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

BILINGUAL ROAD SIGNS, TE REO MĀORI
Jo Moir (Newsroom): National getting sucked into regressive race debate
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Luxon’s familiar issue: Another awkward week struggling with Māori politics
Amelia Wade, Jamie Ensor and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Watch: ‘His view’s different to mine’ – National MPs react to te reo on road sign
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): National’s Tama Potaka takes Simeon Brown for korero over Te Reo road signs as Māori MPs break party line
William Hewett (Newshub): Christopher Luxon says Government should be focused on fixing NZ’s roads rather than creating te reo Māori signs
Gordon Campbell: On sending mixed messages out on purpose
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Once again, National is the party of the flip-flop
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): We don’t need Māori road signs
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): National MPs disagree over bilingual signs, Luxon ‘not opposed per se’
Adam Pearse (Herald): National’s Christopher Luxon takes different position to MP on bilingual signs
1News: ‘What is wrong with this?’ Brown challenged over bilingual road signs
Rachel Sadler (Newshub): What New Zealand’s proposed bilingual signs look like
Michael Cugley (Whakaata Māori): Normalisation of te reo Māori pushed across the board

HOUSING
Maria Slade (NBR): NZ needs more homes, not slums (paywalled)
Anneke Smith and Russell Palmer (RNZ): Labour and National in standoff over housing density
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour and National MPs agree to meet in a bid to save housing deal
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Luxon: It’d be ‘fantastic in a spirit of bipartisanship’ for govt to adopt Nats housing policy
Miriam Bell (Stuff): National’s housing policy change: what does it mean for developers?
Greg Ninness (Interest): ANZ says surging migration and falling residential construction has seen the return of the housing deficit
Miriam Bell (Stuff): House prices have found their floor: ANZ
Greg Ninness (Interest): New dwelling consents down 25.9% in April compared to a year earlier
Miriam Bell (Stuff): Fall in new home consents shows construction downturn
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Are we getting a better mortgage deal than Australians?
Rob Stock (Stuff): Average household can expect insurance to cost $561.50 more this year
Samir Harith (Stuff): Capital gains tax in Aotearoa: Here’s what it could look like
Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Waikato Times): The not-so-great walls of Hamilton – an eyesore that doesn’t make us safer? (paywalled)

ELECTION, NATIONAL’S AI ATTACK ADS, AI
Phil Pennington (RNZ): AI attack ads – to disclose, or not disclose?
Gareth Hughes (Stuff): To combat AI this election, we need to rediscover the art of conversation
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: This election year, we need to brace ourselves for AI
Will Trafford (Whkaata Māori): Whose history? – the pressing question for AI – Māori data scientist
Richard Prebble (Herald): Hipkins vs Luxon – the voters’ choice is clear (paywalled)
The Blue Review: Recording of meeting debunks media spin on Luxon’s nationwide tour
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Tamihere to Jackson: Go for the party vote bro and concede seats to Te Pāti Māori

PARLIAMENT
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Education Minister Jan Tinetti’s delay in correcting record to be investigated
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Jan Tinetti referred to Privileges Committee for possible contempt
Anna White (Post): Education minister under investigation for contempt of Parliament
Jenna Lynch and Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Labour MP Arena Williams defends tweet saying Government policy will mean father will ‘never choose between heating, health’
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: workforce data, the capital loses a taonga and more… (paywalled)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Tom Hunt and Thomas Manch (Stuff): No confidence: Six city councillors come out against Let’s Get Wellington Moving
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Six councillors have lost confidence in Let’s Get Wellington Moving
Mike Lee (Herald): Has the crisis behind the Auckland Airport share sale been over-hyped? (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown condemns ‘Labour MPs in waiting’ for not supporting the sale of airport shares and forcing up rates (paywalled)
Erin Johnson (Stuff): Auckland mayor set to reveal updated budget
Dita De Boni (NBR): Business question cuts to Tātaki Auckland Unlimited (paywalled)
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Auckland Council backs down on Māori Outcomes role demotion
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): Gore council staff laid a complaint with WorkSafe about how the council handled bullying complaints
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Councillors say Government ‘reneged’ on infrastructure funding
David Hill (Local Government Reporting): Mayor responds to conspiracy theories
Whanganui Chronicle: Ruapehu District Council and Ngāti Rangi enter new chapter with signing of relationship agreement
1News: Palmerston North quadruple security cameras after spike in vandalism
Justin Wong (Post): Protesters kept away from Stop Co-Governance meeting at Kāpiti Coast (paywalled)
Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): Groundswell support for Māori governance in water sector – engineer
Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): Trust seeks support for Māori inequity in Queenstown

EDUCATION
RNZ: Primary teachers consider new pay offer, deal includes lump sum and three pay rises
Nicola Gaston (Spinoff): When downsizing means destroying our universities
Gianina Schwanecke (Stuff): Victoria University policy institute will ‘cease to exist’ under proposal, critics fear
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Government’s early childhood policy comes under even more fire from educators
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Trans/non-binary young people, those with learning needs less engaged at school
Richard Swainson (Waikato Times): A ‘gentle guiding force’ whose work achieved iconic status: Professor Jane Ritchie, OBE (1936-2023) (paywalled)

