CAPITAL GAINS TAX
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): It’s a National leader’s job to kill CGTs, is Christopher Luxon up to it? (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Of capital gains and political losses (paywalled)
Peter Dunne: Labour abandons policy soundness for symbolic gesture
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Is this the capital gains tax Labour finally gets across the line?
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Taking a closer look at Labour’s capital gains tax (paywalled)
Josie Pagani (Post): It’s the status quo, not a capital gains tax, that needs defending (paywalled)
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): ‘Better late than never’: Māori economist says capital gains ‘weak’ but ‘overdue’
Deborah Chambers (Herald): Capital gains property tax: Why it strikes a nerve (paywalled)
Michael Bassett: Labour’s smart alecky CGT
Roger Partridge: KiwiBuild in Scrubs
Glen Jones (Post): A capital gains tax would be outrageous for our current housing market (paywalled)
Laszlo Szollosi-Cira: The Trajectory of Labour’s Policy Development on Taxation
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): The Act Party’s journey from market freedom to corporate capture
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Luxon won’t face coup, but leadership queries linger
Azaria Howell & Adam Pearse (Herald): Stuart Nash texts with Invest NZ boss reveals claims of leak to media after controversial comments
Michael Daly (Stuff): Luxon confirms Andrew Bayly made right choice to resign, would have sacked him as minister otherwise
Herald: PM Luxon maintains Andrew Bayly deserved sacking after minister claims he was misled
Thomas Manch (Post): National MP Andrew Bayly disputes Cabinet resignation, months later (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Andrew Bayly’s courage may just have sealed his fate (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Capital gains tax, Te Pāti Māori, PM’s beautiful hair, CTU policy (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘Noise’ protest against weapons companies at Parliament
Varsha Anjali (Herald): Green MP Tamatha Paul on living with lupus and arthritis while serving in Parliament (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): A new history tour of the Parliament precinct, with a twist (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): A spooky tour through parliament’s truly terrifying history
Michael Daly (Stuff): Could Jacinda Ardern be the next UN Secretary-General? A UK journalist thinks so, and is not happy about it
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Anneke Smith (RNZ): What’s going on with Te Pāti Māori?
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Founding member of Te Pāti Māori calls for Tamihere’s resignation
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Powerful group of Māori leaders steps in to Te Pāti Māori fallout
Adam Pearse (Herald): National iwi leaders request meeting with Te Pāti Māori to address distracting ‘internal challenges’
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): Iwi Chairs call for hui with Te Pāti Māori amid party turmoil
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Time 100 Next Award: Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke recognised in New York for influential leadership
Sam Smith (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori MP collects Time Magazine award
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s Asia tour reveals key difference to US President Donald Trump (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon warns NZ should advance national interests now more than ever
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Christopher Luxon meets new Japanese PM, other world leaders
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ seeks trade’s green shoots in delicate soil
Henry Cooke (Sunday Star Times): Can New Zealand get a taste of the South Korean miracle? (paywalled)
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Luxon’s Washington breakthrough built on Banks’ quiet diplomacy (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Guess who’s coming to dinner? (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon says New Zealand would ‘discourage’ Donald Trump from resuming nuclear weapon testing
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Christopher Luxon ‘discourages’ Donald Trump from restarting nuclear testing
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon made sure New Zealand was still on China’s President Xi Jinping’s ‘radar’
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Trump-Xi talks spark ‘good vibes’ for NZ
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret diary of .. the Luxon-Trump dinner
PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Glyphosate ruling creates a herbicide limbo
The Standard: This Fonterra Failure is a New Zealand Failure
Keith Woodford (Interest): Fonterra has always struggled with dairy consumer brands
Bridie Witton and Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Will Fonterra’s $3.2 billion sale of its dairy brands mean Kiwis will pay more for butter?
