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Author: Bryce Edwards
PARLIAMENT
Henry Cooke: On John Key still being prime minister
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Labour paving the way for a capital gains or wealth tax
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Tova podcast: Labour leader Chris Hipkins reignites tax debate, offers update on working with Winston
Guyon Espiner (Listener): Labour needs some big economic ideas. NZ does, too (paywalled)
Ganesh R Ahirao: Building our own sandpit
Steven Cowan: A new party of the Left?
Audrey Young (Herald): New Māori Queen Queen Ngā Wai hono i te pō begins her reign with a deep well of goodwill (paywalled)
Greg Dixon (Listener): On the death of a Māori monarch, where were PM’s priorities? (paywalled)
Mountain Tui: Nicola Willis Seeks New Sidekick To Help Fix NZ's Economy
Michael Reddell: Should NZ establish a Fiscal Council?
One Roof: Christopher Luxon $945,000 richer? PM find buyer for his investment property
No Right Turn: A missed opportunity
Azaria Howell (Herald): Taste of democracy revealed: Hawke’s Bay the big winner in new Parliament wine contract
KIINGI TUHEITIA FAREWELLED, KUINI NGA WAI HONO I TE PO NAMED AS SUCCESSOR
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Māoridom and politicians react to the naming of Kīngi Tūheitia’s successor
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): New Māori Kuini takes on mantle of her father's call for unity and progress
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): ‘Hei Kuīni, hei Kuīni, hei Kuīni’: Who is Ngā Wai Hono i te Po?
Jack McDonald (Post): Seeds sown by Kingi Tuheitia are now bearing fruit (paywalled))
Ella Stewart (RNZ):
The new Māori Queen: Kuini Nga wai hono i te po, 27, to succeed her father Kiingi Tuheitia as Māori monarch
Joseph Los’e (Herald): New Māori Queen Ngā Wai hono i te pō – Tūheitia’s youngest child to continue his legacy
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): A new monarch has been named. What’s next for the Kīngitanga?
1News: Kuīni Nga Wai Hono i te Po dedicated to te ao Māori
RNZ: Kiingi Tuheitia farewelled, Kuini Nga wai i te po raised up during emotional scenes at Turangawaewae
Liam Rātana and Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): A funeral fit for a Kīngi
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): The final journey of a king, and the anointment of a queen
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Every Inch a King
RNZ: Kuini Nga wai hono i te po welcomed, Kiingi Tuheitia farewelled: In pictures
Herald: The whakapapa of the 8 Māori monarchs of the Kīngitanga
CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Act’s Treaty bill all about attacking Nats in 2026 (paywalled)
Peter Dunne: PM and new Maori Queen Must work Together
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Explainer: when the coast isn't clear (paywalled)
Anna Murray (1News): Māori wards deadline: Most councils stand firm, express frustration
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Final council to vote on whether to keep Māori wards
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): Kaipara mayor declines a moment of silence for Kiingi Tuheitia in council hui
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Large crowd expected as Far North District Council votes on Māori ward
Gary Hamilton-Irvine (Hawke’s Bay Today): Napier City Council pushes ahead with Māori ward, refuses to accept councillor’s apology
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Nelson, Tasman councils vote to retain Māori wards
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Central Hawke’s Bay retains Māori wards; mayor acknowledges Kingitanga
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Central Hawke's Bay District Council votes to keep Māori ward
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Wellington City Council votes to keep Te Whanganui-a-Tara Māori Ward
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