FOREIGN BUYERS, INVESTMENT
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Why Labour might struggle to repeal the government's foreign buyer plan
Jamie Ensor (Herald): NZ First leader Winston Peters denies loosening foreign buyer ban, expects party supporters will back them (paywalled)
Alice Neville (Spinoff): New Zealand’s foreign buyer ban has been binned (kind of)
Ben Leahy (Herald): Rich foreigners looking to buy Kiwi homes after visa changes, real estate agents say (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What sort of houses will foreigners be able to buy?
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Wealthy foreign investors cleared to buy luxury homes
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Foreign investors with residency visa to be able to purchase New Zealand homes under new settings
Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZ First should rename party after relaxing foreign buy ban, Labour says
1News: Foreign buyers: Overseas investors allowed to buy homes worth over $5m
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): PM announcement on new exemption to foreign buyers' ban
Thomas Manch, Dita De Boni, Miriam Bell and Harriet Laughton (Post): Government to allow foreign home ownership for investors (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: Govt confirms $5m home threshold for golden visa applications (paywalled)
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): Incentives needed to gain more FDI, Invest NZ chair says (paywalled)
Roger J Kerr (Interest): The return of foreign direct investment into New Zealand
PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Extensive measures in place to manage KiwiRail director's conflict of interests
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Just 10% of National voters wanted NZ First in govt
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Electoral Commission board to expand in time for major voting changes
Peter Davis (Post): The complicated case for a four-year parliamentary term (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): A surreal experience’: Oriini Kaipara on going up against ‘Goliath’ Peeni Henare for the Tāmaki Makaurau seat
Te Ahipourewa Forbes (1News): ‘You can’t make false promises’: Q&A with Tāmaki Makaurau candidates
Anna Whyte (Post): What the public service could look like with 20 ministries (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Too many Ministers (paywalled)
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): Hold on to your hat: The 2026 election is going to be close (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Do we really think the parties on the left would do better?
RESERVE BANK
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Cut the spin, Nicola Willis and Reserve Bank (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Loose lips and independent ships (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): What's going on with the Reserve Bank and why it matters
Andrew Patterson (Newsroom): Reserve Bank faces more questions over governance failures
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Finance Minister asked Reserve Bank chair Neil Quigley to ‘reflect’, before his resignation (paywalled)
David Farrar: Quigley’s resignation
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Willis says ‘strong applications’ received for Reserve Bank governor role, but critic urges appointment process be reopened
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Labour’s Barbara Edmonds admits error as she challenges Nicola Willis to ‘be honest’ about Reserve Bank saga
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The Reserve Bank mess is finally at an end
HOUSING
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Housing is no longer NZ's economic heroin. Now what?
Dave Armstrong (Post): A week of walking through Wellington’s housing crisis (paywalled)
Bella Craig (RNZ): Dunedin students who take on landlords say Tenancy Tribunal is not fit for purpose
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Chris Trotter (Interest): The Coalition Government is aware of the electorate’s needs – why won’t it meet them?
RNZ: Christopher Luxon says economic activity is improving, despite poll woes
Stuff: Poll says more Kiwis back Labour on cost of living. They’re the ones who made this mess, says Luxon
Sam Smith (Stuff): Are you earning enough to live ‘comfortably’? This is what the numbers say
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): What Luxon and Hipkins spend at the supermarket - do they think it’s too pricey living in NZ?
Rob Stock (Post): Fewer households behind on mortgages, but credit arrears rise (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Non-performing housing loans have biggest drop in nearly five years
Herald: 2000 more Kiwis fall behind on debt payments
EMPLOYMENT
Adam Pearse (Herald): Attorney-General Judith Collins speaks with Minister Brooke van Velden after ERA comments
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Eighty warnings to get workers out of 'danger zone' before worker's death
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘They’re telling us we’re not worth much’, say women workers taking the Government to court
Cate Macintosh (Press): Young job seekers choose study as unemployment bites (paywalled)
KIWISAVER
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): The KiwiSaver divide that needs sorting
Mandy Te (Interest): Early KiwiSaver withdrawals hit new monthly record high in July
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Is it fair to stop KiwiSaver contributions at 65?
