THE KINGMAKERS’ DEBATE
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): ‘Kingmakers’ debate sheds little light on party leaders’ coronation plans
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Minor parties keep calm and carry on in tepid kingmakers debate
Adam Pearse (Herald): Minor party leaders kickstart election sparring in breathless first debate (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Winston Peters, ruthlessly on brand, and ruthless - a winning combo - in Kingmakers’ Debate
Luke Malpass (Post): The Press Kingmakers’ debate: Kingmakers set a standard for the would-be kings (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Kingmakers leave crown unclaimed (paywalled)
Emma Ricketts and Sam Smith (Stuff): Here’s what the potential Kingmakers had to say after Stuff’s debate
Liz McDonald (Press): Kingmakers’ Debate: Winston Peters won debate, political panel says (paywalled)
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Winston Peters says he was ‘pulled out’ of queue at hospital after doctor recognised him
THE “SPLIT YOUR VOTE” CAMPAIGN AND STRATEGIC VOTING
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The rightwing “Split Your Vote” campaign
Henry Cooke (Post): ‘An absolute rort’: Chris Hipkins hits out at Mowbray overhang campaign (paywalled)
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Too clever by half (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): There’s nothing strategic about strategic voting
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): New poll of Māori voters shows strategic voting may be sinking in
LABOUR’S DEMOCRACY AND TRANSPARENCY PLEDGES
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Hipkins unveils four-point plan to overhaul government transparency
Anneke Smith (Post): Labour wants mandatory lobbyist register, promises to limit use of urgency (paywalled)
Ashley Parker (BusinessDesk): Labour leader Chris Hipkins pledges to curb urgency and toughen Official Information Act (paywalled)
No Right Turn: Labour on democracy and trust in government
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Hipkins promises new checks on power (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour will abolish ratepayer roll, axing extra votes of landlords, holiday home owners
ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND PARTIES
Farah Hancock (RNZ): NZ First gets $161,000 boost from anonymous donors, latest Electoral Commission disclosure shows
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Youth enrolment in the election is shocking
Nik Dirga (RNZ): Explainer: Did you know not enrolling to vote is against the law?
Sammy Carter (RNZ): Politicians are trying to be funny online - young voters are cringing
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): The worm electrocuted the election debate in 2002. Now we’re living in the worm’s world
Anneke Smith (Post): The curated chaos of the campaign trail begins (paywalled)
Piers Fuller (Post): How will the cookie crumble for each major party? (paywalled)
Neil Sands (LawNews): Hipkins gives hard ‘no’ to tax demands from potential coalition partners, rules out raising current tax rates
Ani O’Brien (LawNews): What will Chris Hipkins have to give away to become Prime Minister?
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Labour ruled them out, but National is still counting ‘nine new taxes’
Anneke Smith (Post): NZ First wants Working for Families lifted by $120, maybe more (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (Post): If it’s dog whistling, I refuse to identify with the dog (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Pawn to Queen – and the unspoken clash of the campaign
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Arena Williams steals the show at Chris Hipkins’ no bullshit policy launch
Katie Bradford (Herald): Sir John Key’s election predictions: ‘It’s going to be tight getting some good MPs home’
Ian Taylor (Stuff): Seymour and Swarbrick can tell us who to blame. Who can tell us how to grow?
Lisa Marriott (Newsroom): Capital gains tax starts to shift the debate from being stuck on repeat
Michael Daubs (Newsroom): What political parties should consider for their AI election policies
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Poll says Māori are turning to the Greens for their party vote
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Māori NZers poll
Liadhan Robinson (Post): Every election cycle, the vandalism reappears - and this year is no different (paywalled)
Tom Rose (Herald): Act candidate Antonia Modkova heckled over Te Tiriti comments at Auckland Central debate
Sam Smith (Stuff): All to play for in Epsom with National minister ‘very confident’ in making it sixth time lucky
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): National’s Emma Chatterton is the party candidate prototype
Tom Eley (Herald): Farming, tax and climate policy debated at Mystery Creek
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): BBQ, beers and politics: A night out at Mystery Creek (paywalled)
Gianina Schwanecke (RNZ): Farmers warn Opportunity’s land tax has risks
RNZ: Opportunity party leader Qiulae Wong on recognising the good and the bad of AI
Imogene Bedford (Herald): Christopher Luxon says extra security measures needed for female MPs facing gendered abuse
Tom Raynel (Herald): Poll shows support for coalition parties among SMEs falling below 50% (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: SME election poll: National still leads, but Labour support nearly doubles (paywalled)
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