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Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

New Zealand Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand.

Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards.

Local government
Henry Cooke (Stuff): How to lose an election: Over-promise or under-deliver
Simon Collins (Herald): Local council elections: ‘Diversity burst’ shatters council old boys’ club
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): Young councillors to push on climate change issues
Ella Prendergast and Dan Satherley (Newshub): NZ now has five Mayors under 40
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): : Few care about council elections (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Stuff): It’ll take more than poop emojis to make voters care
Julienne Molineaux (Stuff): Educate kids, lower the voting age, explain why elections are important: just don’t do online voting
Katie Kenny (Stuff): Why it will never be possible to have a completely protected online voting
Jean Drage (Press): Poor job at helping voters
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Upsets, close calls and low turnout feature in the changing face of local body elections
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Government may ban voting in effort to get more people to do it
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Now for the hard stuff
RNZ: 44 percent turnout: voting numbers top two previous polls
Chris Morris (ODT): Voter turnout mostly down in the South
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): As msm scramble to explain low voter turnout – why voters weaponised their apathy & how to actually solve it
Richard Griffin (Stuff): Simple solutions to end voter apathy
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Winners, losers, big losers, and gigantic losers from the 2019 local elections
Cherie Howie (Herald): The not-so-boring campaign: Local body election’s weird and wonderful moments (paywalled)
Cherie Howie (Herald): Mayor to mayor: Respected former Gisborne mayor Meng Foon’s top tips for newbie mayors after local body election (paywalled)
Newshub: Late surge in voters showing up to cast ballots in person
Patrick O’Sullivan (Herald): Local Focus: Why the poor voter turnout?
Matt Rilkoff (Taranaki Daily News): Local government voter turnout is a farce and it’s up to councillors to make it matter more
Ben Goodale (Herald): Voter turnout is a joke. Here’s how to fix it
Jane Bowron (Stuff): Voters fight back in the polling day Game of Shame

Results
Electionz: 2019 Local Elections Results
Herald: Local Body elections: The new mayor and councillors by town
Karoline Tuckey (RNZ): Explainer: Where to find results from local body elections
Stuff: The major results from the 2019 local body elections
Lucy Warhurst and Annabelle Tukia (Newshub): Meet the Mayors around New Zealand
Stuff: The new and old faces of councillors 

Northland
Melanie Earley (Stuff): Northland local body election results: Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai wins third term
RNZ: Third terms for Whangārei and Far North mayors

Auckland
Todd Niall (Stuff): Phil Goff’s second term as Auckland mayor could be his toughest political challenge yet
Todd Niall (Stuff): Aucklanders deserved a better mayoral contest
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland’s new council and the balance of power
Simon Wilson (Herald): Spring awakening: At home with re-elected Auckland mayor Phil Goff (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): What’s Phil Goff going to do now? (paywalled)
Mike Williams (SST): Phil Goff deserves a second term as Auckland Mayor, despite his vanilla style
Todd Niall (Stuff): No Mandate, no waking monster
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Auckland shaken but not stirred to vote for JT
Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Team Tamihere’s mayoral race: Memorable moments from the country’s most colourful campaign
Brad Flahive (Stuff): John Tamihere says Auckland election has woken ‘monster’, hints at return to national politics
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): ‘Awoken a monster’: Defeated John Tamihere hints at what’s next on his agenda
Herald: Tamihere hints at running in the general election next year after mayoral defeat
Herald: ‘I’m even more determined’: John Tamihere on losing Auckland mayoralty
1News: ‘Hell of a mess he’ll have to clean up’ – John Tamihere defiant despite big defeat to Phil Goff in Auckland election
Newshub: Wine reviewer ‘Fiona’ drowns sorrows after failing to win Auckland mayoralty
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland Council elections: Phil Goff is Auckland Mayor for second term
RNZ: Auckland Mayor Phil Goff wins a second term
1News: Phil Goff beats John Tamihere to secure second term as Auckland mayor
Herald: Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s victory vow: ‘My promise to you’
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Local body elections resolve controversial projects in Auckland
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland councillor’s message to Phil Goff: Put me on the board of Auckland Transport
Herald: Keven Mealamu’s new job in local politics
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Five goes at the mayoralty in three cities: The woman with the lowest number of votes
RNZ: Hundreds cast last minute votes in Auckland
RNZ: Auckland Council makes last-ditch appeal to voters

