And with that….

Jo Moir goneburger 👋🏼 rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

Well played

Paywall now lifted: The courts are included in the Government's proposed budget cuts, raising further constitutional red flags. There's also already a backlog of more than 10,000 criminal cases - the judiciary isn't well-placed to absorb spending cuts.
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New: The Government's budget cuts extend to the Parliamentary Service, according to an internal email obtained by Newsroom.

Experts say this is just as constitutionally concerning as slashing funding for the Office of the Clerk.
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Comment: A three-way coalition deal full of compromises has Christopher Luxon vigorously cutting “wasteful spending” in the public service while simultaneously instructing public servants to progress legislation he says he won’t commit to law. newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/24/com…

Good scoop from Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask, and quite striking that the Clerk of the House would make such a pointed critique of the Government's planned cuts in an email to staff

How Nauru's diplomatic switch from Taiwan to China may add to geopolitical pressures in the Pacific, and what that might mean to NZ. Thanks to Anna Powles, Mihai Sora and Charles Edel for their thoughts! newsroom.co.nz/2024/01/17/nau…

PSA: Wellington bag drop is at a standstill and the line is further than you can see. If you’re travelling today get to the airport early people.

A bit of news (after 2 hours of quality speculation, thank you Tim Murphy) I’m stoked to say I’m heading back to RNZ in February to be their Political Editor. I’ve loved every minute of my time Newsroom and will be sad to leave, but also pumped to join the talented RNZ crew 🤩

Last night + tonight. Outstanding

Willie Jackson was surprised to lose six of the seven Māori seats but rejects the idea Labour’s Māori caucus lost its mandate and had its vote devastated. Political editor Jo Moir reports. newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/14/lab…

Kelvin Davis goneburger

Story via Newsroom this morning. Read full interview here newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/15/im-…

New: ‘I'm not the future' - Kelvin Davis calls time after 12 years in Parliament. His last day as an MP will be Waitangi on February 6. ⁦Newsroom⁩ spoke to Davis after he let his caucus know his plans earlier this week. newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/15/im-…

Now open Newsroom for all you RUC lovers out there

newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/13/roa…

“I think the new New Zealander, particularly those under 40, love the idea of bicultural New Zealand. They love the Māori names and learning the language.”

“I reject the notion that the majority of New Zealanders think we went too far.” - Willie Jackson newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/14/lab…

Transport Minister Simeon Brown is assessing new advice handed to the former minister just weeks out from the election on how to bring plug-in hybrids and EVs into the RUC system and how all vehicles might end up there, scrapping the need for fuel excise. newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/13/roa…

Climate Commission report makes for awkward reading

Today’s must read via ⁦Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask⁩ newsroom.co.nz/2023/12/13/cli…

Question of the morning/year: “Jo, how do I cook baked beans?” 🤪

Enjoying listening to Marc Daalder 😷 Wear a Mask fight the good fight on the phone to the minister's office who appear to have come down in this just arrived rain shower in Wellington and have zero concept of embargoes, lock-ups, or just general heads-up etiquette