NZ Politics Daily: 8 January 2025
PARLIAMENT, 2025
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Justin Trudeau’s Demise, In A Global Context
Richard Prebble (Herald): The New Year resolutions the Government should be making (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Winston Peters on New Zelaand First’s year of achievement (paywalled)
NBR: Out of Office Reply: Shane Jones (paywalled)
Andrew Gunn (Post): Surviving 2025: Managing a coalition (paywalled)
WAITANGI DAY, TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL
RNZ: Extension of Treaty Principles Bill submissions deadline called for
Shannon Redstall (Stuff): Parliamentary website crashes ahead of Treaty Principles Bill deadline
Denise Garland (RNZ): Unprecedented number of submissions on Treaty Principles Bill
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Public engagement through Treaty Principles Bill submissions 'very positive' - Stephen Rainbow
TARIANA TURIA
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Dame Tariana Turia laid to rest at her marae near Whanganui
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Sun shines on Dame Tariana Turia’s final resting place
Whatitiri Te Wake (Te Ao Māori News): Dame Tariana Turia’s whānau revive ancient tangihanga practice
Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand government, opposition parties glorify deceased Māori Party founder
CHILD WELFARE, ORANGA TAMARIKI
Herald Editorial: Oranga Tamariki faces questions over cuts to children’s service providers (paywalled)
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Cuts to frontline services risking safety of families - Labour
RNZ: Family violence problem 'much bigger than people think', prevention experts say
RNZ: 'Utterly heartbreaking': Two children allegedly murdered in grim start to 2025
HEALTH
Jessica Roden (1News): Frustration for healthcare workers waiting on owed holiday pay
Charlotte Paul (Herald): Where do we go now with puberty blockers? (paywalled)
Ian Powell: Welcome puberty blockers report but beware derailing transphobia
Rafaella Melo (Hawkes Bay Today/Herald): Health NZ proposes cut to Napier’s overnight urgent care services (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Federico Magrin (Waikato Times): Māori wards referenda: ‘Tyranny of the majority’ or ‘democratic right’? (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Councillors told of huge costs looming (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: The show must go on (paywalled)
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Auckland’s St James: a political football (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): 'Fiscally-neutral' plan $7m contribution to Reading, cheerleader says (paywalled)
RNZ: Bowling alley or mini-golf? Wellingtonians' hopes for abandoned cinema site
Eye of the Fish: Reading
Julie Jacobson (Post): It's rubbish, but not as some might know it (paywalled)
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua kerbside rubbish collection: Locals weigh in on new waste plan
ECONOMY, TAX
Anneke Smith (RNZ): What the Trump administration might mean for New Zealand trade
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How the tax crackdown is working
HOUSING
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Struggling home-buyers and owners turning to non-bank lenders
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Kāinga Ora tenant says his Wellington flat reeks of cannabis smoke
Brent Melville (NBR): Auckland realtor slapped with $9500 fine, escapes $100 claim (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): Construction down by $5.2 billion last year (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington red hot rental market cooling
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Justin Wong (Post): RiverLink details remain shrouded (paywalled)
Lee Scanlon (Westport News): Eight months' coal trucking to end as rail tunnel reopens
RNZ: KiwiRail urging caution as Tawhai Tunnel reopens
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Rail tunnel important for South Island coal exports to reopen (paywalled)
Maryana Garcia (Herald): Waikato roads still deadliest in New Zealand according to Ministry of Transport
Duncan Connors (ODT): Getting on board with a commuter train system that works
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
Liu Chen (RNZ): WorkSafe investigating fall that has left migrant worker in a coma
Tim Hunter (NBR): The mystery of the Queenstown mining exec (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Growth of data centres expected to match that of Sydney
OTHER
Nazahryth Bernard (Herald): Animal rights organisation Peta calls for webcams in all New Zealand shearing sheds over alleged sheep abuse
Joanne Nash (Press/Post): Back country hut fee plan - trampers should pay their way, says trust director
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Mother loses bid to overturn paid parental leave decision
Jack Riddell (Herald): Central Hawke’s Bay couple buys a bus to take their boy to school in Hastings after Ministry route cuts (paywalled)
David Williams (Newsroom): A single, $80m shot the last piece of the pest eradication puzzle
Alan Granville (Stuff): The big change for Kiwis visiting the UK kicks in this week
Sandra Conchie (Herald): Richard Sivell a no-show in Tauranga court over threats to kill Dame Jacinda Ardern
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