LUXON’S LEADERSHIP
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Why the Luxon leadership speculation will return
Janet Wilson (Post): So what’s it to be for Christopher Luxon - praise him, bury him or both? (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): National’s “nothing to see here” doesn’t cut it
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Put up or shut up and shove off
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Did Luxon just have a leadership-defining moment?
Rodney Hide: The Herald’s shameful attempt to overthrow a democratically elected prime minister
Brent Edwards (NBR): Public deserves better than anonymous speculation on PM’s future (paywalled)
Gordon Campbell: On the lifeline thrown to Christopher Luxon
Sam Smith and Emma Ricketts (Stuff): National’s chief whip speaks for first time after staying silent on bombshell report
Adam Pearse (Herald): National whip Stuart Smith stands by denial he tried to contact Christopher Luxon over flagging support
1News: National’s chief whip quizzed over leadership saga
Ryan Bridge (Herald): Christopher Luxon backlash and the polling trend that could decide his future (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): National MPs angry over claim they were leaking amid Christopher Luxon leadership speculation
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Winston Peters tells Christopher Luxon: You don’t decide when the leadership challenges end
Stuff: ‘I’ve never leaked’, National MPs say after coup allegations
COALITION TENSIONS
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): And then along came Winston
Jo Moir (RNZ): Winston Peters says Christopher Luxon didn’t warn him about leadership vote
Jo Moir (RNZ): Winston Peters declares coalition as stable as ‘three-legged stool’ after day of potshots
Anna Whyte (Interest): Coalition tensions rise between NZ First and National
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon fires up at Winston Peters, says NZ First responsible for Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern
Nick James (Post): Nicola Willis says NZ First voters ‘run the risk’ of re-electing Labour (paywalled)
IMMIGRATION AND INDIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): Kiwis’ views on immigration are ‘hardening very fast’
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): National, ACT MPs call out Jones’ ‘butter chicken’ comments as racist and ‘lame dad jokes’
RNZ: Former Te Pāti Māori president’s haka targeting ACT MP Parmjeet Parmar sparks backlash
Henry Cooke (Post): National backbencher calls out Shane Jones over ‘butter chicken tsunami’ jibe (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Trade Minister expects India FTA to get better over time (paywalled)
Blessen Tom (RNZ): Papatoetoe’s Indian community vents anger over growing anti-Indian sentiment
GOVERNMENT
Azaria Howell (Herald): Move-on orders: Justice Minister backs policy after concerns from Treasury, police
No Right Turn: Schools belong in the OIA
Zoe Mills (Herald): Oranga Tamariki review moves Family Start to Social Investments Agency, providers seek clarity
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Wairoa iwi seeks removal of Goldsmith as Treaty Negotiations Minister
Brent Edwards (NBR): Green Investment Finance wind-down returns over $500m so far (paywalled)
FUEL CRISIS
Dan Brunskill (Spinoff): Who is winning from high petrol prices?
Nick James (Post): David Seymour wants fuel taxes to go up as planned, despite Chris Bishop saying it would be a ‘death wish’ (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Post): Fuel stocks drop again - NZ told to ‘keep calm and carry on’ (paywalled)
RNZ: Home care worker calls out ‘double standard’ over MP’s mileage allowance
Dita De Boni (Post): Kuwait invokes ‘force majeure’ on its fuel, allowing it to forfeit delivery to NZ’s refined fuel suppliers (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Shane Jones floats idea NZ could store fuel safely for other countries (paywalled)
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