PARLIAMENT, TĀMAKI MAKAURAU BY-ELECTION, PUBLIC SERVICE
Robert MacCulloch: Chumocracy is threatening New Zealand’s future
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): It's a hard no to four-year terms for me
Hedwig Eisenbarth, Ti Lamusse and Yvette Tinsley (Newsroom): Why imposing voting ban on prisoners is flawed
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Commissioner won't rule out absorbing Ministries for Women, Pacific People into larger organisations
Greg Presland (The Standard): Gaslighters of the world unite
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): The good, bad and auē of the Tāmaki Makaurau byelection debate
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Peeni Henare strikes again
Russell Brown (Listener): Grant Robertson: ‘Everybody I see looks better when they stop in politics than they did when they were in it’ (paywalled)
INSURANCE, CLIMATE CHANGE, NATURAL HAZARDS
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): The essential item that's 900% more expensive than in 2000
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Rising insurance premiums spur Consumer NZ call for regulators to seek greater transparency
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Insurance sector ripe for competition equiry, better oversight (paywalled)
Laura Tupou (Stuff): The homes overvalued by 40 per cent no one’s talking about… until now
Laura Tupou (Stuff): Why information about hazard risks to your home is behind a paywall
Paddy Gower (Stuff): The new Kiwi DIY: homeowners building walls around their property to keep rising water out
Jimmy Higgins (Post): Rethinking the way we fund floods and Fenz (paywalled)
Reid Basher (Post): Are we really the world’s most disaster-prone people? (paywalled)
James Renwick and Paul Behr (BusinessDesk): Where's the beef? Biogenic methane and ‘No Additional Warming’ (paywalled)
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): The former dump at risk of coastal exposure
FOREIGN INVESTMENT, IMMIGRATION
Jamie Ensor (Herald): New investor visa announced as speculation heats up over foreign buyer settings
Dita De Boni (Post): Offshore interest in NZ companies at record highs - is it because they’re going cheap? (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol (NBR): NZ a safe haven as overseas investment intentions hit 6-year high (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): Clipping foreign ban ‘won’t open the floodgates’ - realtor (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Tax changes for new migrants, remote workers, and solar power exporters proposed
Mandy Te (Interest): Revenue Minister Simon Watts introduces new tax bill, says it will make living and working easier for digital nomads and new migrants
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Derek Cheng (Herald): Government banks $151m by ending ‘double-dipping’, wiping $100 a week for thousands of struggling households (paywalled)
Craig Renney: On the cusp. Nearly there. All the time.
RNZ: Elderly renters, women struggling with the cost of living
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington economy shrinks as 177 businesses shut in a year – does Nicola Willis accept some blame? (paywalled)
Steven Cowan: The ’two-speed recovery’ is a lie
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Will New Zealand or Australia be the economic winner in years to come?
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Has Investment Boost boosted retail trade? (paywalled)
RESERVE BANK
Eric Crampton (Newsroom): Luxon undermines Reserve Bank’s independence
Michael Reddell: Reserve Bank meeting the PM
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZN): Luxon finally told it as it is
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): NZ anticipates US-led change to targeting inflation ahead of jobs
HOUSING
Amy Williams (RNZ): Auckland boarding house managers evict 26 people with two days' notice
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Newly sober nation begs for one more hit of high house prices
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Council maps show rezoning for more intensive housing in suburban areas (paywalled)
Bella Craig (RNZ): Plea for Rental Warrant of Fitness for student flats in Dunedin
Greg Ninness (Interest): Reserve Bank developing new mortgage lending reporting system
ENERGY
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): 'They suggested we wear more clothes': Households hit with huge power bills
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Genesis reports 29% profit rise, forecasts even more lucrative times ahead (paywalled)
Tim Hunter (NBR): Genesis reports profit up 29% (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The industry-killing crisis
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Russell Palmer (RNZ): NZ 'unequivocally condemns Iran's actions' - Peters
Poppy Clark (Stuff): NZ hits back at Iran following suspected involvement in Australian synagogue attack
Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand 'gravely concerned' about Iran involvement in Australian attacks (paywalled)
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Why the Govt is waiting to make a call on Palestinian statehood
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Israel-Gaza: Winston Peters believes ‘running commentary unhelpful’, Christopher Luxon voices concern over situation
Mick Hall: Targeted journalists in Gaza focus of Auckland solidarity rally
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): The technology changing the shape of modern warfare
