TE PĀTI MĀORI
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Te Pāti Māori President John Tamihere backs substance of Tākuta Ferris post, Labour’s Chris Hipkins sends warning
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori's John Tamihere defends Tākuta Ferris comments, agrees with 'substance' of them
Henry Cooke (Post): Rawiri Waititi fronts up on Tākuta Ferris comments - in te reo (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour MP Shanan Halbert accuses Te Pāti Māori of starting to create ‘exclusive bunch of Māori’
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Rawiri Waititi refuses to speak to journalists in English during Te Wiki o te reo Māori
Ben Walker (Spinoff): The damage done by Tākuta Ferris’s ‘Indians, Asians, Blacks’ post
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Labour is watching the Māori Party closely
PARLIAMENT, PARTIES, POLLS, PUBLIC SERVICE
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Spring is here, but politics is stuck in winter
RNZ: Voters souring on National and Labour leaders, RNZ poll reveals
Bernard Hickey: Voters & business leaders now blaming Govt for economic malaise
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Labour brands Winston Peters a ‘wily old dog’, but could they work together?
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: Integrity, standing orders and if you try sometime
Ryan Ward: The last refuge of a scoundrel
Elspeth McLean (ODT): Showing immense respect and incoherent thinking (paywalled)
David Farrar: A blueprint for better Government
Tyson Beckett (Herald): Jacinda Ardern set to launch children’s book in New York
Ric Stevens (Herald): Former Act Party president Tim Jago denied parole from prison sentence for sexual offending
Edward Gay (Stuff): ‘I’ve got to live with a label’: Jailed former ACT boss questioned about sex abuse
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Casey Costello breached rules by giving tobacco industry-friendly document to health officials
Andrew Shelling (Listener): Alcohol is carcinogenic, so why won’t NZ act to curb its health harms? (paywalled)
Lisa Owen and Louisa Cleave (RNZ): 'Medical migrant' seeks life in Australia
Kate Green (RNZ): Hospitals short an average of 587 nurses every shift last year - report
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Southland ED staff levels equal-worst (paywalled)
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Victim of assault and truck crash struggles to get help for mental health
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): From psychosis to stillbirth and suicide – how maternal mental health services are failing Kiwi mums (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Inside scrapped proposal to cut beds from maternity and gynaecology for Wellington’s ED
Jessica Roden (1News): Woman unable to use arm 'confused' after specialist referral declined
Gwen Mcclure (RNZ): The Detail: A summer scandal on our shelves
Maddy Croad (Press/Post): Private parking providers urged to take action on ‘illegal’ mobility parking (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Anneke Smith (RNZ): RNZ poll shows more than 40% of people want New Zealand to recognise Palestine
RNZ: Hamas the 'centre and the cause of this problem' in Gaza - David Seymour
Thomas Manch (Post): David Seymour says Palestine recognition should not occur without Hamas hostage release (paywalled)
Azaria Howell (Herald): Act MP Simon Court’s pro-Palestine ‘terro dress up’ quip: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says comment unhelpful
RNZ: Priests end protest outside finance minister's office after 32 hours
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Finance Minister Nicola Willis calls protesting priests at her office ‘intimidating’
RNZ: 'We must stay on': Clergy chained in Gaza protest wait to meet Willis
Caleb Fotheringham and Lydia Lewis (RNZ): 'Clear actions' mark the end of the 54th Pacific Islands Forum
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Chinese diplomats pressured university over Taiwan event
Marc Daadler (Newsroom): NZ expresses concerns to Brazil over summit accommodation woes
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Push for term limits to address age and gender disparities on councils
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): How coalition MPs plan to vote on their Māori ward referendums
Herald Editorial: Lessons to be learned from Māori ward candidate profile blunder (paywalled)
Julie Jacobson (Post): Upgrade work under way on City to Sea bridge days after demolition cordons went up (paywalled)
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Mayoralty schmayoralty: these are the races that will decide the future of Auckland
Jack Riddell (Hawkes Bay Today/Herald): Napier’s $100,000 citizens’ assembly begins as 40 locals start to shape city’s aquatic future (paywalled)
Liz McDonald (Press): Christchurch residents proud of ‘vibrant’ city, but give it a to-do list (paywalled)
Tatiana Gibbs (Press): Should community boards be stripped of their speed hump powers? (paywalled)
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): The disagreement over Dunedin’s new dump
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Keep the mayoral car and part of the salary - candidate’s pitch to end homelessness
Katie Todd (ODT): Vampire rights, sandfly bans and stolen houses touted in mayoral campaigns
Natalie Albert: Local Government Elections: God Give Me Strength
TAX, ECONOMY
Henry Cooke (Post): The majority of Kiwis think there will be a capital gains tax by 2050 (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): OECD countries are raising taxes
Mandy Te (Interest): Inflation could potentially be lower than projected for September quarter, ASB economist says
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Falling airfares provide more hope inflation could squeak in at or below 3% (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): 'There is a very real risk any ensuing bounce takes longer than currently expected'
Hanna McCallum (Post): Creative sector NZ’s fourth biggest export, more productive than agriculture, report finds (paywalled)
JUSTICE, POLICE, CRIME
1News: Gang member to have Mongrel Mob patch returned after court win
