MEDIA AND POLITICIANS
1News: Claims against TVNZ political editor ‘should be looked at’ – minister
RNZ: Finance Minister shut down event after TVNZ political editor used alleged homophobic slur
David Farrar: The Maiki story
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): The Beehive and the broadcaster: What next for TVNZ as frosty relations hit new low (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman allegedly used a homophobic slur in an incident involving Lloyd Burr in Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ office (paywalled)
Catrin Owen (Stuff): TVNZ political editor Maiki Sherman allegedly directed slur at reporter
The Post: Nicola Willis kept quiet about TVNZ political editor’s alleged slur due to ‘concern for the individual’ targeted (paywalled)
RNZ: Prime Minister Luxon alienating voters by cancelling weekly Breakfast interview, expert says
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): National said cancelling interviews was ‘chicken’, so why did Christopher Luxon cancel Breakfast?
1News: ‘We do not take this access for granted’ - Breakfast on Luxon withdrawal
Stuff: ‘I’m pretty accessible’: Luxon stands by decision to scrap weekly TVNZ interviews
Peter Williams: Is this the age of Substack?
Chris Trotter: Powering up, or spiralling down? (paywalled)
Nick Mills (Newstalk ZB): Luxon shouldn’t go on Breakfast if he doesn’t want to
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Review: Barry Soper’s press gallery was a lot different from mine
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Ethan Griffiths (Herald): New Zealand First pulls ahead of Act and National in major donations
Henry Cooke (Post): Labour’s lack of ideas wearing thin (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): To sell or not to sell
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): ‘Nicolanomics’ is truly reactionary, a victim of circumstance and events
Russell Palmer (RNZ): National accuses Labour of misleading New Zealanders on revenue gathering measures
Herald: Labour says it did not mislead ratings agency by not mentioning health spending plans, Nicola Willis alleges secret taxes
Harriet Laughton (Post): Golden visa holders should face same English standard as migrant bus drivers: Greens (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Disbanding Ministry for the Environment makes this ‘the most anti-environment government’, say Greens (paywalled)
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Power in immigration bill ‘invokes images of ICE’, critics say
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): The Budget trilemma: You can’t have it all (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Where does your tax money actually go?
ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY
Jamie Gray (Herald): Electricity Authority probes power price hikes as winter bills climb 8%
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Questions asked about power price rises
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Electricity regulator ‘taking closer look’ at price hikes (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Electricity sector asked to explain price increases by regulator (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): Plug in or unplug; it still costs us, developers say (paywalled)
Tracey Kai (Newsroom): Power bills may rise, but total household energy costs can still fall
FUEL CRISIS
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Winston Peters favours rail over cutting restrictions for heavy vehicles
Justin Hu (1News): ‘Backup buffer’: Government buys 90 million more litres of diesel
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Fuel crisis: Swapping crude oil tickets for usable fuel ‘last resort’, Finance Minister Willis says
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Government’s diesel partnership good for supply not for price, Business NZ says
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government confirms it’s partnering with Z Energy on emergency diesel reserve (paywalled)
Joel Kulasingham (Herald): Fuel crisis: Transport industry reacts to Government’s plans to loosen heavy vehicle regulations
Lindis Jones (Newsroom): Z Energy CEO: Securing NZ’s fuel supply amid global shocks
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Govt contracts Z Energy to provide 90 million litres of extra diesel supply (paywalled)
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