SUPERMARKET AND GROCERY POLICY
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): National’s supermarket breakup plan channels the Zeitgeist
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Nicola Willis rejects supermarkets’ criticism, pointing to vested interests
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Foodstuffs break-up: Where the idea began, the problems and the only precedent (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Major parties’ supermarket war won’t fix the economy (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Supermarket owners shouldn’t make the rich list – supplier
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘Comrade’ Luxon wins the first supermarket race
Audrey Young (Herald): National supermarket shock: Why the ‘party of business’ has taken a hard left turn (paywalled)
ODT: Editorial – Summoning supermarket valour (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): Willis warns of ‘vested interests’ as supermarket giant criticises National’s plan
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Pak’nSave the big winner from National’s proposed restructure, says expert
Tim Hunter (NBR): Nats’ supermarket scheme harder than it looks (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Supermarket and price gouging policies are fanciful
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): What’s with National going anti-business?
Rodney Hide: Clapping in heaven
Henry Cooke (Post): David Seymour says ‘multiple’ National MPs have asked him to stop supermarket breakup (paywalled)
Stuff: Nicola Willis takes on Foodstuffs in supermarket showdown
Herald: Foodstuffs says National’s plan to break up New World and Pak’nSave would increase food costs
1News: ‘Important questions’ – Foodstuffs on National’s break-up plan
Gianina Schwanecke (RNZ): Veggie growers warn supermarket shake-up could backfire on prices
Mandy Te (Interest): National v Foodstuffs; Nicola Willis says ‘decide, New Zealand, who you want to believe’
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Tax and incomes policies are intertwined in supermarket reforms (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol and Brent Edwards (NBR): Foodstuffs says it is thoroughly reviewing National breakup plan (paywalled)
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): Labour wants to ban price gouging on essential goods and services (paywalled)
FIRE AND EMERGENCY NZ
Ethan Manera (Herald): Minister Brooke van Velden loses confidence in Fire and Emergency CEO over withholding information
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Fenz boss withheld info on ‘seriously significant incident’, minister claims
Anneke Smith (Post): Minister expresses no confidence in FENZ boss, says matter is now with Serious Fraud Office (paywalled)
Jo Moir (RNZ): Privileges Committee chair calls urgent meeting over leaked FENZ report
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Report slams FENZ for wrong answers, spending $275,000 on PR and lawyers
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): FENZ Minister Brooke van Velden questions CEO over withheld information
Stuff: Brooke Van Velden declares no confidence in Fire and Emergency NZ CEO
BusinessDesk: Van Velden loses confidence in Fire and Emergency CEO over (paywalled)
1News: ‘Breach of trust’: Minister declares ‘no confidence’ in FENZ boss
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): FENZ was ‘breaching their own law in regards to levy collections’, minister says
RETIREMENT VILLAGE REFORM AND SUPERANNUATION
Adam Pearse (Herald): Retirement village repayments: Leaked plan cuts maximum wait to nine months
Jenny Ruth: Labour’s 3-month repayment for retirement village units is stupid
Harriet Laughton (Post): Government backtracks on year-long repayment window for retirees (paywalled)
Herald: Editorial – Compulsory KiwiSaver is coming no matter who forms the next Government (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why ‘in-between generation’ may miss out on KiwiSaver bonuses
ELECTION 2026
Luke Malpass (Post): Poll: Chloë Swarbrick bests Nicola Willis on economy as voters sceptical of growth plan (paywalled)
Jonathan Killick (Post): ‘Reclaim the streets’: Kinser and Swarbrick clash in raucous CBD debate (paywalled)
1News: Ikaroa-Rāwhiti: Meet the candidates for the east North Island electorate
Natalia Albert: The Tax Shitshow
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea News): The Winston factor: Peters turns up the heat as election campaign ignites
Chris Trotter: One Picture
Anna Whyte (Interest): Qiulae Wong on tax reform, retirement savings and rival party policies
Ethan Griffiths (Herald): Chris Hipkins certain candidate Warrick Cleine will enter Parliament
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour unsure how many people will come to NZ under new Pacific Island visa policy
Kelly Makiha (Herald): Rotorua Business Chamber event hears Chris Hipkins’ Labour election pitch (paywalled)
Megan Wilson (Herald): Labour leader Chris Hipkins says nurse job guarantee would stop graduates leaving New Zealand (paywalled)
Stuff: Overseas Labour candidate says he’ll return to NZ - if he’s elected
Stuff: The political figure Kiwis view most favourably isn’t even in politics
Henry Cooke (Post): ACT is the new handbrake party (paywalled)
Sarah Maguire (Spinoff): Being a politician is hard. So is working for one
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