PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Andrea Vance (Post): Former National figures appointed Crown negotiators for regional deals (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): National, Labour earn $200k+ from renting offices to Parliament, Christopher Luxon personally benefits (paywalled)
No Right turn: A very New Zealand corruption
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): The historical dominance of the two big parties looks to be over
Thomas Manch (Post): Political poll offers Government no reprieve (paywalled)
Michael Daly (Stuff): John Tamihere saying government 'worse than Nazi Germany' is 'political hyperbole’
Graham Adams (Centrist): By-election puts co-governance in spotlight
Julia Gabel (Herald): Tāmaki Makaurau byelection: A day on the campaign trail with Peeni Henare
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Govt spends $10m to fix national war memorial bells, fires only person who can play
Peter Dunne: Time for a Public Service shake-up?
Anna Whyte (Post): One of the largest proposed public service cuts heads to Court of Appeal (paywalled)
RNZ: Department of Internal Affairs cuts 126 jobs
Duoya Lu (RNZ): ‘Leadership looks white’: Asians struggling to land senior roles
Gordon Campbell: On ACT’s Fake Defence Of Equality
Audrey Young (Herald): Australia-Iran scandal puts New Zealand in another tough spot; who was Helen Clark’s ‘victim’? (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): A plea to Gen X leaders: please stop being cringe about Taylor Swift on social media
Ani O’Brien: From clever to cringe: Why Luxon’s Social Media no longer works
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Meet Gary Chiles, parliament’s weed man
SUPERMARKETS
ODT Editorial: Taking on grocery goliaths (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Is it the final Countdown? Maybe we’ll come back to earth, who can tell…
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Who is going to be our new supermarket competitor?
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Opposition parties say government's supermarket competition plan doesn't go far enough
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): No smoking gun for the supermarkets either!
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): The not-so-super rescue plan for shoppers
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): The Govt should have fast tracked supermarkets years ago
ALCOHOL
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Government ditches tougher alcohol rules in favour of red-tape cuts
Adam Pearse (Herald): Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee reveals raft of alcohol law changes
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Alcohol laws to be loosened, government announces
Amelia Wade and Tom Hunt (Post): Bars welcome booze law overhaul as health sector sounds alarm (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government looking to limit alcohol licensing objections, introduce digital IDs
Amelia Wade (Post): Government drops plan to cut bottle store hours in alcohol law shake-up (paywalled)
RESERVE BANK
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Ombudsman compels Reserve Bank to reveal board agreed to bin its letter of concerns when Adrian Orr resigned
David Hargreaves (Interest): RBNZ releases timeline to Orr's departure
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): ‘Impasse’, lack of trust; RBNZ nudged to provide further facts on Orr’s departure (paywalled)
Michael Reddell: A timeline
BANKS
Kent Dunston (Post): MPs defied lobbyists and spin to produce punchy report on banking sector (paywalled)
Nick Stride (Interest): Kiwibank has a public policy wind behind it as it sails into business banking
BusinessDesk: ANZ bank staff worried about restructure ‘conversations'
JUSTICE
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Public spending on psychiatric reports doubles in lieu of cultural reports
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): $6000 vs $160,000: how underpaid are legal aid providers?
RNZ: Ministry of Justice apologises after thousands sent texts about fines
Stuff: Thousands of people got a text from the government saying they owed money. They didn't.
Samuel Sherry (Herald): Justice Ministry apologises after fines text mistakenly sent to thousands of people
RNZ: Should people be able to protest outside your home?
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times): Patch back decision shows law needs work, say experts (paywalled)
Mike Mather (Waikato Times/Post): Judge orders police to give seized Mongrel Mob patch back after ‘family crest’ plea (paywalled)
EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Workplace Relations Minister won't comment on CTU delegate training proposal
Mahvash Ikram (Law News): Unions poised to sue government for alleged pay equity breaches and sex discrimination
RNZ: Small businesses not seeing OCR flow-on effects as pessimism grows - survey
David Hargreaves (Interest): 'No widespread evidence' of a business mood lift after last week's OCR drop
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Almost 20 percent increase in hospitality businesses closing with 2500 gone
RNZ: One in eight retail stores in Auckland empty, data shows
RNZ: Fewer jobs on offer in July, little change in job advertisement numbers
David Hargreaves (Interest): Latest figures suggest jobs market may have turned for the better
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Govt a no-show at UN forum on business and human rights
Rob Stock (Post): National, Labour MPs to work together to break slavery law impasse (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): NZ supplier falls afoul of Woolworths ‘modern slavery’ audit (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Ethan Griffiths (Newstalk ZB): FBI base in NZ: Collins knew 78 days before PM, Luxon briefed six days before FBI director arrived
RNZ: New Zealand joins international partners in countering China-linked cyber attacks
John Battersby (Herald): The new bogeyman of Chinese foreign interference (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): New bill allows Defence Force staff to fill in for people on strike
Phil Pennington (RNZ): No charges laid so far over Manawanui sinking in Samoa - Defence Force
