POLICE, JUSTICE
Bryce Edwards (Integrity Institute): Can we trust the NZ Police not to cover up their own crimes?
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Inside a ‘cover-up’: The top cops, the ‘quasi investigation’ and the officers who stood up
Paula Penfold (Stuff): How police ignored warnings about Jevon McSkimming - and prosecuted the woman who tried to expose him
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Damning report into police ‘rot’ leaves uphill battle to restore trust
Luke Malpass (Post): Complaints ignored, careers protected: the IPCA report lays bare Police failure (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): McSkimming fallout: Andrew Coster’s future in public service in doubt (paywalled)
RNZ: Police Commissioner Richard Chambers says senior leaders covered up complaints against Jevon McSkimming
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Mark Mitchell says Andrew Coster blocked him from seeing emails about Jevon McSkimming (paywalled)
RNZ: Government installs Inspector General of Police after McSkimming report
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Serious misconduct at highest levels: Police slammed in IPCA’s McSkimming report
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Police ‘failed’ woman who accused Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending, her lawyer says
RNZ: ‘Inexcusable conduct’: Police Commissioner says lack of leadership over McSkimming
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster placed on leave from CEO role after release of damning report
RNZ: Police response to Jevon McSkimming shows why victims afraid to come forward - advocate
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Four things to know from the damning IPCA report on Jevon McSkimming
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Police dismissed sex complaint against disgraced top cop - and then charged woman over her claims
Katie Ham (Stuff): Actions of police leadership who responded to Jevon McSkimming complaint ‘inexcusable’, says police boss
Catrin Owen and Katie Ham (Stuff): Watchdog slams police handling of complaints about former top cop Jevon McSkimming
Katie Ham and Paula Penfold (Stuff): Former police boss Andrew Coster named in bombshell Jevon McSkimming IPCA report
Thomas Coughlan, Jamie Ensor, Julia Gabel (Herald): Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster on leave from Social Investment Agency after damning report
Jared Savage (Herald): Jevon McSkimming saga: Young woman suffered ‘devastating impact’ after police arrested her for anonymous emails instead of investigating sex allegations (paywalled)
Jared Savage (Herald): Jevon McSkimming: Police ignored sex allegations against former top cop, prosecuted the woman for ‘revenge’ emails instead
Thomas Manch (Post): ‘An absolute disgrace’: Police executive embroiled in McSkimming sex scandal (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Former police boss Andrew Coster on leave after IPCA report into handling of Jevon McSkimming complaint (paywalled)
1News: IPCA finds ‘significant failings’ in police handling of McSkimming complaints
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): How one woman’s ordeal forced the police to confront their own misconduct — again
No Right Turn: Nothing has changed
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Business exec to seek discharge without conviction - what it Section 106?
Tim Watkin (RNZ): Nark: Ex-top cop denies knowledge of letter supposedly sent by him authorising prisoner’s motel stay
ASSET SALES
Henry Cooke (Post): Can Christopher Luxon win an argument on asset sales with less than a third of the vote? (paywalled)
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Christopher Luxon brushes off Winston Peters’ asset sales attack
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Luxon dismisses Peters’ critique: ‘He’s been here 50 years for goodness sake’
Luke Malpass (Post): ‘He’s been here for 50 years’ - Christopher Luxon dismisses Winston Peters’ asset sales barbs
Glenn McConnell and Bridie Witton (Stuff): To sell or not to sell? Coalition at odds over asset sales
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): An alternative to asset sales: outsourcing their management (paywalled)
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): Te Pāti Māori facing deepening internal divisions as electorate leaders dispute mandate over MP expulsions
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Expelled MPs Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris cast first votes as independents
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Labour ‘absolutely’ comfortable if Te Pāti Māori does not return to Parliament
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour expresses no concern if Te Pāti Māori destroyed at 2026 election, Willie Jackson says party will try to ‘take them out’
Harriet Laughton (Post): Labour rules out ousted Te Pāti Māori MPs joining party (paywalled)
Rachel Maher (Herald): Tongariro fire a message from deceased paramount iwi chief – Te Pāti Māori MP
GUNS
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘So relieved’: Gun control advocates on Arms Act rewrite
Derek Cheng (Herald): Nicole McKee announces gun law changes; invokes coalition clause over military-style semi-automatics access (paywalled)
1News: Nicole McKee reveals gun laws shake-up
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Gun laws overhauled, police stripped of firearms regulator
Thomas Manch (Post): Government backs off removing firearms regulator from police (paywalled)
TRANSPORT, DRUG-DRIVING LEGISLATION
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Government outlines four drugs that drivers will be tested for, the plan for rollout across New Zealand
1News: Roadside screening for these four drugs to begin from next month
Sam Smith (Stuff): Police to target four drugs in new roadside driver testing regime
RNZ Police poised to roll out new roadside drug test
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Legislation allowing congestion charging passes third reading in Parliament
1News: Congestion charge bill passes: What does it mean for you?
David Farrar: 16 years to implement EFTPOS!
HEALTH
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): ‘Most deteriorated’ - NZ plummets in global tobacco control ranking
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Smokefree 2025 slips out of reach - what next?