Waikato
Ruby Nyika and Aaron Leaman (Waikato Times): Hamilton’s new mayor makes time for ‘quiet walks and thinking’
Ruby Nyika and Jo LInes-Mackenzie (Waikato Times): Voters elect fresh faces and more women for Hamilton City Council
Jo LInes-Mackenzie (Waikato Times):  Hamilton welcomes new councillors to the table
Aaron Leaman (Waikato Times): Paula Southgate elected Hamilton’s new mayor
RNZ: Paula Southgate wins Hamilton mayoralty after narrowly missing out at last election
Newshub: ‘Price to pay’: Outgoing Hamilton Mayor Andrew King defends hefty rates hike that cost him his job
Richard Swainson (Waikato Times): Debate leaves audience wondering who pulls Hamilton’s strings

Bay of Plenty
RNZ: New mayors for Tauranga and Whakatane
Matt Shand (Stuff): Tauranga votes for change with Tenby Powell replacing incumbent
RNZ: First Up: 19 yo Stacey Rose hangs up clippers for BOP regional council
Zizi Sparks (Rotorua Daily Post): How Steve Chadwick was re-elected as Rotorua mayor for a third term (paywalled)
Zizi Sparks  (Rotorua Daily Post): Fisher Wang elected as Rotorua Lakes Council’s youngest councillor (paywalled)
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): 19-year-old Rotorua councillor’ stunned by election result

East Coast/Hawke’s Bay
RNZ: Gisborne mayor Rehette Stolz to continue in role
Laura Wiltshire (Hawkes Bay Today): Wairoa’s mayor says roads, CBD revitalisation and forestry major issues for the district
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): It’s time to listen to the community rather than forcing ideas on them, says new Napier Mayor
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Kirsten Wise becomes Mayor of Napier
Laura Wiltshire (Hawkes Bay Today): Kirsten Wise announced as new Napier mayor
RNZ: Kirsten Wise announced as Napier’s new mayor
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Alex Walker retains Central Hawke’s Bay Mayoralty with huge winning margin
Astrid Austin (Hawkes Bay Today): Hastings District Council election results: Who’s in and who’s out
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): TV star barber becomes Hastings’ first Pasifika councillor
Astrid Austin (Hawkes Bay Today): Alex Walker re-elected mayor of Central Hawke’s Bay
Laura Wiltshire (Hawke’s Bay Today): Hawke’s Bay dumps three regional councillors, progress results suggest
Hawkes Bay Today: Hawke’s Bay election results: The winners and losers (paywalled)
Sue Emeny (Hawkes Bay Today): Hawke’s Bay Elections: Tararua’s mayor is back

Taranaki
Matt Rilkoff (Taranaki Daily News): Congratulations to our courageous local body elections candidates
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): Neil Holdom wins three more years wearing the New Plymouth chains
RNZ: New Plymouth mayor wins almost double the votes of nearest rival
Christina Persico and Leighton Keith (Taranaki Daily News): ‘Kick-arse’, balanced council for New Plymouth – but results could still change
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): ‘Interesting’ result for Taranaki Regional Council
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): 10-year incumbent Stratford mayor re-elected
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): Taranaki local body election preliminary results
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): Phil Nixon wins South Taranaki mayoralty by large margin

Manawatū/Horowhenua
Merania Karauria (Manawatū Guardian): Re-elected: Grant Smith to lead Palmerston North City into the next three years
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Palmerston North voters test noon deadline
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): MidCentral district elects six new health board members
Alex Loo (Manawatū Standard): Bernie Wanden unseats Michael Feyen as Horowhenua mayor after controversial term
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Horowhenua mayor Michael Feyen gone
Janine Baalbergen (Whanganui Chronicle): Horowhenua votes for change: It’s Mayor Bernie
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Worboys retains Manawatū mayoralty

Wairarapa
Piers Fuller (Dominion Post): Challenges greet Wairarapa’s three mayors
Piers Fuller (Dominion Post): Two out of three new mayors in Wairarapa

Kāpiti/Porirua
Virginia Fallon (Dominion Post): Six new faces for Kāpiti’s council table as Guru returns for second mayoral term
Virginia Fallon (Dominion Post): Kāpiti Coast election sees K Gurunathan return for second term
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Hours of tension before teen’s election win confirmed at barn dance
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Porirua’s new mayor backs work ethic, determination and communication for term
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): The curious case of the contested charges: an unprecedented week in local politics

