FUEL CRISIS
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Sleepwalking into the worst crisis since Covid
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): A crisis can be an opportunity, and Christopher Luxon is missing his moment (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Why the fuel crisis isn’t Covid and shouldn’t be treated the same
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon grapples with ghost of Covid response as new crisis looms (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): The oil crisis isn’t just anything, it’s the only thing (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): You might have noticed the absence of a certain podium from the fuel crisis announcements
Harriet Laughton and Nick James (Post): Iran war: Diesel, petrol and jet fuel to be given own alert levels in fleshed out fuel plan (paywalled)
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Government may pause fuel taxes increases
Post: Editorial – A light touch in a crisis (paywalled)
Charlie Mitchell (Post): ‘Oil for lamb’ and panicking pensioners: How New Zealand weathered the last oil shock (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Government reveals details of fuel crisis rationing plan - and who will be prioritised
Nick James (Post): Iran war: What will trigger restrictions on fuel (paywalled)
Brian Easton: Responding to the economic shocks from the Iran War
ODT: Editorial – Assurances NZ unlikely to run short (paywalled)
Murat Ungor (The Conversation): Distant conflict, local crisis: is this oil shock the wake‑up call NZ needed?
Henry Cooke (Post): Iran War: Simon Bridges warns the Government off any encouragement of working from home (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Post): Fuel crisis: The old friendship that could keep New Zealand’s fuel flowing (paywalled)
Aimee Shaw (Post): Retailers caught in double whammy of increased costs and decreasing confidence (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Government deciding which businesses face fuel rationing for new response plan (paywalled)
Andrew Dickson: The Strait We’re In
Henry Cooke (Post): Can Christopher Luxon be more than Nicola Willis’ press sec? (paywalled)
Julie Jacobson (Post): Businesses fear advice to work from home could be last straw (paywalled)
Blayne Slabbert (Press): Christchurch firms dust off Covid playbook for fuel crisis (paywalled)
Gary Hamilton-Irvine (Herald): As diesel prices surpass 91 petrol, truckies say goods and groceries will start going up too (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): People have been hoarding fuel - They don’t need to, ministers say
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Fuel response: Nicola Willis criticised Labour for cost-saving campaign, but now she’s launching her own
Steve Braunias (ODT): The secret diary of... pump attendants (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Claire Robinson: Is it time for the Greens to ditch the Dad-vote for good?
Ben Thomas (Post): A party ahead in the polls, but absent in the moment (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Vanushi Walters – the MP who wants to be our next Foreign Minister (paywalled)
Bijou Johnson (Herald): ‘Most powerful voting bloc’: Winston Peters courts retirees at Tauranga retirement village
RNZ: NZ First commits to $15 million towards Christ Church Cathedral rebuild if elected
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Focus on boosting enrolment after government’s new voter restrictions - Electoral Commission
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): Push to boost Māori enrolment as roll campaign gets underway
RNZ: MPs lament greyhound ban but still vote for it
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Communities push back against proposed alcohol reforms
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): Kiwi entrepreneurs, heroes show up Govt
Natalia Albert: Anthropic and politics in New Zealand
COVID
RNZ: Labour leader Chris Hipkins denies misleading public over Covid vaccine risk to under 18s
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Chris Hipkins says advice about Covid vaccine risk for teens arrived too late
Harriet Laughton (Post): Chris Hipkins denies seeing advice about Covid-19 vaccine doses for teens despite cabinet paper in his name (paywalled)
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Chris Hipkins has got to go
MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Karl du Fresne: The Last Post
Stuff: Billionaire Jim Grenon closes in on threshold to acquire all of NZME
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (1News): What I learned from Julian Batchelor’s defamation case against TVNZ
Paddy Gower (Stuff: Netflix Secret: Dame Julie Christie’s company asked police for secrecy on Tom Phillips documentary
Emily Simpson (1News): ‘I love an adrenaline rush’: Tova O’Brien on work, love and her new Breakfast role
Shayne Currie (Herald): TVNZ executive editor - news and current affairs Phil O’Sullivan resigns (paywalled)
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea News): A Line has been crossed — Māori radio cannot be silenced
David Harvey: Justice should be seen by all – Why New Zealand’s courts were wrong to abandon X
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Erica Stanford to social media giants: ‘Clean up your act’. But are they empty words?
