OPINION POLLS
1News: 1News poll: NZ First, Winston Peters heading back to Parliament
1News: Poll: Winston Peters on hitting 5% threshold – 'We've already known that'
1News: Poll: More opposition than support for Nats' foreign buyers plan
1News: Poll: Chris Hipkins' approval rating plunges, Luxon steady
1News: Voters are 'grumpy' - so will Labour 'go negative'?
Jo Moir (Newsroom): New poll pushes National close to 40 percent
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research poll: Do Kiwis prefer National's tax cuts or Labour's GST policy?
Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): Election 2023: The centre/right bloc now has a clear lead (paywalled)
ECONOMIC POLICIES, PREFU, COST OF LIVING
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Christopher Luxon repeatedly refuses to answer questions about foreign buyers' tax as Treasury advice emerges
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Economists claim National’s foreign buyer tax falls millions short
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Foreign buyers plan 'worth it' to National
RNZ: Christopher Luxon rules out rethink on tax policy in response to PREFU
RNZ: ACT may have to walk back promises after state of govt books
Matthew Hooton: Shame on Luxon: In Defence of Michael Reddell (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): National's Nicola Willis promises cuts by Christmas, happy to work with David Seymour
Peter Dunne: Relief over PREFU obscures reality
Brent Edwards (NBR): How opening the books gives voters clear view of trade-offs (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Nicola Willis accuses Labour of consistently breaking spending promises - and she has the receipts (paywalled)
RNZ: Government has shown it can take a tighter fiscal position on economy - Grant Robertson
Bernard Hickey: The PREFU's missing debt
Herald Editorial: Prefu suggests we’re going back to the future (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): The challenge of debating tax policy during an election campaign (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Christopher Luxon reckons Labour should be 'endorsing' National's tax plan, but Chris Hipkins goes on attack
Bryce Wilkinson: The Prefu forecasts are not realistic (paywalled)
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): Making those election numbers stack up: show us the money (paywalled)
Ben Thomas (Post): The DIY reno job on the economy: great promise, little delivery (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Our Prefu numbers are nothing to be proud of
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Our debt's not bad, but it is a waste
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Cost of living crisis: Which party would serve you better? (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): More than 50,000 people with Working for Families debt
RNZ: Grocery prices up 10 percent, but rises slowing
Brianna Mcilraith (Stuff): High produce prices push food prices back up in August
Herald: Food prices: What’s really driving the high cost of fruit and vegetables? (paywalled)
LABOUR
Peter Stahel (Guardian): Can young voters rescue New Zealand Labour? Not without something to believe in
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Why Labour’s support has disintegrated this upcoming election (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Gutsy showing on campaign trail (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (1News): Hipkins on campaign form, but there's a long way to go
Glenn McConnell and Luke Malpass (Post): Chris Hipkins does Dunedin, doctors, donuts and whacks Christopher Luxon (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): New Zealanders will see through Chris Hipkins' 'change' charade
Richard Harman (Politik):It takes an election campaign (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Labour's promise to train 335 more doctors each year won't fully come into effect for years
Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): Labour promises to train 335 more doctors every year from 2027 if elected
RNZ: Labour announces plans to train hundreds more doctors by 2027
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Tools of the trade: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins opens new trade training centre
Tara Ward (Spinoff): What happened when Chris Hipkins visited The Love Shack
Mary Williams (ODT): PM tackled on homelessness
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Palmerston North and Manawatū ask Labour for more promises
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Kiri Allan pleads not guilty to refusing to accompany police after crash, hearing delayed again
Stuff: Kiri Allan pleads not guilty to refusing to accompany police after crash, delaying court case again
RNZ: Former justice minister Kiri Allan pleads not guilty to refusing to accompanying police
ELECTION, ELECTORATES, CAMPAIGN TRAIL
Farah Hancock (RNZ): No significant donations to the Labour Party from businesses in over two years
Michael Neilson (Herald): Greens co-leader James Shaw takes on the Herald at pool (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): The Christopher Luxon, Chris Hipkins election debate showdown - why Luxon is keen to be the rookie underdog (paywalled)
Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): Christopher Luxon calls Chris Hipkins a 'champion debater', lowers expectations ahead of first leaders' debate
Sarah Nealon (Stuff): Patrick Gower on the leaders' debate: 'Chris v Chris has got incredible potential to be explosive television'
Tracy Watkins (Post): Wellington Central candidates face testing debate (paywalled)
Stuff: The intriguing race to replace 'Robbo'
Liam Hehir (Newsroom): Once safe blue seat of Ilam now more politically fluid
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Raucous Northland debate crowd rails at Covid, te reo Māori mentions
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): ‘You’ve got to go hard’: Willow-Jean Prime’s fight to keep hold of Northland
RNZ: Photos from the campaign trail, Wednesday 13 September
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): Shop the fit: Kieran McAnulty
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): Chlöe Swarbrick might be the only Green MP who really knows what music she likes
David Grindle (Herald): Talking politics at work should be avoided (paywalled)
NATIONAL
William Hewett (Newshub): Why Christopher Luxon thinks ACT's David Seymour is bluffing
Mike Hosking: (Herald): Why Luxon is winning the campaign for National (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Luxon looks to leverage law and order in Labour stronghold
