FUEL CRISIS
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Fuel crisis a narrow political strait for Govt to cross
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): New Zealand has the ability to call in emergency fuel supply – here’s how that would work
Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): Iran war: Why Christopher Luxon is missing his ‘Ardern moment’ (paywalled)
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Iran war: Conflict fallout hits NZ economy - and exposes cracks in Government’s response (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Iran War: Working poor face the limits of political fixes (paywalled)
Virginia Fallon (Sunday Star Times): Five days of food: The products, and people, under the pump (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Fuel crisis money and the complainers (paywalled)
Simon Terry (Newsroom): Iran’s move to toll Hormuz raises the stakes for NZ
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): ‘I heard it described as the biggest energy shock in the history of the world; it certainly feels like it’
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Damien Grant (Stuff): Is this moment that PM forces me to eat my words? I hope so
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): The battle for Tāmaki: how a ‘safe’ seat became a live contest (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): Wellington MP Tamatha Paul standing by letter of support for graffiti tagger who defaced her city (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Is this the end of Hipkins’ election chances?
Alistair Reese (Spinoff): The Treaty isn’t broken – we just can’t agree what it is
Mina Martin (NZ Adviser): New Commerce Commission CEO signals steady hand on competition
Aaron Smale (Listener): When does a nation’s actions become a breach of international law? (paywalled)
Tiana Haxton (RNZ): NZ government-backed initiative aims to power Pasifika youth in gaming and tech industry
Nicky Snoyink (Post): National parks for the people, or just the privileged few? (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Stupid Rules: The new book tackling New Zealand’s problem with red-tape (paywalled)
Chris Pugsley (Newsroom): Culture ministry axes Gallipoli site
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Law change could let IRD change its interest rates more quickly
SOCIETY
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): A Country losing faith
RNZ: Advice from the world’s happiest country, as NZ misses top 10
1News: Kiwis aged 15-24 lag in world happiness rankings
Varsha Anjali (Herald): Puberty blocker ban: What it could mean for transgender teens and their families in New Zealand (paywalled)
David Harvey (Listener): The debate over gender identity and legal obligation (paywalled)
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): We must all listen out for the sound of hatred
Janhavi Gosavi (Herald): New Zealand’s longest-running Pride festival turns 40, marks anniversary of Homosexual Law Reform Bill
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Racism must be fought against, not reconciled with
Chris Trotter (ODT): The feeling of freedom and condemning freedom of expression (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Why economists are ‘very worried’ about what lies ahead
Liam Dann (Herald): Recovery set to stall for third time in three years ... here’s how we should deal with it (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Here’s the problem with the Reserve Bank economists
Rob Stock (Sunday Star Times): Fraser Whineray: Masses are missing the KiwiSaver bus (paywalled)
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Why a global trade shake-up may be the World Trade Organisation’s only lifeline (paywalled)
Kurt Bayer (Herald): NZME business panel: Christchurch is booming – and Aucklanders are increasingly moving south
Press: Ngāi Tahu among bidders for Molesworth Station lease (paywalled)
NBR: Childcare ‘titan’ Wayne Wright Sr dies (paywalled)
HEALTH
Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): 60,000 children admitted to hospital with preventable diseases each year, Cure Kids warns
Joanne Naish (Post): The children caught in New Zealand’s meth crisis (paywalled)
Rebecca Wright (Stuff): Police minister says drug enforcement is working, despite cocaine use up 98%
Eva de Jong (Herald): The number of NZ women on oral contraceptives is falling. What is the truth about the pill? (paywalled)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): Spectator State: is watching as the world burns our best policy? (paywalled)
ODT: If only the world was a benign place (paywalled)
ODT: Editorial – Swords and ploughshares (paywalled)
Alexia Russell (RNZ): Why Israel and the US are in lockstep - and why that might be changing
MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): TVNZ cuts - Good Sorts 6pm news segment, Re: News youth brand in firing line (paywalled)
Charlotte McLauchlan (Newsroom): A small country with a big chance to hit social media platforms where it hurts
Herald: Editorial – Meta, Google and the game-changing verdict (paywalled)
RMA
Mandy Te (Interest): RMA Reform Minister says ‘there are things in the Bills that need to be fixed’
Mandy Te (Interest): RMA reforms: ‘Natural hazard losses are not just insurance losses’
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Critters, fresh water and the endless growth agenda (paywalled)
HALTER
Dita De Boni (Post): NZ-born, US firm Halter hits US$2b valuation on Peter Thiel-led funding round (paywalled)
Chris Keall (Herald): Halter raises $377 million at $3.3 billion valuation, reveals what’s next (paywalled)
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Halter hits $3.4b valuation as Peter Thiel-backed fund leads $377m Series E raise (paywalled)
TRANSPORT
Andy Brew (Post): Axed rescue tug leaves ‘irresponsible’ risk ahead of rough winter for ferries: union (paywalled)
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): Government backs $10m Hamilton Airport runway extension (paywalled)
IMMIGRATION
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Immigration changes to protect migrants but expand deportation
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): High-value migrants quitting NZ after 4-year tax honeymoon – industry
CARTOONS