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

MICHAEL WOOD AIRPORT SHARES CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Peter Dunne: Taint of incompetent ministers dragging Hipkins down
Herald Editorial: Suspended Transport Minister Michael Wood’s egregious error of judgment (paywalled)
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Transport Minister Michael Wood, Auckland Airport shares saga – There should be no coming back for minister
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Michael Wood on last chance after embarrassing day for Chris Hipkins
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Michael Wood risks his kingdom for some shares
Bridie Witton (Post): Carelessness or something else? Michael Wood fights for political career over airport shares (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Stuff): PM Chris Hipkins truly irritated and deflated in Question Time barrage over Michael Wood
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Michael Wood cannot come back from this
Damien Venuto (Herald): The Front Page: Will Michael Wood and Jan Tinetti blunders cost Labour the election in 2023?
No Right Turn: Deliberate non-compliance
David Farrar: Wood vs Key share scandal compared
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): In defence of Michael Wood & Julie Fairey while comparing David Seymour and John Key’s conflicts of interest
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): From Mr Fix-it to Mr I-Fluffed-it – Michael Wood’s death by a dozen calls
Emily Writes (Spinoff): What to do when your child (Michael Wood) just won’t listen
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Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Michael Wood says he didn’t realise he had been asked 12 times about selling shares, thought it was eight
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Take Five: The key details around Michael Wood’s Auckland Airport share controversy
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Michael Wood asked 12 times by Cabinet Office if he had sold Auckland Airport shares
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Michael Wood was asked 12 times – including this year – about selling shares, but continues to hold them
Herald: Blind trust: How Michael Wood could have avoided disclosing airport shares (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Here’s how much Michael Wood’s shares have increased in value since he was first asked to sell
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Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Opposition calls for Chris Hipkins to fire Michael Wood altogether over shares shambles
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Michael Wood Auckland Airport shares: Opposition calls for sacking after revelations asked to sell shares 12 times
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Opposition toughens stance on Michael Wood’s ministerial future
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Luxon slams Govt over ‘another ministerial scandal’, Seymour calls for early election if PM can’t find ‘capable’ Michael Wood replacement
William Hewett (Newshub): David Seymour calling for PM Chris Hipkins to sack Michael Wood as minister after Auckland Airport shares botch-up

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Erin Johnson (Stuff): Budget vote: Will councillors sell airport shares?
Matthew Scott (Newsroom): Auckland decides: D-Day for airport sale
Erin Johnson (Stuff): Second Auckland councillor declares spouse owns shares in Auckland Airport, hours before budget vote
RNZ: Auckland Councillor Chris Darby reveals financial interest in Auckland Airport, second this week
Erin Johnson (Stuff): Auckland Council looking into potential conflicts of interest over airport shares
1News: Auckland Council to vote today on airport share sales plan
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei offers Wayne Brown an alternative to massive rates rise or Auckland Airport share sell-off
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Roger, Ruth, Wayne and Tina
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Auckland Council wants to cut ECE funding – but will it even save any money?
Newshub: Paula Bennett hints at Auckland Mayoral run
Simon Bridges (NBR): The Auckland stadium debate resurfaces (paywalled)
Erin Gourley (Post): Public Service Watch: Cats and cycleways engage the public, budgets not so much (paywalled)
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Hutt City mayor says council funding model ‘broken’ as 9.9% rates rise agreed
RNZ: Gore mayor personal assistant previously charged with prescription forgery
Ben Tomsett (ODT): Mayor’s comments on media funding labelled ignorant (paywalled)

ELECTORAL REVIEW
Brent Edwards (NBR): Let’s have a public – not partisan – debate on electoral reform (paywalled)
David Farrar: Independent Electoral Panel delivers wishlist for the left
Marcus Roberts (Post): Electoral law shakeup should not favour one side over the other (paywalled)

