RMA REFORM
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Major planning overhaul puts private property rights first
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): RIP RMA: Government prays for economic boom with new bills
Dita De Boni (Post): Poorer quality planning, and the triumph of monied interests: an alternate view of RMA changes (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Is the coalition’s RMA reforms just a lite version of Labour’s?
Media Science Centre: RMA out: fewer plans, fewer consents – Expert Reaction
Luke Malpass (Post): Your front door is your business: Chris Bishop unveils generational planning economic reform (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Five things you need to know about the RMA replacements
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): RMA reform: how long it will take (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Business groups, farmers, welcome ‘transformational’ RMA reforms (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government bins RMA, promises new planning laws will slash consents, add $3b a year to economy
Simon Wilson (Herald): Chris Bishop is confused, and there’s a reason for it (paywalled)
Liz McDonald and Will Harvie (Press): Govt plan promises cheaper housing but triggers environmental questions (paywalled)
RNZ: RMA reforms signal end of resource consent ‘lottery’ - property council
Henry Cooke (Post): If New Zealand wants to stop its culture of ‘no’, it needs to start being a country of ‘oui’ (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Goodbye RMA, hello Planning Bill and Natural Environment Bill
David Farrar: Finally – proper RMA reform
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): Finally we deal with RMA reform
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The minister for abundance
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): RMA Reform: Major battles still to be fought as Government moves to legislate (paywalled)
Richard Harman: The RMA reforms — power to the Minister (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government gets its way with new planning reforms (paywalled)
Miriam Bell and Deborah Morris (Post): ‘Execution matters’: Cautious optimism from developers on sweeping RMA reform (paywalled)
Andrew Gunn: ‘Resources Will Have To Manage By Themselves’ (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Government says it will end ‘culture of no’ with sweeping RMA reforms (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): RMA reform: economic boost expected as new legislation revealed (paywalled)
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Maori): RMA shake-up: Māori input ‘minimal’ under new planning rules
Brent Edwards (NBR): RMA reform legislation will be law next year (paywalled)
POLICE
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Police Minister blames Public Service Commission for his inaction on McSkimming complaint
Herald: Editorial – Jevon McSkimming case: Public must maintain respect for police (paywalled)
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Former Assistant Commissioner breaks silence after scathing police report
Cherie Howie (Herald): Chris Hipkins denies former Police Commisioner’s claim of informal Jevon McSkimming briefing in car
1News: Hipkins ‘adamant’ briefing by Coster about McSkimming ‘never happened’
NICOLA WILLIS VS RUTH RICHARDSON; BUDGET
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Ruth Richardson v Nicola Willis, and the mother of all epochal debates
Henry Cooke (Post): It’s happening - Ruth Richardson accepts Nicola Willis debate challenge (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Mother of all debates: Willis wants finance faceoff with new nemesis Ruth Richardson
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Nicola Willis confirms Budget 2026 spending plans; return to surplus could be slowed (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Luke Malpass (Post): Government to launch new Govt.nz app today (paywalled)
Post: No recount for extra Māori electorate (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly: Parliament interrupted by protest demanding sanctions on Israel
Tom Hunt (Post): Petitions to PM call for end of MP disinformation (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): A dozen protesters dragged out of Parliament (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: The chief executive log jam, Coster’s grenade and more (paywalled)
RNZ: What spurred Don McGlashan to tell off Chris Bishop at the AMAs?
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Tory Whanau’s parting message as she bows out of politics
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Adam Pearse (Herald): Labour leader Chris Hipkins confident Māori won’t split their vote after Te Pāti Māori turmoil
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori ‘high performing’ despite dismal poll result - co-leaders
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk): Is there still a place for Te Pāti Māori in Parliament?
HEALTH
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Could Australia’s ‘No Jab, No Pay/No Play’ policies work in NZ?
Janet Hoek, Andrew Waa, and Jude Ball (The Conversation): 8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ
Ian Powell (Newsroom): Labour embraces GP-owned practices – up to a point
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Almost all public CFOs are chartered accountants – Health NZ’s isn’t
Ruth Brown (Listener): Te Whatu Ora’s former chair Rob Campbell: Axing Māori health authority one of the greatest crimes against health services (paywalled)
Peter Williams: The Dysfunctional Maori health trusts
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
Blessen Tom (RNZ): Judge deciding whether Papatoetoe will face rare by-election
Chris Trotter: Rate-Capping Confirms National’s Impoverished Imagination
Susan Sandys (ODT): ECan has made ‘so many mistakes’ - councillor
EMPLOYMENT, ECONOMY, BUSINESS
Catherine Hutton (Herald): Family carers win landmark Supreme Court case defining them as homeworkers
David Burton (Post): The Government’s steady erosion of worker rights in 2025 (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government tweaks gig-economy bill but keeps door wide open for historic claims (paywalled)
Tim Hunter (NBR): ‘Uber Bill’ clears select committee (paywalled)
Tom Raynel (Herald): Tower Insurance fined $7m for misleading multi policy discount claims
John Weekes (Herald): Online gambling: Overseas gambling website Leo Vegas told to stop advertising in New Zealand (paywalled)
June McCabe (Herald): Māori economy forecast to double to $70k per person by 2040 (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Financial watchdog wants companies to act on reviews without any new legal obligations
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): The year the tech billionaires won (again) (paywalled)
MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA
Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): Media ownership entwined with big tech; podcasts filling current affairs gap
Journalism, Media and Democracy: 2025 Aotearoa New Zealand Media Ownership Report (PDF)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Goldsmith admits Fair Digital Media Bargaining Bill shelved because of Trump (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Australia social media ban: What it could mean for New Zealand
NZ’S SUMMER SHUTDOWN DEBATE
Sam Smith (Stuff): Chris Hipkins’ take on the suddenly-controversial long Kiwi summer break: ‘I think it’s good’
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): The great Kiwi shutdown: A summer tradition or an economic handbrake?
Steven Cowan: Defending summertime
OTHER
Tom Rose (Herald): Principal defends Queenstown trip after Auditor-General issues warning over school travel bills
Kate Newton (RNZ): Officials recommended against lower target for methane emissions
Mike Smith (The Standard): Privatisation and Plunder
John Braddock (WSWS): New Zealand Defence Force aims to double recruitment
Andrew Body: Onehunga vs The Blob
Samira Taghavi (Law News): In defence of our judges: why silence cannot be their only shield
CARTOONS