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Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Green MP fundraising for group wanting to ‘defund the police’
Adam Pearse (Herald): Advertising Standards Authority assessing complaints about billboards attacking Green Party
David Fisher (Herald): Expert security report says Green MP Benjamin Doyle faces physical violence, stalking threats (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Bowen House, once home to MPs, reopens as Te Iho (paywalled)
Natalia Albert: Morality as Politics is Problematic
Mildred Armah (Stuff): Labour removes head of disability branch after alleged threats to woman
Rachel Moore (Stuff): Former National candidate Jake Bezzant facing fraud accusations
ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): Better our economy be defined by teachers and factory workers than property developers
Richard Wagstaff (Post): A different prescription for economic growth (paywalled)
IPSOS: 2025 Cost of Living Report
Herald Editorial: Pressure will rise on Govt if cost-of-living crunch doesn’t ease (paywalled)
Patrick Nolan (Asymmetric Information): Can the Budget look after itself?
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
RNZ: Winston Peters won't speak while overseas on PM's 'hysterical' trade language
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Coalition wheels wobble over Trump despite Luxon’s ‘alignment’ claims
RNZ: Christopher Luxon doubles down on trade war comments after Winston Peters' criticism
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Christopher Luxon says his tariff response shouldn’t have surprised ministers
Thomas Manch (Post): PM dismisses Peters’ concerns over US tariff approach (paywalled)
Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai (RNZ): US policy toward Pacific creating 'anxiety' - Winston Peters
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Review of US travel advice due amid Trump-era detentions
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): A geo-strategic model is now front and centre (paywalled)
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Market chaos leaves investors in limbo as tariff crisis escalates
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): More Health NZ jobs on the line as another restructure looms
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Coalition directs Health NZ to stop saying 'pregnant people'
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Physiotherapists want ACC laws changed to let them certify work capacity
Niki Mezzant (Listener): Dining in the dark: How outdated nutrition data is undermining public health (paywalled)
Tess Brunson (ODT): 'There is nothing here' - Wānaka woman in mental health crisis made to feel like a burden
Denise Piper (Northern Advocate): Crime proceeds could fund drug addiction help, Mental Health Minister says
Ben Tomsett (Herald): How Otago programme is addressing New Zealand’s rural doctor shortage
Michael Cugley (Te Ao Māori News): Waitangi Tribunal to hear case on Te Aka Whai Ora disestablishment
Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Waikato Times): Waikato medical school might be too late (paywalled)
Glenn Colquhoun (Listener): Have van, will hīkoi: Taking to the road for healthcare reform (paywalled)
David Farrar: Strange alliances on alcohol vote
POLICE, JUSTICE, CRIME
Derek Cheng (Herald): Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith backs facial recognition software to prevent shoplifting, despite privacy concerns (paywalled)
Aaron Smale (Listener): Those who dismiss accusations of intimidation by police are not listening (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Inside the police programme to prevent terrorism before it happens
Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘Screaming’ patient medicated against her will after police refuse callout
RNZ: Police Commissioner Richard Chambers on mental health callouts, methamphetamine and recruitment
Herald: Ask Me Anything with Paula Bennett: Ali Mau discusses her new memoir and advocacy for sexual abuse survivors
Kezia Milne & Alex Summerlee (Law News): Differences in court rules act as barrier to accessible justice
Vanessa Pratley (Consumer NZ): Why aren't there more class action lawsuits in New Zealand?
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Activists raise concerns over police obtaining CCTV footage of meeting at university
Damien Grant (Stuff): Rising meth busts make our drug policy feel more like insanity
TRANSPORT
Bill Hickman (RNZ): New driver licensing rules will weaken the system, road safety advocates say
RNZ: Minimum practice hours needed if second drivers licence test dropped - AA
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Explained: Will the proposed driver’s licence changes make the roads less safe?
1News: What to know about the big changes proposed for driver licensing
RNZ: How does New Zealand's driving test compare to other countries
Maxine Jacobs (Press): ‘Not keeping them safe’: Driving instructor disappointed by proposed licence changes (paywalled)
Tom Eley (SunLIve): Driving instructors react to licence proposals
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Here's why we need two practical driving tests
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Wellington’s celebrated electric ferry sits idle for nine months
Tom Hunt (Post): Bike lane backlash for Newtown business owner (paywalled)
Connor Sharp (Greater Auckland): Open Letter to Auckland Transport about Project K
Victor Waters (RNZ): New public parking prices catching some Auckland motorists by surprise
WELLINTON REGION
Harriet Laughton and Justin Wong (Post): Damning Wellington Water report comes to light four years too late (paywalled)
Dave Armstrong Post): Wellington City Council and the power of independent thinking (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Windbag: Vision for Wellington shows its blind spots
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Lower Hutt Mayor Campbell Barry’s court battle with ex-councillor Chris Milne revealed
Kelly Dennett (Post): Hutt mayor Campbell Barry wins case seeking Facebook page takedown order (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): Lower Hutt councillor announces mayoral campaign (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Meet Peri Zee, the mayoral hopeful who wants to make Upper Hutt cool again
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Peter Newport (Crux): Regional Council to investigate potentially false QLDC sewage data
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): Women in local government face increasing threats, online abuse
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Invercargill council boss returns to work after mysterious absence
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Auckland mayoral candidate urges deputy mayor Desley Simpson to join the race
RNZ: Thousands of Auckland dog owners hit with fines
Tini Molyneux and Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): 15-year-old sets off on hīkoi in support of Māori Wards
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Ashburton community wades into water reforms
Adam Burns (RNZ): Greymouth boil water notice still in force, cause of contamination may never be known
Doug Sail (Press): Timaru mayor urges Waimate, Mackenzie to join water plan (paywalled)
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Demolition decision on Masterton’s town hall draws near
Sinead Gill and Liz McDonald (Press): Christchurch developers threaten legal action over council policy (paywalled)
1News: Christchurch's new stadium a year out from completion
Anna Sargent (RNZ): 'It's going to be outstanding' - one year until Christchurch stadium opens
Tatiana Gibbs (Press): Not a ‘big money pit’: council subsidies no longer needed for Christchurch stadium (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Exodus of leaders continues: DCC denies culture problem
BANKING, RESERVE BANK
Robert MacCulloch: Who in the PM's National Party Caucus, including Luxon, is trying to Pervert the Course of Justice, Stripping Wronged Bank Customers of their legal right to sue to make the Big Banks Pay?