ELECTION, PARLIAMENT
Ben Thomas (Stuff): Seymour’s re-treaded regulation gimmick has whiff of a bygone ACT Party
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): Ministry for Ethnic Communities defended after ACT promises to abolish it
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Donations cases back to haunt National, NZ First
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Elections shouldn’t feel like TV infomercials
Erin Gourley (Stuff): Pole-dancing campaign launch for Green Ōhāriu candidate to ‘keep it fun’
Glenn McConnell (Post): Parliament wants to expand its own security force after riot and threats (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): National MP Mark Mitchell v Police Minister Ginny Andersen: Labour fails to stop use of partial quote
Tim Gibson (Spinoff): How to spot an AI political ad (for now)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand wants to turn a regional forum into a Pacific powerhouse (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Stuff): New Zealand and Fiji to sign military agreement, as Fiji freezes police co-operation with China
Richard Harman (Poliitk): The General is back (paywalled)
RNZ and Rachael Nath (RNZ): Rabuka renews Fiji-New Zealand links in meeting with Chris Hipkins
Emile Donovan (Stuff): Newsable: new escalation in simmering China-India tensions
Luke Malpass (Post): Climate, Pacific on the agenda as Australian ministers blow into Wellington (paywalled)
John McKinnon (Newsroom): NZ must sell smarter to young ‘made in China’ market

INFRASTRUCTURE
David Williams (Newsroom): Luxon’s infrastructure pledges don’t mention climate
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): National campaigns for new infrastructure agency, and value capture taxes
Michael Neilson (Herald): National to create infrastructure agency, increase public-private partnerships
Dan Brunskill (Interest): The National Party would set up a National Infrastructure Agency to tackle New Zealand’s infrastructure deficit
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Infrastructure priority list a ‘gamechanger’ (paywalled)
Chris Bishop (Herald): National is ‘going for housing growth’ (paywalled)
Julie Anne Genter (Herald): The climate challenge is an opportunity — will we seize it? (paywalled)
Graham Skellern (Herald): Infrastructure Report: Politicking getting in the road of key transport projects, says new infrastructure boss (paywalled)

TRANSPORT
Tom Hunt (Post): Regional council head acknowledges problems with Let’s Get Wellington Moving but plans to push on
Niva Chittock (RNZ): Councillors vote to keep cycle lane installed temporarily in Christchurch
Tina Law (Post): Park Tce cycleway to stay, for now at least (paywalled)
Luke Kirkness (Herald): Solving traffic congestion: How financial aid could revolutionise transportation
Tom Hunt (Post): Collapsing ramps discovered on new Wellington electric buses leave wheelchair users stranded  (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): How motorists can hack excise tax rise to save hundreds of dollars

HEALTH
Karen Rutherford (Newshub): Calls to introduce ‘ethnicity criteria’ for all medications so Māori, Pacific patients can access better healthcare
Alexa Cook (Newshub): Patients, advocates want Government to overhaul new medicines bill
Nicolas Jones (Herald): Folic acid in bread-making flour to prevent birth defects from August: Ministry of Health
Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): I’m disappointed with Health Minister Ayesha Verrall
Tom Taylor (RNZ): New vape regulations may create black market, retailer claims

EDUCATION
Michael Johnston and James Kierstead (Herald):  Opinion: New Zealand’s universities face an identity crisis (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): From protester to protested
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): ‘A perfect storm’: inside the decline in student numbers at the University of Otago
Fiona Ellis (ODT): University defends its council’s schedule after meetings cut back (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: The university funding shortfall with no easy fix
Mary Williams (ODT: Uni line on choice criticised
Tim Scott (ODT): Masters programmes at risk of cuts
Hilary Calvert (ODT): Leading university back to the basics
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Massey University staff told to clear buildings’ rat traps
Patrick Gower (Newshub): It’s time to ban smartphones in schools
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Student worries about impact of strikes on grades
Gianina Schwanecke (Post): Primary teachers may have settled but secondary teachers and others are still in negotiations (paywalled)
Poppy Clark and Gianina Schwanecke (Stuff): ‘Relief’ as primary teachers accept latest offer from Ministry of Education

HOUSING
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Last-ditch attempt to save housing accord looks set to fail
Iresh Jayawardena (Newsroom): Enough density on housing ‘debate’
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Housing crisis: Wellington’s 1000 affordable apartment units target in doubt
Chlöe Swarbrick (Herald): Not stupid to define what economy means for who – housing is an example (paywalled)
Rayssa Almeida (RNZ): Neighbours feel caught out by Kāinga Ora’s new housing developments
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua emergency housing hotels: ‘Peeing’ on windows, fights and swinging metal baseball bats

