NZ Politics Daily: 28 August 2024
FORESHORE AND SEABED, TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI WARDS
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Ministers’ seafood meeting smells whiffy but within the rules
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): Claims and Counter-Claims
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): What is customary marine title and why are some people so scared of it?
Audrey Young (Herald): Foreshore and seabed inquiry: Focus on ministers meeting with seafood industry representatives
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Treaty Negotiations Minister defends 5% of coastline comment
Te Manu Korihi (RNZ): Customary marine title: No comment from Crown witness on govt Treaty commitments
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Treaty Principles hearing worthwhile despite inevitable death – Seymour
Jo Moir (RNZ): Luxon 'not hung up' on Peters' Treaty Principles Bill comments
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Horizons votes to keep Māori seats; poll law described as ‘racist’
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Right side of history’ - Greater Wellington affirms Māori ward
RNZ: Greater Wellington to vote on Māori ward in 2025 elections
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): Northland Regional Council to seek legal advice on Māori ward poll
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Unanimous vote to keep Māori wards at Heretaunga District Council
GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Is Casey Costello fit to be a minister?
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Why the PM was quizzed on the harms of nicotine
Maiki Sherman (1News): 'Totally mad': Up to $7m to be spent on new ministerial offices
Gordon Campbell: On How "fast Track" Steamrolls The Public Good
Haimona Gray: Christopher Luxon - A PM without conviction
RNZ: Serious Fraud Office looks to get rid of six roles as part of public service cost-cutting
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Chris Hipkins grills Christopher Luxon over Shane Jones’ ‘communist judge’ comment
Post: PM OK with ‘communist judge’ comment, Simeon Brown has his driver’s licence (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour discusses Capital Income Tax on ultra wealthy individuals
Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): Destiny Church behind allegations against Te Pāti Māori and Manurewa Marae
Centrist: Hidden costs: Koha payments by government agencies lack transparency
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