WELLINGTON SEWAGE DISASTER
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Wellington’s sewage catastrophe exposes “Broken NZ”
Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): The price of neglect: Should we wait till we are down to our last pipe? (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): New Zealand’s crisis is political, not just plumbing (paywalled)
RNZ: Removing sewage before it goes septic is main focus of Wellington water company
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Wellingtonians should be angry about this
Andrea Vance (Post): Is it me, or does something stink here? (paywalled)
Tom Hunt, Andrea Vance, Harriet Laughton (Post): Sewage flows, warning to stay out of sea warning in fallout of Moa Point catastrophe (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Moa Point sewage spill a potential ‘ecological catastrophe’ (paywalled)
Andrea Vance and Tom Hunt (Post): Veolia’s failures flagged for years before Wellington sewage spill (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): As raw sewage closes Wellington coast, sludge plant hits further problems (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Where is it safe to swim in Wellington? (paywalled)
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Damage to Moa Point wastewater plant ‘as bad as we feared’ - Wellington Water
Tom Hunt (Post): Years of red flags before ‘catastrophic’ Wellington sewerage failure (paywalled)
Melissa Nightingale & Tom Rose (Herald): Wellington’s ‘catastrophic’ sewage plant failure happened during remedial work
Nick James (RNZ): ‘Pretty gross’: Locals shocked as raw sewage flows into Wellington sea
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): ‘It’s a ghost town’: customers staying away after Moa Point sewage spill in Wellington
Mary Argue (RNZ): Fears over financial impact of Wellington’s south coast sewage leak
1News: Substantial work on Wellington’s ailing wastewater plant will take up to a week
Rachel Moore (Stuff): What Wellingtonians need to know about the poo problem
Ethan Manera (Herald): Moa Point sewage discharge: Reports show repeated compliance issues before latest failure
Melissa Nightingale & Tom Rose (Herald): Photos show raw sewage pouring out at Wellington beaches after ‘catastrophic failure’
Stuff: Wastewater plant suffering ‘catastrophic failure’ is ‘a big deal’ for Wellington, Mayor Andrew Little says
Newstalk ZB: “This isn’t an isolated thing”: Wellington Councillor disappointed by latest water infrastructure failure
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Could sewer robots be used to prevent repeat of Moa Pt sewage spill?
Hanna McCallum (Post): Wellington sewage spill: Outfall pipe partly back in action but wastewater warning remains (paywalled)
RNZ: DOC becoming ‘extremely concerned’ about Wellington sewage leak
Emma Ricketts and Laura Frykberg (Stuff): The raw sewage polluting the capital’s sea: Who knew what, and when, about Wellington’s broken wastewater plant
Laura Frykberg (Stuff): Pipe of broken Wellington wastewater plant partially fixed, but raw sewage still spilling into south coast
WAITANGI
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Quiet War at Waitangi 2026
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): From Peeni to the protest that wasn’t: The five political fires burning at Waitangi
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Opposition infighting gives coalition brief relief at Waitangi
Adam Pearse (Herald): Promises of unity not easy to see from Waitangi 2026 (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Ngāpuhi chair says Te Pāti Māori pōwhiri haka is ‘last straw’; offer to meet no longer on the table
Marc Daalder (Spinoff): ‘Have you understood?’ MPs asked at Waitangi
John Campbell (1News): Anger gives way to confidence, ennui at Waitangi 2026
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Why Bishop Kito stood up for David Seymour, as the ACT leader faced heat at Waitangi
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Te Pāti Māori dramas infuriate stalwarts, and Ngāpuhi, at Waitangi
Eva Corlett (Guardian): ‘The government doesn’t care’: Māori greet New Zealand PM with indifference at muted Waitangi
Amelia Wade (Post): Waitangi 2026: Fallout fuels calls for Te Pāti Māori clean-out (paywalled)
Amelia Wade (Post): Waitangi 2026: Heckles, history and hard truths (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): No political winners in a bungled, scandalised Waitangi week
Amelia Wade (Post): Protesters held back as prime minister and MPs welcomed to Waitangi (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): ‘A different vibe’: How Waitangi has changed amid election heat
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The secret diary of … Waitangi
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): The rope line at Waitangi – and what it taught me about power
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao News): What brought tauiwi to Waitangi in 2026?
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Waitangi Day — let’s just sit together and talk about it (paywalled)
Christopher Luxon (Herald): Waitangi Day is a time to reflect on the future we want for our country
ELECTION, PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT
Damien Grant (Stuff): Winston Peters, and why this is his moment
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Greens, Labour and Te Pāti Māori gear up for intense Te Tai Tokerau battle
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): The 2026 Election Gauge
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): ‘Unlikely Doctor’ hopes to be unlikely MP
Duncan Garner (Listener): Exclusive, my night out on the town with Erica Stanford (paywalled)
LABOUR
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): Peeni Henare joins the ‘Blokesit’: What Labour’s shrinking male caucus means for Election 2026 (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): What’s behind Peeni Henare’s decision to quit, and the Government’s plan to welcome a very powerful visitor (paywalled)
Brian Easton: Sizzles and sausages
CLIMATE AND ENERGY
Matthew Hooton (Herald): New Zealand should ditch Paris payments and focus on climate adaptation (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Can we afford to wait for consensus on coping with the climate? (paywalled)
Mike Casey (Newsroom): Power prices spark up an electric election
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Taranaki hydrogen project years late but construction finally starting (paywalled)
MINING
Mike White (Sunday Star Times): New Zealand’s mining boom: Fabulous fortune or fool’s gold? (paywalled)
RNZ: Green Party celebrates decision to decline Taranaki seabed mining
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Fast-track panel drafts refusal of Manuka’s Taranaki seabed mining bid (paywalled)
Mike White (Post): Fast-track panel to take its time on controversial Central Otago gold mine application (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Liam Dann (Herald): Ongoing export boom highlights just how broken the economy (paywalled)
Max Rashbrooke (Post): Hypocrisy at heart of how New Zealand treats the unemployed (paywalled)
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): The unemployment figures make for grim reading
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): How women are leading the push to grow the $126b Maori economy (paywalled)
CARTOONS