ECONOMY, NICOLA WILLIS
Andrea Vance (Post): When the only thing growing is leadership speculation (paywalled)
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): The rubber just hit the road. In a bad way.
Luke Malpass (Post): Economic growth is hard, especially when there is none (paywalled)
Stuff: National’s bad day: After news of a shrinking economy there are calls for Willis to be sacked - and her boss too
Samantha Hayes (Stuff): Blaming economic woes on Labour ‘wearing a bit thin’, economist tells Sam Hayes
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Ruth Richardson is calling for full austerity. Don’t listen
Amelia Wade (Sunday Star Times): Can NZ consciously uncouple its economy from housing? (paywalled)
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Turns out the glass was half empty after all (paywalled)
Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): Land of the long, leaderless recession (paywalled)
Press Editorial (Post): Who is to blame for the economy? (paywalled)
RNZ: Nicola Willis rejects accusations she is doing nothing for a 'tanking' economy
RNZ: Chris Hipkins stops short of calling for Nicola Willis' resignation
Adam Pearse (Herald): Labour leader Chris Hipkins says ‘whole Government should resign’ over GDP decline
Stuff: Luxon and Willis have ‘derailed’ the economy, Labour says
Chris Marriner (Stuff): John Key backs Nicola Willis, says Government ‘hasn't had a mate in the Reserve Bank’
Jaime Lyth (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon defends Nicola Willis after GDP decline
Henry Cooke (Post): Do Christopher Luxon’s claims on the economy stack up? Possibly (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): ‘We’re growing now’: PM Christopher Luxon upbeat amid economic slump (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. the GDP disaster
Kelly Bennett (Sunday Star Times): Does Christopher Luxon’s ‘I’m sorted’ hint at NZ’s productivity issue? (paywalled)
Ani O’Brien: Nicola Willis is no Ruth Richardson and that’s the problem
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Short-sighted refusal to restore brand Christchurch
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Floods, closures and job losses rock Nelson's economy
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): A region with its worst run of bad news ‘in over 30 years’ - what’s gone wrong?
PARLIAMENT, PARTIES, POLLS
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Cracks form in Te Pāti Māori, just as the Opposition gains the upper hand
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Te Pāti Māori delusions and why Labour should rule out a coalition (paywalled)
Duncan Garner (Listener): Is Chris Bishop our next prime minister? (paywalled)
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): ‘A tsunami of hate’ Doyle reveals extent of abuse, threats and police charges and decision to leave politics
Davina Zimmer (RNZ): The Detail: Banter, beers and backstabbing at the Beehive
RNZ: MPs celebrate Māori Language Week by arguing … in te reo
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): National Iwi Chairs Forum and Council of Trade Unions announce day of solidarity
Louis Collins (RNZ): Government passes adoption bill under urgency
NBR: Polls, recessions, capital gain taxes (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Nash cuts ties with migrant investor pitch (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (POST): Digital driver licence here by year’s end - and much more to come (paywalled)
Kelly Bennett (Sunday Star Times): Jacinda Ardern ‘bold’ to let audiences in on intimate fly on the wall doc, director says (paywalled)
MEDIA
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Property news pumping up the market?
