PAUL HENRY STANDING FOR ACT
Melanie Earley (RNZ): Who is Paul Henry? A look at the veteran broadcaster and ACT’s new candidate
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): The cussing character that may become the PM’s latest curse
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): The Paul Henry announcement is brilliant for ACT’s campaign
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Paul Henry delivers comms masterclass, but will it last? (paywalled)
Paul Henry (Herald): Why I’ve cast aside my angst to stand for Parliament (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): The last time Paul Henry tried to become an MP
Shayne Currie (Herald): Paul Henry on his new political stand - inside the broadcaster’s bombshell move to the Act Party (paywalled)
Nick James and Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Controversial TVNZ board member Paul Henry to stand for ACT Party (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): Paul Henry quits TVNZ board, reveals he’s standing for ACT Party
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Paul Henry to stand for ACT in this year’s election
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Paul Henry is ACT’s newest candidate
1News: In his own words: Paul Henry on why he wants to be an MP
Peter Williams: Act’s High Hopes for Henry
Greg Presland (The Standard): Does Parliament really need more shock jocks?
Ricardo Simich (Herald): Diane Foreman transforms Newmarket police station into hotel as husband Paul Henry announces he’ll stand for Act (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): RNZ-Reid Research poll: Would a new leader save National or Labour?
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Chris Hipkins insists Labour hasn’t lost momentum despite drop in support
1News: Hipkins anticipates ‘close’ election as National takes another poll hit
Adam Pearse (Herald): Poll of Polls: Opportunity on cusp of 5% as coalition decline continues (paywalled)
Stuff: ‘There is a risk’: Labour warns left-leaning voters over party nearing 5%
Anneke Smith (Post): The National Party’s popularity problem that just won’t go away (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): ‘Everyone on welfare’: Seymour dismisses potential kingmaker party as ‘left of the Greens’
Harriet Laughton (Post): Opportunity has had ‘positive, informal’ discussions about appearance in election debates (paywalled)
Linda Hall (Stuff): Napier councillor running for NZ First at general election - in a different region
Ethan Griffiths (Herald): National’s Te Tai Hauāuru candidate Coral Raukawa sidesteps questions on Govt’s Māori policies
Nadine Roberts (Stuff): Gemini. O positive. Six-foot-two: Horncastle’s latest billboard protest
Katie Harris (Herald): Former Act Party Tim Jago president admits fresh historical sex abuse charge
Michael Fallow (Post): Nicola Willis denies Social Investment Agency has lost focus (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: OECD trust survey, Bishop’s many hats, operating in the dark, and more (paywalled)
TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Why New Zealand keeps promising roads it cannot build
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Who could have predicted this? National can’t afford its roads
Nick James (Post): Melling interchange and RMA reform hit Treasury’s amber/red risk threshold (paywalled)
Patrick Reynolds (Post): Time to build a second bridge (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): Peters asked KiwiRail to investigate backup Interislander ferry two weeks after rejecting idea as short term fix
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Fast-track panel to settle remaining NZTA v Auckland Council busway dispute (paywalled)
RNZ: Number of high rises near new Auckland train station could be slashed
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘Knee-deep’ potholes in newly rebuilt stretch of Canterbury highway
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