KING’S BIRTHDAY HONOURS 2026
Vaimoana Mase (Herald): King’s Birthday Honours 2026: New Zealand’s newest knights, dames and leaders
Anne Gibson (Herald): King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Barfoot and Thompson boss Peter Thompson made a Companion of NZ Order of Merit (CNZM)
Herald: King’s Birthday Honours 2026: The full list – knights, dames and all other recipients
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Former Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier shares the love after knighting in King’s Birthday Honours
Shayne Currie (Herald): King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Broadcaster Barry Soper made an ONZM for services to journalism (paywalled)
Deborah Morris (Post): The new Knight who made a career out of listening to others (paywalled)
Mike McRoberts (NBR): A new business knight in King’s Birthday Honours (paywalled)
Stuff: Beatrice Faumuina leads sports stars in King’s Birthday Honours
Stuff: Community leaders, sport stars and media personalities among King’s Birthday Honours recipients for 2026
BusinessDesk: King’s Birthday Honours 2026: NZ business leaders celebrated (paywalled)
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): King’s Birthday Honours 2026: ANZ’s Karleen Everitt honoured for services to Māori, business (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Starship Foundation’s Bryan Mogridge made CNZM (paywalled)
Danielle Zollickhofer (Herald): King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Geoff Maber made Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Samuel Sherry (Herald): Kings Birthday Honours 2026: Michael and Barbara Beable recognised for services to athletics (paywalled)"
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): Asian New Zealanders celebrated in King’s Birthday Honours List
RNZ: King’s Birthday Honours 2026: Beatrice Faumuinā, Peter Boshier, Suzie Bates among those recognised
RNZ: Suzie Bates and athletics groundbreaker Beatrice Faumuinā among King’s Birthday honours recipients
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Former Manawatu police chief humbled by Order of Merit nod
1News: Former top athlete, entrepreneur recognised in 2026 King’s Birthday Honours
DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Herald: Defence Minister Chris Penk defends New Zealand military spend after US criticism at Shangri-La Dialogue
Anneke Smith (Post): Defence Minister Chris Penk holds the line on defence spending, pushes for dialogue (paywalled)
Sanda Arambepola (Stuff): Labour will ‘never change’ New Zealand’s nuclear-free status, Hipkins says
1News: Discussion on NZ’s anti-nuclear stance could be ‘helpful’ - Penk
Greg Presland (The Standard): Hegseth accuses New Zealand of freeloading because we don’t want to arm for war
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The welfare state for MPs
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): MPs and their Perquisition Complexes
Harry Love (ODT): Politicians, allowances, and the democratisation of misery (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Thoughts on the lobbying debate (paywalled)
Verity Johnson (Stuff): ‘Hi Verity, it’s Gerry Brownlee’: The voicemail that accidentally restored my faith in democracy
Mike White (Post): Duck day afternoon: When political plotting goes badly bonkers (paywalled)
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