GREEN PARTY MANIFESTO AND CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Greens unveil election manifesto at packed AGM in Auckland
Isaac Davison (Stuff): Greens reveal campaign slogan, priorities, and call for end to ‘bloodsport politics’
Herald: Greens launch manifesto and election slogan, ‘For All of Us’
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): The Greens take on Opportunity without taking on Opportunity
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Greens say Treasury is ‘out of step’ and politicised after wealth tax analysis (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): Green Party releases manifesto, calls for one-year pause on consenting new AI data centres
Brent Edwards (NBR): Green Party pitches ‘for us all’ manifesto (paywalled)
GREENS AND AI DATA CENTRES
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Green Party pushes for pause on consenting AI data centres
Isaac Davison (Stuff): ‘You can’t put that genie back in the bottle’: Greens call for one-year pause on AI data centres
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Urgent need for rules and protections on data centres, Greens say
1News: Greens push to pause big data centre consents, PM calls it ‘alarmist’
Henry Cooke (Post): Green Party campaigning on one-year moratorium on new AI data centres (paywalled)
1News: Locals question $3bn AI data centre being built in their backyard
STUART NASH FALLOUT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): National discovers the women’s vote courtesy of Stuart Nash
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Stuart Nash’s Fail Shows A Key Calculation For Election 2026
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Stuart Nash’s political comeback implodes: What now for his business career? (paywalled)
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. the Great Studini
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Minor parties look toward faces – and policies – of a mythical past (paywalled)
Gareth Morgan (Newsroom): The real Opportunity is on Parliament’s cross benches
Julia Gabel (Herald): Millions poured into Nicola Willis’ new Social Investment Agency – where is it going? (paywalled)
Verity Johnson (Stuff): National says it backs hard-working Kiwis. Prove it with an EV rebate
Louis Collins (RNZ): Members’ Day: The select committee effect
PAID PARENTAL LEAVE
Stuff: National pledges to extend paid parental leave to 30 weeks
Giles Dexter (RNZ): National promises to extend paid parental leave from 26 weeks to 30, if re-elected
Sam Smith (Stuff): ACT pushes back at National’s claim paid parental leave was ‘not prioritised’ by minister
Henry Cooke (Post): National keen to extend paid parental leave to 30 weeks by 2029 (paywalled)
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