RNZ AND MEDIA
RNZ: RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson to leave organisation after 13 years
RNZ: Deputy PM says he did not know RNZ chief executive planned to resign
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): What does the exit of RNZ’s boss mean for the organisation? (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): David Seymour denies role in RNZ boss Paul Thompson’s exit after ‘unhelpful’ commentary (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): ‘This was his decision alone’: Paul Thompson resigns as RNZ boss
Leah McFall (Listener): Public radio is meant for older people. Why fight it? (paywalled)
Stuff: ‘I am a darn good journalist’: Maiki Sherman wins major media award after controversy
Shayne Currie (Herald): Former TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman wins political journalist of the year at NZ Media Awards (paywalled)
Herald: NZME celebrates multiple top honours at 2026 NZ Media Awards
RNZ: RNZ’s national crime correspondent Sam Sherwood wins three top Media Awards
Stuff: Stuff wins top media award for third year running
1News: ‘World class’: TVNZ current affairs, news honoured at NZ Media Awards
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Melanie Reid’s Diagnosis of a Crime named best NZ podcast
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret memoir of .. Barry Soper
Philip Matthews (Post): As The Press turns 165 we consider: Do newspapers have a future? (paywalled)
Alexia Russell (RNZ): Facebook’s recurring premature death announcement
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Landlord Parliament
Luke Malpass (Post): For the first time in months, the coalition looks in control (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): The road to good intentions is paved with hell (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Introducing Democrasee, the political board game tested by MPs
Sam Crawley: New Zealand’s immigration attitudes: an international outlier
James Nokise (Post): The cold and the cruel: A stocktake of a week in politics (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): The week’s biggest losers were probably adult human biological public servants
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Battle of the Lloyds: Budd v Burr
Brent Edwards (NBR): Buy back BNZ, Public Service, social housing cuts (paywalled)
Penny Smith (RNZ): Parliamentary Services to strengthen security after threats on MPs
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Andrea Vance (Post): Lollies, furniture and monthly car grooming: More spending questions raised over mega roading contracts (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): NZTA launches review amid six roading contract investigations and SFO probe (paywalled)
Ben Thomas (Post): Will cuts finally spark the public sector’s tech revolution? (paywalled)
Post: Editorial – Cutting the public service (paywalled)
Michael Swanson: The Human cost of public service reforms
SOCIAL HOUSING
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): The social housing overhaul creates both winners and losers
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): What’s cruel versus fair in the social housing debate
1News: Social housing: Advocates say NZ needs more to fix ‘broken’ system
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Helping Nicola Willis: How to tell a social housing tenant apart from a Lotto winner
ODT: Editorial – Glib comment on housing revealing (paywalled)
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