Hutt Valley
Nicholas Boyack and Matthew Tso (Dominion Post): Upper Hutt opts for Wayne Guppy’s ‘safe pair of hands’ again
Jessica Long and Matthew Tso (Stuff): Lower Hutt elects New Zealand’s youngest ever mayor, Campbell Barry
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Hutt City elects Campbell Barry, NZ’s youngest mayor ever
1News: Win hasn’t ‘sunk in yet’ for 28-year-old Campbell Barry, one of New Zealand’s youngest ever mayors
RNZ: Lower Hutt’s new mayor Campbell Barry one of the youngest to serve

Wellington 
Dileepa Fonseka, Joel Maxwell, and Matthew Tso (Dominion Post): Winds of change sweep through Wellington region
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Massive mayoral upset in the capital
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Money isn’t everything: Sir Peter Jackson and Wellington’s mayoralty
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): New Wellington Mayor Andy Foster tight-lipped on donation cash from Sir Peter Jackson
Dominion Post Editorial: Now for something different after local body vote
Tommy Livingston and Tom Hunt (Stuff): Youth voice heard in Wellington elections as young people voted onto councils
Tom Hunt (Dominion Post): Blow for Wellington’s Shelly Bay with most new councillors opposed
RNZ: Capital election nailbiter: Frontrunner stresses lengthy opposition to Shelly Bay
Eye of the fish: New political landscape
David Farrar: Wellington votes for change
Alex Braae (Spinoff): Cheat sheet: Just who is Wellington’s new mayor Andy Foster?
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Wellington’s new mayor steps up, Justin Lester bows out
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Wellington’s $6.4b transport plan on shaky ground
Dileepa Fonseka and Felix Desmarais (Dominion Post): Justin Lester out: Andy Foster new Wellington mayor in tight race
1News: Andy Foster speaks about his first move as Wellington’s new mayor
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Wellington’s ousted mayor and councillors philosophical about fickle politics
RNZ: Wellington mayoralty: Andy Foster has been elected mayor
Damian George (Stuff): Greater Wellington Regional Council hits refresh button with almost half of previous councillors gone
Phil Quin (Dominion Post): Will I? Won’t I? Inside a candidate’s mind
Dileepa Fonseka and Eleanor Wenman (Dominion Post): Queues out the door in Wellington CBD for last-minute voting

Tasman/Nelson/Marlborough
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): New Tasman District mayor Tim King eyes better rural engagement, committee rejig
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): First past the post given tick in Tasman District Council electoral system poll
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Tim King wins Tasman District Council mayoralty
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Departing mayor Richard Kempthorne reflects on 18 years with council
Skara Bohny (Nelson Mail): Rachel Reese has won the Nelson mayoral race
RNZ: Nelson Mayor Rachel Reese keeps top job
Hannah Bartlett (Stuff): ‘A women-quake’ for Nelson council with six female councillors 
Skara Bohny (Nelson Mail): New councillors excited to get to work on gender-balanced council
Sally Kidson (Stuff): Former Nelson mayor Paul Matheson elected to health board
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): Three more years as Marlborough mayor for John Leggett
Emma Dangerfield (Press): Just eight votes separating top two candidates in Kaikōura mayoralty race
Newshub: Kaikoura mayoralty on a knife-edge

Canterbury
Dominic Harris (Press): Matriarch of Christchurch politics Lianne Dalziel blows the whistle on Pied Pipers’ ambitions
Jean Drage (Stuff): No surprises with Christchurch mayoralty – but still some upsets
Tina Law (Press): Mayor plans to renew emphasis on fixing Christchurch’s eastern suburbs
RNZ: Christchurch people keen to see city’s rebuild finished – Dalziel
Kamala Hayman (Press): Christchurch needs strong leadership and a clear direction
Tina Law (Press): Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel holds on for third term
Anastasia Hedge (Herald): Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel triumphant after hardest-fought election
Katie Todd (RNZ): Lianne Dalziel re-elected as Christchurch mayor
Tina Law (Press): Christchurch’s city council now has three twenty-somethings and slightly more women
Dominic Harris (Press): Ousted Christchurch councillor Deon Swiggs: ‘It’s been a privilege’
Stuff: Several Christchurch City Councillors ousted, including under-investigation Deon Swiggs
Herald: Local body elections: Controversial candidates ousted
Tina Law (Press): Hard-fought and fractious campaign for Christchurch mayoralty nears its end
RNZ: Al Noor Mosque imam Gamal Fouda due to join community board
Paul Gorman and Matthew Littlewood (Stuff): New Canterbury regional council: younger, greener, gender balanced
Steven Lowndes (Press): Climate change, public transport, fresh water are ECan’s biggest challenges
Katie Todd (RNZ): ‘Diversity’ welcomed in ECan’s first full election in nine years
Paul Gorman (Press): Re-elected councillors happy with new Environment Canterbury council
Tina Law (Press): Three city councillors also elected to Canterbury District Health Board
Alice Geary (Timaru Herald): Two new members and five incumbents named for SC health board
Al Williams (Timaru Herald): Rowley wins third term as Waimate mayor

