Dear Subscribers
We’re making some alterations to our newsletters. Our main two email newsletters are “NZ Politics Daily” and “Political Roundup”. Over the last few months I’ve experimented with writing a daily introduction to the NZ Politics Daily email, but I’m now going to shift back to focusing on putting out the Political Roundup emails, incorporating some of the same introduction material into these.
From today we will put out the NZ Politics Daily at 8am each morning, but without the introduction. Instead, I will return to sending out Political Roundups whenever I can.
We now have over 5000 subscribers to our free service, but we need to grow this total to something much higher. If you can help by spreading the word about the emails by forwarding them to others, and encouraging them to sign up, that would be appreciated.
We also need to continue to fundraise, as we don’t have any access to resources from any institutions, universities, public media funding etc. Our only funding is from our subscribers, and we still don’t have enough funding to make the services sustainable. So, if you can afford to subscribe to the full service, please do – using the Substack subscription function. If you can’t afford to do this, please let us know and we will arrange a complimentary full subscription.
If you just want to make a one-off donation in exchange for an annual subscription, you can do so via Victoria University of Wellington, which runs our fundraising. Just go to the following University website, make a donation, and email me to let me know (bryce.edwards@vuw.ac.nz): https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/engage/giving/donate/areas/democracy-project
Also, thank you for continuing to supply me with feedback on the newsletters and our analysis – it’s much appreciated.
Dr Bryce Edwards
Political Analyst in Residence
Democracy Project, School of Government
Victoria University of Wellington
INEQUALITY, CHILD POVERTY, WELFARE
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Where’s the political courage to mete out tough love to the wealthy? (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): How the Government justifies crackdown on welfare recipients (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of ... Christopher Luxon (paywalled)
Immanuel Koks (Newshub): Yes, the welfare system does need a 'reset' - in favour of beneficiaries
Max Rashbrooke (Post): The missed opportunities and unfinished business of solving child poverty (paywalled)
Steven Joyce (Herald): A real solution to child poverty (paywalled)
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Māori led research needed to better understand poverty determinants - Meihana Durie
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Labour's approach to poverty was a dismal failure
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Politicians can fix child poverty. As if
John Braddock (WSWS): New Zealand working class faces deepening social crisis
GOVERNMENT, ECONOMY
Luke Malpass (Post): Government large and in charge, but eyes turn to Adrian Orr this week (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): How Luxon can rebuild the economy ... and why he’ll struggle (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): To hike or not to hike - that is the question
Gareth Kiernan (Stuff): What’s on Reserve Bank’s mind this week?
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Reserve Bank OCR call: ‘We are on the edge of our seat’ (paywalled)
Herald: OCR Preview: To hike or not to hike - economists divided on RBNZ’s big rate call (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Will the official cash rate rise this week?
Zane Small (Newshub): Economist Jarrod Kerr believes Reserve Bank will 'have to' consider rising mortgage anxiety in official cash rate decision
Dan Brunskill (Interest): New Zealanders are spending like its 2017 as high interest rates sap retail sales volumes
Sabrina Delgado (Spinoff): Inflation is hurting everyone, but some more than others
Liam Ratana (NBR): Running hot or cold? Upcoming RBNZ rates call in focus (paywalled)
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Justin Hu (1News): Luxon's popularity low compared to other first-term PMs
Jason Walls (Newstalk ZB): The pointless, PR-driven nonsense of a 100-day plan is just bad governance (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Shane Jones’ fast track is not what the Nats’ base wants to hear about (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Herald): Meeting the National Party’s social media troll Chris Penk (paywalled)
Greg Dixon (Listener): Another kind of politics - another kind of State of the Nation speech (paywalled)
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode for .. King Luxon
Emma Willis (Newsroom): Be prepared for the post-kindness era
LABOUR
Janet Wilson (Post): As Robertson heads for the exit, Labour’s reset becomes critical (paywalled)
Vernon Smal (Post): Was that Labour’s worst week yet? (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Grant Robertson and the work left undone (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis -Allan (Herald): Grant Robertson is a great bloke, but he was a terrible Finance Minister (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Robertson to walk fine line in new uni role (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Ginny Andersen’s attack on Mark Mitchell does Chris Hipkins no favours (paywalled)
RNZ: Andersen apologises after saying Police Minister had been 'paid to kill' while working in Iraq
Herald: Ginny Andersen apologises to Mark Mitchell for her suggestion he was ‘paid to kill people’
Herald Editorial: Barbara Edmonds’ new appointment another step forward for Pasifika (paywalled)
The Standard: What’s Left?
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