LABOUR
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Chris Hipkins denies Labour MPs are talking to Winston Peters about coalition hopes - but they are
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Winning isn’t everything – it’s the only thing
Justin Hu (1News): Q+A: Labour’s Edmonds won’t detail her fiscal fixes – yet
Chris Trotter (Interest): Hard choices
Andrea Vance (Post): Hipkins signals distance from Te Pāti Māori as new poll shows voters want him to rule out deal (paywalled)
Henry Cooke and Luke Malpass (Post): Inside Labour conference: The pitched battles and open questions as Chris Hipkins asks party to dream smaller (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour knows exactly what’s wrong with New Zealand; it doesn’t know what kind of Labour Party to be to fix it (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Chris Hipkins tries to turn momentum into genuine belief
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘We’ve got a shot’: Labour readies for political revival
Grant Duncan: Will Chris Hipkins come back as PM?
Steven Cowan: Labour’s centrism is out of step with the mood for real change
Richard Harman: Hipkins sniffs victory (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): A quiet revolution in capital and control (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Labour wants its 2020 mojo back – can it convince voters it still has the recipe?
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘Labour announces low-interest loans for family GP practices
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour promises loan scheme for family GPs and nurse practitioners
Henry Cooke (Post): Labour offers low-interest loans for GPs to set up new practices (paywalled)
Stuff: Labour pledges low-interest loans for local GPs
Mandy Te (Interest): Labour would offer low-interest loans for doctors to set up new practices or buy into existing ones
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Troy Matich (Newstalk ZB): Councils expected to foot a near $48 billion bill for Local Water Done Well
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): ‘We’re basically stuffed’ - Oyster farmers shut down by another oveflow
Eric Crampton (Post): Regional councils shake-up an opportunity for re-invention (paywalled)
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Ruapehu mayor: Reforms will be welcomed – if it delivers savings
ODT Editorial: Dissatisfaction challenge (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): Love this City: Eden Park, the port, speedway, cycling and Santa (paywalled)
Ruby Shaw (ODT): ‘Strategic direction’ of ORC to be reviewed (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): As pre-election jousting begins, MPs finally focus on things that matter (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Popular social media creative Jordan Rivers employed in Labour Party leader’s office; private post falls foul of Speaker Gerry Brownlee, citing parliament rules (paywalled)
Peter Gluckman (Post): The new approach that’s needed to cast out ‘wicked problems’ (paywalled)
Paul Catmur (Post): ‘Independents’ Day’: Will local ad-marketing firms gain from change to Govt contracting? (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Local government, leadership woes, economic rebound and Labour (paywalled)
Don Brash: At the end of year two, how are they doing?
HOUSING, BUILDING
Brent Melville (NBR): Kāinga Ora boss: no more ‘magic money tree’ (paywalled)
Ben Leahy (Herald): Protesters target Kainga Ora plan to can and sell off 81-unit New Lynn social housing project in West Auckland (paywalled)
Tom Dillane (Herald): One of NZ’s largest emergency housing providers sells up $6m in Auckland motels as Government grants dip (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland faces tougher intensification rules than Christchurch, critics say
Christine Fletcher & Troy Churton (Herald): Warning Auckland Plan Change 120 goes too far on housing targets
Greg Ninness (Interest): First home buyers both paying more and taking on more debt
Greg Ninness (Interest): Home ownership dream moving back within reach in most parts of NZ, even Auckland
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Housing market confidence rises: ‘It’s very much a buyer’s market’
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Researchers link Māori housing inequities to 180 years of restrictive building laws
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Podcast: Former Du Val employee describes ‘hard sell’ tactics
ECONOMY, OCR, COST OF LIVING
Verity Johnson (Stuff): You’re not unpatriotic for leaving New Zealand
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Over 35,000 Christmas Boxes packed this year as Kiwis struggle with cost of living
Paul McBeth (Just the Business): The Reserve Bank’s done cutting rates – now what?
