NZ FIRST
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): ‘We are going to turn this country’s democracy upside down’: Winston Peters kicks off NZ First election year convention
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Shane Jones positions NZ First as ‘nationalist’, continues swipes at migrants
Anneke Smith (Sunday Star Times): NZ First bets on nationalism to grow its political revival (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Feeling abandoned, former opponents unite under the banner of NZ First
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): ‘I was blue until I woke up’: National defectors on why they’re backing NZ First
Adam Pearse (Herald): ‘Take off your kneepads’: Shane Jones’ dig at Luxon over Modi visit, reveals weight-loss drug use
Adam Pearse (Herald): New NZ First candidates savage National, Labour as they complete their conversion (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Sunday Star Times): Peters poaches life-long Auckland Nat for true-blue Epsom (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): Former Labour minister Rino Tirikatene joins NZ First
PAUL HENRY AND ACT
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Clacton gets Count Binface. New Zealand gets Paul Henry (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Paul Henry is not without risk but he is a great candidate (paywalled)
Bruce Cotterill (Herald): Why Paul Henry’s Act leap is good for politics (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Sunday Star Times): From broadcaster to Beehive: The ick factor when journos become MPs (paywalled)
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. Paul Henry
PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): National is weak but still winning
Damien Grant (Stuff): Inside the Cerberus coalition: The deep ideological divides behind the political growls
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Is this why the National vote is soft?
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): The opportunity in Opportunity (paywalled)
David Farrar: Stuff backtracks on Luxon hit job
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Starry-eyed Tourism NZ buried the downside to fund its $8m Michelin gamble
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): The memo they didn’t release: Leaked report reveals what DOC really knew about campground debt (paywalled)
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