Today’s content
MICHAEL WOOD AIRPORT SHARES CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Peter Dunne: Taint of incompetent ministers dragging Hipkins down
Herald Editorial: Suspended Transport Minister Michael Wood’s egregious error of judgment (paywalled)
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Transport Minister Michael Wood, Auckland Airport shares saga – There should be no coming back for minister
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Michael Wood on last chance after embarrassing day for Chris Hipkins
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Michael Wood risks his kingdom for some shares
Bridie Witton (Post): Carelessness or something else? Michael Wood fights for political career over airport shares (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Stuff): PM Chris Hipkins truly irritated and deflated in Question Time barrage over Michael Wood
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Michael Wood cannot come back from this
Damien Venuto (Herald): The Front Page: Will Michael Wood and Jan Tinetti blunders cost Labour the election in 2023?
No Right Turn: Deliberate non-compliance
David Farrar: Wood vs Key share scandal compared
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): In defence of Michael Wood & Julie Fairey while comparing David Seymour and John Key’s conflicts of interest
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): From Mr Fix-it to Mr I-Fluffed-it – Michael Wood’s death by a dozen calls
Emily Writes (Spinoff): What to do when your child (Michael Wood) just won’t listen
———-
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Michael Wood says he didn’t realise he had been asked 12 times about selling shares, thought it was eight
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Take Five: The key details around Michael Wood’s Auckland Airport share controversy
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Michael Wood asked 12 times by Cabinet Office if he had sold Auckland Airport shares
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Michael Wood was asked 12 times – including this year – about selling shares, but continues to hold them
Herald: Blind trust: How Michael Wood could have avoided disclosing airport shares (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Here’s how much Michael Wood’s shares have increased in value since he was first asked to sell
———-
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Opposition calls for Chris Hipkins to fire Michael Wood altogether over shares shambles
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Michael Wood Auckland Airport shares: Opposition calls for sacking after revelations asked to sell shares 12 times
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Opposition toughens stance on Michael Wood’s ministerial future
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Luxon slams Govt over ‘another ministerial scandal’, Seymour calls for early election if PM can’t find ‘capable’ Michael Wood replacement
William Hewett (Newshub): David Seymour calling for PM Chris Hipkins to sack Michael Wood as minister after Auckland Airport shares botch-up
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Erin Johnson (Stuff): Budget vote: Will councillors sell airport shares?
Matthew Scott (Newsroom): Auckland decides: D-Day for airport sale
Erin Johnson (Stuff): Second Auckland councillor declares spouse owns shares in Auckland Airport, hours before budget vote
RNZ: Auckland Councillor Chris Darby reveals financial interest in Auckland Airport, second this week
Erin Johnson (Stuff): Auckland Council looking into potential conflicts of interest over airport shares
1News: Auckland Council to vote today on airport share sales plan
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei offers Wayne Brown an alternative to massive rates rise or Auckland Airport share sell-off
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Roger, Ruth, Wayne and Tina
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Auckland Council wants to cut ECE funding – but will it even save any money?
