PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour’s lack of policy makes party look lightweight (paywalled)
Duncan Garner (Listener): Winston Peters as prime minister? If he gets close to 20%, it will happen (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret diary of .. Chris, Chris, and Chris – Inside the cabinet reshuffle
Ben Thomas (Post): A promotion to Cabinet not as surprising as it first appeared (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Post): Defence Minister Chris Penk on his promotion, modern warfare and submarines (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Is National a victim of success?
Hamish McNicol and Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): Putting a corporate tax cut on the policy agenda (paywalled)
PUBLIC SECTOR AND INTEGRITY
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): When Police go into business with Netflix
Annie Goldson (Post): The troubling questions and missed opportunities around the police and Netflix’s Marokopa Project documentary (paywalled)
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Social Investment Agency examining how it handles conflicts of interest as part of review
Jason Walls (1News): Reserve Bank Governor promised to be open - so far so good
Rhys Hurley (Kiwiblog): The Problem Isn’t the OIA – It’s the bureaucracy behind it
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): PSA hits out at proposal to cut more jobs at Te Puni Kōkiri
AUCKLAND’S CITY DEAL
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): The art of the Crown’s new deal to influence Auckland
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Christopher Luxon and Wayne Brown sign ‘Auckland City Deal’
Zane Small (Stuff): The ‘not particularly clever’ policy Auckland Council and Government agree to disagree on
Mandy Te (Interest): Auckland Mayor optimistic accommodation levy will eventually happen
Anna Whyte (Interest): Government, Auckland Council ‘agree to disagree’ on contentious rates capping plan
Jonathan Killick (Post): Auckland city deal ends ‘Punch and Judy’ squabbling, say PM and mayor (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): The Auckland City deal to stop ‘stupid’ Government ideas in their tracks (paywalled)
JUDGE EMA AITKEN
RNZ: Judge Ema Aitken, accused of yelling at Winston Peters, won’t be removed from job, panel rules
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Judge Ema Aitken to remain a District Court judge after Northern Club incident
1News: Judge keeps job after Winston Peters Northern Club incident
David Farrar: Judge Aitken lashed but survives
FUEL CRISIS
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): The naive decisions behind NZ’s botched Russian oil sanctions (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Post): Iran war: ‘Money talks’ in efforts to secure fuel supply ‒ economist (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): NZ-bound oil tankers riding out storm at sea
Nick James (Post): Iran War: Bluebridge hikes Cook Strait ferry fares due to fuel crisis, Interislander may need to follow suit (paywalled)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Peter Dunne: Pulled punches wise diplomacy
Post: Editorial – The world changed this week (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): New Zealand’s endless ambiguity on Donald Trump (paywalled)
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Luxon’s Singapore agreement: The trade move to safeguard fuel and food (paywalled)
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