GOVERNMENT
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Revealed: Nicola Willis may exempt some trusts from planned tax hike
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: 90-day plans, MBIE's massive cuts and more... (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Productivity Commission chair unhappy with government process (paywalled)
Michael Reddell: Goodbye to the Productivity Commission
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Mark Mitchell fires back on his life before politics
Haimona Gray (Newstalk ZB): Time to tackle the Big Issues (paywalled)
Ben McKay and Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon denies Aussie cricketer’s claim he said Premier House is ‘condemned’
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Premier House upgrades will be ‘difficult’ but PM claims he did not say residence is condemned
PARLIAMENT, ELECTIONS
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): NZ elections are being Americanised with “dark money” flowing into campaign groups
Robert MacCulloch: Can Polls Drive Election Results under MMP? Short answer: Yes, they can
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Parliament is in urgency this week – here’s what that means
Newshub: New Zealand flag to fly at half-mast to mark Fa'anānā Efeso Collins’ funeral
Jemaima Tiatia-Siau (Newsroom): Thank you for gifting us you, Fes
1News: Ghahraman accused of shoplifting cardigan from Newmarket boutique
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman faces additional shoplifting charge
LABOUR
Grant Duncan: Housing costs grew in 2023: so, what next for Labour?
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): The beginning of Labour’s opposition death spiral?
Adam Pearse and Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour leader Chris Hipkins claims Stuart Nash broke Cabinet rules over crime policy comments
RNZ: Labour dismissive of Stuart Nash criticism over gang asset seizures: 'He's got no class'
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): 'No class': Labour MPs disgruntled with Nash's 'just nonsense' gang policy claims
Herald: Stuart Nash hits out at Labour, Kiri Allan’s stance on gang asset seizures
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Labour's behind the scenes look reveals all
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Labour soft on gangs? Nash says no, no, no, yes
HOUSING
RNZ: Housing Minister Chris Bishop sets 'long-term' price target of three to five times household incomes
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): A housing minister for the New City
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Chris Bishop takes control of planning appeals, floats GST sharing as solution to housing crisis
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Chris Bishop will be the ‘decision maker’ if councils and housing panels can’t agree
Erin Gourey (Post): Labour, Green councillors pleased that Chris Bishop will decide on housing plan (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): GST for councils that get houses built being considered by Government (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Stuff): Chris Bishop promises ‘comprehensive plan to solve NZ’s housing crisis’ next month
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): 'Broken' housing market a 'national disgrace': Chris Bishop (paywalled)
NBR: Coalition Government’s agenda for housing reform (paywalled)
Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): New housing supply: NZ will be 15,000 short this year - BNZ (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Ministry takes landlord to task for 'retaliatory' eviction attempt
Greg Ninness (Interest): Housing rents tended to level off in Q4 last year following three quarters of substantial increases
RNZ: Auckland property developer offering up to $20,000 to buyers in bid to sell apartments
RNZ: Kāinga Ora tenant involved in Mt Albert fatal attack was warned about behaviour
HEALTH
Herald: The Front Page: Health system in crisis: What are the Government’s plans to fix it?
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The Government’s two very controversial health reforms
Anna Whyte (Post): Govt kicks off controversial health changes (paywalled)
RNZ: Christopher Luxon's tobacco claims 'flying in the face of evidence, of logic', expert says
Adam Pearse (Herald): Researchers deem smoking law repeal ‘shameful’ as bill hits the House
No Right Turn: More dishonesty from Costello
Isaac Davison (Herald): Government accused of treating Māori as ‘expendable’ in emotional debate on Maori Health Authority abolition
Leighton Heikell (Newshub): Opposition slams Government as it moves to scrap Māori Health Authority
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Emotions run high in parliament over dismantling of Māori Health Authority
RNZ: Bill to can Māori Health Authority passes first two readings under urgency
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Health Minister to reveal Māori Health Authority replacement details during debate
RNZ: Bill disestablishing Māori Health Authority to go through Parliament under urgency today
Felix Desmarais (1News): Bill to disestablish Māori Health Authority to be introduced today
Karanama Ruru and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Bills to disestablish Māori Health Authority, Smokefree to be passed under urgency
Ian Powell: Missing the health target
Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig and Matire Harwood (The Conversation): A pandemic that won’t go away – as COVID enters its 5th year, NZ needs a realistic strategy
RNZ: Two years before 800 Lower Hutt homes adequately chlorinated
Post: Sir Ashley Bloomfield expresses disappointment over fluoridation issue
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Fury after another suspected suicide at Palmerston North Hospital
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