ENERGY
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Current affairs: why no-one is fixing the energy market rort draining Kiwis (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Sunday Star Times): NZ not advancing beyond ‘square one’ on competition (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Reform of the energy sector? More like tinkering (paywalled)
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Did the energy sector lose the power of speech? (paywalled)
Max Rashbrooke (Post): Ideas for the electricity market the Government didn’t come up with (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The problem with the Govt’s passion projects
Herald Editorial: Government’s energy sector announcement missing reassurance for consumers (paywalled)
Donal Curtin: Amalgamate them
TE PĀTI MĀORI, TOITŪ TE TIRITI
Henry Cooke (Post): Te Pāti Māori’s ‘reset’ next week will shape next year of politics (paywalled)
Duncan Garner (Listener): Is the party over for Te Pāti Māori? (paywalled)
Areti Metuamate (Herald): Te Pāti Māori’s internal tensions: Why party disputes are not unusual (paywalled)
RNZ: Toitū Te Tiriti’s Eru Kapa-Kingi rules out starting rival political party after split from Te Pāti Māori
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Former Māori Party co-leader Te Ururoa Flavell backs Toitū Te Tiriti split
Jaime Lyth (Herald): Labour’s Willie Jackson takes a swipe at Herald NOW’s Ryan Bridge, accuses him of writing off Māori
Ani O’Brien: Civil war in Te Pāti Māori as the Kapa-Kingis come out swinging
RNZ: Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke named by Time as one of the world’s ‘most influential rising stars’
PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ potential conflict of interest about Genesis Energy ends, register shows other ministers’ declarations (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Being popular does not make it right when it comes to a vote (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Labour pledges to repeal voter enrolment changes if elected in 2026 (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): National’s runway for relief is shrinking (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Can Labour take advantage of a struggling Government? (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Does Luxon regret ‘lettergate’? ‘Nah, absolutely not’
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): We need more bipartisan politics on key issues
Harriet Laughton and Thomas Manch (Post): From the Beehive desk to ‘boomer tiles’: how politicians are battling for your attention
Louis Collins (RNZ): The third branch: Parliament’s relationship with the courts
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): You need to know how to play the system to enact change
RNZ: Former firefighter who had 10-year sexual harassment battle wants better whistleblower protection
DEFENCE
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Govt wants to supercharge domestic defence and weapons industry
John Weekes (Herald): New arms industry in New Zealand: From dream to warfighting drone in just a few weeks (paywalled)
John Weekes (Herald): Defence Force wants more local firms to work with it on tackling fast-changing battlefield challenges
1News: Govt unveils defence industry push to double spending, grow Kiwi firms
RNZ: Government unveils strategy for the defence industry
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Allow NZ soldiers in Ukraine back into military, ex-defence minister says
RNZ: NZ strikes compensation deal with Samoa over Manawanui sinking
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): NZ wants ‘real actions’ on Gaza – so what have we actually done?
Richard Shaw (The Conversation): Who wrote the cabinet paper recommending NZ not recognise a Palestinian state?
RNZ: NZ Embassy trying to speak with Kiwis aboard intercepted Gaza-bound flotilla
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Officials yet to hear from captured Kiwis in Israel, as PM urges others not to go to Gaza (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Does the flotilla stunt really help the people of Gaza?
