OMBUDSMAN RULING: PM’S OFFICE AND CLIMATE LOBBYING
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Second Z Energy lobbying document will be released: Luxon
Henry Cooke (Post): ‘Stinks to high heaven’: Hipkins suggests PM’s office deliberately withheld missing lobbyist memo (paywalled)
RNZ: Watchdog finds decision by Prime Minister’s Office about official information request unreasonable
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Ombudsman upholds OIA complaint against Prime Minister’s Office
Julia Gabel & Adam Pearse (Herald): Ombudsman rules against PM Christopher Luxon in climate lobbying document blunder
1News: PM’s office breached OIA over climate note - Ombudsman
No Right Turn: Completely unsurprising
GOVERNMENT
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Revealed: The talking points Christopher Luxon failed to nail on Iran
Audrey Young (Herald): Coalition insults escalate as Peters labelled ‘confused’ by top National figures (paywalled)
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Treasury reveals its advice to government during early days of fuel crisis
Jamie Ensor & Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Inside Government’s fuel disruption response: Document dump reveals how ministers decided on financial support, worst-case scenario (paywalled)
RNZ: Defence minister received no advice over nuclear comments
RNZ: Improved learning support for kids with disabilities considered by Audit Office
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Government to recognise United States and European children’s toy standards
James Ball (1News): One entity to rule them all: What’s in the Govt’s new mega-ministry?
Erin Jackson (Newsroom): When the rule of law was torched overnight
Mary Argue (RNZ): Minister accuses Forest and Bird of ‘unnecessary scaremongering’ over game animal bill
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): ‘Brazen’ plan to rescue NZ’s racing industry with high-risk gambling
THE OPPORTUNITY PARTY
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Opportunity is no longer a wasted vote
Peter Dunne: Since 1996 no new party has entered Parliament without a sitting or former MP leading it
Ashley Church: TOP is a Trojan horse for the left
LABOUR PARTY
Janet Wilson (Post): Will tired, stale Labour seize this Opportunity? (paywalled)
The Post: Editorial: The limits of Labour’s small-target strategy (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): This is why Labour will lose the election
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Chris Hipkins calls rental support ‘subsidy for private landlords’ – Labour increased it in Govt
NATIONAL’S GREEN ATTACK AD
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): National backs attack ad after Greens claim ‘gross misrepresentation’
Giles Dexter (RNZ): ‘AI slop’ - Greens criticise National attack ad
1News: National’s attack post spreading ‘misinformation’, Greens say
PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION
Richard Prebble (Herald): Why MPs who travel least may be failing the people they serve (paywalled)
Louis Collins (RNZ): Rare ‘inconsistency’ debate starts Parliament’s week
Michael Swanson: What Maungakiekie can and can’t tell us
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Labour and National signal bipartisan push for trade transparency
Hanna McCallum (Newsroom): ‘I’m not a scientist’: MP defends sex definition bill that omits intersex Kiwis
Elspeth McLean (ODT): The magic of snake lollies needed to corral MPs (paywalled)
IMF VISIT AND REPORT CARD
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): IMF releases NZ report card. How do political parties’ policies stack up? (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): IMF backs superannuation reform and public service cuts during visit to NZ (paywalled)
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): IMF calls on Reserve Bank to raise interest rates soon
Brent Edwards (NBR): IMF’s capital gains tax recommendation gets short shrift, again (paywalled)
Richard Harman: We may not be able to afford Willis’s spending cuts (paywalled)
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Should we care what the IMF thinks?
MICHELIN GUIDE
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government defends $6.3m Michelin deal despite no three-star restaurants
Emma Stanford (Stuff): Michelin Guide’s NZ debut called ‘an absolute joke’ by chef
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Disgraced Amisfield chef Vaughan Mabee is the new govt-backed Michelin man
Brent Melville (NBR): Michelin campaign pushed to $8m over three years (paywalled)
Emma Gleason (Spinoff): The top tidbits and takeaways from New Zealand’s first Michelin ceremony
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Here’s why I’m so stoked about the NZ Michelin launch
Peter Williams: Selling food and tyres on the news
Kim Knight (Herald): Michelin Guide launch: Tourism NZ adds $1.7m for global ‘invitation to dinner’
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