PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Adam Pearse (Herald): Energy, water and mass immigration: Why ex-All Blacks captain Taine Randell is joining NZ First (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): Nine times NZ sports stars turned their attention to politics
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Can National fix its pale, stale travails?
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Inland Revenue says taxes will need to rise; favours a higher GST rate and a capital gains tax (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): David Seymour hints big tax reform may be coming in this year’s Budget
Natasha Gordon (Herald): Miscarriage: Nelson MP Rachel Boyack shares loss of ‘desperately wanted baby’
No Right Turn: Strengthening proactive release
Brent Edwards (NBR): Lobby group argues more taxes needed to fund services (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Tilting at electoral windmills as the Alliance gallops again (paywalled)
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Police Commissioner to ‘consider other options’ if Jevon McSkimming doesn’t reimburse hotel stays
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Do we complain about public service pay too much
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): No one wants to pay more tax, but...
INDIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Mandy Te (Interest): Political parties ‘aware of the optics’ around support or lack of support they may give to India FTA - expert
Henry Cooke (Post): Stalemate between Labour and National on India FTA over what constitutes ‘advice’ (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Sign first, read later is no way to sell the India FTA deal (paywalled)
WATER
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): ‘Squeeze across the whole country’: Where bills are increasing first under water shake-up
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): Water report shows the problem, but can’t enforce the solution
Jill Herron (Newsroom): Stoush over Central Otago’s driest river enters even more troubled waters
Sammy Carter (Herald): New water bills spark concern landlords will pass costs on to renters (paywalled)
Sinead Gill (Press): Christchurch water will never be chlorine-free, even with a government exemption and $1.5 billion upgrade (paywalled)
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): Is the writing really on the wall for the Waikato River? (paywalled)
ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Lines companies ‘putting their finger on the scale’, advocates say
RNZ: Which political parties would subsidise your rooftop solar panels?
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Why splitting gentailers won’t bring power prices down (paywalled)
Jevon Carding (BusinessDesk): Power company separation: Is there another way to fix electricity woes? (paywalled)
Azaria Howell (Herald): Electricity Authority using 2005 costings to measure power‑outage losses
John Anthony (BusinessDesk): Commissioner warns Pūkaki hydro plan could raise long-term electricity risk (paywalled)
Catherine Groenestein (Post): The benefits of going electric in a cost-of-living crisis (paywalled)
Tracey Kai (Newsroom): Power bills are rising – what can be done?
MEDIA
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): New Zealand’s media trust is still in crisis
ODT: ODT second on most-trusted news brand list
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times): Kiwis rank Waikato Times among the country’s most trusted news sources (paywalled)
1News: TVNZ’s journalism shines in Voyager Media Awards nominations
Herald: NZME celebrates nominations at Voyager Media Awards
FUEL CRISIS
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Should New Zealand follow Australia's lead on the fuel crisis?
Hayden Donnell (Newsroom): Iran fuel crisis: We are so screwed vs it’s going to be fine
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Fuel supply drops by three days, but PM says no change needed for fuel plan
Rachel Moore (Stuff): Truckies grit their teeth as a fill up jumps from $700 a tank to $2100
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Oil shock yet to fully hit NZ amid global supply ‘billion-barrel black hole’ warning (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Post): Why NZ’s future fuel shipments are a secret (paywalled)
RNZ: New Zealand’s fuel stocks drop but remain stable
Anneke Smith (Post): Strait of Hormuz blockade could strain US-China relations and hit NZ economy (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Iran war: Nicola Willis to ask White House when they see things returning to ‘normal’ (paywalled)
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Buses back in favour as rising fuel prices hit flights harder (paywalled)
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