WAITANGI, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS
Adam Pearse & Julia Gabel (Herald): Te Pāti Māori to demand a new Te Tiriti Commissioner to audit Government policy
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori issues coalition ultimatum, naming Treaty Commissioner as a 'bottom line'
RNZ: Te Pāti Māori re-commits to Te Tiriti Commissioner
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Te Pāti Māori’s ultimatum poses a challenge to Labour
David Farrar: Te Pāti Māori says ending democracy is non-negotiable
Jo Moir and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Politicians to be welcomed at Waitangi but not all will be there
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Māori will continue their work with or without Govt
Adam Pearse (Herald): Organisers hopeful protests won’t disrupt Government pōwhiri
Glenn McConnell and Stephen Ward (Post): Seymour and iwi set to face off at Waitangi (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): No prime minister, no problem: Māori prepare for big day at Waitangi
RNZ: Christopher Luxon defends decision to skip events in Waitangi
Shane Jones (Herald): Waitangi Day must be community and not politically driven
Carwyn Jones (Post): We all benefit when Te Tiriti o Waitangi is respected (paywalled)
No Right Turn: Te Tiriti needs a guardian
Newsroom: Waitangi: authors vs Seymour
Simon Wilson (Herald): Waitangi: It’s all about weaving, singing and even dancing (paywalled)
Ella Stewart (RNZ): The day the Māori Queen came to Waitangi
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): What does the future hold for the Kīngitanga and te Tiriti?
RNZ: Iwi leaders talk goals, political situations, unity at Iwi Chairs Forum
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Two Waitangi points (paywalled)
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): My theory on why the PM is avoiding Waitangi
Te Kitohi Pikaahu (Post): This is an accord centred around belonging (paywalled)
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Roads closed to avoid repeat of last year's Waitangi Day traffic chaos
Sam Smith (Stuff): A legacy of protest at Waitangi
Spinoff: A Te Tiriti reading (and watching and listening) guide
Angela Wanhalla and Jacinta Ruru (The Conservation): Books of mana: 10 essential reads for Waitangi Day
HOUSING
Adam Burns (RNZ): Homelessness to get worse under new Kāinga Ora plan, housing provider warns
RNZ: Opposition criticises Kāinga Ora 'turnaround' plan
1News: Govt outlines 'turnaround plan' for 'underperforming' Kāinga Ora
Dan Brunskill (Interest): New Kāinga Ora plan halts public housing growth
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Housing Minister Chris Bishop reveals Kāinga Ora’s turnaround plan to reduce deficit
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Chris Bishop releases Kāinga Ora ‘turnaround plan’
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Kāinga Ora to sell properties in wealthy suburbs as part of turnaround plan (paywalled)
RNZ: Kainga Ora 'turnaround' plan: Govt looking into sale of 200 homes worth about $2m each
RNZ: Chris Bishop reveals plan to 'turn around' Kāinga Ora
Anna Whyte (Post): Kāinga Ora ‘turnaround plan’ announced following review (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): Not a ‘fire sale’: Kāinga Ora aims to slash debt by $1.8b (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Economist warns Kiwis not to 'bet the house' on housing market
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Where are the mortgagee sales?
Nick James (RNZ): Average Wellington house prices plummet nearly 25 percent in latest official valuations
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Wellington city property valuations plummet 24%, no suburb unscathed
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Wellington homeowners should not get their hopes up: lower RV does not mean lower rates
Tom Hunt (Post): Winners and losers in Wellington rates values as houses plummet by 24.4% (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): New dwelling consents down a third last year compared to 2022 peak
Mary Argue (RNZ): Need a builder? Homeowners told to capitalise on market conditions
PARLIAMENT
Stuff: New poll has centre-left with enough support to govern
No Right Turn: An appropriate process?
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: Sidestepping the inevitable Waitangi politics, and more (paywalled)
Ben Moore (BusinessDesk): DIA on track with public service GenAI guidance (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Climate Change Commission backs 'reviewing' free carbon credits for big polluters
Dan Brunskill (Interest): David Seymour wants New Zealand to copy Trump and withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Is it time we pull out of Paris?
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): I'm torn on the Paris climate agreement
ODT Editorial: Reality getting in the way of aspirations (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): GMO-free NZ set to make ‘radical’ reset on gene tech – expert
Evan Harding (Southland Times): Landowners urged to create wetland areas
BANKS
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Some MPs may be forgetting private businesses are allowed to choose who they lend money to
Rachel Maher (Herald): PM Luxon criticises banks for ‘political posturing’ after refusal to fund coal mining, petrol stations
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
RNZ: Winston Peters to meet Mexican ambassador after MP's 'racist' comments
Adam Pearse (Herald): Mexican Ambassador to have ‘friendly’ meeting with Foreign Minister Winston Peters as crowds set to swell
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): Winston Peters' handling of Kiribati relations criticised by Pacific expert
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Concern Trump's 'eye of Sauron' is eyeing up New Zealand
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Government will ‘engage respectfully’ with United States amidst Trump’s tariffs
Liam Dann (Herald): Inside Economics: Trump’s trade war – What are tariffs? Who pays them and why they’ll hit you in the back pocket (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Hope for NZ trade ‘turning point’ despite Trump tariffs
RNZ: Credibility of the US in the Pacific at risk if USAID programmes cut - expert
ECONOMY, TAX. TOURISM
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Nicola Willis talks up business-friendly tax tweaks ahead of Budget 2025 (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Corporate income tax back under the spotlight as Budget draws nearer (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): ‘I want to be bold’: Willis puts corporate tax on the Budget table (paywalled)
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Taxation is a finely balanced thing
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Reserve Bank criticised for staff numbers, but is it fair?
