MATTHEW HOOTON APPOINTED EDITOR OF THE POST
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Matthew Hooton appointed as editor of The Post
Mary Argue (RNZ): Matthew who? Wellingtonians ready to see what The Post’s new editor Hooton will bring
David Farrar: The Hooton-in-chief
Gavin Ellis: Matthew Hooton’s controversial appointment: A smart move?
Shayne Currie (Herald): Former National Party staffer Matthew Hooton appointed editor-in-chief of The Post and Sunday Star-Times (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Madcap move or masterstroke - will new editor in chief Matthew Hooton make or break The Post? (paywalled)
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Stuff stuns with ‘bold’ call on new Post editor
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The greatest hits of Matthew Hooton, the new editor of The Post
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Matthew Hooton, former National and ACT advisor, appointed editor of Wellington newspaper The Post
1News: Matthew Hooton appointed editor of The Post
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Ethan Griffiths (Newstalk ZB): Labour receives biggest election year donation so far but trails Govt parties
Henry Cooke (Post): Poll: National is underwater on voters’ top concern - the cost of living (paywalled)
Chris Trotter (Interest): No ruffling please – we’re Labour
Harriet Laughton (Post): Review into Public Service Commission’s Facebook ‘mega strike’ ads now months overdue (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): More details revealed over climate case briefing
Stuff: ‘Media can hold Labour to account’ over $18b ‘hidden bill’, Luxon says
Stuff: We asked the political parties what their Budget would have focused on? Here’s what they told us
Harriet Laughton (Post): Nicola Willis says she didn’t put the Budget together thinking about ‘next week’s poll’ (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Labour and NZ1st set out their bottom lines (paywalled)
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Being Spooked Into Settling For Less
Greg Presland: National panics
Hanna McCallum (Newsroom): Parties of the right battle for the small but mighty rural vote
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): We’ve learned not to underestimate Barbara Edmonds
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Voters deserve better than he said, she said
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): ‘Are you ready to accept you’ve just had a beating?’: Seymour apologises for lashing out at woman for questioning MP parking spend
RNZ: Ethnic communities back Labour candidate Rakesh Naidoo
Audrey Young (Herald): From submarines to spin rooms: How Defence Minister Chris Penk stays afloat in politics (paywalled)
RNZ: Former Prime Minister Dame Jenny Shipley is the new chair of the Waitangi National Trust
MP AND EX-MP ENTITLEMENTS
Nick James (Post): PM’s office to review entitlements of former MPs (paywalled)
RNZ: PM asks for advice on entitlements for ex-MPs
Anna Whyte (Interest): Former MP’s perks to go under the microscope
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Luxon directs his office to investigate former PMs’ benefits, but not current MPs allowances
NBR RICH LIST
Stuff: New Zealand’s richest now worth $129b as billionaire ranks swell
Herald: NBR Rich List: New Zealand’s wealthiest people revealed, Rocket Lab’s worth soars into billions
1News: What to know as NBR releases its 2026 Rich List
RNZ: Tech drives Rich List growth with Aotearoa’s wealthiest worth total of $129 billion
Herald: Nick Mowbray reveals mindset that built $20b Zuru fortune
Owen Poland (NBR): Featured Newcomer: James Cameron (paywalled)
RNZ: Elon Musk only marginally less wealthy than all New Zealanders combined
Brent Edwards (NBR): Money and politics: Rich Listers lift their political donations (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol (NBR): Greens flag tax policy announcement targeting ‘super-rich’ (paywalled)
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): Luxon pans Greens’ plans to tax ‘super-rich’ (paywalled)
US-IRAN DEAL AND FUEL
RNZ: Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters welcome US-Iran deal
Henry Cooke (Post): Winston Peters welcomes ‘good first step’ in tentative US/Iran deal (paywalled)
RNZ: Christopher Luxon, Nicola Willis urge fuel importers to ‘do the right thing’ after Iran peace deal
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Three big unanswered questions about what the Iran peace deal means for New Zealand
Sharon Brettkelly (Newsroom): Regional airlines’ plea to the Govt: Treat the skies as highways
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