RNZ: Trump administration tariffs make shipping to US 'complex', NZ Post says
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Spanish infra giant Acciona backs Clifford Bay ferry terminal (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Rail Minister Winston Peters rules out Ferry Holdings assessing Clifford Bay proposal (paywalled)
Thomas Manch and Kelly Dennett (Post): Two-hour North to South Island ferry service? This consortium reckons it can make it happen (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Government touts $30 billion increase in total value of infrastructure projects in last quarter
Jamie Ensor (Herald): New Zealand infrastructure pipeline grows by $30 billion over past quarter, 9200 projects included
Simon Wilson (Herald): Auckland Transport’s speed humps and the war on pedestrians (paywalled)
1News: AA pushes for tougher driver licence rules as Govt nears final decision
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Struggling regional airlines to be thrown a Government lifeline (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Law student wins court case against Auckland Transport over ‘unlawful’ speed bumps
Sam Smith (Stuff): Twenty-year-old law student represents himself in court and wins
Amelia Wade (Post): Auckland mayor fumes at ‘ridiculous’ $63m traffic control bill
Ross McNaughton (RNZ): Auckland Transport struggles to stop illegal carparking on new Meola Rd bike path
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Road cone rows: Council received 115 complaints in two months
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Parents say schools getting opening hours wrong for years
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): By the numbers: Yes, you can earn over $140,000 as a teacher. But not many do
Anna Whyte (Post): Teachers are back at the bargaining table, but no offers yet (paywalled)
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): New Plymouth high school apologise after boy's speech on decline of western civilisation banned
Natasha Gordon (Herald): Banning of New Plymouth student’s speech leads to apology from school, free speech training
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Andrea Vance (Post): Celebrity chef councillor chastised over Christmas grant conflict (paywalled)
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): Colourful kites but empty ideas? The art of political kite flying
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Wellington City Council reveals plan for homelessness and safety issues in Newtown
Tom Hunt Post): Wellington Airport defies council and grants itself wide-ranging building height powers
Sinead Gill and Maxine Jacobs (Press): 2025 Elections: Your candidates in Greater Christchurch (paywalled)
Blayne Slabbert (Press): $221m and counting: Te Pae’s success lifts economy (paywalled)
Michael Fallow (Southland Times/Press): Law change adds sting to council RMA fines (paywalled)
Katie Townshend (Nelson Mail/Press): Museum storage facility debate a ‘political potato’ (paywalled)
WATER
David Williams (Newsroom): Barker’s in a jam: Food-maker seeks new wastewater consent, off conservation land
Mike Mather (Waikato Times): Residential water meters on the way for Hamilton East in $1.1m pilot programme (paywalled)
Nic Duff (ODT): Consent for water source applied for (paywalled)
Yashas Srinivasa (Timaru Herald/Press): Council to build 4.5km pipe for nitrate-troubled rural scheme’s new water source
Te Ao Māori News: Major water infrastructure unveiled in Wairoa to unlock Māori land potential
POLICE, CRIME
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Government promises to give police more information-collecting powers, details scant
Michael Morrah (Herald): Emails show Police Commissioner Richard Chambers held serious concerns about culture, leadership and standards at police college (paywalled)
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Appalling racist language from Northland police officer - Race Relations Commissioner
Dave Armstrong (Post): Losing the battle and the war on drugs (paywalled)
ABUSE IN CARE
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Lake Alice redress 'rotten to the core', court told
Post: Lake Alice redress scheme ‘rotten to the core’, court told (paywalled)
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Lake Alice survivor heads to court to challenge government's compensation scheme
HEALTH
Gordon Campbell: On A Troubling Innovation In Healthcare, And Moral Inertia Over Gaza
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): High Court challenge puts Māori health reforms under scrutiny (paywalled)
David Fisher (Herald): Jordan Keil inquest: Expert says years of warning about mental health system but no one listen
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Strong links between serious health conditions and violence or abuse - study
Janet Fanslow (Newsroom): Violence increases risk of serious health conditions
MEDIA
Paul Thompson (RNZ): Next steps for RNZ in ever-changing media landscape
Herald: NZME announces 12% boost in operating earnings, posts $400,000 net loss, reveals Herald’s editorial advisory board
RNZ: NZME posts $400,000 net loss in first half
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): NZME names new editorial board, reports HY loss (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Post): NZME spent millions fighting off Grenon bid and on restructuring (paywalled)
Mark Geenty (Post): FIFA World Cup: TVNZ’s pricing conundrum and what viewers are willing to pay to watch the 2026 tournament (paywalled)