FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Will Luxon’s Trump card be a triumph?
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon meets Donald Trump: New Zealand, United States leaders chat one-on-one before dinner
Henry Cooke (Post): Christopher Luxon’s successful cameo in the Trump show (paywalled)
RNZ: ‘We…’: Winston Peters’ account corrects Christopher Luxon’s tweet about trade deal
1News: ‘We…’: Peters’ X account on Luxon’s trade deal post
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Maybe tariffs, definitely golf: What Luxon and Trump discussed in first meeting
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): ’There’s no going back to zero’ on US trade tariffs (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ):Christopher Luxon has one-on-one meeting with Donald Trump in South Korea
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Christopher Luxon snatches some facetime with Donald Trump at APEC
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon flies into South Korea for Apec, ahead of Donald Trump dinner
Henry Cooke (Post): The key south east Asian country Christopher Luxon hasn’t visited (paywalled)
Richard Prebble (Herald): New Zealand’s pointless ‘war’ with the Cook Islands must end (paywalled)
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): Winston Peters urges Nordic nations to boost engagement in the Pacific
Kaya Selby (RNZ): Pacific faces major aid shortfall as NZ and Western donors scale back - Lowy Institute report
Adam Pearse (Herald):Govt deploys NZDF officer to Israel amid Gaza conflict after United States request
RNZ: NZ Defence Force deploys liaison officer to Israel
RNZ: Peters announces sanctions on 65 vessels over transport of Russian oil
Stuff: Russia’s shadow fleet targeted in expanded oil sanctions
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
Bryce Edwards (Integrity Institute): Labour’s voter- and business-friendly CGT
Lisa Marriott (Newsroom): Labour’s job now is to communicate its capital gains policy
Luke Malpass (Post): Capital gains tax: The explaining day after the taxing night before (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Labour’s capital gains tax policy makes a small target (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Luxon made $600k in a year tax free flipping property, Hipkins says
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘Bring it on’: Hipkins targets Luxon in capital gains tax debate
RNZ: Success of Labour’s capital gains tax plan rests on expanded primary health workforce - GPs boss
Adam Pearse (Herald): Labour’s Chris Hipkins shuts door on Green Party doubts over tax bottom line
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Labour’s desperate, doomed, decades-long effort to get farmers to like them
Steven Cowan: Labour’s capital gains tax policy: a meaningless gesture that changes nothing
Laszlo Szollosi-Cira: CGT on Investment Properties: Where the Hell did this Policy Come From???
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Softly, softly: the cautious strategy behind Labour’s CGT gamble
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
Janet Wilson (Post): Who’s feeling lucky in the leadership stakes? (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): The curious case of Oriini Kaipara’s ‘repossessed’ campaign truck
Thomas Manch (Post): Alleged ‘insider threat’ still a government employee, three years on (paywalled)
Michael Swanson: Rebalancing Representation: The New Report on MMP Reform
Nick Clark (Herald): We need to fix the flaws in our electoral system (paywalled)
PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
Russell Palmer (RNZ): No consultation on pig welfare regulation changes - SPCA
Rob Stock (Post): Frustration over plan to extend farrowing crate rules for 10 years (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What will farmers spend their $200,000 each on if Fonterra sale goes through?
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Sale of Fonterra’s consumer business expected to get shareholder approval
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): How Fonterra’s $4.2b Mainland Lactalis sale took shape – an updated recap
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Auckland Mayor backtracks on comments to hand over mayorality
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): What happens if a mayor resigns mid-term?
