The Kākā’s Journal of Record for Friday, July 26

Govt to roll back court ruling on Foreshore & Seabed; Brown funds same Wairarapa and Manawatu trains as Labour, but less than National promised; Luxon & Reti news conference on cancer drugs & health

TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Friday, July 26, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day are:

1. Transport: Simeon Brown announced $802.9 million in funding for 18 new trains on the Wairarapa and Manawatū rail lines, which had already been committed to by the previous Labour Government, and which local rail campaigner Gwynn Compton said was a breach of National’s pre-election promise to provide 22 ‘tri-mode trains.

2. Te Tiriti o Waitangi: Paul Goldsmith announced the Government would legislate to require groups applying for Customary Marine Title to prove they've exclusively used and occupied the area since 1840. Last year, a Court of Appeal ruling relaxed the criteria for Title applications. The Government's proposal overturns the ruling and reinstates criteria set in 2011. 1News’s Te Aniwa Hurihanganui has more detail and context.

3. Verbatim: PM Christopher Luxon and Health Minister Shane Reti discussed funding for new cancer drugs from Manakau SuperClinic in this news conference.

4. Health: The Ministry of Health published a strategy for the health system's approach to people with rare disorders, including disorders affecting only "one or a handful" of New Zealanders.

5. Justice: The Health & Disability Commission acknowledged the final report of Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care, with Commissioner Morag McDowell saying that the HDC's recent report on complaints about residential disability support services "echoes some of the findings" of the inquiry.

6. Justice: The Law Commission announced it’s seeking feedback on proposed reforms to laws managing high-risk sexual and violent offenders.

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The Journal of Record for July 26