SUPERMARKETS
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Breaking supermarket duopoly only way to have cheaper prices - grocery group
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Why didn’t Costco expand out of Auckland? That’s the crucial question as Nicola Willis woos supermarkets
Luke Malpass (Post): Nicola Willis makes the supermarket changes she can (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Nicola Willis keeps supermarket break-up in back pocket for now (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Nicola Willis says new supermarket plan could cut grocery prices
1News: Supermarket giants respond to 'express lane' competition reforms
1News: 'Express lane' reforms to increase supermarket competition – Willis
Giles Dexter (RNZ): New supermarkets to be fast-tracked in bid to boost competition
Mandy Te (Interest): Govt to make 'urgent' legislative and policy changes as it aims to remove 'barriers' preventing competitor supermarkets from launching and expanding in NZ
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): 'Predatory pricing': Govt targets supermarket market power (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Woolworths lifts NZ margins as sales increase by $120m to almost $8.3b (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: Woolworths New Zealand revenues hit $8.2b
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Labour backs iwi-led supermarket rival; iwi wary (paywalled)
Catherine Hubbard (Nelson Mail/Press): Peanut butter boss hits out at supermarket ‘mafia cartel’ (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, TĀMAKI MAKAURAU BY-ELECTION, PUBLIC SERVICE
RNZ: Finance Minister keeping 'open mind' on future of Ministry for Women
Anna Whyte (Post): Major public service reshape afoot (paywalled)
No Right Turn: A terrible idea
Brent Edwards and Simon Shepherd (NBR): PM concedes running a country is harder than running a business (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The good and the bad of a 4-year term
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): One MP, One Pint: Star signs and being woke with Chris Penk
EMPLOYMENT
Kirsty Johnston (RNZ): Workplace safety reforms risk another Pike River, officials warned
Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Post): Government considering options to reduce disruptive collective bargaining (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How did gender pay gap get smaller?
Raphael Franks (Herald): New Zealand’s gender pay gap narrows to record low 5.2%, Stats NZ reveals
David Farrar: The smallest gender pay gap in history
FOREIGN INVESTMENT, IMMIGRATION
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Will new million-dollar investment visa grow the economy? Erica Stanford thinks so
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): New visa for business investors tailor made for baby boomers, experts say
1News: New visa aimed at attracting foreign business investors announced
Mandy Te (Interest): NZ still open to business as Government brings in Business Investor Visa
RNZ: New visa for business investors launched
Dita De Boni (Post): Govt gives wealthy business buyers a fast-track to residency - but they can’t buy a house, yet
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Surely this visa can only be good for New Zealand?
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Brent Edwards (NBR): Avoid doomsday scenarios for next economic shock (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Is a soft housing market really bad for the economy?
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): How rising house prices hurt productivity (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington leaders say Nicola Willis deflecting responsibility for capital’s economic woes (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Be careful what you wish for (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Cheer up and spend - the RBNZ's cunning plan
HOUSING
Ben Leahy (Herald): Housing affordability: How much do Kiwi families need to comfortably buy a new house? (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Average time to save a house deposit down to 10 years
Samuel Sherry (Herald): New Zealand housing affordability at highest level since pre-Covid 19 (paywalled)
Bella Craig (RNZ): Damp houses, high rent, no jobs - Otago students are doing it rough
Shilpy Arora Gaikwad and Caroline Williams (Stuff): Kāinga Ora house in ‘prime’ location empty for almost 18 months
WATER
Janet Wilson (Post): A policy of defiance looks set to land with a whimper (paywalled)
Katie Todd (RNZ): Waitaki mayor warns of huge rates hike after council leaves Southern Water Done Well
Andrew Ashton and Richard Davison and Nic Duff (ODT): Both sides claiming their view is right
Thomas Manch (Post): Hutt mayor Campbell Barry warns against council spend-ups after water reforms
Richard Davidson (ODT): Water rates surge ‘predictable’ (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): Tauranga council spending won't be investigated by Auditor-General, despite requests
Penny Hulse (Spinoff): Removing the ‘four wellbeings’ from councils is a step in the wrong direction
Grant Miller (ODT): Bill trying to weaken councils: Radich (paywalled)
David Long (Stuff): ‘No respect for you’: rivals hammer Wayne Brown for missing first mayoral debate
Jonathan Killick (Post): ‘Oddball’ mayoral contenders blast Wayne Brown for snubbing debate (paywalled)
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): The Government should go all in on Auckland
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): The Asian candidates contesting local government seats in Wellington
Mary Afemata (Local Democracy Reporting): Women candidates speak out on local body election hoarding vandalism
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): Grey mayor apologises for council laughter over rates pushback
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Central Hawke's Bay's mayoral hopefuls go head-to-head in debate
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Potential buyer for troubled Whanganui pilot academy
Rafaella Melo (Herald): Napier City Council satisfaction drops to record low, survey shows
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): Councils’ innovation dilemma: Enable, don’t overreach (paywalled)
HEALTH
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Health NZ invited specific providers to join GP service, documents show
ODT Editorial: Colonoscopy planning overdue (paywalled)
Ian Powell (Post): The threat to health professionals’ voice (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): Mike King’s role within Govt-funded charity I Am Hope unclear
Adrian Seconi and Nic Duff (ODT): How many more people have got to die?'
