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Briefly in the news in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate:

* The Lead: Jim Bolger, a centrist National PM who backed Treaty settlements and sacked Ruth Richardson, has died at the age of 90.

* The Sidebar: New polls put support for National below 30% again and show almost half of voters want National to replace Christopher Luxon as leader, with 16% preferring Chris Bishop as a replacement. (Stuff)

* The Number of the Day: 400 people have applied for a dozen Pita Pit jobs. (RNZ)

* Quote of the day: “We still have too many brown babies die and be harmed. And that has not changed in the 14 years they’ve been looking at the perinatal mortality stats - we have not got better, at all. It has not changed.” Health Researcher and New Zealander of the year Bev Lawton via (Stuff)

* The Chart of the Day: The World Meterological Association published its annual report for 2024 data overnight, showing Co2 rose by 3.5ppm in the year. This was the largest one-year increase since modern measurements began in 1957.

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The National PM that sacked Ruth Richardson