PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Verity Johnson (Stuff): Has the Opportunity party gone from Zombie to Lazarus?
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): The brutal political attack Winston Peters is unlikely to forgive (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan & Chris Knox (Herald): Poll of Polls predicts who will win election and suggests margin of victory is growing (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Parliament back for three-week Budget block (paywalled)
1News: Why Green candidate Tania Waikato believes she can beat Rawiri Waititi
Northern Advocate: Election 2026: What Northland voters need to know about new rules
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Learning on the (ministerial) job
PUBLIC SECTOR
Andrea Vance (Post): Transport Minister blindsided as SFO investigates Auckland motorway alliance (paywalled)
Penny Smith (RNZ): Committee recommends disestablishing Environment Ministry despite public opposition
Azaria Howell (Newstalk ZB): Mega-ministry MBIE told allowing more staff to work from home would not ease fuel supply, costs
Cécile Meier and Murray Jones (BusinessDesk): Public sector job cuts boost EAP spend by 41% (paywalled)
Paul McBeth: Craig Stobo and the silence of the lambs
Ian Dunn: Neutrality glitch and the hollowing of the citadel – FMA resignation of Craig Stobo
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
David Williams (Newsroom): How Akaroa’s wastewater battle was won
Peter Williams: A new look for local government
Lobby for Good and Erika Harvey: Local government reform: who wins, who loses, and who needs to be paying attention
Nick Leggett (Post): Local government reform could show us how to work smarter, not harder (paywalled)
Tom Hunt and Julie Jacobson (Post): Wellington council staff object to mayor’s ‘under control’ spending line (paywalled)
Russell Lund, Andrew Simms and Lee Vandervis (ODT): A unitary ‘Coastal Otago’ should replace city, Waitaki (paywalled)
Mike Thorpe (Herald): Rolleston growth: From ‘town of the future’ to city size (paywalled)
RNZ: Auditor-general decides not to prosecute Nelson councillor over financial interests
Stuff: Nelson councillor avoids prosecution over business conflict, mayor blasts ‘outdated’ law
Ruby Shaw and Grant Miller (ODT): Councils square off over port (paywalled)
JUSTICE AND POLICE
Harriet Laughton (Post): New powers for police to take photos of public widely criticised (paywalled)
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Letter reveals ex-Police Commissioner’s concerns over investigation into McSkimming
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Illegal tobacco crackdown group could make difference, criminology professor says
David Harvey (Herald): Sentencing Act 2002: Why ‘least restrictive’ law frustrates victims (paywalled)
Catherine Hutton (Herald): Wellington lawyer Stephen Franks wins review over puberty blockers letter
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