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Dan Brunskill (Interest): The coalition Government’s plan to increase car licencing fees by 50% is a workaround for an empty election promise
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): We’re spending billions of dollars to make traffic worse
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Rego cost rises 'can't be a broken promise' - Minister Chris Bishop
Derek Cheng (Herald): Higher fees are part of the Government’s transport plans - how much more will you pay and what will you get for it? (paywalled)
Gray Gibson (Newshub): Government set to hike seatbelt fines to help fund Land Transport plan
Anna Murray (1News): Making sense of the road ahead: The Govt's transport plans explained
Matthew Scott (Newsroom): Dead end for cycle and walking paths in new transport budget
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Eye watering amount of money for south Auckland roading project, cyclists say
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Manawatū missing from Government’s transport map
Andrea Fox (Herald): Freight and infrastructure sectors give thumbs-up to Government’s transport network plans (paywalled)
Nick James (RNZ): KiwiRail Wellington outage: Inquiry looks at new overhead line installation
Louise Ternouth (RNZ): Auckland Airport denies queues are getting worse as former PM hits out
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Christchurch Airport drops ‘climate positive’ claim
CHRISTOPHER LUXON’S VIP PLANE ISSUES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Luxon’s failure to launch
Luke Malpass (Post): First Premier House, now the PM’s plane (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (1News): 'Embarrassing really': Defence Minister on broken-down VIP plane
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Christopher Luxon late to international meetings after 'embarrassing' plane issues, but Govt shoots down replacement for now
Claire Trevett and Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Ministers slate Defence Force Boeing plane breakdown as ‘embarrassing’ after PM Chris Luxon makes his own way to Australia
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Defence Force plane replacement or lease 'just so expensive' - Minister
Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘Humiliating’, ‘embarrassing’: Luxon pushed to upgrade military gear
RNZ: 'Maintenance fault' on Defence Force plane forces Luxon to fly to Australia commercially
Eva Corlett (Guardian): New Zealand PM grounded again as defence force fleet flies into trouble
Newshub: World reacts to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's NZDF plane drama
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Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Expert group backs autonomous sanctions for NZ
RNZ: Winston Peters confirms plans to visit India next week
Jay Marlowe (The Conversation): NZ can help people fleeing Gaza with emergency family reunification – will the government act?
CHRISTOPHER LUXON’S ACCOMMODATION ALLOWANCE, PREMIER HOUSE
David Burton (Post): The difference between a right and doing what is right (paywalled)
Arena Williams (Herald): Christopher Luxon’s use of public funds for his home may be legal, but is it justifiable?
Madeleine Chapman and Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Hear me out: Demolish Premier House and make all the MPs live together
RNZ: Premier House: 'Significantly cheaper' to demolish, rather than renovate
Spinoff: Gone By Lunchtime: An untimely case of entitleditis
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