PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): RNZ poll: National hits new low under Luxon, Opportunity nears Parliament
Jo Moir (RNZ): National slumps to new low - is Luxon the problem?
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Opportunity voters lean Labour, but that ‘doesn’t drive our decision making’
Thomas Coughlan and Julia Gabel (Herald): MP retirement perks: Act leader David Seymour happy to trim perks, Labour leader Chris Hipkins less keen
RNZ: Chris Bishop could have done better job managing conflict of interest perception - auditor general
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): NZ’s most effective MPs, backroom staffers, lobbyists, activists and rising stars – and why big-name MPs are missing (paywalled)
Chris Trotter (Interest): Winston Peters is no Pauline Hanson
Stuff: Should the 5% threshold to get into Parliament be raised or lowered?
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The Smellie Plan: one vision to turbocharge New Zealand, going free to a good home
Michael Swanson: A new chapter for West Coast-Tasman?
No Right Turn: Another outrageous abuse of the OIA
Nick James (Post): The Beehive could face ‘major water damage’ if nothing is done to replace its corroding pipes (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Winston Peters’ media strategy helped by journalistic opinion (paywalled)
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Ex-Lotto presenter told court he was on a benefit while suspended from government job on full pay
FOREIGN POLICY, CHINA AND PACIFIC SECURITY
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): ‘Most concerning, most unhelpful and most unacceptable’ - Winston Peters blasts China missile test and ‘disgrace’ of India FTA confusion
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): China makes veiled threat after New Zealand marks South China Sea ruling’s anniversary
Giles Dexter (RNZ): NZ’s support of ruling rejecting maritime claim ‘seriously undermines’ relationship, says China
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Acting PM David Seymour tells China, friends don’t ‘fire missiles around’ other friends’ nuclear-free zones
Richard Harman: NZ changes sides (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Post): ‘Highly likely’ NZ will soon join Australia-Fiji defence pact - Acting Prime Minister David Seymour (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): NZ eyes Pacific defence pact after China’s ballistic missile test
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): NZ ‘should not be fazed’ by any objection from China to Pacific defence alliance
Herald: Labour ‘broadly supportive’ of Ocean of Peace alliance
TRANSPORT AND THE ROADS RESET
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The $56 billion broken promise
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Where are my new roads, man? The do-nothing Government’s infrastructure debacle
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): National took a credibility hit on roads
RNZ: Trucking industry disappointed two Auckland roading projects put in the slow lane
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): The South Island gets by-passed yet again
Andrew Gunn: Highway Heartbreak: Rejected Road Of National Significance ‘Ghosted’ By Bishop
Kate Newton (RNZ): ‘Put the price of fuel up’ - raising taxes could lock in transport habit changes
Sam Smith (Stuff): Three years on, how is Wayne Brown’s war on road cones going?
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): No powers to suspend licences of drivers who need to re-sit tests - NZTA
Ajai Jayathilakan (The Conversation): NZ’s regional air routes are under pressure. Is more government intervention the answer?
Nik Dirga (RNZ): How new Antisocial Road Use Legislation brings back car crushing
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