PALESTINE
1News: Q+A: NZ’s reputation to ‘take hit’ after Palestine decision - former top diplomat
Audrey Young (Herald): How Winston Peters could have gone further on Palestine (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘NZ on wrong side of history on Palestine’ - Helen Clark
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Pragmatism over protest: Govt risks backlash on Palestine
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Lack of ‘moral clarity’ on Palestine (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): NZ’s stance on Palestinian state: ‘Many expected a more robust response’
Grant Duncan: New Zealand Government “Not Ready” to Support Human Rights in Palestine
Anna Whyte (Post): Palestine pressure ahead for Government
ODT Editorial: Gaza stand disappoints (paywalled)
Kaya Selby (RNZ): Israel’s ambassador to NZ offers Winston Peters praise after Palestinian State announcement
Raphael Franks (Herald): Ex-Race Relations Commissioner Gregory Fortuin slams Government for not recognising Palestine state
Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff): Gregory Fortuin grew up under apartheid, and became our authority on race. Here’s his view of NZ’s Palestine stance
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Health advisory group under fire from its own co-chair over fetal alcohol report
Ian Powell: Growing Corporate Power And General Practice
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): ACC seeks help for medical certificate crackdown
Katie Townshend (Nelson Mail/Press): Cost saving drove change to Nelson Hospital redevelopment plans (paywalled)
Steve Hepburn (ODT): Criticism ‘breach of our democracy’
RNZ: Luxon says cancer patients not forgotten - they claim otherwise
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret diary of .. Simeon Brown
Laura James (1News): Family of 21yo disabled Aucklander told to consider rest home care
RNZ: Union welcomes funding boost for key medical tests, but questions remain
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Long-awaited new mental health ward opens in Palmerston North
RNZ: Christchurch cardiac care boosted by opening of third new laboratory
Cushla Norman (1News): Kiwis’ ‘confusion’ over Covid means too few are getting jabs, expert warns
Chris Marriner (Stuff): ‘Don’t come,’ Aussies told Kiwi mum crossing ditch to get life-saving drugs for her boy
Chris Marriner (Stuff): Jax, 2, needs a life-saving drug. In NZ it’s unfunded, in Australia it’s waiting
Zoe Madden-Smith (1News): New law aims to fix ADHD treatment bottleneck - will it work?
Juliet Speedy (Stuff): ‘Something is triggering this’: The alarming rise in bowel cancer in young people
John Boynton (The Hui): Award-winning doctor calls out ‘skinny privilege’ in New Zealand healthcare
HOUSING, BUILDING SAFETY
Luke Malpass (Post): Seismic shift: Government to rewrite quake rules after years of empty buildings (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The trickiest problem for Wellington’s next mayor
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): The challenges facing New Zealand’s biggest landlord
Alex Casey (Spinoff): ‘I was sleeping on the floor’: Kāinga Ora taken to tribunal over tiny-bedroom dispute
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Recent first-home buyers ‘stuck’ with lenders, brokers say
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): What are the impacts of falling rents?
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Simon Brown (Herald): Wayne Brown, the ‘secret’ harbour plans and the deputy who nearly resigned
Herald Editorial: Councils must show transparency with their workshops (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): Q+A: Auckland mayoral candidates make differences clear in Q+A interviews
Michael Sergel (Herald): Auckland land values: Which suburbs are most popular and why?
Shayne Currie (Herald): Cliff Curtis, Taika Waititi and Jason Momoa linked to multimillion-dollar deal to buy Auckland Film Studios from Auckland Council (paywalled)
Blayne Slabbert (Press): 1800 water experts, one summit, and a $49b problem (paywalled)
HarrIet Laughton (Post): Wellington’s water risk plunges after years of pressure (paywalled)
RNZ: Garden hose, sprinklers now limited to alternate days in Wellington areas
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): Councillor channels Trump: attacks “political enemies”, opposes transparency
Tina Law (Press): Ōtākaro Orchard still not open, seven months after $250k ratepayer boost (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, CLIMATE CHANGE
1News: Q+A: The battle to contain NZ’s ‘worst environmental disaster’
David Williams (Newsroom): Behind the push to ‘modernise’ Fish & Game
Liz McDonald and Charlie Mitchell (Press): Are Cantabrians living in the ‘republic of ECan’? (paywalled)
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): David Seymour calls for law pause in ‘Republic of ECan’
Monique Steele (RNZ): Ex-farm manager wanted NZ’s largest farm Molesworth Station to become a not-for-profit
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Winston Peters said we’re in a climate change battle we can’t win. Was he right?
