ELECTION, PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Grant Duncan: The NZ Green Party: will they grow a spine?
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Trouble for Winston Peters as Kiwi workers wake up to his party’s limitations (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Parliament to return as nation reels from extreme weather (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Post): Why the fight for Auckland is already under way - how the city will shape the election
Henry Cooke (Post): Election: Minister and Electoral Commission stoush over 20-day wait for full election results (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): The Unilever test for Luxon’s leadership (paywalled)
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): MBIE defends $55k Oxford leadership course for senior executive (paywalled)
Derek Cheng (Herald): Inside the wrangling over transgender sports guidelines: How NZ First flexed its coalition muscle (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): As Erica Stanford defends her rapid reforms in our schools, critics say they’re too experimental. Who’s right? (paywalled)
RNZ: Back to school 2026: Pupils head back to class from today
Hanna McCallum (Post): Hundreds of vacancies but Government sees end to teacher shortage (paywalled)
Tina Law (Post): Concerns raised over child safety as Gloriavale school allowed to remain open (paywalled)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
RNZ: Goff takes aim at Peters ‘deafening’ silence on Trump’s NATO comments
Stuff: ‘Silence has been deafening’: Phil Goff takes aim at Winston Peters after Trump’s ‘disgraceful’ NATO comments
Herald: Editorial – Donald Trump’s comments about Afghanistan veterans are disgraceful and should anger Kiwis (paywalled)
Joe Hendren: Winston smears a WHO - along with the credibility of the government
Asia Pacific Report: Palestine rally targets NZ companies alleged link to ‘opaque’ supply lines in Gaza genocide
Tom Day (1News): How it took months for a Chinese diplomat to be given a speeding ticket
Jane Kelsey (The Conversation): Trump is threatening more tariffs over access to critical minerals – will NZ be targeted?
WEATHER, DISASTER, CLIMATE
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Are we taking landslide risk seriously enough?
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): How to rebuild when destruction flows from the sky
Katie Hunter (Stuff): Mt Maunganui landslide the kind of disaster you hope never comes, Tauranga mayor says
Mike White (Post): Trapped emergency crew rescued from dangerous floodwaters during Tauranga storm (paywalled)
Tony Wall (Stuff): Tears and hugs as spirit of The Mount shines through
Michael Morrah (Herald): Mount Maunganui landslide: Camper hails teacher who saved lives
Katie Hunter and Virginia Fallon (Post): Mt Maunganui slip: Recovery pauses, remembrance continues (paywalled)
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): ‘We’re hurting for them’ - Mt Maunganui locals mourn at vigil
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): No, the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide was not AI
The Centrist: Deadly landslide puts indefinite closure of Mount Maunganui on the table
RESERVE BANK
Zane Small (Stuff): Reserve Bank Governor Anna Breman sorry for signing international letter without seeking advice
Brian Easton: Central Bankers Club Trump
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Winston Peters rebuke puts Anna Breman in double bind over RBNZ role (paywalled)
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): RBNZ’s Anna Breman on inflation, being told off by Winston Peters & more
HEALTH
Anna Whyte (Post): Outages and hacks: NZ’s Health IT ‘double whammy’ and what it means for patients (paywalled)
Cecilia Robinson (Herald): ManageMyHealth cyber breach exposes wider failures in medical records system (paywalled)
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Doctor recruited for Whakatāne Hospital quits before he starts role
ODT: Editorial – Progress needed on aged care (paywalled)
Mildred Armah (Stuff): ACC paid for surgery, then pulled the plug: Woman faces up to $40k bill or years of pain
HOUSING, BUILDING, FAST TRACK ACT
David Williams (Newsroom): Legal advice sought after door slammed on advocacy group
Jacob Johnson (1News): Calls for stronger AirBnB regulations in NZ as Sydney mulls crackdown
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why 2026 is a ‘Goldilocks year’ for first-home buyers
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): So fast-track, they forgot the hotel (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, MINING
Mary Williams and Julie Asher (ODT): Goldmine fast-track bid falters (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Goldmine decision maybe extended (paywalled)
Josie Vidal (ODT): Mining in our backyard governed by strict rules (paywalled)
FARMING AND PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Rachael Kelly (Press): Sheep farmers see ‘light at end of tunnel’ as wool prices reach 10-year high (paywalled)
Blayne Slabbert (Press): NZ’s biggest farm pays just $7855 a year in rates (paywalled)
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Forestry group urges Government to remove legal accountability for slash
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Years of closures, millions in losses: Oyster farmers still in choppy waters (paywalled)
ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY
Earl Bardsley (Interest): Is the Lake Onslow pumped storage scheme still on the political table?
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Cost-of-living and more complex power plans blamed for surging utility complaints (paywalled)
TE PAPA
Paul Little (Listener): The great art heist? Te Papa has some of NZ’s greatest artworks, so why won’t our national museum let us see them? (paywalled)
André Chumko (Post): What does it actually cost to run Te Papa? (paywalled)
CARTOONS