INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Winston Peters meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Trump threatens to wipe out a ‘whole civilisation’
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Winston Peters tells US secretary of state Marco Rubio of Iran war impact on NZ
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Winston Peters heads to Washington as Trump’s Iran threats escalate
Stuff: Luxon stops short of condemning Trump, calls Iran rhetoric ‘unhelpful’
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): New Zealand still has no position on the strike that killed 100 Iranian school children
Anna Fifield: Small states like ours can make a difference
Logan Church (1News): Iran war looms over Peter’s meeting with Trump’s top diplomat
RNZ: Conflicting statements over India free trade agreement signing
FUEL CRISIS
Grant Duncan: Are Luxon & Co now doomed to liquidation?
Giles Dexter (RNZ): New Zealanders will understand government can’t support everyone during fuel crisis - Luxon
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): NZ fuel storage under‑used, but PM says supply risk low (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Interest): Fuel shock: Flights cut, prices rise and Kiwis change habits
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ‘It’s going to be 1975 again’: Diesel prices face sharp jump
Morning Report (RNZ): ‘Never have I felt so dependent on ... feelings of one administration’: Nicola Willis on Trump and Iran
James Ball (1News): ‘Unaffordable’: PM again rules out broader diesel price relief
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Truck weight limits in spotlight as diesel costs soar (paywalled)
Paul Callister and Robert McLachlan (Post): Aviation oil shock: Rising prices and cancelled flights as jet fuel hits US$200 a barrel (paywalled)
Andrew Ashton (Waikato Times): How Iran war threatens to blow up your rates (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Commodity prices reaching record highs amid Iran war
Cherie Howie (Herald): Air New Zealand cuts Nelson, Tauranga flights as jet fuel prices surge
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The OIA at the crossroads
Graeme Edgeler: Access to justice – The Official Information Act and Crown Solicitors
Adam Pearse (Herald): Labour claims ‘jobs for mates’ as National election candidate appointed to Sport New Zealand board
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teaching Council replaces vacant seats on governing body
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Another Corrections deputy chief executive under scrutiny after staff raise concerns
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Business of Government: Reading the runes of change, last acts of Collins and more (paywalled)
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Minister for Social Investment expects govt agencies to comply with procurement rules
Julian King: Trust us, we’re experts
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): ‘Slippery slope’: Concerns millions spent on AI may not be delivering for public (paywalled)
Paul Gorman (Post): What’s next for in-limbo MetService? (paywalled)
OPINION POLL
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Reprieve for Christopher Luxon, but National still under 30% in latest poll
Jamie Ensor (Herald): New poll: National up slightly, still below 30%, NZ First sees surge in Taxpayers’ Union-Curia results
Henry Cooke (Post): New poll shows NZ First surging, National still under 30% (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): New Poll: Surge For NZ First; Peters’ Claim on Top Job Grows (paywalled)
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