Ben Tomsett (Herald): Winston Peters welcomes Trump ceasefire plan as ‘serious step forward’ in Gaza
Shane Te Pou (Herald): Luxon’s Palestine failure is a stain on our record (paywalled)
Rachel Moore (Stuff): Winston Peters slams ‘disgraceful and blatant harassment’ with ‘protesting’ outside his house
Andrea Vance (Post): Pro-Palestinian protest targets Winston Peters’ home
Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): Wellington protest urges Israeli sanctions, Palestinian statehood
Ben Tomsett (Herald): Peters slips past Dunedin pro-Palestine protesters at Port Chalmers rail opening
Bruce Munro (ODT): Global Insight: Caution urged for NZ in space race
RNZ: Winston Peters says Pacific leaders are ‘realists’ about climate
RNZ: NZ, Australia agree on new trade standards deal, eye WTO reform
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING, INEQUALITY
Amelia Wade (Sunday Star Times): ‘Not sound economics’: 20 economists slam government’s economic strategy (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald: Why the economy didn’t recover like it was supposed to (paywalled)
Aimee Shaw (Post): Are soaring food prices the new normal? (paywalled)
Post: Inside the minds of prolific supermarket shoplifters (paywalled)
Tom Peters (World Socialists): Stark wealth inequality in New Zealand
BUSINESS, CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Andrea Vance (Post): Government faces business revolt over sweeping fair trading reforms (paywalled)
Matt Nippert (Herald): Rich-lister controlled charity Wright Family Foundation posts $41.6m surplus after Govt funding boost to BestStart childcare (paywalled)
Tim McCready (Herald): Survey shows strong CEO support for partnership model to tackle challenges (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Ministers have strong appetite for food labelling shake-up (paywalled)
RNZ: Afterpay decison to use buy now, pay later schemes for essentials ‘raising red flags’ - finance consultant
David Long (Stuff): ‘Impossible’ for iconic Wellington cafe to stay, Sir Peter Jackson firm says, as historic building renovated
EMPLOYMENT
Annabel Reid (Rotorua Daily Post/Herald): Prime Minister Christopher Luxon links Rotorua school attendance and unemployment (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Thousands more confirmed to join October’s mega strike (paywalled)
RNZ: October strike by nurses, teachers likely be biggest in decades
Zane Small (Stuff): Physiotherapist who helps cancer patients: Why I’m joining the mega strike
RNZ: ‘Compromising public safety’: FENZ calls for union to withdraw strike noitce
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Give the firefighters a pay bump
Bronwyn Heenan (BusinessDesk): Is a change as good as a holiday? (paywalled)
AUCKLAND
Andrea Vance (Post): Watchdog accused of ‘copping out’ on Auckland Council consultant expenses (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): Council sided with complainants over fast-track build, says developer (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Taxpayers to fund $5 million for roof at Auckland tennis stadium
1News: Govts injects $5m into covered roof project at Auckland tennis centre
Simon Wilson (Herald): Kerrin Leoni no-show: Auckland mayoral candidate pulls out of debate (paywalled)
RNZ: Auckland mayor Wayne Brown hits back at claims he’s planning a rates hike after dropping f-bomb
Simon Wilson (Herald): Love the City: Christine Fletcher’s tip for working with Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown? Flutter those lashes (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Sunday Star Times): The pain of reshaping Auckland into tomorrow’s modern city (paywalled)
Louise Ternouth (RNZ): Hotel bed tax in Auckland could boost tourism, fund major events
RNZ: Walking the talk: Signed deed cements Waitākere Ranges partnership
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Brian Easton (Pundit): Political Bullying
Peter Newport (Crux): Auditor General: ‘Up to QLDC to manage any actual or perceived Lisa Guy conflicts of interest’
Mike Smith (E-Tangata): How local election rules discriminate against Māori
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Are local elections a flop?
ODT: Civis: Don’t know exactly (paywalled)
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): Inside Mayor School: Where new leaders learn how to run a council
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Race briefing: A fractious, personal fight over Rotorua’s future
Justin Wong (Post): A super city, rates and water: Wellington region’s issues and election promises (paywalled)
Post: Wellington mayoral candidates on bike lanes (paywalled)
Nick James (RNZ): Inside the Wellington Town Hall redevelopment as it gets closer to reopening
Jacqueline Rowarth (Herald): Why economic understanding matters more than slogans
Maia Hart (Local Democracy Reporting): Seymour: Don’t sacrifice Blenheim to ‘war on cars’
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Ashburton council approves full scale reno of Rakaia Salmon
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Empty streets, fewer sales: Tauranga businesses hit by new parking rules
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Ruapehu candidate gives up campaigning after ‘brutal’ online abuse
Waikato Times: Rototuna residents to boil water after E. coli find in suburban supply
Erin Johnson (Stuf): ‘I thought I was going to vomit’: $6k water bill stuns pensioner