NZ FIRST AND MICHAEL LAWS
Herald: Editorial: Is Michael Laws a step back for NZ First? (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): NZ First’s revival of Michael Laws feels desperate (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Welcome to the NZ First manosphere: now featuring the undead (paywalled)
ELECTION, PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Damien Grant (Stuff): The maths behind TOP’s biggest promise falls apart
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Paul Goldsmith seeks advice on protection of electoral systems from growing AI threat
Bruce Cotterill (Herald): Election 2026: Why more ‘free’ policies could cost New Zealand dearly (paywalled)
Tom Peters (WSWS): New Zealand: Labour’s hollow promises in lead up to November election
Moana Ellis (LDR): ‘Duties as normal’: National’s Te Tai Hauāuru candidate keeps council seat during election bid
Louis Collins (RNZ): Ten bills to cross the lawmaking finishing line during urgency
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Stop focusing on the trivialities
Kevin Norquay (Sunday Star Times): Mike Munro memoir: Death threats, rage and a toxic shift in political life (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): A plate of roast rat please, with plenty of tomato sauce (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Post): Farewell after 30 years at the heart of events that shaped our democracy (paywalled)
KIWISAVER AND RETIREMENT INCOME
Liam Dann (Herald): Time for a bipartisan approach: Why Labour should get on board with compulsory KiwiSaver (paywalled)
Bevan Graham (Herald): NZ needs a retirement income strategy, not three separate debates (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Sunday Star Times): Dollars and Sense: Compulsory KiwiSaver has a property loophole banks will exploit (paywalled)
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): When it comes to savings, does nanny state really know best? (paywalled)
MEDIA
Amelia Wade (Sunday Star Times): The Google files: Inside the lobbying that stalled New Zealand’s media law (paywalled)
Jordan Meyers (Sunday Star Times): The media Kiwis trust most are the ones under attack (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): ‘We’re just three dudes that made a documentary that blew up’ (paywalled)
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