Nik Dirga (RNZ): What 'continuous vetting' means for Kiwis in the US
RNZ: NZ Post to resume sending parcels to US for businesses amid tariff changes
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Ministry at halfway point of 114,000 student growth
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Nearly 90 principals plead for Govt to stop ‘politically driven’ NCEA replacement
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Teacher warns Stanford of ‘lost generation’ if NCEA scrapped
COVID
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Covid inquiry legal advice for Dame Jacinda Ardern, Chris Hipkins, Grant Robertson, Ayesha Verrall cost taxpayer $70k (paywalled)
Ganesh R Ahirao: The Value of a Statistical Life
Chris Trotter (ODT): ‘No’ as an answer only works for some in a time of fear (paywalled)
Richard Prebble (Herald): Ex-ministers’ refusal undermines Covid inquiry integrity (paywalled)
David Farrar: Covid statistics
HOUSING, REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Mt Eden public meeting hears protest against loss of character homes and high-rise apartments
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Mt Eden residents say Auckland Council's housing intensification plan is a 'very blunt instrument'
Ben Leahy (Herald): Schools fear being swamped by students under Auckland high rise housing plan (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Commerce Commission to take action against real estate price-fixing
Greg Ninness (Interest): ANZ's economists cut their 2025 house price growth forecast to zero
Greg Ninness (Interest): Affordability for first home buyers the best it has been for 4 years
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): Stuff CEO Sinead Boucher targeted in journalists’ strike; RNZ boss on talent and future location of Morning Report; Analyst on NZME - ‘a bit to prove’ (paywalled)
1News: Stuff's union staff on strike over 'disgraceful' pay, conditions
RNZ: Stuff staff walk off the job and picket outside newsrooms
Shayne Currie (Herald): Stuff journalists strike over ‘insulting’ pay offer, stand-off in collective contract talks
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): No-one should feel career-threatened by scathing radio report, RNZ boss says (paywalled)
Spinoff: The Fold: RNZ’s Paul Thompson on that bombshell radio report
Centrist: Who’s afraid of balance at RNZ?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Kira Carrington (Local Democracy Reporting): Ombudsman reprimands council for holding too many secret meetings
RNZ: ‘I couldn’t live with myself if someone else got hurt’: Local board chair speaks out on safety threats
Post: Tory Whanau launches campaign for Wellington Māori ward seat (paywalled)
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Developer in hot water with council, again
RNZ: Residents brace for legal battle against proposed South Auckland cleanfill site
Madeleine Powers (Waikato Times): Council split over $20k fines for sleeping on a bench (paywalled)
Liu Chen (RNZ): Asian candidates for Hamilton City Council align on spending cuts
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): GWRC: Time to cut loose or stay the course?
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): Grey rates pain sparks call to revive Ratepayers Association
HEALTH
Emma Andrews (RNZ): New research shows 'stealth vaping is everywhere'
Chris Marriner (Stuff): Rugby star Shane Christie’s tragic death amidst battle for recognition of issue haunting sport
David Fisher & Benjamin Plummer (Herald): Father of CTE victim Billy Guyton slams NZ Rugby after Shane Christie’s sudden death (paywalled)
Fiona Cassie (NZ Doctor): Slow uptake of Government scheme for extra 400 new graduate nurse jobs a year (paywalled)
John Lewis (ODT): Govt ‘needs to up its game’ on eye care (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): No GP ‘nothing new’ for country (paywalled)
Ruth Hill (RNZ): US funding cuts make NZ vaccine research more critical
Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): Dental Council charges extra levy to cover sharp rise in disciplinary cases
MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS, TE REO MĀORI
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Human rights law blocking Māori authority, researcher Andrew Erueti says
Audrey Young (Herald): The court case pushing new frontiers on Treaty of Waitangi breaches (paywalled)
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): Decision reserved in potential landmark case that could redefine Treaty law
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Court recognises Ruapuke Island Marine Title as government moves to tighten laws
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Data shows 'exciting' shift in Kiwis' attitudes to te reo Māori
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Te reo Māori celebrated on world stage at Indigenous Summit in Canada
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT
Dita De Boni (Post): China, the ‘infrastructure monster’, wants more of a seat at the New Zealand table (paywalled)
Nick James (RNZ): Six months of repairs needed for Transmission Gully, NZ Transport Agency says
Andrea Vance (Post): Transmission Gully faces major summer rebuilds as costs, legal wrangles remain unclear (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): Faulty chip seal forces two summers of repairs on Transmission Gully (paywalled)
1News: Air NZ profit dips, Foran signals 5% increase in airfares
RNZ: Airfares to increase as Air New Zealand's profit falls
David Hargreaves (Interest): Air New Zealand 'well positioned for recovery when the engine challenges and economic conditions start to alleviate’
INSURANCE, HAZARDS, CLIMATE CHANGE
Gareth Hughes (Spinoff): Can late-stage capitalism survive without insurance?
Basil Sharp (Newsroom): How should NZ prepare for expected challenges of climate change?
Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB): Insurance price hikes: Why premiums keep rising so fast
Nick Wilson, John Kerr, Matt Boyd (Public Health Communication Centre): New government document on hazards: Good progress but gaps remain
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: 20 years after Katrina: How NZ can learn from disaster response