Newshub: Paula Bennett hints at Auckland Mayoral run
Simon Bridges (NBR): The Auckland stadium debate resurfaces (paywalled)
Erin Gourley (Post): Public Service Watch: Cats and cycleways engage the public, budgets not so much (paywalled)
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Hutt City mayor says council funding model ‘broken’ as 9.9% rates rise agreed
RNZ: Gore mayor personal assistant previously charged with prescription forgery
Ben Tomsett (ODT): Mayor’s comments on media funding labelled ignorant (paywalled)
ELECTORAL REVIEW
Brent Edwards (NBR): Let’s have a public – not partisan – debate on electoral reform (paywalled)
David Farrar: Independent Electoral Panel delivers wishlist for the left
Marcus Roberts (Post): Electoral law shakeup should not favour one side over the other (paywalled)
ELECTION, PARLIAMENT
Ben Thomas (Stuff): Seymour’s re-treaded regulation gimmick has whiff of a bygone ACT Party
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): Ministry for Ethnic Communities defended after ACT promises to abolish it
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Donations cases back to haunt National, NZ First
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Elections shouldn’t feel like TV infomercials
Erin Gourley (Stuff): Pole-dancing campaign launch for Green Ōhāriu candidate to ‘keep it fun’
Glenn McConnell (Post): Parliament wants to expand its own security force after riot and threats (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): National MP Mark Mitchell v Police Minister Ginny Andersen: Labour fails to stop use of partial quote
Tim Gibson (Spinoff): How to spot an AI political ad (for now)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand wants to turn a regional forum into a Pacific powerhouse (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Stuff): New Zealand and Fiji to sign military agreement, as Fiji freezes police co-operation with China
Richard Harman (Poliitk): The General is back (paywalled)
RNZ and Rachael Nath (RNZ): Rabuka renews Fiji-New Zealand links in meeting with Chris Hipkins
Emile Donovan (Stuff): Newsable: new escalation in simmering China-India tensions
Luke Malpass (Post): Climate, Pacific on the agenda as Australian ministers blow into Wellington (paywalled)
John McKinnon (Newsroom): NZ must sell smarter to young ‘made in China’ market
INFRASTRUCTURE
David Williams (Newsroom): Luxon’s infrastructure pledges don’t mention climate
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): National campaigns for new infrastructure agency, and value capture taxes
Michael Neilson (Herald): National to create infrastructure agency, increase public-private partnerships
Dan Brunskill (Interest): The National Party would set up a National Infrastructure Agency to tackle New Zealand’s infrastructure deficit
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Infrastructure priority list a ‘gamechanger’ (paywalled)
Chris Bishop (Herald): National is ‘going for housing growth’ (paywalled)
Julie Anne Genter (Herald): The climate challenge is an opportunity — will we seize it? (paywalled)
Graham Skellern (Herald): Infrastructure Report: Politicking getting in the road of key transport projects, says new infrastructure boss (paywalled)
TRANSPORT
Tom Hunt (Post): Regional council head acknowledges problems with Let’s Get Wellington Moving but plans to push on
Niva Chittock (RNZ): Councillors vote to keep cycle lane installed temporarily in Christchurch
Tina Law (Post): Park Tce cycleway to stay, for now at least (paywalled)
Luke Kirkness (Herald): Solving traffic congestion: How financial aid could revolutionise transportation
Tom Hunt (Post): Collapsing ramps discovered on new Wellington electric buses leave wheelchair users stranded (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): How motorists can hack excise tax rise to save hundreds of dollars
HEALTH
Karen Rutherford (Newshub): Calls to introduce ‘ethnicity criteria’ for all medications so Māori, Pacific patients can access better healthcare
Alexa Cook (Newshub): Patients, advocates want Government to overhaul new medicines bill
Nicolas Jones (Herald): Folic acid in bread-making flour to prevent birth defects from August: Ministry of Health
Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): I’m disappointed with Health Minister Ayesha Verrall
Tom Taylor (RNZ): New vape regulations may create black market, retailer claims
EDUCATION
Michael Johnston and James Kierstead (Herald): Opinion: New Zealand’s universities face an identity crisis (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): From protester to protested
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): ‘A perfect storm’: inside the decline in student numbers at the University of Otago
Fiona Ellis (ODT): University defends its council’s schedule after meetings cut back (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: The university funding shortfall with no easy fix
Mary Williams (ODT: Uni line on choice criticised
Tim Scott (ODT): Masters programmes at risk of cuts
Hilary Calvert (ODT): Leading university back to the basics
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Massey University staff told to clear buildings’ rat traps
Patrick Gower (Newshub): It’s time to ban smartphones in schools
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Student worries about impact of strikes on grades
Gianina Schwanecke (Post): Primary teachers may have settled but secondary teachers and others are still in negotiations (paywalled)
