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
ECONOMY, TAX, COST OF LIVING
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Lobbyists kick into gear ahead of public finding out how much tax the rich really pay (paywalled)
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): All of a sudden, a capital gains tax is back on the political agenda
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): We need more tax coming in the door: someone has to pay (paywalled)
Natasha Hamilton-Hart (Open Inquiry): Holding common ground. Or, why do we pay tax anyway?
Ruth Richardson (Stuff): The taxation problem I should have fixed 33 years ago
Tim Hazledine (Stuff): Unemployment isn’t the answer to inflation
Steven Cowan: Inflation, recession and political unrest
Brianna Mcilraith (Stuff): Why is our food so expensive and what can we do about it?
Nick Evershed and Tess McClure (Guardian): Food costs soar in New Zealand: see how prices have changed with this interactive chart
Alan Granville (Stuff): The world’s wealthiest city has 340,000 millionaires; here’s how many Auckland has
Rebecca Stevenson (Interest): Cutting off the insolvent: NZ banks close accounts for bankrupts
RNZ: Banks still making huge profits, but have likely peaked
ELECTION
Andrea Vance (Stuff): National candidate Stephen Jack resigns after sharing a poem likening Jacinda Ardern to Adolf Hitler
Molly Swift (Newshub): National candidate Stephen Jack resigns after controversial social media posts come to light
RNZ: National candidate shared a poem likening Jacinda Ardern to Adolf Hitler
Rachel Maher (Herald): National candidate Stephen Jack resigns after coming under fire for reposting poem comparing Ardern to Hitler
William Hewett (Newshub): Political commentator Brigitte Morten says candidate Stephen Jack’s resignation shows National has ‘decisive leadership’
Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): How the polls move as the election approaches (paywalled)
Morgan Godfery (Stuff): Party that will decide next government exists on a different axis
Catherine Hubbard (Stuff): Government spending and taxes in sights of deputy National leader
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Comrades – we need a working definition of ‘Woke’ for the 2023 Election
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, ANIMAL WELFARE
Richard Harman (Politik): National goes populist but avoids the big question (paywalled)
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Why does national think importing cheap labour is the solution to every problem?
Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): Nats agriculture policy slammed by environmentalists
RNZ: ‘Ridiculous’, ‘pretty reasonable’, ‘backward step’: Mixed reactions to National’s new farming policies
Felix Desmarais (1News): ‘Ideological nonsense’: Greens hit out at Nats’ farming policy
Amelia Wade (Newshub): How National’s agriculture policy has gone down
Leah Tebbutt (RNZ): Farmers back National’s proposed policy changes
Michael Neilson and Claire Trevett (Herald): National farming policy: Resume live animal exports, cut red tape, scrap migrant worker median wage
Dan Brunskill (Interest): National promises to cut red tape surrounding farms
1News: National targets ‘rules and regulations’ in farming policy
RNZ: National pledges to double RSE worker cap, ban foreign investment in farms for carbon mining
1News: Gisborne group asks UN to investigate East Coast forestry slash
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Brent Edwards (NBR): New Zealand’s tottering diplomatic balancing act (paywalled)
Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): Aussies reveal NZ-led US, Aus’ military operation in Hauraki Gulf
Christine Rovoi (Stuff): Pacific criticises AUKUS: ‘Deal keeping America engaged in the region’
1News: Surveillance fears for NZ, Aus as China builds new Antarctic station
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta to visit Samoa alongside UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): It’s time for Kiwis living in Aus to be treated equally
EXTREME WEATHER, ENVIRONMENT
Simon Connell and Dawn Duncan (Newsroom): We are woefully unprepared for the floods of the future
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Managed retreat, emissions pricing could slip as Parliament counts down to election
RNZ: Government unveils plan to speed up renewable electricity consents
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): It’s right to hold regrets, but blame games are pointless after such a crisis
Stuff: New minister Rachel Brooking heeds mum’s advice, wants to continue RMA reform
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Otago residents say tougher flood hazard rules could make land unsellable
David Williams (Newsroom): Fight over $28m high country lease hits High Court
HAMILTON WEST BY-ELECTION
Jonah Franke-Bowell (Stuff): Over $200,000 spent by candidates during Hamilton West by-election
RNZ: Hamilton West byelection winner Tama Potaka spent the most, returns show
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
Herewini Waikato (Whakaata Māori): Māori worker injures in workplaces outnumber any other ethnicity
Christine Rovoi (Stuff): New research shows just 25% of Pacific RSE workers return to New Zealand
TRANSPORT
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Transport abandons plan to remove kerbside parking with little or no public consultation
1News: Union calls for AT to cool jets on staff cuts, morale now low
Lee Kenny (Stuff): Canterbury’s mayors call for extra $1b for region’s transport – but can’t say what it will be spent on
EDUCATION
Amy Wiggins (Herald): Changes to the roll-out of the curriculum refresh and new NCEA assessment have gained mixed responses
Gianina Schwanecke and Gabrielle McCulloch (Stuff): Delay to curriculum changes gives ‘fighting chance’ for maths and literacy, educators say
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Changes to NCEA deferred so schools can prioritise maths and literacy
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Some NCEA changes delayed, maths and literacy prioritised
Herald Editorial: Will 320 more teachers get better outcomes? (paywalled)
Melanie Dorrian (Spinoff): Reducing class sizes by one student isn’t going to change much
1News: Secondary school teachers to enter facilitated bargaining with Govt
Jennifer Smart (Spinoff): Do our schools work for boys?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER REFORM
Thomas Cranmer: Hipkins Puts Three Waters Back on the Table
Tim Brown (RNZ): A political ‘cry for help’: Independent review agreed on into dysfunction within Gore District Council
1News: Gore residents welcome review of troubled council
Caley Callahan (Newshub): Both Gore’s mayor and council CEO refuse to step down despite strained relationship
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): So let’s talk about how Wayne Brown won a rigged Mayoral Election and can the SuperCity be fixed?
HOUSING
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland gets an extra year to act on govt’s housing density plan after floods
Miriam Bell (Stuff): Urban land prices have doubled in most of New Zealand’s cities
Miriam Bell (Stuff): Is there light at the end of the tunnel for the housing market?
HEALTH
1News: New university research centre hopes to transform Pacific health
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Nursing Council prevents training school opening, despite workforce crisis
Mana Wikaire-Lewis (Whakaata Māori): Nursing academy set up to fill shortages in health sector
Lauren Hendricksen (Newshub): Medical laboratory workforce facing ‘tsunami’ of staff resignations, fears grow for delays in services
PARLIAMENT OCCUPATION
Lane Nicholas and Katie Harris (Herald): Wellington Parliament protests: Hundreds charged but just 31 convicted so far, IPCA report released
1News: Report into police handling of Parliament occupation released today
OTHER
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Double-bunking rises at Rimutaka as Corrections grapples with NZ prison staffing
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): But the Treaty DOES guarantee sovereignty to all Kiwis – stop the woke academics killing our Treaty!
Herald: Posie Parker protest: Police charge man accused of punching elderly woman in the head
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): I told you Stuff were dumping Dominion Post for woke reasons – will it make Today FM look successful
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Russell readies for possible name change to Kororāreka
Katie Ham (Stuff): Auckland girl targeted by US predator, but NZ police refused to act