Maryanne Spurdle (Herald): Todd Stephenson’s End of Life Choice bill risks taking euthanasia ‘choice’ too far (paywalled)
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Harm Reduction Coalition calls for radical drug law reform, government says it’s not on the cards
Ian Powell: General practices and Primary Health Organisations fighting back against corporate threat
Robin Martin (RNZ): ‘Well-liked’ former publican dies in ‘preventable’ fall at crowded Taranaki Base Hospital ED
RNZ: RSV immunisation could prevent thousands of babies being hospitalised
RNZ: More than 15,000 measles vaccines given during drive
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times): Builder’s promise: Waikato Hospital’s new ward ‘as good if not better’ than current ward facilities (paywalled)
RNZ: November health strike grows to 16,700
Vaimoana Mase (Herald): Labour calls for safety standards for baby slings, wraps and carriers
RNZ: Call on government to introduce safety standards for baby carriers after an increase in injuries
PARLIAMENT, PARTIES, PUBLIC SECTOR
Gordon Campbell: On Asset Sales, And Targeting The Homeless
Ian Llewellyn and Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: a crisis in the police, third-termitis and more (paywalled)
Louis Collins (RNZ): A former PM weighs in on Parliament’s rules
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): How Ruth Richardson tested Reserve Bank independence with ‘red alert’ to Don Brash
Spinoff: Juggernaut 2: The inside story of the Mother of All Budgets
Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): From combative words to first words as new MP gives maiden statement
ABUSE IN CARE
Tim Brown (RNZ): Mixed feelings as state abuse survivors mark National Day of Reflection
Jacinda Thompson (Spinoff): Lest we forget: One single day to remember New Zealand’s horrific abuse in care
Stephen Rainbow (Post): A year on, this should be the day we commit to action over abuse in care (paywalled)
HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS
Denise Piper (Northern Advocate): Chris Bishop defends Northland housing cuts amid calls to restore Kāinga Ora builds
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The government’s homelessness ‘ban’ may not be as ridiculous as it sounds
Anne Gibson (Herald): Freemans Bay residents oppose Ockham’s plans for The Kubrick, 9-level purple apartment block (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why the current housing market is working for first-home buyers
Raphael Franks (Herald): First-home buyers make 27% of purchases: Westpac, Cotality say lower loan rates encouraging borrowing
Miriam Bell (Post): Metlifecare rejects claims new unit deals harm those awaiting capital repayment
Greg Ninness (Interest): Housing values flat overall but notable declines in Auckland, Whangarei and Tauranga, QV says
Greg Ninness (Interest): Rental figures are good news for tenants but landlords won’t be happy
Mike Blackburn (Interest): Christchurch can deliver housing volume, can it deliver coherence?
FAST-TRACK, MINING, CLIMATE CHANGE
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Confusion at Macraes consent process (paywalled)
RNZ: Otago Regional Council green lights existing Macraes mining operation for five more years
Greg O’Brien (Newsroom): On plans to create a goldmine near Cromwell
Michael Neilson (BusinessDesk): Carbon Catch-Up: Big emitters and movers of the NZX50
Elspeth McLean (ODT): Taking the comfy bra approach to climate change
BANKS, FINANCE
Michael Daly (Stuff): Banks respond to Luxon’s claim they ‘can do a much quicker job’ of passing on OCR cuts, as they post billion dollar profits
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Billion-dollar banks slow to pass on rates cuts so ‘shop around’, says PM
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ‘Really insulting’: Can ANZ really claim its record profit is due to economy improving?
Rob Stock (Post): Banking reform lobby group calls ANZ’s $2.5b profit ‘unconscionable’ (paywalled)
RNZ: Stakeholders have confidence in the country’s financial markets, FMA says
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Liam Dann (Herald): Is the brain drain keeping unemployment down? Plus, green shoots ahead (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Some soothing news for the RBNZ ahead of OCR decision - inflation expectations muted
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Hawkesby should depart RBNZ with a big bang cut: economist (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Card spending stays pretty flat - but there are now encouraging signs
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE
RNZ: Government puts millions into bolstering Defence Force’s protection from cyber threats
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): Cook Islands remains ‘committed’ to New Zealand despite disagreements, trust issues
Anne-Marie Brady and Louisa Wall (Post): Holding the self-interested leaders of the Cook Islands accountable (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Foreign ministry eyes greater powers for Russia sanctions enforcement
Alka Prasad (Post): NZ companies sign a slew of deals at the world’s biggest import fair in China (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): Removing Treaty responsibility from school boards undoes decades of progress
Herald Editorial: Erica Stanford’s Treaty move weakens more than a line of law (paywalled)
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Iwi petition against government’s removal of Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
RNZ: Quality of education at risk with curriculum ‘change overload’ say Canterbury primary principals
Kim Baker Wilson (RNZ): Education Review Office ‘badgered’ students about safety - Wesley College principal
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): Revealed: The violent incident that led to the hostel shutdown at NZ’s oldest school
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Tuition fee increase regrettable: Robertson (paywalled)
Bella Craig (RNZ): ‘Dinner or debt’: Pensions cut to cover student loan payments
Alex Casey (Spinoff): ‘Where will we go?’: A beloved Christchurch community hub faces an uncertain future
CARTOONS