PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR
Janet Wilson (Post): Labour and National locked in a race to irrelevance (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Will Te Pāti Māori face the harshest sanctions ever for controversial haka? MP debate continues today
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Will the haka saga end? Historic MP suspension up for debate, again
Anna Whyte and Kelly Dennett (Post): House to debate Te Pāti Māori haka punishment (paywalled)
Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): Ruth Richardson’s state honour is a slap in the face for the poor
ODT Editorial: Halfway down ‘Dickhead’ Road (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Echo Chamber: The trouble with taking David Seymour at his word
Anna Whyte (Post): Children’s Ministry had overdue payments, lacked evidence for decisions (paywalled)
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): NZ Post under scrutiny as ministers demand better returns from SOEs
Paddy Gower (Stuff): Taxpayer-funded pub at Parliament is a perk our politicians don’t need
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Inside Pint of Order, Parliament's new in-house bar
1NEWS-VERIAN POLL, RNZ-REID RESEARCH POLL
Russell Palmer (RNZ): More than half of voters back proposed penalty for Te Pāti Māori MPs, poll suggests
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): RNZ Reid Research poll: Majority of Kiwis support social media ban for kids
Rachel Maher (Herald): Labour, National face conflicting poll results, Hipkins calls for Budget transparency
Anna Whyte and Thomas Manch (Post): Two polls provide different results, but some similarities (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Two polls, two different outcomes - which one is right?
RNZ: Labour buoyed by latest showing in RNZ / Reid Research poll
Dan Brunskill (Interest): NZ First gains in polls as voters react to Budget 2025
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): The polls revealed how people felt about the pay equity saga
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): How can we take polls seriously?
MICHAEL FORBES ALLEGATIONS
Paula Penfold (Stuff): PM’s press secretary ‘recorded sex workers without consent’
RNZ: Why wasn't PM told about police investigation into senior press secretary Michael Forbes?
Herald: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s press secretary resigns amid allegations of recording sex workers
1News: Prime Minister's staff member resigns over serious allegations
REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Parliament’s law-making watchdog warns against Regulatory Standards Bill
RNZ: 30 With Guyon Espiner: 'We have massive problems with regulation' - Seymour defends Regulatory Standards Bill
Gordon Campbell: On Why The Regulatory Standards Bill Should Be Dumped
No Right Turn: Giving the finger to democracy
SUPERMARKETS, FACIAL RECOGNITION
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Commerce Commission threatens regulatory crackdown on supermarkets; Consumer NZ says it isn’t going hard enough
Rob Stock (Post): ComCom proposes ban on billions charged secretly to supermarket suppliers (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Supermarket ‘specials’ being used to distract shoppers from higher average prices, the Commerce Commission says
Stuff: Commerce Commission targets supermarket dominance in draft reform push
RNZ: Commerce Commission wants more rules for big supermarket players
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): Commerce Commission ratchets up pressure on supermarkets, targets supplier charges (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Concern Foodstuffs’ facial recognition report 'green light' to wider use (paywalled)
RNZ: Facial recognition: Supermarket trial 'a great starting point'
Juha Saarinen (Interest): Privacy Commissioner gives cautious greenlight to facial recognition in stores
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Privacy Commissioner says facial recognition's okay, but...
Raphael Franks (Herald): Woolworths’ Milkrun adverts show false prices for butter, Coca-Cola and cucumbers
WORKPLACE SAFETY
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Researchers warn of Pike River mine disaster potential repeat amid WorkSafe shake-up
Brent Edwards (NBR): Workplace safety is no laughing matter (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): The last road cone hotline ended with a PM laughed out of office
Greg Presland (The Standard): Work will not be so safe
RNZ: 98 road cone reports on hotline's first day
DEFENCE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Thomas Manch (Post): Winston Peters gathers NZ ambassadors, pledges to fight for more funding (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Judith Collins tells security summit NZ setting up space squadron
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Inside the sacking of Phil Goff as High Commissioner to UK: Documents reveal behind-the-scenes activity, emails, texts (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon says New Zealand 'comfortable' with Trump tariff as US calls for ‘best offers’
RNZ: Trump tariffs worse for NZ businesses than Covid-19 pandemic - survey
Thomas Manch (Post): HMAS Canberra, largest Australian naval vessel, to visit Wellington (paywalled)
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Te Pūkenga disestablishment 'will not be completely equitable'
Brent Edwards (NBR): Cabinet still to decide on funding for industry training system (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Seymour pay changes add more anxiety for ECE sector
Benedict Collins (1News): Mystery of dead larva found in school lunch solved
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): Recycling or landfill? The mystery of the school lunch trays
Sam Smith (Stuff): University ordered to pay Siouxsie Wiles $205k in long-running employment dispute
Paul Little (Listener): Out, damned text: Why it’s time to retire Shakespeare from NZ schools (paywalled)
MEDIA
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Why is Trade Me buying into Stuff? Explaining the stakes of an era-defining media deal
Shayne Currie (Herald): Stuff’s Trade Me deal - will staff share in chief executive Sinead Boucher’s lucrative payday?; New NZME chair Steven Joyce opens up in first major interview
RNZ: Trade Me sale will not alter commitment to news - Stuff boss/Editorial assurances from Herald needed
RMA, ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
Gary Taylor (Newsroom): Gold standard: fast-track mining project must pass environmental audit
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): NZ’s methane stoush goes global as Govt mulls weaker target
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Changing our methane standards could set a ‘dangerous precedent’, scientists warn
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Home owners to ‘almost certainly’ face Natural Hazards Commission levy hike – David Seymour (paywalled)
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): Thames-Coromandel at risk to climate-related hazards, says report
Lucy Cooper (Post): ‘Don’t abandon Pūkaha’: Labour adds its voice to calls to save centre (paywalled)
Mary Argue (RNZ): Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre calls for financial help
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Fibreboard manufacturer fined $12k for large wastewater spill
JACINDA ARDERN BOOK
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Jacinda, glossed over
Steven Cowan: A Different Kind of Power, or just more of the same?
