POLICE
Bryce Edwards (Integrity Institute): This week’s landmark cover up scandal could have positive consequences well beyond the Police
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): The unholy comrade of a cover-up: name suppression
Katie Harris (Herald): Leaders turning a blind eye to a powerful predator mate? The call is coming from inside the station (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Watching the watchdog: how police oversight body fell short on McSkimming
Amelia Wade (Post): Beating the system: Inside the flawed vetting of Jevon McSkimming (paywalled)
Metiria Turei Stanton (ODT): This is the way the police do things and it has to change (paywalled)
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): All the systems that failed in the police’s non-systemic failure
The Standard: Our Accelerating Public Sector Decline
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Cop turned aviation boss Chris de Wattignar on leave after scathing IPCA report
Michael Morrah (Herald): Civil Aviation Authority security boss Chris de Wattignar on leave after Independent Police Conduct Authority report
Paula Penfold (Stuff): McSkimming scandal fallout: Aviation boss ‘on leave’ following bombshell report
Jared Savage (Herald): Police defend decision to prosecute Ms Z over alleged abusive emails to the detective who arrested her
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Mark Mitchell says office staffer wouldn’t read through Jevon McSkimming allegation emails as not their job (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Staffer put in ‘awful position’ over blocking McSkimming emails - Minister (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Inquiry into McSkimming scandal an option, says Police Minister (paywalled)
Madeleine Holden (Spinoff): How far has police culture come since the Louise Nicholas case and the Bazley report?
Alex Casey (Spinoff): Jevon McSkimming and the myth of the perfect victim
Luke Malpass (Post): How much longer will Andrew Coster keep his job? (paywalled)
RNZ: ‘He was a liar, he schemed’: Public Service Commissioner on Jevon McSkimming ‘wake-up call’
Rachel Maher (Herald): Sir Brian Roche calls Jevon McSkimming a ‘devious liar’, reveals timeline of what Public Service Commission knew
Michael Morrah (Herald): Frontline officers say Jevon McSkimming scandal has ‘betrayed the uniform’
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Jevon McSkimming to keep lucrative police pension despite disgrace and conviction
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Global travel, flowers, hotels, boutique bistro and ribs - what McSkimming’s credit card statements tell us
Louis Collins (RNZ): The House: ‘Utterly disgraceful’: Parliament reacts to McSkimming saga
Paul Buchanan: No surprises versus plausible deniability
Zoran Rakovic: Bureaucracy first, public last
Ani O’Brien: Rot Part 2: corrupt top cops destroy trust in NZ Police
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Police Commissioner Richard Chambers pulled over for speeding at 112km/h
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Australian recruiter says New Zealand police officers love job but looking for change
TE PĀTI MĀORI
RNZ: Morning Report: MP Tākuta Ferris denies plotting Te Pāti Māori coup
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Kapa-Kingi claims Te Pāti Māori is split, 50:50, after expulsions
Michael Daly (Stuff): Ngāpuhi rūnanga supports Kapa-Kingi - expresses ‘disappointment’ at ‘unconstitutional removal’
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: What happens next if Te Pāti Māori triggers the waka-jumping law?
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Ousted Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris says expulsion ‘a joke’
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, POLLS
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Plain-talking IPCA report sets standard for other inquiries (paywalled)
Stuff: New poll shows Labour pushing 40% and likely leading a government
Herald: Poll results: Labour jumps to 38% after capital gains tax announcement, National also up
Henry Cooke (Post): Labour surges to 38% in new poll - but still needs Te Pāti Māori (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): How police ‘groupthink’ contributed to Jevon McSkimming scandal (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): A day of reflection, and a day of shame
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
Māni Dunlop (RNZ): ‘Like a cockroach’ - Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
No Right Turn: DPMC’s secret guide on how to be a minister
Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): Question Time directs rare query to non-ministerial MP
Michael Reddell: Government departments championing…bigger roles for themselves
FAST-TRACK
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour says Government breaking Parliament rules to pass fast-track law even faster (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Port of Tauranga expansion drives urgency behind fast-track law changes (paywalled)
Amanda Robertshawe (Crux): Questions, concerns raised over Ridgeburn Fast Track proposal
MINING
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Fast-track fears coalesce at proposed Golden Bay mine
Kate McNamara (Herald): The quiet gold rush testing New Zealand’s appetite for mining wealth (paywalled)
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): The (near) end of a 2 million-ounce goldmine
Julie Asher (ODT): Tour of proposed mine site beneficial: trust (paywalled)
EMPLOYMENT, WORKPLACE SAFETY
Christopher Peace, Joanne Crawford, Danae Anderson, Cory Bourne (Public Health Communications Centre): Fifteen years after Pike River: Time for leadership on workplace health and safety
Ben Tomsett (Herald): New report finds New Zealand is still among the worst countries for workplace deaths
Megan Wilson (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua worker seriously injured at Claymark sawmill, WorkSafe investigating
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Non-existent trust contracted to set up charter school
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Nearly 200 schools write to Education Minister Erica Stanford over removal of Treaty obligations
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Some schools defy government move on Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Schools across Aotearoa reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi despite changes to Education Act
John Lewis (ODT): Schools oppose Treaty removal directive (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Funding, contract wording ‘not a gag order’, Education Ministry says
Russell Palmer (RNZ): David Seymour blames teacher strikes for drop in school attendance in last week of term
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Massey University’s vet school officially opens $160 million revamp
TRANSPORT, DRUG-DRIVING LEGISLATION
Joseph Boden (The Conversation): Detection is not prevention: will drug testing drivers really make NZ roads safer?
