CLIMATE CHANGE
Science Media Centre: NZ’s climate law to change – Expert Reaction
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Greens accuse Government of late-night gutting of Zero Carbon Act (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Government loosens range of climate rules, pushing out target for public sector by 25 years (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Price of releasing carbon emissions drops 10% after Government amends climate policies (paywalled)
Kate Newton (RNZ): Decision to end some climate policy consultation ‘worrying’, former climate commissioner says
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Govt answers fishing chief’s billion dollar question on climate disclosures
FAST-TRACK, PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENT
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Fast-track changes increase ministerial powers
ODT Editorial: Mining milestone or millstone (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): ‘Major milestone’ as 30-year mining permit granted
Mary Williams (ODT): ‘Not true’ Santana has all land it needs (paywalled)
Katie Todd (RNZ): Santana Minerals secures key permit for gold mine in Central Otago
Virginia Fallon (Post): The flying pigs of consultation (paywalled)
RNZ: Oyster farmer forced to dump 60,000 oysters after Watercare sewage spill
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Canterbury farmer urges government to act as consent costs spiral
Monique Steele (RNZ): Device that recycles farm nitrogen gets $1.2m government-industry boost
Eva Gallot (stuff): ‘Prioritise looking after Kiwis’: Fishermen to protest new Hauraki Gulf protection Act
Andrea Vance (Post): How to ‘own’ a slice of Auckland Island — and help save its endangered wildlife (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
David Williams (Newsroom): Who Benefits: The rise and rise of the Free Speech Union
Chris Knox (Herald): Parliamentary inquiry clears MP Carl Bates of wrongdoing over 25 undeclared homes, suggests loophole be addressed
RNZ: Inquiry finds National’s Carl Bates followed Parliament’s rules in declaring property interests
Henry Cooke (Post): National MP Carl Bates cleared over 25 properties not disclosed (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Government’s Crown board fee changes could cost $11 million, with members seeing average $24,000 pay hike (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills
Bryce Edwards (Integrity Institute): The NZ left need to catch up with the Zeitgeist
Chris Trotter: The Last Generation for Whom Democracy Worked (paywalled)
John Van Veen: Waiting for the End of History: Postliberalism and New Zealand
Miriama Kamo & Mark Crysell (Herald): Is New Zealand broken? The Elephant asks Dave Letele and Shamubeel Eaqub
Louis Collins (RNZ): Regulatory Standards Bill back in the House after a highly engaged public submission period
Brent Edwards (NBR): Barbara Edmonds defends Labour’s new CGT policy (paywalled)
Eric Crampton (Newsroom): Be careful what you wish for – new cost-benefit analysis paves paradise
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Unauthorised Jacinda Ardern bio: Book of revelations – or sustained conservative attack? (paywalled)
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘Muzzled in a boxing ring’: No Te Pāti Māori ceasefire, despite plea from iwi leaders
Michael Cugley (Te Ao Māori News): Iwi Chairs intervene as Te Pāti Māori faces internal divisions
RNZ:
Optimism Te Pāti Māori crisis can be sorted at hui
Michael Daly (Stuff): Iwi chairs trying to arrange meeting with Te Pāti Māori’s ‘disaffected’ MPs
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): A month on from its reset, what exactly has Te Pāti Māori changed?
EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMY
Luke Malpass (Post): The economy might be turning a corner. Most people can’t feel it (paywalled)
Zane Small and Michael Daly (Stuff): Unemployment rate rises to 5.3%, Willis says Government has ‘fixed the foundations’
Gyles Beckford and Felix Walton (RNZ): Unemployment rises again to near nine-year high of 5.3%
1News: Unemployment rate rises to near nine-year high – Stats NZ
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): NZ unemployment climbs to near 9-year high of 5.3%, tough times to continue for jobseekers (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Unemployment hits nine-year high but economists see turning point ahead (paywalled)
Sapeer Mayron (Post): Finding a job after months of unemployment - and the survivor’s guilt (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): ‘An attack on Wellington’: Capital unemployment up 50% under current government (paywalled)
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Higher unemployment reinforces another rate cut (paywalled)
Cushla Norman (1News): Ditching NZ for Oz: Kiwis at departure gate reveal why they’re leaving
Liu Chen (RNZ): Employers, migrant advocates rail against local job priority warning
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Company charged after trucker’s death now researching high-tech forestry road safety
Rob Stock (Post): Workplace Wellness report links sick leave rise to policy and pandemic (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Darren Powell (Post): The rich get richer with a ‘knowledge rich’ curriculum (paywalled)
John Morgan (Newsrom): Intense debate over school curriculum reflects significant social crisis
Sarah Aiono (Post): ‘Raising standards’ in schools is leading us to repeat the world’s mistakes (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (Newsroom): The Detail: Behind the education overhaul
RNZ: Schools only legally obliged to teach te reo Māori if parents ask for it under law change
RNZ: National’s Nicola Willis defends govt removing Treaty of Waitangi responsibilities from school boards
Willow-Jean Prime (Herald): Erica Stanford is stripping our curriculum of its identity (paywalled)