Bryan Bruce: The Government Seeks To Let Banks Off The Hook With A Retrospective Law Change (paywalled)
Jenny Ruth: Over-regulation of banks by RBNZ could be costing $14.4b a year (paywalled)
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): Calls for banks and Govt to improve banking access for ex-prisoners
RNZ: Westpac trials 'basic' bank accounts to improve accessibility
Rob Stock (Post): Westpac unveils 'basic' bank pilot for people excluded from system (paywalled)
Michael Reddell: What was the story re Orr’s resignation?
IMMIGRATION
RNZ: Surge in 'golden visa' applications and interest
Luka Forman (RNZ): South African family declined residency after almost five years, son's needs considered 'burden'
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Annual net immigration rises after 15 months of decline (paywalled)
Greg Ninness (Interest): February net migration gain up 29.3% year-on-year, annual gain down as 44,055 NZ citizens leave
TOURISM
RNZ: Government invests $13.5m to 'turbocharge' tourism marketing
Herald: Tourism NZ gets $13.5m to attract more visitors - China, Australia, US key targets
Brent Melville (NBR): Zero rating inbound tourism GST not on the itinerary, says IRD (paywalled)
Susan Houge Mackenzie (Newsroom): Tourism is severely under-resourced. So what can we do?
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): ‘Scam’ or ‘efficiency’? The proposed amendments to the Fisheries Act, explained
Monique Steele, Stephanie Ockhuysen, Penny Miles (RNZ): Wood, hemp sectors want to join wool in new government construction rules
Angus Kebbell (Interest): Walking the talk: Wool’s fight back finally begins?
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
Stuff: Number of Kiwis planning to leave their job for another doubles - Trade Me Jobs Market Insights Report
Hamish McNicol (NBR): The pros and cons of the Employment Relations Amendment Bill (paywalled)
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): Drivers want to be contractors, Australasian Uber chief Emma Foley says (paywalled)
Juha Saarinen (Interest): Retailers must say if phones for sale won't work after 3G network closure: TCF
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Phones that won't work after 3G switch-off still sold in NZ (paywalled)
Karina Cooper (Northern Advocate): Champions for Change summit in Northland: Inclusive workforces vital for NZ’s future
Victoria Young (BusinessDesk): On the Money: Genesis, Bill Foley, Nicola Willis and more
RNZ: Service sector struggling to recover
RNZ: Manufacturing sector holding its own despite slowdown
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Manufacturing sector keeping head above water (paywalled)
Julia Gabel (Herald): Waikato-Tainui makes biggest investment since Treaty settlement 30 years ago
1News: Iwi signs ‘most significant’ partnership deal with major investor
RNZ: Tainui Group Holdings announces $1b development with major investment firm Brookfield
Danielle Zollickhofer (Herald): Ruakura Superhub receives major international investment from Brookfield Asset Management
RNZ: Masterton rocked by possible closure of local Hansells plant
Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Reporting): WorkSafe finds no breach in fatal machinery accident at Clelands Timber in New Plymouth
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Redundancy payment cuts FamilyBoost childcare rebates
Alka Prasad (Post): Small business sales supply sees biggest drop in five years - report (paywalled)
EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): 'It's a backward step for education' - principal on plan to cut Kāhui Ako
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Consultation starts on new draft sexuality education framework
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Overseas enrolment boosts number of people studying teaching
MEDIA
Gavin Ellis: Slow death of the newspaper editorial
Peter Williams: Trust in the Media is still dropping
Cameron Slater: The Death Spiral of Trust in New Zealand Media: A Self-Inflicted Wound (paywalled)
Paige Hennessy (NBR): NZME’s governance Gren(on)ade (paywalled)
TREATY, CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS
Chris Trotter: Reconstituting Aotearoa-New Zealand
ODT Editorial: Raising questions, receiving answers (paywalled)
Jack Tame (Newstalk ZB): An anticlimactic end to the Treaty Principles Bill
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Was the Treaty Principles debate worth it?
Mike McRoberts (NBR): Urgent action urged on Treaty settlement failures (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): How arrogant of the Waitangi Tribunal to ask for more money
