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News Briefing: 13 July 2026

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Bryce Edwards
Jul 12, 2026
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MODI VISIT AND THE INDIA TRADE DEAL
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The madness and mania behind Narendra Modi’s landmark New Zealand visit
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Narendra Modi can count India as a ‘one nation’ success but can Winston Peters do the same? (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Post): India clear that 5000 NZ visas under trade deal for ‘mobility not migration’ (paywalled)
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Hipkins welcomes NZ, India partnership but warns of ‘potential consequences’
The Post: Editorial: Trading with India, eyes wide open (paywalled)
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Chemistry between Christopher Luxon and Narendra Modi credited with reviving India–NZ trade talks (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Modi brings spymaster and dairy giant as relationship with NZ elevated to ‘strategic partnership’ (paywalled)
Stuff: Hipkins warns exporters to keep their ‘eyes wide open’ over differing India FTA interpretations
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): Counterterrorism in spotlight after Modi’s whirlwind visit
Bill Bennett (Herald): The Kiwi firms leading a new wave of New Zealand tech in India (paywalled)
Geoff Fischer: Narendra Modi’s Royal Tour

PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Chris Knox (Herald): Fair to the taxpayer? MPs dodged cuts to their lavish super scheme (paywalled)
Simon Wilson: Be careful what you wish for: The trouble with TOP
Phil Smith (RNZ): Leader of the House: Juggling a jigsaw puzzle
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Internal Affairs workers strike as tensions rise across public sector (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Govt pushes to improve high-risk investment oversight (paywalled)
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Questions over rejection of gender Bill submission (paywalled)
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode for .. Lord Winston

ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE
Laura MacKay (E-tangata): Why Mike Smith’s court case should go ahead
Lachlan Rennie (Herald): MethaneSAT review launched after $29m NZ taxpayer-funded mission failure (paywalled)
Mike White (Post): Santana Minerals asked to hand over missing documents (paywalled)
Charlotte Graham (Post): Environmental rules cast shadow over young farmer’s future (paywalled)
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Kaimanawa horse charities raising funds to stop cull

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