PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Christopher Luxon delivered one of his best speeches yet - but contradictions remain (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): If The Opportunity Party wants to be elected, it needs to be honest about what it is (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Immigration politics: Why National and Act’s populist turn misreads data (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Brooke’s baby: Act deputy leader Brooke van Velden announces pregnancy (paywalled)
Damien Grant (Stuff): The Estonia trip, the ‘Mean Girls’ parody and the fall of an FMA chair
Louis Collins (RNZ): The constitutional shift you may have missed this week
Steven Cowan: Vote Labour for a Labour-National alliance
EDUCATION
RNZ: Government confirms NCEA replacement details
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): NCEA replacement ‘not going to suit our young people’ says teachers’ union
Ben Leahy (Herald): New NZCE qualification unveiled for Years 12-13 to include compulsory exams in every subject
1News: Government reveals structure for post-NCEA school qualifications
The Post: NCEA replacement: Senior high schoolers will need an A+ to C in at least three subjects to obtain qualification (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Education Minister Erica Stanford promises update on social media ban in June
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Fees Free was a mistake - let’s not repeat it
Hanna McCallum (Newsroom): What about the 7 in 10 students who don’t go to uni?
Luka Forman (RNZ): Global student network more vulnerable after successful system hack - experts
CLIMATE, WEATHER, INSURANCE
Kevin Norquay and Joanne Naish (Sunday Star Times): Can’t sell, can’t insure, can’t leave: That’s property purgatory (paywalled)
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): Location, location, liquidation: How insurers set your premiums (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Treading Water: Wild weather the new ‘meth crisis’ for home buyers (paywalled)
Nick James (Post): Treading Water: Flood maps, managed retreat and cost-sharing for storm-damaged homes (paywalled)
SUPERANNUATION AND RETIREMENT
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Sunday Star Times): Who might be the winners and losers from changing the way we pay for old age (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Luxon plants a stake on super — Peters pulls it up again (paywalled)
Vanessa Pratley (Consumer): It’s time to fix the retirement village problem that hasn’t gone away
HEALTH
Ben Tomsett (Herald): Missed Southland stomach cancer prompts call for Awanui Labs inquiry
Rafaella Melo (Herald): Hawke’s Bay nutritionist Gina Urlich pushes for New Zealand food reform after cancer battle (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Health and Disability Commissioner apologises, reopens complaint after woman’s case receives public attention
Taiha Molyneux (RNZ): Māori-led meth recovery model in Gisborne drawing global attention
1News: Hospices turning away dying patients as funding shortfall bites
Ben Tomsett (Herald): Professor Michael Ardagh reflects on a career shaped by crises, reform and Christchurch’s darkest days (paywalled)
Ian Powell: Hidden waiting list exposed; unmet health need unreported
RNZ: Nurses union votes to accept Te Whatu Ora offer after nearly two years of bargaining
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Council staff delusion at heart of capital’s problems
Wayne Brown (Sunday Star Times): Aucklanders were warned. So why the outrage now? (paywalled)
Mathew Nash (Herald): Rotorua spent $8.5m on storm-damaged roading over the past four years
Mary Afemata (RNZ): Auckland Council backs free arts event as debate grows over spending priorities
Matthew Rosenberg (RNZ): Council spends $12,000 sending mayor to Scandinavia
Sammy Carter (RNZ): Wellington council removes artists’ bus stop murals
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