ELECTION DEBATES
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): And the new champ is Qiulae Wong
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Q shines and Winston falters in crucial kingmakers’ debate
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Kingmaker in waiting? Opportunity’s Qiulae Wong makes her mark in debate
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Qiulae Wong seizes opportunity in second minors debate
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Who won last night’s minor parties debate? (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): The minor party leaders proved they’re not just along for the ride, they’re in the driver’s seat
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Opportunity comes under fire in leaders’ debate as Qiulae Wong, Chlöe Swarbrick lock horns
Henry Cooke (Post): Qiulae Wong uses biggest stage yet to convince voters she isn’t Chlöe Swarbrick (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): ‘You poor thing’ - Six big moments from the Multi-Party Debate
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins to face off in Herald Leaders Debate
ELECTION POLLS
1News: Poll: Hipkins and Luxon now neck and neck, Opportunity on track for 10 MPs
RNZ: Opportunity still in kingmaker seat in latest 1News Verian poll
Adam Pearse (Herald): Opportunity again the kingmaker in new poll, National and Labour tied
The Overhang: Local business
POLITICAL FINANCE AND LOBBYING
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The donors’ election
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Inside the multimillion-dollar hustle to fund an election campaign
Federico Magrin (Press): Shane Jones set to open new kina factory owned by NZ First donor (paywalled)
Sean Whittaker (Newsroom): It’s time to bring lobbying out from the shadows
THE OPPORTUNITY PARTY
Gordon Campbell: On Opportunity’s Dazzling Array Of Costume Changes
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Wong woos Luxon (but probably not really)
Henry Cooke (Post): New poll shows no path to power for National without Opportunity (paywalled)
Richard Harman: The big Opportunity (paywalled)
ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND PARTIES
Richard Shaw and Claire Timperley (The Conversation): Just politics or the ‘opposite of clever’? The risks and rewards of strategic voting
Josh van Veen (Post): Has Labour really lost the working class? (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Chris Hipkins wants Official Information Act to cover Parliament (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Advertising Standards Authority rules on complaints about three Hobson’s Pledge advertisements (paywalled)
Stuff: Complaint over National election ad claiming crime is down dismissed
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Hipkins: ‘Clearly people like it when I answer questions’
Liam Hehir (Herald): Nicola Willis is gambling voters are up for another 3 years of sobriety with National’s fiscal plan (paywalled)
Corin Dann (RNZ): Finance leaders set to debate as Nicola Willis hints at future business tax relief
Jack Marshall (Herald): NZTA says organisation ‘must remain politically neutral’ after ordering signs off fence by Sunday
Claire Robinson: The pause is the point
Roger Partridge: The Hole in Democracy Elections Do Not Fix
Ani O’Brien: Everybody’s promising jobs. Who’s actually going to create them?
Brent Edwards (NBR): The National Party lays out its plan to cut debt (paywalled)
RNZ: National outlines policy commitments for its first 100 days if it leads next government
RNZ: Former National health minister slams party’s ‘punitive’ beneficiary drug testing policy
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): National promises to prioritise work and visitor visas for partners of Kiwi citizens
Katie Bradford (Herald): Why Paul Goldsmith says Epsom voters no longer need to back David Seymour
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): The old guard takes centre stage in Tāmaki election race (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Forged in fire and enjoying record numbers at the polls (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Seymour trumpets Act’s ‘excellent progress’ (paywalled)
Chris Skelton (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori candidate receives her moko kauae on the campaign trail
Te Ao News: Forestry, failing roads and suicide prevention dominate Ikaroa-Rāwhiti debate
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Fireworks on and off the stage at candidates meeting
Will Johnston (Post): Immigration and tax stir tensions at Urenui election debate (paywalled)
Layla Bailey-McDowell and Coco Lance (RNZ): Should New Zealand lower the voting age to 16?
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Why don’t young people care about their future?
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): If you want to vote, you have to take it seriously
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Don’t give me a tax cut. Do this instead.
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): National’s claim foreign aid increased by 26% ‘incorrect’, Winston Peters says
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