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Listen: David Seymour floats a new law labelled among the single greatest breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. Plus political editor Laura Walters from the US.
The Conversation
Using ethnicity as a proxy for need is supported by local and international research. The government’s decision to get rid of it will mean worse outcomes for Māori and Pacific New Zealanders.
NZ Herald
THREE KEY FACTS: Rob Campbell is a professional director and investor. He is chancellor at AUT, chair of Ara Ake, chair of NZ Rural Land and former chair of...
Analysis: The risks associated with unchecked self-certification are too high to ignore, says Sarosh Mulla. What we need is a national building consent system that integrates both self-certification and systematic, randomised spot checks.
The building consent process currently fills most people with dread. But a better way is within the country’s reach, writes architectural technology expert Sarosh Mulla.
The Standard
National is scrambling to justify designated funding to the I am Hope charity after Mike King claimed alcohol was good for mental health and preventing suicide.
The Conversation
New Zealand’s track record in domestic marine protection is woeful and its proposal to resume oil and gas licensing offshore has been criticised by Pacific island states.
Opinion: Aotearoa New Zealand is a biodiversity hotspot, defined as a global centre of high biodiversity with a high proportion of species under threat. So where was New Zealand at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Colombia?
NZ Herald
The Māori economy: Nanaia Mahuta was a Labour MP and Government minister for 27 years. She retired from politics after losing her seat at last year’s...
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Unsympathetic Characters: Christopher Luxon should be grateful that his principal opponent, Chris Hipkins, is as out of sympathy with the te...
The Conversation
The National-led coalition has a challenging mandate to govern, given voter expectations and surprisingly high levels of satisfaction with the outgoing Labour Party.
Newsroom
Comment: Some of the most forceful critics of Te Tiriti and tikanga are invincibly ignorant of these matters, writes Dame Anne Salmond. What's needed is a debate with gravitas and mana.
Newsroom
The Government’s gazumping action over Otago’s water shows just how far it’ll go to pursue a pro-agricultural agenda, writes David Williams
E-Tangata
“Private development encroachment into the conservation estate comes on top of a historical legacy of locking Māori out of these highly valued ancestral territories.” — Professor Elizabeth Macpherson on the fast-track bill.
Analysis: This week’s 1News Verian poll shed light on the year’s political successes and struggles, with one coalition partner teetering close to the danger zone and a few surprises for the opposition.
Newsroom
This week on the Raw Politics podcast: There were two scandals over abuse of kids in state care – one was run by the establishment.
Newsroom
Chris Bishop and Simeon Brown's ministerial approvals tended to follow initial assessments, while Jones bucks the trend
Newsroom
When Helen Clark came into power in 1999, her government continued to minimise the Crown’s liability for the state’s torture and abuse of children. Aaron Smale continues a series on the Crown’s cover-up of its abuse of children.
Documents reveal Stephen Rainbow was appointed chief human rights commissioner despite failing to make the shortlist of candidates recommended by the hiring panel.
The Conversation
The tail wagging the dog is a risk in any coalition arrangement. But with two tails wagging vigorously, the National-led government is testing the limits of consensus and policy coherence.
The Better New Zealand Trust is taking the Transport Minister to court over his decision to lower tailpipe CO2 emissions for car imports.
E-Tangata
“David kept arguing that there are no examples anywhere in the world where people have successfully shared sovereignty under one nation. Well, he’s wrong.” — Helmut Modlik on his debate with David Seymour.
RNZ
The PM has emerged with an official invite to New Delhi after his coveted meeting with India's leader in Laos.
If we want to keep universal super in place, some tough decisions need to be made – and soon, says Treasury's chief economic adviser.
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Opinion: The cancer drugs fiasco and Dunedin Hospital decisions show the Government lacks empathy when it comes to sensitive health decisions, argues Peter Dunne
The PM has never supported Seymour's bill in principle, or beyond first reading in practice, but his language has certainly changed.
RNZ
One vestige of the pre-MMP era is the term 'leader of the opposition' - but why does the term still exist, and what does the leader do?
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