SEWAGE INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURES
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Moa Point report reveals air bubble may have caused massive failure
Tom Hunt (Post): An unstaffed plant and a perfect storm: What happened that infamous night at Moa Point (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Moa Point disaster: Trapped air and a perfect storm caused Wellington sewage spill, report finds (paywalled)
RNZ: Christchurch City Council issued a please-explain over sewage discharge
RNZ: Pumping wastewater into Kawarau River only option, Queenstown mayor says
ECONOMY
Brian Easton: The Recovery is off, Dear
Luke Malpass (Post): ‘Back on track’ never quite happened. Now comes the real test (paywalled)
Jane Yee (Herald): GDP is up, so why does the economy still feel flat?
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): The Budget with an identity crisis (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): University students facing the ‘toughest time’ in years as costs increase
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Explained: Oil prices and interest rates are rising - here’s what that means for NZ’s debt
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Is there a bright side to all the bad economic news?
Mina Martin (NZ Adviser): Business confidence slides as war fears derail recovery
FUEL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IRAN WAR
Josie Pagani (Post): Rationing is irrational - don’t let bureaucrats decide who gets petrol (paywalled)
Kim Baker Wilson (RNZ): Sir Bill Birch oversaw carless days in the late 1970s - what’s his advice in this latest fuel crisis?
Max Rashbrooke (Post): EVs may get middle-class welfare – so what? (paywalled)
Basil Sharp (The Conversation): Return of the oil shock: lessons from a crisis New Zealand has seen before
Jo Moir (RNZ): PM Christopher Luxon takes the reins and risk on looming economic crisis
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): What can the Government really do to shield us from this oil shock? (paywalled)
RNZ: Government looking at ways to assist families with increasing costs due to Middle East conflict
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Iran war: Fuel run hits NZ, Pak’nSave pumps run dry (paywalled)
James Ball (1News): Why New Zealand has weeks of fuel supply but still has empty pumps
Catherine Groenestein (Post): From petrol tank to food costs: rising fuel prices eat into household budgets (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret diary of .. the fuel crisis
Calida Stuart-Menteath and Hamish McNicol (NBR): Mitigating a fuel crisis as long as a piece of string (paywalled)
Samantha Hayes (Stuff): NZ in ‘OK position’ with fuel deliveries but ‘there could be changes’, Willis says
Miriam Bell (Post): Iran war: NZ tourism ‘safe haven’ sees 13% jump in international arrivals despite Middle East conflict (paywalled)
INTEGRITY ISSUES
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Inside the network that got Paul Eagle’s contracts
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Chatham council boss says no CE credit card until policies tightened after damning AG report
Katie Ham (Post): Disgraced Jevon McSkimming ignores call for hotel reimbursement (paywalled)
Mary Williams and Rob Kidd (ODT): Thousands of registered patients, one GP on site (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): Charity misses financial deadline (paywalled)
Giulia Dondoli (NBR): Rethinking AML/CFT levy proportionality (paywalled)
Brooke Black (Press): ‘Excellent value for money’: Consultancy paid $632k to manage two Timaru council projects in 2025 (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Auditor-General slams mismanagement of millions in Stats NZ contracts
No Right Turn: Corrupt, criminal secrecy
No Right Turn: More tyranny
PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): As war comes for Christopher Luxon, scandal arrives at the door of Chris Hipkins (paywalled)
Duncan Garner (Listener): Chris Hipkins, social media and the fraying line between private and public life (paywalled)
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): ‘The silence is deafening’: Mariameno Kapa-Kingi yet to speak with Te Pāti Māori leaders
Maxine Jacobs (Press): Tākuta Ferris to remain independent candidate from Te Pāti Māori as election looms - for now (paywalled)
Troy Matich (Herald): The Opportunity Party reveals candidates, promises more on the way
Aziz Al Sa’afin (1News): Kiwi ex-pat’s plea to NZ politicians after crossing the ditch
Brent Edwards (NBR): Oil shock response and when the personal becomes political (paywalled)
Reynold Macpherson (Herald): Māori seats referendum push: Why a simple yes or no vote falls short (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington City Council HQ dispute: Tory Whanau hits back on involvement as Andrew Little ‘fuming’ over new office (paywalled)
Deborah Morris (Post): Capital Crossroads: Wellington’s population problem (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Council debate — when things get out of hand (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Ong told to remove defamatory post (paywalled)
ODT: ORC survey shows greater awareness of duties, trust up (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Local Democracy Reporting): Wellington and Porirua councils may work together over Spicer Landfill looming closure
Anya Fielding (RNZ): Former Wellington mayor Dame Kerry Prendergast admits to having driver licence suspended
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; DEFENCE
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Military alliances: is NZ getting a tangled web or a ticket to get in?
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Uni’s NZDF ambitions ‘shameful’ (paywalled)
John Weekes (Herald): Iran war: When NZ might send the Navy to conflict, how to clear the Strait of Hormuz, and who’s winning (paywalled)
RNZ: Rocket Lab wins record contract with US Department of War
RNZ: Winston Peters meets Cook Island PM ‘informally’ in Auckland, but no deal on key issues
Suzannah Jessep (Newsroom): Asia’s Iran problem is NZ’s problem
TRANSPORT
Nick James (Post): Ferry Holdings to pull back on regular updates about new Cook Strait ferries (paywalled)
Jenny Ling (Herald): Northland corridor toll proposal: Businesses fear higher freight costs
Herald: Editorial – People may dislike speed cameras but we need more of them (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Record public transport boardings day after Nicola Willis’ press conference (paywalled)
FARMING AND PROVINCES
Blayne Slabbert (Press): Canterbury could end up with 12,400 more cows as dairy profits clash with nitrate emergency (paywalled)
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): The impact Wattie’s closure could have on dairy conversions (paywalled)
Kira Carrington (Local Democracy Reporting): Theatre’s accountant goes off-script with ‘dire’ wine industry predictions
ODT: Editorial – Out in the country (paywalled)
RNZ: Buller mayor devastated at potential loss of air connection
Harriet Laughton (Post): Wind, war and who pays: MPs scrap at Central Districts Field Days (paywalled)
Gianina Schwanecke (RNZ): Country Life: Donald Moore on meeting global demand for protein
Kate McVicar (NBR): Agri adviser launches $500m lending platform (paywalled)
Marcus Musson (Herald): Fuel shock and tariffs threaten to end log export price stability
CARTOONS