CLIMATE LAW CHANGE
Kate Newton (RNZ): Government changes climate law to prevent lawsuits
Science Media Centre: Govt changes law to halt climate lawsuits – Expert Reaction
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Torts and tautology: Govt to change law to override the courts … again
RNZ: Climate legislation changes an attack on the rule of law - Environmental Defence Society
Brent Edwards (NBR): Greens condemn climate law change while Act claims victory (paywalled)
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Government moves to restrict climate change lawsuits before landmark trial
Mandy Te (Interest): Justice Minister says Parliament, not the courts, is the place to resolve claims of climate change harm
No Right Turn: Climate Change: Putting polluters above the law
Greg Presland (Standard): Constitutional outrage
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea News): Climate Laws ‘Being Rewritten To Protect Polluters’ – Mike Smith
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea News): Govt Accused Of Protecting Big Polluters From Climate Accountability
Ellen Rykers (Spinoff): New Zealand’s latest climate change risk assessment, explained
Brent Edwards (NBR): Climate law change will limit individual rights, academic warns (paywalled)
TE PĀTI MĀORI AND MĀORI POLITICS
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Māori politics just got even more interesting
Adam Pearse (Herald): Labour senses chances as Kapa-Kingi’s new party deepens Māori seats turmoil (paywalled)
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): New Te Tai Tokerau Party may not be able to contest election under that name, Bishop says
Te Ao Māori News: Te Tai Tokerau race heats up as Hone Harawira emerges as a potential Te Pāti Māori candidate
Maxine Jacobs (Post): Te Tai Tonga MP Tākuta Ferris to announce pathway back to Parliament as election looms (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): Kapa-Kingi talks plan for new party after Te Pāti Māori split
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Two statements from Oriini Kaipara give conflicting accounts about whether she’ll stay with Te Pāti Māori
Anneke Smith (Post): Labour’s Māori campaign chair slams Te Pāti Māori over candidate confusion: ‘We don’t need those sort of games’ (paywalled)
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): The further unravelling of Te Pāti Māori
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Oriini Kaipara confirms loyalty to Te Pāti Māori after conflicting reports
RNZ: Mariameno Kapa-Kingi putting aside Te Pāti Māori split to focus on new Te Tai Tokerau Party
Stuff: Māori Queen continues family tradition meeting Prince William at Windsor Castle
1News: ‘Delicate situation’: Plans for Ihumātao unresolved five years on
OPPORTUNITY PARTY
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Opportunity Party’s anti-Winston wager
Hanna McCallum (Newsroom): Major left-wing donor tops up Opportunity Party donation to $100k
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): The Opportunity Party is having a moment
POLLS
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): New poll: Coalition partners tumble, but could still form government
Glenn McConnell and Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Latest poll shows neither side of Parliament has strong support
Roy Morgan: Support for National-led Government and Labour-led Opposition remains tied in April
Herald: New Poll of Polls predictions revealed – how have new results affected election chances?
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Coalition hanging on despite Luxon favourability reaching new low (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): National crashes to 25.5% in Roy Morgan poll; just 16% among voters under 50 (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Matt Nippert (Herald): Inside John Tamihere’s six-figure Waipareira Trust bonus and his long war with Charities Services (paywalled)
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): A Property developers’ government?
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Trevor Mallard on where Labour went wrong
David Burton (Post): The workplace standard politicians refuse to meet (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Is Chlöe Swarbrick a bit useless?
Simon Wilson (Listener): PM’s unpopularity makes headlines, but there’s a deeper battle between Bishop and Brown (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Can Willis keep the smile on the PM’s face? (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): All the kōrero about the English Language Bill
Luke Malpass (Post): Christopher Luxon to cast economic discipline as national security issue (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Don’t confuse party politics with running a government, PM says (paywalled)
Simon O’Connor: Where has the far-left gone?
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Media attacks: Seymour ‘explained his comments well’, says PM
Sam Smith (Stuff): Putting a spanner in the works: Six times breakaway parties emerged in NZ politics
Mike Grimshaw: It’s the (social adhesion) economy, Stupid!
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