Bernard’s Pick ‘n’ Mix on Saturday, March 15

Govt eyes privatising existing toll roads; Brown rejected advice against raising bowel cancer screening age for Māori & Pacifica; Libelle’s collapse closes dozens of tuck shops; US economy slumping

Here’s my selection¹ of scoops, breaking news, news, analyses, deep-dives, features, interviews, Op-Eds, editorials and cartoons from around Aotearoa’s political economy on housing, climate and poverty from RNZ, 1News, The Post-$², The Press−$, Newsroom³, NZ Herald, Stuff, BusinessDesk-$, NBR-$, Reuters, FT-$, WSJ-$, Bloomberg-$, New York Times-$, The Atlantic-$, The Economist-$ and more as of 6am on Saturday, March 15.

In short: The Post-$ reports theis morning the Government is looking to hand over existing toll roads and the right to collect tolls to private investors in exchange for cash up front. Simeon Brown rejected official advice against raising the bowel cancer screening age for Māori and Pacific people. Libelle’s collapse has forced dozens of school tuck shops to close and more schools plan to leave David Seymour’s cut-price school lunch scheme. US consumer confidence is collapsing under the weight of Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil.

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Bernard’s Pick n’ Mix Six on March 15