CONSERVATION LAND BACKDOWN, MINING
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): ‘God as my witness’ – Jones says public land will still be up for development
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Did the Government botch their conservation announcement?
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Emotion has overcome facts on conservation
Richard Harman: Not quite a panic, but close (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): ‘That’s on me’: Minister does u-turn on conservation land swap and sale provisions
RNZ: Controversial clause in Conservation Amendment Bill that allows sale of conservation land to be removed
RNZ: Shane Jones faces person dressed as Grim Reaper outside environment conference
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Conservation bill backdown: Tama Potaka promises to drop law change for disposal of DOC land
Julia Gabel (Herald): Minister Tama Potaka to remove controversial disposal and exchange clauses from Conservation Act
Te Ao News: Greens vow to scrap conservation reforms as Potaka rejects ‘up for grabs’ claims
RNZ: Fast-track application for Otago gold mine paused
Mike White (Post): Santana pauses application for gold mine (paywalled)
Linda Hall (Herald): Conservation law change puts Hawke’s Bay treasures at risk of losing safeguards, conservationists say
POLICE COMMISSIONER INVESTIGATION
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Police Commissioner investigation: Who knew what, and when?
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Police Commissioner Richard Chambers under investigation after complaints
Michael Morrah (Herald): Public Service Commission backs Police Commissioner Richard Chambers staying amid conduct probe
Stuff: Police Commissioner Richard Chambers under investigation after complaint of sexual nature
Michael Morrah (Herald): Sexual allegations against Police Commissioner Richard Chambers: Detectives fly to Australia to interview woman
OPPORTUNITY PARTY
Lochlan Lineham (Herald): Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong willing to discuss common ground with National
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Could a new kingmaker be emerging as coalition support slips?
Ani O’Brien: The media isn’t reporting on TOP’s rise, they are creating it
Audrey Young (Herald): The Opportunity Party’s tax policy in spotlight amid poll surge (paywalled)
GREEN PARTY POLITICS
Sam Crawley: Is there room for a blue-green party? Environmental opinion in New Zealand
Natalia Albert: The 2026 Greens Tax Policy: the good and the bad
Tom Eley (Herald): Green Party co-leader Chloe Swarbrick on anger, politics and change
ELECTION
Chris Trotter (LawNews): Election 2026: why the prospects for preserving political stability just took a turn for the worse
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Luxon warns against strategic voting at ‘posh’ launch of Tāmaki election bid (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The only winner of the political polls
1News: ‘We do not want to be on 29% on election day’: Bishop on new poll
Katie Bradford (Herald): Australia’s Budget watchdog shows how New Zealand could cost election promises
Paul Foster-Bell (ODT): How to safeguard Kiwi democracy? (paywalled)
Doug Laing (Herald): Another John Ormond in on the Act in Napier – fourth in long line of election candidates
Listener: After years on opposing sides, Chris Finlayson and Phil Goff cross party lines for less tribal politics (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol (NBR): Tax changes, four-year terms: what our business leaders want (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Winston Peters and Shane Jones don’t like our questions. But here is what hasn’t been answered
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Chris Bishop moves fast. It’s his super power and Achilles heel
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): NZ First treads awkward line as health & safety bill it says will kill workers returns to Parliament (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): RMA replacement legislation delayed by four weeks as MPs grapple with detail (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Reform-addicted Government rushes to the centre (paywalled)
KIWISAVER
Mandy Te (Interest): National yet to work through detail of how KiwiSaver policies would apply to workers with side hustles
Tim Hunter (NBR): Compulsory KiwiSaver is just stage one (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): The arguments over whether KiwiSaver should be compulsory (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Siloed teams, limited communication: Former MBIE employee on the failed $33m IT project
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Winston Peters wants MBIE officials locked up, but prison no longer a punishment for misleading MPs
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Psychologist quits Oranga Tamariki bootcamp after two months
Phil Pennington (RNZ): No money for upgrades to vital police despatch system due to start next month
SOLAR AND HOUSEHOLD ENERGY
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): National promises homeowners low-cost loans to install solar power
Stuff: National proposes household energy renovations scheme paid for through rates
Nick James (Post): National promises renewable energy fund for households, repaid through rates (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Govt green bank locks down $78m public funds as second solar project hits hurdles
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What would National’s solar scheme offer that we can’t currently get?
Brent Edwards (NBR): National backs rooftop solar as it heads into the election (paywalled)
No Right Turn: The bare minimum
Julie Anne Genter (Post): How to decrease our diesel dependency (paywalled)
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