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-- Issue Ten: 18 November 2019 --

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Welcome to the latest edition of The PressPatron Post! Each week we share top journalism from across our community of New Zealand media sites.

In this week's issue: a look at the Zero Carbon Bill and how it will impact NZ's action against climate change
, analysis of the potential merger between TVNZ and RNZ, a new eco-friendly housing development, and more.

Below you will find some of the best investigations, analysis and opinion pieces that have resonated with local supporters of independent media. Let me know if you have any suggestions or feedback about our newsletter.

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Marching into history

"We didn't know what we were getting into and how we would be received. We only knew that we had left, we were going to march, and nothing was going to put us off that." - Tama Te Kapua Poata on the 1975 Māori Land March.

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A turning point 20 years in the making

"Let’s pause to celebrate Parliament’s passing of the Zero Carbon Bill before we get down to the hard task of using it to play our role in tackling the global climate crisis."

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Water advocate gets river award

"Dewes has been a vocal advocate for cleaning up waterways, pushing for greater action from the dairy sector and most recently taking a place on Landcorp’s environmental advisory board."

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Back in time as Government considers new state broadcaster

"The biggest shakeup in the country’s broadcasting history looks to be looming as the Government gets serious about its options for strengthening public service broadcasting."

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Who really owns Ōwairaka?

"A protest against the felling of non-native trees on one of Auckland’s maunga has erupted this week. Ben Thomas says they’re behaving like brats and ignoring the rights of iwi."

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The real problem in Peters' case

"Winston Peters' case in the High Court reminds us that NZ Super is chickenfeed to wealthy people. So why don't we recover the pension through more progressive taxation?"

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World first eco-housing project gets milestone Q'town go ahead

"Treespace, the brainchild of two Queenstown entrepreneurs, will become the first of its kind in New Zealand. It will consist of 55 house sections, the sale of which will support the planting of over 140,000 native beech trees."

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The new green party is still defined by the old Green party

"The pitch of Sustainable NZ is a solid one. They would put environmentalism at the heart of any and all governments, by being willing to work with either major party [...] But has their pitch for centrist environmentalist voters lost touch with the changes in political reality?"

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A new house - built in just one week by Wanaka company

"A factory with five moulds would have the capacity to produce a one-bedroom house every eight hours and the company aspires to have a number of factories across New Zealand as demand grows."

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How a whole village can raise a netball team

"Through the initiative of one trailblazing woman - and the help of a cookie-baking grandma - a low-decile school in east Auckland is striving to ensure any kid who wants to play sport can."

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