LABOUR PARTY
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour thinks New Zealand is very broken — it’s not promising to fix it
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): What’s in a name? Labour’s congress and ACT’s rally fail to find election-year reset
Henry Cooke (Post): Labour looks to reframe election around jobs as parties stick to comfort zones (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Hipkins echoes Reagan: ‘Are you better off than three years ago?’
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Labour’s hype train has finally arrived in Wellington
Richard Harman: Hipkins goes back to the future (paywalled)
1News: Labour ‘won’t’ work with ACT, but NZ First ‘highly unlikely’ – McAnulty
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Labour’s Chris Hipkins calls for a ‘Fair Go’: For apprentices, workers, and even on TV
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour to expand Covid-era subsidy for apprenticeships if elected, expands eligibility to road-builders and hairdressers
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Labour proposes Apprenticeship Boost expansion
Nick James (Post): Labour pledges to restore two‑year apprenticeship boost and widen eligibility (paywalled)
ACT PARTY
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): ACT Party leader David Seymour takes aim at parliamentary allies, opponents - but especially Labour
Hanna McCallum (Newsroom): Act kicks off campaign with a hint of a Trump-style rally
Katie Bradford (Herald): ‘Lock Labour out’ the rallying cry as Act kicks off election campaign
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Aura edits and protests: Field notes from the Act Party’s big flash rally
Rob Stock (Post): Former gun lobbyist Nicole McKee named as ACT Party deputy leader to replace Brooke van Velden (paywalled)
RNZ: Nicole McKee announced as ACT’s new deputy
1News: ACT reveals its new deputy leader: ‘My whakapapa is mine’
Mandy Te (Interest): ACT Party leader David Seymour shares details of plan to make government smaller
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ACT campaigning to halve number of Government departments, and limit Jobseekers’ spending
THE OPPORTUNITY PARTY
Isaac Davison (Stuff): What is TOP? A left-wing party in disguise, pure hype, or something else?
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): The Opportunity Party needs more time to hit five percent this election
Ryan Ward: ACT version 2.0
Lindsay Mitchell: TOP’s Citizen’s Income policy
PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Chris Knox (Herald): MP Housing Perks: See how the number of MPs claiming all their housing allowance has skyrocketed (paywalled)
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): National & Green policies may have fishhooks but they leave Labour in the shade (paywalled)
Verity Johnson (Stuff): Chloe Swarbick and Winston Peters are the same person in different pants
1News: Ex-National minister returns, but this time for NZ First
1News: ‘Temu Napoleon’ and ‘kleptomaniacs’: Shane Jones punches left and right
Anna Whyte (Interest): Trust in Parliament is a valuable currency, and right now, the ledger is looking shaky
The Post: Editorial: Failure without consequence (paywalled)
Nick James (Post): Winston Peters says clause in India FTA contradicts NZ First’s coalition deal (paywalled)
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Labour’s Ginny Andersen received complaint about Police Commissioner last year
Penny Smith (RNZ): English Language Bill: No changes suggested by Justice Select Committee
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): The story behind National donor Chris Meehan’s sudden exit from his own firm
Rebecca Graham: Legislation must embed disabled people’s rights
Louis Collins (RNZ): Question time not campaign time
TAX AND FISCAL POLICY
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Greens should be making NZ’s tax reform debate much bolder
Brent Melville (NBR): Devil’s in the detail on ‘Valuation Day’ CGT: tax expert (paywalled)
Janika ter Ellen (Stuff): Will Labour cancel ‘tax breaks for landlords’? Here’s what it could mean for rents and house prices
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