THE OPPORTUNITY PARTY
Andrea Vance (Post): The lanyard class has found its political party. Now what? (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): The ‘worm’ worked for Peter Dunne, but that ‘sudden’ surge not the Opportunity way, Qiulae Wong says
Vernon Small (Post): Opportunity knocks, but who has the door open? (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): How compulsory KiwiSaver could lead to an Opportunity-National deal (paywalled)
1News: What are the Opportunity party’s land tax and ‘citizen’s income’?
Chuan-Zheng Lee: Assorted thoughts on the Opportunity Party
NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CRISIS
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): National has made their chances of re-election much worse (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): The media didn’t create Luxon’s leadership woes. Does he finally get it? (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Blood on the floor: Best and worst leadership coups and the ones that backfired (paywalled)
Damien Grant (Stuff): Ex-Navy officer Chris Penk can see the iceberg ahead, yet National threw him overboard
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Luxon leadership coup: Why surviving the confidence vote is only a reprieve (paywalled)
Bruce Cotterill (Herald): Christopher Luxon leadership: National caucus coup attempt overshadows election issues (paywalled)
ELECTION AND CAMPAIGN
Philip Matthews (Press): The age of outrage: Are we becoming more polarised? (paywalled)
Emily Simpson (1News): ‘National say they’re fixing the basics - here’s what I think about that’
Glenn McLean (Post): Taranaki’s political hopefuls say cost of living still at the forefront of voters’ minds (paywalled)
David Fisher (Herald): From the battlefield to the ballot: NZSAS veteran Josh Jacobsen stands for Green Party (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Act’s public service ‘reset’ includes removing ‘good employer’ requirements, enshrining ‘need, not race’
Max Rashbrooke (Post): If I was PM: Power to the people, respect for planet (paywalled)
Shane Te Pou (Daily Blog): Max Harris in Tāmaki Wonderland
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