STUART NASH RESIGNATION
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Stuart Nash resigns as NZ First candidate, Winston Peters announces
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Stuart Nash resigns as NZ First candidate after ‘sexist’ comments
Henry Cooke (Post): Stuart Nash resigns as NZ First candidate following ‘sexist’ text (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): Stuart Nash resigns as NZ First candidate after ‘sexist’ text
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): NZ First accepts Stuart Nash’s resignation after Christopher Luxon rules out Nash from future government
Alex Casey (Spinoff): Breaking: Stuart Nash needs to be told off by his wife again
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): NZ First’s Stuart Nash makes ‘sexist’ claim MP was lazy for taking parental leave
Justin Hu (1News): ‘He said what?’: NZ First’s Nash in hot water over ‘sexist’ remarks
Justin Hu (1News): NZ First’s Nash responds to criticism of ‘sexist’ text about rival
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Christopher Luxon calls out NZ First’s Stuart Nash on ‘sexist’ comment
Nick James (Post): ‘Laziest MP I’ve come across’: Stuart Nash comments on MP’s parental leave sexist, PM says (paywalled)
Jack Riddell and Ethan Griffiths (Herald): New Zealand First’s Stuart Nash labelled ‘sexist’ by PM and his former party after he says new mum National MP ‘laziest I’ve ever come across’
CLIMATE CHANGE COMMISSION REPORT
Kate Newton (RNZ): New Zealand now at risk of missing all its climate targets, Climate Commission warns
Giles Dexter (RNZ): New Zealand ‘on track for net zero’, says prime minister
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): NZ off track for climate targets, watchdog warns, despite PM’s claim we are
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): NZ increasingly off-track for climate targets as Govt hikes pollution
Mandy Te (Interest): ‘The window for action is closing’: NZ’s rate of emissions reduction needs to more than double - Climate Change Commission
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government accused of under-performing on climate action after ‘damning’ report (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Report contradicts Government denials (paywalled)
Science Media Centre: NZ’s climate goals off-track – Expert Reaction
No Right Turn: Climate Change: Failure
Peter Williams: Swarbrick and her unchallenged claims
Andrea Graves (Listener): The high-risk, high-reward race is on to produce a methane vaccine (paywalled)
ELECTION 2026
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Treasury advice casts doubt on Greens’ wealth tax modelling (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): NZ First says it’s tripled young members: ‘Trump hasn’t trademarked nationalism’
Hanna McCallum (Newsroom): Serato co-founder not ‘politically interested’, but now Opportunity’s biggest donor
Andrew Ketels: Of the two defiant minor coalition partners, NZ First continues to evade punishment (paywalled)
Michael Swanson: The Fascinating World of AI Election predictions
Henry Cooke (Post): Why Chris Bishop admitted he would likely lose Hutt South (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): National candidate Karunā Muthu accused of misleading Mt Victoria tunnel claim after election promise broken
Gordon Campbell: Gordon Campbell on the centre-right’s attempt to steal the election
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): I don’t blame Hipkins for having a crack, but tell him he’s dreaming
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): It’s up to you to make sure you can vote
PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The supermarket break-up is back
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Nicola Willis to lift lid on supermarket break-up advice – Labour says it’s open to some kinds of separation (paywalled)
The Post: Editorial: Corporate welfare cements in losers (paywalled)
Rachel Pannett (BusinessDesk): Inside the red tape tipline: Who’s using Seymour’s Ministry for Regulation complaint portal (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): The mystery of the missing Navy journal (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Some 200,000 workers could have pay reduced under new bill, union says
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Labour MP says Paul Goldsmith has ‘a pattern’ of taking credit for women’s work
Blessen Tom (RNZ): Sweeps and special podiums: Inside the ‘eye-opening’ security behind Modi’s NZ visit
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): ACT MP says deepfake bill a ‘first step’ in AI regulation
RMA, FAST-TRACK AND WATER
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): RMA overhaul promises faster consents but less certainty, experts say
Brent Edwards (NBR): Those hoping for RMA consensus will have to keep waiting (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): RMA changes welcome but not always far enough, lawyers say (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Is the Fast-track Act delivering growth or creating problems?
Fox Meyer and Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): NZ First vows to leapfrog Govt to build bigger irrigation dams, faster
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