TE PĀTI MĀORI
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Where to from here in the great Te Pāti Māori cluster fudge?
Anneke Smith (RNZ): One of two Te Pāti Māori factions willing to meet - iwi leaders
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori leaders survive the toughest test of their leadership
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Rawiri Waititi blames two ‘rogue’ MPs for turmoil within Te Pāti Māori
Adam Pearse (Herald): Te Pāti Māori not ruling out triggering twin byelections as it considers expelling ‘rogue MPs’
Adam Pearse (Herald): Te Pāti Māori co-leader blames ‘allegations and two rogue MPs’ for party rifts, confirms expulsion being considered
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Rawiri Waititi says ‘rogue’ MPs tried to topple him
Henry Cooke (Post): Rawiri Waititi says party hasn’t considered kicking ‘rogue’ MPs out of Parliament yet (paywalled)
1News: Te Pāti Māori co-leaders defend John Tamihere amid infighting
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Te Pāti Māori war between ‘saboteurs’ and ‘dictator’ hits flashpoint
Michael Daly (Stuff): Hipkins leaving door open to working with Te Pāti Māori ‘but they’ve got a lot that they need to resolve’
PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (NBR): Will NZ First make a populist pivot against corporate power in 2026?
RNZ: Government has ‘Trumpian accent’ - human rights activist
Simon Wilson (Herald): Godzilla Trump vs Zohran Mamdani and the lessons for Chris Hipkins and Chlöe Swarbrick (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Labour goes all in on card-based politics (paywalled)
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Regulatory Standards Bill passes second reading after heated debate in Parliament
Michael Cugley (Te Ao Māori News): Regulatory Standards Bill clears second reading amid fierce backlash
Graham Adams (The Platform): Maorification Is National’s Achilles heel
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘Lesson was learned’ - Peters on deleted tweet
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Winston Peters’ X account corrected the PM’s pronouns in a since-deleted tweet. Why?
Joe Hendren: No Bolger in the Room 2: The changing philosophy of the National Party
Ian Powell: Far right cannibalising the mainstream rightwing; implications for New Zealand
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): One MP, One Pint: Laura McClure on deepfakes and risking an Act Party PR disaster
Tim Hunter (NBR): Public Trust declares another dividend (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol (NBR): More than 50 staff quit FMA in 2025 (paywalled)
FAST-TRACK, ENVIRONMENT, PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
Pattrick Smellie and Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): EPA head Allan Freeth quits with fast-track changes (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Housing projects account for most of Govt’s fast-track progress
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government hopes to speed up fast-track regime before Christmas (paywalled)
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Santana Minerals rejects criticism of its plan to fast-track Central Otago gold mine
Julie Asher (ODT): Poets to host reading protest against open-cast mining
Giles Dexter (RNZ): NZ First leader Winston Peters will not support Gene Technology Bill unless it’s ‘fixed’
Anneke Smith (RNZ): New climate scheme to recognise carbon removal activities beyond tree-planting
Nathan Cooper (The Conversation): COP30: NZ’s lack of climate ambition undermines global goals and free-trade agreements
John Lang (Newsroom): After the Paris Agreement, the decade that defied predictions
Iresh Jayawardena (Newsroom): Flood risk picture remains ‘dangerously incomplete’
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): DoC admits error: no decisions yet on stewardship land (paywalled)
Amanda Gillies (Newsroom): The Detail: ‘Protected’ gulf zones – preservation or hollow promises?
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Farmers pressure Govt to keep paying bio-breach compo
FIREWORKS
Anneke Smith (RNZ): ‘Enough is enough’ - New Zealand First wants to ban private fireworks
Harriet Laughton (Post): NZ First calls for ban on fireworks sales to public (paywalled)
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): Peters says ‘enough is enough’ as fireworks ban gets new parliamentary push
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Fireworks debate reignites as officials warn of rising fire and safety risks
ODT Editorial: Reigniting the annual debate (paywalled)
Chris Marriner (Stuff): ‘Absolutely beautiful’ dog dies on first day of firework sales, family call for change
Maxine Jacobs (Press): Firefighters v fireworks as emergency workers issue warning (paywalled)
Tim Scott (ODT): Police, firetruck shot at with fireworks on Castle St (paywalled)
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING, INEQUALITY
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): ‘Koru Lounge charity’ can never mean real social change
Luke Malpass (Post): As jobs soften here, Australia’s economy matters more than ever (paywalled)
Ima Caldwell (Guardian): As record numbers leave New Zealand, why are most people choosing Australia?
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): ‘Worst is behind us’, but unemployment expected to rise to near nine-year high
Liam Dann (Herald): Green shoots under the microscope: Looking for evidence of recovery (paywalled)
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): A blueprint to beat our economic malaise (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Is NZ full of chronic pessimists?
