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Author: Bryce Edwards
LABOUR
Andrea Vance (Post): ‘We aren’t feral’: Just how can Chippy soothe Labour losers? (paywalled)
Vernon Small (Post): Can Labour win on tax when it has failed before? (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Chris Hipkins tells Labour NZ needs it to change – can it? (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Inside Labour’s difficult tax politics (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Hipkins hopes to defy history as Labour takes stock
Luke Malpass (Post): The taxing questions facing Labour this conference (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): What’s in and what’s out for Labour’s 2026 campaign
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour conference: Chris Hipkins says ‘yes’ to Dunedin Hospital and ‘no’ to Aukus
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Labour leader Chris Hipkins rules out joining Aukus, rules in Dunedin hospital
ODT: Hipkins pledges 'full rebuild' of Dunedin hospital
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Hipkins makes hospital pledge (paywalled)
1News: Future Labour govt won't join AUKUS, Hipkins says
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Hipkins rules out AUKUS
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Government 'more interested in creating division than creating unity', Chris Hipkins says
Brent Edwards (NBR): Labour leader accuses government of making the economy worse (paywalled)
RNZ: Labour leader Chris Hipkins speaks at party's annual conference
Luke Malpass (Post): Look what’s baaaack! CGT and wealth tax back on Labour policy agenda (paywalled)
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Labour pulls ahead of National in internal polling, as Hipkins plans tax pitch
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour inches closer to wealth tax or CGT after membership vote
Bridie Witton (Stuff): Tax policy centre of discussions at first Labour Party annual conference since blistering election loss
Maiki Sherman (1News): Taxes and Treaty on the agenda at Labour conference
Bridie Witton (Stuff): ‘We need to change’: Chris Hipkins’ pitch to the Labour Party
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Chris Hipkins calls for Labour to change to win 2026 election
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Treaty Principles Bill only one of the issues Labour's focussed on - Chris Hipkins
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Willie Jackson decries coalition and Treaty Principles Bill at Labour Party annual conference
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Barbara Edmonds: Tax cuts were 'economic vandalism'
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour MPs discuss retirement with Chris Hipkins as party gets ready for 2026 (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Barbara Edmonds on guiding Labour’s tax ‘journey’
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): 'Exciting': Nanaia Mahuta is 're-entering' politics
Harriette Boucher and Robert Kitchin (Post): Exclusive photos: Who’s who of Labour gather at special Helen Clark event (paywalled)
Mark Watts (Post): An insider’s view of the year Helen Clark became PM (paywalled)
GOVERNMENT
Tim Brown (RNZ): Abuse in care: Ministers raised concerns about 'needing to lower expectations' ahead of apology
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): Oil and gas lobby asks government to underwite fossil fuel exploration, govt 'considering options'
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Fast-track Approvals Bill: Climate group complains to Ombudsman over delay in releasing information
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Archives NZ considering assessing whether Fast-track record-keeping breached Act (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): The long run: NZ First, ACT to begin 2026 campaign next year (paywalled)
Justin Hu (1News): Q+A: Crown-Māori relations 'probably worse' since coalition came to power – PM
1News: Q+A: 'Inherited a hell of a mess': Luxon defends coalition's economic progress
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Govt turns a blind eye to the structural problems crippling NZ (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Minor scuffles on coalition anniversary, time for a summer time out?
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Review suggests super-ministry shakeup
Harriette Boucher (Post): ‘Luxonisms’ and the art of public speaking (paywalled)
Harriette Boucher (Post): The coalition Government that stole Christmas (paywalled)
Robert MacCulloch: What National Should Have Done in its 1st Year in Office
Kelly Bennett (Post): The Annual Report: The Government hasn’t squandered its crime opportunity (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): National’s gangs patch ban pays early dividends, Act’s David Seymour has patches showdown with Pharmac (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. Luxon’s anniversary
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. King Luxon
COVID-19 INQUIRY
Michael Baker, Amanda Kvalsvig, Collin Tukuitonga and Nick Wilson (The Conversation): Covid inquiry report is excellent guide to preparing for next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On The Royal Commission’s Fine-tuning Of Vaccine Mandates And Lockdowns
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Will politicians learn anything from the first Covid Response report?
Grant Duncan: COVID-19 in retrospect: what was the political fallout for Labour?
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Why is there a second Covid-19 royal commission of inquiry?
RNZ: Is New Zealand 'one of the worst countries' when it comes to long Covid?
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Labour owes NZ an apology for its Covid vaccine mandates. They ruined people’s lives (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: The Covid-19 inquiry’s lessons for our policymakers (paywalled)
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): The sting in Covid's tail for our politicians
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The real reason for the Covid report
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