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‘Ridiculous’: Chris Bishop rules out leadership bid
The Post | 5 Sep 2025

“Christopher Luxon is doing an excellent job, and I fully support him,” says the housing minister, predicting Luxon will be leader going into the next election.

How will NZ First members swallow the foreign buyers dead rat?
NZ Herald | 5 Sep 2025

ANALYSIS: Winston Peters promises the crowd attending his main address could number 1000.

Union labels minister’s bid to settle senior doctors’ dispute ‘misinformed’, ‘disingenuous’
The Post | 5 Sep 2025

Simeon Brown wrote to Health NZ and the union on Thursday “calling on both parties to urgently enter binding arbitration”. Health NZ said yes.

Auckland Transport KO: Wayne Brown secures council control
The Post | 5 Sep 2025

Aucklanders are set to have more say on its transport, but so will the government.

Green MP Benjamin Doyle resigns in reversal of previous desire to stay in Parliament
NZ Herald | 5 Sep 2025

Doyle previously said they did not want to be 'disappeared by hate'.

Green MP Benjamin Doyle resigns, citing safety concerns
Stuff | 5 Sep 2025

Doyle says they have faced threats against their life, and against their child, since becoming an MP.

Is Christchurch about to gain a new MP?
The Post | 5 Sep 2025

Mike Davidson, a former city councillor currently running for a community board position, is next in line for the Green Party following the resignation of Benjamin Doyle.

Epsom MP David Seymour leads Parnell meeting against high-rise zoning plan
NZ Herald | 5 Sep 2025

Seymour warned infrastructure can't handle the proposed intensification.

Watch: Seymour slams driver who filmed him overtaking in left-hand lane on SH1
Stuff | 5 Sep 2025

David Seymour has slammed the actions of a motorist who shared a video online of the deputy prime minister overtaking them in the left-hand lane on SH1 in Auckland.

Councillor hits out over South Auckland violence after window washer stabbing
NZ Herald | 5 Sep 2025

Councillor Daniel Newman criticised the violence and called for police action.

David Seymour criticises Auckland Council over ‘hidden’ online housing zoning maps
NZ Herald | 4 Sep 2025

The plan allows for up to 15-storey developments near transport hubs.

Low turnout clouds Tāmaki Makaurau byelection as Henare and Kaipara make final appeals
The Spinoff | 4 Sep 2025

Labour’s ground game is up against Te Pāti Māori’s online momentum – but a vanishingly small percentage of voters seem to care.

AI can make anyone an architect – and that’s not a good thing
The Spinoff | 4 Sep 2025

A Hastings mayoral candidate proposed a solution to one quake-prone library using AI illustration. Actual architect Mat Brown explains the many, many issues with it. I’ve often found as an …

‘Like Gaza’: Wayne Brown lets rip on councillors and low-rise suburbs
The Post | 4 Sep 2025

The Auckland mayor spent more than an hour taking questions from a business crowd ‒ and didn’t hold back, describing political rivals as “morons” and mocking NIMBYs in suburbs like …

Mayoral candidate Kerrin Leoni backtracks on speedway at Western Springs decision
RNZ | 4 Sep 2025

At the time of her original decision, councillor Kerrin Leoni said having speedway at the Auckland venue was too costly for ratepayers.

With strikes hitting hospitals, Simeon Brown makes an unusual plea
Stuff | 4 Sep 2025

With nurses walking off the job, for the third time on Thursday, Health Minister Simeon Brown made a plea to doctors - who may also strike soon.

Waitangi Treaty, Māori dropped from new English, maths curriculums, teachers say
The Post | 4 Sep 2025

A principal says the government is taking the school system back in time. Minister of Education Erica Stanford rejects the allegation.