Derek Cheng (Herald): Crime: Latest data show chances of prison sentence at all-time high; ‘staggering’ spike in drug-use charges (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Jones wants foreign judges on NZ cases amid war on judiciary
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Lawyers challenge widespread police use of number-plate software as evidence
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Basham retiring after 40 years in police
Stuff: Assistant Police Commissioner confirms retirement after 40 years
Mathew Nash (Local Democracy Reporting): Plans to move Rotorua facility for parolees to Waikite Valley scrapped
TOM PHILLIPS CASE
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Suppressed information is being shared everywhere. No one seems to care
Adam Pearse (Herald): Tom Phillips injunction: Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith open to law change to address suppression breaches
Henry Cooke (Post): Tom Phillips: PM says Family Court may be included in inquiry (paywalled)
HOUSING
Henry Cooke (Post): Want to end the brain drain? Crash the housing market (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Aucklanders to have their say on high‑rise and housing density rules from November
Jonathan Killick (Post): Supercity intensification plan gets a temporary reprieve (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): Housing slump deepened in August with sales numbers down 11.1% compared to July - REINZ
Herald: Wellington house-price slump weighs on national average, median house now $761,000
Michael Neilson (BusinessDesk): Real estate industry wants left out of new Anti Money Laundering Levy (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Real estate industry 'optimistic', new institute boss says
Miriam Bell (Post): Landlords told they have to work harder to keep tenants as rents fall (paywalled)
Jack Riddell (Hawkes Bay Today): Kuhu Mai turns Hastings car parks into new park space for unhoused whānau
ENERGY
Geoff Bertram (Herald): Power struggle: why fixing NZ’s ‘broken’ electricity market is such a formidable challenge
Andrea Vance (Post): Power play: National walks tightrope as energy crisis hits homes and industry (paywalled)
Julie Asher and Steve Hepburn (ODT): Revival of Lake Onslow scheme considered
KIWISAVER
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Government rejects KiwiSaver contribution push for councillors and mayors (paywalled)
Alka Prasad (Post): ‘What are we prepared to do?’: Calls for ‘active change’ to fix KiwiSaver gender gap (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): Retirement and KiwiSaver: Incentive to save 'close to nil'
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Should you automatically get half your partner's KiwiSaver if you separate?
COMCOM, COMMERCE ACT REVIEW
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Commerce Act overhaul to empower Commerce Commission to quash ‘killer acquisitions’ and predatory pricing
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Commerce Commission overhaul aims to stop 'creeping acquisitions'
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Commerce Minister says new rules will ‘lift the bar’ on what mergers can be approved (paywalled)
NBR: Competition law reforms a ‘mixed bag’ (paywalled)
NBR: Predatory pricing, merger laws highlighted in Commerce Act review (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): New structure, powers for Commerce Commission under reforms (paywalled)
BUSINESS
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): Mayor slams ‘bread and circus’ govt as 100 more jobs go in Tokoroa (paywalled)
RNZ: Tokoroa's local plywood manufacturing plant closing, over 100 losing jobs
Tom Eley (Herald): Tokoroa plywood mill faces closure as Carter Holt Harvey looks to import
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Nearly 120 jobs on the line at Carter Holt Harvey site in Tokoroa
1News: Nearly 120 jobs on the line at Tokoroa plywood plant
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Does buying NZ-made ever work?
Mandy Te (Interest): 'Urgent action' needed on modern slavery in NZ
Tom Raynel (Herald): Business giants worth $215b urge Government to act on modern slavery laws (paywalled)
NBR: Investors band together to demand modern slavery law progress (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): 'Appallingly low': Female startups getting less than 3 percent of venture capital
Tom Raynel (Herald): Female-led start-ups got just 2.9% of venture capital funding in 2024
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, MINING, DOC
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Emergency set net fishing ban enforced to protect threatened hoiho around Otago Peninsula
ODT Editorial: Protecting hoiho the right move (paywalled)
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): Minister tight-lipped as Te Waikoropupū Springs plan in doubt
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): $2.6 million Wairewa Lake Forsyth barge and pump proposed
Tina Law (Press): New $2.6m plan to permanently link Banks Peninsula lake to sea (paywalled)
Russell Tregonning (ODT): We must say no to this new, industrial-sized gold fever
Julie Asher (ODT): Trust opposes ex-president’s views on mine
Julie Asher (ODT): 'Bring it on': Local speaks in support of mine (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): ‘Part of the puzzle that’s been missing’: The 100-year-old chateau 15,000 people want to save
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Ruapehu mayor to present petition urging government to reopen Chateau Tongariro to parliament
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times):Chateau Tongariro decision by end of the year, Conservation Minister says (paywalled)
OVERSEAS ADOPTIONS
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Some international adoptions halted under urgency to fight trafficking, slavery
Adam Pearse (Herald): Govt scrambles to change law allowing convicted abusers to adopt internationally
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Why the government is urgently halting ‘unsafe’ overseas adoptions
Anna Whyte (Post): Govt plans immediate suspension of large number of overseas adoptions (paywalled)
Good coverage of the international adoptions law changes.