PAUL EAGLE AND CHATHAM ISLAND REPORT
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): ‘I panicked’: Ex-MP Paul Eagle admits altering contracts to gold-plate his council house
Ethan Manera (Herald): Paul Eagle misled Auditor-General over investigation into his spending at Chatham Islands Council
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Ex Chatham Islands Council chief executive Paul Eagle apologises as audit exposes ‘excessive’ spending
Andrea Vance (Post): Auditor-General blasts Paul Eagle over $460,000 house upgrade, wife’s consultancy, and misleading documents (paywalled)
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Excessive, misleading, unacceptable: the auditor-general’s verdict on Paul Eagle
ENERGY CRISIS AND IRAN WAR
Alexia Russell (RNZ): Uncertainty over the fuel that drives our economy
Henry Cooke (Post): Winston Peters says Donald Trump can end the war when he wants (paywalled)
RNZ: Fuel costs could drive New Zealand trucking businesses to the ground
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): What could fuel rationing look like? Five options for a NZ response
Audrey Young (Herald): The Government need to start talking realistically about possibility of fuel shortages (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Do we need to panic about fuel supplies?
Samuel Petrequin and Kirsten Grieshaber (Post): NZ joins record release of emergency oil reserves as Strait of Hormuz ships attacked (paywalled)
Jo Moir (RNZ): Should Marsden Point refinery have been saved? Shane Jones and David Seymour can’t agree
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Woods pushes back on Jones’ claim Marsden closure hurt fuel security (paywalled)
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Panic buying risks rapidly depleting diesel stocks for trucking firms (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Coupons for fuel, bans on containers: How fuel-rationed New Zealand might look (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): The last tankers have landed. Now NZ’s fuel crisis begins, jet fuel consumers feel first effects (paywalled)
Kevin Norquay (Post): Carless days: Rob Muldoon, coloured stickers and Kiwi cunning (paywalled)
Imogene Bedford & Cherie Howie (Herald): Regional mayors warn Air New Zealand flight cuts threaten lifeline routes
Aimee Shaw (Post): Middle East war disrupts New Zealand seafood sector - retail price rises set to follow (paywalled)
Elsie Williams and Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Air NZ cancellations: The two words 44,000 passengers should mention for a refund (paywalled)
Elsie Williams and Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Air NZ to cancel mainly ‘lower demand, off-peak’ flights, 44,000 passengers to find out today (paywalled)
Aimee Shaw (Post): NZ business once again staring down supply woes, rising costs amid Iran war (paywalled)
Tim Hunter (NBR): Govt tapping industry data daily as Hormuz Strait stays shut (paywalled)
Herald: Editorial – Economic pain from Iran war will depend on how long it lasts (paywalled)
GREEN PARTY
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Some Green MPs suffer drop in draft list
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Green Party election list: Newcomers jump the queue as MPs left behind
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Green Party MPs suffer big drops in draft list, Tamatha Paul ranked high as party hypes Māori candidates
David Farrar: Greens draft list demotes several MPs
TE PATI MĀORI
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Mariameno Kapa-Kingi questions whether her own party can be trusted
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Court order puts Te Pāti Māori in a confusing position
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): High Court ruling signals path to restoration for Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Te Pāti Māori
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Mariameno Kapa-Kingi unsure if future lies with Te Pāti Māori or as independent
Harriet Laughton (Post): Mariameno Kapa-Kingi not set on rejoining Te Pāti Māori - despite court win (paywalled)
COVID INQUIRY REPORT
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Royal Commission report: Why Chris Hipkins must apologise to Aucklanders (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Is there a legal case to be heard on the vaccine advice?
Ani O’Brien: We don’t hate the media enough – We need a People’s Commission into the Media during Covid-19
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): The second Covid report is out – now Winston Peters wants another one
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Claire Robinson: Labour should win in 2026. But should it?
Natalia Albert (Interest): A new party leader for National is not a new government
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Limping Luxon needs to listen to his advisers
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Christopher Luxon’s refusal to go is yet more evidence of our culture of no
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): ‘I had hair… and fewer knives in my back’: A short history of Peeni Henare, politician
Phil Smith (RNZ): MPs debate the long term, but even a week is a long time in politics
Stuff: National MP Mark Mitchell to marry for fourth time
David Farrar: The inevitable sacking of Willow-Jean
Farah Hancock (RNZ): The government’s targets in charts: Employment target remains elusive
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Greens concerned about potential loss of ‘environmental functions’ in new mega-ministry
Law Fuel: Anna Adams Named Solicitor-General: The Lawyer Who’s Seen It All Gets the Top Job
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Government drops IRD proposal to tax big shareholder loans, seeks new advice on unpaid debts (paywalled)
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Police Association and Retail NZ warn dangers of potential changes to Crimes Act
Brent Edwards (NBR): The risks of extending the right to make a citizen’s arrest (paywalled)
Sam Olley (1News): ‘Teething issues’: Concerns over placements of 120 new medical students
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Immigration NZ investigated 146 allegations against staff in five years
Jonathan Ayling (Herald): The danger of thinking professionals (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Anya Fielding (RNZ): Wellington Water apologises for smell after turning fan on at Moa Point
RNZ: Wellington mayor Andrew Little gets three-year plan over the line
The Post: Wellington City Council Greens save climate change budget - for now (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington sewage spill: Crown review early findings by July 1, mayor confirms (paywalled)
RNZ: Government will publicly release findings of inquiry into Moa Point wastewater plant
TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Ethan Manera (Herald): Interislander fleet reduced to one after Kaiārahi technical fault
Ethan Manera (Herald): Winston Peters asks KiwiRail about bringing in spare ferry parts as fault reduces Interislander fleet
Andy Brew (Post): Interislander apologises after ferry breakdown leaves hundreds stranded (paywalled)
RNZ: KiwiRail hopes to have stricken Kaiārahi ferry sailing by next week after technical fault
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Chinese shipyard rejected assurances over ferry contract, needed Crown guarantee (paywalled)
ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY
RNZ: Renewable energy generation hits new high, gas at 46-year low
Gordon Stuart (Post): Is LNG insurance or a costly last resort? (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): NZ gas market set to shrink sharply (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Beef, lamb, onions and wine: Kiwi dinner time staples in huge demand offshore
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Death of a coffee factory: ‘I knew this was coming’
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Heinz Wattie’s parent took the hit before NZ cuts (paywalled)
Neeraj Lala (Herald): Are we exporting our way into food insecurity? (paywalled)
CARTOONS