MPS’ TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION ALLOWANCES
Harriet Laughton (Post): The $63,000 Toronto trip isn’t the only costly ministerial journey (paywalled)
Ethan Griffiths (Herald): 3 MPs racked up $20,000-plus travel bills as Parliament sat for 6 weeks
Stuff: ‘I’d be so embarrassed’: Seymour takes swipe at Jones over $5k limo bill
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the Shaky Iran Truce and MPs’ Housing Rorts
NZ FIRST
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Winston Peters says no to Labour, so why do doubts remain?
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Political curse: Winston Peters keeps voting for legislation he hates
Jack Riddell (Herald): More than 600 gather in Hawke’s Bay to hear Winston Peters’ attacks and vision
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Labour’s broken-politics congress
Chris Trotter (Interest): Political parties threatening to pare back the conservation estate, even by ‘bits and bobs,’ do so at their electoral peril
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Christopher Luxon hits back at Labour’s spending plans, brushes off Winston Peters on India FTA
Anneke Smith (Post): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon ‘compartmentalises’ coalition dispute over India FTA (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Two MPs took a photo, then debated whether they could take credit for breast cancer policy
Henry Cooke (Post): Simon Watts overrules officials to keep ‘cumbersome’ Working for Families rule (paywalled)
RNZ: ‘No one wants to be sick forever’ - ACT Party’s new welfare policy slammed
Stuff: ‘We’re gonna die trying to do something’ on social media ban, PM says
RNZ: Political candidate files complaint with police over threats
Azaria Howell (Herald): Oranga Tamariki defends $3m consultant spend on Royal Commission support
Jean Edwards (RNZ): Out of office? Oranga Tamariki takes months to respond to Gloriavale child safety concerns
1News: Bird flu ‘on its way’ to New Zealand, says Biosecurity Minister
Anneke Smith (Post): New US ambassador, billionaire businessman Jared Novelly, takes up NZ post this week (paywalled)
Dave Armstrong (Post): Inside the mind (and mines) of the Mātua (paywalled)
Mike White (Post): Labour MP claims gold mine’s promised benefits ‘absolute bullshit’ (paywalled)
ODT: Editorial: Reading the riot Act (paywalled)
Tom Peters (WSWS): New Zealand Greens advance fraudulent wealth tax policy
Michael Swanson: The Future of New Zealand’s Democratic Institutions
Anna Fifield: Europe’s warning for New Zealand
Tom Rose (Herald): Police Minister Mark Mitchell suffers two broken ribs in charity rugby match
Caron Copek (Stuff): How old is too old for contact sports? Minister Mark Mitchell breaks two ribs during golden oldies rugby
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Rumble in Russell: Politicians have a bruising encounter with ex-All Blacks
HEALTH
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Staff warn of ‘disgraceful’ leaks at Hutt Hospital
Jim Kayes (Stuff): ‘Do we need gumboots and hard hats?’: Nurses sound alarm over hospital leaks
Rachel Maher (Herald): Leak forces repairs at Middlemore Hospital’s ageing maternity block
Nikki Macdonald (Post): Delays, missed treatment opportunities in boy’s death at Wellington Hospital ED, review finds (paywalled)
Aaron Smale (Listener): If anyone has an ‘ideological agenda’ in healthcare, it’s Simeon Brown (paywalled)
RNZ: ‘It is a challenge’ - Health NZ denies poor planning led to lack of gastro doctors at Palmerston North Hospital
RNZ: ‘We’re running out of specialist blood cancer scientists in NZ’
1News: ‘Health system is dangerous for Māori’ says Dr Lance O’Sullivan
Louise Duffy (Post): We all deserve a dignified death, which is why I’m fighting for this law change (paywalled)
CLIMATE, INSURANCE AND ADAPTATION
Kate Newton (RNZ): 1 in 2 people worried about insurance affordability as risk of climate disasters grows - poll
Deborah Morris (Post): Storms are getting closer while insurance is getting further away (paywalled)
Katie Bradford (Herald): Climate change: New Zealanders have little confidence in plan to cut threat, survey finds
Brent Edwards (NBR): Majority believe Govt should act on climate adaptation (paywalled)
Kate Newton (RNZ): Climate change activist files High Court proceedings over government ruling
Shaun Eaves, Cathrine Dyer and James Renwick (The Conversation): As communities face more frequent hazard warnings, we need better systems to avoid emergency fatigue
SUPERANNUATION
1News: 1News Verian Poll: Voters split on raising superannuation eligibility age
Amelia Wade (Post): ANZ CEO says age and means testing should be on the table (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Why taxing a shrinking pool of workers more isn’t the way to pay for our ageing population, ANZ chief economist Richard Yetsenga argues (paywalled)
HOUSING
Julia Gabel (Herald): Homelessness: Christopher Luxon unaware there is no night shelter in Auckland amid emergency housing crackdown
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon admits he didn’t know there was no night shelter for rough sleepers in Auckland
Mina Martin (NZ Adviser): NZ had one of the world’s deepest house price falls — so why aren’t prices cheap?
Mina Martin (NZ Adviser): Labour’s landlord tax question looms large over NZ property market
Amy Williams (RNZ): Broad support for boarding house landlord register
Giles Dexter (RNZ): National abandons 2023 campaign policy to allow KiwiSaver for rental bonds
1News: National quietly ditches under-30s KiwiSaver rent bond policy
Martin Hawes (Post): The welcome return of first home buyers (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): Mandatory home warranties: Positive signs of ‘potential increased competition’
Lucy Gestro (Newsroom): All in together: why we need houses designed for multi-generational living
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