CLIMATE AND WEATHER
Sam Crawley: Climate polarisation in New Zealand: a growing left-right divide
Dita De Boni (Post): Green Fund 2.0: Can philanthropy lead where the Government fell short? (paywalled)
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori): Pine plantations scrutinised in High Court case against Govt climate plan
Jim Salinger (The Conversation): What the coming El Niño climate pattern means for NZ in a warming world
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Economists end week with plethora of warnings over Middle East turmoil (paywalled)
Duncan Garner (Listener): Feeling poor? Why it might not be a temporary blip (paywalled)
Herald: Payments firm Airwallex names Sir Bill English as chairman of New Zealand board
Simon Robertson (BusinessDesk): The Reserve Bank of New Zealand needs a wider remit (paywalled)
INEQUALITY AND WEALTH
Jenni Mortimer (Herald): New Zealand charity waitlists grow and donations cut up to 50% amid cost-of-living crisis
NBR: 40 years of the Rich List: 2006 Trade Me sale’s 17 millionaires (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Listener): Meeting the Brit economist baffled by NZ’s lack of a wealth tax (paywalled)
BANKING
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): ASB’s long running transaction monitoring woes
Mahvash Ikram (Law News): ANZ and aggrieved customers square off in long-awaited multi-million-dollar class action
Jaime Lyth (BusinessDesk): ANZ argues class action lawsuit over loan error is ‘disproportionate’ (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): ANZ class action: Bank urges High Court to reject ‘nuclear option’ in home loan class action lawsuit (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol and Calida Stuart-Menteath (NBR): Believe the hype: NZ class actions are booming (paywalled)
WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Joel Kulasingham (Herald): Most Auckland beaches unsafe for swimming due to wastewater overflow after stormy weather
Andrew Ashton (Waikato Times): ‘Brutal reality’: Hamilton’s water authority can’t fund growth alone (paywalled)
1News: Toxic algae red alerts for Wellington region rivers
WELLINGTON
Justin Wong (Local Democracy Reporting): Airport and business groups unite behind new Wellington tunnels plan
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington businesses demand clear timeline on second Mt Victoria Tunnel after Chris Bishop hints at delay (paywalled)
Nick James (Post): Local Government Minister Simon responds to blistering letter from Wellington mayor Andrew Little (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Grant Miller (ODT): Council staff — on or off the agenda? (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): Unravelling the city’s elected enigma (paywalled)
Tatiana Gibbs (Press): Cleaners face job cuts as Venues Ōtautahi accused of living wage ‘loophole’ (paywalled)
Mathew Nash (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua Museum: Bay of Plenty resident free entry condition axed from $4.1m grant
AUCKLAND
Richard Harman (Herald): Wayne Brown vs National: How Auckland politics now drives the Beehive (paywalled)
Wayne Brown (Herald): What Auckland needs: A five-point plan to fix unlock the city’s potential (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Eden Park boss Nick Sautner urges Auckland to think bigger on global stage (paywalled)
Desley Simpson (Herald): Auckland council savings plan targets $106m to hold rates at 7.9% (paywalled)
Simeon Brown (Herald): Auckland’s next decade: CRL, convention centre and a city back on track (paywalled)
Grant Bradley (Herald): Watercare $13.8b Auckland water upgrade: How new funding will be spent
Rupert Hodson (Herald): Auckland City & Regional Deal: Committee unveils new city narrative (paywalled)
Bill Bennett (Herald): Auckland growth plan: EMA says city must ‘connect the assets’
Chris Bishop (Herald): On Auckland’s future: Transit development key to growth (paywalled)
Penny Tucker (Herald): Auckland needs long-term national plan with city at centre of growth (paywalled)
Carrie Hurihanganui (Herald): Auckland’s next chapter: City Rail Link, Eden Park and airport investment
Gary Blick (Herald): Auckland Council and the economy: Five key ways its decisions shape growth
Marco Assorati (Herald): New Zealand infrastructure: Why the next decade is a once-only chance
CARTOONS