PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Finance minister hints at government department amalgamation plans
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Thousands of public servants to lose jobs potentially saving government over a billion dollars
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Nicola Willis to announce major public service reforms, further cuts to roles
Luke Malpass (Post): Willis to plot leaner public service in pre-Budget speech (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): ‘End of an era’ as vote to disestablish Ministry for the Environment nears, but is NZ making a novel mistake? (paywalled)
Claire Robinson: New Zealand’s public governance problem
EDUCATION
Chris Trotter (Interest): To identify educational winners requires creating educational losers. Can we afford them?
Bali Haque (AEC NZ): Back to the future with our national qualification: a disaster in the making
David Cooke (AEC NZ): School for Trades
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Mike’s Minute: Do the unions have anything positive to say about education?
Dave Armstrong (Post): One thing school certificate taught me: Exams don’t work for everyone (paywalled)
Amy Ridout (Post): The NCEA is going on the scrapheap. What’s replacing it, and what will it mean for learners? (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): New English, maths primary curriculums had little effect on achievement, first results show
John Gerritsen (RNZ): After a full year of schooling, less than half of 5 year olds pass new phonics test
RNZ: Teachers raise concerns as NCEA replacement confirmed
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon, Education Minister Erica Stanford announce $131m for maths and literacy in primary, intermediate schools
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Erica Stanford announces $131m Budget spend on reading, writing and maths initiatives
Nick James and Henry Cooke (Post): Government sets aside $131m for literacy and numeracy programme (paywalled)
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): ‘Our best resource’: Teachers a better investment than workbooks, school leaders say
RNZ: Primary Principals’ Association backs government funding announcement
NZ FIRST AND BNZ BUYBACK
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Would buying BNZ actually help New Zealanders?
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): NZ First’s BNZ buy-up plan dubbed an unrealistic headline-grabber; big bucks needed to get Aussie parent to sell (paywalled)
Herald: Prime Minister, David Seymour laugh off NZ First policy to nationalise BNZ
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Luxon shuts down Winston Peters’ ‘Labour-style’ BNZ buyback proposal
Anna Whyte (Interest): Inside the Capital: Buying back the bank, babies, budgets and what you need to know
Caron Copek (Stuff): ‘He’s dreaming’ ... ‘Not serious’ ... ‘Extremely reckless’: This is some of the reaction to Winston Peters’ BNZ buyback idea
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): What problems will buying back BNZ solve?
ODT: Editorial: Back to the future with NZ First (paywalled)
RNZ: Bank nationalisation threat a ‘bad signal’ for investors - analyst
Greg Presland (Standard): Should we renationalise the BNZ?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Is this the proof Winston is planning to go with Labour
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Buying back BNZ a ‘complex, clickbait’ idea, experts say (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Big spenders reveal why they give tens of thousands to political parties
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Poll shows NZ First voters want to keep National in government
Sam Smith and Rebecca Wright (Stuff): Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s supporters explored her joining Labour, Willie Jackson says
Graham Adams: Hipkins drags out Phoney War with Coalition
Richard Prebble: At last, a serious speech from the Prime Minister
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): From super to baby KiwiSaver: How NZ First is courting every age group
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): NZ First’s West Coast contender wants banks to pay for climate resilience
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Candidates jostle for position as electoral strategies take shape
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): A clean up of cabinet is overdue
Andrew Dickson: The Opportunity Party Isn’t Incoherent – the Left-Right Frame Is
LAW AND ORDER, JUSTICE
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Move-on orders law breach Bill of Rights in part – Chris Bishop (paywalled)
AJ Hendry: Move-On orders: Cruel & Dangerous
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Huge relief or ‘pretending there’s a problem’? National’s sexual offenders sentencing policy
Anna Leask (Herald): Cops told Christchurch Nazi ‘fanatic’ and mosque attack supporter was ‘planning a mass casualty’ - Coroner probing police response
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Third Corrections deputy chief executive under scrutiny
Stuff: Royal Commission into abuse in care exceeded remit in criticism of Jehovah’s Witnesses
Angus James: The Broken Footpath: How an unpopular Government can turn fears into votes
Michael Andrew (Law News): Junior lawyers struggling as entry-level jobs dry up
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