FUEL CRISIS AND ENERGY DEBATES
Penny Smith (RNZ): Iran war, petrol crisis causing increased stress among Kiwis
Michael Guerin (Herald): Fuel package to provide welcome relief for horse racing industry
Penny Smith (RNZ): Calls for transparency on medicine shortages caused by Iran war
Dita De Boni, Miriam Bell, Rob Stock, Steve Kilgallon, Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Absorb or adjust: The impossible choice facing small businesses (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Sunday Star Times): Iran war: Real estate agents’ urgent ‘crisis’ talks with vendors, and their advice to them (paywalled)
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Middle East war risks return to Covid-era inflation peaks for NZ economy (paywalled)
Nick James (Post): Iran War: Bluebridge hikes Cook Strait ferry fares due to fuel crisis, Interislander may need to follow suit (paywalled)
Vanessa Williams (Sunday Star Times): Beyond the pump: The fuel crisis isn’t only about petrol, it’s about how we live (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Sunday Star Times): Iran war oil shock exposes urgent need to fix New Zealand energy security (paywalled)
Guy Williams (ODT): Fuel crisis a ‘wake-up’ for Queenstown (paywalled)
Bruce Cotterill (Herald): Oil crisis: Why New Zealand needs a ‘kamikaze Cabinet’ to fix the economy (paywalled)
Lineni Tuitupou (Te Ao Māori News): Māori power retailer secures major deal to keep whānau lights on
Murray Grimwood (Interest): Simeon Brown’s mission impossible
Bryan Leyland and John Raine: The Energy storage elephant
Blayne Slabbert (Press): A $320 fill-up: the rising cost of running a Ford Ranger (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Adam Pearse (Herald): National’s former Attorney-General prospect James Christmas switches allegiance to Act
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Christopher Luxon’s inability to handle a dumb question is a problem (paywalled)
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Two Chrises and a charisma-free election
Anna Whyte (Interest): Seymour: Too many ministers, too many papers, too little focus
NBR: New CEO for Environmental Protection Authority
David Harvey: Justice should be seen by all - A sequel
Lane Nichols (Herald): Judge Ema Aitken judicial conduct finding: Winston Peters ‘disavowed’ comment in Attorney-General’s letter (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Jane Phare (Herald): Giga-yachts, golden visas and the Gilded Age: The startling escalation of Kiwi wealth (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): How many financial crises can you expect in your life? (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Sunday Star Times): The average Kiwi is running out of gas in more ways than one (paywalled)
RNZ: Talley’s mulls closure of Westport fish processing factory
Michael Reddell: Oil and monetary policy\
Tyson Beckett (Herald): Women in gaming: The not-so-secret, and growing, reason the gaming industry in NZ is flourishing
Miriam Bell (Sunday Star Times): Hotels look through oil shock to pursue long-term goals (paywalled)
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