WEATHER, DISASTER, CLIMATE
David Farrar: Climate change and Mt Maunganui
Kirsty Johnston (RNZ): Deadly storms expose growing gap between disaster recovery and climate preparation
Annemarie Quill (Stuff): Tauranga mayor defends council landslide inquiry as residents fear ‘whitewash’
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): We need a full and independent inquiry into Mt Maunganui deaths
Peter Dunne: A Test for Luxon’s leadership
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): New emergency response system will cost local govt $82m
Angus James: Accountability after the fact
Tom Dillane (Herald): Tauranga council meets with consulting firm offering ‘war room experience’ to advise on fatal slips (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Radio rollout of communications system for first responders delayed
James Pocock (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and ministers visit East Coast for second time in a week
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Are the insurance companies doing us a favour on flood-prone areas?
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): It’s not our opinions on climate change that matter
ELECTION, PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Rawiri Taonui: Te Pāti Māori | The Kapa-Kingi and Ferris bullying allegations updated
Chris Trotter (Law News): In praise of boring
Muriel Newman (Herald): After Labour’s mismanagement, has this coalition Government delivered? (paywalled)
Laura Walters (Newsroom): The in-out-in lives of MPs on the cusp
Andrea Vance (Post): The names on everyone’s lips to succeed Judith Collins (paywalled)
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Te Pāti Māori wants to abolish prisons. The idea is not just a fantasy
Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): Doing more with what we already have: a challenge to the abundance agenda
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Shane Jones’ regional spend takes shape (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Willis moves early to brace voters for pre-election rate rises (paywalled)
Mina Martin (NZ Adviser): Luxon hails ‘recovery’ but rivals say voters still hurting
Gordon Campbell: On Selling the recovery mirage
Herald: Economic recovery looking unconvincing as it struggles to gain momentum
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): NZ unemployment rate seen at 5.3% in final quarter of 2025 (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Lessons Nicola Willis might learn from the 2023 Budget (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Concern business costs may spiral in wake of competition law reforms
INDIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Winston Peters wages war on India trade deal as coalition cracks show
Henry Cooke (Post): Poll: India free trade deal is popular - even with NZ First voters (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): India Free Trade Agreement: Winston Peters hits back at Christopher Luxon as row deepens between NZ First, National (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): India FTA fight: Trouble brewing in coalition as Winston Peters pushes his advantage (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): ‘Mother of all deals’, EU-India pact raises the FTA stakes for NZ (paywalled)
PUBLIC SERVICE
Azaria Howell (Herald): Revealed: Under-fire Andrew Coster’s resignation letter as Social Investment Agency boss
Katie Ham (Post): ‘We got an uppercut’: Meet the duo tasked with restoring faith in a bruised police force (paywalled)
Roger Partridge (Herald): The austerity-proof public service (paywalled)
Soana Aholelei (RNZ): Ministry for Pacific Peoples plan looks at next three years
JUDITH COLLINS
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Labour concerned Collins could politicise Law Commission
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Judith Collins’ stellar career (and the bit best not mentioned)
Stuff: ‘She’s had a remarkable career’: Bishop reflects fondly on Judith Collins’ tenure
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): ‘It’s quite an addictive environment’: Judith Collins reflects on 24 years in parliament
HEALTH
Delphine Herbert (RNZ): Staff, public deserve answers after major IT outage at hospitals, union says
1News: Major IT outage forced hospitals back to pen and paper, PSA says
John Lewis (ODT): ‘Enshittification’ seen in health reforms (paywalled)
David Galler (Listener): Top health leader join forces for new lobby group putting public healthcare on political agenda (paywalled)
RNZ: New Zealanders missing out on motor neurone disease treatment, study shows
MODERN SLAVERY BILL
RNZ: National and Labour MPs team up to get slavery bill heard after ACT objects
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Labour, National reach across aisle to tackle modern slavery
T J Grant (Post): Progress on modern slavery law a landmark on road to a better future (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Labour and National use novel rule to skip biscuit tin for modern slavery bill (paywalled)
WAITANGI AND TREATY
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Prime Minister expected to return to Waitangi
Anna Whyte and Henry Cooke (Post): A return to Waitangi back on the table for Luxon (paywalled)
Herald: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon to attend Waitangi next week, Herald understands
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Ngāpuhi leaders challenge government over ‘rushed’ and ‘divisive’ Treaty settlement process
Aaron Smale (Listener): With Waitangi Day fast approaching, we need to talk about sovereignty (paywalled)
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Ex-Education Ministry staffer says new school curriculum heavily politicised
Grant Robertson (ODT): Fulfilling the mission of universities (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Med school’s high risk no surprise: Hernandez (paywalled)
Bella Craig (RNZ): Families rely on donations to pay for school uniforms, stationery
Cate Macintosh (Press): When is a student’s absence justified? Principals to lose their say (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): MPs urged to dig deeper into report showing slump in environmental spending (paywalled)
Tim Scott (ODT): Santana chairman ‘clearly a cooker’ (paywalled)
Kira Carrington (Local Democracy reporting): Mayor condemns ‘ecological vandalism’ on Marlborough beaches
Paul Leavoy (The Modern Regulator): How regulatory capture works – and what regulators can do about it
JUSTICE
Bruce Curtis (ODT): The exploitation of young lawyers: a warning to vulnerable law students (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (Newsroom): Playing Tetris with an ever-growing prison population
FORESTRY
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Forestry not the great economic contributor it claims - report
Kate McVicar (NBR): Ikea parent group shells out more than $134m on new forestry (paywalled)
CARTOONS