PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Julia Gabel (Herald): New polling reveals what Kiwis really think about public service, employment law changes
Charlotte Cook (RNZ): Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick’s National Party swag bags upset parents
Henry Cooke (Sunday Star Times): Revealed: New Zealand’s most talkative MPs (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Sunday Star Times): In praise of politics (paywalled)
Louis Collins (RNZ): ‘Fruit on the ceiling’: School students take over Parliament
AUSTRALIA–NEW ZEALAND LEADERS’ MEETING
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Christopher Luxon, Anthony Albanese trade ‘tongue-in-cheek’ barbs after leaders’ meeting
Nick James (Sunday Star Times): Christopher Luxon finds comfort in trans-Tasman relationship after turbulent week in geo-politics (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): Volatile world order trumps ‘transtasman grenade’ in Aus/NZ summit (paywalled)
Nick James (Sunday Star Times): Anthony Albanese calls Nicola Willis’ comments on capital gains tax ‘cheekiness’ (paywalled)
1News: Luxon, Albanese trade ‘tongue-in-cheek’ barbs after leaders’ meeting
DEFENCE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): New Zealand’s diplomatic innocence meets hard-edged geopolitics (paywalled)
Herald: Editorial: ‘Freeloading’ and free hits: NZ’s place in the defence debate (paywalled)
RNZ: NZ’s $2.6 billion military helicopter purchase approved by US
David Fisher (Herald): Cocaine allegations: NZDF confirms soldiers on offshore deployment under investigation by military police (paywalled)
Mike Smith (The Standard): They all do it…
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