ANDREW COSTER AND POLICE SCANDAL
Justin Hu (1News): ‘I acted honestly’: Andrew Coster speaks out in exclusive interview
Justin Hu (1News): Exclusive: Coster says he told Hipkins and Mitchell about McSkimming
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Former Police Commissioner Andrew Coster fronts for first televised interview since damning IPCA report
Herald: Andrew Coster alleges Chris Hipkins and Mark Mitchell knew more on Jevon McSkimming complaints
Stuff: Andrew Coster alleges Chris Hipkins knew about McSkimming’s affair
Paula Penfold (Stuff): I recommended McSkimming for deputy commissioner. This is what I think now
Ethan Griffiths (Herald): Civil Aviation Authority exit payout for ex-police deputy Chris de Wattignar kept secret
Peter Dunne: McSkimming’s long, dark shadow
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The final showdown for Te Pāti Māori starts in Rotorua
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori tensions expected to loom as party AGM goes ahead
RNZ: Reinstatement of Mariameno Kapa-Kingi raises questions for Te Pāti Māori voters - experts
RNZ: Mariameno Kapa-Kingi reinstated as a member of Te Pāti Māori in interim High Court ruling
Adam Pearse (Herald): Māori Party expulsion: Judge reinstates Mariameno Kapa-Kingi’s Te Pāti Māori membership
Michael Daly (Stuff): Was the MP’s expulsion valid? Law professor says Te Pāti Māori constitution lacks clarity
Tim Selwyn (Daily Blog): Te Pati Maori AGM: JT’s stalemate and a Kotahitanga pact
RETIREMENT VILLAGES
Bryce Edwards: Democracy Deep Dive: Corporate lobbyists’ quiet victory in the retirement villages battle
Kate Harvey (Consumer NZ): Retirement village changes a blow to current residents
ODT: Editorial – Retirement village changes a good start (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT AND PARLIAMENT
Luke Malpass (Post): Holding together while pulling apart - the changing coalition power dynamics of 2026 (paywalled)
Ben Thomas (Post): National wants Hipkins to be forced to join the truth-telling (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (SST): Is Chris Bishop planning to rewrite the planning rulebook, or just annotate the margins? (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Nicola Willis v Ruth Richardson and the battle over getting back to black (paywalled)
Vernon Small (SST): Few presents for National, Labour or us in the Budget outlook (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret diary of .. Chris Bishop
Michael Daly (Stuff): Luxon thinks he’s a better prime minister now than he was at the start of 2025
INTEGRITY ISSUES
RNZ: Auditor-General scrutinises Chatham Islands Council spending where Paul Eagle is CEO
Andrea Vance (SST): Scampi quota and millions in funding frozen amid Chathams standoff (paywalled)
RNZ: Financial Markets Authority chair Craig Stobo steps aside during investigation
CLIMATE, CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENT
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Finally NZ’s Paris Climate Agreement charade is as good as over (paywalled)
Karen Scott (The Conversation): NZ’s rejection of emission targets fuels risk of international law breach
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The madness of the carbon auction needs to end
No Right Turn: Climate Change: National rejects ambition
JACINDA ARDERN
Damien Grant (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern was genuinely compassionate. She cared. But it was never enough
Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern opens up about pregnancy and politics on The Graham Norton Show
Herald: Jacinda Ardern reflects on Covid years during Graham Norton Show appearance
Herald: Jacinda Ardern reveals what Queen Elizabeth told her during Covid
Steven Cowan: Sanctifying Jacinda Ardern
Poppy Sowerby (Unherd): Jacinda Ardern is painfully relatable (paywalled)
Peter Bradshaw (Guardian): Prime Minister review – portrait of Jacinda Ardern shows a fully human being in charge for once
TE KĀIKA WELLBEING HUB INVESTIGATION
Rob Kidd (ODT): Trouble in the village: Star service takes unhealthy turn (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): Questions outnumber answers (paywalled)
Rob Kidd (ODT): Doctor defends supplying cannabis (paywalled)
Rob Kidd (ODT): Former Te Kāika manager guilty of serious charges (paywalled)
CARTOONS