HEALTH
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): NZ’s worst places for heart care revealed – and people are dying
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Half of heart attack patients not treated within accepted timeframes, study finds
1News: NZ heart healthcare system 'on verge of collapse', report warns
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): ‘On verge of collapse’: Damning report reveals extent of NZ’s heart healthcare crisis (paywalled)
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): New mental health ward due to open a decade after facility failed patients
David Williams (Newsroom): Health NZ’s parking income tops $22m, and rising
Emma Andrews (RNZ): Iwi Māori Partnership Boards concerned their role minimised under Pae Ora Act changes
Louisa Wall (E-Tangata): Māori voices silenced in health, again
RNZ: Thousands giving up Medic Alert bracelets in cost of living crunch
Cecilia Robinson (Herald): Missed opportunities in cervical cancer prevention (paywalled)
Sam Olley (1News): Stewart Island residents fight to keep air ambulance planes
Ian Powell: The forgotten health professionals
RNZ: Doctors call for NZ to ditch 'outdated' endometriosis guidelines
PARLIAMENT, ELECTORAL REFORM, PUBLIC SERVICE
Anneke Smith (RNZ): New political poll predicts hung Parliament
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Time for a reshuffle? Luxon’s challenge to reboot National ahead of election year (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Erica Stanford resets story but Govt faces challenging decisions ahead (paywalled)
Duncan Garner (Listener): Just how patient does National think voters are? (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Stanford is a standout in a Government struggling to turn things around (paywalled)
Claire Charters (Newsroom): Why planned voting changes could be a civic rights breach
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): From new names to new boundaries: Here's what's happening to your voting electorate
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Heartwarming: well-to-do Aucklanders finally get a political win
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Boundary changes shift the political landscape ahead of 2026
1News: Four more electorate names changed for next general election
Katie Ham (Post): MP launches petition to restore Wellington electorate names
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Boundary reshuffle puts MP outside own electorate
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Labour plots its next move – but still no sign of any policy
Julia Gabel (Herald): Who is Peeni Henare? Labour MP says byelection is his ‘redemption’ journey
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Mr. Passive Aggressive
Thomas Manch (Post): Shane Jones says ‘bold ideas’ wanted, citing Donald Trump’s success (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Jones packs out another meeting (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Police investigate new complaint of sexual assault against former ACT Party president Tim Jago
Mike Houlahan (ODT): MPs, MPs everywhere and many a vote to seek (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Road user charges, unemployment, corporate speak, US tariffs (paywalled)
1News: Q+A: PM's new chief science advisor on role changes — full Q+A interview
GREENS
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): The Greens want to lead the next Govt. What does that mean?
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Greens want to lead Government, Chris Hipkins not interested in ‘arguing’ with them
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Green Party's Chlöe Swarbrick calls to rally, get organised for 2026 election
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Anger 'won't get us anywhere', Swarbrick tells Green Party rally
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Chlöe Swarbrick reckons Green Party leading Opposition, only party offering tax ideas
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Greens gather for annual meeting focused on building voters' trust
Andrea Vance (Post): Greens eye Māori electorate as next election target (paywalled)
ECONOMY, UNEMPLOYMENT
Brian Easton (Pundit): Aspiration Without Content
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): The pressure is on to change the economic narrative (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Where would Chris Hipkins find cash to pump into the economy?
ODT Editorial: Blood from a stone (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Simon Bridges is right, Auckland’s economic blues require special attention (paywalled)
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): No country for young workers (paywalled)
Randal Scott (ODT): Time those who can and would are given something to do
Elsie Williams (Press): Canterbury youth services fight to support almost 10,000 jobseekers (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Stuart Deerness (The Conversation): The Cambridge factor: how influential NZ schools hastened the demise of NCEA
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Long division: NCEA and a second neoliberal wave (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): Q+A: Education Minister deflects questions on charter school issues
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Labour's education spokesperson defiant after ignoring Stanford's NCEA meeting requests
Jamie Ensor (Herald): NCEA changes: Chris Hipkins says Willow-Jean Prime has ‘learned a lot’ from NCEA emails affair
Jamie Ensor and Jazlyn Whales (Herald): NCEA changes: Labour’s Chris Hipkins told Willow-Jean Prime she should have responded to briefing offers
Herald Editorial: Labour’s inaction is infuriating when we want cross-party collaboration (paywalled)
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Education in mind and morals: The recalibration of NCEA (paywalled)
Jamie Beaton (Herald): NCEA is broken and scrapping it is the right call (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): 'Act of racism': Education Ministry cans children's school book for too many Māori words
RNZ: Northland school rosters students to stay home over winter staffing crisis
