coalition budget looms, where is the health minister?
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): What the budget has in store for health
Laura Walters (Newsroom): More money to come in big education Budget
Anna Murray (1News): Budget 2024: All the Govt spending plans we know about already
Adithi Pandit (BusinessDesk): The talk of the town: What will Budget 2024 reveal for social investment? (paywalled)
Oliver Hartwich (Herald): Time for a tune-up as New Zealand’s economic engine sputters (paywalled)
Arena Williams (Herald): No meaningful help for Auckland from this Government
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: It's not Budget week, it's budget months
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Raphael Franks (Herald): Te Pāti Māori protests: Party leaders steadfast in encouraging people out, PM Luxon says it is illegal
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Mata: Māori strike: 'We've allowed them to domesticate us' - Te Pāti Māori leaders
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Christopher Luxon warns striking to join Budget hui would be illegal
Karanama Ruru and Mildred Armah (Stuff): What you need to know about Te Pāti Māori protest plans
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori protest not a strike, experts say
Newshub: Budget Day protests: Call for Māori to take nationwide strike, protest locations revealed
Julia Gabel (Herald): Protests: Te Pāti Māori co-leaders back calls for strike action around NZ on Budget Day
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Thursday Disruption Day organisers don’t care if commuters are late for mahi - ‘so what?’

FAST-TRACK
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Who are the Fast-track expert panel? (paywalled)
Shay Schlaepfer (Post): An unacceptable, preposterous attack on nature (paywalled)
Allan Brent: Otago, Canterbury, Freshwater and the Fast Track

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