New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project.

Today’s content

STUART NASH, OIA, LOBBYING
Rebecca Stevenson (Interest): The Prime Minister is gaslighting us on the Stuart Nash scandal
Graeme Edgeler (Spinoff): The Nash saga proves our OIA needs teeth
No Right Turn: Adding criminal penalties to the OIA
RNZ: Chris Hipkins: Lobbyists’ swipe card access to Parliament a ‘perception issue’
Doug Laing (Hawke’s Bay Today): How Labour will find a new candidate for Napier
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National promises to re-cut documentary taken down for copyright

JACINDA ARDERN
Luke Malpass (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern readies to go quietly into the political night
Audrey Young (Herald): What sort of former Prime Minister will Jacinda Ardern become? (paywalled)
Grant Duncan (The Conversation): Jacinda Ardern says goodbye to parliament: how her politics of kindness fell on unkind times
Damien Venuto (Herald): The Front Page: How will Jacinda Ardern be remembered?
Claire Trevett (Herald): Former PM Jacinda Ardern has been under the radar since she resigned – this is what she’s been doing
Adam Pearse (Herald): Jacinda Ardern to become NZ’s special envoy for Christchurch Call
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern leaves Parliament this week for jobs with Prince William and Christchurch Call
RNZ: Former PM Jacinda Ardern appointed as Christchurch Call envoy
Tess McClure (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern to tackle online extremism in new role as special envoy for Christchurch Call
1News: ‘Honour’ to welcome Jacinda Ardern to Earthshot board – Prince William
Adam Pearse (Herald): Jacinda Ardern returns to Parliament ahead of valedictory speech
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The speeches that tell the story of Jacinda Ardern’s political life
Alex Casey and Tara Ward (Spinoff): 1News vs Newshub: The battle of the Jacinda Ardern exit interviews

JACINDA ARDERN INTERVIEWS
Felix Desmarais (1News): ‘I won’t miss the weight’: Jacinda Ardern opens up on her life in politics
1News: ‘Humbled and excited’: Jacinda Ardern’s next moves revealed
Samantha Hayes (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern exit interview: What her final message to New Zealand will be
Samantha Hayes (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern exit interview: Former Prime Minister says fear of losing election didn’t lead to resignation, admits thinking standing down might take ‘heat out’ of debate
Samantha Hayes (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern exit interview: Former Prime Minister on being ‘so angry’ at March 15 shooter, manifesto
Samantha Hayes (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern exit interview: Former Prime Minister describes looking for exit from major event due to pregnancy illness
Samantha Hayes (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern’s new jobs revealed: Special envoy to Christchurch Call, work with Prince William’s Earthshot Prize

OTHER PARTIES ON ARDERN
Felix Desmarais (1News): National rivals say Ardern was ‘extraordinary’ on world stage
Newshub: Judith Collins reflects on Jacinda Ardern’s ‘extraordinary’ work, ‘her disappointment’ and if she could have beaten her without COVID
William Hewett (Newshub): Green Party co-leader James Shaw pays tribute to Jacinda Ardern, says it’s a ‘privilege’ to have worked with her
Herald: Act’s David Seymour calls Jacinda Ardern ‘too dumb’ to be part of a global conspiracy
Justin Hu (1News): ‘The kind of man you are’: Robertson slams ACT leader for Ardern dig
Brooke van Velden (Herald): Jacinda Ardern’s political ‘failure’ self-inflicted

NATIONAL PARTY
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National Party aware candidate compared civil unions to polygamy and incest
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): National candidate Greg Fleming compared civil unions to polygamy and incest
1News: National candidate previously compared civil unions to incest

ECONOMY
Duncan Garner (NBR): This engineered recession cost us our jobs (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Economist’s message to Reserve Bank: ‘Don’t keep hiking until something breaks’
Rob Stock (Stuff): Five hundred more households fall behind on home loan payments
Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): Mortgage payments missed, consumer lending up 19% (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZIER’s quarterly survey of business opinion shows RBNZ winning inflation battle and causing recession
Imogen Wells (Stuff): Newsable’s OCR cheat sheet: The who, the what, the why and how (much?)
1News: Reserve Bank’s juggling act to keep lid on inflation
Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZIER’s quarterly survey shows economic capacity pressures are easing and businesses are more worried about sales than hiring
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Green shoots appear in latest business survey: NZIER (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): RBNZ’s rate hikes gaining traction, but there’s a long road to travel
Ella Somers (BusinessDesk): Consumers are keeping their wallets closed, but retailer results show there’s hope

MEDIA
Katie Harris (Rotorua Daily Post): Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan apologises for remarks at Māni Dunlop’s farewell from RNZ
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan apologises over comments at RNZ farewell for fiancée Māni Dunlop
Gavin Ellis: News avoidance and lack of trust MUST send a message to media
Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): Trust in NZ news media continues to decline: AUT
Karl du Fresne: RNZ made the right decision
Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): Stuff explores paywall options as digital news landscape shifts (paywalled)
Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): Power quits TVNZ amid rumour and speculation (paywalled)
Herald: TVNZ CEO Simon Power to step down at the end of June
RNZ: TVNZ chief executive Simon Power resigns
NBR: Simon Power quits as TVNZ boss (paywalled)
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): TVNZ remains ‘committed’ to south after reporter resigns

