TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill submissions received, but there are issues leaving race debate in dust (paywalled)
Rob Campbell (Post): Betting you’ll come out on the better side, when most won’t (paywalled)
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Three hundred leaders gather - plan pan-Māori assembly to challenge government
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Currency of respect and expectation of a two-way street (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Record treaty submissions could be result of nefarious activity - tech expert
Hanna McCallum (Post): Treaty bill submission deadline extended, what happens next?
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes
Toby Manhire (SpInoff): Submissions reopened for treaty principles bill after record response and ‘technical issues’
Hanna McCallum (Post): More than 300,000 submissions on Treaty Principles Bill as deadline gets extended (paywalled)
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Thousands of Kiwis use template to oppose the Treaty Principles Bill
No Right Turn:300,000!
RNZ: Descendants of Treaty of Waitangi translators speak out against bill
Tim Beveridge (Newstalk): They love to hate the Treaty Principles Bill
Roman Travers (Newstalk): The Treaty Principles Bill is misunderstood
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Horizon Poll: New Zealanders prefer rail enabled ferries
Raphael Franks (Herald): New Interislander ferries: Majority of Kiwis want rail-enabled boats across Cook Strait - Horizons Research poll
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Fast-track panels to be set up from Feb 7 (paywalled)
Chris Keall (Herald): Clean Car Standard changes could cause $4000-plus price hikes on some vehicles, MIA warns (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SPY AGENCIES
Tim Hazledine (Post): With Trump promising tariffs, we should reconsider them too (paywalled
Bruce Munro (ODT): Global Insight: Time for NZ to step up on global stage
Del Carlini (Post): How ‘least cost’ thinking has left us dangerously exposed (paywalled)
1News: NZ consul-general among evacuees from Los Angeles wildfires
PARLIAMENT
Aaron Smale (Listener): Dame Tariana Turia should be remembered as one of our most significant politicians (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Moving from community action on climate, to political action (paywalled)
Centrist: NZ election inquiry: submissions on voter fairness and electoral reform
HEALTH
Tess Brunson (RNZ): Future of new Dunedin Hospital remains unclear as costs continue to rise
Rachel Thomas (Post): 'Unworkable': Inside a Health NZ meeting to gut specialised teams (paywalled)
HOUSING MARKET, BUILDING
David Chaston (Interest): December sinks to near a four year low
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'Record-breakingly quiet' end to 2024 for property market
Sam Smith (Stuff): Property market ends year on a low
1News: 'Exceptionally lukewarm': New property listings hit December low — report
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Asking price for homes slips to lowest in more than 4 years (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'Still a lot of pain' even as rising cost of building a house slows
Interest: Construction conditions look set to improve in 2025 with lower mortgage rates and build costs under control
NBR: Build cost inflation continues to track down (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): Piecing together the Tāmaki housing ‘jigsaw puzzle’ (paywalled)
CRIME
Adrian Katz (Post): Have crime rates really tripled?
Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): Violence, drugs, neglect, gangs - the common themes in murderers’ backgrounds
Chris Knox & Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Police seized more than $60 million worth of properties in 2024 under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act law (paywalled)
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Five for ‘25 - Media leaders on the year ahead (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta move will fuel more misinformation (paywalled)
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): When Truth Became Just Another Opinion (paywalled)
EDUCATION
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Canterbury schools back threatened qualification
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): School rolls: Wellington in decline — Auckland, Christchurch growing
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Stephen Ward (Waikato Times): City councillor rental stoush escalates to $750-a-week fines (paywalled)
Stephen Ward (Waikato Times): Meet Hamilton city’s new chief financial ‘puzzle solver’ (paywalled)
Roman Travers (Newstalk ZB): Councils need to step it up
Tom Hunt (Post): New Reading site owner ‘fully committed’ to redevelopment (paywalled)
OTHER
André Chumko (Post): Concerns with Toi Hourua before Creative NZ cancelled contract (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: Unbridled wealth causes abject poverty (paywalled)
RNZ: Working age population getting older
Amy Kingston-Turner (Law News): Privacy regulation in desperate need of an overhaul
Michael Andrew (Law News): New Manukau initiative boosts access to justice in Family Court
Peter Wilson (Newsroom): DoC’s deeply flawed bid to remove final checks and balances
Thomas Dowling (Newsroom): NZ has a lot to lose from a polluted orbit
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): More parents get bills for thousands after accidentally not declaring partners
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): ‘Inevitable’ solar storms will be catastrophic for energy supply
Dita De Boni (Post): 2025 in solar energy, with Gary Holden (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton: Market turmoil in UK: Is NZ next? (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): Kim Dotcom reveals wheelchair use and memory loss following life-threatening stroke
RNZ: New Zealand's passport rises back up world rankings
Herald: Summer questions: IAG CEO Amanda Whiting’s warning about insurance availability and affordability (paywalled)
Cartoons
Nice internal shot of the Beehive.