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Author: Bryce Edwards
HOUSING
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): The problem with Chris Bishop’s plan to flood the housing market
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Housing Minister's plan to 'flood' the country with new homes cautiously welcomed
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Government wants to 'flood the market' to make houses more affordable - how will that work?
Jonathan Killick (Post): Auckland mayor to Chris Bishop: Don’t tell us what to do (paywalled)
Erin Gourley (Post): Ghettos in the making or welcome housing boost? (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Yes, we need houses, but not at the expense of our food bowls (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: ‘Flooding’ the housing market (paywalled)
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Changes spur heritage fears (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): We're finally giving in to the shoebox apartments
1News: 'Shoebox' apartments possible as minimum size standards scrapped
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): Whangārei mayor calls Govt housing push a 'logical approach'
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): City ‘well placed’ for new planning rules (paywalled)
Greg Presland (The Standard): Bishop wants to accelerate urban sprawl
Chelsea Daniels (Herald: Front Page: House prices sliding - will Government plans to flood the market make it easier to get on the property ladder?
RNZ: Watch: Housing minister reveals housing, planning changes to 'flood' country with new homes`
1News: Zoning, land use reforms will push down property prices - Minister
Luke Malpass (Stuff): Chris Bishop sets out radical land use and planning reforms
Ella Somers (Interest): New housing rules will push down property prices, Housing Minister Chris Bishop says
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Bishop busts city rules blocking housing
Brent Melville (NBR): No ’silver bullets’ to housing crisis - Chris Peak (paywalled)
RNZ: Loosening build rules comes with big risks - Chris Hipkins
Philippa Howden-Chapman (Post): In defence of Kaīnga Ora against an ill-informed review (paywalled)
1News: 'Shouldn't be building mansions': Bishop on Kāinga Ora refresh
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post): Government making homelessness in Rotorua worse, says Waiariki MP Rawiri Waititi
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): Retirement village under development in Mt Maunganui upsets neighbours
Evan Harding (Stuff): Grey Power Southland: Shortage of small homes reducing people to tears
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Tension rises at Ōpua as digger arrives on land subject to Treaty claim
MEDIA
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Do we still care about the 6pm TV news?
Hal Crawford: Death of a newsroom
Tumamao Harawira and Isaac Gunson (Whakaata Māori): Tama Potaka lays Whakaata Māori woes at Labour’s feet
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Tama Potaka must stand up for Māori and stop the government cuts to Māori television: Te Pati Māori
Gordon Campbell: On saving journalists, not an industry that routinely exploits them
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): The day Newshub ends, and Stuff’s major gamble begins
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Sam Hayes and Mike McRoberts look back in awe and sorrow
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Newshub closure - Paddy Gower finds out TV future; Samantha Hayes and Mike McRoberts’ farewell interview; Beacons Awards winners
Graham Smith (RNZ): After more than 30 years, Three's evening bulletin bows out
Mike McRoberts (Newshub): What I'm most proud of as Newshub ends
1News: Newshub closure: Mike McRoberts reflects on his final bulletin
Sam Hayes (Newshub): Reflecting on my time at Newshub
Newshub: Patrick Gower, Tova O'Brien and Jenna Lynch reflect on their stand-out moments as Newshub political editors
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Newshub closure: Lloyd Burr reflects on his career, from carrying cables to hosting AM
Milly Fullick (Herald): Taupō Times community newspaper announces closure
PARLIAMENT
Emma Hatton Newshub): Worries that return-on-investment reports are needed for public funding
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Seymour hints at more agreeing to disagree with coalition partners
Maiki Sherman (1News): Why Labour must woo Auckland voters
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Chris Hipkins promises Labour will be 'formidable force' at election 2026
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Eight months on from its election defeat, Labour is still 'listening'
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Swarbrick's Contempt for the Jewish Community (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Making decisions, Kāinga Ora, housing reform, Labour listens
Greg DIxon (Listener): National polishes a turd (paywalled)
Newsroom: Raw Politics: The Government’s big purge
Post: Beehive Briefing: Everything you need to know from today (paywalled)
Peter Dunne: Slim pickings for Opposition parties over most of the next three months for reasons that have little to do with politics
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