Richard Prebble (Herald): Why Labour’s stance on economic growth risks political isolation (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Front Page): High rents and lack of housing: NZ to welcome digital nomads, but at what cost?
Grant Bradley (Herald): A world of worry: The clouds over New Zealand’s tourism recovery (paywalled)
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
David Burton (Post): When ‘vulnerable employees’ bear the weight of cost-cutting
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Unemployment forecast to hit four-year high, with rise to 5.1%
Tony Wall (Stuff): Asbestos scare at Ballance fertiliser plant in Tauranga
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): Ex-contractors reveal Harvey Norman business model pressures (paywalled)
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Real estate agent Janet Dickson loses court fight over compulsory Māori course
RNZ: Realtor Janet Dickson loses challenge over compulsory Māori values course
RNZ: 'Disappointed': Bed, Bath and Beyond criticised for calling 27, 374 sales of non-compliant items 'isolated oversights'
Ben Moore (BusinessDesk): Govt inaction on cheap tech security risks 'gobsmacking', says expert (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Outlook for small businesses encouraging, despite economic uncertainties - MYOB
Michael Wright (Press/Post): New Year hangover: company liquidations jump in January (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Wellington Water boss admits relying too much on contractors, requests more funding
Nick James (RNZ): Wellington Water to ask council for more money
Harriet Laughton (Post): Wellington Water asks for more millions to get house in order (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Auckland Council should run ruler over Western Springs speedway decision (paywalled)
Sarah Curtis (Northern Advocate): Māori landowner wins rates battle, $110,000 debt wiped by council
RNZ: Kiwis feel worse about their quality of life, but it's getting better - survey
ODT: Dunedin quality of life best in NZ: survey
Sinead Gill (Press): ‘Keep it on the D-low’: Christchurch rated best place to live (paywalled)
Chris Lynch: Christchurch survey shows decline in climate change concern
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Council can’t find who to offer this piece of land back to
Gwynn Compton: Kāpiti council CE finally apologises for Kool-Aid comment
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Rangiora’s growing carpark needs: Is paid parking the answer?
Robin Martin (RNZ): New Plymouth trees face chop as part of $10m centre city makeover
RNZ: Auckland Council's off-leash rule changes at popular dog park over-the-top - pet owner
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): ‘40 cents a flush’: Council works out the cost of using a public toilet
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Rural ward gets final push
EDUCATION
Dr Bex: School lunches are a form of collective care
RNZ: Structured literacy packs to benefit 310 schools using Māori-medium curriculum
Southland Times: Eight Southland schools in maths trial
Herald: School’s online learning day between Waitangi Day and the weekend disappoints parent: ‘Just get on with the year’
Brent Melville (NBR): ’Small’ asbestos fix sees Ministry school cost blowout (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Sharing uni courses, facilities mooted (paywalled)
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Te Kāhui Auaha closure decision: Wellington's creative industry 'shocked' campus could close doors
HEALTH
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Govt to wait a year before considering Covid Royal Commission advice
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): ‘I don’t know whether Winston is watching’ says chair of Covid Inquiry II
Ben Beaglehole (Newsroom): ADHD drug changes likely to have unintended consequences
Bindi Norwell (Herald): Opinion: Treating what ails primary healthcare in 2025 and beyond (paywalled)
LAW SOCIETY
Michael Morrah (Herald): Frazer Barton cleared by inquiry, returns as Law Society president
Rob Kidd and Mary Williams (ODT): Frazer Barton's exoneration 'a whitewash’ (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol (NBR): Law Society president cleared following two complaints (paywalled)
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Government looks to narrow list of shipbuilders to strike a deal on new Cook Strait ferries
RNZ: Interislander replacement: Government begins global hunt for ferry builder
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Government calls for private sector proposals for Cook Strait ferries
Thomas Manch (Post): Peters seeks ‘alternative ideas’ for Cook Strait ferry replacement (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): KiwiRail rolls out RFP for Interislander (paywalled)
Anna Sargent (RNZ): Parents wrongly stung with parking fines during drop-offs due to inaccuracy of licence plate cameras
SCIENCE
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Callaghan’s slide from high-tech HQ to ‘financially unsustainable’
Gianina Schwanecke (RNZ): Farmers share concerns over cuts to AgResearch science roles in open letter to minister
RETIREMENT, KIWISAVER
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Gen X and later generations warned about basing planning off what current retirees spend
Ella Somers (Interest): Early KiwiSaver withdrawals, for homes or to cover financial hardship, jumped in 2024
1News: Calls for Govt intervention as pensioners stretched to cover rent
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Sunday and holiday advertising laws for TV and radio are an unholy mess - now there’s a surprising political twist (paywalled)
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): How the Ted Cruz tweet-storm encapsulates our strange new ‘information space’
OTHER
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Migrants dying while they wait for visa to settle in New Zealand, MP claims
RNZ: Government needs to weigh cost of insurance vs investment
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Fast-track consent refused for Rangitāne boat ramp, carpark
RNZ: Government drops 'redundant' ram raid bill
Maddy Croad (Press): 87-year-old flatmates have pensions docked after govt ministry deems them a couple (paywalled)
RNZ: Farewell Guangdong: Documentary recounts harrowing journey of early Chinese refugees
Ryan Ward: The NZ Initiative wants to have it both ways on authoritarianism
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): They were sending loved ones' spirits to the stars at Matariki when Elon Musk's Starlink cut in
Cartoons
Great cartoon by Slane but who is the Google camel-rider he is depicting? The Meta one is clearly Zuckerberg but the Google one bears no resemblance to Sundar Pichai, Larry Page, Sergei Brin or anyone else at the top of Googe as far as I can see.