FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, NATIONAL SECURITY
Giles Dexter (RNZ): NZ facing toughest national security environment of recent times - report
Adam Pearse (Herald): Terror threat level: NZ Security Intelligence Service spy agency warns Kiwis need to step up to combat terror
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Online radicalisation and foreign interference among rising threats to NZ
Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘Deceptive, coercive, corruptive’: The world power the SIS says carries out the most foreign interference in NZ
Thomas Manch (Post): NZ spy agency warns of extreme online content radicalising teens (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Officials don't know if NZ is on US priority weapons trading partners list
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): PM Christopher Luxon says he has underscored New Zealand's support for Ukraine in Coalition of the Willing call
Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand government “considering” recognition of Palestine, as it continues to back Gaza genocide
James Fleury (1News): New Zealand soldier sentenced, dismissed for attempted espionage
Alecia Rousseau (Manawatū Standard): Attempted spy dismissed from service for betraying oath
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Soldier who thought he was spying on New Zealand sentenced to two years' detention
Jeremy Wilkinson (Open Justice Reporting): Why was a NZ soldier guilty of attempted espionage trying to defect to foreign country?
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Far-right soldier and would-be spy sentenced to two years’ detention
ECONOMY, OCR
Luke Malpass (Post): Will Reserve Bank doves give the Government wings? (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Why interest rate cuts alone won’t cure political long Covid (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Ignore the ‘merchants of misery’ - things are going to get better, Willis says
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why did New Zealand interest rates go higher than Australia’s?
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Was Kiwibank's Jarrod Kerr proven right?
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Reserve Bank explains why all its OCR cuts aren’t pumping up the economy - yet at least (paywalled)
Anan Zaki (RNZ): Reserve Bank's statement a 'dovish pivot' - ANZ
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): One OCR, two economies: why yesterday’s rate cut may not be enough
Richard Harman: Reserve Bank tells Willis they can’t do growth on their own (paywalled)
Richard Prebble (Herald): Labour’s silence as the economy falters is a strategy for winning, not governing (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): When will we have another debate on a capital gains tax? (paywalled)
RNZ: Sepuloni and Willis clash over cost of living on Morning Report's political panel
RNZ: Retailers upbeat following OCR cut, but experts say next six months will be crucial
Greg Ninness (Interest): Cotality says the housing market may remain down for the rest of the year even with the latest OCR cut
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why OCR decision may be good news for home loan rates
Tony Alexander (One Roof/Herald): What the surprise OCR split means for mortgages and house prices
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): 'Today is a good day': Government celebrates Reserve Bank's OCR cut
David Hargreaves (Interest): Reserve Bank cuts OCR to 3.00% after a split vote - double cut was seriously considered
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Missed opportunity or wise decision? RBNZ could have cut by 50bps (paywalled)
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): What can Nicola do about inflation contributors?
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Weak economy prompts dovish Reserve Bank pivot, more OCR cuts likely (paywalled)
1News: Major banks respond to OCR cut with home loan changes (paywalled)
RNZ: Reserve Bank cuts OCR to 3%
Jacqueline Rowarth (Herald): Primary sector is driving New Zealand’s economic recovery
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Thomas Manch (Post): Government no longer saying its water reforms will be cheaper than Labour’s (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Go-it-alone councils brace for ministerial intervention in water services
Tina Law (Press): $3200 water bill for average Christchurch household in 2033 (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: Rate capping lessons and warnings from across the Tasman
Grant Miller (ODT): Ombudsman backs DCC stance (paywalled)
RNZ: Wellington City Councillors approve extra $83m in funding for sludge plant completion
Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington council votes through extra $83m for sludge plant (paywalled)
Will Harvie (Press): ECan boss got a 9.3% pay rise (paywalled)
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Mayoral hopeful Andrew Clark opens up on ‘frosty’ relationship with brother Nobby Clark
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): A massive district with many challenges – and a main town that might need to move
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): Local body elections needed for only some Waikato council seats
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): West Coast council staff kept busy by information requests
EMPLOYMENT
Anna Whyte (Post): Minister mulls bargaining changes amid public service strikes (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Workplace Minister Brooke van Velden hopes new ERA appointees will reduce business awards (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Striking the wrong tone (paywalled)
David Burton (Post): Pay equity changes an affront to women rights (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The pay equity court case is a "show trial"
Tony Wall (Stuff): ‘Coughing up phlegm’: Some Tegel workers say chemical has been making them sick for months
RNZ: Tegal staff raised concerns about chemical exposure and several leaks before worker hospitalised, says union
David Farrar: The CTU is now a white collar, not blue collar, body
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Jessica Roden (1News): Change of leadership for Nelson Hospital after damning review
Ruth Hill (RNZ): 'Playing with people's lives': Dargaville Hospital patients asked to sign consent form on having no on-site doctor
Mariné Lourens (Press): Christchurch ED 'like third-world zone' as patient numbers soar (paywalled)
RNZ: Dental Association urges sugary drinks levy as one in three suffer untreated tooth decay
Dejan Mandich (ODT): Piles of piles, and of problems
Janet Hoek and Lani Teddy (Public Health Communication Centre): Balancing fear with hope: A more effective way of promoting smoking cessation?
