ELECTION AND PARLIAMENT
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): There are pathways to government for Labour but will it be in any shape to govern? (paywalled)
Grant Duncan: Te Pāti Māori paddles into troubled waters
Justin Hu (1News): Rurawhe: Te Pāti Māori faces election wipeout, ‘lucky’ to keep one seat
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): How to stop NZ First from playing the two main parties off against each other
Anna Whyte (Post): Politics is back - with plenty of unfinished business (paywalled)
ODT: O’Connor keen to seek seat (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT
Anna Whyte (Post): Andrew Coster’s former SIA role to stay vacant until after election (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Sunday Star Times): Created by politics, tested by an election: Inside the Ministry for Regulation (paywalled)
Matt Nippert (Herald): Crown Regional Holdings: Over half of $433m loan portfolio at risk of default (paywalled)
GREENS
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Labour cosying up to the Greens makes them look desperate (paywalled)
RNZ: Green MP seeks recognition of tohorā/whales as legal persons
Louis Collins (RNZ): From caucus to admin: Kevin Hague on his new role
WAITANGI
Richard Harman: More to Waitangi than met the eye (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Māori leaders reflect on political pōwhiri at Waitangi
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Waitangi forum shifts to delivery (paywalled)
WELLINGTON AND CHRISTCHURCH SEWAGE FAILURES
Herald: Editorial – Wellington sewage snag yet another reminder of New Zealand’s infrastructure deficit (paywalled)
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): How Wellington’s sewage crisis exposed years of dysfunction
André Chumko (Post): Encouraging tests, but Wellington’s south coast beaches remain closed (paywalled)
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Island Bay Festival cancels water-based activities due to sewage spill but thousands still attend
1News: Rāhui in place after wastewater discharged into Canterbury harbour
Imogene Bedford (Herald): Canterbury swimming spots closed after sewage contamination warning
MINING AND EXTRACTION
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Oil and gas majors not returning to NZ, says industry body as it waits for word on LNG (paywalled)
Logan Church (1News): US in talks with New Zealand over critical minerals project
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): Critical minerals saga shows NZ minerals debate is stuck at hello (paywalled)
Nicola Gaston (Newsroom): Critical minerals and the materials we make from them are not the same
Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): Mining sector says Taranaki seabed plan rejection ‘embarrassing’
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Veteran miner Robert Brand targets NZX listing for Taiko Critical Minerals and plans to raise $80m from investors (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): Treaty obligations clause could scupper mine (paywalled)
MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Every official tweet is a nod to child abuse (paywalled)
James Ball (1News): AI-generated ‘news’ pages on social media misleading thousands of Kiwis
Gavin Ellis (Newsroom): Book of the Week: Journalism is broken
Chris Keall (Herald): Under-16 social media ban: Visiting Meta exec presses legislative alternative, Stanford says Cabinet’s mind already made up (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Stripe Media (Stripe Studios) boss Alex Breingan facing 33 Serious Fraud Office charges relating to public and private funding of TV shows (paywalled)
Ethan Manera (Herald): Sir Peter Jackson in discussions to build movie museum in Wellington’s Lyall Bay (paywalled)
Herald: Editorial – The words Kiwis won’t accept on air – and what that says about us (paywalled)
EPSTEIN FILES
Ethan Manera (Herald): New Mexico lawmakers may subpoena NZ couple Brice and Karen Gordon over Epstein links
Josie Pagani (Post): Epstein saga exposes the flaw in our meritocracy (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The Epstein files and NZ: Managers, models and the Kiwi billionaire
HOUSING, PLANNING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Mayor Wayne Brown hopes new Auckland planning rules won’t mean going back to square one as retired judge urges halt to suburban housing push (paywalled)
Alexia Russell and Sharon Brettkelly (Newsroom): Planning when you don’t know the rules
Sharpe (Stuff): ‘Absolutely stoked’: After months in limbo, hundreds can get on with building their homes
Rob Stock (Sunday Star Times): Is it ever ‘too late’ to jump on the home ownership ladder? (paywalled)
RNZ: Northland councils team up on local government reform
Sam Smith (Stuff): Former Dunedin mayor announces ‘unexpected’ candidacy for council by-election
Grant Miller (ODT): ‘Leadership ready to go’: Aaron Hawkins announces by-election bid
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Global credit agencies warn against council rates cap
INSURANCE
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Nicola Willis unlikely to get in the way of insurers hiking premiums with new review (paywalled)
Steve Hepburn (ODT): No restrictions, insurer pledges (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): $2300 house insurance gap between capital and Auckland (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Verity Johnson (Stuff): NZ turned into a late middle aged hellscape
The Post: Big choices, small nation: New Zealand’s economic crossroads laid bare ahead of 2026 election (paywalled)
Tadhg Stopford (Post): ‘Ruthanasia’ changed where our money went, and we are the poorer for it (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Push to use KiwiSaver funds for infrastructure projects (paywalled)
Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): Auditing the Auditors: Bumper year for the big four (paywalled)
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): Is New Zealand yet a place ‘where talent wants to live’? (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol (NBR): KiwiSaver will be ‘talking point of this election’: Kernel boss (paywalled)
HEALTH
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Southern hospital IT outage caused by third-party hardware failure, Health NZ says
Ian Powell: Mismanaging my (and our) health by private operational control
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): Health NZ’s productivity improving – but measurement is narrow and hidden (paywalled)
Eric Crampton (Newsroom): Funding flaw means poorer communities pay more at the pharmacy
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): How to truly supercharge NZ’s success
Michael Fox (Newsroom): ‘Petrelheads’ are restoring an eccentric native bird
Rob Campbell: Retreat From Paris By The Letters
Julian Haworth (ODT): Fears RMA replacement will destroy New Zealand landscapes (paywalled)
EDUCATION
Jaime Cunningham (Herald): Unqualified early childhood teachers spark quality and safety concerns
Phillip Riley (Newsroom): Benefits from billions sunk into early childcare may not always last
Amy Williams (RNZ): ‘Everyday living is just so hard’: Families going into debt to pay for school uniforms
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