PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): NZ First wouldn’t have returned to Parliament without Labour voters
Grant Duncan (The Conversation): Third time lucky for a 4-year parliamentary term? A lack of checks and balances is still the problem
Richard Pebble (Herald): A three-year Parliamentary term is long enough (paywalled)
Nik Dirga (RNZ): Four or three years? What you need to know about the push to lengthen parliamentary terms
Neil Sands (Law News): Hipkins pledges policy continuity if Labour wins in 2026, says he has learnt from ‘past mistakes’
Anna Whyte (Post): Cutting the number of Government departments in half? It’s tricky, actually (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton and Thomas Manch (Post): Doors removed from $275m foreign ministry building after asbestos discovery (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): One MP, One Pint: The Julie Anne Genter guide to surviving Wellington as a cyclist
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU BY-ELECTION
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: Last minute push to get voters to polls
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: Dynasty v underdog
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Low turnout clouds Tāmaki Makaurau byelection as Henare and Kaipara make final appeals
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Labour ‘concerned’ as low voter turnout dogs by-election (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Labour nervous about by-election (paywalled)
AMAZON, GOOGLE & FACEBOOK TAX
Russell Palmer and Lucy Xia (RNZ): Amazon and the case of the missing New Zealand data centres
RNZ: Nicola Willis denies Christopher Luxon taking credit for Amazon data centre announcement
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Does Amazon want to play us for fools?
Derek Cheng (Herald): Big profits, minimal tax: New report on how to make Google, Facebook pay fair share of tax (paywalled)
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): The regions where patients are dying and going blind waiting for help
Gary Payinda: Putting an ex-gun lobbyist in charge of NZ's Alcohol Policy. What could possibly go wrong?
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Health NZ apologises to nurses' union after Ombudsman's scolding
Andrea Vance (Post): Health NZ apologises to nurses over safe staffing data as strikes escalate (paywalled)
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Nurses, midwives and health care assistants strike for second day in a row
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Government to scrap rule that stopped parents accessing respite care
RNZ: Charity welcomes government u-turn on disability funding changes
Amelia Wade (Post): Disability advocates welcome funding changes - but say damage is lasting (paywalled)
Herald: Government’s plan for more ‘flexible’ funding for disabled community
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Mental Health Minister labels new strategy for eating disorder services a 'silent revolution'
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Government announces new approach and funding for eating disorder services
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Multimillion-dollar funding boost for eating disorders service ‘a good start’ (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Alarming ED waits (paywalled)
ODT: ‘The situation is terrifying': Readers share grim ED stories
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Patient slams five-week wait for GP
HOUSING
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Deputy PM David Seymour says parts of Auckland plan ‘not necessary’. He plans to lobby council and Housing Minister Chris Bishop for changes (paywalled)
Chris Bishop (Herald): Why Auckland needs to grow (paywalled)
No Right Turn: National’s New Zealand
Greg Ninness (Interest): A cold winter for property values with median falling for 5th straight month
1News: Property values drop for fifth month in a row
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Are house prices really crashing?
Joanna Mathers (Newsroom): The enemy within new-build homes
CLIMATE CHANGE
Jack McDonald (Post): Politicians let off the hook for climate inaction (paywalled)
John MacDonald: (Newstalk ZB): We'd be mad to pull out of the Paris agreement
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): The realities of leaving the Paris Agreement
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): Should we pull out of the Paris Climate Accord?
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The Paris Accord was well-intentioned, but futile
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Waitangi Treaty, Māori dropped from new English, maths curriculums - educators
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Kids still aren’t showing up to school. Seymour says ‘innovation’ is the answer
Aotearoa Educators Collective: The Education system “has issues” but open plan classrooms ain’t one of them
Kate Gainsford (Herald): Genuine consultation on secondary school qualification changes will be crucial to success (paywalled)
Aaron Smale (Listener): Scrapping NCEA won’t solve underlying problems faced by Māori students (paywalled)
Jaime Cunningham (Herald): Government celebrates 30% rise in teaching enrolments
Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): Shock after charter school application rejected
Science Media Centre: University sector changes announced – Expert Reaction
Grant Duncan: A right-wing government vows to modernise academia: what are the chances?