Aeron Davis (Journalism Studies): Housing News and the Enrolment of Publics into the Asset Economy in Aotearoa New Zealand
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: 'News desert' warning
Gavin Ellis (Post): Local news is disappearing—and it’s hurting us all (paywalled)
Nikki Macdonald (The Post): From Alexandra kid to San Fran somebody (paywalled)
TAX
Henry Cooke (Post): Government quietly pushing through law to let IRD share tax details (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecke (Post): Chlöe Swarbrick urges Labour ‘to do the right thing’ on tax (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): This capital gains tweak could make wealth taxes irrelevant
Good Ideas: Would a ‘CGT-lite’ be a good idea? (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon says he hasn’t discussed hiking fuel taxes ‘at this time’ but Cabinet has agreed to a 12c hike in 2027
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Harriet Laughton (Post): A warning from across the ditch on rates caps (paywalled)
Mark Thomas (Newsroom): Turn up the volume by voting this election
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Brown sucking political oxygen out of the room
David Long (Stuff): Wayne Brown touts record, Leoni promises savings as Auckland mayoral race heats up (paywalled)
Jonathan Killick (Post): Wayne Brown takes a swing at retiree golfers in Grey Power debate (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): Wayne Brown and Warkworth sewage: News from the campaign trail (paywalled)
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘For the sake of our rangatahi': Auckland community fights new bottle shop
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): ACT council candidate can't answer question due to "Aotearoa"
Post: Mayoral candidates on City to Sea bridge (paywalled)
Max Rashbrooke (Post): Wellington’s new waste plan is a step toward a greener city (paywalled)
Post: Election countdown: Youth, longevity... and a typo (paywalled)
Olivia Caldwell (ODT): Mayor’s PR consultant steps in after Facebook comments (paywalled)
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Proposed bylaw for Palliser access not acceptable: Council to consider options
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Chris Marshall (Spinoff): Sanctions speak louder than words
Jacinda Ardern (Guardian): We’re losing so many mothers to childbirth and genocide. It’s our responsibility to act on both
Rachel Moore (Stuff): Former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says ‘the genocide in Gaza must end’
Victoria Kim (New York Times/Herald): How China became a wedge between New Zealand and the Cook Islands (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, MINING
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Environment Canterbury has declared a nitrate emergency. Now what?
Chris Lynch: Doocey and Webb clash over Environment Canterbury nitrate emergency
Mike White (Sunday Star Times): Poisoning paradise? The gold mine set to tear apart a community and country (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): ‘Worst case’ mine simulations fail to sway (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE
Benedict Collins (1News): Govt considers sidelining Climate Change Commission from emissions advice
Ian Taylor (Stuff): While politicians play peek-a-boo, climate change is wrecking livelihoods
Eric Crampton (Newsroom): Talk of meeting Paris target of 1.5C is hot air
Susan Harris (Interest): Fossil fuel emissions cause dangerous climate change, not cows and sheep
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): No large-scale ‘retreat’ from South Dunedin before 2100
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘Green’ loan to help beachside village at risk of rising seas
HOUSING
Bella Craig (RNZ): 'Like tent city' - People living on Auckland CBD's streets describe what life is like
1News: Joint initiative helps more Pasifika people own homes in Auckland
Ruby Shaw (ODT): 11 new ‘life-changing’ social housing units being built (paywalled)
Philip Chandler (ODT): Proposal could lift affordable housing
Greg Ninness (Interest): Falling residential rents starting to show up in the latest tenancy bond data
HEALTH
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Whichever way you look at it, health funding has gone up, why isn’t it enough? (paywalled)
Ruth Hill (RNZ): ERA intervention could break doctors' pay dispute deadlock, legal expert says
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Health NZ ups the ante on stoush with senior doctors
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Minister promises change to mental health bill, keeping mums and babies together in most instances
RNZ: Health Minister confident Dunedin Hospital rebuild is back on track
RNZ: Contractors announced for Dunedin Hospital's new inpatient building
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): ‘It is a huge building:’ new Dunedin Hospital construction contract signed
ODT Editorial: Start your engines (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Time to 'get things done' - Minister (paywalled)
Emma Andrews (RNZ): More Māori nurses are needed, NZ Nurses Organisation says
Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): Warning NZ is unprepared for doubling of Alzheimers patients
Nikki Macdonald (Post): Work to secure mental health death exit route binned in budget cuts - review (paywalled)
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Last-ditch effort fails to halt crematorium in village centre
JUSTICE, POLICE, CRIME
David Harvey (Stuff): The internet has outrun the courts - and no-one has an answer
Michael Webster (Post): Please think about the children, because they deserve better (paywalled)
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Tom Phillips injunction: Key details still suppressed, media lawyers fight orders
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): High Court injunction over Tom Phillips case continued
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Police minister ‘disappointed’ by judge’s decision to give back gang patch
Jordan Dunn (Herald): Electronic bail absconding cases surge to record high as victims’ advocate warns of safety risks
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post/Herald): Rotorua judge flags concerns with Auckland’s Grace Foundation drug rehab service after electronic bail failures (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): National Party deletes social media post with anti-police slogan
Raphael Franks (Herald): National Party Instagram page scrubs anti-police ‘ACAB’ post