RNZ: Consumer confidence still negative, despite lift
RNZ: Business confidence rises to highest level in 11 years
CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENT
David Williams (Newsroom): Jones’ penguin plan doesn’t go far enough, experts say
Andrea Vance (Post): Court showdown looms over survival of New Zealand’s rarest penguin (paywalled)
Kevin Trenberth (Newsroom): Cop30 shows climate forum is ‘severely broken’
Cathrine Dyer (Newsroom): Clean car standard tinkering an incoherent misstep
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Construction of controversial sewerage pipeline near Rotorua lake heads back to court
Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ): UK bans wet wipes containing plastics, but NZ won’t, government says
RNZ: Whitebait species at risk from declining state of waterways
HEALTH
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Hospital doctor owed $1.27m in annual leave
Phil Pennington (RNZ): ACC disbands firefighters’ toxicology panel which assesses cancer claims
Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): Youth vaping rates halve within two years, ‘negligible’ number smoking - survey
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Call for earlier intervention to curb ‘silent crisis’ of kidney disease (paywalled)
Andrew Jull and Jenny Carryer (Newsroom): The silence of the nurses
Jules Chin (ODT): Concern over lack of GP services in Palmerston (paywalled)
ABUSE IN STATE CARE, CHILD WELFARE
Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘Trickery and f...ery’: Agency under fire over senior manager’s ‘serious’ privacy breach
Steve Kilgallon (Sunday Star Times): Abuse survivor in poor health frustrated by lack of compensation by Marist Brothers
KIWISAVER, SUPER
Luke Malpass (Sunday Star Times): Why KiwiSaver is nowhere near a match for Australia’s super scheme (paywalled)
Tracy Watkin (Sunday Star Times): Luxon’s KiwiSaver call deserves credit (paywalled)
Tom Raynel (Herald): National’s KiwiSaver proposal wins small business support but raises fairness concerns
ENERGY
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Contact, Meridian and Genesis outline multibillion-dollar transition plans – and the politics to match (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Gas networks won’t grow any larger – Commerce Commission
CORRECTIONS, POLICE, PHILLIPS INQUIRY
Anna Marie Brennan (The Conversation): Tom Phillips inquiry: One family’s tragedy now a chance to reform NZ’s child protection system
Jaime Lyth (Herald): Attorney-General Judith Collins says Tom Phillips inquiry will focus on children’s welfare
RNZ: Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison to get two high security units, adding 316 beds
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Cameras used by police after killings - but who covers the cost?
Amelia Wade (Post): Why police won’t back a sexual assault refresher course (paywalled)
CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS, TREATY, TE AO MĀORI
RNZ: Leaving Treaty out of geothermal strategy a breach - Waitangi Tribunal
Rob Stock (Post): Adrian Orr makes appearance at Māori Queen’s Ōhanga ki te Ao investment summit (paywalled)
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Māori ethnic population nears one million
ELDERLY, AGED CARE
Denise Cosgrove (Sunday Star Times): Longer lives are not a crisis (paywalled)
Kira Carrington (Stuff): More seniors housing promised as part of Government’s new action plan
Katie Wesney (Stuff): Are we fleecing our elderly? The truth about retirement villages (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Retirement village demand outpacing supply (paywalled)
BUSINESS, CONSUMER AFFAIRS, PRODUCT SAFETY
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): On the Money: IKEA, Christian Hawkesby, Louise Upston, Jesse Mulligan, Steve Wiggins, and more
Dallas Gurney (Herald): ‘National is screwing small business’ and here’s what needs to change (paywalled)
Nikki Macdonald (Sunday Star Times): If this is customer service, we’re all doomed (paywalled)
John Anthony (BusinessDesk): New caps on Visa and Mastercard interchange fees take effect (paywalled)
BANKS
RNZ: Westpac penalised $3.64m by the High Court
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Cash, not cuts: Banks avoid reducing home loan rates
Jeffrey Halley and Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): Banking code updates focused on scam prevention
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): Scam protection at heart of Code of Banking Practice update (paywalled)
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): Reserve Bank of NZ data scotches Dosh claims of bank registration application (paywalled)
CARTOONS