NZ FIRST
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Winston’s coalition of the disgruntled
Caron Copek and Poppy Clark (Stuff): ‘Disappointing’ and ‘desperate’: Seymour and Hipkins condemn Jones’ ‘knee-pads’ comment
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Shane Jones would be sacked if he was my MP and made ‘kneepads’ remark, Chris Hipkins says
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Why Winston Peters’ ‘snivelling wokesters’ insult misses the mark
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Claire Robinson: The back-to-the-future election
Hanna McCallum (Newsroom): Serato co-founder not ‘politically interested’, but now Opportunity’s biggest donor
Sam Smith and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Election waka jumping: Which party has claimed the most defectors?
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Voter enrolment changes ‘an indictment’ on coalition - Hipkins
Stuff: ‘A pack of ........’: Marama Davidson slams coalition government, doubles down on comments
Michael Swanson: Hutt South: the bellwether that could decide Chris Bishop’s future
Josh Drummond (Emily Writes): National MPs are baiting us and it’s working (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Post): DIA changes its story, again, over the cost of a failed IT project (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): Gate-crashing judge inquiry tops $1m as taxpayer-funded legal bill reaches $401k (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): FENZ spends $90k on PR and lawyer for inquiry into vehicle fleet
David Fisher (Herald): Hard questions over triple bankrupt’s $57,500 taxpayer grant (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Why Government changes could mean fewer climate assessments of its policies (paywalled)
RMA REFORM AND IWI AGREEMENTS
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Government to kill iwi-council participation agreements
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Scrapping council-iwi agreements will see existing Treaty settlements relitigated - Labour
Henry Cooke (Post): RMA reform: Ministers to get more power to overrule councils, tear up iwi agreements (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government scraps existing iwi agreements as RMA reform enters final stages (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): Iwi-council agreements ‘narrowly scoped’ in late change to new RMA system
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): RMA replacement delayed, minister empowered further, regulatory relief remains (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): ‘Henry VIII’ warning over planning reform powers in RMA replacement (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Chris Hipkins pledges Labour will not start ‘repeal and replace cycle’ on RMA changes (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks on Resource Management Act reforms
FLETCHER BUILDING CEMENT BAILOUT
Corin Dann (RNZ): Government moves to keep cement production in NZ with up to $60m in financial support
Anne Gibson (Herald): Fletcher Building warned of $345m potential hit if it closed Golden Bay Cement factory before $60m Government deal reached (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Fletcher Building gets $60m from Government to keep Golden Bay Cement operating (paywalled)
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): Luxon says Fletcher cement bailout needed for national resilience (paywalled)
Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): The carbon-cost fight behind Fletcher Building’s $60m cement lifeline (paywalled)
Denise Piper (Herald): Up to 600 Whangārei jobs saved as Government funds $60m for Golden Bay Cement
NZ FIRST, FUEL AND OIL
Kate Newton (RNZ): ‘A very high-risk way to spend $1 billion’: Experts on NZ First’s oil and gas policy
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): NZ First’s $1 billion oil search could test once abandoned prospects (paywalled)
Winston Peters (Post): The billion‑dollar plan to future‑proof New Zealand’s fuel supply (paywalled)
Stuff: **Stuff: ****‘They killed it’: Luxon slams NZ First’s ‘deeply ironic’ fuel policy**
Rodney Hide: New Zealand First’s Epic U-Turn on Oil and Gas
Danusia Wypych (Post): Driving New Zealand to fuel independence with smart EV policy (paywalled)
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