NZ FIRST
RNZ: NZ First plan to buy BNZ back ‘headline-grabbing’ rather than serious policy - economist
Paul McBeth: You can bank on Winston Peters to shake things up
Julia Gabel (Herald): NZ First will campaign on buying back the BNZ bank and making KiwiSaver enrolment compulsory at birth
Julia Gabel (Herald): NZ First leader Winston Peters takes aim at National, Act over immigration
RNZ: Winston Peters unveils KiwiSaver-from-birth NZ First policy, bank takeover plan
Nick James (Post): Winston Peters announces NZ First policy to buy back BNZ (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Winston Peters targets banks, coalition allies and media at Auckland rally (paywalled)
Peter Allan Williams: A BoNkerZ idea
ELECTION 2026
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Importing the immigration wars for election year
Amanda Gillies (Newsroom): The fight for the Māori vote
Dan Brunskill (Spinoff): Why National should try to lose some electorates this election
Karina Cooper (Northern Advocate): National Whangārei candidate Lloyd Budd outlines top priorities
1News: Hipkins on why Labour hasn’t made more major policy announcements
1News: ‘Both very happy’: ACT’s Brooke van Velden announces pregnancy
Phil Smith (RNZ): Judith Collins: The farewell as rebranding job interview
BUDGET 2026
Verity Johnson (Stuff): NZ does not have a maxed out credit card
Anneke Smith (Post): The who’s who of Budget 2026: The key decision makers behind the big day (paywalled)
Nick James (Post): Parliament sits as politicians gear up for the Budget (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Major investment coming for primary schools as new maths results show ‘encouraging’ signs
ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND COMPETITION
Rob Stock (Post): 10 takeaways on the state of competition in NZ (paywalled)
Keith Woodford (Interest): What is New Zealand’s ideal population?
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Inflation data may let the RBNZ off the hook in May, but rate hikes loom (paywalled)
Ralph Norris (Herald): Air New Zealand can’t be judged like any other airline (paywalled)
Angus McCullough (Post): Building the capacity to adapt and respond to an ever-disrupted world (paywalled)
POLICE, JUSTICE AND CRIME
Amy Ridout (Sunday Star Times): ‘He died holding my boots’: police tell tales of blood and trauma in push for better pay (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Sunday Star Times): New Zealand’s growth problem wears a blue uniform (paywalled)
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): National’s sexual offenders sentencing policy: ‘It’s pretending that there’s a problem’
1News: National pledges to scrap ‘good character’ sentencing discounts for sex offenders
Michael Morrah (Herald): Jevon McSkimming scandal: Former Firearms Safety Authority boss Angela Brazier says exit from police ‘worst experience’ of her life (paywalled)
Deborah Chambers (Herald): Sticking their oar in: When anyone can drag a lawyer before a standards committee (paywalled)
RNZ: Author on NZ’s soaring prison population: ‘These guys aren’t falling through cracks, it’s absolute chasms’
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