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henry cooke@henrycooke· 11d

The full comments the PM made at the Rotorua event, which the PM's office say Labour are mischaracterising as a "patronising lecture". www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· 11d

Column today on the Green Party's decision to be the party of "no" once more: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· 18d

The new enrolment restrictions risk real damage to our social fabric. Column today: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· 25d

History says Christopher Luxon can't win. But it isn't big on Chris Hipkins either. Column this morning: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· 27d

The Government has spent $323m on planning for RoNS projects that now have no promised start date and need new funding injections to ever begin.

henry cooke@henrycooke· 28d

The end of “agree to disagree”? When NZ first called on China to obey The Hague South China Sea ruling in 2016, the ambassador at the time brushed it off. My piece today looks at what’s changed in the decade since: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jul 10

TOP are filling a housing hole Labour can’t. Column this weekend: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jul 9

Chris Bishop has been left to clean up Simeon Brown's mess. My piece on the backdown today: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jul 8

NEW: Chris Bishop has unveiled the Govt's major backdown on the Roads of National Significance, with just six with guaranteed construction dates. Here's 2023 promises v now:

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jul 8

This is not the rate hike for Nicola Willis to worry about. But the next one could be: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jul 3

The new US Ambassador is far more Roman Roy than Kendall. That won’t be enough. Column today: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jun 30

Damning report from the Ombudsman PMO and the missing document in Smith v Fonterra. Finds that the chief policy advisor was personally consulted on the OIA decision but did not provide the briefing note. Ombudsman finds his lack of recollection "surprising": www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jun 29

IRD officials pushed to get rid of the 'cumbersome' adjustments made when WFF recipients get non-work income. The Minister said no: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jun 28

Can Chris Hipkins make jobs an election issue? Piece this AM: www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jun 23

The exact distribution of who gets the most from the income tax changes is interesting. Almost all earners get something but there is a dip above $40k.

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jun 22

the fourth line of my news story

henry cooke@henrycooke· Jun 21

henry cooke@henrycooke· May 15

We're learning more about how the Government will implement the Regulatory Standards Act - and how it will change the public sphere: - RIAs replaced by fewer and shorter RASs - Less 'all purpose police analysis' - PS chief execs explaining how their laws accord with RSA

henry cooke@henrycooke· May 14

INBOX: Government amending 19 laws to make Treaty references more consistent

PR reads: Ensuring Treaty references are consistent

The Government has agreed to amend 19 pieces of legislation to ensure references to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi are clear and consistent, Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says.

"Over the last 30 or 40 years, Parliament has made all sorts of references to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Sometimes it’s ‘honour’, or ‘have regard to’, or ‘give effect to’, or ‘take into account’. We need to create some consistency here, in the interests of increasing certainty and supporting compliance. A core foundation of our success as a nation is predictability in the law.

“As part of the National-NZ First coalition agreement, the Government agreed to conduct a comprehensive review of all legislation that includes 'the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi’, and replace all such references with specific words relating to the relevance and application of the Treaty, or repeal the references.

“28 acts, such as the Conservation Act, were originally in scope of the review, but this was reduced to 19. Some Acts are being reviewed through other processes, and all existing full and final Treaty settlements are being excluded.

“The Advisory Group has completed its review and provided the Government with a variety of recommendations.

“The Government has agreed to amend two references to be more specific, repeal seven references, and specify no higher standard than to ‘take into account’ should be used in provisions to the Treaty of Waitangi across ten acts.

“The Government has also agreed a reference to both the Treaty of Waitangi and te Tiriti o Waitangi is preferable and should be used in all relevant provisions going forward.

“These decisions have been made as a first step. Conversations will continue around how this review could go further in the future.

henry cooke@henrycooke· May 7

Justice Radich has partially recalled his opinion on the Mariameno Kapa-Kingi case in response to the intervention from the Speaker - but the recall has no real impact on the actual judgement. The Judge doesn't seem to think the Speaker had much of a point:

henry cooke@henrycooke· May 7

NEW DONATION DATA: National almost trebled Labour's donations in 2025, with coalition parties easily doubling what the Opposition received. Labour was heavily reliant on small donors (sub-$1500) who made up over half of its total take. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

henry cooke@henrycooke· May 5

1846-1876: Wellington and Auckland share a border 1876-2028: Wellington and Auckland do not share a border 2028-:?????

henry cooke@henrycooke· Apr 30

Can the coalition go the distance? My newsletter today:

henry cooke@henrycooke· Apr 15

Quite an array of protestors outside the Jacinda Ardern book event - also a huge line of punters waiting to get thru security.

henry cooke@henrycooke· Apr 14

MBIE say the reason they aren't talking about ships outside of the three week window because they only talk about ships that are already en route to NZ, and that is about the length of time it takes. They say ships are expected in May but won't share details.

henry cooke@henrycooke· Apr 8

Winston Peters welcomes ceasefire announcement, but says significant work to be done to secure a lasting ceasefire:

Statement which you can attribute to Foreign Minister Winston Peters:

New Zealand welcomes the announcements by the United States and Iran over the past few hours - as we welcome all efforts to bring an end to this conflict.

While this is encouraging news, there remains significant important work to be done in the coming days to secure a lasting ceasefire.

We are grateful for the work of Pakistan, and others such as Turkiye and Egypt, to seek to find a solution to the crisis.

As we discussed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio today, this conflict has had wide-ranging impacts and disruptions - for both those in the Middle East and further afield including in New Zealand and the Pacific region.

In the coming days and weeks, New Zealand will stand in support of all efforts to bring about a lasting, durable end to this conflict.

henry cooke@henrycooke· Apr 7

Column today: What would a coalition with a far more powerful NZ First look like?

henry cooke@henrycooke· Apr 7

Transcript here:

henry cooke@henrycooke· Apr 6

Just finished this lovely book about the many stumbling paths that texts from antiquity took to the renaissance. occasionally more detail about varying versions of translations than I really wanted, but came together very well at the end - in Venice!

henry cooke@henrycooke· Apr 1

RESHUFFLE: Simeon Brown is getting the energy portfolio and campaign chair role. Chris Penk enters Cabinet with Defence and Space. Chris Bishop loses associate sport and leader of the house and campaign chair. See all the portfolio changes in this story: www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...