ELECTION, PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Why the Greens should ride the populist wave
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Impressive: Winston Peters is in government and opposition at the same time
Grant Duncan: New Zealand First: bucking the system since 1993
Anna Whyte (Post): The tough job no-one asks for: Who will be the next public service minister? (paywalled)
David Harvey (Herald): Official Information Act: How a transparency law was hollowed out (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Labour ahead but right bloc retains governing edge in latest poll (paywalled)
IDEA: Brian Roche’s plan for fixing government (paywalled)
Louis Collins (RNZ): Adrian Rurawhe: From Rātana Pā to the Speakers Chair
Matthew Hooton (Patron): Election year: Baseline polls (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): King David Seymour the fifth
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Can the NZ Left win the 2026 Election? Should it win?
Greg Presland (The Standard): What does Labour do about Winston?
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Greens to make big push in Dunedin (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Willis won’t shed light on private sector Lotto proposal
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Judith putting pressure on Luxon to keep jobs for longer (paywalled)
WEATHER, DISASTER, CLIMATE
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Rational madness: On the coalition’s climate policies (paywalled)
Verity Johnson (Stuff): Why New Zealand isn’t actually good in a crisis
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Investigation launched after firefighter makes crude gesture behind PM Christopher Luxon
Reid Basher: The Mauao landslide: we need to do better
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Latest extreme weather a test for Govt’s plan to reduce buyouts
Kate Newton (RNZ): Shane Jones shut down NZ involvement in ‘road map’ away from fossil fuels
Kate Newton (RNZ): 900,000-tonne miscalculation makes carbon target even tougher
David Harvey: Erosion – Cause or Contribution
WAITANGI AND TREATY
Adam Pearse (Herald): What to expect from Waitangi 2026 without the Treaty Principles Bill (paywalled)
Marama Davidson (Herald): Why Te Tiriti o Waitangi is unity not division
Rawiri Waititi (Herald): Te Pāti Māori plans to entrench Te Tiriti in to all legislation
Denise Piper (Herald): Waitangi hīkoi keeps US in mind as it fights for rights of next generation
K Gurunathan (Post): The tragic irony of coalition’s praise for what they undermined (paywalled)
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Lowest NCEA achievement rate for past 5 years
Isra’a Emhail (RNZ): Why are school uniforms so expensive? And do we need them?Emma Ricketts and Laura Frykberg (Stuff): Back to school costs bite as mum spends ‘nearly double’ her weekly salary
Hanna McCallum (Post): Dozens of schools in need of basics as term 1 begins (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Unemployment set to hold at 5.3% as tough job market continues (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Treasury finds signs of weak competition in insurance (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): KC appointed to investigate FMA chairman Craig Stobo after concerns raised with commerce minister (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Wellington jobs fall by nearly 10,000 since election (paywalled)
Rod McNaughton (Post): The election challenge: How can the economically vital startup community be better served by politicians? (paywalled)
Paul McBeth: Capital markets still matter
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Beneficial ownership register back on government’s agenda
TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Penny Miles (RNZ): Rangitīkei mayor says ratepayers cannot afford road repairs from logging truck damage
Andrea Vance (Post): Ferry terminal timeline strained as government rejects ‘extreme’ risk warnings (paywalled)
Waikato Times: Rally for rail seeks to retain Te Huia service (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Truckies say proposed changes to tolling roads are unworkable (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Private investment appears crucial for Marsden Point rail spur (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Saving minutes, spending billions: Checking the big claims behind Wellington highway push (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington City Council blasts ‘critical information gaps’ in NZTA SH1 plans (paywalled)
RNZ: $150,000 road cone hotline an ‘absurd’ waste of public money - Labour
HOUSING
Eric Crampton (Post): The misguided fuss over ‘2 million more’ houses for Auckland (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Auckland plan change could roll over beyond RMA reform (paywalled)
1News: Housing market enters 2026 with mixed signals, buyers tread carefully
Post: As property asking prices fall nationwide, remote regions are bucking the trend (paywalled)
IMMIGRATION
Natalia Albert: Performing sovereignty: How Immigration will expose New Zealand’s Post-American delusions
Kaya Selby (RNZ): Documents reveal NZ quietly axed Pacific migrant worker programme in favour of high-cost seasonal visas
Bernard Hickey: Peters thumps migration button & it’s working
Steve Kilgallon (Post): Reuniting a family... while there’s still time (paywalled)
ANIMAL WELFARE
Maxine Jacobs (Post): Majority of Kiwis support greyhound racing ban, animal welfare groups say (paywalled)
Lynn Charlton (ODT): Forget ‘Yellowstone’ — rodeo cosplay actually hurts animals (paywalled)
Edward Rennell (Post): Greyhound racing ban shows how advocacy is replacing evidence (paywalled)
MODERN SLAVERY BILL
Damien Grant (Stuff): A feel-good slavery bill that won’t catch the worst offenders
Christina Stringer (Newsroom): Finally, we can address modern slavery
Angus James: A Safe place to agree
EPSTEIN FILES
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): Auckland professor associated with Jeffrey Epstein
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Epstein files: Auckland academic Brian Boyd says disgraced paedophile offered to pay him to write a book
Rachel Moore (Stuff): Auckland academic responds after emails reveal Jeffrey Epstein funding offer
RETIREMENT VILLAGES
Brian Peat (ODT): Who is protected, who is left behind?
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Don’t feel sorry for retirement village operators (paywalled)
CARTOONS