LABOUR PARTY LIST
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Stability over sparkle in Labour’s candidate list as policy question looms
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Who’s in, who’s out? Labour unveils list for November election
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour unveils list for election – with key names missing
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Sitting Labour MP dropped, senior cop jumps in on Labour list
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Party tricks (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Labour list rockets newbies to winnable slots ahead of current caucus, doesn’t feature Greg O’Connor (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Biggest winners and losers in Labour’s new list (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Greg O’Connor not standing after Labour list process that ‘makes choosing Pope look transparent’ (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Craig Renney says he isn’t worried about low Labour list placing (paywalled)
David Farrar: Who gets in on Labour’s List?
Michael Swanson: Labour 2026: Slow and Steady wins the race?
Māni Dunlop: Labour promotes Māori candidates in bid to reclaim electorates
Richard Harman: Labour’s risky strategy to crush the Maori Party (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): One Māori seat candidate said no to spot on Labour’s list - here’s why (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): ‘Untenable’: Labour’s top cop candidate to be placed on leave from duty
Russell Palmer (RNZ): ‘Untenable’ for Labour’s new candidate to continue as superintendent - Police Commissioner
Adam Pearse (Herald): Police minister ‘disappointed’ superintendent didn’t disclose Labour candidacy
Henry Cooke (Post): ‘Untenable’: Police commissioner ‘very disappointed’ he didn’t learn of cop’s Labour hopes earlier (paywalled)
RNZ: New Labour candidate ‘a little ahead of the process’ in revealing ‘tax relief’ - Hipkins
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Labour candidate suggests party may offer ‘tax relief’, leader Chris Hipkins says ‘wait and see’
Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): What does Labour’s list tell us?
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): Why is there no trace of policy out of Labour?
PARLIAMENT, ELECTION AND GOVERNMENT
Summer Wright (Post): Role of lobbyists in climate law change just one example of unhealthy influences in politics (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): PMO found Briscoes return email, missed climate lobbying brief (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): ‘Ultimately, it’s my money’: Chris Hipkins defends using taxpayer-funded private super scheme for holiday home
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): ‘Heck knows’: Kiri Allan reveals ‘initial’ NZ First approach (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): Green co-leader’s speed slip-up caught on her own Instagram ride-along
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Hipkins, Luxon, and the charisma vacuum ruling New Zealand politics
Jack Marshall (Herald): Finance Minister Nicola Willis explains $1b Budget pre-allocation after Labour criticism
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Christopher Luxon says National will double QEII trust funding if re-elected
Rob Stock (Post): PM makes first political pitch of Fieldays week with private conservation funding bump to $8.5m (paywalled)
No Right Turn: Time to end MPs’ property rorts
RNZ: ACT MP Mark Cameron to leave Parliament due to kidney failure
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Luxon does his best work overseas
Monique Steele (RNZ): Federated Farmers targets bureaucracy, local govt and RMA reforms in pre-election wishlist
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Charities condemn $33,000 donation tax credit limit as ‘sledgehammer’ move (paywalled)
TAX AND SUPERANNUATION
Jonathan Barrett (Newsroom): Is NZ taxation compatible with human rights?
Irshad Ali (The Conversation): Why the tax NZ never wanted to talk about is back on the political agenda in 2026
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): What should we do about New Zealand’s soaring superannuation bill?
HOUSING AND AUCKLAND PLANNING
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): The great housing cop-out: Auckland Council’s culture of less
Lane Nichols (Herald): Auckland Council releases maps showing new housing density proposals for the city
Justin Hu (1News): Auckland councillors urged to back zoning for six-storeys near buses
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Auckland councillor says more houses are needed than the 1.4m legally required
Thomas Manch (BusinessDesk): Auckland Council’s PC120 decision could be revisited in RMA reforms (paywalled)
Michael Morrah (Herald): Dame Valerie Adams: Why do so many South Auckland families still live in damp, mouldy homes?
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): Community house stays open after Kāinga Ora back down
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