RMA REFORM
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Democracy Briefing: The Winners behind RMA reform
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Democracy Deep Dive: RMA reform – Who really benefits?
David Williams (Newsroom): ‘Entire system more permissive’: How to fix the RMA fixes
ODT Editorial: Long way to go on RMA reform (paywalled)
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): Have we wasted two years on RMA when progress could have been made?
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Duelling RMA reforms: How different is the coalition’s solution from Labour’s?
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Resource consent expiry dates extended
Mandy Te ((interest): Govt says RMA reforms to save $13.3b with up to 46% of consent & permit applications becoming unnecessary
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): Cash-strapped councils can’t afford more compensation, councillors say
RNZ: RMA reforms signal end of resource consent ‘lottery’ - property council
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘Definite move away from Treaty engagement’: ECan chair wary of RMA reforms
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): The RMA change is good, but prepare for issues
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Your house is going to be your castle again
Herald: HortNZ believes RMA reforms are a positive step
PARLIAMENT, POLLS, YEAR IN REVIEW
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Govt to rush climate target change through Parliament under urgency
RNZ: Labour remains most popular party in new poll, but coalition could still govern
Thomas Couglan (Herald): Coalition wins thin majority as Labour and National support drops - poll
Henry Cooke (Post): New poll has Labour ahead but coalition returning to Government (paywalled)
1News: Poll: Third of voters still back Luxon as best leader for National
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Public Records Act: Warning amendments could result in loss of vital evidence
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Parliament’s last-minute sprint
Jack McDonald (Post): Voters are looking forwards, not backwards, and leaving the Government behind (paywalled)
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Parliament chamber’s gallery shut to members of public for rest of year after protest
Julia Gabel & Jamie Ensor (Herald): Pro-Palestine protesters dragged out of Parliament Public Gallery after heckling, dropping leaflets on MPs
Stuff: Palestine protest briefly interrupts Parliament, Gerry Brownlee shrugs off ‘performative art’t
1News: ‘Some dickhead’: Chris Bishop’s office ‘smashed up’ by vandal
Spinoff: Juggernaut 2: The last time a NZ prime minister was rolled in a caucus coup
Gary Hamilton-Irvine (Hawkes Bay Today): Napier MP Katie Nimon returns to Parliament with baby boy
David Farrar: Why does Labour select so few Maori for winnable general seats?
Anna Whyte (Post): New boss for Oranga Tamariki, Amanda Malu
WILLIS V RICHARDSON, ECONOMY, ASSET SALES
David Farrar: Defending Nicola, and critiquing her
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Is Nicola Willis losing the right?
Sam Smith (Stuff): Nicola Willis is ‘flexing’ and NZ does not want to see a duel with a 90s finance minister, says Labour
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Willis denies claims of sideshow over Richardson debate on government spending
RNZ: Taxpayers’ Union releases fudge taking swipe at Finance Minister Nicola Willis
Tory Relf (Post): The Taxpayers’ Union and the Finance Minister’s ‘fudge’ (paywalled)
Richard Prebble (Herald): Recycling state assets is not just good economics, it is vital (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Kiwi exodus to Australia: Jobs, wages and tough NZ economy
Alice Neville (Spinoff): New Zealand’s productivity problem: All the things that have been blamed
Caron Copek and Sam Smith (Stuff): Simon Bridges questions NZ’s long summer break: ‘Are we still in holiday mode until March?’
Hillmarè Schulze (NBR): Our biggest economic risk is too many old people (paywalled)
RESERVE BANK, OCR, BANKS, FMR
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Reserve Bank defends $850k Wellington to Auckland staff travel spend (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Reserve Bank Governor says there is no pre-set course for monetary policy after Westpac hikes interest rates
Mandy Te (Interest): New Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman on inflation, housing, mortgage rates, prudential regulation and RBNZ independence from politicians
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): New governor reminds NZ what the Reserve Bank does (and it’s not fix the cost of living crisis)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): No shocker: RBNZ Governor Anna Breman says no pre-set course for monetary policy (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): RBNZ governor Anna Breman sees encouraging signs, but watching for momentum (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Reserve Bank purist might make life difficult for Luxon (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): ‘Hold your bank’s feet to the fire’: Finance Minister says New Zealanders should shop around
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Finance Minister Nicola Willis react as Westpac hikes mortgage rates
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Finance Minister advises mortgage holders to shop around as Westpac increases rates
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Westpac lifts longer-term mortgage and term deposit rates by whopping 30 basis points
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): The OCR is down, so why are home loans rising?
David Hargreaves (Interest): A lot of home owners appeared to be waiting for the OCR cuts - and they may be disappointed with the outcome
Herald: Editorial - Craig Stobo investigation: Cloud over FMA chair undermines trust (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Financial watchdog wants companies to act on reviews without any new legal obligations
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What is open banking, how does it work and what are the risks?
