Briefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Tuesday, December 9:
The last 1News/Verian poll of the year found support for both National and Labour rose, but support for Green and Te Pāti Māori fell by much more, leaving the governing coalition with enough MPs to govern for a second term if an election was held now.
RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop is expected to unveil his replacement bills for the Resource Management Act later today, including plans to cut consents by 40-50%. (NZ Herald)
Vector is planning to stop adding new gas connections from 2029. (Newsroom Pro-$)
IRD has ditched plans to tax the business income of charities such as Sanitarium and is instead focusing on donor-controlled charities and local promotional bodies. (Newsroom Pro-$)
PM Christopher Luxon rejected calls last night for an independent inquiry into the Jevon McSkimming affair, despite discrepancies in Police Minister Mark Mitchell’s account of what he knew and when. (Stuff)
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