Richard Harman (Politik): Being Jacinda; only half the story (paywalled)
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Jacinda Ardern and the Prophet Motive
Justin Hu (1News): Ardern takes swipe at Cunliffe over 'tokenistic' comment in new memoir
Kelly Dennett (Post): ‘I have quite a different recollection of events’: David Cunliffe on Jacinda Ardern’s book
Sanjana Hattotuwa: A Different Kind of Hate: The targeting of Jacinda Ardern before the release of her memoir
JUSTICE
Neil Sands (Law News): King’s Counsel wants cost-benefit analysis to determine legal aid’s full economic impact
SunLive: Courts making strong gains on tackling delays, says minister Nicole McKee
John Anthony (BusinessDesk): Arbitration increasingly popular with major corporate law firm (paywalled)
BANKS
Rob Stock (Post): Who's in Depositor Guarantee Scheme for July 1 launch, and who's not (paywalled)
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Law change would shine light on ‘scam’-like foreign transfer fees
SOCIAL MEDIA BAN
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: The powerful women behind a social media ban campaign
Brent Carey (Herald): Why a social media ban for under-16s won’t work - Netsafe CEO (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Unlikely social-media law a scroll in right direction (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Julienne Molineaux (The Conversation): Just the ticket? The problem with local body candidates aligning with national political parties
Local Government: Don't want political parties in local government? Then don't have democracy
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington Mayoral candidate Andrew Little unveils key public transport policy
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington public transport fare cap promised by Labour
Bill Hickman (RNZ): New fare-capping scheme proposed for Wellington
Justin Wong (Post): Higher daily maximum parking charges for Lower Hutt (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Citywide celebration will mark re-opening of Te Ngākau civic precinct (paywalled)
NBR: Fletcher wins case over council ‘double dipping’ (paywalled)
Southland Express: Three Waters services to be kept in-house
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua council gifts Ngongotahā reserve back to original landowners
Caroline Williams (Stuff): Taupō District Council let ‘vulnerable, elderly’ tenant live in ‘freezing’ cold conditions for two years
Tina Law (Press): Fear of ‘rampant’ parking price hikes sparked by idea to sell public car park (paywalled)
ENERGY
Jamie Gray (Herald): Call for power market reform: Consumer NZ targets big generators (paywalled)
Alka Prasad (Post): Power grid pressure sees businesses battle brownouts, surging prices (paywalled)
Richard Woods (Listener): Powerless progress: Turbines or mining? Taranaki energy plans collide (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Some good energy news for winter, for once
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): SolarZero customers trapped with high fees: ‘Everyone wants out’
RESERVE BANK, OCR
Michael Reddell: Advertising for a Governor
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Reserve Bank chief economist on ‘uncertainty’ and what he misses about Orr
David Hargreaves (Interest): ASB economists see ‘value’ in Reserve Bank waiting before next OCR cut
Dan Brunskill (Interest): The Reserve Bank doesn’t expect a supply shock, but is ready for one
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Reserve Bank expects rates to go lower despite easing-bias debate (paywalled)
HOUSING
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): Private building consent body offers competition (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): Emergency housing numbers fall in Porirua but community group says figures don’t tell whole story (paywalled)
RNZ: 63 Kāinga Ora tenancies terminated after government clamps down on bad behaviour
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Neighbour fights fast-track developer over ‘trashed’ home (paywalled)
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): The good sorts working the frontline of social housing
Don Brash: Why get on the housing ladder?
Catherine Smith (One Roof): State homes worth over $4m sell for secret sum
OTHER
John Weekes (Herald): Don Brash v Matthew Hooton defamation case: High Court hears Brash wants ‘unreserved apology’
Will Mace (NBR): Brash seeks $750,000 in Hooton defamation suit (paywalled)
RNZ: NZ population likely to reach 6 million by 2040
Cartoons
This government does not like Maori. They demonstrate this at every turn. From trying to stop the normalisation of the use of the language (not to be used in signage or discourse), to the TPB (and trivialising the strong and loud feeling shown by the hikoi and nationwide submissions against it), to the RSB (removing reference to the Treaty of Waitangi and promoting the paramountcy of property rights over the social and common good), raising age of Maori eligibility for colonoscopies in spite of the prevalence of bowel cancer in that group at an earlier age, and so much more. And now this. Enforcement by this Coalition of the most harsh punishment ever recorded by the Privileges Committee, out of all proportion to the misdemeanour which incurred it . This government is despicable. We must vote them out.