MODI VISIT AND INDIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Natasha Gordon (Herald): Narendra Modi arrives in Auckland for first official New Zealand visit
RNZ: Narendra Modi arrives for historic visit to New Zealand
1News: Indian PM Narendra Modi touches down in Auckland for historic visit
1News: Motorcades, cordons, closures: Modi visit to disrupt parts of Auckland
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Rehearsals held to test ‘intense security’ for Narendra Modi visit
Andrea Fox (Herald): Apple growers celebrate India trade win cutting 50% tariff to 25% (paywalled)
Hone McGregor (Herald): Māori economy set to benefit from New Zealand–India Free Trade Agreement (paywalled)
Diana Reaich (Herald): MPI backing NZ exporters to tap growth under India free trade pact (paywalled)
Damien O’Connor (Herald): India FTA opens doors but challenges ahead for New Zealand exporters (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Homelessness is a political choice
Post: Editorial: A country struggling to afford its ambitions (paywalled)
Julie Jacobson (Post): MBIE ‒ success, failure or something in between? (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Opportunity is filling a housing hole Labour can’t (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Simeon Brown appoints power sector critic John Harbord chairperson of Electricity Authority (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): The recess week when reality hit the road (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Interest rates up, solar power policies, and cutting cow numbers (paywalled)
Neil Sands (LawNews): New occupational regulation bill needs more teeth to protect free speech, says Janet Dickson’s barrister
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Kiwi workers go backwards, as NZ’s real wage growth is the worst in the OECD (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Here’s how many New Zealanders are going bankrupt
Rob Stock (Post): Yes, we can redesign pensions without screwing young people (paywalled)
Post: Legal entity pushing back on TSB bank merger proposal (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Huffer’s forensic report doesn’t settle model likeness claims, say experts (paywalled)
Simon Robertson (BusinessDesk): Who is going to do the Winton deal? (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): On the Money: Paul Newfield, Huffer, Michelin, Barfoot & Thompson’s war, and more (paywalled)
Brian Easton: Looking Outwards
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