POLLS
Jo Moir (RNZ): RNZ-Reid Research poll: Nightmare on National Street while Greens soar
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): RNZ-Reid Research poll: National crashes, Greens surge, Opportunity kingmaker
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): RNZ-Reid Research poll: How politicians reacted to the latest stats
Te Ao News: Maipi-Clarke leads Hauraki-Waikato as party vote remains neck and neck
Julia Gabel (Herald): Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke well ahead in Hauraki-Waikato – poll
The Overhang: Poll Dancing
FISCAL PLANS
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Labour’s austerity problem
Oliver Hartwich and Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): Should the government spend less? A debate between a neoliberal and a progressive
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon defends missing plan as Labour goes on attack
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Where is Labour’s pay equity funding actually going to come from?
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Labour’s fiscal plan: National’s claims and how Labour is defending it
Brent Edwards (NBR): National and Labour point fingers at each other’s fiscal holes (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Which political party would make you better off?
Richard Harman: The first real campaign clash (paywalled)
RNZ: ‘No one understands economics over there’: National takes aim at Labour’s fiscal plan
Mandy Te (Interest): Labour Party outlines its fiscal plan
Mandy Te (Interest): Labour’s busy weekend: Pay equity, fiscal plan and hitting the campaign trail
LEADERS’ DEBATE
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins face do or die debate
Audrey Young (Herald): What voters don’t want to hear at high-stakes leaders’ debate (paywalled)
1News: Leaders’ Debate: Luxon, Hipkins square off a month out from election
Henry Cooke (Post): Chris v Christopher: Fiscal credibility, leadership integrity will dominate first debate (paywalled)
Steven Cowan: Warning: An uninspiring showdown on the horizon
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
The Post: Editorial – Ms Wong’s Modest Proposal (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): My observations of the campaign so far
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Act preaches free market economics in a literal echo chamber
Mike White (Post): Follow the leader: The perils of the path well trodden (paywalled)
Aaron Smale (Listener): Will Te Pāti Māori live up to its potential or squander the next three years? (paywalled)
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Forget $3 diesel, ministers are celebrating ‘nightsoil’ laws
Sam Stubbs (Stuff): Here’s why I don’t want to be a politician
Sam Smith (Stuff): ‘Oh, did they?’ NZ First candidate’s awkward backtrack at debateSam Smith (Stuff): Labour vows to make international touring artists have a local support act when playing in NZ
Jim Sullivan (ODT): At election time prepare to be deceived by appearances (paywalled)
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