PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Geoff Plimmer and Amanda Reilly (Newsroom): Public service’s integrity on the line over decision to keep business ministry boss
Paula Penfold (Stuff): A top public official is suddenly gone. Nobody will answer this question
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): MBIE sunk nearly $13m into another IT project that still hasn’t been delivered
Adam Pearse (Herald): Immigration IT scandal paints grim picture of mega-ministries (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): NZTA moves to gut integrity team after watchdog raised concerns about mega road projects (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Leaked FENZ inquiry report rips into leadership dysfunction, calls for board replacement (paywalled)
Max Rashbrooke (Post): The uneasy tension between Parliament and the courts (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): As always in the House, ‘sorry’ seems to be the hardest word
Mike Houlahan (ODT: Your tax dollars (but no new tax dollars) hard at work (paywalled)
ELECTION 2026
Henry Cooke (Post): Misleading people accurately (paywalled)
Sue Teodoro (Post): Electoral Commission information mix-up criticised (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): ‘Putting up a wall of shame is an act of desperation’
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A stupid plan, not a cunning plan
Brent Edwards (NBR): Petrol taxes, no new taxes, OCR rise and no Greens apology (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The future diplomat who let down Muldoon’s tyres the night he called a snap election
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): Politicians urged to listen, not ‘dangle lollies’ at Koroneihana
Olivia Blaylock (Post): The one-sentence election demand from small biz owners: Pick a direction and stick to It (paywalled)
Jack Riddell (Herald): Paul Henry visits pub that burned Jacinda Ardern’s book
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Wellington City Council cannot escape blame for Moa Point
Herald: Editorial – Tauranga City Council needs independent oversight to implement landslide recommendations (paywalled)
RNZ: Mount Maunganui landslide: Ratepayers pick up $1.2m tab for council’s legal bill
Linda Hall (Herald): Hastings District Council refuses to release details of complaints against its councillors
Brent Melville (NBR): Watercare growth charges surge, revenue hits $1.29b (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND ENERGY
Simon Wilson: We’ll always have Paris, or will we?
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Global warming will pass 1.5C. What are you going to do about it?
Eric Crampton (Newsroom): Fix emissions trading scheme instead of banning carbon forestry
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Why didn’t the Government drop the carbon auctions?
RNZ: Push for long-term solar energy plans that survive elections
Andrew Eagles (Post): Can New Zealand build more while leaving nature better off? (paywalled)
Mike White (Post): Mine opponents say Santana Minerals’ claims about them are wrong and part of spin campaign (paywalled)
Federico Magrin (Post): Nationwide protest launched as data centre plans surface (paywalled)
Farah Hancock (RNZ): SPCA issues new welfare standard after RNZ questions about so-called ‘frankenchicken’
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