LABOUR
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Labour’s Future Fund – Visionary investment or corporate welfare?
Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): What, exactly, will Labour’s new Future Fund achieve?
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Labour looks to the future as economy slumps, prices rise
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): I think Labour knows how bad their policy idea is
Roger Patridge: The Wrong solution to the wrong problem
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): ‘Drivel’ vs ‘lazy’: War of words over Labour’s Future Fund
Herald: Labour leader Chris Hipkins unable to say which businesses would benefit from new wealth fund
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour’s Chris Hipkins defends lack of costings for first economic policy as National’s Christopher Luxon labels it ‘dribble’
Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘It’s on me’: Hipkins takes blame for Labour’s health policy bungle
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Chris Hipkins caught off guard by Labour’s health announcement
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour’s Chris Hipkins taken ‘by surprise’ by questions about health policy suddenly appearing in media
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Labour’s Duncan Webb to stand down next year
RNZ: Labour MP Duncan Webb announces retirement from politics
Adam Pearse (Herald): Labour MP Duncan Webb to resign as MP, won’t seek re-election
Henry Cooke and Dominic Harris (Post): Labour’s Duncan Webb to stand down at next election (paywalled)
MEGA-STRIKE, EMPLOYMENT
Anna Whyte (Post): Mega strike: 65% of public on side of strikers, new polling suggests (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Public Service Commissioner on holiday as huge public sector strikes loom
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Public Service Commission’s ads targeting strike ‘absolutely unbelievable’ - Labour
Adam Pearse (Herald): Mega-strike: Labour wants investigation into Public Service Commission ads about strike action
Anna Whyte (Post): Mega strike: Eyebrows raised over Government’s $190 Facebook ad (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): Schools set to close, patient appointments delayed as mega strike looms (paywalled)
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Adam Pearse (Herald): ‘Defamatory, embarrassing’: Eru Kapa-Kingi responds to Te Pāti Māori’s assault allegations
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Eru Kapa-Kingi responds to allegations by Te Pāti Māori leadership
Sam Smith (Stuff): Eru Kapa-Kingi labels Te Pāti Māori’s leadership a ‘dictatorship’
Henry Cooke (Post): Te Pāti Māori chaos: Eru Kapa-Kingi says party’s email was defamatory, rejects calls for new party (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
Henry Cooke (Post): National can’t decide how bipartisan it wants to be (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Christopher Luxon says asset sales ‘not something we are considering’ for second term (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): National, Labour and Auckland: The challenge of purple politics (paywalled)
Christopher Finlayson (Herald): Remembering my friend Jim Bolger, one of our finest former leaders (paywalled)
Joe Hendren: No Bolger in the Room: Mega strike looms
Emma Gleason (Spinoff): A parliamentary fashion report card
Herald Editorial: Oriini Kaipara’s barefoot speech sparks fresh debate on dress rules (paywalled)
1News: Rock thrown through MP’s car window - ‘Pretty disappointed’
RNZ: Well-known New Zealander charged with indecent assault can be named
CLIMATE CHANGE, WEATHER EVENTS, NATURAL HAZARDS, ENVIRONMENT
ODT Editorial: Concern growing over Gene-Tech Bill (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): Who pays for adaptation’s a ‘tough’ conversation - Climate Change Minister
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): Why it’s time to bite the bullet on natural hazard data (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Government halves pool of companies that need to make climate-related disclosures
Rob Stock (Post): Just 76 entities will have to calculate emissions data after Government changes reporting rules (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): High Court backs watchdog’s decision not to review Roundup chemical (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): Larger set-net ban to protect hoiho sought (paywalled)
Robin Martin (RNZ): Questions for MetService about warnings issued for ‘badly impacted’ Waitomo District
Gianina Schwanecke (RNZ): Ikea owner buys up Northland forestry
Sasha Maher (Newsroom): Property fetish ducks climate responsibility
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE
Sam Sacheva (Newsroom): Peters’ Budget battle with Willis over ‘grossly misleading’ claims
Logan Church (1News): Trump’s War Secretary ‘positive’ about NZ, Collins says after DC meeting
Logan Church (1News): TVNZ escorted out of Pentagon, access to Collins-Hegseth meeting withdrawn
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): TVNZ journalist Logan Church ‘escorted’ out of Judith Collins’ Pentagon meeting (paywalled)
Joanna Wane (Herald): Amnesty report criticises New Zealand response to climate crisis in the Pacific (paywalled)
RNZ: NZ aims to strengthen Pacific defence ties at key ministers’ meeting
ODT: Alliances and security discussed at forum
Corazon Miller (1News): This family escaped Gaza for NZ, but could more have been helped?
