INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Luxon, Peters in crisis talks after NZ First leader releases emails showing PM wanted explicit Iran war backing (paywalled)
Tom Rose (Herald): Ipsos poll on global attitudes to Iran war finds most New Zealanders oppose conflict, fear fallout
Anneke Smith (Post): Iran war: US-Iran conflict threatens law of high seas that NZ depends on, expert warns (paywalled)
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Peters: ‘So wrong’ to suggest MFAT not helping Kiwi held in ICE detention
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Who’s the boss? A leading political economist on what has gone wrong in NZ (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Winston Peters has had it with your stupid question. Full blocs ahead for November
Alexia Russell (RNZ): Plotting a path to victory
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): The latest charts and data on Election 2026
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Greens defend Māngere candidate Michel Mulipola for past social media posts
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Green Party backs candidate after flag-ripping video emerges
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): One MP, One Pint: Green MP Lan Pham on being freshwater’s biggest fan
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Green MP Kahurangi Carter’s overdose bill passes first hurdle
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): National may be lone opponent to bill designed to lower foreign exchange fees (paywalled)
Louis Collins (RNZ): Question Time begins with a showdown between Minister and ... Minister?
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Modern Slavery bill passes first reading under new Parliament rule
Hamish McNicol (NBR): Mbie confirms Stobo investigation is about conflicts of interest (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Simeon Brown pressures Transpower over its chief executive’s pay (paywalled)
MEDIA AND POLITICIANS
Ani O’Brien: The media lawyers up: the chilling effect is coming from inside the house
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): TVNZ crossed a line with their handling of Maiki Sherman
Shayne Currie (Herald): TVNZ threatened to sue Newstalk ZB as it chased Maiki Sherman story, says Mike Hosking (paywalled)
Poppy Clark (Stuff): Hosking says team received TVNZ legal letter while probing slur allegation
EMPLOYMENT
Rob Stock (Post): Workers say Employment Leave Bill will make them poorer (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Brooke van Velden says it would be ‘impossible’ for no worker to be worse off from Holidays Act overhaul (paywalled)
David Burton (Post): Health and safety is not ‘PC gone mad’ (paywalled)
David Williams (Newsroom): Port company avoids prosecution after serious injury
Neil Sands (Law News): Minister defends contentious Employment Leave Bill, no consensus around reforms
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