•30 June - Cabinet Office phones Wood's office to discuss the sale and follows up by email. Wood's office advises that his sharebroker has been instructed to sell his Auckland Airport shares, but no time is specified. •1 March - Cabinet Office emails Wood's office to ask if the shares have been sold. •28 March - Cabinet Office emails Wood's office to ask again. * 6 June - NZ Herald publishes a report about Wood's Auckland Airport shares.

ANALYSIS: By Nicola Gaston, University of AucklandThe crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand’s university and wider research sector did not happen overnight. With redundancies wreaking havoc across the university sector in particular, getting new funding into the system should have been a priority in this year’s budget. As former prime minister Helen Clark said last week:It has taken decades to build the current capacities of our universities. That research funding target of 2 percent of GDP — reiterated again in this year’s budget — has been with us since 2017. The relationship between university research and teaching, mandated in the Education Act, should mean that changing research realities have implications for how and what we teach.

As the official Aotearoa representative for Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, the Commercial Communications Council takes us behind the scenes of this year’s event for coverage that promises to deliver captivating stories straight from the heart of the happenings. The first session of the day for me was Kevin Hart, named Entertainment Person of the Year for 2023. Special added a Bronze Lion to its haul, scoring in the Entertainment Lion category. And FCB New Zealand was also recognized with two Bronze Lions on the Film Craft category, celebrating onscreen artistry. It was another fantastic day here in Cannes – let the awards keep coming.

PM Chris Hipkins talks to media following housing announcement and resignation of Michael Wood as minister. Video / NZ HeraldPrime Minister Chris Hipkins said former minister Michael Wood seemed to have “a bit of a blind spot” on failing to declare the shareholdings that led to his resignation. On restricting ministers holding shares, Hipkins said changes to the Cabinet Manual are made over a period of time and wasn’t a partisan process. Asked if he spoke with Jacinda Ardern about matters including Michael Wood, Hipkins said it was raised on occasion. On June 30, 2021, Wood’s office told the Cabinet Office his sharebroker had been instructed to sell the shares.

Tairāwhiti Civil DefenceThe Bushy Knoll temporary bridge has been washed out in Gisborne, where numerous roads and bridges have been closed on Friday due to slips and flooding.

More than 1.1 million tickets have already been sold for the upcoming Women’s Football World Cup, but Fifa bosses are still keeping a close eye on New Zealand. Sam Kerr is an absolute superstar and the whole country is in love with football because of the Matildas. There’s that selling power that the Matildas have that we don’t quite have here yet in New Zealand with the Football Ferns. Getting New Zealand onboard with the World Cup is personal for Bareman, a West Aucklander who has had a meteoric rise up the ranks at Fifa. So that’s definitely changed.”Today, there are 188 member associations with active women’s national teams and the upcoming World Cup will showcase 32 of the world’s best.

Julian Batchelor. Photo: NZ HeraldAn anti-co-governance meeting will go ahead in Gore tonight at an unknown address. The meeting was set to be held at the Gore Town and Country Club tonight but has been cancelled from that venue. Organiser Julian Batchelor, leading the tour throughout the country, said the cancellations happened everywhere as people gave into activists. He was forced to move to a new venue in the town after the original venue pulled out.

Michael Wood's resignation as Government minister comes as new failures to declare conflicts of interest come to light. ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Prime Minister Chris Hipkins announces that Michael Wood has resigned after more shares were discovered. ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Minister Michael Wood while he was still a minister being questioned about his Auckland shares. There might be some scuttlebutt within Labour – especially the Auckland circles where Wood is popular – that Hipkins has nobbled a potential leadership rival. Auckland will now find themselves with a new minister for Auckland issues (Carmel Sepuloni) and a new Transport Minister (David Parker).

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George St, Dunedin. Photo / ODTTraffic was diverted around a section of upper George St, in Dunedin, this afternoon after the body of a man was discovered in a car. Police are still investigating the cause of death. More to come

Michael Woods. "Stuart Nash, Kiri Allan, Jan Tinetti, Michael Wood - it goes on and on and on and it just doesn’t stop." Prime Minister Chris Hipkins arriving at the Beehive theatrette to announce the resignation of Cabinet Minister Michael Wood today. Photo: Mark MitchellAct Party leader David Seymour joked Wood’s shareholdings qualified him for a career as a stockbroker. Stuart Nash, Michael Wood, Kiri Allan and Meka Whaitiri have all resigned, been stood down, or been sacked in recent months.

The case of Michael Wood, I think, has got to go down in history as one of the most confusing political stuff-ups ever, don’t you think? He should have declared them all when the Cabinet Office was chasing him about the airport shares- twelve times. Because if the other shares were in the same ball-park as the Auckland Airport shares, around $16,000- it’s not worth it. No-one thinks this is an oversight, because Michael Wood is not a stupid man. Because it would have been a bad day for New Zealand if Michael Wood had come back to his job as Transport Minister.

The Comms Council has announced Stuff’s continued sponsorship of the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion categories at the 2023 Effie Awards. To better recognise work in this important area, two awards will be given in 2023: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Community Engagement and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Positive Change. The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Positive Change category recognises campaigns with objectives designed to have a positive impact on society, people, and the planet. Stuff’s sponsorship of both the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Community Engagement and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion – Positive Change categories reflects the company’s unwavering commitment to driving positive change within the industry. The inclusion of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion categories within the Effie Awards demonstrates the growing importance of inclusivity, community engagement, and positive social change in the ever-evolving advertising landscape.