Charlotte Cook and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Government mulls law change after court rulings favour returned service people
Bang Xiao (ABC): China’s economic slowdown has become its diplomatic weapon in the Pacific
Anaru Eketone (ODT): Our sovereignty should be a factor in recognising Palestine (paywalled)
MARINE AND COASTAL AREAS BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Opposition promises to repeal marine and coastal rights law change
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Protesters begin burning copies of Marine and Coastal Area Bill on beaches across New Zealand
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Protesters plan beach fires nationwide over Marine and Coastal Area Bill
Emma Andrews and Henare te Ua (RNZ): Researchers say NZ parks still carry colonial scars
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Coalition appoints Crown facilitator at Waitaki District Council
Thomas Manch (Post): Government intervenes in first council over water delivery plan (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): Winning candidates deny allegations of electoral fraud in Ōtara-Papatoetoe Local Board election (paywalled)
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Final results confirm axeing of more than half of Māori wards
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Kaipara mayoral runner-up applies for recount
Wayne Brown (Herald): Auckland primed to capitalise on future growth in tech (paywalled)
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Ruapehu records strong voter turnout as Māori ward retained in close poll
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting):Outgoing mayor Ron Mark won’t rule out Beehive return
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting): Wairarapa’s new mayors go back to school
Zizi Sparks (Crux): Why the vacant CODC seat can’t go to the next highest poller
Steve Hepburn (ODT): Laws not interested in chairing ORC
Brent Edwards (NBR): New Dunedin mayor aims to roll out the carpet for business (paywalled)
TRANSPORT
Thomas Manch (Post): Opposition tepid on billion-dollar roads, tolling (paywalled)
Blayne Slabbert (Press): South Island receives just 6% of $1.2b road funding package (paywalled)
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times): Minister hails Southern Links as removing a ‘handbrake to growth’ in Waikato (paywalled)
Matt Lowrie (Greater Auckland): Reality bites: RoNS will bankrupt the nation
Eye of the Fish: RONS are back in town
ABUSE IN CARE, JUSTICE
Anneke Smith (RNZ): State abuse redress carve out for criminals decried by opposition
Ihorangi Reweti Peters (Post): Abuse in care bills: Minister needs to finish what she has started (paywalled)
RNZ: Baptist Church apologises for abuse in care
Elizabeth Cracroft (Spinoff): The urgent need for more residential rehab programmes
MEDIA, INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Minister hints at online radio stations being subject to broadcasting laws
David Farrar: National risks losing support over the BSA empire grab
Peter Thompson (The Conversation): ‘Soviet-era Stasi’ or defender of media freedoms? The battle for the Broadcasting Standards Authority
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): The BSA vs The Platform will be a generationally important battle
Natalia Albert: Between Fairness and Freedom: The Platform Case
Barrie Sanders: The BSA power grab: Post 2
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Should we regulate all kinds of broadcasting – or nothing at all?
Shayne Currie (Herald): RNZ host set to lose role in cost cuts at public broadcaster (paywalled)
ENERGY
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): First offshore oil and gas permit sought after repeal of ban
Katie Todd (RNZ): Lake Hāwea fast track referral declined by government
Raphael Franks (Herald): Contact Energy gas price hike: Tens of thousands of customers will see average 17% jump
Jamie Gray (Herald): Meridian says Government’s stance on capital is the biggest change since 2013
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Meridian thinking big after Crown’s offer to co-invest
Tim Hunter (NBR): Meridian mulls raising lake levels to boost hydro storage (paywalled)
Daniel Vernon: Nationals Winter Energy Payments for Corporations and Shareholders
Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): Iwi seek stake for people in energy future
Sapeer Mayron (Post): The cost of power: How landlords are transitioning their properties as gas prices spike (paywalled)
RESERVE BANK
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Finance Minister rejected Treasury advice to remove governor from Reserve Bank board
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Treasury advised Nicola Willis to remove the Reserve Bank Governor from the board to improve accountability (paywalled)
Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Post): Why Adrian Orr’s exit clause isn’t as unusual as it sounds
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Reserve Bank more than triples Auckland office lease costs in the midst of staff layoffs (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Finance minister says yes, yes, yes to RBNZ transparency reform (paywalled)