PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Nats’ newfound economic optimism a risky strategy
Thomas Coughlan and Chris Knox (Herald): Poll of polls: Coalition slump continues, but Labour’s path to power lies with Opportunity (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Labour don’t prep for power
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): National: Building the future, or building in the future? (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Sunday Star Times): DIA says a pokie IT project cost $6.6m. Its own documents say otherwise (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): How Queenstown became a fast-track petri dish (paywalled)
Charlie Mitchell (Sunday Star Times): Winston Peters: Statesman, power-broker, online troll (paywalled)
Denise Piper (Herald): Labour’s Chris Hipkins says cost of living is Northlanders’ biggest concern
Nevil Gibson (NBR): Poacher turns gamekeeper: a political memoir
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret diary of .. the World Cup
MODI VISIT
Stuff: New Zealand-India relationship ‘rejuvenated’ - but what about that $20 billion commitment?
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Luxon and Modi agree on partnership with trade and maritime security ambitions
Amelia Wade (Sunday Star Times): Modi’s Auckland visit ends without resolving $34b investment question (paywalled)
Sunday Star Times: NZ, India to double two way trade, agree to Indo-Pacific maritime security cooperation (paywalled)
1News: ‘Made for each other’: NZ, India unveil strategic partnership to elevate ties
Natasha Gordon (Herald): Protesters chant anti-immigration slogans as Indian PM Narendra Modi visits Auckland’s Spark Arena
1News: Thousands welcome Modi at Auckland rally as protesters gather outside
RNZ: Large security presence in Auckland as Modi meets political, community leaders
Rahul Mishra (Sunday Star Times): Modi in NZ: Indian PM’s visit aligns with fast-changing times in the Pacific (paywalled)
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): Why Modi keeps winning despite drawing protest abroad (paywalled)
RNZ: All Whites to play India in two-match series in November
INDIA FREE TRADE DEAL
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): New Zealand is helping to rewrite the rules of global trade (paywalled)
Andrea Fox (Herald): India-New Zealand free trade deal to open $1b export boost for Kiwi firms (paywalled)
Andrea Fox (Herald): India-NZ free trade deal offers limited gains for dairy, brighter for meat (paywalled)
Andrea Fox (Herald): Forestry sector major winner from New Zealand‑India free trade deal (paywalled)
Ranjay Sikka (Herald): NZ bedding brand Slumberzone makes $30m India expansion move (paywalled)
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