WAITANGI AND TREATY
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Prime Minister rejects opposition claim that government is anti-Treaty
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): ‘A combat sport’ – Luxon fronts up to iwi chairs at Waitangi
RNZ: Coalition and opposition MPs face Waitangi crowds
Jonathan Ayling (Herald): To honour Te Tiriti, defend equal citizenship (paywalled)
Shane Jones (Herald): Treaty principles, protests and voter fatigue
Amelia Wade (Post): Luxon faces scrutiny at Waitangi as Treaty concerns linger (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Post): ‘Still a lot of pain’: PM Christopher Luxon challenged at Waitangi by iwi chairs (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): How Luxon could be received at Waitangi
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao News): Most New Zealanders back Te Tiriti, Human Rights survey finds
David Seymour (Post): The Treaty Principles Bill is not dead - it will be law one day (paywalled)
Paul Moon (Spinoff): Did Māori cede sovereignty? The historical answer is clearer than politics allows
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Climate change a priority for iwi leaders at Waitangi
Louisa Wall (Post): Public healthcare is a taonga and a Treaty obligation (paywalled)
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): National milestone: It’s been 10 years since the Waitangi dildo strike
LABOUR
Amelia Wade (Post): How Labour’s handling of Peeni Henare’s exit set Waitangi whispering (paywalled)
Giles Dexter (RNZ): ‘Mischief-making’: Hipkins insists nothing more behind Henare’s retirement
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Did Peeni Henare tell Māori to ‘read between the lines’? Mystery deepens into MP’s resignation
Adam Pearse (Herald): Shane Jones claims ‘whole story’ behind Labour MP Peeni Henare’s resignation not being told
WELLINGTON SEWAGE
Nick James (RNZ): ‘Pretty gross’: Locals shocked as raw sewage flows into Wellington sea
Tom Hunt (Post): As raw sewage closes Wellington coast, sludge plant hits further problems (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): ‘Stay out of the water’: Raw sewage spewing into sea off Wellington’s south coast (paywalled)
Nick James (RNZ): 70 million litres of raw sewage flowing into Wellington sea\
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): The question isn’t whether the economy is recovering, it is what it is recovering to (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): Economists say labour market is better than it looks despite unemployment rise
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Labour market warning signs as unemployment climbs to 5.4%
RNZ: 270 head office jobs to go as The Warehouse restructures
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Jobless rise unlikely to derail election year recovery: analysts (paywalled)
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): Higher inflation target may be closer than central banks admit (paywalled)
Aimee Shaw (Post): Restaurant Association chief executive Marisa Bidois to leave role (paywalled)
Miriam Bell (Post): Ryman Healthcare targets $200m from land sales in strategy refresh (paywalled)
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Tax agents warn of IRD auditors’ ‘declining ability’ as liquidations hit 15-year peak
Blayne Slabbert (Press): Canterbury adds 900 jobs a week as unemployment rates fall to 3.7% (paywalled)
INSURANCE
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): A Weak review of a broken insurance market
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Nicola Willis unlikely to get in the way of insurers hiking premiums with new review (paywalled)
RNZ: Insurer’s block on new policies not ‘a tipping point’ for NZ customers - Insurance Council
Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): Tower Insurance touts competitive edge in face of review, points to premium cuts (paywalled)
Mandy Te (Interest): Government launches six-month review into home insurance costs and affordability
Blayne Slabbert (Press): Why AA Insurance is turning away new home customers in parts of the South Island (paywalled)
WEATHER, DISASTER, CLIMATE
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Government rejects plan to prevent landslides and save hundreds of millions
No Right Turn: Climate Change: The sin of cheapness
Amy Williams (RNZ): Auckland homeowners not advised of rule change affecting flood buyouts, advocate says
Ayla Yeoman (Local Democracy Reporting): Mount Maunganui landslide: Why Tauranga City Council commissioned external review
Verity Johnson: We’re not good in a crisis. We’re lucky
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Tauranga mayor says it’s unlikely Mt Maunganui landslide area will remain a campsite
Brent Edwards (NBR): Can we afford to wait for consensus on coping with the climate? (paywalled)
Ayla Yeoman (Local Democracy Reporting): Mount Maunganui landslide: Tauranga Mayor Mahé Drysdale recounts confronting scenes
ELECTION, PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Natalia Albert: Hipkins and Luxon are catastrophically unprepared to govern in 2026
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Most politicians hesitant to heed Treasury warnings on curtailing cost of NZ Superannuation (paywalled)
David Farrar: The Electoral Commission should be forced to release daily post-election results
Steve Maharey (Herald): What does New Zealand do when the world ruptures? (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): One MP, One Pint: Tama Potaka on surviving Waitangi and being a wife guy
Henry Cooke (Post): Is scrapping the full driver licence test unsafe? (paywalled)
HOUSING
Ben Leahy (Herald): ‘Uninhabitable’ Gateway Motel in Manurewa overrun by gangs, prostitutes, took taxpayer-funded rent (paywalled)
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): ‘People we’ve never seen before’: Homelessness in Wellington not letting up, agencies say
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): The return of the property flipper
Miriam Bell (Post): Apartments, townhouses drive new home consents increase (paywalled)
EPSTEIN FILES
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Paula Penfold searched 1000 New Zealand Epstein files. Here’s what they reveal
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): ‘For f... sake’: Auckland cartoonist stunned after comic appears in Epstein files (paywalled)
Chris Marriner (Stuff): Kiwi couple who managed Epstein’s properties were former Defence Force members
Stuff: Stuff story about ‘Epstein’s yacht’ in Auckland appears in FBI emails
Ben Tomsett (Herald): US academic approached Jeffrey Epstein over funding tied to proposed University of Otago role
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, DEFENCE AND TRADE
Nicola Macaulay (The Conversation): Is NZ defence and intelligence policy aligning with AUKUS in all but name?
Jack McDonald (Post): As world order shifts, NZ must focus on its place in the Pacific (paywalled)
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Trump’s India tariff boast adds urgency to NZ India FTA (paywalled)
Angus James: Living in Denial Amongst Spheres of Influence
ENVIRONMENT
Andrea Vance (Post): ‘Hoiho are priceless’: Shane Jones’ Otago Peninsula fishing ban backed (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): ‘Every bird counts’: New 20% crash in hoiho nests (paywalled)
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Oravida Water secures 20-year consent for $800 a year amid export expansion (paywalled)
Halliday (Post): Where did all the petrol ads go? (paywalled)
Roger Partridge: The anatomy of usurpation: Climate Clinic Aotearoa v Minister of Energy and Resources
CARTOONS