PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION
Troy Matich (Herald): Green MP Tamatha Paul refuses to apologise for misleading speech on property
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The strange campaign of 2026, as viewed from November 8
Helmut Modlik (Post): When democracy fails us, we should rethink democracy (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Willie Jackson says Labour faces danger of being too conservative with spending
Isaac Davison (Stuff): Chlöe Swarbrick on what separates Greens from Opportunity Party
Peter Hubscher (Post): What New Zealand is missing, more than anything else, is sound, courageous leadership (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Agnes Loheni on the values National and Pasifika share
David Farrar: The TPM overhang strategy could result in permament left wing government
No Right Turn: Labour in a nutshell
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): Getting on with it: CEOs, the election and business as usual (paywalled)
Stuff: ACT to introduce physical presence requirements for permanent residents if elected
1News: ACT proposes time in NZ requirement for permanent residents
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): ‘Profane gestures and nastiness’: Departing MP says family had to move house to avoid abuse
Stuff: Paulo Garcia details abuse during career
Asia Pacific Report: How Free Palestine party plans to pressure NZ govt over its ‘failures’ on Gaza genocide
No Right Turn: Is petitioning parliament effective?
Phil Smith (RNZ): Parliament’s third to final week
GOVERNMENT
Sam Smith (Stuff): David Seymour denies alleged ‘shouting match’ with PM Luxon over u-16 social media ban
Stuff: A shouting match in Cabinet? We ask the ministers who were there
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Peters takes crack at Luxon over Paris climate agreement stance
Mandy Te (Interest): PM says there’s an economic argument for NZ to stay in the Paris Agreement
David Burton (Post): Good faith: A lesson for governments from employment law (paywalled)
Ian Taylor: Luxon demands answers from Air NZ. New Zealanders deserve the same from him
John Weekes (Herald): Rob Fyfe says Christopher Luxon’s Air New Zealand criticism was not ‘cool’ (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): Former Air New Zealand CEO calls out PM’s not ‘cool’ criticism of airline’s performance
TREATY AND MĀORI POLITICS
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao News): Te Pāti Māori’s Te Tiriti entrenchment plan: How would it work, and could it happen?
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori vows major constitutional reform by making Te Tiriti binding for Crown
Julia Gabel (Herald): Te Pāti Māori to campaign on entrenching the Treaty and binding Waitangi Tribunal findings
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori says major constitutional reform a ‘bottom line’ for coalition deals
Stuff: Te Pāti Māori spells out its ‘bottom line’ for coalition deals
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea News): Te Pāti Māori Unveils $220m Plan to Make Te Tiriti Obligations Enforceable
Adam Pearse (Herald): Labour to oppose ‘silly co-governance’ in Māori partnership policy
Michael Cugley (Te Ao News): Re-establishing Te Aka Whai Ora not on the cards for Labour
Harriet Laughton (Post): Labour won’t reinstate Māori Health Authority (paywalled)
PUBLIC SERVICE
Nick James (Post): Labour calls for ‘a little bit more restraint’ after NZTA chairperson’s column on corporate tax (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): Immigration scandal: Labour demands MBIE CEO resign for deliberately misleading MPs
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): MBIE head Nic Blakeley’s position now ‘untenable’ - Labour
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea News): Parliament Misled: Labour Says MBIE Boss Nic Blakeley’s Position Is Now Untenable
Stuff: 10,000 public servants to walk off job as PM shows little sympathy
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): ‘They should be at work’: Christopher Luxon on 10,000 striking public servants
Miriam Bell (Post): Government procurement rules should consider ‘public good’ - Visionwest (paywalled)
Sue Teodoro (Post): ACC refuses information request about carer hours due to effort required (paywalled)
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