CHINA’S MISSILE TEST AND PACIFIC SECURITY
Sam Smith (Stuff): ‘Not read too much into it’: China responds to concerns about South Pacific missile launch
Anneke Smith (Post): China’s 7000km nuclear missile test: Calculated or coincidence? (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): China risks exploding Pacific goodwill in one fell swoop of a nuclear-capable missile
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): ‘Getting closer and closer’: on Beijing’s ballistic missile in the Pacific
Stuff: China’s missile test in South Pacific ‘unacceptable and concerning’, PM Christopher Luxon says
Julia Gabel (Herald): US breaks silence on China missile test, says Beijing’s nuclear weapons build-up of ‘great concern’
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Former US Ambassador to New Zealand slams China missile test, warns country will ‘take over’ Taiwan (paywalled)
Anneke Smith (Post): China: Don’t read too much into nuclear missile test (paywalled)
Lisa Visentin (Stuff): Beijing’s missile flex sends its Pacific neighbours an unmistakable warning
Anne-Marie Brady (Post): China’s provocative message in a missile to the Pacific (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Did China break any rules with their nuclear missile test?
Guy Parmelin (Post): How smaller states can help drive global stability and prosperity (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The seventeen-year bus ticket
Andrea Vance (Post): Government rewrote fast-track law after mining companies pushed for changes (paywalled)
Richard Shaw (The Conversation): This ‘centrist’ party is rising in NZ polls. Will it prove power broker?
Zane Small (Stuff): ‘I don’t need to do this job’: a peak inside a public meeting with Christopher Luxon
Jamie Ensor (Herald): How Christopher Luxon quietly empowered Mark Mitchell with new national security responsibilities (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Average overseas ministerial trip under-budget by $11k, while 18 went over-budget (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Te Pāti Māori claims offshore casino ‘exploited’ its website after URL hijacked (paywalled)
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Winston Peters’ theories on the India FTA, explained\
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): National to Labour - Like and Subscribe to our new Bill
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Idea: We should let people vote
Matthew Tukaki (Waatea News): Trade, Security and Sovereignty: Aotearoa must put Māori interests first
Ani O’Brien: Chris Hipkins is New Zealand’s Teflon politician
Chris Trotter: How many fingers, Winston? (paywalled)
VPN AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA BAN
Finn Hogan (Stuff): Government denies it’s looking to ban or restrict VPNs
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Erica Stanford claims VPN ban never considered, NZ First says early proposal could have led to ban and digital IDs (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Erica Stanford says Government not pursuing VPN restriction as part of social media ban - after ACT rules it out (paywalled)
1News: Luxon denies any plans to restrict VPNs in under-16 media ban
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): National needs Labour’s support on its social media bill
HOUSING
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Home emergencies and the morally questionable
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): ‘Extremely frustrated’ Government struggles to find buyer for Napier flats sitting empty for year
Doug Laing (Herald): Government-built inner city apartments finished a year ago still sitting empty (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): Most new homes being consented in Auckland are getting built, for now
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): The government is confident police will apply move on orders fairly. Here’s what police had to say about them
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