West Coast
ODT: Westland District Council results
1News: ‘Our darkest days’ – outgoing Grey District mayor reflects on Pike River mine disaster

Otago
ODT Editorial: The people have spoken
Joelle Dally (Stuff): Dunedin’s 35-year-old, hitch-hiking, Green Party mayor
Chris Morris (ODT): Mayoral win ‘pretty overwhelming’ – Hawkins
ODT: Hawkins extends winning margin
RNZ: Dunedin goes Green as Aaron Hawkins elected as the city’s next mayor
Daisy Hudson (ODT): Vandervis blames ‘ugly personal attacks’ for loss
Chris Morris (ODT): Four new faces on Dunedin council
ODT: DCC and community board results
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Blend of skills among those elected to new SDHB
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Cull and Chambers top SDHB poll
Richard Davison (ODT): New councillors for Clutha wards
Daisy Hudson (ODT): Few community board changes
Daisy Hudson (ODT): Hobbs, Wilson elected on to Otago Regional Council

Central Otago
Paul Taylor (ODT): Boult says much work still to do
Paul Taylor (ODT): Boult to serve second term in Queenstown
Paul Taylor (ODT): Tightest race in the South gets even tighter
ODT: Queenstown Lakes District Council results
Pam Jones (ODT): Cadogan vows to stay on the case
Pam Jones (ODT): Officer top-scoring councillor in Central

Southland
Southland Times Editorial: The faces are familiar. The circumstances aren’t.
Michael Fallow (Southland Times): South votes for a return to default formations
Michael Fallow (Southland Times): Sir Tim rides again – elected for another term as mayor
Evan Harding and Logan Savory (Southland Times): Shadbolt wins Invercargill mayoralty: ‘It’s still a relief’
Evan Harding and Logan Savory (Southland Times): ‘This is just the beginning’ Shadbolt says
Georgina Oldfield (Southland Times): Invercargill Licensing Trust board members stays the same
ODT: Southland District Council results
Luisa Girao and Laura Smith (ODT): Tong says this is his last term
Luisa Girao and Laura Smith (ODT): Gary Tong back as SDC Mayor
ODT: Environment Southland results
Laura Smith and Luisa Girao (ODT): Four newcomers and one seat still undecided
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Former Federated Farmers president Allan Baird wins a seat on Environment Southland
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Former top cop McPhail voted to Gore District Council
Richard Davison (ODT): Former top-cop among three new councillors for Gore

Local government – general
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Mayors made dozens of trips to China in past five years
Gavin Ogden (Herald): Local Focus: Can we ever be mates with rates?
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Horowhenua District Council makes another email apology
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland Council agency Panuku paid $451,000 to staff in bonuses
Sam Kilmister (Manawatū Standard): Auditor-general throws out complaint over deputy mayor marketing land for sale

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Newshub-Reid Research Poll
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern will be hurting over lost popularity
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Poll: Jacinda Ardern’s personal brand takes a bashing, Simon Bridges gets a bump and Judith Collins loses her mojo
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern, Labour take massive tumble in new Newshub-Reid Research poll
Duncan Garner (Newshub): Labour Government is big on talk with little to show for it
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): TV3 Poll: National 43.9%, Labour 41.6%, Green 6.3%, NZ First 4%, ACT 1.4%

Govt surplus
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Why isn’t the Govt using its super surplus for doing good? (paywalled)
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Government surplus should actually be a $30 billion deficit – Sir Roger Douglas
Innes Asher (Stuff): Government shouldn’t sit on $7.5b surplus while families need help
Duncan Garner (Stuff): You’ve got billions, Grant, so fund a night shelter