Jamie Gray (Herald): The sale of Mainland opens the door for Fonterra to shine (paywalled)
Tom Scott (Post): The lost opportunity in Fonterra’s big brands sale (paywalled)
RNZ: Fonterra CEO says Lactalis deal will allow it to grow
Brent Sheather (NBR): Why NZ’s forests got sold at the bottom of the market (paywalled)
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Pōrangahau residents want forestry law changes after massive blaze
RNZ: Watercare apologises for contaminating oyster farms, farmers claim they’re ‘box ticking’
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Proposed government water reforms will cost ratepayers more - report
Justin Wong (Post): Metro Water takeover could relieve Upper Hutt council’s high debt (paywalled)
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown sworn in, lashes out at government
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Mayor Wayne Brown sets out plan to turn Auckland into global city
Fergus Goodall Smith (Post): Ray Chung’s downfall: Anatomy of a failed election campaign (paywalled)
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): Popular Far North mayor Moko Tepania, won’t seek re-election in 2028
Peter de Fraaf (RNZ): Kaipara District Council’s election drama not over yet - three candidates separated by just three votes
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Slip up’ costs council $1.49m to fix leaking Tauranga landfill site
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): Nelson council prioritises economic recovery after ‘winter from hell’
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): Tasman’s iwi relationships reaffirmed as council sworn in
Mary Afemata (Local Democracy Reporting): First Kiribati councillor: ‘I didn’t think the Shore was ready for me’
Grant Miller (ODT): Mayor, councillors sworn in to office
Tim Scott (ODT): Council club drink prices raise concern (paywalled)
HEALTH
Kate McNamara (Herald): Treasury warns ACC costs unsustainable despite smaller deficit (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): ACC scales back prevention work, internal video reveals (paywalled)
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Labour say David Seymour’s media event where people getting measles test showed poor judgement
Barbara Dreaver (1News): Pasifika health services scramble as measles cases rise
RNZ: MMR vaccine demand surges after measles outbreak, Pharmac promises enough supply
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Contact tracers hope they’ve caught up to measles outbreak
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Measles outbreak: Many mums aren’t immune, putting kids at risk, expert says
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Measles spread modelling considers 150 cases a week possible
RNZ: New platform gives Waiariki control over its own health data
Cecilia Robinson (Herald): Free GP visits: Good intentions, fragile foundations (paywalled)
RNZ: Nurses, midwives, healthcare assistants to take further strike action over unsafe staffing
RNZ: Ministry of Health confident oestrogen patch manufacture taking complaints seriously
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Bedridden by pain, priced out of relief: Living with severe migraines (paywalled)
COVID 19
Matt Boyd, Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig Nick Wilson (Public Health Communications Centre): The great divide: How different Covid-19 control strategies shaped pandemic outcomes
Siouxsie Wiles (Spinoff): Why I’m crowdfunding despite winning my legal battle
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Covid-19 Royal Commission: Port Waikato MP Andrew Bayly wants local knowledge given more weight during future emergencies (paywalled)
MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS, CITIZENSHIP
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): Waitangi Tribunal finds citizenship law breaches Treaty principles, calls for reform
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Māori man seeking citizenship for kids should be granted it, Waitangi Tribunal finds
Adam Pearse (Herald): Waitangi Tribunal calls for extension to citizenship rights for Māori, rules legislation breaches Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Metiria Turei Stanton (ODT): Whakapapa is more than enough citizenship proof for Māori
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Ngātiwai lands on ‘tapu’ Poor Knights Islands in defiance of marine law change
EDUCATION
James Fleury (1News): Maths curriculum changes defended by minister amid teacher outcry
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Former Free Speech Union boss heads charter school to build on ‘Western Civilisation’
Julia Gabel (Herald): One year on, Ministry of Education yet to fill top role permanently
Lane Nicholas (Herald): Teaching Council CEO Lesley Hoskin on leave amid investigation into conduct allegations
Evie Richardson (RNZ): Students sacrifice study as living costs increase
EMPLOYMENT, WORKPLACE SAFETY
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Asbestos experts fear government move will see ‘watered-down’ safety system
David Hargreaves (Interest): Some bad news and some good news on the unemployment front?
Tom Raynel (Herald): Courier union calling for change as Freightways workers take action (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER EVENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS
Mandy Te (Interest): Flood risk: Minister focused on designing rates capping system that’s ‘flexible where it needs to be’
Rod Carr (Sunday Star Times): Don’t mention the (environmental) war (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Sunday Star Times): Premiums won’t fall — consumers to carry more risk, says Suncorp CEO (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Auckland Council’s new tool to check for flood zones is good for the buyer, bad for the owner (paywalled)
RNZ: State of emergency in Clutha extended for another week
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting): Hundreds of storm insurance claims across Wairarapa
Reid Basher (Post): The need to take disaster risk planning more seriously (paywalled)
HOUSING, BUILDING
Kelly Bennett (Sunday Star Times): Goodbye mum and dad investor, hello Millennial landlord (paywalled)
David Farrar: Does the state need to own houses to help families?
Greg Ninness (Interest): Cotality says we may be at the start of a housing market recovery but sentiment remains cautious
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): Is NZ’s love affair with property headed for a break up? (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): House prices rise, but has a recovery begun?
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): First-home buyers ‘above average earners’
POLICE, CRIME, JUSTICE
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Over 100 police officers investigated after 30,000 breath tests falsified
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Police won’t say how many staff are being investigated over internet use
No Right Turn: Rotten to the core
Mike White (Sunday Star Times): Wrongful conviction organisation fails to deliver promised inquiry (paywalled)
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): Pacific islands at risk of becoming ‘narco-states’, NZ crime advisor warns
RNZ: New Zealanders losing more money to online credit card scams
You would think Labour had proposed testing an atom bomb and not just a rather feeble nibble at a CGT