ACT
Cats Mason (Newsroom): The man who won’t be king
RNZ: ACT leader David Seymour promises tougher sentences for serious crimes in law and order policy
Rachel Maher (Herald): Act leader David Seymour given Barbie billboard makeover
Spinoff: Youth Wings: The making of a Young Act member
TE PĀTI MĀORI
Te Aorewa Rolleston (Waikato Times): Te Pāti Māori's fresh new policy seeks to take control from big supermarkets
Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand: Māori Party leader says Māori are genetically superior race
CLIMATE CHANGE
Demelza Jackson (Herald): Act’s Simon Court says no climate emergency, Green’s James Shaw describes him as a ‘clown show’ in debate
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): How ACT Party sparked controversy at debate on protecting the planet
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): Stuff survey reveals wide gaps in climate plans between National, Labour’s likely coalition partners
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): National Party breaks with farming industry on key climate issues
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): The next Government’s environment agenda: We created a one-stop shop to compare parties’ plans
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): Stuff climate election survey: See how the parties compare
Christina Hood and Sebastian Gehricke (Herald): Missing climate change targets will come at a cost (paywalled)
Steven Cowan: Ignoring Climate Change
Tess Brunton (RNZ): South Dunedin residents keen to hear from scientists what climate change has in store
PUBLIC SERVICE
RNZ: More than 20,000 official information requests so far this year, with Oranga Tamariki responding the slowest
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Ministry cancels $88,000 hui amid pressure on agencies to reduce spending, yet to recoup all money
HOUSING
Diane Brand (Newsroom): Wrapping the homeless in chip packets is hardly a blanket solution
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): 'As a single mum, that's impossible': Rents rise as migration jumps
RNZ: Napier City Council gives up legal fight to sell land to Kāinga Ora
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Auckland median house price tops $1 million again
HEALTH
Alexa Cook (Newshub): Doctors protesting for more pay a 'moral failure', former Health NZ boss Rob Campbell says
Rachel Thomas and Virginia Fallon (Post): Health minister’s warning: Staffing issues don’t justify closures (paywalled)
Louisa Steyl (Stuff): Senior doctors want honesty and action from government
Kirsty Roland (Press): Australia luring NZ doctors with offers of double the pay (paywalled)
Eric Frykberg (Interest): Treasury has tried to put a price on the Government's anti-smoking campaign but admits it can't really be sure
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Robert Patman (The Conversation): New Zealand’s strategic priority in the Indo-Pacific is not AUKUS – it’s helping to defeat Russia in Ukraine
Lydia Lewis (RNZ): Pacific nations 'acting to stay in line with China' over Fukushima wastewater issue - analyst
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Kiwi ambulances with te reo Māori names arrive in Ukraine
MIGRANT WORKERS
Lucy Zia and Blessed Tom. (RNZ): Employers step up to help scammed migrants find work
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): Regional labour schemes causing issues for Pacific healthcare
TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Dire Strait: Decision delayed on Interislander mega ferry terminal cost blow-out (paywalled)
Glenn McLean (Taranaki Daily News): Costs skyrocket for proposed New Plymouth traffic safety plans
Brianna Mcilraith (Stuff): 'We don’t see petrol stations giving away free gas': Meridian to charge 50 cents per kWh at its public EV charging stations
Simon Bridges (Post): Let’s make infrastructure the next economic success story (paywalled)
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): Wānaka residents and business join opposition to Tarras Airport proposal
Jill Herron (Newsroom): Tourism operators among Tarras naysayers
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Craig Harrison (Herald): Port of Auckland privatisation would cost local economy - Maritime Union (paywalled)
RNZ: Former Dunedin deputy mayor Sophie Barker lays complaint against councillor Carmen Houlahan
Tess Brunson (RNZ): Dunedin ratepayers shocked by resignation of deputy mayor
Jared McCulloch (1News): Questions over Gore DC's decision to ditch review of leadership stoush
Vanessa Bellew (Newsroom): For whom the Bell tolls
Sue Teodoro (Local Democracy Reporting): Gambling changes could be on the cards in Wairarapa
EDUCATION
Amy Wiggins (Herald): Who teaches the teachers? New report looks at the failings of teacher training in New Zealand (paywalled)
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): Massey University needs to live within its means to ensure its future
Michael Johnston (Newsroom): New teachers are not ready for the classroom
BANKS, SCAMS
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Productivity Commission may chip in to banking study, after blast from Tex Edwards (paywalled)
Lane Nichols (Herald): Financial expert Janine Starks calls for Banking Ombudsman to jointly investigate scam cases, cites ‘negligence’ by banks (paywalled)
RNZ: Scams cost New Zealanders $4.2m, with 'smishing' on the rise
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Heartland breaks ranks to allege ‘distorting’ behaviour by big banks
OTHER
Kim Meredith (Local Democracy Reporting): Submissions now open on Auckland's $2 billion flood recovery package
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Ian Cassels is extremely bullish on Wellington. Why is he threatening to leave?
Nova Chittock (RNZ): Department of Corrections staff plan strikes over pay offer
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Stuff): 'Eventually they will pass away': Dame Susan Devoy thinks some Kiwis will never stop being racist
Brendon McMahon (Local Democracy Reporting): Forest & Bird calls for better river management on West Coast
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Whanganui breaks ground on $63m port rebuild
David Harvey: The Third Person Effect
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): NZ Super underperforms investment benchmark for only third time in 13 years
RNZ: Superannuation fund reaches record $65.4b
Herald: Chasing best practice key to NZ Superannuation Fund’s success (paywalled)
Shaun Bamber (Stuff): Mata Reports reporter Mihingarangi Forbes provides a voice for the vulnerable