PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Parliamentary inquiry puts more than just one MP on trial
Chris Knox & Jaime Lyth (Herald): Parliament launches inquiry into National MP Carl Bates’ undeclared 25 properties
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Inquiry to look into National’s Carl Bates’ failure to declare properties
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Parliament watchdog to investigate National MP over his trusts’ 25 rental homes
Anna Whyte (Post): Inquiry launched into MP Carl Bates over trust declaration (paywalled)
No Right Turn: This corruption has to stop
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): New electoral legislation won’t speed up official results
Henry Cooke (Post): Controversial changes to voter enrolment won’t speed up final count: Electoral Commission (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Electoral Amendment Bill: Submitters want fewer restrictions, more sausages
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Chris Hipkins isn’t really doing much, but there’s a reason for that
Audrey Young (Herald): Why Mood of the Boardroom winner Erica Stanford is more popular outside caucus than in it (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Peters rises as Seymour and Greens slip with CEOs (paywalled)
RNZ: Calls to merge govt ministries in NZ spark concerns over future of Pacific representation
Anna Whyte (Post): Public service mega merging proposal far from finished (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): New sexual harassment standards for public service welcomed by victim
Gordon Campbell: On Sickness Leave, Keeping Score And On Our Muted Call On Statehood For Palestine
Tom Rose (Herald): Government-led doomsday planning supported by majority of Kiwis, University of Otago study shows
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Govt agency defends support for vanishing venture capitalist (paywalled)
Graeme Tuckett (Post): Prime Minister is a close-up view of extraordinary times (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Winston Peters drops ‘a truth bomb’ at UN function on big four emitters
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Winston Peters ‘brassed off’ to miss Donald Trump dinner as New York streets blocked
Gregory Fortuin (Post): Why New Zealand must not sleep through injustice (paywalled)
David Cumin (Post): NZ must hold to its principles in not supporting a Palestinian state (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms helping New Zealander in detention in US
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): All eyes on Winston Peters
RNZ: Samoa village elders still seeking compensation, want Manawanui wreck removed
ECONOMY, RESERVE BANK
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Why gross debt could explode a further $100b before election (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): GST at 32 percent, pension age of 72 among Treasury solutions to financial crunch
RNZ: Former RBNZ economist says new governor Anna Breman a ‘risky’ appointment
Russell Palmer, Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Former Reserve Bank governor Don Brash optimistic about Anna Breman
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Trust, transparency for new Reserve Bank head facing fiscal headwinds
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Dove, hawk, or just Swedish? Anna Breman prepares to take the Reserve Bank reins (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Who is Anna Breman?
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): We hope Anna Breman is a rockstar
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Wealthy investors from US, China and Hong Kong top applications for New Zealand’s ‘golden visa’ scheme
HOUSING
Nikki Preston (One Roof): ‘Scammed themselves’: Kāinga Ora slammed over Dixon St deal after $3m flip
Bridie Witton (Stuff): The 277 Kiwi kids paying for their parents’ mistakes
Mary Argue (RNZ): The huge shift between landlords and renters as rentals stay vacant in Wellington
Bella Craig (RNZ): International students join growing number of rough sleepers in Auckland, advocate says
Sam Smith (Stuff): Kāinga Ora fails to evict tenant who allegedly received 68 complaints
Matt Lowrie (Greater Auckland): Plan Change debate: more housing was the winner on the day
Annabel Reid (Rotorua Daily Post): Hope for Rotorua and Tauranga whānau as new homeownership model breaks barriers (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Hundreds of thousands set to save thousands on home loans
Greg Ninness (Interest): ANZ economists expect flat houses prices for the rest of this year, see a 5% rise next year
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Spinoff: The best, worst and weirdest local elections hoardings of 2025, reviewed
Tim Hunter (NBR): Let’s vote for control on rates (paywalled)
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): Hastings voting booklet blunder leaves 27 candidates’ profiles missing
Tara Ward (Spinoff): Race briefing: New mayor, new chapter for New Plymouth
Robin Martin (RNZ): Bumper crowd turns up for New Plymouth mayoral debate
Rachel Maher (Herald): Allegations of election tampering against Waikato candidate Fabio Rodrigues referred to police
Ethan Manera (Herald): Old Wellington mayoral office desk stuffed with secret files accidentally sold to local man at dump
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Wairarapa-Tararua water entity taking shape
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Auckland Council wants more control over Auckland Domain facilities (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Auckland Council eyes single buyer for Maungawhau Station super-site (paywalled)
Mary Afemata (Local Democracy Reporting): South Auckland urged to ‘prove everyone wrong’ as voter turnout lags
RNZ: Eden Park concerts can become bigger money spinners for Auckland, report says
OIL AND GAS, FAST TRACK
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Government reopens oil and gas exploration nationwide, Greens decry ‘climate fire’
RNZ: The gas explorers eyeing up NZ
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Offshore oil and gas permits reopen, but interest unclear (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Gas exploration permit application two hours after ban repealed: A sign of interest (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Fast-track expert finds ‘substantial uncertainty’ at heart of seabed mine
HEALTH
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Do senior doctors really get paid $343,500 per year?
