FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE
Mandy Te (Interest): Unlicensed NZ insurer at centre of police probe related to alleged breaches of the Russia Sanctions Act highlights NZ’s ‘light touch’ regulation
Reuters: Iran, Russia and the New Zealand insurer that kept their sanctioned oil flowing
Tim Hunter (NBR): Police confirm raid on NZ-registered insurer (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Luxon’s Pepsi, Trump’s Coke, and the failure of daddy diplomacy
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Luxon and Trump: Just a couple of dudes talking hair and golf
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Inside the room as Christopher Luxon and New Zealand won big with US President Donald Trump (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Christopher Luxon’s successful cameo in the Trump show (paywalled)
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): A good day in Gyeongju: Luxon scores a ‘solid win’ in first meeting with Trump
Thomas Manch (Post): Winston Peters says Chinese trade dependence has put New Zealand under ‘pressure’ (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Christopher Luxon says Donald Trump, Xi Jinping meeting shows value of leaders meeting face-to-face to deal to issues
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Trump-Xi talks spark ‘good vibes’ for NZ
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Christopher Luxon meets with South Korea President Lee Jae Myung, signs partnership
Lucy Cassels (Newsroom): The UN is at its weakest – and NZ needs it more than ever
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Our free trade ideology is under threat
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Soldier who tried to spy on New Zealand should be in prison Crown saysWhy not everyone’s sold on longer WoFs
Jeremy Wilkinson (Herald): Appeal heard to move New Zealand Defence Force soldier who committed attempted espionage to a civilian prison
CAPITAL GAINS TAX
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Labour’s capital gains tax proposal is the right policy, but its rationale is wrong (paywalled)
RNZ: Luxon fires back at Hipkins for ‘attack’ on his finances
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Hipkins’ $600k house flipping attack on me is a diversion from Labour’s failures, says Luxon
No Right Turn: Luxon is a poster boy for greed
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Integrity Institute): National’s crony capitalism problem
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Te Pāti Māori split boosts Chris Hipkins as Labour steadies centre ground (paywalled)
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): National MP Andrew Bayly said he would not have offered his resignation
Audrey Young (Herald): Christopher Luxon aces first meeting with Donald Trump; capital gains tax adds up for National and Labour (paywalled)
Greg Dixon (Listener): Shock leak reveals Labour totally ready for govt (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Did Labour just save Luxon’s skin?
Victoria Meakin (Press/Post): ‘You know better than this’ - boos and lectures for culture minister at music awards (paywalled)
PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, ANIMAL WELFARE
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): The Pork lobby’s stranglehold on animal welfare
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Minister defends decision to only consult pork industry on new pig welfare reforms
Alan Bollard (BusinessDesk): The Fonterra Sale: Good for farmers but what about the country? (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): From Anchor family to Lactalis Group: the logic behind Fonterra’s great unbranding (paywalled)
K Gurunathan (Post): Fonterra’s obligations to Kāpiti won’t disappear with a brand sale (paywalled)
Jamie Gray (Herald): What’s next for Fonterra after farmers vote firmly in favour of $4.2b Mainland sale (paywalled)
Jamie Gray (Herald): Fonterra’s farmers vote in favour of $4.2b Mainland sale to Lactalis
Kate Green (RNZ): Fonterra sale won’t make difference to consumers, dairy experts say
RNZ: Farmers vote to sell Fonterra’s Mainland, Anchor brands
David Hargreaves (Interest): Fonterra chair says divestment ‘will usher in an exciting new phase for the co-op’; CEO says Fonterra will be ‘unleashed’
Rob Stock (Post): Farmers approve $4.2 billion Mainland sale by Fonterra for once-in-a-generation windfall (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): NZIER overstated case for Taranaki seabed mining scheme, submitters claim (paywalled)
Jacqueline Rowarth (Herald): Feeding people v emissions targets: context is everything in global farming debate
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Thomas Manch (Post): Water entity debt to weigh on council credit ratings, S&P warns (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellingtonians, your new water entity is Tiaki Wai Metro Water (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Big names on renamed Wellington Water board Tiaki Wai Metro Water (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): New Wellington Mayor Andrew Little proposes bed tax, Golden Mile shake up, ahead of swearing in
Rawiri Taonui (Te Ao Māori News): Referendums portend a future with 50 Māori wards
Daniel Perese and Anastasia Manza (Te Ao Māori News): The Māori ward that never was: Upper Hutt’s lost chance in the local elections
Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): Aubrey Ria appointed Gisborne’s first Māori ward deputy mayor
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Call for changes to campaign spending (paywalled)
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting): Adrienne Staples re-elected as GWRC deputy chair
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Kaikōura waterfront redevelopment on track
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Ngāi Tahu councillor wants to grow partnership
HEALTH
Derek Cheng (Herald): Youth mental health crisis: New reports shed light on what’s driving it and why social media is an ‘amplifier’ (paywalled)
