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Treasury doing some cool things. Tax and transfers across age brackets

Spoke to Mainfreight about ferries. They’re quite keen for rail enablement. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/tr…

Worth remembering that while government consumption per capita is declining at an unprecedented speed (going back to 2000 at least). In real terms it’s still about where it was pre-pandemic, well above the long-run average. Higher super and health costs partly to blame.

Fact checking myself, this figure excludes super!

Looked at what’s gone wrong in electricity. The big issue is futures prices, which suggest large industrial users will struggle for years. Problem appears to be down to very little new generation built for a decade nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/wh…

The letter of comfort to NZTA the government promises to consider increasing NZTA revenue and other funding if necessary. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/go…

This looks incredibly similar to one of the many versions of KiwiBuild. The justification was similar too: ensure developers stay at it during a downturn and to keep the workforce from heading to Australia. stuff.co.nz/politics/35043…

I don’t think brat summer is coming to the southern hemisphere

Mana whenua representatives say some Wellington City councillors have deliberately excluded iwi voices from the controversial airport shares sale debate, potentially “irreparably” damaging their relationship. nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-…

Using documents obtained under the Official Information Act, we checked the record on what minister Nicole McKee told us in a recent interview. Full story: tvnz.co.nz/shows/q-and-a/…

Sad to report today is my last day in the NZ Press Gallery and the last week of Australian Associated Press in New Zealand. Thanks to everyone who has collaborated on stories, published them or read them. Or just followed along on twitter dot com.

Great interview with Scott P. Brown on the rising of Trump in the polls, why Kamala Harris is struggling and the offer from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 to be his running mate. #nzpol #PoliticsLive #USAElections #USElection2024 podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/wha…

Congrats Team NZ. Incredible to watch New Zealanders pilot a boat without crashing or sinking it.

More from me on NZ/Canada dairy dispute, thanks to ⁦Thomas Coughlan⁩ : Canada very disappointed’ by New Zealand decision to escalate dairy battle ⁦Trade Works⁩ nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ca…

Good column from Simon on differences between Welly an Auckland. It’s much bigger than the two mayors and has quite a bit to do with the councillors in each city.

New figures from DIA show Wellington is a real outlier in terms of its debt/rates funding of water with the average across councils sitting at 34-53 (remainder is grant funding). Some experts defend the split bc WCC is preparing to roll assets into CCO. nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/we…

Good cause here. Nick’s a great journo on the Wellington beat. Donate if you can.

Scoop: Nicola Willis unveils who will pay what to insure people's savings via the new deposit compensation scheme. Her decision sees her mark her position in the 'banking competition vs financial stability' debate. nzherald.co.nz/business/nicol…