Christopher Luxon
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Christopher Luxon enters politics with a target on his back
1News: Christopher Luxon gives National voters ‘something to look forward to’ – Jessica Mutch McKay
RNZ: Checkpoint: Is Luxon’s National bid a problem for Bridges? (audio)
Dan Satherley (Newshub):Christopher Luxon as National leader? ‘Anything can happen’ – National MP Nikki Kaye
1News: Former PM John Key touts ex-Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon as a ‘world-class candidate’
David Farrar: Luxon seeking Botany nomination
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Christopher Luxon in Botany – Winners & Losers

Week in Politics, parliament
Peter Wilson (RNZ): Week in Politics: An embarrassment of riches
Claire Trevett (Herald): Beehive Dairies: James Shaw hugs a dog, Simon Bridges is all shook up (paywalled)
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Punishing contempt: what could happen to Simon Bridges?

Free speech, hate speech, Jim Flynn
Bruce Munro (ODT): Don’t be offended
Yvonne van Dongen (Stuff): The complicated issue of hate, and the left-wing professor whose book was banned
Chris Trotter: Fighting Monsters
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Auckland Council moves anti-transgender event to ‘more suitable venue’ after protests

Data, privacy
RNZ: The Detail: Stats NZ mines your cellphone data – should you be worried?
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Government’s digital expert warns agencies about protecting people’s data

Health and disability
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Students ‘illegally’ put to work during strike at Middlemore Hospital, union claims
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Council action over accused doctors overturned by district court
Herald Editorial: How to curb our enthusiasm for sugar and fat? (paywalled)
Southland Times: Southern DHB left naked teenage girl in seclusion with no bed
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Teenage girl stripped, left naked in seclusion with no proper bedding by Southern DHB
RNZ: DHB staff stripped young woman naked and put her in seclusion for 12 hours
Mark Quinlivan and James Fyfe (Newshub): Southern DHB forced to apologise after teenager in hospital was left in room naked overnight, with no mattress
Stephanie Ockhuysen (Stuff): New $300 million wing announced by Health Minister David Clark as next stage of Taranaki Base Hospital redevelopment
Jason Walls (Herald): New Plymouth hospital gets $300m upgrade, including new emergency department
Pete Hodgson (ODT): How big should the new Dunedin hospital be?
Nicholas Jones (Herald):Bad debt: Massive hospital bill wiped after visa overstayed (paywalled)
Herald: A mixture of denial and hope’: Living with breast cancer (paywalled)
Piers Fuller (Stuff): Iwi plan $30 million development at site of old Masterton Hospital
Kiri Tamihere-Waititi (E-Tangata): Is our mental health system making us crazy?
1News: Government investing $7 million in effort to get disabled people involved in sport, recreation
Laura James (1News): Individuals, business encouraged to use alt text to help visually impaired understand online content

Rest home care
Tony Wall (Stuff): The family of an elderly woman who died after suffering injuries at a rest home want answers
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Robert Love says HDC investigation into his late mother’s rest home care is flawed
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Probe report into Bupa care facility ‘deeply troubling’

Blair Vining has died
RNZ: Checkpoint: Oncologist Chris Jackson remembers his friend Blair Vining
Emma Russell (Herald): Blair Vining fought tirelessly to fix how we treat cancer. He just lost his own battle with the disease
RNZ: Cancer care campaigner Blair Vining dies
Vita Molyneux (Newshub):‘Tireless’ cancer campaigner Blair Vining has died
1News: Mourning Kiwis pay tribute to cancer campaigner Blair Vining and his ‘incredible legacy’

Tuia 250: James Cook commemorations
Philip Matthews (Press): Tuia 250: the return of the ‘death ship’
RNZ: Tuia 250: waka voyage a chance to ‘connect with taiao’

Immigration
John Armstrong (1News): Week of immigration policy drama leaves room for doubt in Labour-NZ First coalition
Mandeep Singh Bela (Stuff): Only rich people will be able to bring parents to New Zealand, how is that fair?
Janine Starks (Stuff): Here’s how to buy your way to New Zealand residency
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): New Filipino labour office to tackle migrant exploitation
Juliana Carvalho (Herald): Is it crazy to end discrimination against people with disabilities? (paywalled)

