ELECTORATE BATTLES
Deborah LaHatte (Whakaata Māori): Election’s youngest candidate has Labour stronghold under siege
James Perry (Whakaata Māori): Hauraki-Waikato candidates see rangatahi as the key to Parliament
Herald: Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke trails Nanaia Mahuta by just 4 per cent in Waikato-Hauraki
RNZ: Nanaia Mahuta facing serious challenge in Hauraki-Waikato, poll shows
Taxpayers Union: Statistical Tie Between National And ACT In Race For Tāmaki
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Tāmaki: When two tribes go to war
Raphael Franks (Herald): Act Party’s Brooke van Velden hot on Nat’s Simon O’Connor’s heels in Tāmaki electorate - poll
RNZ: ACT's Brooke van Velden turns up heat on Simon O'Connor in new poll
Mark Quinilvan (Newshub): National leader Christopher Luxon rules out deal to get The Opportunities Party into Parliament
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): National urged to do deal in Ilam to get The Opportunities Party into Parliament, avoid needing Winston Peters
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Napier race plays out in the shadow of Stuart and Gabrielle
Tom Taylor (RNZ): Checkpoint: Former uni friends go head-to-head in south Auckland electorate
ELECTION
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Will this campaign deter future politicians?
James Perry (Whakaata Māori): ‘Sort your parties out’ - Maipi-Clarke calls out Māori candidates as police investigation continues
Jo Moir (Newsroom): ‘It is the underbelly, not the norm’
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Racism, threats and home invasions: candidates face abuse on New Zealand’s campaign trail
Michael Neilson (Herald): Māori priorities in policies from Labour, National, Greens, Act, Māori Party, NZ First
Jessica Tyson (Whakaata Māori): TOP leader on Māori issues and why a Treaty referendum doesn’t make sense
Max Harris (Newsroom): Our community is moving naturally towards te ao Māori, despite attacks
Muriel Newman (Newstalk ZB): Healing racial tensions (paywalled)
Hugh Campbell (The Conversation): The battle for NZ’s farming heartland: Groundswell, ACT and the changing face of rural politics
Mona Krewall (Victoria University of Wellington): Facts and fiction in the 2023 New Zealand election campaign
Wilhelmina Shrimpton (Herald): ‘A threat to democracy’ - Concern social media algorithms could skew election results
Oliver Hartwich (Newsroom): Polls apart: NZ and Germany interpret MMP quite differently
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Some young Asian voters want to see more engagement from political parties
David Fisher (Herald): 'Look, miracles do happen': Minor parties make their pitch (paywalled)
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Glock, shotgun and semi-automatic weapon handed to police by Vision NZ candidate
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): National, Labour fling shots at each other over union email, MP's tax comments
Newshub: Election 2023 early voting tracker: How many people have already voted?
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk): I don't understand the people who don't vote
Newshub: Marketing expert Bodo Lang upset with iconic voting stickers being canned
Rachel Moore (Stuff): NZ election 2023: Where is my 'I voted' sticker?
ECONOMY, FINANCE, COST OF LIVING
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): How much NZ’s 350,000 beneficiaries will miss out on under National’s changes
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): National’s tax cuts could push interest rates up, Goldman Sachs analysts warn (paywalled)