EDUCATION
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Backlash after New Zealand government scraps rules on incorporating Māori culture in classrooms
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour’s Chris Hipkins says Government removing school board Treaty of Waitangi clause ‘victory for Hobson’s Pledge’
Michael Daly (Stuff): Treaty requirement that Education Minister said ‘didn’t make any difference’ being removed for schools
RNZ: Teachers shocked by government decision to remove Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
Hanna McCallum (Post): Principals shocked as Government removes Te Tiriti o Waitangi requirement (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Are the teachers’ unions right to be upset with Erica Stanford?
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Less Māori in school curriculums not the result of a directive - ministry
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Māori academic warns draft curriculum erases children’s rights to local histories
Cate Macintosh (Press): Christchurch principal, member of advisory group defends curriculum changes (paywalled)
Aotearoa Educators Collective: Fact checking the Minister’s announcement regarding “strengthening initial teacher education and workforce governance”
Nik Dirga (RNZ): Why Kelston Boys could be turned into a charter school without the school’s approval
Emma Gleason (Spinoff): Unpacking the ‘hostile takeover’ bid for Kelston Boys’ High School
RNZ: National high school teachers strike as students enter second day of NCEA exams
Stuff: Siouxsie Wiles crowdfunds to cover costs for legal battle – and suffers another round of abuse
HOUSING
David Fisher (Herald): Developer swoops on 171 Kāinga Ora properties after ministerial sign-off (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Government pays $20m less in emergency housing support
Amy Ridout (Stuff): These homes cost the government $21m. Why have they been empty for a year?
Robin Martin (RNZ): A night at a New Plymouth booming homelessness shelter
Mary Argue and Paris Ibell (RNZ): Retirement village residents descend on Parliament to challenge politicians
Deborah Morris (Post): Small but mighty: Wellington’s newest affordable apartments (paywalled)
Anne Gibson (Herald): Weak rental market to persist with low migration and slowing wage growth (paywalled)
EMPLOYMENT, WELFARE
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Why nearly 90,000 Kiwis aren’t working
Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Post): As whistleblowing increases, employers have to step up (paywalled)
RNZ: Enforceable guidelines recommended to better manage asbestos
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Thomas Manch (Post): Government doubles local government lender’s financial backstop to $3b (paywalled)
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): Council’s first item - their pay (paywalled)
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Father of man who drowned in Wellington Harbour appalled by Andrew Little’s video
Tom Hunt (Post): Crime up as Wellington wins international safety award (paywalled)
Amy Ridout (Stuff): Council mistake results in at least one lost licence and a whole lot of wrongly issued speeding fines
Herald: Government to propose more concerts at Eden Park after review warns Auckland risks missing out on $432m (paywalled)
Jonathan Killick (Post): ‘Don’t panic’: Why Aucklanders received a ‘confusing’ letter from the council (paywalled)
RNZ: Waitaki District Council accepts Crown intervention over water plan
Karanama Ruru and Catrin Owen (Stuff): Former councillor Pera Paniora named as Northlander who assaulted two women
TAX
Gordon Campbell: On How Rich People Feel Affronted By A Capital Gains Tax
Greg Smith (Herald): Capital gains tax: A fairer future, or a Trojan Horse?
Brent Edwards (NBR): Govt pushing to change tax settings to boost investment (paywalled)
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT
RNZ: NZTA to spend another $32 million fixing Wellington’s Transmission Gully
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): $3 per kilometre to fly: Are New Zealanders getting value from domestic air travel?
Lachlan Colquhoun (NBR): New Zealand’s largest bus operator changes hands for A$4b (paywalled)
HEALTH
Marc Daalder (Newsroom) Unmet health needs will take years to address – Labour
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Mental health minister says it’s on Health NZ to fund recovery centre on the brink of closure
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): ‘Serious pressure’ for more urgent crisis services (paywalled)
John Lewis (ODT): Men’s health policies need work: advocate (paywalled)
Jessica Roden (1News): Nelson Hospital ED expansion opened, but needs more staff
RNZ: AI scribe cuts after-hours admin in hospital EDs, trial finds
Herald: Measles outbreak could go on for 40 weeks if contact tracing fails, Labour’s Ayesha Verrall says
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): If ACC pulls the water safety funding, who gets harmed?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, TRADE
Thomas Manch (Post): Foreign Minister Winston Peters blasts Chinese ambassador’s ‘mistake’ (paywalled)
Peter Dunne: China’s Ambassador loses the plot
Louisa Wall and Simon O’Connor (Post): China’s letter to MPs exposes propaganda and foreign interference (paywalled)
RNZ: Veterans’ Affairs slammed for treatment of late politician Tā Wira Gardiner
RNZ: Indian commerce minister visits New Zealand amid trade ‘momentum’