Herald Editorial: New drug-driving testing regime welcome news (paywalled)
RNZ: Road tolling changes will be tough ‘for users to swallow’, freight companies say
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Bill to expand Road User Charges introduced
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): VTNZ driver tester sacked over ‘improper pass’; separate bribery claims probed by SFO
Justin Wong (Post): Level crossing upgrades not included in new regional train plan (paywalled)
BANKS, FINANCE, ARMOURGUARD
Mina Martin (NZ Adviser): Competition watchdog says monopolies ‘choking’ NZ growth, calls for banking reform
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): ANZ chief ‘wildly exaggerates’ bank competition claim
RNZ: Suite of banking competition changes adopted by government
Rob Stock (Post): Government accepts banking inquiry plan to boost competition (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Govt accepts banking inquiry recommendations (paywalled)
Herald: ASB faces new Commerce Commission court action over lending law breaches
Mina Martin (NZ Adviser): ANZ’s $2.5bn profit sparks backlash: Economists call it ‘insulting’
Herald: Dave Letele accuses Westpac of ‘poverty porn’ over BBM foodbank visit
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): What the new open banking regime means for consumers and fintech players (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Armoured van monopoly is no Hollywood heist
Herald: Commerce Commission declines interim authorisation for banks to collectively negotiate over cash-in-transit services
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): ComCom declines banks’ request for ruling on Armourguard services (paywalled)
KIWISAVER
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 12 steps to fix KiwiSaver, NZ Super
Damien Venuto (Stuff): The worrying graph about where NZ is headed financially
Brianna McIlraith (BusinessDesk): KiwiSaver providers want more out of retirement reform (paywalled)
Will Mace (NBR): Retirement Commissioner wants more income-testing for KiwiSaver (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): NZ must end political pensions divide for good of all, Retirement Commissioner says (paywalled)
Jane Wrightson (Post): Why women’s retirement security needs to be next big conversation (paywalled)
RNZ: Call for kids’ KiwiSaver to counter NZ’s weak savings record
Julie Jacobson (Post): New think tank unveils kids’ KiwiSaver plan (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Call to rethink KiwiSaver as hardship withdrawals climb 22% in a year (paywalled)
POPULATION, CENSUS, MIGRATION
RNZ: Record number of New Zealanders leave country
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting): New Zealand’s population growth dips by tens of thousands
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): What new population data reveals about why some cities are growing and others aren’t
‘Alakihihifo Vailala (Pacific Media Network): Confidential documents reveal Pacific Ministry raised concerns over census overhaul
Michael Johnston (Herald): How to solve New Zealand’s population problem (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE
Kate Newton (RNZ): ‘Embarrassing’: International climate expert at COP30 scorns NZ’s methane target (paywalled)
Ella Scott-Fleming (ODT): Misinformation risk if climate change sceptic tours NZ, councillor says (paywalled)
Kate Newton (RNZ): Beyond 1.5: Why the global climate target still matters
HOUSING
Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff): ‘I had nowhere to go:’ How this man found himself homeless at 80
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Kāinga Ora acknowledges privacy breach, says only email addresses exposed
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Kāinga Ora leaks email addresses of more than 1000 tenants
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Not enough houses for rough sleepers says Christchurch organisation
A J Hendry: Banning Rough Sleeping Won’t End Homelessness — But These Community Solutions Could
Lachlan Rennie (Newstalk ZB): Government pressed to tighten window product checks amid leaky building fears
Anne Gibson (Herald): Ground broken as Beachlands project’s 307ha, multibillion-dollar development begins (paywalled)
Gill South (BusinessDesk): Not a typical developer: Mark Todd takes razor to property (paywalled)
Adam Burns (RNZ): South Brighton residents fear ‘rising crime, parties and nuisance’ from social housing
Martin Van Beynen (Press/Post): House prices should not make you feel rich (paywalled)
CARTOONS