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Polytech claims win on future independence
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
John Lewis (ODT): Academics at odds over Clark, Key’s Beijing visit
RNZ: 'A relief' not to meet Putin or Kim at WWII commemoration in China, Helen Clark says
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Why John Key and Helen Clark attended Xi Jinping’s military parade
Samantha Hayes, Glenn McConnell and Stan Ellis (Stuff): Former PM Helen Clark says attending China’s military parade wasn’t an easy call
RNZ: Helen Clark, John Key at China military parade along with Putin, Kim
Anne-Marie Brady (Newsroom): Clark and Key’s China visit sends wrong message
Thomas Manch (Post): Clark, Key meet Xi at parade of missiles and troops in Beijing (paywalled)
Losirene Lacanivalu (Cook Islands News): Cook Islands' top diplomat resigns amid diplomatic tensions with New Zealand
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Bullying of candidates by Taxpayers’ Union alleged (paywalled)
Sarah Curtis (Northern Advocate/Herald): Kaipara water safety questioned after council report reveals non-compliance (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington mayoralty: New polling has Andrew Little ahead
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington Māori ward race ignites with mass iwi endorsement for Labour man (paywalled)
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Trust yet to decide if it will appeal decision to allow City to Sea bridge demolition
Hanna McCallum (Post): ‘Queerest city’ in NZ steps up with Rainbow action plan (paywalled)
Crux: Mayor Lewers reveals $10,000 election donation from Rod Drury
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Auditor-General won’t probe Tauranga City Council spending further
RNZ: Auckland local body member apologises for making finger gun gesture to Justice Minister
Local Democracy Reporting: Police powerless over death threats at West Coast council
David Long (Stuff): Eden Park’s $110m plea: stadium faces crunch call from Government
Jonathan Killick (Post): ‘A human tragedy’: Homeless issue stalks Auckland candidate debates (paywalled)
Mary Argue (RNZ): South Wairarapa District Council weighs pros, cons on proposed coastline road closure
Press: Christchurch mayoral candidates go head-to-head in Press debate (paywalled)
Tina Law (Press): ‘Spinning positivity’: Phil Mauger wants to keep Christchurch’s momentum going (paywalled)
Sinead Gill (Press): ‘There’s too much at stake’: Sara Templeton’s vision of progress for Christchurch (paywalled)
Tina Law (Press): Council approves first four projects to reduce surface flooding (paywalled)
Blayne Slabbert (Press): Record Lyttelton Port profit delivers bigger payout to city (paywalled)
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): NZ's highest-ever interest rates - but were people worse off?
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Against Spinoffnomics
Dan Brunskill (Interest): S&P Ratings: ‘All of the strain and crap has ended up on public balance sheets’
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): S&P still ‘reasonably comfortable’ in giving AA+ credit rating to NZ
TOURISM, EVENTS
Philip Matthews (Sunday Star Times): Trouble in paradise: Can New Zealand cope with more tourists? (paywalled)
RNZ: Tourist trap: Why charging entry fees at iconic NZ natural attractions could have hidden costs
Herald Editorial: Strategy needed to capitalise on visitor growth (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): What NZ could learn from Victoria’s events strategy (paywalled)
JUSTICE, CORRECTIONS
Rick Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): Chief Justice Helen Winkelmann: Justice system under ‘considerable stress’
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Justice system under considerable stress, Chief Justice says
Yvonne Tahana (1News): More murder trials putting pressure on courts, Chief Justice says
Catrin Owen (Stuff): New Zealand justice system under ‘considerable stress’ - Chief Justice
Hamish McNicol (NBR): ’Too much delay’ in civil disputes, Chief Justice says (paywalled)
David Harvey (Law News): Will the legal aid review compromise the right to counsel?
ENERGY
Julie Asher (ODT): Consortium quietly gauging interest in shelved hydro scheme (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Speed up electricity build using Government tenders: energy boss
Rob Stock (Post): Sun shines on solar installers despite the failure of SolarZero (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Hydrogen now flowing to 14 NZ homes in ‘green’ gas trial (paywalled)
Penny Miles (RNZ): Could forestry slash be the answer to our energy woes?
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): New geothermal generator to produce enough electricity to power Tauranga city
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Shipyard chosen to build two new Cook Strait ferries - but we don't know where yet
Adam Pearse (Herald): Shipbuilder selected for two new Cook Strait ferries
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Government move closer to striking deal with shipbuilder for new Cook Strait ferries
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): New Cook Strait ferry supplier picked - but it’s a secret, for now (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Cook Strait ferry project reaches milestone with shipyard letter of intent (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Woodend Bypass and the many overlooked complexities of tolling roads
Davina Zimmer (RNZ): The Detail: Driving change for better road safety
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): The popular holiday region with sweeping speed changes
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Lyttelton Port Company hauls in record $25.2m profit despite lower container volumes
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