GOVERNMENT
Simon Wilson (Herald): The good and the bad in the National-Act-NZ First Government’s ‘war on woke’ (paywalled)
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Winners and losers in the new government (paywalled)
Gordon Campbell: On the new government’s policies of yesteryear
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The Ctrl-Z coalition: all the repeals and reversals planned by the new government
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Making sense of the coalition agreements (paywalled)
Damien Venuto (Herald): The Front Page: Will anything be left of Labour’s legacy after new Govt’s policy bonfire?
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Christopher Luxon takes aim at public service, pledges to tackle cost of living, restore law and order
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Repeal and reserve: The 5 things the Government has promised to do by Christmas
Michael Neilson (Herald): National, Act and NZ First Government to hold first Cabinet meeting today
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Christopher Luxon and his top ministers will meet on Wednesday to sign off on a joint 100-day plan
Newstalk ZB: Naughty and nice: The Prime Minister's Christmas objectives and jobs in the balance (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Luxon delivers warning for public service on first day as PM (paywalled)
Dave Armstrong (Post): The secretly leaked, exclusive to me, early draft coalition agreement (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Change Is Coming
Richard Brookes (Herald): Chris Luxon’s brave new world (paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: How David Seymour will approach his newly-created portfolio of Minister for Regulation (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Govts come in colours everywhere (paywalled)
TAX, ECONOMY, GOVT SPENDING
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Low-income families lose up to $38 a week as Nats move to close billion dollar budget hole (paywalled)
Newshub: New Government looks 'hypocritical' for having 28 ministers despite promising spending cuts - Bryce Edwards
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Now sworn in, new Govt turns attention to tax package
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington braces for 'massive impact' as public service cuts loom (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Cuts loom large as Christopher Luxon government targets the economy
William Hewett (Newshub): Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon won't commit to not increasing taxes
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): The economic minefield ahead for the govt
William Hewett (Newshub): Cameron Bagrie believes inflation is 'still a problem', cuts to official cash rate a while away
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Could it be Shane Jones vs the Reserve Bank?
Michael Reddell: The new government and the Reserve Bank
Max Salmon (Newstalk ZB): New Zealand’s fiscal constraints (paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: National's Nicola Willis aims to address 'fiscal cliffs' left by outgoing Government
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