GOVERNMENT
RNZ: Former National MP Chris Finlayson calls for ‘war’ on NZ First
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Why Christopher Luxon’s Iran war stance will make his campaign even more difficult (paywalled)
Josie Pagani (Post): Luxon’s response woefully inadequate for this fractured moment (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): When a coalition starts giving way to competition (paywalled)
Jo Moir and Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Prime Minister declines to offer evidence to back his claim he was mischaracterised in emails
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): PM off to Singapore leaving questions unanswered at home
Herald: Emails showing Luxon wanted to publicly support Iran war won’t damage PM, David Seymour says
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): PM ‘supported’ wading into America’s quagmire
Henry Cooke (Post): Can the coalition go the distance? (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Iran emails: Why Luxon is even stupider that you already think (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Interest): Fuel, food and getting closer are on PM Luxon’s Singapore agenda
Mike Smith (The Standard): Who’s best on Foreign Affairs?
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): By asking for vote of confidence from MPs, Luxon betrays lack of confidence in himself
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): National looks like spurning capital chance
Harriet Laughton (Post): Who is Cameron Brewer? National’s newly minted minister (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): Commerce Minister Cameron Brewer will ‘have something to say shortly’ on proposed surcharge ban
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Govt moves to scrap 10-day notice period for income-related benefit changes
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): Workers can bargain over pay cuts in new Bill, Minister says (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION
Tini Molyneux (Te Ao Māori News): John Tamihere on the future of Te Pāti Māori
Max Rashbrooke (Post): Right-wing dysfunction offers the left a chance. Will they take it? (paywalled)
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): Punts on the 7 Māori Electorates
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): We need less fighting, more long term thinking in Wellington
PUBLIC SECTOR
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): I like the cut of Anna Breman’s gib
Ethan Manera (Herald): Best and worst Government departments to work for detailed in Public Service Census (paywalled)
Kate Rickard (Herald): Immigration New Zealand visa rejection rate falls to post-Covid low
MINING
Russell Palmer (RMZ): West Coast mine application on UNESCO heritage site withdrawn
Mike White (Post): The week a gold mine laid bare a region’s deepest fears and fiercest loyalties (paywalled)
Mike White (Post): ‘God does not play dice with the environment - neither should we’: Strong warnings at Santana gold mine hearing (paywalled)
ODT: Editorial – All that glitters in Central Otago (paywalled)\
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Govt offers to take Māori to minerals party – but doesn’t have its own invite
Jill Herron (Newsroom): Defying environmental concerns, locals say Otago goldmine offers hope
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman replaced by colleague and soon-to-be business presenter on PM Christopher Luxon’s trip to Singapore (paywalled)
Rodney Hide: Let them speak — Then judge them
Louis Collins (RNZ): Broadcasting Standards Authority calls for change as MPs probe its role in a digital era
Neil Sands (Law News): BSA doubles down on its right to regulate internet radio, calls for legislative change to define its powers
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Barry Soper on new book lifting lid on 12 prime ministers in the Beehive
Brent Edwards (NBR): The journalist making the news and the Winston Peters effect (paywalled)
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