INDIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Russell Palmer (RNZ): India trade agreement to be unveiled at Parliament within hours
Penny Smith (RNZ): Unions warn India-NZ FTA could lead to migrant exploitation
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): NZ has signed a historic FTA with India, here’s why the pact is more than a tariff story (paywalled)
Stuff: ‘Thousands of jobs’: Todd McClay talks up benefits after signing India free trade deal
1News: New Zealand and India sign landmark free trade agreement
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Council of trade unions calls for transparency on India-New Zealand Free Trade agreement
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Indian free trade agreement due for formal signing in New Delhi
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Immigration and the India FTA
Chris Trotter: Political jokes and footpath prophecies (paywalled)
Lobby for Good: The $33 Billion question: What the India Trade Deal actually means for you before November
ODT: Editorial – A mostly agreeable agreement (paywalled)
Richard Harman: India agreement sets new foreign policy direction (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Shock treatment: Danyl McLauchlan on Luxon’s polycrisis (paywalled)
Azaria Howell (Herald): Louise Upston defends $40m events package after Act slush fund claim
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Luxon quits Breakfast slot: smart tactic or ‘running for the hills’?
Dallas Gurney (Herald): Christopher Luxon is a coward for ditching TVNZ Breakfast interview with Tova O’Brien (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Government plays last post on employee lieu days for working on public holidays (paywalled)
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): Compliance risk for employers under new leave laws, warn lawyers (paywalled)
John Anthony (BusinessDesk): Surcharge ban still on table despite coalition doubts (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION
Chris Trotter (Interest): They say they want a revolution
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): How to disappear completely: the Labour Party story
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Is Winston Peters running the show as Christopher Luxon loses grip?
Dave Armstrong (Post): From papadumbs to Chapati Māori: spicy flavours for all persuasions (paywalled)
MEDIA
Ani O’Brien: Unreported for nearly a year: media misconduct in Parliament
Shayne Currie (Hearld): Barry Soper says he almost quit after Duncan Garner’s ‘aggressive’ behaviour towards him on PM’s Afghanistan trip; Garner, Guyon Espiner respond (paywalled)
Pulotu Tupe Solomon-Tanoa’i (E-Tangata): Who benefits if the BSA is scrapped?
Gavin Ellis: Cute AI cats may be fun, but crime scene body bags cross the line
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