CLIMATE LAW LOBBYING
Andrea Vance (Post): Who wrote the climate law? Lobbyists’ text closely mirrored in Government reform (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): ‘A co-ordinated campaign of secret lobbying’ – climate activist
Environmental Law Initiative (Scoop): Fonterra & Z Energy Lobbying Concealed By Prime Minister’s Office
NZ FIRST
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): NZ First’s special economic zone is a gift to corporate interests
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): NZ First wants Special Economic Zone at Marsden Point
Richard Harman: Peters tries to sell nostalgia (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): Ex-Labour minister Stuart Nash returns to politics with NZ First, accepts some women won’t forgive him for ‘disrespectful’ comment
Stuff: Former Labour minister Stuart Nash confirms political comeback with NZ First bid
Isaac Davison (Stuff): NZ First selects anti-fluoride mayor as Whangārei candidate
LABOUR PARTY
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Labour’s Barbara Edmonds apologises for calling Nicola Willis ‘duck-faced horse’
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Duck-sized horses and old town ponds – leaked Labour strategy session shows how they’re going to fight National. And it’s... weird
Audrey Young (Herald): Leaked Labour audio reveals Barbara Edmonds’ ‘duck-faced horse’ jab (paywalled)
Neil Sands (LawNews): Labour’s justice spokeswoman Camilla Belich talks law-making, tikanga and why she prefers evidence to a good sound-bite
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Simon Wilson: The silliness of a NatLab coalition
Verity Johnson (Stuff): You can’t run the country like a struggling restaurant
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Our politicians are really fired up on immigration. But what about voters?
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): NZ readies for very different govt – with or without Peters rotating in as PM
Lachlan Rennie (Newstalk ZB): Judith Collins’ mixed record as the world’s first space minister
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): NZ First’s risk-free way to stoke the cultural coals
Reuben Steff (Post): Will New Zealand’s liberal regime survive the post-liberal era? (paywalled)
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): Sauce for the goose
Azaria Howell (Newstalk ZB): Union calls MBIE ‘irresponsible’ over more than $100k spend on flexible working policy legal defence
Penny Smith (RNZ): Politicians urged to end pre-election ‘race-baiting’
Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): Will changes to social welfare really fix the economy?
Henry Cooke (Post): Budget week is upon us – but the Reserve Bank has a say too (paywalled)
BUDGET 2026
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Latest budget cuts cast doubt on the idea of delivering better government (paywalled)
Corin Dann (RNZ): The Budget: What’s on the wishlist for business?
Nik Dirga (RNZ): What you need to know about Budget Day 2026 and why it’s a big deal
Katie Bradford (Herald): Predictions for Thursday’s Budget: Don’t expect much
Luke Malpass (Post): Debt, deficits and dwindling room to move (paywalled)
Tini Molyneux (Te Ao Māori News): Will the recent attacks on Te Tiriti affect Budget 2026?
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Will Budget 2026 solve the case of the missing courthouse PPP? (paywalled)
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): Public service squeeze: Fat to trim or muscle to cut (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Gas users’ Budget hopes collide with subsidy politics (paywalled)
Katie Todd (RNZ): Government doubles funding for wilding pine control efforts under a Budget 2026 boost
RNZ: Kindergartens Aotearoa union expects Budget increase to be below inflation
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): AI regulation can wait until public sector is cut, says Goldsmith
RNZ: Hundreds gather in Wellington for PSA protest against proposed public service cuts
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