Daily review 29/05/2026

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    Climate briefing note sent to PM's chief policy adviser, it has been revealed
    [be very very careful now RNZ, 27 May 2026]
    Finally, Swarbrick asked if it was credible for the prime minister to “not know” that one of his most senior staff members was meeting with the “largest company in the country [i.e. Fonterra], who was actively lobbying for a law change in their favour, which they ultimately got”.

    NZ democracy at risk of corporate corruption – Green Party backs urgent inquiry [25 May 2026]
    “There are serious questions here about who Luxon is governing for and how."

    Luxon was once considered a potential replacement for Fonterra CEO Theo Spiering – we know who Luxon, and his predecessors, have always been 'governing' for.

    “It’s in everybody’s interest for an independent inquiry to establish the truth, motivations, and who knew what in this situation.” [ – Swarbrick]

    But Christopher 'What I Would Say To You' Luxon isn't interested (obviously – to NZ's CEO, corporate corruption concerns are like water off a well-greased duck's back), so why not try something similar to the people's select committee on pay equity?

    Marilyn Waring: Why I convened the people’s select committee on pay equity [The Spinoff, 12 June 2025]
    I had tuned in to parliament to listen to the Equal Pay Amendment Bill debate on pay equity, and I didn’t have to listen for very long to know there was no evidence to back this change in law [sponsored by ACT's Brooke van Velden, and passed under urgency, avoiding select committee scrutiny].

    Maybe there are some similarities between the pay equity law change and the law change retrospectively abolishing a legal avenue for Kiwis to challenge climate polluters.

    Anyhoo, any people's inquiry into corruption at the highest levels of government would ideally be led by a former senior politician with a strong legal background – Chris Finlayson KC might be a good fit. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear – right NAct?

    https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-27-05-2026/

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    I like Chris. I met and talked with him a while back. He's smart, but he's National. Would he really drive it home?

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      I think Finlayson would, if he could, but maybe it's pointless. As KJT wrote yesterday:

      Voters have known National has been bought, for decades.

      They still vote for them.

      https://thestandard.nz/daily-review-27-05-2026/

      Still, imho an independent inquity by anyone reputable would be worthwhile, if only to see our relatable CEO spluttering "I don't know how to be any clearer to you guys", one more time.

      Gone By Lunchtime doesn’t know how to be any clearer, guys
      [The Spinoff, 11 March 2026]

      And Kiwis are still stuck with NActF’s pay equity law change, although Labour has pledged to reverse it.

      https://vote.nz/

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    Tl;dr: the tRump regime appears to be setting up duplicate/replacement government agency websites with the intention of gathering 'Murcan's data while avoiding any judicial/legislative oversight and to stow the data with exclusive access for and use by the executive. (but do watch he vid)

    There is a gold three-dimensional eagle on the homepage of TrumpRx, clutching a ribbon in its talons. You are looking at the eagle. Something is being built underneath the government you think you have, on infrastructure you cannot see, by people who answer to no one, collecting everything.

    I wish, still, that I were being metaphorical.

    https://thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-second-votegov-and-its

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