GOVERNMENT
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National promises to lift default KiwiSaver contribution to 12%
Anna Whyte (Post): National promises to boost KiwiSaver to match Australian Super
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): The week the National coup rumour went into overdrive (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Coalition barbs show what 2026 may well look like (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Sunday Star Times): Christoper Luxon readies to rally the troops as the Government turns two (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Christopher Luxon or someone else? National Party MPs are at a crossroads (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): The issues coming to fore that show similarities between NZ First, Labour (paywalled)
Michael Daly (Stuff): Times in recent weeks when coalition Government differences have surfaced
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Dead rats and discord: What next in the Peters-Seymour stoush?
Michael Daly (Stuff): Peters says coalition ‘getting on fine’, as Labour MP stokes a ‘huge trouble’ political fire
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret diary of .. Sheriff Winston
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Two Winstons, One Show: How Peters is poised to dominate the 2026 campaign (paywalled)
Ben Thomas (Post): The coalition’s challenge: Keep its Jenga tower standing till the election (paywalled)
Herald: Paul Goldsmith dismisses talk of rolling Prime Minister Christopher Luxon
Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): The House: MPs debate defence details under urgency
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Echo Chamber: After dark, under urgency
Zoran Rakovic: Broadcasting Allocation for Independent Candidates - Letter to The Electoral Commission
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): The Detail: One for the political tragics
PARLIAMENT
Audrey Young (Herald): Voices of the rebels: How Te Pāti Māori outcasts Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris claim mediation turned sour (paywalled)
RNZ: Ngāpuhi ‘insulted’ Te Pāti Māori leadership refusing to participate in hui
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori turns down hui offer
Anna Whyte (Post): Labour kicks off contest for Wellington’s redrawn electorates (paywalled)
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Former Labour minister Michael Wood to re-enter politics
Duncan Garner (Listener): Should Kiwis take Labour back? The issues that need to be sorted first (paywalled)
Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand Labour Party leader postures as a “democratic socialist”
1News: Former MP Michael Wood announces bid to return to politics
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): tellw3Michael Wood confirms political return
Sam Smith (RNZ): Former Labour minister eyes political comeback in seat he lost
David Farrar: A change to Curia’s assumptions on electorate seats
Spinoff: Juggernaut 2: The ‘bugger the pollsters’ election
ANIMAL WELFARE, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Monique Steele (RNZ): New farrowing crates rules at piggeries progress, amid undercover footage release
Adam Pearse (Herald): Greens target pig mating regulations, say minister is indulging pork industry in ignoring advice
RNZ: Seafood industry hits back at protesters
Karanama Ruru and Michael Daly (Stuff): ‘Champion of the fishing sector’ Shane Jones warns recreational fishers he will ‘strike’ back
Ross McNaughton (RNZ): Recreational fishers oppose Hauraki Gulf fishing reforms, Shane Jones says ‘it’s a bit late’
RNZ: One Ocean fishing protest convoy crosses Auckland’s Harbour Bridge
Monique Steele (RNZ): Cheap fruit and vegetable imports put pressure on New Zealand production
PIKE RIVER, UBER
ODT Editorial: Empathy not on van Velden’s agenda (paywalled)
Rod McNaughton (Newsroom): Uber court ruling paves way for NZ gig economy reckoning
Nick Agar (Post): Uber’s lost court battle won’t cause the collapse of ‘ridesharing’ (paywalled)
TRANSPORT
Press Editorial (Post): Salvaging the ferries fiasco (paywalled)
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): How much Winston Peters’ Cook Strait ferries deal has actually saved (paywalled)
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Angst about EVs blows up in the headlines
RNZ: Truckies call for tougher rules on unsafe vehicles
RNZ: NZTA postpones Transmission Gully roadworks after major congestion
Bruce Cotterill (Herald): Air New Zealand must fix reliability before loyalty runs out (paywalled)
Sam Stubbs (Sunday Star Times): A shareholder plea to Air NZ: Stop overcharging (paywalled)
RNZ: Air NZ cabin crew to strike in December
RNZ: Air New Zealand named world’s safest airline among a host of international awards
PUBERTY BLOCKERS, GENDER
Science Media Centre: Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions – Expert Reaction
Laura Walters (Newsroom): ‘In loco parentis’: When the state says it knows best