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Frustration, sadness, as suicide rates remain high
RNZ: Rate of suspected suicides largely unchanged, Māori still worst-affected
Ian Powell: Private health insurance a symptom, not a cause, of New Zealand’s public health system crisis
RNZ: Medical equipment company director sentenced for payments to DHB manager
Herald: Alpine Medical Hardware director William MacKenzie gets home detention for bribing public official
Jaime Lyth (Herald): Measles outbreak: Simeon Brown considers early MMR dose for infants
RNZ: Potential for measles outbreak to be worse than 2019, Prof Michael Baker says
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Plunket offers measles vaccines for entire families amid outbreak
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Measles spread modelling considers 150 cases a week possible
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Experts fear community measles spread as local cases climb
ODT Editorial: Getting real about measles (paywalled)
Coco Lance (RNZ): ‘Alarming gaps’: WHO warns NZ to urgently close measles vaccination gap among Māori and Pacific communities
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Measles outbreak: Rural nurses target vaccination ‘hesitancy’
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Senior doctors throw doubt on solutions to bullying allegations at Starship Children’s Hospital
Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: In the face of a rapidly aging population, aged care sector prepares for a tsunami of need
Anna Whyte (Post): Cancer Control Agency boss steps down mid-term (paywalled)
RNZ: Oestrogen patch users fume over ‘lightweight’ ‘condescending’ response to complaints
EDUCATION
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Labour wants crackdown on ‘cowboy’ charter school bids amid Kelston Boys battle
Kim Baker Wilson (RNZ): ‘Battle lines drawn’, group behind Kelston Boys’ charter school bid says
RNZ: History teachers label government’s draft curriculum ‘unrealistic’, ‘unmanageable’
Laura Walters (Newsroom): ‘Coloniality of knowledge’ deliberately creating inequity
RNZ: Government announces new charter school for secondary students with autism
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Head of Whangārei’s NorthTec says its future is certain
Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): Uni brings degree to town in first (paywalled)
HOUSING, BUILDING
PHCA: Public housing serves those with the greatest need contrary to Government’s review claims
Jonathan Killick (Post): Chris Bishop reveals next steps for Auckland intensification (paywalled)
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting): Rates could go up for properties that get new granny flats
1News: Rule changes for residential sheds, garages come into effect
Liz McDonald (Press/Post): $1b Queenstown subdivision with 1250 homes could be fast-tracked (paywalled)
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Government and council impasse continues as 700 property owners wait
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Rich List family named in ‘dangerous hotel’ case considers legal options
David Hargreaves (Interest): Average households got 15.4% reduction in mortgage payments over past year
Greg Ninness (Interest): Almost half September’s 1st home buyer mortgage approvals were low equity loans
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Biggest bank thinks house prices will rise this year after all
Greg Ninness (Interest): ANZ says it’s time to start thinking about fixing mortgages as interest rates near the bottom of the cycle
POLICE, CRIME
RNZ: Police use of number plate spotting technology continues to rise
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Police audit in wake of Jevon McSkimming saga sees several other staff investigated
Paul Goldsmith (Herald): Government not decriminalising shoplifting (paywalled)
Davina Zimmer (RNZ): The Detail: ‘More work than we can handle’ - The growing problem of stopping child exploitation
Fiona Ellis (Waikato Times): Huntly community pleads for police boost (paywalled)
RNZ: Australia’s Northern Territory Police renew push for New Zealand officers
RNZ: Operation Black Onyx: Dozens arrested in nationwide firearms crackdown
MEDIA, INTERNET, SOCIAL MEDIA
Stacey Wood (Spinoff): Trust in news media – why standards still matter
Samira Taghavi (Law News): Staying within the lines: over-reach from the Broadcasting Standards Authority and how it can be fixed
Steven Cowan: Independent media can defeat the right’s noise machine
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): We need the teen social media ban, because the companies won’t enforce it
Philip Matthews (Press/Post): Controversial cartoonist Garrick Tremain faces his final deadline (paywalled)
EMPLOYMENT
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Outgoing union boss’s final warning to Govt
Max Harris (Post): Mega-strike highlights case for strengthening unions (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Wesley Tomich’s family calls for change after death at Mount Maunganui fertiliser plant
BUSINESS
RNZ: Facial recognition tech to be used at Christchurch supermarkets
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): It’s time directors stepped out from the shadows
Anne Gibson (Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon welcomes Malaysians’ $160m Hotel Indigo Auckland purchase
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): Rocket Lab at 20: From pipe dream to $50 billion space empire
RNZ: Business performance sentiment falls to record low - BDO survey
Jonathan MItchell (NBR): NZ business leader sentiment sours (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Post): Small business sales tick up slightly, but hiring still in the doldrums (paywalled)
RNZ: Business confidence rises to 58% - ANZ survey
Liam Dann (Herald): ‘Green shoots are emerging’, ANZ’s Sharon Zollner says, as business confidence jumps to eight-month high
David Hargreaves (Interest): ‘The green shoots are emerging - but will businesses trust them to thrive and not wither?’
