GOVERNMENT
Thomas Manch (Post): Back to 'Think Big'? Three ministers claim power to decide on big projects (paywalled)
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Exclusive: Minister Shane Jones says he has 'stood aside' from controversial Taranaki seabed mining project
Thomas Manch (Post): Shane Jones wants to rule himself out of dealing with seabed mining (paywalled)
Robin Martin (RNZ): Protesters vow to stop Taranaki seabed mining
Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): Community opposition at seabed mining hearing in South Taranaki
ODT Editorial: Fast tracks and expressways (paywalled)
Ben Thomas (Post): Ministers firmly in the driver’s seat as they hit the fast track (paywalled)
Thomas Nash (Post): Three key questions for Chris Bishop’s plan to grow our cities (paywalled)
David Fisher (Herald): Inside the drafting of Christopher Luxon’s ‘cut-and-paste’ Waitangi speech (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): 100-day plan, tick. Eyes now turn to Budget, potential for broken promises (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Coalition majority avoids need for public scrutiny of legislation (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Chris Hipkins calls Govt 'dictatorship' for 'ramming' through law changes, advice shows it could breach international obligations
LANDLORD TAX BREAKS, TAX CUTS
Felix Desmarais (1News): Renters 'very grateful' for incoming landlord tax breaks - Luxon
RNZ: PM Christopher Luxon argues renters will be 'grateful' for interest deductibility change
Newshub: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says renters 'very grateful' Government bringing back interest deductibility for landlords
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour claimed 346 landlords owned 200+ properties, but official data can prove only one
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Interest deductibility explained: Is it a tax cut for landlords?
Tony Alexander (One Roof): Don’t expect landlords to lower their rents
Greg Ninness (Interest): After almost two years of improving yields on rental properties, they took a breather at the end of 2023
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Tova podcast: David Seymour gives clues about tax cuts in May’s Budget
PUBLIC SERVICE
Inside Government: Chief Ombudsman publishes complaints data
Isaac Davison and Rachel Maher (Herald): Prime Minister says he won’t be changing law on maximum ages for public roles
ODT Editorial: Ombudsman’s early finish (paywalled)
RNZ: Te Whatu Ora racks most complaints for OIA request delays, refusals
Azaria Howell (Herald): Ministry of Health staff told job losses ‘likely’ in bid to find 6.5 per cent cost savings
Anna Whyte (Post): Callaghan Innovation facing ‘significant cost pressures’ (paywalled)
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