The Kākā’s Pick 'n' Mix for Tuesday, July 16

Luxon gives very hawkish interview to FT, saying NZ would call out China on spying in future and was 'very open' to joining AUKUS 11; Oranga Tamariki leaves care workers in limbo

TL;DR: My pick of the top six links elsewhere around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last day or so to 6:00 am on Tuesday, July 16 are:

1. PM Christopher Luxon has given a very hawkish interview to the Financial Times-$$$’ correspondent in Washington, Demetri Sevastopulu, saying he would openly call out China’s spying in future and did not fear economic retaliation from Aotearoa’s largest trading partner.

2. Scoop: ‘Shambolic’ Oranga Tamariki leaves care workers in limbo. The Post-$$$’s Anna Whyte

3. Climate: Z Energy 'vastly overstated' emission reductions - Consumer NZ lawyers RNZ’s Bill Hickman

4. Interview: 'Devil in the detail' of housing reforms – Waimakariri deputy mayor  RNZ LDR’s David Hill

5. Transport: Large majority of Kiwis want slower speeds, despite Govt policy to restore raise them NZ Herald-$$$’s Thomas Coughlan

6. Op-Ed by Lindsay Wood Op-Ed in Newsroom: ‘Fast-track bill can only get back on track through climate mitigation’

(Full paying subscribers can see a lot more juicy links and detail below the paywall fold.)

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