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Business confidence picks up as firms keep faith in economic recovery (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): The retail membership schemes with no rewards
Rob Stock (Post): Woolworths gets a grilling on plastic packaging at a marathon annual meeting
NBR: All Black attack, Mr Walrus-Titty, Bris-goes vinyl (paywalled)
ECONOMY, TAX, FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Govt pushes ahead with changes to foreign investment fund rules and fringe benefit tax
Brent Edwards (NBR): IRD considering several initiatives to crack down on overdue tax (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Our horror GDP slump explained: Blame it on Marsden Point
Liam Dann (Herald): Inside Economics: Is the housing wealth effect a mass delusion? Plus CGT debate unleashed (paywalled)
BANKS, RESERVE BANK
Jonathan MItchell (NBR): Hawkesby talks up central bank independence (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): RBNZ governor stresses need to protect central bank independence in the Trump era (paywalled)
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): Kiwibank pushes back on RBNZ’s proposed new risk weightings (paywalled)
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): RBNZ paying for unused floor space at new Britomart office (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): ‘All hands on deck’: RBNZ drops 134 staff, spares economists
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): 134 staff gone from Reserve Bank since March (paywalled)
BusinessDesk: Reserve Bank cuts number of job roles by 20%
Michael Reddell: RB still defending a series of costly mistakes
MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS
Emma Andrews (RNZ): ‘Absolutely breaches of Te Tiriti o Waitangi’: UN-bound report warns racial discrimination is worsening in NZ
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): ‘There’s something about it that captures people’s imaginations’ - 190 years of He Whakaputanga
Carwyn Jones (Spinoff): On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira
Eru Kapa-Kingi (Spinoff): The first declaration of Māori sovereignty and why it still matters
RNZ: ‘A remarkable confluence of events’ - 50 years on from the Māori Land March
Mike McRoberts (NBR): What does the future of Māori whenua hold? (paywalled)
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Tom Hunt (Post): Transmission Gully rebuild to dig up 6km of $1.25b motorway over summer (paywalled)
RNZ: Why not everyone’s sold on longer WoFs
Denise Piper (Northern Advocate): Northland Expressway: Labour Day traffic shows need for $18b motorway between region and Auckland
Brent Melville (NBR): Shipping line says new model needed in ‘fragmented’ NZ ports (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT, WEATHER EVENTS, NATURAL DISASTERS
Amy Williams (RNZ): 16 homeowners in dispute with Auckland Council as flood buyout deadline looms
RNZ: Mahurangi oyster farmers despair at Watercare’s biggest sewage spill yet
RNZ: Bullet holes and graffiti: Sign vandalism costing Department of Conservation over $500k a year
DRUGS, ALCOHOL
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Greens want public feedback on cannabis laws
Rose Crossin (Newsroom): Democracy already in use against drug harm – why can’t politicians do the same?
Miriama Kamo & Mark Crysell (Herald): Experts warn NZ drug laws outdated as calls for reform grow
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): Auckland liquor store licence denied after community outcry
JUSTICE, LAW
Tim Brown (RNZ): Christchurch mosque attack terrorist can be called as inquest witness
Mike White (Post): Gone Fishing: Compensation claims lodged in ‘grotesque’ wrongful conviction case (paywalled)
Simon Connell (Newsroom): Deepfake law shouldn’t make the perfect the enemy of the good
John Bowie (LawFuel): The New Zealand Legal Profession’s Disgraceful Silence Over The Death of Bill Wilson
James Farmer (LawFuel): The Passing of Bill Wilson KC