Poppy Clark and Gianina Schwanecke (Stuff): ‘Relief’ as primary teachers accept latest offer from Ministry of Education
HOUSING
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Last-ditch attempt to save housing accord looks set to fail
Iresh Jayawardena (Newsroom): Enough density on housing ‘debate’
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Housing crisis: Wellington’s 1000 affordable apartment units target in doubt
Chlöe Swarbrick (Herald): Not stupid to define what economy means for who – housing is an example (paywalled)
Rayssa Almeida (RNZ): Neighbours feel caught out by Kāinga Ora’s new housing developments
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua emergency housing hotels: ‘Peeing’ on windows, fights and swinging metal baseball bats
JUSTICE, POLICE
Stuff: What to do with some of the worst offenders: Law Commission asks for feedback
Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Reporting): Steven Wallace: Supreme Court rejects final appeal bid by mother of police-shooting victim
Troels Sommerville (Stuff): Lawyer Sue Grey to face charges at tribunal after failing to have case dismissed
Joseph Los’e (Herald): The changing face of the New Zealand police better reflects the communities they serve
CRIME
Charlotte Graham-McLay (Guardian): Exclusive: Racism, homophobia fuelling thousands of crimes in New Zealand each year, figures show
Luke Kirkness (Herald): Striking a balance between privacy and public safety to tackle crime (paywalled)
William Hewett (Newshub): Foodstuffs boss says crime hitting supermarkets is ‘not acceptable’ amid spike in thefts
RNZ: Supermarket thefts increase: Evidence shoplifters exporting meat abroad – police unit
Mike Hosking (Herald): This Government is making a hash of crime and justice (paywalled)
RNZ: More than 140,000 people targeted by text scam, some losing life savings
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT
RNZ: He Waka Eke Noa: Luxon accuses government of ‘blowing up’ agricultural emissions plan
Anna Whyte (Post): He Waka Eke Noa is ‘dead’, says National, while Government has ‘no intention’ of walking away (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Māori foresters fail in urgent legal bid on ETS
Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): Bid for co-governance on forestry reforms, felled at High Court
RNZ: ‘Exacerbated by climate change’ – NZ experiences warmest May on record
Christine Rovoi (Stuff): Calls for urgent global action to tackle Pacific climate crisis
Earl Bardsley (Stuff): What probability tells us about extreme weather events and climate change
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Taranaki council wants seabed mining banned
EXTREME WEATHER
Amy Williams (RNZ): Flood repairs: Homeowner, builder say insurance offers well below full costs
RNZ: Answering the ‘what ifs’ of Cyclone Gabrielle key to finding system weaknesses – researcher
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): New TAB operator Entain breached Gambling Act, watchdog says
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Greenwashing claims: Businesses need to ensure they are truthful and accurate – ComCom
David Williams (Newsroom): ‘It is a win’: Feedlot consents withdrawn
Alison Dewes (Stuff): Freshwater farm plans that impose a ‘one size fits all’ system will fail
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Conservation Dept can file $100m contingency claim to remediate Ruapehu skifields
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Ruapehu hapū warn Govt against selling ski fields without asking Māori
1News: Bill to extend time limit for sexual harassment complaints passes
Hanna McCallum (Stuff): ‘Created hell’: Dancers at breaking point speak up from second Wellington strip club
BILINGUAL ROAD SIGNS, TE REO MĀORI
Tess McClure (Guardian): New Zealand political battle erupts over bilingual road signs
Mike Dinsdale (Northern Advocate): Kerikeri to become Far North’s first official bilingual town
LOAFERS LODGE FIRE TRAGEDY
RNZ: City Mission pays extra $1000 to Loafers Lodge residents displaced by deadly fire
Erin Gourley (Stuff): Loafers Lodge support fund raises $359,000 for victims of fire
OTHER
Damien Venuto (Herald): The public relations power list: The most influential PR people in New Zealand (paywalled)
Karl du Fresne: NZ: a blank canvas for stokers of the culture wars
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Community advocates say $9K spent on Census hui for 364 gang signatures was money well spent
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Firefighters were not meeting their response target – so FENZ changed it
Stuff: Owners of buildings with allegedly combustible aluminium cladding prep for action
Rebecca Stevenson (Interest): Food prices should fall in 2023, but how can we prepare for more food-price shocks?
Sapeer Mayron (Stuff): Two days left to have your say in Dawn Raids review after practice suspended in May
Brianna Mcilraith (Stuff): Organisations write open letter to Government to stop NZ Post price hikes
Valerie Morse (Stuff): Positive reforms for new media step in the right direction
Arena Williams and Stuart Smith (Stuff): If we want local Americas Cup regattas it needs to be a requirement of governent contracts
Conor Knell and Tom Hunt (Post): Police, fire investigations after large blaze breaks out at Shelly Bay: Landmark building destroyed (paywalled)