Sonita Chandar (Stuff): Proposed changes to ETS miss the mark
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times/Post): ‘Left in limbo’ - Te Awamutu waits for waste plant decision (paywalled)
ECONOMY, MOOD OF THE BOARDROOM, BUSINESS
Cameron Bagrie (Herald): Poor governance is stalling NZ productivity growth (paywalled)
Verity Johnson (Stuff): Nicola Willis talks to us like we’re twits
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): As Luxon talks up a glorious future, his ministers deliver disconnected policies (paywalled)
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Charting NZ consumers’ economic malaise: Mortgage defaults and personal loans
Rachel Moore (Stuff): Kiwis will pay more for butter and milk, but demand for Fonterra products ‘positive’, minister says
Michael Neilson (BusinessDesk): Revealed: NZ’s most productive companies, sectors – and which ones are on the up (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): CEOs urge faster Reserve Bank OCR cuts to lift sluggish economy (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Mood of the Boardroom survey reveals mixed business confidence on staffing (paywalled)
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Trump tariffs hit NZ exporters as CEOs warn of tougher US trade climate (paywalled)
Andrea Fox (Herald): NZ dairy exports forecast strong returns as Fonterra eyes trade deals (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): New NZIBF director outlines exporters’ response to tariffs (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Debate grows over KiwiSaver role in infrastructure (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Business leader calls for bipartisan vision on growth and infrastructure (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Westpac’s Catherine McGrath calls for cross‑party certainty on infrastructure
Andrea Fox (Herald): Port CEO urges action on infrastructure after years of delays
Scott St John (Herald): Population policy key for New Zealand’s future (paywalled)
Christop Schumacher (NBR): Stop sidelining manufacturing (paywalled)
ENERGY
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Reforms expected to target energy crunch risks, not full market overhaul (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): More bluster, or real change for the electricity sector?
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Is it the Govt’s job to make energy prices cheaper?
INFRASTRUCTURE, FAST-TRACK
Garth Bray (BusinessDesk): Billions in play: Major energy, mining and housing projects await pre-Christmas go-ahead (paywalled)
RNZ: Construction on Auckland’s Bledisloe North wharf begins
Aimee Shaw (Post): Explainer: Auckland’s Bledisloe North Wharf fast-track project (paywalled)
Aziz Al Saafin (1News): PM opens new $26m reservoir in drought-prone Northland
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): New Northland reservoir ‘about creating opportunities’ in drought-prone area
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Water storage opens the tap on Kaipara growth (paywalled)
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Industry pleads for action on ‘unsustainable’ standards system (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Inland port targets fast-track consent (paywalled)
JUSTICE, CORRECTIONS
Derek Cheng (Herald): Budget 2025 funded Corrections for a set number of prisoners by mid-2026. We’re nearly there - a year early (paywalled)
David Harvey (Herald): Suppression, non-publication, injunction and the rule of law (paywalled)
Kris Gledhill (The Conversation): Why a proposed law to criminalise protests near homes is too vague to do much good
ABUSE IN CARE
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Abuse in Care survivors face years‑long delays under current redress processes
Sam Olley (1News): Presbyterian Church issues public apology to abuse survivors in Dunedin
Tim Scott (ODT): ‘We will see what you do, and we will hold you to account
Tim Scott (ODT): Church offers ‘sincere and unreserved apology’ for decades of abuse
EMPLOYMENT
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Govt and union trade blows over strikes
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What sectors are barely paying more than minimum wage?
ODT Editorial: Holidays Act simplification overdue (paywalled)
John Anthony (BusinessDesk): Road cone hotline logs nearly 1,100 tips, 60% in first month (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Bali Haque (Post): Questions for the Education Minister: what crisis are you solving? (paywalled)
Vaimoana Mase (Herald): How AI could upskill and future-proof Kiwi secondary school students (paywalled)
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Aren’t children allowed their own political views?
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): Jobs could go at Massey following cut in government funding
IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP
Liu Chen (RNZ): Alarm over health insurance costs for Parent Boost Visa
Luc Cohen (Reuters): Epstein schedules show plans to meet NZ citizen Peter Thiel
David Farrar: The answer is to promote citizenship
Michael Morah (Herald): Christchurch mum celebrates after son with Down syndrome gets NZ residency
HarrIet Laughton (Post): Up to 500 Immigration NZ roles to be lost to automation by 2032 (paywalled)