TE PĀTI MĀORI
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s expulsion breached dispute process and tikanga, lawyer argues
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao News): Kapa-Kingi expulsion challenged over tikanga, process and power - court hears
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, John Tamihere and the case of the confusing constitution
Adam Pearse (Herald): Te Pāti Māori expulsion: Party offered to retake vote on MP’s membership ahead of court hearing
Amy Ridout (Stuff): Ousted MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi holds on to her job - for now
Henry Cooke (Post): Te Pāti Māori in court: MP rejected offer for new vote on her expulsion (paywalled)
ELECTION, PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Chris Trotter (Interest): Antipodean politicians will either construct a post-neoliberal future or see their own futures sliding away
Angus James: When progress outpaces democracy
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Government to monitor agencies’ underspending on infrastructure
ODT: Editorial – Maturity and dispute resolution (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Department of Conservation head won’t seek reappointment (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): National mission to launch sovereign satellite kept under wraps by officials
No Right Turn: How do we change OIA culture?
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Shane Jones’ regional spend takes shape (paywalled)
MINING AND EXTRACTION
Anneke Smith (RNZ): New Zealand can ‘claim responsible mining’ - Minerals Council
Mike White (Post): Council gets multimillion-dollar payment to allow controversial gold mine to proceed (paywalled)
Katie Todd (RNZ): Australian mining giant Santana Minerals granted road mine road access despite protest
ODT: CODC would receive $1.25m in Santana road access deal (paywalled)
Tim Scott (ODT): Sir Ian accepts Jones’ invitation to debate proposed mine (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): ‘No, in a nutshell’: CODC on endorsing Santana (paywalled)
Mark Patterson (ODT): Going in to bat for good, well-paying jobs (paywalled)
EPSTEIN FILES
Rachel Moore (Stuff): The Jeffrey Epstein files: New Zealand mentioned more than 1000 times
Ethan Manera (Herald): Jeffrey Epstein files reveal New Zealand couple managed his infamous island
Chris Marriner (Stuff): Kiwi couple who managed Epstein ranch also worked at his notorious island, documents show
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Unwitting link to Epstein avoided (paywalled)
1News: Epstein offered to fund Kiwi academic to write book
PIKE RIVER
RNZ: Police criminal probe into Pike River nearly finished
RNZ: Pike River families ‘pissed off’ and ‘frustrated’ at long wait for outcome of police criminal probe
Cath Clarke (Guardian): Pike River review – families fight for justice in sobering true-life tale of New Zealand mining disaster
WAITANGI AND TREATY
Amelia Wade (Post): Labour and Greens to make rare unity play at Waitangi (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Waitangi 2026: Ngāi Tahu attending for the first time in more than 20 years in show of unity amid controversial Govt policies
Chris Hipkins (Herald): How shared values can unite Aotearoa and not divide
Zoran Rakovic: Putting Te Tiriti everywhere could leave it nowhere
WEATHER, DISASTER, CLIMATE
Amy Williams (RNZ): Auckland Council looks at rule change to avoid flood buyout costs
Kate Newton (RNZ): Second town red-listed by AA Insurance for new home insurance policies
RNZ: Mt Maunganui review to focus on hours leading up to landslide - mayor
Nikki Macdonald (Post): Limbo Land - what a world without flood buyouts looks like (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Has Fire and Emergency NZ overreacted here?
HOUSING
Mark Kirby (The Conversation): NZ’s $2.5 billion shoddy building bill: how to fix the ‘build now, fix later’ culture
Mandy Te (Interest): Govt being able to temporarily suspend requirement for building warranties and/or insurance ‘quite scurrilous’
Anne Gibson (Herald): New homes overheating: What has happened two years after problems flagged? (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Rent is getting cheaper. Here’s why that’s not necessarily a good thing
Martin Hawes (Post): What’s better for the bottom line - renting or owning a house? (paywalled)
HEALTH
Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘A Jenga tower’: Why NZ’s health cybersecurity is leaving patients exposed – expert
Harriet Laughton (Post): Te Whatu Ora data shows big jump in reported assaults on Auckland hospital workers (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (Newsroom): For pharmacists, industry changes are a hard pill to swallow
Angus Chambers (Post): The risks, drawbacks and dangers of telehealth (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Officials advise against change to health budget cycle (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Miriam Bell (Post): NZ company liquidations 2025: Highest number of failures since 2010 (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): More interest rates relief coming for homeowners
Christoph Schumacher (NBR): Has the NZ economy actually turned a corner? (paywalled)
Herald: Editorial – It benefits us all for Wellington to bounce back (paywalled)
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Aussie supermarket site scrutiny shows NZ’s direction
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
David Farrar (Post): Time for New Zealand to become the seventh state of Australia (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): New Zealand, United States critical minerals: Top diplomat heads to Washington, DC for summit, Christopher Luxon brushes off deal talk, China watching (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Opposition parties slam ‘secret’ critical minerals talks
No Right Turn: No deals with the US
Stephen Jacobi (Newsroom): Is the EU our next ‘best mate’?
Ethan Manera (Herald): Officials not concerned about Chinese Yutong buses despite international security fears
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Fiona Ellis (Waikato Times): Behind the billboards: What it cost to chase Hamilton’s mayoral chains (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Dean Kimpton resigns as Auckland Transport chief amid mayor’s criticism (paywalled)
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Forest owner Lewis Tucker hit with 570% rates hike, calls for council differentials crackdown (paywalled)
EDUCATION
RNZ: PM Christopher Luxon and Education Minister Erica Stanford on reporting students’ progress
Sam Smith (Stuff): Government announces new reporting system for student progress
Hanna McCallum (Post): When school uniforms keep kids out of class and parents scrambling (paywalled)
TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): MPs told public backlash likely if roads tolled without clear benefit (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Eroad concerned about NZTA role in new e-RUC system (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Proposed road user charge and tolling regime needs some tweaks (paywalled)
MEDIA
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Report finds AI ‘widespread’ in newsrooms. Here’s how I use it (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Breakfast co-host Tova O’Brien’s legal restraint; Ex adman’s novel skewers industry’s awards obsession; BSA rules on TVNZ Tom Phillips privacy complaint (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Auckland Film Studios sold by council in multimillion-dollar deal (paywalled)
Steven Price: BSA bludgeons balance standard again
RETIREMENT AND KIWISAVER
Susan St John (Newsroom): We need to save our planet, not save up for retirement
Nicola Russell (Newsroom): KiwiSaver vs Australian Super: there’s no comparison
LAW AND JUSTICE
Shayne Currie (Herald): Top lawyer and former TVNZ political editor Linda Clark’s big legal career move (paywalled)
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Court upgrade halts all new law and order policies
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Justice Minister defends ‘absolutely fierce’ head of retail crime advisory group after spate of resignations
CARTOONS