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RNZ · Thu, 14 May

David Seymour's attacks on RNZ, TVNZ unhelpful, out of order, Goldsmith and Peters say

The media minister says he had an "informal conversation" with Seymour, which has been welcomed by NZ First's leader.

Even Winston Peters thinks you've gone too far — that's not a warning, that's a diagnosis. Seymour's picking fights with the press gallery while his coalition partners quietly reach for the tranquilliser dart.

RNZ · Thu, 14 May

The House: Most parties find common ground against 'digital robber barons'

Labour, National and most small parties have reached broad agreement on the issue of online harm faced by young New Zealanders.

Remarkable scenes: Labour, National, and the assorted barnacles of parliament agree on something, namely that Silicon Valley should stop feeding algorithm slop to our children. Mark the date, it won't happen again this term.

RNZ · Thu, 14 May

Call for inquiry into government's processes for liquified natural gas import facility declined

Labour's Megan Woods called for an inquiry in a letter in March.

The government declines to investigate its own processes for a fossil fuel vanity project — colour me shocked. Megan Woods sent a letter in March and got back a polite 'we've looked into it and found ourselves blameless.'

RNZ · Thu, 14 May

Family who lost a child say palliative care funding 'heart-warming'

Nicola Swan lost her son eight years ago. A government announcement today will be heartwarming for families like hers, she says.

A genuinely decent announcement, and I'll leave it at that — some things don't need the boots put in.

Newsroom · Thu, 14 May · Ellen Curnow

The West Coast pub where politics is messy, argumentative and stubbornly alive

Ahead of the PM's big speech to business leaders in Auckland, Coasters gathered at the Blackball Inn for a very different election year debate. Ellen Curnow reports.

While Luxon polishes his speech for the Viaduct crowd, the Blackball Inn is doing actual democracy: loud, sceptical, and half a Speight's in. One of these conversations matters more than the other.

The Spinoff · Catherine McGregor

International visitor fees incoming as conservation reform bill passes first hurdle

The same week 13,500 people queued to book the Milford Track, parliament debated how to manage New Zealand’s most popular natural places – and who pays.

13,500 people queued to tramp the Milford Track the same week parliament debated who should pay for it — the answer, apparently, is the tourists, which is so obvious it only took a decade to arrive.

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@nzkatya.bsky.social

"How desperate do you have to be to think anyone cares about Auckland lockdowns when they are struggling with the cost of living? Also, a record number of businesses have closed down because of this government's stupid policies #nzpol"

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@handle.invalid

"#nzpol National shafting the people it doesn't like again www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic..."

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@thinkpapanui.bsky.social

"Attacking the environment, attacking local government, and most of all, attacking Labour over COVID. Negativity all the way. It's all they've got to offer (unless you're wealthy and sorted, of course). #nzpol"

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