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Apology for way decision communicated (paywalled)
John Burrows and Frank Tay (Press/Post): University leader was a staunch defender of academic freedoms (paywalled)
Kate Hunter and Ewan Morris (Newsroom): Our history is on life support. Don’t pull the plug (paywalled)
HOUSING
Peter Bale (Listener): Roofless people: Has the coalition put a wrecking ball through public housing? (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Why this economist thinks housing will eat us alive (paywalled)
Maxine Jacobs (Press/Post): The 1 in 5: Flatting life for seniors who don’t own a home (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Council reminds developer of ‘expectations’ over contentious fast-track project (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Sunday Star Times): Who counts the homeless when we scrap the census? Housing researcher warns move is ‘really scary’ (paywalled)
Sandra Conchie (Bay of Plenty Tines/Herald): Pāpāmoa residents oppose three-storey Beachwater Drive housing development (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): Houses are still getting more expensive to build even as their average size gets smaller
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): Deeply unserious NIMBYs saying deeply unserious things
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Derek Cheng (Herald): Christopher Luxon and Anthony Albanese talks focus on 30-year problem: Lifting living standards
Katie Todd (RNZ): Anthony Albanese, Christopher Luxon wrap up bilateral leaders' meeting in Queenstown
Katie Todd and Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Anthony Albanese, Luxon speak about Palestinian statehood during Queenstown visit
Andrea Vance (Stuff): ‘You are family’: Luxon hosts Albanese at Queenstown retreat
Andrea Vance (Post): Cold comfort bromance: Luxon and Albanese’s warm glow hides hard-nosed agenda (paywalled)
1News: Luxon and Albanese discuss 'geopolitical tensions' during annual talk
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Albanese and Luxon urge Israel to reconsider Gaza City takeover during ‘warm, generous’ meeting
Derek Cheng (Herald): Christopher Luxon welcomes Anthony Albanese in Queenstown; Gaza war and 501 deportees on agenda
ODT: New era of trans-Tasman co-operation in turbulent world
Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): Luxon, Albanese make the most of Q’town
Andrea Vance (Post): Christopher Luxon hails progress; laments Aussie PM’s Wallabies scarf and flash plane (paywalled)
Anne Barrowclough (Australian): Economic, defence ties on the table as NZ hosts its ‘only ally’
Bryan Bruce: What Could The New Zealand Government Do About Genocide in Gaza?
Lydia Lewis (RNZ): Solomon Islands PM calls for pause on Forum dialogue partner meeting
Kristy Needham (Reuters): Solomon Islands blocks US, China, Taiwan from Pacific's top political meet
Thomas Manch (Sunday Star Times): Kiwi soldiers prepare to 'fight tonight' at Talisman Sabre (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): NZ Army talking with US about regular training on Kiwi soil (paywalled)
Mick Hall: With Five Eyes on China, FBI bulks up in New Zealand
Tom Peters (World Socialists): FBI opens office in New Zealand
Stephen Jacobi (Newsroom): How does NZ outrun the grizzly bear
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Nicola Rata-MacDonald (E-Tangata): Fishing changes threaten ocean and industry
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): She was the last: Penguin starvation crisis sparks call for emergency fishing ban (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Small Kiwi fishing firm builds low emissions super-trawler, at nearly $100m
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): $36m compliance costs hurting small fishing companies
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Fishing firms fight fire with science
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): Carbon credit forestry is grabbing productive land, farmers say. Are they right? (paywalled)
Jamie Gray (Herald): Inside story: The bitter battle to curb ETS-driven forestry conversions of land (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Does NZ actually do well when farmers do well?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Tom Hunt (Post): Investigation into United Hutt electoral returns ramping up years after complaint (paywalled)
Joanne Naish (Press/Post): Government eyes easier path to council mergers (paywalled)
Kiah Radcliffe (Post): ‘Locked out’: Do young voters care about local body elections? (paywalled)
David Long (Stuff): Has democracy died in the Auckland supercity?
Sapeer Mayron (Post): Hot seats: Super race to become super city’s political movers and shakers (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): Housing density fightback reaches Avondale; what Auckland schools really need (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: Sinking millions into Auckland's heritage buildings
Caroline Williams (Stuff): ‘A race against demolition by neglect’: Inside the battle for Auckland’s St James Theatre
Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): Former Green MP Elizabeth Kerekere runs for Māori Ward
Tracy Watkins (Post): Bureaucratic arrogance in full view (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): Landslip secured just before downpour as residents face weeks out of homes (paywalled)
Poppy Clark (Stuff): ‘Fair cop’: Chris Bishop publicly called out Tory Whanau. When she texted him privately, he took it back
RNZ: Councillor says safety not prioritised as Wellington waterfront fence voted down
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Wellington council's planned sludge minimisation plant faces increased costs
Peter Newport (Crux): How the Lakeview story has changed over the years
Diane McCarthy (Local Democracy Reporting): Whakatāne council emissions almost double due to tree felling
Grant Miller (ODT): Purpose, vision of agency questioned (paywalled)
RNZ: Nelson Mayor Nick Smith launches his re-election campaign
Cherie Howie (Herald): Unconventional candidates shake up New Zealand’s local body elections (paywalled)
Post: Election countdown: From one Nunn lawnmower mayor to a Nunn city councillor?
Alex Casey (Spinoff): All the celebrities* running in local elections around the country this year