NZ FIRST
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): NZ First commits to Trumpian campaign, details flexible
Thomas Manch (Post): NZ First’s weird and wonderful democracy (paywalled)
Adam Pearse (Herald): NZ First’s Winston Peters to campaign on making KiwiSaver compulsory, new migrant values statement
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Winston Peters condemns immigration, ‘woke’ left at NZ First conference
RNZ: Winston Peters speaks to New Zealand First's annual gathering
Adam Pearse (Herald): Winston Peters wars with the left as immigration tussle grows on the right (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Winston Peters wants to hike KiwiSaver contributions to 10%
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Winston Peters moots compulsory KiwiSaver, tax cuts (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): The five most bizarro moments from the last day of the NZ First convention
ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, FAST-TRACK
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Who Benefits: After 50 years at the table, environmentalists feel the cold shoulder
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): False information on West Coast hydro scheme submitted to fast-track panel, claims mountain club
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Giving more water away free to Meridian Energy unwise (paywalled)
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Contact Energy lodges fast-track application for Southland windfarm (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Hundreds of thousands charged late fees on power bills, Consumer NZ says
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Customer told it would cost $7500 to disconnect gas
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Government seeks gas user list of 20 to transition off gas, as supply crunch intensifies (paywalled)
Richard Meade (The Conversation): To fix broken electricity markets, stop promoting the wrong kind of competition
BusinessDesk: New deal to improve gas market transparency (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Aotearoa Energy executes NZ’s first exchange-traded gas option (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): $10m to drill into science of one of world’s hottest, deepest geothermal power wells
TĀMAKI MAKAURAU BY-ELECTION
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): What a landslide victory in Tāmaki Makaurau means for Te Pāti Māori (and Labour)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: A race marked by tributes
RNZ: Tāmaki Makaurau by-election: Low turnout not a surprise, says political scientist
Steven Cowan: After a disastrous election result, will Labour change direction?
1News: New Te Pati Māori MP on her 'surprise' at winning by-election
Luke Malpass (Post): Te Pāti Māori dominates, no good news in by-election defeat for Labour (paywalled)
Herald: Electoral Commission reviewing Tākuta Ferris social media post and party billboards in byelection
PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
1News: Q+A: Former PM Sir Geoffrey Palmer's stark warning about NZ's democracy
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Missing targets: Govt risks falling behind in four key areas
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): A rough weekend for Labour as smaller parties muscle in
Richard Harman: Two political shocks (paywalled)
Cate Macintosh (Press//Post): New Green MP Mike Davidson says he would juggle role with community board duties (paywalled)
Chris Lynch: Analysis: Mike Davidson replaces Benjamin Doyle
Julie Jacobson (Post): A TOP dog, or is The Opportunities Party forever doomed to ‘zombie’ status? (paywalled)
Dave Hull (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern: ‘I made mistakes - but I was human’
RESERVE BANK
1News: Q+A: Can we trust the Reserve Bank? Former chairperson on Orr crisis
Michael Reddell: Six months today
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Treasury unleashes at Reserve Bank for 50% funding increase request; questions the tactics used in its pitch (paywalled)
TAX
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): NZ’s wealthiest will be able enjoy their fortunes in greater privacy once again (paywalled)
Chris Keall (Herald): Uber and Uber Eats earn $402m revenue in NZ, pay less than $1m tax (paywalled)
Good Ideas: New report: How the global tech giants avoid paying tax in New Zealand (paywalled)
Simon Robertson (BusinessDesk): Taxes: here, there and everywhere (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Bryan Cadogan (ODT): Water woes government’s fault: they should fix it
Grant Miller (ODT): ‘People are going to be bankrupted’ (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): 'Virtually all' new water providers expected to pass financial test (paywalled)
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): The hunter becomes the hunted: Wayne Brown learns perils of incumbency
Jonathan Killick (Post): Wayne Brown fronts first Auckland mayoralty debate (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Mayoral runners reveal main donors – except the ‘transparency’ champions who won’t (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): City to Sea Bridge court case stings Wellington ratepayers $329,000
