Peters to allow foreign buying of homes

NZ First leader tells NZ Herald he'll allow a softer foreign buyers ban for homes worth "millions"; Education Ministry launches new tender for school lunches; Canadian touted as new RBNZ Governor

Briefly for all subscribers on Wednesday July 23, the key scoops, breaking news, deep-dives, comment, analysis and other news links in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate today are:

1. NZ First Leader Winston Peters has told the NZ Herald-$ he’ll soften his opposition to National and ACT’s hopes of lifting the current foreign buyers’ ban, but won’t say what the threshold should be, other than it will be “millions.” He opposed National’s election policy for a threshold of $2 million. See more in my Top Pick ‘n Mix Six below.

2. The Education Ministry has opened up a new tender to deliver school lunches next year to around 196 primary schools, Cecile Meier reports this morning for BusinessDesk-$ See more education, health and poverty story in my Picks ‘n Mixes below.

3. A Guyon Espiner investigation for RNZ published this morning has found nicotine lobbyists said Winston Peters was 'very powerful' and 'very industry friendly'. See more scoops and breaking news in my Picks ‘n Mixes below.

4. Pattrick Smellie writes for BusinessDesk-$ this morning there are signs the frontrunner to replace Adrian Orr at the Reserve Bank is Toni Gravelle, the deputy governor of the Bank of Canada. See more in politics and economy Picks n’ Mixes below.

5. Newsroom has launched a new series of investigations into lobbying, influence and power this morning with this first article by David Williams. See more in my Top Pick ‘n Mix Six below.

6. Georgism has a new ally. The Taxpayers Union has expressed support for the Green campaign for land-value ratings for Councils, Dan Brunskill reports for Interest. See more in politics and economy Picks n’ Mixes below.

NZ First Leader Winston Peters in the Beehive Banquet Hall. Photo by Lynn Grieveson for The Kākā

Top Pick ‘n Mix Six for Wednesday July 23