PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Farah Hancock (RNZ): RNZ political donations tracker: Who’s bankrolling the party campaigns?
Farah Hancock (RNZ): How private donors fund political campaigns
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Entitled to the entitlements
Roy Morgan: National-led Government holds narrow majority (51%) of support in June
1News: Māori voting strategy: To split or not to split?
Nik Dirga (RNZ): Explainer: What is the Opportunity Party and what are its policies?
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Unity at last: the Opportunity Party is being hated on by both left and right
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): ‘Why are you asking me?’ Winston Peters evasive on broadcaster’s potential return to NZ First
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Greens accuse National of ‘gross misrepresentation’ in tax policy attack ad
Rachel Pannett (BusinessDesk): Seymour defends Regulatory Standards Board $1m cost: ‘no extravagance anywhere’ (paywalled)
Nadine Roberts (Stuff): Death threat, conflict claims and an 850-home subdivision: The row engulfing Matt Doocey
Emma Gleason (Spinoff): The world’s social media bans and NZ’s plans explained
Joanne Naish (Post): Disability bill criticised for ‘picking on the most vulnerable’ (paywalled)
Poppy Clark (Stuff): ‘Don’t malign the Matua’s name’: Shane Jones finally explains ‘limo’ use in Canada trip with huge cost blowout
Audrey Young (Herald): Government makes corded blind safety standards mandatory after child deaths
Sam Stubbs (Stuff): National has pinched one of Labour’s proudest achievements
Henry Cooke (Post): Ministers prepare for slimmed-down official advice from today as Regulatory Standards Act comes into force (paywalled)
Phil Smith (RNZ): MPs to spend a long week in the trenches
1News: Hipkins says he will scrap ‘morally bankrupt’ MSD staff metrics
No Right Turn: The fastest legislature in the west strikes again!
Adam Pearse (Herald): Minister accepts ‘natural’ impact of Police Commissioner allegations on frontline cops
1News: Wellington ACT candidate quits after political group link revealed
TREASURY AND PUBLIC SECTOR
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Treasury Performance Improvement Review finds ministers losing confidence, criticises ‘weak’ economic forecasting, missed cost blowouts at ACC and Health NZ (paywalled)
Richard Harman: The Department of No (paywalled)
RNZ: MBIE told to look at financial processes after ‘unexplained variance’ in immigration revenue
1News: Ministers losing confidence in Treasury advice, review finds
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Treasury ‘losing ministers’ trust’, independent review finds
Henry Cooke (Post): ‘Weak’: Review finds Treasury not helping with ‘Going for Growth’ agenda (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn and Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: Shrinking the public sector, capital charges and more (paywalled)
Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Post): Silence is the advisable policy for politicians weighing in on Immigration’s IT blow-out (paywalled)
HEALTH AND SAFETY REFORM
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Health and safety overhaul pushed back by months until after the election (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): NZ First secures win in health and safety reforms, delaying commencement until after election
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Government pushes back date of health and safety shake-up
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Health and safety wedge drives deeper between coalition partners
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