LOAFERS LODGE FIRE TRAGEDY
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Loafers Lodge: Wellington City Council told in September building audits were not up to scratch
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Loafers Lodge: Fire safety issues were identified in 2018 audit
RNZ: Loafers Lodge safety systems last checked by council inspectors five years ago

HEALTH
Elizabeth Fenton and Robin Gauld (The Conversation): The real cost of New Zealand’s two-tier health system: why going private doesn’t relieve pressure on public hospitals
Alex Spence (Herald): Number of antidepressants dispensed to children and teens jumps 53 per cent in five years
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Ambulances waiting longer to drop off patients to hospital – ‘They just had no room’
Bridie Witton (Post): ‘The model has to change’: Police Association warns against relying on officers for mental health 111 calls
Ian Powell (BusinessDesk): Nurses’ strike over safe staffing is a symptom of a wider disease
Katie Kenny (Stuff): No, the WHO isn’t about to deprive NZ of its sovereignty
RNZ: Kiwis ‘can’t afford’ to lose sight of how Covid-19 affected emotional wellbeing, Sir Ashley Bloomfield says

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REFUGEES, TRADE
Audrey Young (Herald): Nato, NZ and the IP4 – what’s behind the closer partnership (paywalled)
Ben Moore and Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): What’s NZ got to do with Chinese hackers? (paywalled)
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Government denies incoming Australian refugees were part of citizenship negotiations
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Greens urge Government to step in over refugee resettlement issues
Damien O’Connor (Herald): ‘Gold standard’ free trade deal with UK starts today (paywalled).
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): More kiwifruit headed for UK as free-trade agreement kicks in (paywalled)

IMMIGRATION, MIGRANT WORKERS
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Migrants cheated out of money in NZ worker visa scam – Nepalese consul
Brigitte Morten (NBR): Temporary workers only temporary reprieve to staff shortages (paywalled)

POLICE PURSUITS, CRIME
RNZ: ‘Police are the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff’ – Children’s Commissioner on pursuits
Herald Editorial: Police pursuits under intense scrutiny (paywalled)
RNZ: ‘No reason’ NZ shouldn’t be safest country in world – National

BUSINESS
RNZ: Vague rules around Covid-19 support payments catch some small businesses out – tax expert
RNZ: Screen Production Grant to be reworked after review
André Chumko (Post): Public Service Watch: Sigh of relief as film industry’s value recognised by politicians (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): TAB outsourcing deal risks putting wolf in sheep’s clothing
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Slowing demand worries businesses as labour woes ease
Amy Williams (RNZ): Business networks miss the mark with key participants – ethnic business leader

OPEN BANKING
Rob Stock (Post): ANZ, ASB, BNZ, Westpac get until late 2024 for open banking
RNZ: Open banking coming to NZ mid-2024
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Timeline set for big banks as the slow burn of open banking in New Zealand rolls on

WHAKAATI/WHITE ISLAND ERUPTION
Amy Williams (RNZ): GNS Science pleads guilty to Whakaari / White Island charges
RNZ: Whakaari eruption: Island’s owners fail to have charges against them dismissed

CLIMATE CHANGE
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): Steel mill’s move to electricity cleans up its act. Could there be dirty repercussions?
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): NZ steel explains new arc furnace after removing its old one (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Reality shatters Ardern’s dream (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Energy model shows NZ can cut emissions but changes needed (paywalled)

JUSTICE
Jeremy Wilkinson (Open Justice Reporting): Only one decision issued by Human Rights Review Tribunal so far this year
Mana Wikaire-Lewis (Whakaata Māori): ‘I’m over everything’ – Letele on courts following Nate Nauer’s jail sentence
Damien Venuto (Herald): The Front Page: Why do some people get name suppression for so long?

SUPERANNUATION
Eric Frykberg (Interest): Maori Party says the age of eligibility for superannuation should not be raised at all and in fact there should be a lower threshold for Maori due to lower life expectancy
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Superannuation: New Zealand faces Government debt spiralling out of control if system isn’t changed, Cameron Bagrie warns

TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Cross-party talks on congestion charging (paywalled)
RNZ: Christchurch Airport buys more land for controversial project at Tarras

OTHER
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Raft of issues found during Archives NZ overhaul, review shows
Barrie Saunders: Exiting the constitutional rabbit hole
Thomas Cranmer: Minister Awaits Review into DOC Funding Hole
David Harvey: The Harmful Digital Communications Act and Offshore Online Platforms
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): RB U-turn a step forward in fight against cyber crime (paywalled)
Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Reporting): Most complained about ads for 2022 revealed by Advertising Standards Authority
Diane McCarthy (Local Government Reporting): Te Whakatōhea settle with Crown
Martin van Beynen (Post): Alan Reay moves again to stop tribunal hearing into conduct (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Alan Reay seeks to block hearing over CTV building (paywalled)
Joseph Los’e (Herald): StatsNZ goes into overdrive to lift Māori participation for the final Census mile
1News: Exclusive: NZ’s ‘humiliating’ surrogacy laws set to be changed
Jessica Roden (1News): Waimea Dam starts filling after cost blowout, delays