COALITION NEGOTIATIONS, NEW GOVERNMENT
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Outline of coalition deal becoming clear (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): NZ First goes backwards (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research poll reveals if Kiwis want a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi
Mana Wikaire-Lewis (Whakaata Māori): What’s on Seymour’s mind as final counts determine next government
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Who’s advising the new National government?
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): The urgent issues that just won’t wait any longer (paywalled)
Josie Pagani (Post): The public sector doesn’t just need cuts, it needs transformation (paywalled)
Kevin Norquay (Post): Political appointees should offer to resign, says former deputy PM (paywalled)
Ben Leahy and Jaime Lyth (Herald): Labour’s laws in limbo - what happens to all those bills after the election?
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Port Waikato by-election cost revealed, additional funding necessary to save commission from 'significant financial risk'
Raphael Franks (Herald): Prime Minister-elect Christopher Luxon pays visit to his Botany electorate
Melania Watson (Newshub): National leader Christopher Luxon reveals the groceries in his $60 weekly supermarket shop
1News: Watch: Luxon greeted with high-fives and haka at old school
RNZ: Watch: Christopher Luxon speaks to media from Auckland school
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): Luxon eyes Indian representation in Parliament from National ‘in due course’
ELECTION ANALYSIS
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Look back for lessons, Labour – or lose the left
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Every political party threw money at Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube to vie for attention
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Who spent most on online ads this election?
Julienne Molineaux (Post): Why we should resist the calls for online elections (paywalled)
Chris Trotter (Newstak ZB): What The Right Has Won (paywalled)
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): The Left needs to co-operate, not wait nine long years (paywalled)
RNZ: Greens could surpass Labour at next election unless it gets act together - former MP
Jennifer Curtin (Inside Story): NZ’s back-to-the-future election
Brent Edwards (NBR): Coalition tactics, Green ‘victory’, Labour’s future
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Do we need electoral reform?
Tommy de Silva (Spinoff): October 14: Two very different outcomes for Indigenous people
Peter Dunne: What chance a grand coalition?
Arena Williams and Stuart Smith (Stuff):It’s up to us all to protect democracy
ODT Editorial: Dunedin’s dearth of govt MPs (paywalled)
Jerry Coyne: New Zealand votes out woke Labour government by a big margin
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): The most bizarre story happening at council level
Eric Crampton (NZ Initiative): We get the council decisions we deserve
Helene Ritchie (Scoop): Residents versus Reading
Erin Gourley (Post): Golden Mile contracts close to being signed (paywalled)
William Hewett (Newshub): Councillor Iona Pannett stands by warning for people not to buy apartments in Wellington after grilling on AM
Kate Nicol-Wiliams (1News): Council orders heritage building in Wgtn to be demolished after fire
RNZ: Heritage-listed Toomath's Building to be demolished after fire
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): International ratings agency warns of impact of repealing Three Waters
Piers Fuller (Post): Public Service Watch: Getting dysfunctional council back on track (paywalled)
Lee Scanlon (Westport News): Buller District Council launches probe into misuse of public money
Rachel Comer (Timaru Herald): Timaru mayor's swipe at council reporting 'unacceptable', New Zealand journalism academic says
ODT Editorial: Gore council saga grinds on (paywalled)
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): Auckland mayor Wayne Brown gives himself 'a seven, at least' out of 10 for his first year in charge
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland's unsung silver linings in a time of many clouds
Todd Niall (Stuff): Eight promoters pitch plans for a major stadium in Auckland
Waikato Herald: By-election needed in Hamilton East after councillor becomes MP
Regan Harris (ODT): Leaky home debt plunges QLDC into the red (paywalled)
Michael Fallow (Stuff): Project management skills versus specialist expertise - an issue for ICC
James Perry (Whakaata Māori): Consent not needed but hapū voice needs to be heard - Far North mayor
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