PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Government slashes procurement rules in promised reboot
Janet Wilson (Post): How fear and hatred are taking hold in our politics (paywalled)
Peter Dunne: There is a crisis of confidence affecting the two old parties
Brent Edwards (NBR): The Government’s electoral hopes of an economic recovery (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): Why Mr 29% will be banking on yesterday’s 0.5% rate cut (paywalled)
Henry Cooke (Post): Nicola Willis finds a new gear as National stares the 30% line in the face (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): New poll: National dives into the 20s, NZ First climbs into double digits, centre-left bloc can govern
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Greens and NZ First gain in latest poll, while Labour and National slide
RNZ: National falls below 30% in latest Curia poll, left bloc could form government
Henry Cooke (Post): New poll has National below 30, left bloc in power (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Ignoring advice costly (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): Parliament blocks Chinese-owned ride-share App DiDi over security concerns (paywalled)
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Starting from scratch: Te Rōpu Poa leads Whānau Ora into its most contested era
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Former immigration minister Tuariki Delamere bankrupt, immigration licence revoked
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Former immigration minister Tuariki Delamere bankrupt over $364,000 debt
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): Power, Pūtea, and Te Pāti Māori
Sharon Brettkelly (Newsroom): Months of controversy loom over Te Pāti Māori’s ‘reset’ day
Audrey Young (Herald): MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi - in the thick of Māori party troubles (paywalled)
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Te Pāti Māori accuses government, media of ‘constant attack’ on Treaty of Waitangi
DEFENCE, TRADE
Nicky Hager (Newsroom): Secret defence notes pointing to sensitive China preparation left at op shop
Andrew Shepherd (Post): Defence spending boost puts peacemaker role in doubt (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Trade Minister Todd McClay dodges questions on alleged ‘deal’ after swearing Stuart Nash text messages
Anna Whyte (Post): The conflicting explanations over Stuart Nash’s US trade trip exit (paywalled)
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Māori Queen meets ‘powerful’ Emirati Princess Latifa in Dubai
Bijou Johnson (SunLive): Māori kiwifruit growers launch UAE export partnership with Zespri and Mr Apple
UNEMPLOYMENT
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Govt to meet 9% of Jobseeker target by taking teens off benefit
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit
Gordon Campbell: On Luxon Advising Young People To Get Out While They Still Can
Joe Hendren: Labour’s view on youth welfare: 18- and 19-year-olds aren’t adults either
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): The prime minister says young people need to get jobs. These young New Zealanders say it isn’t that easy
ECONOMY
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What does ‘shock therapy’ official cash rate cut mean for households?
1News: Reserve Bank ‘open’ to further OCR cuts after today’s ‘shock treatment’
Liam Dann (Herald): Big OCR cut boosts hopes for economic recovery: ‘Past the worst’
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Reserve Bank slashes Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Reserve Bank slashes OCR by 0.5% to strengthen recovery (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How does the Reserve Bank set the OCR?
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): Survey shows economy ‘stuck in the mud’
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Today’s OCR cut comes better late than never
ENVIRONMENT
Eva Corlett (Guardian): New Zealand oceans warming 34% faster than global average, putting homes and industry at risk, report finds
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): $180 billion of homes sitting on flood-prone land, government report finds
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Hauraki Gulf bill passes, with exceptions for commercial fishers
RNZ: America’s Cup sailors Blair Tuke and Peter Burling hail new Hauraki Gulf protections
RNZ: New Zealand’s resilience to climate change the focus of new $12m research programme
Gil Barbezat (ODT): Cognitive dissonance reigns as the climate change see-saw rocks
Rod Carr (Sunday Star Times): Kiwis are only as good as their word (paywalled)
Kira Carrington (Local Democracy Reporting): The Marlborough rivers too dirty to swim in
ANIMAL WELFARE, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Virginia Fallon (Post): Cruelty ruled unlawful? Just change the law (paywalled)
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): GMO livestock tests could resume under new bill as report highlights risks
Samantha Gee (RNZ): More ocean space needed for aquaculture - fisheries minister
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Aquaculture readies for fast track (paywalled)
Benedict Collins (1News): Greyhound racing sector urges Peters to meet with them as ban looms
MEDIA
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Future in doubt for flagship Māori news shows Te Karere and The Hui
Shayne Currie (Herald): Māori broadcasting shake-up - The Hui misses out on $1m funding from Te Māngai Pāho, Te Karere set to face a cut
Catrin Owen (Stuff): TVNZ’s head of news stands by reporting subject to defamation proceedings
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Former minister accused of telling ‘horror story’ about Talley’s
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Former Labour minister Michael Wood grilled over Talley’s concerns in defamation case
Jenny Ruth: Journalists should report facts, not indulge fantasies
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): Mini-Hoon: Bryce Edwards on councils & lobbyists
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Parliamentary parties crowd out other blocs in local elections
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Local elections 2025: Why some council roles struggle to attract candidates
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Are we asking too much in local body elections?
