GREENS
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Can the Green Party’s holy mission survive its fallible disciples?
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Can the Green Party’s Holier-Than-Thou Attitude Survive Its Fallible Disciples? (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Green Party dramas will drag on for weeks - or longer
Steve Maharey (Herald): ‘Politics has been likened to war without guns’: Why rules in politics still matter (paywalled)
Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): Bad behaviour from MPs is not new, but it’s getter harder to defend (paywalled)
Steven Cowan: There are more serious matters to be outraged about than Julie Ann Genter
Kelly Dennett (Post): More incidents involving Green MP Julie Anne Genter claimed (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Wellington business owner Nicola Cranfield claims Green MP Julie Anne Genter grabbed her
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Business owner alleges she was ‘grabbed’ by Julie Anne Genter
Annemarie Quill and Michael Daly (Stuff): ‘Ghost cyclists’ sparked Green MP drama, florist says
Katrina Bennett (Newstalk): 'Like Police Ten 7': Florist reveals Julie Anne Genter filmed her during confrontation
Newstalk ZB: Facing the Privileges Committee: Julie Anne Genter's potential punishment
Newstalk ZB: "Appalling incident": Julie Anne Genter's confrontation is "part of a wider trend"
Newstalk ZB: 'Standards have slipped': Former House Speaker criticises Julie Anne Genter's conduct in Parliament
Newshub: Willie Jackson suggests National has 'form' on behaviour like Julie Anne Genter's
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. Julie Anne Genter
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): It’s not easy being teal, as James Shaw now knows all too well (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): James Shaw exits with head held high, but leaves big hole for Greens (paywalled)
Herald: James Shaw leaves Parliament: On his next job, Greens membership, rogue MPs - On the Tiles
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: 'When old men plant trees': James Shaw's farewell
FAST TRACK LEGISLATION
Shay Schlaepfer (Newsroom): Fast-track bill is a lolly scramble for deep-pocketed applicants
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Fast-track consents: Seven concessions the Government could make (paywalled)
No Right Turn: 27,000
Aaron Dahmen (Stuff): Newsable: Shane Jones on balancing economic gain against environmental damage
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): At last! The kiwi is getting its comeuppance
PARTY DONATIONS
Claire Trevett , Thomas Coughlan and Adam Pearse (Herald): Election donations: National Party raises $10.4 million for election
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): National returned $200,000 donation day after Newsroom story
No Right Turn: An awkward coincidence!
RNZ: National raised $10.4m in donations in 2023
Bridie Witton and Kelly Dennett (Stuff): National raised $10.3 million in the months leading up to the election
Molly Swift (Newshub): National receives $10 million donation haul during election year
GOVERNMENT, POLLS
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Could the coalition government face allegations of corruption? (paywalled)
Grant Duncan: Integrity: why NZ needs to lift its game
Janet Wilson (Post): Looking for a future beyond the age of grievance (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Luxon and Stanford visit the 1980s, Shane Jones’ fast-track bill method in madness (paywalled)
Andrea Vance (Post): Partied out? Why National’s members are unnerved by new rules change (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): National aims high while struggling to take off
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. Coalition Sheriff Luxon
Shane Te Pou (Herald): National could lose in 2026, but would Labour be ready to win? (paywalled)
Greg Presland (Standard): A one term Government?
Grant Duncan: What if the wheels really did fall off the Luxon government?
MP PAY RISE
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Accepting a significant pay rise shows how out of touch MPs are
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Politicians’ payrise was in poor taste (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: How politicians can prove they’re worth what we pay them (paywalled)
Molly Swift (Newshub): How New Zealand MPs' salaries will compare to overseas politicians
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