GOVERNMENT: 100 DAY ANNOUNCEMENT, ATTACKS ON MEDIA
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Luxon honeymoon rained on by Peters and cigarettes
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Winston Peters killed Christopher Luxon's honeymoon with anti-media antics
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Winston Peters making it look like Chris Luxon has lost control
Claire Trevett (Herald): Christopher Luxon tries to get his plan and honeymoon back on track without Winston Peters butting in (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters’ bad behaviour overshadowing Christopher Luxon, David Seymour (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Christopher Luxon refuses to pull Winston Peters into line over anti-media comments, laughs it off
1News: Seymour admits Peters' spat with media a 'sideshow'
Bruce Cotterill (Newstalk ZB): Challenging the media’s independence is good for all of us (paywalled)
Karl du Fresne: The media's war on the new government
Herald Editorial: Winston Peters risks the worst legacy of all - irrelevancy (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Time to beat a different drum, Winston (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Winston is wrong but he can't see that
Robert MacCulloch: Winston is Right. Hipkins is Wrong. The Evidence Proves the Media are Bribed by Government Funding
Peter Williams: Media lack self awareness
Tim Dower (Newstalk ZB): The low-down on the Public Interest Journalism Fund
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Mainstream media is not perfect
Anna Whyte (Post): Luxon backs Peters over media fund criticism (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Not much for Kiwi wallets in first 100 days
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announces plan to tame inflation, run Parliament up to Christmas
Luke Malpass (Post): Luxon comes in as cost-of-living crunch stretches out (paywalled)
1News: Prime Minister Luxon reveals his '49 actions' for first 100 days
Michael Neilson (Herald): Luxon unveils Government’s 100-day plan, faces pressure to rein in Peters
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon holds first post-Cabinet press conference
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): 5 things we learnt from Christopher Luxon's first post-Cabinet presser
Richard Harman (Politik): Backwards to the future (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Luxon takes aim at Reserve Bank, backs Peters, unveils 100 day plan (paywalled)
RNZ: Watch: PM Christopher Luxon speaks at first post-Cabinet press conference
RNZ: Government confirms its 100-day plan
Newstalk ZB: Luxon's 100-day plan: Expert questions the Government's ambitions
Herald: Deputy PM Winston Peters blames media for Auckland Covid lockdown
Michael Neilson (Herald): Labour’s Chris Hipkins takes swing at Christopher Luxon, Winston Peters in first press conference as Opposition leader
RNZ: Christopher Luxon's lack of control of Winston Peters 'does not bode well for future' - Hipkins
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Chris Hipkins calls for Christopher Luxon to set 'clear boundaries' for Winston Peters after bribery claims
RNZ: Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins says Winston Peters 'running the show' in new government
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Willie Jackson describes Winston Peters behaviour as ‘worrying’
Waatea News: Journalism fund slur rubbish
SMOKING BAN SCRAPPED
Luke Forman (RNZ): Retired doctor calls for Health Minister to resign over smokefree changes
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Christopher Luxon wants to reduce smoking despite policy rollback – but won't commit to same reduction rate
Michael Neilson (Herald): Dr Ayesha Verrall says Government putting tobacco, smoking lobby interests over New Zealand health
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Chris Hipkins says New Zealand 'embarrassed' internationally by new Government's 'morally reprehensible' planned smoking change
RNZ: Te Pāti Māori co-leader says smokefree reversal is 'systemic genocide'
Waatea News: Smoke screen for tax cut funding
Rachel Pannett (Washington Post): Groundbreaking smoking ban abandoned in New Zealand’s swing to the right
Mike Ives and Natasha Frost (New York Times): New Zealand’s New Government Says It Will Scrap Smoking Ban
Heather Chen (CNN): New Zealand’s new government scraps world-leading smoking ban to fund tax cuts
Chris Morrris (Fortune): New Zealand decides to sell cigarettes to youth after all—but its scrapped smoking ban has inspired other nations (paywalled)
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