INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Unhelpful, unprecedented, unhealthy: Luxon’s soft condemnation of Trump threats
Anna Fifield: Peters did not raise human rights, legal concerns about Iran war
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Trump’s just another Ronald McDonald puppet
Peter Bale (Listener): Is it time to break up with America? Our complex relationship with the US (paywalled)
Richard Harman: It’s not over yet (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters silent on Trump’s Iran threat after ‘urgent’ Rubio meeting
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Finance Minister condemns Trump over Iran civilisation threat
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Winston Peters tells US secretary of state Marco Rubio of Iran war impact on NZ
Benn Bathgate (Post): Trump’s Iran escalation language a ‘genocidal threat’ (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): ‘Alarming for whole world’: Willis reacts to Trump Iran threat
Nick James (Post): Iran war: Winston Peters calls ceasefire ‘encouraging’ but says work still needed to make it lasting (paywalled)
Daniel Vernon: Winston Peters reaffirms our commitment to kowtowing to war criminals
FUEL CRISIS
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): The many ways our government is failing in its response to the fuel crisis
Adam Pearse (Herald): Foreign Minister Winston Peters says United States open to supplying fuel to Pacific if Iran war continues
Timothy Welch (The Conversation): The government has boxed itself in over fuel saving strategies – but there is a way out
Anneke Smith (Post): The old friendship with Singapore that could keep New Zealand’s fuel flowing (paywalled)
Nick James (Post): Officials say Northland highway relies on fuel tax hike Government looking to axe (paywalled)
Ben Leahy (Herald): Fuel shortage, global risk and election could drive Auckland apartment prices down: Agent (paywalled)
Katie Todd (RNZ): Officials want Stewart Island solar powered by Christmas in face of rising diesel costs
John Weekes (Herald): What Air New Zealand’s flight cuts and changes tell us (paywalled)
RNZ: Air Chathams to cut flights from North Island routes after fuel cost doubles
Rebecca Stevenson (BusinessDesk): Air NZ fuel bill more than doubles as Middle East war drives costs higher (paywalled)
Cherie Howie (Herald): Fuel crisis: Air NZ long-haul flight cuts could be next – aviation boss
Anne Gibson (Herald): NZ plumbers face 25% plastic pipe price rise due to Iran conflict (paywalled)
1News: Fuel supplies edge up across the board in latest stocktake
RNZ: Fuel price complaints on the rise as Commerce Commission receives 140 over past month
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Australia vs NZ: Who’s better prepared for fuel price spike?
Natasha Gordon (Herald): More Auckland commuters switch to public transport as fuel prices surge
Anneke Smith (Post): NZ will keep paying the price for the war under Iran’s proposed 10-point peace plan (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Luxon, Willis caution economic effects will continue despite ceasefire
Eva Corlett (Guardian): New Zealand asks US to send fuel tankers to Pacific to alleviate pressure caused by Iran war
RNZ: Charities facing demand call on government to reconsider fuel subsidy
Connor Sharp (Greater Auckland): We already have a plan for the fuel crisis
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Iran war: Lower Hutt airbridge manufacturer locks in supplies, contracts to ride out disruption (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Post): Fuel volumes stay steady in latest update (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): Construction to serve as bellwether for fuel price reaction (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What does the Iran ceasefire mean for KiwiSaver?
INTEGRITY ISSUES
Geoffrey Palmer (Newsroom): Open govt requires transparency
ODT: Editorial – Wrong start for OIA review (paywalled)
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Environmental Law Initiative unmoved by attempt to curb judicial reviews
James Ball (1News): Consumer concerns: The companies most often flagged to official watchdog
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Accusations of ‘energy scalping’ if retailers pocket battery rebates
Phil Pennington (RNZ): No plans to use Palantir in emerging defence-tech space, government says
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Janet Wilson (Post): Luxon parades his lack of political instincts as war rumbles on and fuel squeeze tightens (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): The fishhooks in National’s coalition agreement with NZ First (paywalled)
Karl du Fresne: Luxon still hasn’t got the hang of politics
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Let’s take a proper look at the polls
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): One MP, One Pint: Reuben Davidson on perfecting What Now’s gunge recipe
Steven Cowan: The UK Green Party: Unlike the NZ Greens, it wants political power on its terms
Michael Swanson: An Opposition with a plan?
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