FAST-TRACK BILL, MINING, ENVIRONMENT
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): This Unreasonable Government
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Fast-track submissions: Hundreds will miss out on speaking at committee
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Mining lobby: Fast-track bill’s ministerial powers ‘not unusual’
Richard Harman (Politik): Our slow regional councils (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Checks and balances needed on fast-track executive power (paywalled)
RNZ: Pākiri residents would be 'crushed' if sand mining fast-tracked, committee told
RNZ: Gold miner wants consent after already starting work
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Gold Rush: Company's bid for Central Otago gold mining consent
Andrea Vance (Post): Government mulls law change in wake of irrigation court battle (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE CUTS
Chris Trotter (Interest): Is this a 'merchants' Government?
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Warning to Willis: Treasury’s grim cocktail of tax hikes, spending cuts and asset sales to fix books (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): Minister Tama Potaka encouraged DoC staff to use te reo Māori ‘everywhere and anywhere’, despite Government position
Thomas Manch (Post): PM Luxon’s delivery unit not just about the public service (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Public sector cuts: Education ministry prepares to use consultants
Mike Hosking (Newstalk): Wellington needs to get out of its own way
Azaria Howell (Herald): Mount Ruapehu’s Whakapapa skifield not commercially sustainable, Cabinet warned by MBIE
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Government looks for a better way to count Māori
Emma Hatton (Newsroom): What will Willis’ social investment fund look like?
Laszlo Szollosi-Cira: New Zealand Economy: Lonely Willis facing the macroeconomic challenges
Dennis Wesselbaum: Members disagree on fiscal stimulus via lower taxes in Budget 2024
Bryan Bruce: Coalition Contradictions
WAITANGI TRIBUNAL, TIKANGA, JUSTICE
Julia Gabel (Herald): Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision on Waitangi Tribunal Karen Chhour summons
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (1News): Court of Appeal rules in favour of Waitangi Tribunal summons
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Waitangi Tribunal able to summons minister, court finds
RNZ: Court of Appeal overturns decision that blocked Children's Minister from Waitangi Tribunal summons
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Court of Appeal sides with Waitangi Tribunal over summons of Children’s Minister Karen Chhour
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori slams tabling of controversial Oranga Tamariki Bill during Parliament recess
David Harvey: The Complaint
David Harvey: The Summoning - Redux
Gideon Porter (Herald): Māori lawyers back controversial tikanga study for law students as Parliament asked to veto the course
Te Ahipourewa Forbes (Re: News): Should tikanga Māori be taught in law schools?
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