National promises limits on judge discretion in sentencing (www.rnz.co.nz)
Unpopular opinion: Ardern resigning hasn't had much impact on this year's election
The popular wisdom is that Labour were guaranteed to lose if Ardern stayed on. But the polls are basically unchanged since mid-'22 (especially when looking at the coalition blocs)....
Newsable: Why are firearm owners so against the new gun registry? (www.stuff.co.nz)
National Party makes fresh pitch for Māori votes (www.stuff.co.nz)
Hollywood heavyweight donates to Greens as party surges ahead of Labour (www.nzherald.co.nz)
New Zealand PM disagrees with Joe Biden over Xi Jinping ‘dictator’ remark (www.theguardian.com)
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern to write a book on leadership (www.theguardian.com)
Greens release tax calculator showing if Kiwis will be better off or have to pay more under new policy (www.newshub.co.nz)
https://www.greens.org.nz/taxcalculator
ACT proposes rules blocking contractors from claiming employee rights (www.rnz.co.nz)
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Looks like the CCP supports National. Hm. (i.stuff.co.nz)
Oranga Tamariki: Sexual misconduct allegations show independent watchdog crucial - experts (www.rnz.co.nz)
Future for Local Government review: What you need to know (www.rnz.co.nz)
This is a summary of the Future for Local Government report - He piki tūranga, he piki kōtuku....
Gore council: Mayor, councillors apologise to CEO, agree to collaborate (www.rnz.co.nz)
Michael Wood resigns as minister after revelations of further shares (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Poll shows bounce back for Labour, bad news for Christopher Luxon and NZ First (www.nzherald.co.nz)
Opposition parties accused of racism over health equity claims - RNZ (www.rnz.co.nz)
Luxon again with the “look, what I really mean is…”
Chlöe Swarbrick blames Labour for NZ's gang problems, says they lacked 'courage' to implement advice they commissioned (www.newshub.co.nz)
Political party DemocracyNZ in turmoil after candidate exodus (www.stuff.co.nz)
New additional ETS scheme floated in review of carbon market (www.rnz.co.nz)
Stuff gave it a far more clickbaity title: Government thinks its climate policy is planting too many trees
Gangs to face 'tougher consequences' under National Party Government - Christopher Luxon (www.newshub.co.nz)
New plan launched to explore regenerative tourism (have your say) (www.rnz.co.nz)
The article focusses pretty heavily on local production of "sustainable aviation fuel", but the draft Tourism Environment Action Plan looks at lots of ways to make NZ tourism more sustainable. They are currently seeking public input. From MBIE:...
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The Interview: RNZ's analyses of Hipkins, Luxon, and Ardern's language (www.rnz.co.nz)
RNZ have been putting these out over the last few days:...
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NZ farmers 'shouldn't pay for emissions if other countries aren't' (www.stuff.co.nz)
