NASH RESIGNATION AND PARLIAMENT’S WEEK
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): NZ First got a glimpse of what life was like without Winston Peters – and it wasn’t good (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Why this one was different for Winston Peters (paywalled)
Chris Hyde (Herald): Stuart and Sarah Nash’s last political interview: ‘Stuart is many things, but he is not sexist’ (paywalled)
Jo Moir (RNZ): The blind spot that cost Stuart Nash
Duncan Garner (Listener): Our politicians are thin-skinned, utterly humourless, selective and disingenuous (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Stuart Nash has presented Christopher Luxon a great chance to look in charge
Jenni Mortimer (Herald): Maternity leave was the hardest work I’ve ever done – Stuart Nash should try it
Carol Harrington (Newsroom): Why Parliament’s ‘bad guy’ playbook fails women
Ian Taylor (Stuff): Shane ‘knee pads’ Jones lies prostrate before other masters. But I’m not here to talk about that...
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Kneepads off, claws out
Anna Whyte (Interest): ‘Sexist’ texts, shag jokes, tariff shocks - what just happened in Parliament?
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): If you’re an MP, avoid the dumb brigade
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): The political circus of this week
Brent Edwards (NBR): Trump’s inflation, Nash’s short-lived comeback, outrage (paywalled)
ELECTION, POLLS AND PARTIES
Adam Pearse (Herald): New poll predicts coalition re-election while Opportunity holds close to 5%
Stuff: Third poll shows Opportunity just shy of 5% threshold
Henry Cooke (Post): New poll shows coalition victory - but Opportunity close to upending it all (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): New electoral restrictions risk real damage to our social fabric (paywalled)
Brian Easton: A Populist ACT
Josie Pagani (Post): Andy Burnham’s populist template offers a way forward for NZ (paywalled)
Neil Sands (Law News): The teal deal: Opportunity’s Qiulae Wong on tax reform, trash talk – and cats
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Green Party determined to return to government benches, co-leader says
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Why Chlöe Swarbrick is Laura McClure’s most annoying MP
Tom Peters (World Socialist Web Site): New Zealand First campaigns on anti-immigrant chauvinism and militarism
Tom Hunt (Post): The political candidate raising a flag for civility (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The RMA power grab
The Post: Editorial: The RMA deserves a better successor (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): ‘Behavioural’ concerns raised before KC probe into human rights commissioner (paywalled)
Janhavi Gosavi (Herald): Petition launched to keep Children’s Commissioner Claire Achmad in role after she was not reappointed (paywalled)
RNZ: Cabinet faces ‘no-brainer’ decision on ancient migration waka
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