ELECTION
RNZ: ‘Things are about to take off’: How MPs are feeling 100 days out from election
Henry Cooke (Post): 100 days out, the election is far from settled (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch, Emma Ricketts and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Prime Minister defends $20k spend on chopper from Auckland to Hamilton for farmer rally and Kmart hub trip
Audrey Young (Herald): Christopher Luxon’s awkward transition from CEO to Prime Minister (paywalled)
Tom Dillane (Herald): In an election campaign of naughty ‘celebrities’, the Chrises are jostling for who has the bigger stick (paywalled)
Don Brash: My advice for Christopher Luxon: Stand for something
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Public service boss tells union to pull ‘change the government’ postcards from workplaces
Tobias Macintosh (Herald): Green Party MP Tamatha Paul removes line of campaign merchandise inspired by Metallica
Gordon Campbell: On National’s Rejection Of Opportunity
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Labour’s biggest election challenge? Making sure Pacific people can vote
RNZ: Electoral Commission urges voters to check online information
Tom Peters (World Socialist Website): New Zealand election: Green Party AGM postures against social inequality, silent on war
Michael Swanson: Who could be the next Speaker of the House?
Mike Tweed (Herald): Former Whanganui MP Harete Hipango-Brownlie returns to politics with NZ First
Russell Palmer (RNZ): National, Labour unearth parental leave skeletons
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Winston Peters launches tirade against Chinese-Kiwi Green MP
Chris Trotter: What to Expect if the Left Wins (paywalled)
WOMEN, GENDER AND THE CAMPAIGN
Janet Wilson (Post): National woos the women’s vote, but its cynicism is showing (paywalled)
Veronica Schmidt (Spinoff): Am I still a woman? NZ First has me confused as all hell
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Nicola Willis hits out at NZ First candidate: ‘No woman wants to be reduced to a description about our shopping habits’
Jo Cribb (Newsroom): Women’s representation threatened as parties show off their machismo
Alex Casey (Spinoff): What’s going on with all these gender bill submissions being rejected?
GREEN CANDIDATE’S MĀORI ROLL CAMPAIGN
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Why Greens candidate Tania Waikato is posting thirst traps on social media
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Green candidate uses ‘bikini baddies’ and ‘buff bros’ to encourage voting
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Green candidate’s unconventional tactic to boost the Māori roll
1News: Bikinis and bare chests: Campaign for Māori voters to switch rolls goes viral
COVID-19 INQUIRY RESPONSE
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Government accepts all Covid-19 inquiry’s recommendations ‘in some form’
Harriet Laughton (Post): Royal Commission Inquiry: What the Government is promising to do if another pandemic hits (paywalled)
Stuff: Government to force change on health advice, financial support after Covid-19 inquiry
Derek Cheng (Herald): Covid inquiry response: Government sets new transparency requirements over key advice (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Brown promises ‘future-focused’ pandemic plan while relitigating the past
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Pandemic preparation: ‘You don’t want it to be a political fight’ - Michael Baker
Richard Harman: Peters woos the anti vaxers (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): How an anti-rates lobby group tried to influence a breakaway council budget
Andrea Vance (Post): ‘Fair engagement’? Police sent to home of mayor’s critics after complaint over emails (paywalled)
Jonathan Ayling (Herald): Who governs local government? (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Labour vows to keep billions in conservation costs off councils if elected
Anya Fielding (RNZ): Wellington not alone in struggling to get public transport up and running, Dutch expert says
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Upper Hutt mayor: Don’t force us to amalgamate with Wellington councils
Mathew Nash (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua Lakes Council backs own unitary authority as part of Bay of Plenty proposal
Bronson Perich (Local Democracy Reporting): Taupō District Council votes to push back against forced amalgamation
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Directors of Auckland Council companies set for fee rises of up to 33 percent
Tina Law (Post): Christchurch council aims for 20% solar energy as part of $7m expansion strategy (paywalled)
AI, EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teachers worried about critical thinking as AI becomes widespread in schools
Rachel Maher (Herald): Alarming ERO report reveals most teachers fear AI is eroding critical thinking
The Post: AI use widespread in NZ schools, better guidance needed: ERO (paywalled)
The Post: Editorial: The AI bill is coming due (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Education Ministry backs off slashing contractors used for school builds (paywalled)
Yolisa Tswanya (Herald): Northland schools raise concerns over $3 lunch programme
Max Frethy (Post): Schools expect to save thousands by ditching diesel boilers (paywalled)
Joel Kulasingham (Herald): University of Auckland backs professor’s ‘academic freedom’ after Act MP Parmjeet Parmar’s criticisms
Nicola Gaston (Newsroom): Luxon wants to ‘brutally commercialise’ science, but cuts threaten its foundation
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