Tom Hunt (Post): Graham Bloxham and the mayors: Guppy disavows, Lester sues (paywalled)
Deborah Morris (Post): Wellington tech hub delivers $11.9m boost and 127 jobs in first year (paywalled)
Tim Scott (ODT): Candidate profile viewership ‘does not bode well’ (paywalled)
Bevan O’Connor (E-Tangata): Sitting on cash while communities struggle
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Willis and Peters butt heads over foreign affairs Budget bid
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Why NZ's new Seahawk maritime helicopters cost $400 million each
RNZ: Winston Peters: Solomon Islands to blame for any Pacific Islands Forum disharmony
Caleb Fotheringham and Lydia Lewis (RNZ): Preview: 54th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Meeting
Sione Tekiteki (E-Tangata): The Pacific Islands Forum and its powerful ‘partners’
Craig Kapitan (Herald): Auckland lawyer convicted for vandalising MPs’ offices to protest Israel-Palestine conflict (paywalled)
RNZ: Kiwi Palestinian on board latest aid flotilla hopes to break blockade
RNZ: Bougainville reportedly unhappy with RNZAF presence
1News: Ukraine: Luxon joins 'coalition of the willing' talks overnight
Mick Hall: Media in lockstep with 5 Eyes narratives over Beijing parade
RNZ: Defence Force appealing sentence handed to soldier who thought he was spying on New Zealand
1News: NZDF appeals soldier's 'inadequate' attempted espionage sentence
HEALTH AND DISABILITY
Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): Private hospital outsourcing plan: 16,000 procedures before end of June
ODT Editorial: Unhelpful moves from Health Minister (paywalled)
RNZ: Docs to decide on whether to strike again
Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): A 'complete distrust' between Deaf community and police
Eric Crampton (Post): The missed opportunity for faster medicine approval (paywalled)
Louise Duffy (Herald): Why our advance directive system is broken and the Government needs to act (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Sunday Star Times): Celebrity weight loss drug Wegovy is coming to an ad near you (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): A mother says this law change could have saved her son’s life. Will MPs listen?
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): New Zealand polytechnics had double the students a decade ago
Cate Macintosh (Press/Post): Polytechs set to compete for international students in bid to survive post-Te Pūkenga (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): For this student, a charter school was life-changing — yet enrolments lag
Steve Maharey (Post): The education pendulum swings again (paywalled)
Aotearoa Educators Collective: What Paddy Gower’s Show Got Wrong: Unpacking the Open Plan Classroom Panic
Cecilia Robinson (Herald): Why NCEA reform matters for every child (paywalled)
RNZ: Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche insists pay offer to teachers 'fair'
Ben Leahy (Herald): Government offers primary teachers new pay deal, says it has hit its financial limit
Stuff: Revised pay offer for primary school teachers ‘strong, fair’, Public Service Commission says
Hanna McCallum (Post): More than 400 schools to access new learning support co-ordinators (paywalled)
Mark John (ODT): Outdoor education proposal alarms (paywalled)
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): New Zealand income growth one of the worst in the world
Deborah Manning (Post): What the future of food security holds for Aotearoa (paywalled)
Abby Wallace (Critic): Broke, Hungry, and Over It: How Aotearoa New Zealand’s Supermarket Duopoly Hurts Students
AMAZON
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Amazon's good - but old - news
Gordon Campbell: On Why Data Centres Are Not Your (Or The Planet’s) Friend
TRANSPORT
Ethan Manera (Herald): Mt Victoria tunnel: $7m spent on consultants and contractors but plans remain secret (paywalled)
Rosie Leishman (Newstallk ZB): TranzAlpine train fares criticised as return trip for a family nears $2000
SCIENCE
Mary Argue (RNZ): Fewer Marsden Fund grants after government cuts
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): Major science backer Endeavour Fund $6m down on previous year (paywalled)
Mary Argue (RNZ): Marsden Fund says it was given only a day's notice of further funding cuts
Tara Jackson (Post): The forced swim test is sinking fast and NZ science is better for it (paywalled)
IMMIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP
RNZ: Stanford says deportation changes a response to Mama Hooch rapists
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): What does kicking out overstayers actually achieve?
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Does the Government's deportation plan go far enough?
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Overstayers and fudged immigration promises
Michael Morrah (Herald): Christchurch chef pleads for teenage son’s NZ visa amid safety concerns in India
1News: MPs want citizenship barrier removed for children of unmarried parents