WINSTON PETERS AND THE XU-NAN COMMENTS
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Is it farcical for PM to think his foreign minister has been racist and keep him? We asked. Here’s what Luxon said
Henry Cooke (Post): Nicola Willis suggests firing Winston Peters would bring down Government (paywalled)
RNZ: Labour leader Chris Hipkins rules out working with Winston Peters as foreign affairs minister
Raybon Kan (Herald): I’ve never talked about it, but Winston Peters also told me to go back to my own country
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Peters refuses to apologise for tirade against Kiwi-Chinese MP
Stuff: Peters refuses to apologise after ‘racist’ remarks
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Winston Peters refuses to apologise for ‘racist’ comments after meeting with PM
Stuff: Luxon questioned over Peters remaining as Foreign Minister
Emma Ricketts and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘Let’s not get caught up in the small things’ - Nat MPs grilled over Peters remaining Foreign Minister
Stuff: Nat MPs on whether Luxon should’ve sacked Peters
Stuff: Seymour likens Winston to a toddler ‘having a wobbly to get attention’
Mandy Te (Interest): Greens write to Speaker of the House over Winston Peters’ comments to Lawrence Xu-Nan
LUXON’S APOLOGY TO BUSINESS
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The party of business has a business problem
RNZ: National MPs back Luxon over his apology to businesses
Herald: Editorial: Politicians can’t shift responsibility when it doesn’t go their way (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor, Thomas Coughlan, Julia Gabel and Adam Pearse (Herald): ‘Obviously the words didn’t come out quite right’ - National MPs arrive at Parliament after Christopher Luxon apology
Julia Gabel and Adam Pearse (Herald): ‘Hurt and upset’: Erica Stanford says PM Christopher Luxon’s apology ‘necessary’
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Hipkins puts pressure on Luxon over his ‘parent-child mentality’ comments
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Can Luxon repair the damage with small business before the election?
1News: PM’s small business remark caused ‘a lot of hurt’ - National minister
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Farah Hancock (RNZ): ACT’s ‘visually misleading’ post: Is it a graphic or a graph?
Roy Morgan: New Zealand Poll: In July National-led Government leads Labour-led Parliamentary Opposition (49% vs. 41%)
Jenna Lynch, Emma Ricketts and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): PM took Defence Force plane to Air NZ-sponsored tourism conference
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): It’s getting harder to decide who to vote for
Andrea Vance (Post): Simeon Brown’s Medical Council pick under scrutiny over supplement marketing (paywalled)
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): The little shits are coming from inside the House
Brent Edwards (NBR): Act Party pins hope on consistency, effectiveness (paywalled)
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): Will TOP ever be more than a sideshow?
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The gang patch ban vs the Bill of Rights
1News: Te Tai Tonga: Meet the candidates for NZ’s biggest electorate
Julia Gabel (Herald): Electoral enrolment website outage ‘unacceptable’ in final days before roll-switch deadline
Jack Riddell (Herald): Political parties told to remove signs advertising meetings in Napier (paywalled)
David Harvey: The Limits Una Jagose KC Cannot Name
SWARBRICK VS THE SPEAKER
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Chlöe Swarbrick kicked out of House after challenging Speaker’s ‘double standards’
Justin Hu (1News): Swarbrick kicked from House, accuses Speaker of ‘double standards’
Henry Cooke (Post): Chlöe Swarbrick claims Speaker has privately told her he has different standard for Winston Peters (paywalled)
HOUSING
Henry Cooke (Post): Labour’s Helen White says she wants house prices to come down - contradicting party (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour’s Mt Albert MP Helen White wants house prices to fall - her boss doesn’t
Karyn Scherer (NBR): Property plunge: The ‘no longer wealthy’ effect (paywalled)
Luisa Girao (Post): Infrastructure minister to assess Wolfbrook’s Pegasus housing plan after receiving fast-track application (paywalled)
Tim Brown (RNZ): Government confirms controversial Pegasus fast-track application
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Volcanic viewshafts raise Auckland house prices, encourage sprawl and reduce household welfare, new report says (paywalled)
Sam Olley (1News): ‘No requirement’: Airtight solutions sought for NZ’s cold, draughty homes
HOMELESSNESS
Tom Hunt (Post): Bare shelves, freezing nights: Wellington’s rough sleepers at risk (paywalled)
RNZ: Some rough sleepers refusing emergency accommodation despite freezing temperatures
Glenn McLean (Post): Judge says tragic case ‘shines a light’ on the appalling way homeless are treated in NZ (paywalled)
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