Tania Roxborogh (Spinoff):‘It shouldn’t be this hard’: What it takes to have a Sensitive Claim accepted by ACC
Rob Stock (Post): Kiwi insurers sound caution on ‘genetic discrimination’ ban (paywalled)
Stephen Forbes (NZ Doctor): Te Whatu Ora delays Online GP Care figures with OIA request (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Herald Editorial: Shocking writing stats expose teaching gaps (paywalled)
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Why is the New Zealand government cutting Māori words from some school books?
Ian Taylor (Stuff): Last week an Erica Stanford decision was branded ‘white supremacy’ ... Really?!
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Why don't parents cop flak for our kid's education?
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Government 'revising' pay offer to teachers but says union must compromise too
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Secondary teachers strike 'disappointing' - coalition
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teachers strike to protest against government's 'insulting' 1% pay offer
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Why is performance pay such a no-no for teachers?
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): How can teachers justify the continued disruption?
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Criticism of med school proposal rejected (paywalled)
Te Karere: Te Wānanga o Aotearoa announces job cuts in proposed ‘redesign'
Raphael Franks (Herald): Student loan debt hits $16 billion, most overseas borrowers aren’t paying it back on time (paywalled)
Jazlyn Whales (Herald): Kiwi living in Australia for decades arrested at NZ border over unpaid $58,000 student debt
HOUSING, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Amelia Wade (Post): Senior ministers meet Auckland business leaders over rough-sleeping crisis (paywalled)
Tim Brown (RNZ): Homeless people ordered to leave church grounds by Christchurch Council have 'nowhere to go'
Neil Sands (Law News): All eyes on insurers as government announces sweeping changes in building sector liability
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Chris Bishop looking forward to seeing if he can 'beat the Bish' in new game
Miriam Bell (Post): Fletcher posts $419m loss after ‘demanding’ year (paywalled)
RNZ: Fletcher Building reports $419 million full-year loss
PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Leadership rumour laughed off as Willis and Sepuloni clash
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Book of the Week: Hey big spender
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Echo Chamber: Wait, who’s keeping track of the rules around here?
Louis Collins (RNZ): Saplings, stalking, and spying: Government bills this week
David Farrar: Still unclear why the Beehive was not told by Police about Forbes
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): One MP, One Pint: Judith Collins on leadership regrets and writing a murder mystery novel
Sam Smith (RNZ): Watch: Tāmaki Makaurau by-election debate hit by heckler
RNZ: 'It raises the IQ of both countries': How Muldoon stole a joke that was already stolen
ABUSE IN CARE, STATE CARE OF CHILDREN
Aaron Smale (Newsroom): Police fail to investigate sex abuse allegations
Aaron Smale (Newsroom): Abuse in care: The Crown’s debt to society
Aaron Smale (Newsroom): Abuse in care: ‘People need to step down or be removed’
Lane Nichols & Katie Harris (Herald): Teaching Council investigating after man with prior convictions passed police checks, abused girls (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL HAZARDS, INSURANCE
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): NZ-listed insurer prices in risk of sea surges and landslides, in world-first
Mandy Te (Interest): Tower expands risk-based pricing to include landslides and sea surges
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland beachfront homes in wealthy suburbs hit hard by new rules for coastal erosion risk
RNZ: Better prepare to help those displaced in natural disasters - Auckland Emergency Management
CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENT
Mary Williams (ODT): Point of covenant queried
Melanie Nelson: Could we be saying ‘ka kite’ to our conservation estate?
Joanne Naish (Press): Activists banned from the West Coast after 23-day coal protest (paywalled)
David Williams (Herald): Auckland iwi Ngāti Manuhiri considers closure along Whangaparāoa coastline to halt over-harvesting
YOUTH JUSTICE, CORRECTIONS
Derek Cheng (Herald): Inside the drop in serious youth offenders, and where numbers remain stubbornly high (paywalled)
Anna Sargent (RNZ): More young people being detained in police cells for longer - children's commissioner
Anna Sargent (RNZ): Teenager spending sixth night in a police cell, mum says authorities have failed him
Christine McCarthy (Newsroom): Innocent until proven guilty often means 22 hours locked in a cell
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Mt Eden prisoner reportedly sexually assaulted as intercom goes unanswered
The writing by Aaron Smale is outstanding and well done to him for his efforts and Newsroom for supporting him. I don't recall investigation of this quality being undertaken in any other media outlet.