Katie Todd (RNZ): Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant costs council $1.8 million in repairs, then $600,000 in legal bills
RNZ: Waitaki District Council’s standalone water services plan rejected by DIA
Justin Wong (Post): Government green lights Wellington Metro Water plan (paywalled)
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Local politics is garbage
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau demands change at council, discusses abuse faced in final mayoral speech
RNZ: Wellington mayor Tory Whanau gives valedictory speech
Tom Hunt (Post): Mayor Tory Whanau gets partial standing ovation after blistering attack on detractors (paywalled)
Amy Ridout (Stuff): ‘Members around this table feeding defamatory rumour’: Tory Whanau hits out in final council speech
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Waimakariri mayor calls out keyboard warriors
Te Mahurangi Teinakore (Te Ao Māori News): Māori candidates renew calls for user friendly voting system
Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): Gisborne council candidate was twice struck off medical register
Michael Barnett (Herald): Auckland’s assets are not the problem, they’re the opportunity (paywalled)
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Tauranga council to restart Memorial Park pool plan after $4.7m spend
Ethan Manera (Herald): Wellington business confidence survey shows leaders pessimistic, unhappy with council (paywalled)
Ben Tomsett (Herald): Central Otago freedom camping surge prompts tougher bylaw proposal
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Complaining about councils, yet again
HEALTH
Kate Newton (RNZ): Outsourcing easy cases to private sector risks two-tier health system, doctors warn
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Auckland’s Starship Hospital providing ‘lesser service’ due to bullying - ex-staffer
RNZ: Dunedin Hospital ED introduces peer support workers
Martin Johnston (NZ Doctor): State could have ‘strong’ interest in retaining allegedly unfair contract terms – ComCom (paywalled)
Todd Muller (Herald): It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and it can act as a trigger
Heather Battles (Newsroom): Open the door to measles, and it won’t stop there
Claire Jewitt (Post): The grinding war of attrition of seeking a disability allowance (paywalled)
GAZA, PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTS
Jonathan Ayling (Herald): Ideas are meant to provoke action. That’s not a crime (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): No protests outside homes? Yes, but where else?
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Winston’s foreign policy advisor chased by Palestine protester and called ‘murderer’
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Hipkins urges Winston to move on and ‘dial back the rhetoric’ over house attack
RNZ: Morning Report political panel: Nicola Willis defends telling Greens to ‘call the dogs off’
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Nicola Willis and Megan Woods react over protest outside Winston Peters’ place (paywalled)
RNZ: Arrests as protesters target Christchurch aerospace summit
Louis Collins (RNZ): Groundhog Day, as Peters delivers third ministerial statement on Gaza
Poppy Clark and Sanda Arambepola (Stuff): ‘Thrown backwards into a garden’: Activists allege rough treatment as police make dozens of arrests
1News: Protestors block Aerospace conference in Christchurch
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): Is the work of activists making a difference?
RNZ: NZ flotilla members arrive in Jordan, state news agency says
Michael Daly (Stuff): Kiwi and partner in Gaza flotilla thought to have been intercepted by Israeli forces
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): Several Gaza flotilla boats intercepted by Israeli military
INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): ‘It’s stressful’: Woman fears her licence and job could be collateral in alleged driver test pass bribery scandal
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): ‘Decisive and serious action’: VTNZ responds to cash-for-driver test pass allegations
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): Hundreds must resit driver licences after testing officers allegedly took cash for passes
RNZ: Hundreds of people to re-sit driving test after Auckland VTNZ officers allegedly took cash bribes
Lane Nichol (Herald): VTNZ defends driver licensing test system after claims officers took money to pass applicants
Dita De Boni (Post): Transport sector says forget 20% tax write-off on new vehicles - we need 100% (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): The weakest links: Auckland energy and Wellington roads (paywalled)
David Williams (Newsroom): After a record result, a port standoff
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Northport granted consent for major expansion by Environment Court
POLICE, JUSTICE
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Police not looking into misuse of vehicle-spotting cameras
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): Firearms Safety staffer claims they were asked to ‘cover up’ affair between senior and junior
Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff): ‘Such a relief’: Fresh hope for jobseeker rejected almost 8000 times
RNZ: Fiji prisons chief cancels New Zealand trip after criminal charge
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Mayors hail a community win after police backdown
ENERGY
Sharon Brettkelly and Alexia Russell (RNZ): Why the government’s power plan is likely to result in dirtier, more expensive power
Richard Prebble (Herald): Government should sell its stakes in the power companies and let the market sort out dry-year solution (paywalled)
Rob Allen (Post): It’ll take more than tinkering to fix the electricity market (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): LNG imports: Energy Minister Simon Watts open-minded on scale (paywalled)
Jamie Gray (Herald): LNG terminal proposal could cost hundreds of millions, analyst cautions (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Switching off gas networks could cost more (paywalled)
BANKS
Rob Stock (Post): Was NZ First behind ASB settling class action for $135.6 million? (paywalled)
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Armourguard challenges banks’ bid for collective cash‑in‑transit talks (paywalled)
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): Cost-benefit issues in spotlight amid RBNZ capital settings review (paywalled)
Andy Macdonald (BusinessDesk): RBNZ capital-settings proposals not far enough: Banking Assn (paywalled)
OTHER
Andrea Vance (Post): The mysterious unravelling of a high-profile transparency project (paywalled)
Davina Zimmer (RNZ): The Detail: Digital IDs are coming
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Google lays a cable in the Pacific (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Cannabinoid breakthrough recognised as science minister bankrolls Māori traditional knowledge
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ‘The system needs a shakeup’: Call for child support changes
Kim Knight (Herald): Pike River movie brings Anna Osborne and Sonya Rockhouse’s fight to the screen (paywalled)