Housing
Carman Hall and Scott Yeoman (Bay of Plenty Times): Million dollar business: What motels are making from emergency housing
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): A wrap of the not so politically sexy work underway to increase the supply of houses… eventually
Melanie Earley (Stuff): Horror flatting situations: Triple layer bunks and mattresses on the floor, the reality of renting in Auckland
Stephanie Arthur-Worsop (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua housing crisis: Plans for 800 new homes announced – so why have only a few been built?
Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): New development using green housing guidelines

Building and construction
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Widespread defective or missing concrete or reinforcing steel revealed
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Building Act reforms just the first step
Boris Jancic (Herald): Government to loosen consent rules for prefabricated homes
Zane Small and Alice Wilkins (Newshub): Proposed law would speed up building consents for ‘prefab’ factory-made houses
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Government cuts red tape on prefab homes as part of Building Act reform
RNZ: Consenting changes for prefab homes
1News: Push to get more houses built sees Government cut red tape in construction sector

NZSIS illegally spied on journlaist Nicky Hager
1News: Spy agencies need better safety checks, Nicky Hager’s lawyer says after NZSIS illegally spied on journalist
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): What does the revelation that SIS broke the law again against Nicky Hager mean to you as New Zealanders?

HART
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Trevor Richards: 50 years on from Halt All Racists Tour and the power of protest
Sam Farrell (Newshub): Leading protest figures gather in Wellington to mark 50 years of activism
RNZ: HART at 50: Anti-apartheid figures recall group’s impact

Transport
Phil Pennington (RNZ): NZTA’s high cost of regulatory failure and a bumpy road to reform
Damian George (Stuff): Wellington Gateway Partnership suing NZTA for millions over delays to Transmission Gully
RNZ: Nicole Rosie named as new NZTA boss
Leighton Keith (Taranaki Daily News): Sacred Māori sites put brakes on alternative route north of New Plymouth

Air NZ
Grant Bradley (Herald): Air New Zealand director Sir John Key: Airlines stupid to ignore flight shaming movement (paywalled)
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Who is Air NZ’s incoming CEO Greg Foran?
RNZ: New Zealander Greg Foran who heads Walmart moving to Air NZ CEO role
1News: Air New Zealand appoints Walmart US president as its new chief executive

Education
Josephine Franks (Stuff): Self-harm, depression, an eating disorder – but claims nobody at Victoria University halls noticed
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Cheap alcohol the ‘real issue’ driving student flat party culture
RNZ: Checkpoint: Dunedin flat parties grew after crackdown on bars – students
Jessica Wilson (ODT): Greater safety, enabling executive among aims of the Otago University Students’ Association’s president-elect
Rachel Moore (Dominion Post): Schools disadvantaged by taking pupils with disabilities – principal
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Schools worry that camps may soon be a thing of the past
Simon Collins (Herald): Schools block 2.2 billion attempts to access gaming and other blocked sites
Ben Leahy (Herald):Boy, 4, with cerebral palsy suffers horrific injuries at Auckland kindergarten
1News: MP calls for Govt investigation after 4-year-old with cerebal palsy injured at Auckland kindy
RNZ: Injury to disabled child at kindergarten ‘not surprising’

Environment
Jonathan West (Newsroom): Weight of the past poisoning lakes of the present
Nicola Martin (Stuff): So where’s the environmental benefit in more mining?
John McCrone (Stuff): The sea of pines that is going to be needed to balance the NZ carbon budget
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Access over billionaire’s land but he doesn’t have to tell you
1News: Cruise ship impact on Akaroa needs more research, report finds
Rob Stock (Stuff): Climate change conference with no place to safely lock bikes

Primary industries
John Atthony (Stuff): Government and Mycoplasma bovis partners fund support for under pressure rural families
1News: Farmers hit out at waterway protection proposals as consultation continues

Māori Party
Claire Trevett (Herald): Māori Party selects Debbie Ngarewa-Packer for critical Te Hauāuru seat
Leighton Keith (Taranaki Daily News): Debbie Ngarewa-Packer selected to represent the Māori Party in 2020 general election
Māori TV: Māori Party name first candidate for 2020 election
1News: Māori party makes move to win back Te Tai Hauāuru seat

Gangs
Laura Walters (Newsroom): ‘Gang crackdown’ wins votes, doesn’t solve problems
Mike Houlahan (ODT): National ganging up as election year nears
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Politicians wrong to label all patched-gangs as sophisticated drug criminals, say Black Power and Mongrel Mob
Jarrod Gilbert: Why the fuss about the patch?

