RESERVE BANK, BANKS
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he does not direct Reserve Bank on rate cuts
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he gives ‘reckons’ to RBNZ Governor on cash rate calls
Stuff: Luxon: I ‘respect the independence’ of the Reserve Bank, but it moved too slow on OCR
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Reserve Bank independence under spotlight as PM weighs in
Mandy Te (Interest): Christopher Luxon says he 'personally' thinks the Reserve Bank should have been more aggressive with the Official Cash Rate
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Reserve Bank doubles Auckland office space, plans $14.5m fit-out just as staff redundancies hit (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Race for Reserve Bank governorship heats up – Christian Hawkesby coy on why he wants the job (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Why the wait for the RBNZ’s first female governor? (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): The political question at the centre of Reserve Bank capital rules (paywalled)
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Reserve Bank begins consultation on amount of capital banks should hold
Nick Stride (Interest): RBNZ details proposals to reduce bank capital requirements, after political pressure
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Reserve Bank signals softer stance on capital rules (paywalled)
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): RBNZ signals appetite to change ’restrictive’ capital settings (paywalled)
Matt Robson (Evening Report): The Public’s Kiwibank on the Auction Block
ODT Editorial: Banking review fine, as far as it goes (paywalled)
Herald: Commerce Commission takes Westpac to task over CCCFA breaches
1News: Commerce Commission files proceedings against Westpac bank
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Commerce Commission launches legal proceedings against Westpac
Rob Stock (Post): ComCom takes legal action against Westpac, as bank refunds overcharged customers (paywalled)
Garth Bray (BusinessDesk): Westpac facing civil proceedings three years after self-reporting to ComCom (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, TĀMAKI MAKAURAU BY-ELECTION, PUBLIC SERVICE
Henry Cooke: Who are the voters swinging away from Christopher Luxon?
Chris Trotter (Law News): A pre-election performance review for Christopher Mark Luxon
Richard Harman (Politik): Luxon goes it alone (paywalled)
Chris Trotter (Interest): If the election was scheduled for next week, Hipkins could win. Luckily for Luxon, it’s next year
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Government’s Crown board fee rises to be funded from agencies’ existing budgets, concerns about effect on services (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): David Seymour admits his approach to four-year term was too complicated
Russell Palmer (RNZ): ACT pushes back against recommended changes to four-year-term proposal
No Right Turn: A referendum on the regime
Te Ao Māori News/The Hui: Oriini Kaipara and Peeni Henare clash in Tāmaki Makaurau by-election debate
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): My response to Vision NZ’s Hannah Tamaki’s accusations against me
Anna Whyte (Post): Battle of the job seeker: Competition for public sector roles getting hotter (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): A genius plan to get Māori on board with NZ First’s ‘brown tape’ initiative
Natalia Albert: The Greens Don’t Weaken the Right, They Strengthen It
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Making it worthwhile: Grant Robertson on the trials, triumphs and tribulations contained within his memoir, Anything Could Happen (paywalled)
Michael Reddell: Reading Grant Robertson
HOUSING
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Bishop wants house prices to fall. PM Luxon wants them to rise
RNZ: Christopher Luxon wants to see house prices rise
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Does Chris Bishop have a point about house prices?
