Bernard’s Picks ‘n’ Mixes for Saturday, May 10

Protests erupt over pay equity betrayal; Abuse in care survivors shocked Govt ignored Royal Commission’s recommendation; Govt reviewing Waitangi Tribunal ‘activism’; Food poverty hitting middle class

Briefly in Aotearoa’s political economy on Saturday, May 10:

• Protests have erupted over the Government’s pay equity betrayal this week.

• Abuse in care survivors are shocked the Government ignored the Royal Commission’s main recommendation.

• The Government has launched a review of the Waitangi Tribunal’s ‘activism,’ late on a Friday afternoon.

• Food poverty hitting is now hitting the middle class, The Post-$ & The Press-$ report this morning.

• Today’s pick of the bunch of links to comment and analysis include must-read columns by Anne Salmond, Thomas Coughlan, Janine Starks and Verity Johnson, plus deeply reported features by David Long, Julie Jacobson and Charlie Mitchell, a great Op-Ed from Huia Burt, and Guyon Espiner’s latest investigation in political lobbying.

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My top six Pick ’n’ Mix at 6.30 am on May 10