Foreign affairs
Newshub: ‘Don’t declare a climate emergency, just get stuff done’ – Dutch PM
Rebecca Watson (Newshub): Opinion: Donald Trump’s administration just did something big for China’s oppressed Muslims in Xinjiang while NZ is quiet

Corrections, Justice
Lisa Davies (1News): Experts from around the world discuss the dangers of relying on jailhouse informants
RNZ: Checkpoint: Jailhouse informants the most dangerous witnesses – campaigner
Anna Leask (Herald): Extended supervision: More than 500 dangerous criminals breach court orders after prison release (paywalled)
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): ‘We’ve got nobody’: Mother who lost son seven years ago continues to fight for justice
Herald Editorial: Name suppression fight in robbery case not taken up lightly (paywalled)
Caroline Williams (Stuff): Inmates at Auckland women’s prison say ballet has transformed their lives

Christchurch mosque shooting 
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Video game based on Christchurch mosque shooting for sale in New Zealand
Scott Palmer and Edward O’Driscoll (Newshub): Spotify hosts playlists glorifying Christchurch terror attack

Kiwisaver
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Nearly a million Kiwis are paying too much tax on their Kiwisaver
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Fees, nerves, and first-home-buyer activity – what the FMA’s annual KiwiSaver report tells us about the state of our retirement savings scheme

Abortion
Zane Small (Newshub): ‘We have a right to be heard’: Anger over Abortion Legislation Committee process
Derek Cheng (Herald): Extra security for abortion hearings after ‘serious threat’ against MP

Stephen Colbert 
Stuff: Jet-lagged Stephen Colbert says PM Jacinda Ardern appointed him president of NZ
Herald: NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern entertains Stephen Colbert in Auckland
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Jacinda Ardern just took Stephen Colbert for a coffee in Morningside
Jo Moir (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern greets Stephen Colbert at Auckland Airport

Other
Claire Trevett (Herald): Will Labour steal National’s thunder on tax cuts? (paywalled)
Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): What’s Really Going On With New Zealand First, Leaks
Steve Elers (Manawatū Standard): There’s no good reason for 133 TVNZ staff to be earning more than $120,000 a year
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Baby boomers and millennials agree on plenty, as do farmers and townies
Liam Dann (Herald): Building Confidence: Can we turn around the economic gloom? (paywalled)
Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): Police want $800 for previously free use of force data
Bevan Hurley (Stuff): Police build case against ‘bumbling Jihadi’ Mark Taylor, but outdated anti-terrorism laws could see him walk free
Gordana Rodden (Stuff): Under protest: Photographers capture the Springbok tour, the foreshore and seabed hīkoi, and climate change
Kelly Dennett (Stuff): The life of a social worker: Dispelling Oranga Tamariki’s ‘baby stealer’ reputation
Kate MacNamara (Stuff): Does the end justify the means in Adrian Orr’s effort to strengthen banking?
John Anthony (Stuff): ‘Complex and diverse’: New Zealand Space Agency reveals Rocket Lab customers’ satellite plans
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Sitting down with Judith ‘Crusher’ Collins and how she wasn’t so scary after all
Kerre McIvor (Herald): : How Simon is building Bridges (paywalled)
Boris Jancic and Chris Knox (Herald): Will the public get to decide on euthanasia? A poll of MPs (paywalled)
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): National is opposed to firearms bill after most changes it requested are declined
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): New court date for Destiny Church over charity deregistration
Jim Tucker (Taranaki Daily News): The government’s energy promises to Taranaki in question
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): Apologies to Jacinda and Greta, but the Nobel Peace Prize has gone to a worthy winner
1News: Jacinda Ardern misses out on Nobel Peace Prize, awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister
Matthew Tso (Stuff): Vietnam veteran urges old comrades to seek overdue medical help
Quinton Hita (E-Tangata): One reo to rule them all?
ODT Editorial: Welcome moves against predators
Chris Morris (ODT): City abuses referred to Vatican
Siouxsie Wiles (Stuff): When it comes to NZ drugs, better safe than sorry
Greta Yeoman (Spinoff): Marriage equality, five years on: we ask opposing MPs if they’d still vote no
Mikaela Wilkes (Stuff):If Sir Elton John could be any woman alive he’d be Jacinda Ardern
Herald: Elton John says if he could be any woman alive, he would want to be Jacinda Ardern
Herald: ‘We need Ghostbusters’: Department of Internal Affairs staff say building is haunted by spectre in basement

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