Alka Prasad (Post): ‘Why should you be treated differently?’: Calls to make KiwiSaver fair for over-65s
HEALTH
Kaaren Mathias (The Conversation): NZ’s shift to more private healthcare will likely raise costs and reduce quality: what the evidence tells us
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Dunedin ED wait times ‘grim’ (paywalled)
ODT: Dunedin ED wait times among worst in country: data leak
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): HNZ decries strikes, points to procedure delays (paywalled)
RNZ: Union says Health NZ's delay in releasing data was politically motivated
Anna Whyte (Post): Health NZ’s attempt to dock partial striking nurses’ pay fails with interim injunction (paywalled)
RNZ: More than 36,000 nurses take two-day strike action
Louisa Steyl (Southland Times/Press): Dermatology workforce shortages in south need ‘addressing urgently’: Melanoma NZ (paywalled)
Julie Jacobson (Post): Injured by hospital lift, unsupported by ‘broken’ system (paywalled)
Caron Copek (Stuff): Covid-19 creeps up after winter peak as new variant takes hold
ENVIRONMENT, RMA, CONSERVATION
RNZ: Plans to grant Conservation Minister sole authority over land
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Farmers warned about lack of insurance cover for fines under the RMA
Adam Pearse (Herald): Environmental Protection Authority claims Shane Jones’ criticism hurting staff (paywalled)
Maxine Jacobs (Press): Canterbury urged to unite on nitrate crisis as water contamination worsens (paywalled)
RNZ: DOC's new campaign puts NZ's population at 695 billion
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: Why we send our precious e-waste offshore
BUSINESS, TAX
Derek Cheng (Herald): Blindfolding the IRD? Government to axe info-gathering power used to shed light on tax paid by the rich (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Accountants divided on IRD information-gathering power repeal
RNZ: More companies going into liquidation after increased enforcement by IRD
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Peter Newport (Crux): Sounds Air: Government loans too late - planes sold
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Oxygen mask drops for regional airlines
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Struggling regional airlines thrown a $30 million lifeline (paywalled)
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Jetstar fined more than $2 million for misleading customers over compensation
Brent Melville (NBR): Port of Tauranga stock spikes, in midst of capacity ‘crisis’ (paywalled)
Tina Law (Press): Plan to dig up Christchurch road again an ‘embarrassment’, mayor says (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Post): Government consultant Sunny Kaushal takes aim at Government over CRL (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MĀORI WARDS, WATER
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Act MP accuses council of campaigning for Māori wards
Tom Hunt (Post): Ombudsman tells Wellington council to give better explanations (paywalled)
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Wellington City Council cleared to demolish City to Sea Bridge
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Abolishing Thursdays, bulldozing the Johnsonville mall, and other notes from the campaign trail
Nick James (RNZ): Lower Hutt mayoral candidates debate rates, council spending and amalgamation
Amy Ridout (Stuff): Mayor wins right to oust mother-in-law after bitter property battle
Mary Afemata (Local Democracy Reporting): Mayor’s Fix and Finish Fund leaves South Auckland with 'crumbs'
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): Thames Coromandel snubbed by the Western Bay, left out of waters group (paywalled)
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): Greymouth Police called in over death threats to councillors
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Staff facing more abuse, violence: DCC (paywalled)
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Roads, rates and Māori wards: Tangiteroria hears from four would-be mayors
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Councillor frustrated over lack of answers after Kaitāia's aquifer project budget blow-out
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): University advisory group calls for tougher entry requirements, national strategy
Adam Pearse (Herald): Minister defies advisory group’s ‘highest priority’ amid new tertiary education strategy
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Minister ignores panel’s call to create govt agency for universities
Hanna McCallum (Post): Universities welcome reform roadmap, warn funding gap remains (paywalled)
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): University reforms focus on economic impact (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): NZEI members considering industrial action
RNZ: Educators call for compulsory second-language classes
Newsroom: A message from Dame Fiona to Erica Stanford
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Teuila Fuatai (RNZ): New Zealand pressed Cook Islands for months over China deals, OIA documents reveal
Ian Powell: There is a plot Mr Luxon: Its ethnic cleansing of Palestinians based on biblical justification
Mick Hall: Declassified document shows extent of NZ's US-made military acquisitions
Thomas Manch (Post): Clark, Key to attend Xi’s military parade alongside Putin, Kim Jong Un