JUSTICE, POLICE
Stuff: What to do with some of the worst offenders: Law Commission asks for feedback
Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Reporting): Steven Wallace: Supreme Court rejects final appeal bid by mother of police-shooting victim
Troels Sommerville (Stuff): Lawyer Sue Grey to face charges at tribunal after failing to have case dismissed
Joseph Los’e (Herald): The changing face of the New Zealand police better reflects the communities they serve

CRIME
Charlotte Graham-McLay (Guardian): Exclusive: Racism, homophobia fuelling thousands of crimes in New Zealand each year, figures show
Luke Kirkness (Herald): Striking a balance between privacy and public safety to tackle crime (paywalled)
William Hewett (Newshub): Foodstuffs boss says crime hitting supermarkets is ‘not acceptable’ amid spike in thefts
RNZ: Supermarket thefts increase: Evidence shoplifters exporting meat abroad – police unit
Mike Hosking (Herald): This Government is making a hash of crime and justice (paywalled)
RNZ: More than 140,000 people targeted by text scam, some losing life savings

CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT
RNZ: He Waka Eke Noa: Luxon accuses government of ‘blowing up’ agricultural emissions plan
Anna Whyte (Post): He Waka Eke Noa is ‘dead’, says National, while Government has ‘no intention’ of walking away (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Māori foresters fail in urgent legal bid on ETS
Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): Bid for co-governance on forestry reforms, felled at High Court
RNZ: ‘Exacerbated by climate change’ – NZ experiences warmest May on record
Christine Rovoi (Stuff): Calls for urgent global action to tackle Pacific climate crisis
Earl Bardsley (Stuff): What probability tells us about extreme weather events and climate change
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Taranaki council wants seabed mining banned

EXTREME WEATHER
Amy Williams (RNZ): Flood repairs: Homeowner, builder say insurance offers well below full costs
RNZ: Answering the ‘what ifs’ of Cyclone Gabrielle key to finding system weaknesses – researcher

BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): New TAB operator Entain breached Gambling Act, watchdog says
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Greenwashing claims: Businesses need to ensure they are truthful and accurate – ComCom
David Williams (Newsroom): ‘It is a win’: Feedlot consents withdrawn
Alison Dewes (Stuff): Freshwater farm plans that impose a ‘one size fits all’ system will fail
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Conservation Dept can file $100m contingency claim to remediate Ruapehu skifields
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Ruapehu hapū warn Govt against selling ski fields without asking Māori
1News: Bill to extend time limit for sexual harassment complaints passes
Hanna McCallum (Stuff): ‘Created hell’: Dancers at breaking point speak up from second Wellington strip club

BILINGUAL ROAD SIGNS, TE REO MĀORI
Tess McClure (Guardian): New Zealand political battle erupts over bilingual road signs
Mike Dinsdale (Northern Advocate): Kerikeri to become Far North’s first official bilingual town

LOAFERS LODGE FIRE TRAGEDY
RNZ: City Mission pays extra $1000 to Loafers Lodge residents displaced by deadly fire
Erin Gourley (Stuff): Loafers Lodge support fund raises $359,000 for victims of fire

OTHER
Damien Venuto (Herald): The public relations power list: The most influential PR people in New Zealand (paywalled)
Karl du Fresne: NZ: a blank canvas for stokers of the culture wars
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Community advocates say $9K spent on Census hui for 364 gang signatures was money well spent
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Firefighters were not meeting their response target – so FENZ changed it
Stuff: Owners of buildings with allegedly combustible aluminium cladding prep for action
Rebecca Stevenson (Interest): Food prices should fall in 2023, but how can we prepare for more food-price shocks?
Sapeer Mayron (Stuff): Two days left to have your say in Dawn Raids review after practice suspended in May
Brianna Mcilraith (Stuff): Organisations write open letter to Government to stop NZ Post price hikes
Valerie Morse (Stuff): Positive reforms for new media step in the right direction
Arena Williams and Stuart Smith (Stuff): If we want local Americas Cup regattas it needs to be a requirement of governent contracts
Conor Knell and Tom Hunt (Post): Police, fire investigations after large blaze breaks out at Shelly Bay: Landmark building destroyed (paywalled)