Jaimie Veale (The Conversation): Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
Julia de Bree and John Fenaughty (Spinoff): The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Halt to puberty blockers curses ‘young transgender women to stigma’
RNZ: Auckland Pride takes legal action over scrapping of transgender inclusive sports guidelines
CLIMATE CHANGE
Kate Newton (RNZ): Government quietly rejects advice to set more ambitious ‘net negative’ emissions goal
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Confusion reigns as climate minister appears unaware of own announcement
Francisco Hernandez (Spinoff): A day in the life of a New Zealand MP attending Cop30 in Brazil
James Nokise (Post): Australia’s COP retreat leaves Pacific voices in the cold (paywalled)
POLICE
Jared Savage (Herald): Senior detective under investigation over alleged objectionable material (paywalled)
Natalia Albert: The Shut-Up Policy: The New Zealand Police Case
Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘Chillingly familiar’: Why the McSkimming report hit hard for sex workers and a waitress
ENVIRONMENT
Simon Upton (Newsroom): Environment commissioner: ‘Without roads we wouldn’t have much of an economy’
Erin Johnson (Stuff): ‘Gross oversight’: Community feels shut out over floodplain dump plan
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Concern mounts over Southland wilding pine threat
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): NZ’s biggest regional park re-opens after 1080 pest control
MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS, TREATY, TE AO MĀORI
Julia Gabel (Herald): ‘Left with no choice’: Ngāi Tahu takes Government to court over conservation law changes
Taiha Molyneux (RNZ): Ngāi Tahu takes Crown to High Court over proposed changes to Conservation Act
Julia Gabel (Herald): Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon takes complaint against Government to United Nations
EDUCATION, TRAINING
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): ‘Expression of kotahitanga’: More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Education overhaul: Everything that changed in 2025, and what’s in store for 2026
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Government bill prevents schools from opting out of international maths, reading tests
Eva de Jong (Herald): NZ’s principals fear burnout as student needs and education politics shake schools (paywalled)
Lochlan Lineham (Herald): Ministry of Education confirms it supplied asbestos‑tainted sand to schools
BUSINESS, CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Rob Stock (Sunday Star Times): Scott Simpson pushes ahead with company law overhaul after ‘battlefield promotion’ (paywalled)
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Timid boardrooms are holding back New Zealand’s growth (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Trial would let food importers put product info online rather than on packaging
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Board directors believe economy is improving - report
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Why the New Zealand dollar has plunged to 13-year lows
BANKING
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Which bank says it’s the only one to pass on the full official cash rate cut?
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Banks now allowed to share anti-money laundering information to help fight fraud & scams
Janine Starks (Post): At last - open banking is open for business (paywalled)
Andy Ma cdonald (BusinessDesk): Big banks eye warnings on legacy Open Banking technology
Rob Stock (Post): Emissions target divide among the big agri-lending banks
Rob Stock (Post): MyMahi Digital ID lets teens as young as 13 sign up for Emerge bank accounts online
Shayne Currie (Herald): Kiwibank appoints Together as new advertising agency, parts ways with OMD on eve of seismic global merger (paywalled)
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): S&P sees major NZ banks maintaining RoE ‘without undue risk’
FIREARMS
Nik Dirga (RNZ): What the government’s firearms act reform proposals will change - and what they won’t
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Gun law debate ends in a whimper, not a bang
ODT Editorial: Reforms near the bullseye (paywalled)
DRUGS
Chris Wilkins, Jose S. Romeo, Marta Rychert, Robin van der Sanden (The Conversation): A new index challenges common beliefs about drug use and harm in NZ
Gordon Campbell: On Why We Should De-Criminalise Personal Drug Use
Jai Whelan, Rose Crossin, Sam Lasham, Brin Ryder and Trish Dribnenki (Newsroom): Care, not combat, will reduce meth harm
OTHER
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Covid Inquiry hit by yet another top-level resignation
Michele Hewitson (Listener): Tāme Iti has devoted his life to kicking against the pricks (paywalled)
Barbara Brookes (The Conversation): Did Plunket founder Truby King really believe in eugenics? History isn’t that simple
CARTOONS