NZ Politics Daily: 7 January 2025
TARIANA TURIA
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Labour should apologise to Dame Tariana Turia's whānau - Willie Jackson at tangi
Don Brash: Dame Tariana Turia - may she rest in peace
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Labour didn’t treat her well’: Hipkins, Jackson reflect on Dame Tariana Turia
Joseph Los'e & Michael Tweed (Herald): Shane Jones criticises tikanga at Dame Tariana Turia’s tangi
Stuff: Shane Jones criticises marae protocol at Dame Tariana Turia’s tangi
Helen Leahy (Herald): Aunty Tari was my mentor, my source of inspiration, my best friend. I will miss her forever
Herald Editorial: Dame Tariana Turia was an inspiration as her torch is passed to the new generation (paywalled)
RNZ: Dame Tariana Turia to be laid to rest today
PARLIAMENT, 2025
Graham Adams: Storm clouds gather over Tamihere's fiefdom
Laura Walters (Newsroom): It’s time for the Greens to grow up – Swarbrick
Brent Edwards (NBR): Christopher Luxon’s first year as PM and the challenges ahead (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: The Good The Bad And The Ugly
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): A plea for more politicians of conviction
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Set your political imagination free (and some pleas for humanity in the NY)
Peter Matheson (ODT): All standing up for something raw and powerful
Emily Writes: OK fine, what submissions do I have to make FFS?!
Post: Summer off politics: The chore Carmel Sepuloni is dreaming of tackling these holidays (paywalled)
RNZ: On the road with Amanda Luxon
Caron Copek (Stuff): A ‘courtroom’ for a lounge? At home with former Napier MP Stuart Nash
WAITANGI DAY, TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Waitangi Day: record crowds expected amid tensions over Māori policy in New Zealand
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Final day for public feedback on Treaty Principles Bill
Maxine Jacobs (Press): 'Unnecessary': Selwyn council urges Govt to drop Treaty Principles Bill (paywalled)
David Farrar: My submission on the Treaty Principles Bill
No Right Turn: Submitted!
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Trucking body says alternative ferry plan still ‘a risk to resilience’ (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Fast-tracking Northland dry dock could halve delivery time (paywalled)
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): The road toll, and all its complications, explained (paywalled)
Ava Whitworth (Stuff): Stranded and stressed: Bluebridge passengers frustrated with communication failures amid cancellations
RNZ: Mother, children stranded as Cook Strait ferry cancelled, says no heads up
Grant Bradley (Herald): New Zealand needs sustainable aviation fuel industry to fly into the future or it will be left behind (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Herald: Beam e-scooter money rejected as Auckland Council approached after alleged scam
Krystal Gibbons (RNZ): Wellington's abandoned Reading Cinema bought by Primeproperty Group
ODT Editorial: Rates and the South Dunedin library
Brent Melville (NBR): Australian firm snaps up top Central Otago campsites at a bargain (paywalled)
Crux: QLDC's mayor and councillors - rated by mayoral potential (paywalled)
Al Williams (Hauraki Coromandel Post): Thames-Coromandel deputy mayor calls out ‘rich little s***s’ at troublesome holiday hotspot
1News: 'Show some damn respect': Southland council calls out toilet vandals
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Robert Patman (East Asia Forum): New Zealand must seek strategic independence in an unstable world
Talaia Mika (Cook Islands News): Cook Islands not qualified for UN membership, says prime minister
EDUCATION
Russell Garbutt (ODT): Meanderings or meaningfulness?
Virginia Fallon (Post): Students find tiny solution to some very big problems (paywalled)
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): NZ-first education-arts hub on the cards for Whangārei
HOUSING
RNZ: Auckland's stalled housing developments
Dita De Boni (Post): Tales from the Tenancy Tribunal: Healthy Homes hiccups (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): New retirement village planned for Otaihanga (paywalled)
ECONOMY
Keith Woodford (Interest): Economic growth depends on exports
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Recovery and volatility key economic themes in 2025 (paywalled)
BUSINESS
Bethany Reitsma (Herald): The foods Kiwi supermarket shoppers are paying the biggest markups on - and why (paywalled)
Tom Raynel (Herald): Summer questions: Woolworths’ Spencer Sonn on why the cost-of-living crisis isn’t over yet (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Woolworths has applied to Commerce Commission to buy ready-meal manufacturer
Tom Raynel (Herald): Woolworths seeks clearance from Commerce Commission for Beak and Johnston acquisition (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Woolworths seeks clearance to take over ready-meals maker Beak & Johnston (paywalled)
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): Woolworths files merger application with Commerce Commission to buy ready-meal firm (paywalled)
CRIME, JUSTICE, GANGS
Shannon Pitman (Herald): Courtroom chaos: Almost 450 assaults in courts since 2019
Sunny Kaushal (Post): Surviving 2025: Getting crime back under control (paywalled)
Bill Hickman (RNZ): 'Gangs are part of society', photographer of Mongrel Mob members says
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Five for ‘25 - Media leaders on the year ahead (paywalled)
Steven Cowan: The BBC and RNZ: Sanitising genocide
OTHER
RNZ: Inland Revenue changes interest rates payments
Megan Wilson (Herald): Abuse survivors’ network endorses Mike Ledingham’s decision to reject New Year Honour
David Farrar: Should we have a referendum on the country’s name?
Joanne Naish (Press/Post): Remote huts could cost a ‘ludicrously high’ $57 a night under ‘dangerous’ DOC plan (paywalled)
Rachel Thomas (Post): Prostate cancer screening pilot gets committee’s nod after widow’s petition (paywalled)c
ODT: Call to address mental healthcare barriers for Pacific peoples
RNZ: Fruit fly incursion: Growers confident pest can be eradicated
Kevin Norquay (Post): Greyhound racing ban: Where will all the greyhounds, trainers go? (paywalled)
Katie Harris (Herald): Kiwi workers on the high salary, but personal cost of working in Australia mines (paywalled)
Centrist: New Zealand is one of the top destinations for immigrants in the OECD
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