COALITION NEGOTIATIONS, INCOMING GOVERNMENT
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Christopher Luxon faces three risks as coalition of chaos looms (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): 'It will be hard work': Former PM Jim Bolger’s warning for Christopher Luxon
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Tova podcast: 'Bloody stupid', 'would rip us down the middle' - two former PMs on Treaty referendum
Richard Harman (Politik): Agreement getting closer (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): The coalition three-way heats up (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Coalition talks, Labour leadership endorsed, ‘that’ referendum
Adam Gifford (Waatea News): Shane Jones: No place for guilt-tripping in NZ First policy
Waatea News: No appetite among iwi for treaty referendum
Waatea News: Waitangi power grab to be resisted says Peters
Mike Hosking (Newstalk): How democracy can thrive
Thomas Manch (Post): ACT wants to expand assisted dying laws, forecasting political battle (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Revealed: the secret coalition talk fragments
Gabrielle McCulloch (Stuff): Ministers are set to lose their jobs tomorrow, but we are not ready
David Harvey (Listener): Law & Society: The apolitical political figure who helps goverments make the law (paywalled)
Oliver Hartwich (NZ Initiative): Cutting Cabinet: Why New Zealand needs leaner government
Ani O’Brien (Newstalk ZB): Why Luxon should break the status quo and make Adrian Rurawhe speaker (paywalled)
Hamish McNeily (Stuff): National Party's Dunedin office now vacant, but party says it is 'absolutely committed' to city
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Adam Pearse and Claire Trevett (Herald): National considering NZ First’s policy requests as Act leader David Seymour and Winston Peters have first meeting
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Footage shows Winston Peters in aftermath of talks with ACT, David Seymour calls meeting 'cordial', 'promising'
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Christopher Luxon doesn't commit to Government deal this week, won't say when three-way meeting will happen
Felix Desmarais (1News): 'Not wasting time here': Peters on coalition negotiations
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Winston Peters as coalition talks continue: 'Speed is of the essence'
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): National, Act, NZ First coalition talks: Winston Peters blames delayed negotiations on decision supported by... Winston Peters
RNZ: NZ First leader Winston Peters, ACT leader David Seymour meet at Parliament
Felix Desmarais (1News): Peters, Seymour meet as coalition talks continue
ELECTION RESULTS, ELECTORAL COMMISSION, VOTING
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Voters almost always punish minor parties in MMP governments – so how did the Green Party escape this fate? (paywalled)
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): The real election winners and losers
Josie Pagani (Post): The successes and risks of the minor parties (paywalled)
Caleb Morgan (Cut Your Hair): Labour lost their special votes advantage
David Farrar: When people voted matters
Kelvin McDonald (Whakaata Māori): NZ First’s Shane Jones disputes Te Pāti Māori has Māori mandate after election success
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Will Trafford (Whakaata Māori): Electoral Commission polling place decisions under fire amidst recount and voting irregularities
RNZ: Electoral Commission probes concerns about voting at Te Pāti Māori candidate's marae
1News: Chief electoral officer 'incredibly frustrated' as more errors emerge
Herald: Electoral Commission finds 15 voting places with ‘data entry errors’ in ‘full check’ after Herald investigation, independent review to come
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Electoral Commission says a ballot box was missed in official count
1News: Additional data entry errors found in vote recount
RNZ: Electoral Commission admits further vote counting data errors
Jack Tame (1News): One party still a winner after losing a fifth of its vote
POLITICAL DONATIONS, LOBBYING
Farah Hancock (RNZ): What would happen if only voters - not unions or businesses - could donate to political parties?
Newstalk ZB: Government report confirms 'revolving door' between Beehive and lobbyists results in unfair information access (pawyalled)
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Businessmen have convictions quashed in relation to unlawful donations to National Party
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): National Party donors cleared as SFO case crumbles
RNZ: Businessmen's National Party donations charges overturned due to lack of benefit
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