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Richard Prebble (Herald): Why are we sleep-walking into conflict with China? (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): SIS identifies several spies in NZ
Herald: China hits back at Herald and Newstalk ZB over Chinese Communist Party-linked security cameras in Govt buildings story
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National and Act want audit of communist security cameras on ‘sensitive’ buildings
Herald Editorial: New Zealand’s renewed standing with Nato (paywalled)
Reuben Steff (Newsroom): The Swiss holes in anti-Aukus rhetoric

EXTREME WEATHER
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Big shortfall in government funding for cyclone-hit businesses
Rob Stock (Stuff): By the numbers: Auckland flooding, Cyclone Gabrielle claims reach $2.47 billion
David Hargreaves (Interest): Bigger than Kaikoura: Weather event insurance claims now worth nearly $2.5 billion
1News: $9.5m worth of insurance claims paid daily after cyclone, floods

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Rachael Kelly and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Kieran McAnulty ‘keeping an eye’ on Gore council, hasn’t intervened yet
Tom Hunt (Dominion Post): Wellington council asks the Government for help with falling lamp saga
Yashas Srinivasa (Timaru Herald): ECan becomes first regional council in NZ to become an accredited living wage employer
David Farrar: An anonymous lobby group

HEALTH
NZ Fabian Society: Rob Campbell on Pae Ora Health Reforms
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Prime Minister Chris Hipkins hits back as Rob Campbell criticises Government’s health reforms
1News: Hipkins defends health reforms amid criticism from Campbell
RNZ: Government has ‘choked’ on health reforms, ousted Te Whatu Ora chairman says
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Sacked Te Whatu Ora chair Rob Campbell launches into live TV broadside against health reforms
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): I’m so disappointed in Rob Campbell
Ian Powell: A slow moving train wreck: cancer specialist access in New Zealand
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘I will die prematurely’: Cancer patient concerned over proposed law change
Chris Lynch: Christchurch surgeon’s briefing paper exposes healthcare crisis
Megan Wilson (Bay of Plenty Times): Tauranga Hospital: Child waiting six months for ear surgery with no confirmed date
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Online research launched to help those with Long Covid

ENVIRONMENT
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Grant Robertson seeking ETS advice, as tumbling carbon price lowers cost of pollution
RNZ: NZ needs to ‘keep pushing harder and keep doing more’ to lower emissions – Shaw
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): Factory emissions down, car pollution up in spring
RNZ: Greenhouse gas emissions fall in latest Stats NZ figures
No Right turn: Climate Change: What policy success looks like

TRANSPORT
Vita Molyneux (Herald): ‘Are we a third-world country?’ Ferry passengers stranded on both sides of Cook Strait fuming at weeks-long delays
1News: New Zealand’s transport system ‘in crisis’ – advocate
Andrea Vance and Iain McGregor (Stuff): Understanding the battle over the Interislander’s new ‘mega ferries’
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Bus drivers keep quitting even as conditions and pay slowly improve
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Domestic transport is even more cooked than usual at the moment

EDUCATION
John Minto (Daily Blog): To improve education standards we must reduce inequality
Amy Wiggins (Herald): ‘Knowledge poor’ school curriculum blamed for falling student achievement (paywalled)
Rachel Moore (Stuff): Child’s homework – sign up your parent to teachers’ union cause
Tema Hemi (Whakaata Māori): Te Pūkenga merger ‘shambolic’ – National
Katy Jones (Nelson Mail): Assurances sought over NMIT jobs and assets in wake of troubled merger
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Software to detect use of AI systems like ChatGPT activated in New Zealand

CHILD WELFARE
Hannah Martin (Stuff): ‘Too many’ Kiwi kids going without basics, as 1 in 5 experience hardship by age 12
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Kiwi kids have strong sense of ethnic, gender identity, study shows
Patrick Leman (The Conversation): Children have a basic understanding of poverty – a more equal society means talking to them about it

HOUSING
David Hargreaves (Interest): The Reserve Bank says the potential benefits of DTI restrictions would significantly outweigh banks’ costs
Miriam Bell (Stuff): House price falls spread: here’s where house prices have fallen by 20%

GENDER, CULTURE WARS
Thomas Cranmer: Identity Politics and the Challenge to Conservatism
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Why Prime Minister Chris Hipkins was asked ‘what is a woman?’
Herald: Trans rights: Chris Hipkins asked to define what a woman is, gives a 60-second response
Ani OBrien (Plain Sight): Who is Chris Hipkins so afraid of?
Steven Cowan: Albert Park: The aftermath 

OTHER
The Facts: Violent crime offenders = 50% Māori, 83% male
Chris Lynch: Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Awards under fire as recipient’s suitability questioned
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Defence Force spends $60m to stop its staff walking out the door
Rob Stock (Stuff): ‘A bank account should be a human right’ – Westpac
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Why tens of thousands of Kiwis can’t get a bank account
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): What happens if we pull the plug on Lake Onslow?
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Amazon cloud to buy half the output of wind farm – is this new renewable power?
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): Forestry AI helps track cyclone damage, with almost ‘whole country mapped out’
RNZ: Government reveals high-security data centre being built in West Auckland
Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): Today FM debacle highlights employer obligations when making staff redundant
Vincent O’Malley (Newsroom): Book of the Week: The truth about ‘Māori privilege’