THE OPPORTUNITY PARTY
Sam Smith (Stuff): The Opportunity Party ‘would be happy’ to go into coalition with National
Natalia Albert: What The Opportunities Party Is Attempting to Do Is Nearly Impossible. Yet…
David Farrar: No, TOP is not a centrist party
Brent Edwards (NBR): Opportunity Party outlines its plans for economic growth (paywalled)
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Former Te Pāti Māori co-leader suggests party may need change in leadership
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori former co-leader calls for leadership change
1News: Te Pāti Māori needs to balance protest with relationships – Flavell
Julia Gabel (Herald): Former Te Pāti Māori co-leader calls for party leadership change amid ‘infighting’, ‘personal attacks’
Nick James (Post): Debbie Ngarewa-Packer responds to ex-Te Pāti Māori leader’s calls for leadership change (paywalled)
LABOUR PARTY
Martin Van Beynen (Post): Labour’s cautious pragmatism and a ‘fair go’ may be a recipe for regret (paywalled)
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Why Labour’s cringing return to ‘kindness’ can’t mask its polling mountain
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Damien O’Connor on how shovelling shit prepared him for parliament
GOVERNMENT
Matthew Hooton (Post): Murkiness around India deal takes gloss off PM’s triumph (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Post): ‘Major worry’: Winston Peters says he fears India has been misled over trade deal (paywalled)
ODT: Editorial: Putting it right counts (paywalled)
Alexia Russell (RNZ): Fixing our ad hoc, inconsistent refugee rules
Henry Cooke (Post): Is the coalition cracking, or just cranky? (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): National will ‘continue to listen to feedback’ on just-passed heath and safety bill (paywalled)
RNZ: Business to back health and safety changes despite Labour’s repeal threat
PUBLIC SERVICE AND GOVERNMENT REFORM
The Post: Editorial: Fixing the public service without building another Death Star (paywalled)
RNZ: Eyes turn to Immigration’s new IT project after it misses first milestone
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Review calls for urgent reset of Government’s digital projects (paywalled)
Nick James (Post): NZTA says $22k India trip gave staff confidence boost in $1.36b ticketing system (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Union expects pay negotiations at MBIE to end in strikes (paywalled)
RNZ: Digital revamp of government services not effective review finds
PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Michael Laws to announce candidacy for NZ First tomorrow morning
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Michael Laws won’t be a good get for NZ First
Chlöe Swarbrick (Herald): Jonathan Ayling’s criticism of Greens’ tax policy is out of line with economists (paywalled)
The Post: ‘We are so much more than just the job’: Marama Davidson on returning to work after cancer (paywalled)
Katie Bradford (Herald): Detain, Search, Use Force: Act’s big security guard overhaul
Andrew Dickson: Staining the Poor: The Cruelty and Coercive Control of Seymour’s New Card
Grant Duncan: How much does money count in an election?
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: The ‘not my circus’ defence versus the rules
Henry Cooke (Post): Wigram to Westminster: Kiwi Labour hand Hayden Munro running Andy Burnham leadership campaign (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Life-saving law change comes years too late; the low-key political veteran everybody loves (paywalled)
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Kāinga Ora chairman gets $54k pay hike, despite believing his agency will become ‘smaller’
1News: ‘There’s gonna be a war’: Former rough sleepers on move-on orders
Julia Gabel (Herald): Should Auckland have an all-access, night shelter? The debate over the best way to help the homeless (paywalled)
Cordelia Stewart and Suzette Jackson (The Conversation): Homelessness has been framed as a housing problem in NZ. The reality is more complex
Zoe Mills (Herald): Gisborne misses out on share of $14.5m rough sleeping support (paywalled)
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Local board votes for widespread intensification in Auckland’s central suburbs
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): MSD boss defends linking staff performance with cutting emergency housing
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): The supposedly progressive campaign to restrict housing in posh suburbs
RNZ: Performance targets for emergency housing up to MSD - Tama Potaka
Kate Newton (RNZ): Flood-risk homes defy analysts’ expectations, gain value faster than unaffected properties
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