WAITANGI AND TREATY
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Iwi chairs prepare to challenge government, ahead of Prime Minister’s Waitangi visit
Te Manu Korihi (RNZ): National Iwi Chairs Forum backs court case challenging amendments to Marine and Coastal Areas Act
David Seymour (Herald): Treaty should mean equal rights, not race-based policy
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): To show or no? A short history of prime ministers at Waitangi in election year
Julia Gabel (Herald): What’s holding back the country’s last major iwi settlement?
Angus James: Governing without silence
Alistair Reese (Post): Reclaiming the Treaty’s vision of hope and reconciliation (paywalled)
Carwyn Jones (Post): Te Tiriti and listening in a polarised age (paywalled)
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): It’s a mess. It’s a drama. And frankly, the Māori people have never been more like Taylor Swift
LABOUR, GREENS AND COALITIONS
Māni Dunlop (Te Ao News): Peeni Henare leaving politics
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Peeni Henare ‘stepping back’, won’t be contesting Tāmaki Makaurau seat at election
Adam Pearse & Julia Gabel (Herald): Senior Labour MP Peeni Henare leaving politics, set to exit Parliament in coming weeks
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Senior Labour MP Peeni Henare resigns, will leave Parliament ‘within weeks’
1News: Labour MP to leave Parliament after last year’s by-election loss
RNZ: Labour leader Chris Hipkins sets sights on Māori seats
Lochlan Lineham (Herald): Chris Hipkins gives bottom line on coalition prospects with Te Pāti Māori
Steven Cowan: Green Party: Capitulation dressed up as unity
GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): A Chance to stop big business ripping off New Zealanders
Audrey Young (Herald): Public service boss orders review of third-party data and privacy risks (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): The programmes ACC is running the ruler over as it looks to cut costs (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Court battles, significant cost expected with ‘retrospective’ regulatory relief regime in RMA reform (paywalled)
RNZ: Driver licence system overhaul unveiled
RNZ: Electricity Authority to launch new power bill comparison website next month
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Telecommunications Bill raises questions about encryption, Free Speech Union says
Mike Yardley (Press): Ways to rein in the ACC blow-out (and no, taking a tumble in the garden isn’t one of them) (paywalled)
ELECTION AND PARLIAMENT
Henry Cooke (Post): Te Pāti Māori case: Can the High Court really force people to be friends again? (paywalled)
Grant Duncan (The Conversation): Polls are snapshots, not predictions: how to read them critically this election year
Mike Grimshaw: Who needs who the most...?
James Kierstead: New Zealand’s Parliament has been under-sized for about 135 years years now
Olivia Caldwell (ODT): Ex-farmers prepare to compete for electorate (paywalled)
Mountain Tui: Is Shane Jones really to blame?
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Material gain to coalition so far this year (paywalled)
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
David Fisher (Herald): Winston Peters meets Germany’s foreign minister in Northland - and their Pacific deal (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Our German friends (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): US-NZ Critical Minerals Framework could promote US investment, says NZ industry body (paywalled)
RNZ: Former Prime Minister says government must be more transparent about any US minerals deal
Gordon Campbell: On the secret pact on rare earth minerals, and the India FTA
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): US, New Zealand commit to exploring opportunities, cooperation on critical minerals
SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): NZ academic says Meta using same tactic as big tobacco
Sam Smith (Stuff): Meta official says other ways to safeguard teens online over social media bans
Aziz Al Saafin (1News): Meta warns bans won’t stop kids online as NZ weighs its options
Claire Henry and Michael S. Daubs (The Conversation): As Australia’s online harm crackdown reshapes the debate, NZ must find its own path
EDUCATION
Janhavi Gosavi (Herald): Some teacher aides forced to work two jobs to stay afloat
Derek Cheng & Chris Knox (Herald): How does your school rate? NCEA, UE results at every college (paywalled)
Herald: Auckland primary school children are missing basic skills such as talking, eating and toileting
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Standardised report cards will help children who change schools - principal
Russell Palmer (RNZ): New charter school aims to boost attendance in Wairoa
Jude MacArthur (Newsroom): New ‘special schools’ a wrong-headed decision
RNZ: School buys van to transport chronically absent students to curb lagging attendance
INSURANCE
Kate Newton (RNZ): Major insurer declines new home insurance policies for Blenheim
1News: Govt launches high-powered review into soaring insurance premiums
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Government hits pause on process for $464m levy hike on homeowners with new insurance review (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Wayne Brown defends surge in Auckland Council consultant costs (paywalled)
RNZ: Auckland mayor Wayne Brown mocks government’s proposal to cap rates
Jonathan Killick (Post): Auckland mayor Wayne Brown’s boiling broadside on proposed rates cap (paywalled)
Liam Hehir: The Trouble with Brown’s bean counting (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Luxon visits Brown; Auckland mayor rallies councils against PM’s rates cap
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington City Council’s $200k spend on waterfront death inquest questioned (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington City Council’s latest budget blowout: $56m GST error found in housing project (paywalled)
Dave Armstrong (Post): How safe are our taonga in our new library? (paywalled)
Grant Miller and Mark John (ODT): Fear Dunedin would dominate Otago governance (paywalled)
SHOULD NZ JOIN AUSTRALIA?
Caron Copek and Poppy Clark (Stuff): Is it really time for NZ to become an Australian state?
Liam Hehir: Against joining Australia
Kevin Norquay (Post): Why NZ’s desire for Australia will go unrequited (paywalled)
AGRICULTURE
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): The price of change: New Zealand’s future land use (paywalled)
Steve Hepburn (ODT): Fish farm on fast track (paywalled)
Kimberly Crewther (Post): Unfinished business: Why the dairy sector can’t give up on the World Trade Organisation (paywalled)
RESERVE BANK
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): The furore over central bank independence (paywalled)
Andrew Body (BusinessDesk): RBNZ is an excellent institution. Yeah right (paywalled)
David Farrar: Backing Breman
MINING AND EXTRACTION
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Here we go again with nonsense on mining
Peter Newport (Crux): Shane Jones to engage with Bendigo mine debate and mayoral tour (including pub lunch)
Peter Newport (Crux): Santana on collision course with Central Otago council over “false” endorsement claim
CARTOONS