PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): New Zealand First leader Winston Peters to make State of the Nation speech
Damien Grant (Stuff): Why Chris Hipkins’ private life is is none of our business
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): None of the allegations against Chris Hipkins are valuable to voters (paywalled)
Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): The Facebook post, the media and the Opposition leader (paywalled)
Cecilia Robinson (Herald): Chris Hipkins scrutiny shows rising personal cost of public life in NZ (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): What a miserable little place Wellington is, when it turns ugly on you
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Act’s Nicole McKee is the ‘guns, booze and dirty money’ minister
Brent Edwards (NBR): Opportunity Party names election candidates (paywalled)
ECONOMY
Aimee Shaw (Sunday Star Times): Hollowed Out: Where did all the jobs go? (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker and Luke Malpass (Post): Fitch puts negative outlook on NZ credit rating (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Let’s learn Covid lessons and hold our nerve through this crisis (paywalled)
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Nicola Willis faces fuel-crisis budget reckoning as diesel pain spreads (paywalled)
Damien Venuto (Stuff): NZ Super will have to change. Are you saving enough for what’s coming?
Ed Scragg (Stuff): Fitch long term credit rating outlook for NZ revised to ‘negative’
Ifor Ffowcs-Williams (Post): Cluster development is a way to make NZ a ‘place where talent wants to live’ (paywalled)
Alwyn Poole (Kiwiblog): The Hugely problematic size of Government in NZ
FUEL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IRAN WAR
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Government steadies itself in fuel crisis while Opposition struggles for traction (paywalled)
Sam Stubbs (Sunday Star Times): The Iran war: Let’s not waste this crisis (paywalled)
Toss Grumley (Sunday Star Times): Turmoil in the world: this too shall pass (paywalled)
Virginia Fallon (Post): Five days of fuel: How the pressure unfolded at the pump (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): $4 a litre 91 petrol is coming, but take care with data showing it’s here in main centres
RNZ: Fuel crisis: AA warns against panic buying, stockpiling
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): EV or not to EV, that is the question (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Sunday Star Times): Iran war: How much could you save by ditching the car? Our calculator crunches the numbers (paywalled)
RNZ: Calls to delay Auckland rail closures as fuel prices push up public transport demand
GOVERNMENT
Harriet Laughton (Sunday Star Times): Government partners with vape company that took it to court five times (paywalled)
Steve Kilgallon (Post): Erica Stanford denies immigration changes ‘demonise’ migrants (paywalled)
Michael Morrah (Herald): Conservation minister Tama Potaka wants to ‘get the balance right’ in Shane Jones’ fishing rule changes
Sam Smith (Stuff): You’ll soon be able to drive or buy alcohol without a physical ID, but there is a catch
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
RNZ: New Zealand joins 19 countries in statement condemning Iran’s attacks in the Gulf
Julia Gabel (Herald): Inside Christopher Luxon’s Pacific trip: Michael Jones, visas, dancing, and what really happened with his matai title (paywalled)
Elizabeth Buchanan (The Strategist): Antarctic allies: Australia and New Zealand at the end of the earth
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
Hanna McCallum (Post): The state homes on the market as part of Kāinga Ora’s ‘turnaround plan’ (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Emergency housing rejections hit new high while applications plummet (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): Trade Me Property says rents have declined and more landlords are OK with pets
Greg Ninness (Interest): Residential property less attractive to investors as capital gains dry up
John Braddock (World Socialist Website): New Zealand police given power to “move on” homeless people
EDUCATION
Alwyn Poole (Sunday Star Times): Why National has failed the test on education (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Sunday Star Times): Which schools best prepare students for global success? Crimson’s Top 50 list sparks scrutiny (paywalled)
Ben Leahy & Chris Knox (Herald): How does your school rate? New analysis of 500 colleges’ NCEA results ranked against house prices (paywalled)
Sonia Gray (Herald): The broader impacts of strengths-based education – No Such Thing as Normal
Jai Breitnauer (Spinoff): You might think I’d back NZ’s specialist schools plan. Well, I don’t
Rachel Maher (Herald): How generative AI is reshaping New Zealand education
Charlyse Tansey (Newsroom): Joblessness makes new grads question worth of university
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Andrew Ashton (Waikato Times): Hamilton City Council promises ratepayers a procurement overhaul after damning report (paywalled)
Sandy Eggleston (ODT): Mayor ‘horror struck’ at cost of audit (paywalled)
Jonathan Killick (Post): Parnell lawyers threaten court over ‘unacceptable bias’ in panel deciding suburb intensification (paywalled)
Andrew Ashton (Waikato Times): Fears rates cap could downgrade council credit, push up interest costs (paywalled)
Victoria Meakin (Press): Christchurch stadium a game changer for big music acts - ahead of Wellington, Dunedin (paywalled)
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): The country’s water crisis flows through Queenstown (paywalled)
Guy Williams (ODT): Discharge decision ‘tough’ (paywalled)
Andrew Ashton (Waikato Times): Where does the wet stuff go?Water meter trial offers answers (paywalled)
MINING
Lee Scanlon (Westport News): Westland Mineral Sands confirms mine ‘pause’, 40 jobs gone
Mike White (Post): ‘Dial it back’: Expert urges Santana to stop confrontation over controversial gold mine (paywalled)
Scout Atkins (ODT): Gold’s meteoric rise fuelling job, mine boom (paywalled)
RNZ: Greenpeace targets PM’s office over possible NZ minerals deal with US
FAST-TRACK ACT
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Screen hub receives fast-track panel tick (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Outdoor group looks to have Waitaha hydro fast-track judicially reviewed
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Northlanders stage windblown protest against Bream Bay sand-mining application
BUSINESS
Naomi Arnold (Post): New Zealand’s Innovator of the Year: How Craig Piggott’s smart collars have revolutionised farming (paywalled)
Evan Harding (Press): Power agreement secured for AI factory near Invercargill (paywalled)
Matt Nippert (Herald): Zuru sues US Government over unlawful Trump tariffs, seeks huge refund (paywalled)
Amber Allott (Post): Medicinal cannabis start-up in liquidation after ‘making no repayments’ on $314,000 Government loan (paywalled)
CHATEAU TONGARIRO
Herald: Editorial – Chateau Tongariro could be a key destination in our tourism shift (paywalled)
Azaria Howell (Herald): Quake-prone Chateau Tongariro hotel needs millions in urgent repairs, investors told
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Government backs Chateau Tongariro restoration as mayor welcomes ‘win’
CARTOONS