IRAN WAR
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): How should NZ respond to the US bombing of Iran?
Sam Smith and Samantha Hayes (Stuff): Would NZ join ‘an illegal invasion’ of Iran? That question needs to be asked, Helen Clark says
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): As Middle East erupts into conflict, Christopher Luxon struggles to articulate where New Zealand stands (paywalled)
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): New Zealand affirms its commitment to being noncommittal in Iran response
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Luxon flounders on Iran as Opposition pushes for principled response
Robert G Patman (Newsroom): Q&A: Just how risky is the Iran attack gamble?
ODT: Editorial – Reckless act, uncertain consequences (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (RNZ): New Zealand not asking questions about US, Israel attacks
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): New Zealand, split over the US-Israel attacks on Iran, wonders what’s next
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Iran hits base hosting NZ Defence Force personnel in Bahrain, none injured
Henry Cooke (Post): Helen Clark says NZ must resist ‘slippery slope’ to involvement in Iran conflict (paywalled)
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): NZ not in a position to pass judgement on Iran attacks, Luxon says
Julia Gabel (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says NZ not ‘best placed’ to make call on legality of US, Israel attacks
Ian Fletcher (NBR): What the Iran conflict means for New Zealand (paywalled)
Juliet Moses (Stuff): Golriz Ghahraman is wrong about Iran
Henry Cooke (Post): NZ supports ‘any actions’ to stop Iran getting nukes or hurting its people: Christopher Luxon (paywalled)
RNZ: Luxon says NZ’s position the same as Australia on Iran attacks
Gordon Campbell: On the Iran war
Grant Duncan: Iran: more complex than it seems
1News: Christopher Luxon hits back after Helen Clark brands Iran response a ‘disgrace’
Damien Venuto (Stuff): How Trump’s attack on Iran will hit Kiwi wallets
Ben Tomsett (Herald): Christopher Luxon hits back after Helen Clark calls Iran response a disgrace
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Iran strikes underscore strategic intent of NZ’s new ‘combat-proven’ drones
Steven Cowan: NZ continues its drift away from an independent foreign policy
Geoff Fischer: A tribute to Helen Clark
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): The blind eye – What do Australia, Canada and the UK know that we don’t? (paywalled)
Keith Rankin: The Greater Evil
Henry Cooke (Post): Iran crisis: Over 1700 Kiwis registered in countries involved in conflict, including 26 in Iran (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker and Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Iran strikes hit petrol prices, travel and NZ exports, PM says ‘wait and see’ the extent (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Petrol prices expected to rise sharply in wake of Iran strikes (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Iran conflict: Petrol prices, interest rates and KiwiSaver - where you could feel the financial fallout (paywalled)
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Insurance companies invoke war clause that restricts travel insurance payouts (paywalled)
Herald: US-Iran conflict threatens NZ red meat exports via Strait of Hormuz
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Middle East conflict and oil shock risk derailing NZ retail recovery (paywalled)
John Weekes (Herald): US-Iran conflict and jet fuel spike: What it means for airfares (paywalled)
Tim Hunter (NBR): IEA reserves a factor as Iran war pushes fuel prices (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION, GOVERNMENT
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Warning signs for both National, Labour in latest Ipsos issues monitor as election year heats up (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Barbara Edmonds on focusing Reserve Bank on jobs, the landlord tax cut, pay equity plans, the big thing Labour got wrong and whether she’s getting ‘nasty’ (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Environment watchdog reveals top priority for consenting reform
Claire Robinson: Stop acting like the Opposition: Why National is its own worst enemy
Jamie Ensor (Herald): National’s Nicola Willis says New Zealanders are ‘impatient’ for expecting quick cost-of-living turnaround
Andrew Lensen and Andrew Geddis (The Conversation): AI is already creeping into election campaigns. NZ’s rules aren’t ready
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Survey points to cost-of-living election 2.0 – and an intriguing immigration result
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Election 2026: Please don’t derail the recovery, say businesses (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Labour yet to hear from Government about support for India trade deal (paywalled)
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Written Questions - a less frustrating Question Time?
Susan St John: Passing controversial legislation under urgency is an appalling way to make policy
ELECTRICITY
Kirsty Johnston (RNZ): The government ‘kicked the tyres’ on solar subsidies to cut power bills but decided on ‘minor’ tweaks instead
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): How supercritical geothermal energy could change our future
Kate Newton (RNZ): Conflict in Iran shows ‘risk’ of government’s plan to import LNG as back-up to Taranaki facility
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Power, prices and the politics of profit (paywalled)
Dave Armstrong (Post): Don’t count on power companies when you need them most (paywalled)
Kate Newton (RNZ): Transmission network already threatened by climate hazards, data shows
HMNZS MANAWANUI SINKING CHARGES
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Naval officers charged over HMNZS Manawanui sinking ‘unprecedented’
Newstalk ZB: Commander Yvonne Gray and two other Navy officers charged over sinking of Manawanui
Sam Smith (Stuff): Charges laid in the sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui
Post: Three naval officers face charges over sinking of HMNZS Manawanui (paywalled)
HEALTH
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Funding, staffing risks flagged (paywalled)
Herald: Editorial – Mental health crisis for young people as access to care falls sharply (paywalled)
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Health New Zealand removes some new advice about Ehlers-Danlos syndromes and hypermobility spectrum disorder
Kate Green (RNZ): Aged care sector needs better funding, nurses need more money - association
Lisa Seerup (Herald): Hearing loss is not just a problem for our aging population (paywalled)
HOUSING AND BUILDING
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Chris Bishop and Wayne Brown clash over Auckland’s latest housing density plans (paywalled)
Anne Gibson (Herald): $5m-plus foreign house-buyers allowed in from Friday; how NZ’s Westfield malls are doing - Property Insider (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Record portion of new lending goes to first-home buyers with small deposits as bank lending rules loosened (paywalled)
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): ‘It’s disgusting’ - Kāinga Ora lists vacant land for a third of valuation
Martin Hawes (Post): Betting that the boom years of property returns are behind us (paywalled)
Phil Brosnan (Post): Construction is finally taking off — and keeping it on course means investing in the crew (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Nick James (RNZ): Wellington council releases first triennium plan in almost a decade
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington mayor releases three-year plan, including chance for Beehive to pay (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): Andrew Little unveils plan for Wellington City Council term ahead
James Ross (Post): Wellington needs more than just ‘tunnel vision’ (paywalled)
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Culture wars creep into local councils, and communities pay the price (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Gary Stevenson, the wealth-tax guy who thinks capitalism is ‘pretty good’ (paywalled)
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): ‘Green shoots’ turn to ‘green shrubs’ in election year economy (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Personal loan arrears hit highest level in a decade: Centrix data (paywalled)
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Inland Revenue ‘reporting more tax debt defaults’
Ganesh Ahirao: Disestablishing productivity
Luke Malpass (Post): Cyber extortion tops charts as new biggest online threat (paywalled)
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): NZ graduates being pushed, not pulled, to Australia
EDUCATION
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): The lure of private (and pricey) education
Derek Cheng (Herald): Why Auckland students are so dominant among top secondary school scholarship winners (paywalled)
Rachel Maher (Herald): More than 80% of parents want a teacher aide in every classroom, survey finds
CARTOONS