NZ Politics Daily: 21 May 2024
HOUSING
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Minister Chris Bishop rules out mass sell-off of state houses but Labour says he's being 'clever with his answers'
Bridie Witton (Stuff): National faces pressure to build more social houses
Hanna McCallum and Anna Whyte (Post): Fears Kāinga Ora review will see Govt step back from public housing (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government puts all public housing programmes under review after damning report into Kāinga Ora
Molly Swift (Newshub): Bombshell Kāinga Ora review finds agency 'not financially viable', new chair, board 'refreshed'
Adam Pearse, Julia Gabel and Thomas Coughlan (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon announces Kāinga Ora changes, new board refresh, KiwiBuild to be scrapped
Felix Desmarais (1News): Review finds Kāinga Ora 'underperforming', new chair appointed
Anna Whyte (Post): Govt set to make immediate changes to Kāinga Ora after critical review
RNZ: Kāinga Ora underperforming, not financially viable - Sir Bill English
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Kāinga Ora under-performing, lacking in transparency according to review
Anna Whyte (Post): Govt set to make immediate changes to Kāinga Ora after critical review (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Kāinga Ora not ‘financially viable’, Govt report finds
Brent Edwards (NBR): Government shake up of Kāinga Ora after Bill English-led review (paywalled)
Victoria Young (Businessdesk): Govt demands turnaround plan for Kāinga Ora, Moutter made chair
Greg Ninness (Interest): National median housing rent hit $600 a week in the first quarter this year
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Generation Rent author Shamubeel Eaqub on where renting's at in NZ, where it has come from and where it's heading
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Could long term rentals help solve our housing crisis?
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): We're far too quick to label people as homeless in New Zealand
FAST-TRACK BILL, ENVIRONMENT
Geoffrey Palmer (Newsroom): A fast track to environmental degradation
Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): Fast-track laws, parliamentary urgency, Treaty tension, media retreat: warning signs for NZ’s ‘brittle’ democracy
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Ministry for the Environment warns of Fast-Track Bill’s ‘significant risks’
David Williams (Newsroom): Seabed miners: What we know and what we don’t
Laura Mills (Greymouth Star): Shane Jones expected to draw big crowd on Coast (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): Luxon and Swarbrick - a tale of two speeches (paywalled)
Natalia Albert: My Oral Submission for the Fast Track Bill on 15 may 2024
Melania Watson (Newshub): World Wildlife Fund campaign calls on Kiwis to give Fisheries Minister Shane Jones 'the finger'
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, SPY AGENCIES, DEFENCE
Richard Harman (Politik): The Ambassador and Luxon – eye to eye (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): NZ can't ignore global power plays any more, especially not at the China business summit (paywalled)
Liu Chen (RNZ): China Business Summit: NZ businesses eye opportunities in Asia
RNZ: Joining AUKUS could be seen as 'taking sides' - Chinese ambassador
1News: Chinese ambassador to NZ critical of AUKUS Pillar Two
Dita De Boni (NBR): Chinese ambassador suggests it’d be risky for NZ to join Aukus (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Spy agency data centre: Government wanted a bargain and control of sensitive info
1News: Q+A: Live animal exports: Govt says it wants 'gold standard' of care
Sally Murphy (RNZ): Beef and Lamb NZ slams claims that meat produced to lower standard
Dileepa Fonseka and Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Fonterra won't accept a New Zealand trade deal with India without dairy (paywalled)
RNZ: Kiwis trapped in Nouméa, Air NZ won't fly from New Caledonia for days yet
RNZ: Forcing a government rethink on Gaza 'a cause worth dying for' - Will Alexander
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): NZ holds its own on defence spending but global volatility is a challenge
George Block (Herald): New NZ Navy helicopters: Three contenders emerge as defence lobbying ramps up, Airbus makes pitch
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ohakea base upgrades delayed amid defence estate concerns
Andrea Vance (Post): Hull damaged as NZ warship berths in high winds (paywalled)
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