Damien Venuto (Stuff): The way we bank in NZ is about to change forever. Here’s what you’ll soon be able to do
David Chaston (Interest): Given the OCR has dropped 100 basis points since August, why are fixed mortgage rates unchanged?
Greg Ninness (Interest): Sharp drop in the number of NZ citizens leaving long-term in October
Liam Dann (Herald): Migration: Worst of brain drain has passed but low population growth still an economic headwind (paywalled)
CONSERVATION, MINING
Andrea Vance (Post): Conservation land disposal sparks Coalition rift (paywalled)
Joanne Naish (Press/Post): Govt’s $256m mine clean up significantly higher than estimate (paywalled)
RNZ: Emergency set net fishing ban to protect threatened hoiho around Otago Peninsula extended
Phil Pennington (RNZ): DOC warns rat numbers could double by 2090 as it seeks $150m in extra revenue
Jill Heron (Newsroom): Pest-free a pipe dream until we stump up the cash
SOCIAL MEDIA
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Social media ban backed by online harm inquiry, prompting ACT disagreement
Tom Pullar-Strecker and Harriet Laughton (Post): Parliamentary inquiry backs under-16 social media ban, and discusses going much further (paywalled)
Herald: Act and Greens wary of under-16 social media ban as Australia’s comes into force
RNZ: Labour, National MPs join forces to address social media harm against children
Julia Gabel (Herald): Should NZ have a social media regulator and ban alcohol advertising for teens? Parliament ponders options as Australia starts ban for under 16s
David Harvey (Herald): National’s under-16 social media ban plan clashes with digital reality (paywalled)
Cushla Norman (1News): Addictive, toxic or essential? NZ teens’ mixed feelings about social media
EDUCATION, SCHOOL LUNCHES
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teaching Council says appointing board member Tom Gott as acting CEO isn’t against the rules
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Government revokes sports school contract with non-existent trust
Sapeer Mayron (Post): Three principals outed in audit reports for spending school funds on overseas travel (paywalled)
RNZ: Government increases major school property grant
Samantha Gee (RNZ): ‘It’s uneconomical’ - iwi provider of school lunches withdraws from programme
Stuff: David Seymour suggests it’s ‘humble pie’ for school principal in mouldy school lunches episode
RNZ: School lunch provider cleared over mouldy meals in Christchurch
Natasha Gordon (Stuff): Haeata Community Campus mouldy lunch probe finds school most likely mixed up food, not supplier
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Secondary principals settle collective agreement negotiations
Cameron Smith (Herald): Schools, parents face new headache after clothing provider Uniform Hub collapses (paywalled)
Danielle Zollickhofer (Waikato Herald): Waikato medical school build begins on Hamilton campus
Rod McNaughton (The Conversation): NZ needs more entrepreneurs. Will its new tertiary strategy reward real risk takers
JUSTICE
Bruce Curtis (Herald): How lawyers turn routine legal work into a luxury few can afford (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Post): ‘I don’t trust government’: Why Kim McGregor says victims need a $14m watchdog (paywalled)
Jillaine Heather (Law News): When courts stretch name suppression, they erode public trust and accountability
Nikki Macdonald (Sunday Star Times): Whatever happened to ram raids?
Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): Crown seeks forfeiture of Mongrel Mob gang pad in Mataura, scene of ‘torturous’ beatings
Simon Shepherd (NBR): Podcast: Permanent name suppression: who gets it and why?
Carrie Leonetti and Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere (Newsroom): Excluding Family Court from Phillips inquiry will only fuel distrust
Kirsty Johnston (RNZ): Tom Phillips’ firearms licence revoked months before second disappearance, documents show
David Harvey: Respecting Courts
HEALTH
Melanie Reid and Bonnie Sumner (Newsroom): Second fracture misdiagnosis at Starship’s child protection unit
Max Harris (Listener): Something rotten: The sorry state of New Zealand’s dental health (paywalled)
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Cancer diagnosis numbers set to skyrocket by 50 percent over next two decades
Kathy Forsyth (Whakatane Beacon): Health NZ backs pharmacy calls to fix IT behind Bay of Plenty script errors
RNZ: New Plymouth’s crisis recovery café gets government funding boost
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Public health agency says children exposed to asbestos should be monitored long-term
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Tranche of new health laws could include first-time regulation of device software
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Economist asks: Why not cap taxes if we’re capping rates?
RNZ: Waitaki District Council pushing for joint water plan after independent plan rejected
Tom Hunt (Post): Some Wellington mayoral candidates appear to miss donations declaration deadline (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington councillor Diane Calvert takes full blame for ‘public-excluded’ call (paywalled)
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Democracy talks start behind closed doors
Sharon Brettkelly: Dear councillor, let me tell you what vexes me
CARTOONS