NATIONAL PARTY AND LUXON
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): PM Christopher Luxon facing a ‘last straw scenario’ - commentators
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Christopher Luxon begins his most challenging week as fresh poll results shows Chris Bishop and Erica Stanford less unpopular (paywalled)
Chris Trotter (Interest): Who is willing to argue that the business of politics should not be the politics of business?
Richard Harman: Rolling Luxon – the pros and cons (paywalled)
Francesca Rudkin (Newstalk ZB): Should Chris Luxon be worried about his future?
GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT AND ELECTION
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The Hidden politics behind NZ’s opinion polls
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): Meet Luxon’s UK pollsters (paywalled)
Chris Knox (Herald): Luxury gifts, property and debt: Search your MP’s financial and legal interests (paywalled)
Verity Johnson (Stuff): Hipkins, you don’t go back to your ex unless they’ve changed
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: MPs agree infrastructure debate should be politics free
Andrew Dickson: Two pillars – both need to go
Henry Cooke (Post): Christopher Luxon faces crunch week as Iran crisis continues (paywalled)
Sidney Wong, Andreea S. Calude and Jesin James (The Conversation): English doesn’t need protecting in New Zealand – but other languages do
Phil Pennington (RNZ): IT project behind overhaul of firearms regulations put on hold
IRAN WAR; IMPACT ON NZ ECONOMY
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Former Prime Minister Helen Clark speaks on New Zealand’s response to Iran war, compares to Iraq invasion
Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): New Zealand’s next steps as Middle East war escalates
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): As the US and Israel go to war in the Middle East, history repeats (paywalled)
Donna Miles (Press): The reckless, unjustifiable war we must have nothing to do with (paywalled)
1News: NZ faces inflation risk as trade bottleneck widens amid Iran conflict
Deborah Chambers (Herald): Iran and the question international law can no longer avoid (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Brace for 91 at $3 a litre, diesel at $2.50 (paywalled)
ECONOMY AND BUSINESS
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Selling mansions – and selling a politically palatable capital gains tax
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Supermarket merger appeal provides legal food for thought (paywalled)
John Anthony (BusinessDesk): Commerce Commission to call out unfair fuel pricing as oil costs soar (paywalled)
Farah Hancock (RNZ): The world at our breakfast table: Three Kiwi staples that almost all end up offshore
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Commercial insurance premiums expected to keep falling, as home insurance inflation expected to remain low – for now (paywalled)
Will Mace (NBR): NZ Strong confident it can cycle through construction weakness (paywalled)
Grant Bradley (Post): Why the $18b aircraft shortage is hitting NZ hard (paywalled)
Roger Partridge (Herald): How asset recycling can help solve the infrastructure deficit (paywalled)
Craig Renney: Birds, unemployment, and unfortunate claims
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND WATER
Julia Talbot-Jones and Quentin Grafton (Newsroom): Most councils don’t track water use, and you can’t manage what you don’t measure
Ethan Manera (Herald): Pressure grows for Government to pay its ‘fair share’ of council rates
David Williams (Newsroom): Why a former city council depot remains undeveloped
Greg Severinsen (Post): Finding a better way to overhaul regional councils (paywalled)
Tina Law (Press): Concern grows over plan to discharge partially-treated wastewater into ocean (paywalled)
AKAROA OIL SPILL
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Second oil spill in Akaroa Harbour in two months sparks concern for wildlife
RNZ: NZ Navy’s HNZS Te Kaha leaks hundreds of litres of oil into Akaroa Harbour
Elsie Williams (Press): Engine fault caused Navy vessel to spill hundreds of litres of oil into Akaroa Harbour (paywalled)
ENVIRONMENT AND CLIMATE
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): Climate credibility on trial as critics challenge Govt’s net-zero roadmap
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Climate fund failure harms BlackRock brand and ‘hand-waving’ NZ politicians, expert says
RNZ: Activist urging individual action as government looks to scrap clean car standard
Manu Caddie (Newsroom): Where high-risk forestry crosses the line
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Farmers support it. Animal activists want it. Will the government take action?
JUSTICE
Steve Braunias (Listener): Judging a judge: the historic hearing into the curious case of Judge Ema Aitken (paywalled)
Katie Ham (Post): Govt urged to scrap ‘good character’ discounts for child sex offenders (paywalled)
Paul Goldsmith (Post): Why we need move-on orders to reclaim our streets (paywalled)
Mike Tweed (Herald): Department of Corrections aims for rongoā Māori services in 14 prisons
HEALTH
ODT: Editorial – Hospital rebuild concerns continue (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): HNZ staffing unfair, says Mayor Scott (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): New Dunedin Hospital’s ‘approved budget’ higher than government claimed
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Claim theatres shutdown (paywalled)
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
Jonathan Boston (Newsroom): If Luxon wants to ‘build the future’ he must reverse his R&D cuts
Herald: Editorial – School bus cuts: Are rural communities getting left behind in election year? (paywalled)
Cristóbal Castro Barrientos (The Conversation): NZ wants to double foreign student revenue by 2034 – but does it have capacity?
Jaime Cunningham (Herald): Te reo Māori boom in schools fuels staffing shortages and long waitlists
GAMBLING
RNZ: US-funded group sues SkyCity over Malta-based online gambling platform
Jaime Lyth (BusinessDesk): SkyCity Online facing legal action (paywalled)
Tim Hunter (NBR): SkyCity discloses online casino class action claim (paywalled)
CARTOONS