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Diluting history curriculum risks ‘leaving our past to chance’ - Academic
Herald Editorial: Mixed signals in education: New curriculum v charter school push (paywalled)
Hanna McCallum (Post): New curriculum will reduce achievement gap for Māori - ministry (paywalled)
Kiah Radcliffe (Post): Student starts petition urging Government to retain art history as a subject (paywalled)
Neil Reid (Herald): Deadline day: Will the Government move to close the school at the Gloriavale religious community? (paywalled)
Alan McDonald (Post): How an ECE crisis is threatening our workforce stability (paywalled)
HOUSING
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘Calm down’ - Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick on coalition’s homeless plan
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Minister reveals Government could ban CBD begging and rough sleeping
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Advocates fear there may be plan to push homeless people out of Auckland CBD
Thomas Manch (Post): Government considers crackdown on inner-city homelessness (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why investors might feel easing loan-to-value restrictions the most
Deborah Morris (Post): Half of all first home buyers get mortgages with less than 20% deposit (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Yes, lower interest rates are easing mortgage stress (paywalled)
Paora Manuel (Waikato Times): New Enderley housing development brings home ownership dream to life (paywalled)
POLICE, CRIME, DRUGS
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Extent of police falsifying breath tests ‘unfathomable’ - employment lawyer
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Over 100 police officers under investigation after breath tests falsified are still working
Richard Prebble (Herald): Cutting drug addiction, not increasing taxes, should be Labour’s top priority (paywalled)
Molly Swift (RNZ): How would a move to criminalise pornographic deepfakes in New Zealand work?
HEALTH, DISABILITY
RNZ: Youth vaping leads to higher smoking rates, researchers say
Alex Casey (Spinoff): Surprise: Vaping continues to be not good
Ethan Griffiths (Herald): Police still can’t issue fines for smoking and vaping law passed five years ago
Julia Gabel (Herald): Mental health crisis: $61.6 million for crisis response after damning reports
RNZ: New weight loss drugs will be ‘life changing’ for youth with type 2 diabetes - paediatrician
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Mental health professionals welcome $61 million funding boost
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Government announces $61.6 million boost for crisis response services
RNZ: Neurodivergent youth more likely to die before age of 25 than peers, study finds
Samantha Gee (RNZ): New Blenheim dialysis unit to save patients hours of travel
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Nurses under pressure (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Brent Edwards (NBR): Time for a reset between local and central government (paywalled)
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Hefty pay hikes for some Canterbury mayors, councillors
RNZ: RMA Minister writes to Auckland Council to loosen Eden Park restrictions
Jonathan Killick (Post): Will the Government override Auckland Council on concerts at Eden Park? (paywalled)
Anne Gibson (Herald): Wynyard Quarter park taking shape as Te Ara Tukutuku earthworks progress in $320m regeneration start (paywalled)
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting): Wairarapa council has one of highest per capita Ombudsman complaints in New Zealand
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Kāeo’s water crisis forces head office closure of rūnanga’s health clinics
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Reintroducing Nándor Tánczos, the most normal abnormal mayor
Diane McCarthy (Local Democracy Reporting): How a teen’s passion for Māori wards led to a shock win for his mum
Diane McCarthy (RNZ): Bay of Plenty councillors ramp up security after threats
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Portfolio structure will work better: Calvert (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE
Adam Pearse (Herald): India free trade deal: PM Christopher Luxon skips Parliament to meet Indian trade minister, denies negotiations in trouble
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Prime minister praises progress of India trade talks as he skips Parliament for meeting
John Weekes (Herald): India-NZ trade deal? Todd McClay, Piyush Goyal hail progress but dairy details remain elusive (paywalled)
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): New Zealand, India businesses urged to prepare for free trade deal
RESERVE BANK
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Former Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr threatens legal action against one of his fiercest critics, Michael Reddell
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Restraint of trade clause keeps pay flowing for Adrian Orr and Christian Hawkesby (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: NZ’s financial stability risks higher than in recent years (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Reserve Bank sees house prices at the upper end of sustainable; worries about struggling businesses, pricey tech stocks and health insurance
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Reserve Bank report warns risks remain heightened due to global uncertainty
Brent Edwards (NBR): Risks elevated, but business stress expected to ease next year (paywalled)
FIREWORKS
Samantha Hayes (Stuff): Winston Peters says banning fireworks will be a ‘bottom line’ in coalition negotiations
1News: ‘Enough is enough’: NZ First puts forward bill to ban sale of fireworks
RNZ: Univeristy of Otago investigating after fireworks shot at police, firefighters
RNZ: Firefighters already called out to 30 fireworks-related blazes