Bernard's Pick 'n' Mix for Tuesday, July 9

Waipareira Trust probe referred to Charities Board; Sir Peter Jackson gets 50 car parks for $1; Remote building inspections coming; Watercare told split from Auckland Council would double debt costs

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TL;DR: The top six links elsewhere I’ve spotted around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day to 8:00 am are:

1. Scoop: Waipareira Trust political donations probe referred to Charities Registration Board NZ Herald-$$$’s Matt Nippert

2. Scoop: Migrant whistleblowers speak out after damning Darleen Tana findings. “I am proud, because it is justice,” former worker Santiago Latour Palma says after an investigation into the former Green MP supported allegations raised by workers. Stuff’s Steve Kilgallon

3. Scoop: Sir Peter Jackson nabs 50 public car parks for $1 per year The Post-$$$’s Tom Hunt

4. Scoop: Government wants 'remote' building inspections to be norm. The Government wants to make house building simpler and cheaper by moving away from in-person inspections. The Post’s-$$$ Thomas Manch

5. News: Watercare deal to hike debt costs. Auckland Council and Watercare remain confident that debt costs can be managed, despite advice suggesting they’d double. The Post’s-$$$ Thomas Manch

6. Op-Ed by Sam Stubbs in The Post-$$$ ‘A four-step plan to solve the infrastructure crisis. Both major political parties should sit down and agree on a long-term infrastructure plan - whoever gets elected. It is possible.’

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News: ASB calls for public database of home ‘insurability’. Predictions the shift to sum insured house insurance would lead to large numbers of under-insuring their homes appear to have come true, ASB tells MPs. The Post-$$$’s Rob Stock