Bridget Tunnicliffe (RNZ): Late rugby player Shane Christie had called for 'duty of care for players'
Māni DunlopTe Rina Kowhai (Te Ao Māori News): The Crown argues Māori health obligations remain intact despite Te Aka Whai Ora’s disestablishment
Fay Sowerby (Post): Stop punishing people for getting genetic tests (paywalled)
Mildred Armah (Stuff): She weighed 143kg and couldn’t afford surgery in NZ - so she went to India
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Fewer people getting Covid-19 boosters
RESERVE BANK, BANKS
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Reserve Bank chairman Neil Quigley warned Treasury it would ‘destroy goodwill’ by releasing information after Adrian Orr resignation
Michael Reddell: Reserve Bank, Treasury, and Willis
Martien Lubberink: How Media Helps Banks Win While Claiming to Help Borrowers
Liam Dann (Herald): Westpac CEO Catherine McGrath on having her salary published
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Principals urge halt to NCEA change plans
Lisa Maurice-Takerei (RNZ): NCEA reform: how will schools decide who takes an academic or vocational path?
Shannon Walsh (Herald): Are charter schools a stain on the Government’s claims to fiscal responsibility? (paywalled)
RNZ: Lincoln University students told to re-sit exam after concerns AI was used
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT
Lachlan Colquhoun (NBR): NZ ‘hopeless’ at asset management, Bishop tells Sydney conference (paywalled)
Sinead Gill (Press): Higher charges for developers approved by one vote (paywalled)
Emma Andrews (RNZ): $24.62m infrastructure boost announced for East Coast
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Road tolls primarily about revenue gathering, not changing habits (paywalled)
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): $200 extra to drive a RAV4: Will RUC changes help or hurt the climate?
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Major Tauranga roading project set to go ahead without NZTA funding
RNZ: New proposal for ferry terminal in Marlborough's Clifford Bay
Maxine Jacobs (Press): Proposed road toll could create ‘absolute gridlock’, North Canterbury principal warns (paywalled)
Garth Bray (BusinessDesk): Port of Auckland beats forecast with $85.4m record profit (paywalled)
NBR: Port of Tauranga boss slams ‘ludicrous’ fast-track decision (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: Court upholds 'clearly ludicrous' Port of Tauranga judicial review (paywalled)
Blayne Slabbert (Press): Property, not planes, drives Christchurch Airport’s record payout (paywalled)
PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Fisheries minister’s constraint on court challenges ‘restrictive’ – officials
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Fonterra’s dominance may elevate dairy prices at checkout – meeting notes
Kelly Dennett and Anna Whyte (Post): ACT says public service union undermined NZ’s red meat export sector (paywalled)
Anna Whyte and Alka Prasad (Post): How the sausage is made could be about to change: Meat inspectors fear MPI changes (paywalled)
Monique Steele (RNZ): Fruit and vege growers convene in capital to tackle sector's big challenges
Joanne Naish (Press/Post): ‘Time wasters’, ‘clowns’ unrepentant after three weeks in a coal bucket (paywalled)
Katie Todd (RNZ): Otago locals range from curious to staunchly opposed on giant gold mine
Ella Scott-Fleming (ODT): Bill fails to go far enough: farmers
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Joel MacManus (SPInoff): The case for New Zealand action against Israel
1News: PM seeks advice as Australia expels Iranian envoy over attacks
RNZ: David Seymour awarded one of Ukraine's highest civilian honours
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): David Seymour awarded Ukraine Order of Merit
RNZ: New Zealand's free-trade deal with United Arab Emirates kicks off
RMA
Will Harvie (Press): Bishop declined to meet with ECan over reforms, deputy chair calls that ‘crap’ (paywalled)
RNZ: Penalties for breaching Resource Management Act hiked
INSURANCE
Crux: Consumer NZ: house insurance becoming increasingly out of reach
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): The absurdity of our insurance market
Mandy Te (Interest): The FMA says it’s seeing an increase in fraudulent activity by financial advisers, especially when it comes to insurance and mortgages