Nikki Macdonald (Post): Three years on, postcode lottery still rules the scalpel (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Cost blow-out, governance doubts shared (paywalled)
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): Paralysis, fractures and death: The worst medical mishaps revealed by Health NZ
RNZ: Health Minister promises 75,000 more procedures under $65m plan
Stuff: Health NZ gets boost to support delivery of 75,000 extra diagnostic tests, in bid to cut wait times
Maddy Croad (Press/Post): Cannabis discount programme saves people $300,000 in five months (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Sir Ashley Bloomfield gives evidence at Scottish Covid-19 inquiry
JUSTICE, POLICE, CRIME
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Fraud convictions overturned after Solicitor-General error
Neil Sands (Law News): Justice Minister warns government will legislate ‘over the top’ of court decisions to create clarity and certainty
Natasha Gordon (Herald): Artificial intelligence: Law firms face AI dilemma as junior roles and graduate jobs come under pressure
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Why are police spending so much time chasing cannabis?
Samira Taghavi (Law News): Reform or regression? Why the Law Society’s proposed reform package misses the mark
David Harvey: Hate and Hyperbole
ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSERVATION
Ella Scott-Fleming (ODT): No quick answer to nitrates
Teuila Fuatai (RNZ): Winston Peters wants talanoa with Pacific leaders on Paris Agreement
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Number plate cameras to be used in DOC paid parking trial
Danielle Zollickhofer (Waikato Herald): Te Awamutu waste-to-energy plant Paewira put on hold due to non-payment of costs
RNZ: DOC introduces restrictions for Hector’s dolphin viewing in the Akaroa harbour
ENERGY
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Power prices: Government called upon to take ‘bold’ action as poll results show Kiwis back intervention (paywalled)
John Harbord (Post): The cost of electricity has harmed our country and our people (paywalled)
Graham Skellern (Herald): Executives call for long-term energy plan as power prices climb (paywalled)
Graham Skellern (Herald): Energy leaders warn long-term stability needed to unlock $10b investment (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: Contact to supply gas under all-of-government contract (paywalled)
Tom Raynel (Herald): Entrust dividend revealed: How much Aucklanders are getting and how they get it (paywalled)
RNZ: Which banks are offering to help install solar power on your house
Shawn McAvinue (ODT): Farmers urged to give solar a go
MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA
John Weekes (Herald): Talley’s defamation trial: Auditor’s report leaked to TV station, company still secured Countdown deal (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Independent report into TVNZ news - public broadcaster releases a summary of impartiality and balance findings (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): TVNZ chair Alastair Carruthers stepping down early; Ex-Herald editor urges Media Council to review cold-case story ruling (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Council upholds complaint about Mona Blades cold-case story - feels heat from own members, publisher NZME (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Meta’s teen account rollout nothing but a PR stunt, says advocacy group
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Meta to restrict under-16s on Facebook, but critics sceptical tools will reduce harm
Chris Keall (Herald): Meta expands Teen Account protections to NZ, U16 campaigner sceptical (paywalled)
TRANSPORT
John Weekes (Herald): Airways NZ communications after August 16 outage ‘lacking’, Minister says (paywalled)
John Weekes (Herald): Airways NZ says chief executive ‘misspoke’ about August outage (paywalled)
John Weekes & Michael Morrah (Herald): Airways NZ admits ‘vendor’ in August outage does not exist (paywalled)
RNZ: Airways admits error but says it didn’t mislead public over planes circling capital incident
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘It’s a death trap’: Why NZTA is spending $2.1 billion on this road
RNZ: Christopher Luxon faces questions as construction starts on major expressway