Nick James (RNZ): Wellington’s new mayor Andrew Little says supercity-style council ‘all but inevitable’
Tom Hunt (Post): New Wellington mayor Andrew Little hits ground running (paywalled)
Nick James (RNZ): Ben McNulty named as Wellington’s new deputy mayor
Tom Hunt (Post): Ben McNulty announced as Wellington deputy mayor but rivals get key appointments (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington Mayor-elect Andrew Little picks Ben McNulty for deputy
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Porirua council in ‘state of limbo’ while court considers seat recount
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): S&P’s Anthony Walker critiques ‘Local Water Done Well’
Grant Miller (ODT): Council CEO’s salary nears $500,000 (paywalled)
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting): Craig, Grace and Rob: Wairarapa’s three new deputy mayors
Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): Gisborne Māori roll voter turnout surges 40 percent after Māori ward referendum
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Far North has one of the highest rates of female representation in local government history
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): New ES chairman promises collaboration, transparency
Steve Hepburn (ODT): ‘Value for money’ a council priority (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Where to from here, with the country’s new crop of young councillors
EDUCATION, SCIENCE, CHILDREN
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Students from poor schools had much worse NCEA maths and literacy test results than others
John Gerritsen (RNZ): ‘Just absolutely ridiculous’ - new school curriculum unpopular with principals
Stuff: Erica Stanford tells Samantha Hayes new education curriculum only about ‘85-90%’ right
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Here’s what the Government wants to teach kids, and why it’s so controversial
Hanna McCallum (Post): Principal ‘absolutely gobsmacked’ at new draft curriculum (paywalled)
Science Media Centre: New science curriculum – Expert Reaction
Paul Moon (Post): New social sciences curriculum a triumph (paywalled)
RNZ: Bid to turn Kelston Boys’ High School into charter school not endorsed by principal
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Winner of top science prize blames ‘batshit’ Budget for brain drain
Kate Green (RNZ): Youth in state care still not getting enough support, survey finds
MEDIA, INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA
Henry Cooke (Post): Nanny-state coalition: Will Labour and National team up on social media ban? (paywalled)
Gary Hamilton-Irvine (Hawkes Bay Today/Herald: Is NZ closer to a social media ban? MP’s bill pulled from the biscuit tin (paywalled)
Jonathan Ayling (Herald): The politics of false simplicity (paywalled)
Lane Nichols (Herald): Craccum magazine editors locked out of website after story on Auckland University Students’ Association boss (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Getting real about fake images (paywalled)
Steven Cowan: The illusion of balance
RNZ: NZME increases underlying profit guidance by up to $3 million
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): North & South relaunch on ‘hold’, editor confirms (paywalled)
NBR: NBR secures landmark settlements for copyright breaches (paywalled)
ENERGY
Allan Brent: Hāwea’s Brush with the Fast Track
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Supercritical milestone for NZ geothermal (paywalled)
Jamie Gray (Herald): Energy giant Jera Nex BP joins opposition to Taranaki seabed mining bid (paywalled)
Sapeer Mayron (Post): Feeling powerless as gas bills double and options shrink (paywalled)
Philip Chandler (ODT): Gibbston option out of line, submitter says (paywalled)
GAMBLING
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Minister confirms gambling backtrack to fund community clubs
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Communities to get a cut from online gambling after backlash
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Gambling levy rethink could deliver bigger community returns (paywalled)
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): Online gambling receipts balloon amid efforts to regulate sector (paywalled)
EMPLOYMENT
Stuff: Labour seeks to force large employers to report gender, ethnic pay gaps
Brent Edwards (NBR): Fair pay agreements back on the political agenda (paywalled)
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Gloriavale’s working structure resembles a ‘sweatshop’ - lawyer
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Gloriavale worker decision appealed by community leader
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): Pike River movie asks: Are we okay with what happened?
Paddy Gower (Stuff): Hollywood star Melanie Lynskey calls for criminal charges over Pike River; Robyn Malcolm calls it ‘manslaughter’
Alex Casey (Spinoff): Review: Pike River is a triumphant ode to two friends and their fight
IMMIGRATION, MIGRANT WORKERS, POPULATION
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Minister gets tough on employers choosing migrants over New Zealanders
Greg Ninness (Interest): The natural increase in New Zealand’s population now exceeds the gain from migration
Charlie Mitchell (Press): More Kiwis heading south as Canterbury keeps booming (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER EVENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS
Kate Newton (RNZ): New national flood data reveals the areas most at risk - now and in future
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Council makes flooding and erosion risks easier to access when buying and selling homes (paywalled)
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): New flood and landslide maps hone in on natural hazards (paywalled)
Katie Todd (RNZ): Clutha district farmers plea for more help after devastating wind storm
Alicia Carr (RNZ): Weather related insurance claims climb
Lois Williams (RNZ): ‘Forever chemicals’ found in Greymouth dump leachate
David Williams (Newsroom): Barker’s takes ‘significant internal actions’ over consent breach
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Jack Horsnell (1News): Warrant of Fitness: Consultation opens on proposed major shake-up
RNZ: Less frequent WoF inspections for some vehicles under proposed changes
Thomas Manch (Post): Two year WoFs a possibility as Government considers reforms (paywalled)
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): VTNZ bribery allegations: Wellington driver testing officer sacked after ‘taking money’
Matt Lowrie (Greater Auckland): More Thoughts on MOAR RoNS
Tom Hunt (Post): NZTA secrecy slammed as 200 Wellington property owners reportedly sent tunnel notice (paywalled)
RNZ: Ministers say a subsidy for regional airline routes is not on the agenda
John Weeks (Herald): Air New Zealand’s new CEO Nikhil Ravishankar on airline’s ‘existential threat’ and bouncing back from crisis (paywalled)
David Burton (Post): Air New Zealand’s efforts to navigate ‘complicated’ times (paywalled)
Grant Bradley (Post): Are New Zealand travellers getting a fair deal when flights are cancelled? (paywalled)
Jacob Jones (Newstalk ZB): More than 500,000 fines given by Auckland Transport’s licence plate recognition vehicles
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): Councillor calls out ‘anti-EV propaganda’ after fatal bus fire
Aziz Al Saafin (1News): Pilot shortage deepens – NZ short of 100 pilots this year