LUXON’S LEADERSHIP
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Luxon in limbo
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Time to put up or shut up
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): If Nats don’t switch leaders, they face a spanking (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Maths doesn’t lie - Luxon is out
Justin Hu (1News): Luxon leadership pressure faces next test as poll looms tonight
Penny Smith (RNZ): Transport Minister Chris Bishop brushes off leadership bid questions
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
RNZ: China lodges ‘serious protest’ over NZ Air Force’s conduct in its air space; NZDF denies disruption
Ben Leahy (Herald): China furious with New Zealand, alleges ‘harassment’ by military plane
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Christopher Luxon’s balancing act gets harder as Donald Trump turns toxic (paywalled)
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): On the brink or business as usual? Assessing the risk of World War III (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Govt sets new record for bills skipping select committees
Luke Malpass (Sunday Star Times): What we need is a growth election (paywalled)
Herald: Editorial – What does leadership look like in the modern world? (paywalled)
Penny Smith (RNZ): Environmental Protection Authority admits cost of running government’s fast-track process in excess
Te Ao Māori News: Kingi Kiriona launches Hauraki-Waikato bid, hailed as ‘a great score for anyone’
1News: Former journalist to contest Hauraki-Waikato seat
JUSTICE AND POLICING
Mike White (Sunday Star Times): Why is it always left to ‘little people’ to overturn wrongful convictions? (paywalled)
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Police review 186 DNA files after Malcolm Rewa identified as rapist of teen in 1988
Douglas Brown (Sunday Star Times): The police can talk. You can’t (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): ‘No child should be held in a police cell’: Children’s Commissioner concerned by custody stats (paywalled)
Jonathan Killick (Sunday Star Times): Is Kim Dotcom’s extradition NZ’s most expensive legal proceeding? (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (Newsroom): The killer debating team from Paremoremo Prison
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): NZPA president has heard ‘anecdotally’ staff received threats amid police pay bargaining
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Minister Chris Bishop ‘unhappy’ investigation into police breath testing taking so long
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