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Beating the Bish and the strange, shifting politics of housing
Rowan Saadi (ODT): Building proposal 'changes what Wānaka is’ (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington City Council responds to rising homelessness in Newtown (paywalled)
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Clothes washing, korero service for homeless sees demand surge
Bella Craig (RNZ): Dunedin flats not cleaned before students move in
Megan Wilson (Herald): Tauranga: Construction of 20 affordable, accessibility-friendly apartments to begin
Mildred Armah (Stuff): ‘Heartbreaking’ - thousands react to image of phone booth being used as shelter
Martin Hawes (Post): Why you should still buy a house if you can (paywalled)
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): The scramble for 'quick and dirty' dairy figures ahead of Willis-Fonterra talks
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): The five graphs that need to get better for Luxon and Willis
Rachel Maher (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon signals ‘total rethink’ on major events to stimulate economy
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'Steep' interest rate move
David Hargreaves (Interest): 'Clear upside risk to RBNZ GDP forecasts - an economic upturn still appears under way’
EMPLOYMENT, WORKPLACE SAFETY
Neil Sands (Law News): Critics line up at select committee to oppose the government’s planned changes to employment law
Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): Employment law reform will create two-tier system: lawyer (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Law Association blasts proposed ‘cookie cutter’ curbs on personal grievances (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Uber makes last-ditch plea for retrospective law change on driver rights (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Ballance Agri-Nutrients worker Wesley Tomich's family's plea for coronial inquest turned down
Cameron Smith (Herald): Retirement savings gap emerging between self-employed and employees
David Chaplin (BusinessDesk): KiwiSaver is leaking (paywalled)
HEALTH
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Health NZ under fire for secrecy over private hospital contracts
Megan Wilson (Bay of Plenty Times): Bay of Plenty radiology waitlist nears 9000, $11m spent on outsourcing
Deborah Powell (Post): Why outsourcing is failing public radiology (paywalled)
RNZ: Staff shortage leaves more kids needing emergency dental treatment
Torika Tokalau (Stuff): Vape and liquor stores pair up in Auckland despite community opposition
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): 'This really isn't just about the demise of Te Aka Whai Ora'
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): The once forgotten disease killing Kiwi babies
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): ‘He was fit and full of life’: Did pharmacist’s errors lead to man’s death?
Hannah Bartlett (Open Justice Reporting): Pharmacist failed to consult GP three times before man’s fatal brain bleed
Tim Scott (ODT): Tri-agencies not properly engaged: report
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): ‘Urgent reform’ needed for living wills, MPs say
EDUCATION
Azaria Howell (Newstalk ZB): Te Pūkenga breakup: Govt warned de-merger would lead to more people staying on Jobseeker for longer
Derek Cheng (Herald): More than a third of university grades are As. Grade inflation, or are students just doing better? (paywalled)
Alwyn Poole (Kiwiblog): The Place of Faith, Purpose and Culture in Education Success
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Tourism, outdoor education teachers oppose subject change
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
RNZ: Spy agencies quiet on reported US blocking of Five Eyes intel sharing
Chris Trotter: Spying Blind (paywalled)
Helen Clark (Stuff): On Gaza’s border I saw silence but on the other side was catastrophe
RNZ: PM Christopher Luxon condemns Israel's E1 settlement plan
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Tinker Traitor Soldier Spy
Bill Hickman (RNZ): US post suspension: 'It seems very strange to not be able to send a package
Caron Copek (Stuff): How can you send packages to the US now NZ Post has suspended deliveries?
JUSTICE
Gavin Ellis: Name suppression sends wrong messages
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Public cut out of rushed law to ban protests outside homes
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Experts say government should revisit rewrite of 'breaking up' laws
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Fix the Clean Slate law or get rid of it?
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times): Three years for a life: Man who starved brother to death serves just half his jail sentence (paywalled)
COVID
Andrea Black (Post): What Treasury advice actually said on Covid response (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Flight attendants lose Covid-19 vaccination fight
Post: $1.1m fraud alleged on Covid wage subsidy scheme
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, MĀORI WARDS
Sam Smith (Stuff): ‘Not a good look’: Local board criticised for ratepayer-funded private cocktail party
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Communities, not complacency must drive local government
Mike Yardley (Press): Christchurch’s water plan a small win for localism, but what about other issues? (paywalled)
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Council mandate shrinking, bill misses the mark
Paula Penfold (Stuff): 'The community is watching': Call for controversial local board member to resign
Amelia Wade (Post): Aucklanders risk rates rise if no bed levy to lure major events (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington council wannabes make video elevator pitch (paywalled)
Gerrard Eckhoff (ODT): There's gonna be a storm quite soon as election due
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Councillor calls for ministry guidance on lead issue (paywalled)
Bonnie Flaws (Bay Buzz): Scepticism around Napier Citizens’ Assembly
MEDIA
Peter Thompson (The Conversation): A ‘scathing’ report on RNZ’s performance obscures the good news – and the challenge of serving many audiences
Hayden Donnell (RNZ): Mediawatch: AI and a last ditch bid for media to claw back online revenue
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): TVNZ has rights to 2026 Fifa football World Cup; will charge for some games (paywalled)
Emma Gleason (Spinoff): Some of New Zealand’s biggest Substack writers are leaving the platform. What’s going on?