MEDIA, GOLDSMITH, TVNZ AND POLITICAL INTERFERENCE
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): TVNZ board chair rang senior minister to discuss negative coverage
1News: Minister says TVNZ board chair raised crime story with him
Henry Cooke (Post): Media minister says TVNZ chair raised news story - but he moved ‘inappropriate’ conversation along (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): 6pm news story fallout – TVNZ board chair Andrew Barclay’s phone call with Broadcasting Minister Paul Goldsmith (paywalled)
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Minister says TVNZ chair tried to raise news story with him after criticism
RNZ: TVNZ chair calls Paul Goldsmith after police minister dissatisfied with gang numbers story
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Talley’s takes defamation fight vs TVNZ to next level
IRAN WAR
Stuff: NZDF standby for Middle East evacuation mission
Robert G. Patman (The Conversation): The US‑Israel attack on Iran paints NZ foreign policy into a corner
Herald: Editorial – Winston Peters shows clarity on Iran strikes as NZ focuses on what it can control (paywalled)
RNZ: New Zealand not in place to make call on US strikes in Iran, Willis says
Stuff: We’re all asking if the Iran war is legal. Here’s what Winston Peters will say about it
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Christopher Luxon forced into another correction over Iran war visas
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): This is where Labour and Hipkins have got it wrong
Henry Cooke (Post): Govt says it will extend visas of those stuck in NZ due to war (paywalled)
IRAN WAR IMPACT ON NZ ECONOMY
Gordon Campbell: On the Iran war’s impact on the economy, and on Air New Zealand
Luke Malpass (Post): Government readies for Iran war economic fallout (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Budget 2026: Nicola Willis’ economic recovery at risk from oil price spike, Strait of Hormuz crisis (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Iran: Outlook continues to get worse (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Iran Latest: ‘Treasury’ warns real GDP growth could be 1.6% below baseline in 2026 (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Middle East crisis complicates OCR outlook (paywalled)
RNZ: Government seeks ‘urgent updates’ from airlines when flights to NZ will restart
Herald: Could petrol prices hit $3? Retailers warned over hiking prices as Middle East crisis deepens
INTEGRITY ISSUES
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Price of political access in New Zealand
Alice Neville (Spinoff): The most curious costs from a year of ministerial credit card bills
Hamish McNicol (NBR): Political comments, conflicts raised before Stobo got FMA gig (paywalled)
RNZ: Courier companies fined over $1 million for cartel conduct
Ani O’Brien: The Nursing & Medical Councils make political views compulsory
No Right Turn: Our outdated anti-corruption laws
ELECTION
Natalia Albert: The MMP math is right there – Labour and Opportunity coalition for 2026
Richard Prebble (Herald): What Luxon, Hipkins and Seymour’s State of the Nation speeches really told voters (paywalled)
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Election 2026: Māori seats in the spotlight, again (paywalled)
Simon Shepherd (NBR): Election 2026: The battle for Auckland (paywalled)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE BILL
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Why is Labour backing NZ First’s English Language Bill?
Eva Corlett (Guardian): New Zealand coalition votes to make English an official language as critics decry ‘cynical’ bill
Sharon Harvey (Post): Why the English Language Bill misses the point (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT
Chris Marriner (Stuff): ‘Pokokōhua koe’: Eru Kapa-Kingi curses Te Pāti Maori, vows to never support them after Waitangi challenge
Phil Smith (RNZ): How to help stop bad law
Brent Edwards (NBR): Tweaks needed to improve Funding and Financing Amendment Bill (paywalled)
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Government moves to strip Māori Land Court powers over PGSEs
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Immigration Minister Erica Stanford apologises after inflating overstayer figures
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Govt’s census shake-up advances despite ‘unreliable’ data concerns
Duoya Lu (RNZ): New Zealand redraws open work visa conditions
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Immigration account $150 million in the red, visa numbers overestimated
ECONOMY
RNZ: New Zealanders support more taxes on ultra-rich, new poll shows
David Hargreaves (Interest): Can the NZ economy ‘go it alone’?
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): The end of the New Zealand model (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): National and Labour at loggerheads over food prices: What’s going on? (paywalled)
Steven Hail (Interest): New Zealand economic policy since 2023 in 10 charts
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Mackenzie District workers sleeping in cars as tourism drives up long-term rental prices
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): Banks didn’t get enough notice of cash consultation: Willis (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Tom Hunt (Post): Wellington pipe crisis: $25m council boost but no sign of work on ‘high risk’ pipe to Moa Point (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): ‘Eat a lemon and sound tougher’: Wayne Brown’s election advice for party leaders
Pretoria Gordon and Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Auckland mayor objects to ‘expensive’ housing plan request
Amy Williams (RNZ): Dozens of Auckland homes compulsorily bought by council for flood relief plan
Jonathan Killick (Post): ‘Massive legal risk’: Auckland councillors stall Fletcher development against advice (paywalled)
Herald: Chris Bishop rebuts David Seymour over Auckland housing maps
Daniel Newman (Herald): Chaos and the risk of endlessly declining property values (paywalled)
RNZ: Controversial proposal to ban protests in parts of Christchurch fails to get off the ground
Tara Ward (Spinoff): A timeline of Dunedin councillor Benedict Ong’s dramatic first term
Robin Martin (RNZ): Mayor dismisses rift over interim chief executive debate as politicing
HEALTH
Kate Green (RNZ): MediMap failings likely to be canvassed as part of Manage My Health review
Jessica Roden (1News): How a man’s aggressive cancer likely spread after delays at Nelson Hospital
Virginia Fallon (Post): Wellington patients given petrol vouchers to travel north for scans (paywalled)
ODT: Editorial – ACC law flaws (paywalled)
RNZ: Labour considers ACC mental injury cover for volunteers
CHILDREN’S SAFETY
Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff): Neighbours say they begged for help over child welfare fears, agencies insist they acted
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Oranga Tamariki books an extra 1000 motel nights for kids in care, as children’s monitor raises alarm
Luka Forman (RNZ): Survivor ‘angry and saddened’ as number of young people abused in care increases
RNZ: Coroner renews call for temporary pool ban after further death, says they are costing children their lives
ODT: Editorial – Child poverty persists (paywalled)
INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORT
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Crown loan needed to get Warkworth to Te Hana PPP off the ground (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Government pushes back deadline for agencies’ project funding bids
Stephen Grice (Post): Clifford Bay, not Picton, makes the most sense for ferry investment (paywalled)
ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY
Kate Newton (RNZ): Government considering scrapping entire clean car standard
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Charting New Zealand’s five energy futures
Shilpy Arora Gaikwad (Stuff): Solar savings or solar shock? Dozens of Kiwis say their systems aren’t delivering expected returns
Anna Whyte (Interest): Gas supplies and gaslighting: The Government’s LNG predicament
HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS
Jack McDonald (Post): Criminalising homelessness is not compassion – it’s cruelty (paywalled)
Katie Wesney (Stuff): Is property investment really over? Not so fast
Tony Alexander (One Roof): Who’s calling the shots when there are nearly 36,000 homes for sale?
Miriam Bell (Post): NZ faces ultra-luxury home shortage as golden visa buyers hunt for $20m-plus properties (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMAL WELFARE
Andrea Vance (Post): Another rare Māui dolphin dies as court challenge looms (paywalled)
Virginia Fallon (Post): Consulted, warned, closed: The greyhound industry ran out of chances (paywalled)
Anna Sargent (RNZ): New report exposes potential nitrate pollution in Southland
Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere (The Conversation): Dog attacks keep happening in NZ. Why hasn’t the law kept up?
CARTOONS