NZ Politics Daily: 30 October 2024

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PARLIAMENT
Mona Krewel, Jack Vowles, Matthew Gibbons, Sam Crawley, Thomas Jamieson (The Conversation): 2023 election study: what voters really wanted, and why the coalition’s mandate could be fragile
David Burton (Post): What politicians can learn from employment law and applying the sniff test (paywalled)
Ipsos NZ: Issues Monitor Oct 2024
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How would a capital gains tax work, and what would it mean?
Stan Ellis (Stuff): PM Christopher Luxon dismisses poll showing support for capital gains tax
RNZ: Two-thirds of voters support capital gains tax 'in some form' - poll
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Polls finds support for capital gains tax on property investors
Robert MacCulloch: The NZ Herald & Radio NZ Misled the Nation by asserting "65% of Kiwis Support Capital Gains Tax"
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The three-word guide to social media use for politicians
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: a new Treasury secretary, fresh tea on Roche and more (paywalled)
Matt Slaughter (Stuff): ‘This is amazing’: Why Chlöe Swarbrick embraced being labelled a ‘woke lesbo’

HOUSING, BUILDING, PROPERTY INDUSTRY
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Labour 'cautiously' supports tradies signing off their own work
Miriam Bell (Post): Self-certified builds: game changer or risky business? (paywalled)
Greg Wallace (Post): Self-certification a significant step towards solving housing crisis (paywalled)
Ben Kepes (Post): The building consents pendulum swings again (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Why building consent changes are a big deal (paywalled)
RNZ: Watch: How the government is moving to streamline building consents
Anne Gibson (Herald): First private business wins step towards consenting, inspecting, approving new buildings (paywalled)
1News: Rents fall to eight-month low, but still higher than last year
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Build-to-rent changes backed despite concerns
Brent Melville (NBR): And they’re off: Simplicity gains a length on Kiwi Property (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How fast will house prices lift next year?

POLICE, GANGS, LAW AND ORDER
Jared Savage (Herald): Revealed: Shortlist of candidates to be the next Commissioner of Police whittled to final two (paywalled)
RNZ: First ever female Police Commissioner appointed, on an interim basis
1News: Interim Police Commissioner announced with Coster soon to step down
Stuff: Tania Kura appointed interim police commissioner
RNZ: Police to get 'substantive' new powers over boy racers and spectators
RNZ: 'Horrific scenes' at Wairarapa boy racer event
Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): Tania Kura appointed interim Police Commissioner
Cherie Howie (Herald): Wairarapa boy racer incident: Police should also target spectators - Masterton mayor Gary Caffell
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Wellington gang funeral procession: Mongrel Mob’s Anaru ‘Fats’ Moke remembered as ‘lovable guy’
RNZ: No arrests of gang members after closely monitored tangi
RNZ: Gang funeral being monitored by police in Lower Hutt, Porirua
Poppy Clark (Stuff): Nazi salutes and barking as Mongrel Mob procession rolls through Lower Hutt for tangi
Tiraroa Reweti (E-Tangata): ‘The Mob is in our pepeha’
Herald Editorial: Police resources are stretched. Is it time to rethink cannabis laws? (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: The mean streets of Dunedin (paywalled)

JUSTICE
Janet Wilson (Post): Another swing and a miss with a dumb sentencing law (paywalled)
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): Leaked OT note explains why youths got on the roof
David Farrar: Arguably the most important NZ Initiative report

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