The Hoon around the week to Aug 26
TL;DR: The five things that mattered in Aotearoa’s political economy that we wrote and spoke about via The Kākā for paying subscribers in the last week included:
* We launched The Kākā project for Election 2023 in Friday’s email.
* The Government agreed 50:50 funding deals with Auckland Council and Gisborne District Council to buy back land and repair infrastructure damaged by Cyclones Hale and Gabrielle in January and February. I wrote about it Thursday’s email titled: Making up our climate response as we go.
* National said it would shift away from fuel taxes to road user charges and…
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