> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # News Briefing: 1 July 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-1-july-2025/ - Published: 2025-06-30T20:17:17.000Z - Updated: 2025-06-30T21:09:33.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **DEFENCE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS** Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Defence Force staff accepted smart watches and fishing charters from suppliers](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360741196/defence-force-staff-accepted-smart-watches-and-fishing-charters-suppliers?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZDF receives hundreds of gifts from commercial suppliers](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565547/nzdf-receives-hundreds-of-gifts-from-commercial-suppliers?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [NZDF accepted nearly half-million in gifts, probe finds](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/30/nzdf-accepted-nearly-half-million-in-gifts-probe-finds/?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [‘No free lunch’ from scrapping superpowers](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/30/no-free-lunch-from-scrapping-superpowers/?ref=goodoil.news) Herald Editorial: [Balancing US alliance and global peace](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/balancing-us-alliance-and-global-peace-editorial/2PWJCAUC2FBFHG25G2XPYLWTX4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **WHĀNAU ORA** Adam Pearse & Julia Gabel (Herald): [Whānau Ora reset: Minister calls for transparency as ‘electioneering’ review progresses](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/whanau-ora-reset-minister-calls-for-transparency-as-electioneering-review-progresses/4FDEZXSIQ5DMJEZOMZ3OD7YZJ4/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Review into Whānau Ora Commissioning funding terms of reference released](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565562/review-into-whanau-ora-commissioning-funding-terms-of-reference-released?ref=goodoil.news) Pokere Paewai (RNZ): [Ngāti Toa launch new agency to distribute Whānau Ora funds](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565557/ngati-toa-launch-new-agency-to-distribute-whanau-ora-funds?ref=goodoil.news) Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): [New Whānau Ora agency aiming to ‘Do themselves out of a job’](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/06/30/new-whanau-ora-agency-aiming-to-do-themselves-out-of-a-job/?ref=goodoil.news) **WATER** Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Faecal contamination of drinking water at 71 schools](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/30/faecal-contamination-of-drinking-water-at-71-schools/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Risk of contamination in rural school water extremely high, report says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565529/risk-of-contamination-in-rural-school-water-extremely-high-report-says?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (ODT): ['Embarrassing': Clutha's water breaches more than rest of NZ](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/south-otago/embarrassing-cluthas-water-breaches-more-rest-nz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Charlie Mitchell (Press/Post): [Dozens of schools served faecally contaminated water](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360740719/dozens-schools-served-faecally-contaminated-water?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Lynch: [Watchdog calls for urgent improvements to drinking water in rural areas](https://www.chrislynchmedia.com/news-items/watchdog-calls-for-urgent-improvements-to-drinking-water-in-rural-areas/?ref=goodoil.news) The Standard: [We Have a Human Right to Water, and to Democracy](https://thestandard.org.nz/we-have-a-human-right-to-water-and-to-democracy/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington Water to be replaced by new stand-alone entity next year](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565552/wellington-water-to-be-replaced-by-new-stand-alone-entity-next-year?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Burst drinking water pipe floods Wellington CBD street](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/30/burst-drinking-water-pipe-floods-wellington-cbd-street/?ref=goodoil.news) Ellen O’Dwyer and Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Burst pipe floods central Wellington street](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565537/burst-pipe-floods-central-wellington-street?ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Gray (Herald): [Watercare secures $3.4b debt, separates from Auckland Council](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/banking-finance/watercare-secures-34b-debt-separates-from-auckland-council/JQ6BXXT2DBAETHTB7QAL3SD2MM/?ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Sinclair (Post): [Watercare enters new era of financial independence](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360741163/watercare-enters-new-era-financial-independence?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Melville (NBR): [Watercare now liquid, after $3.4b debt raise](https://www.nbr.co.nz/infrastructure/watercare-now-liquid-after-3-4-billion-debt-raise/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE** Chris Trotter (Interest): [The fight for Tāmaki Makaurau](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/133988/race-and-class-eh-can%E2%80%99t-win-%E2%80%98em-can%E2%80%99t-win-without-%E2%80%98em-order-your-popcorn-now?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Tangi for Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp held today](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/565571/tangi-for-te-pati-maori-mp-takutai-tarsh-kemp-held-today?ref=goodoil.news) Post: [Prime Minister won’t attend Takutai Tarsh Kemp’s tangi](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360741174/live-christopher-luxon-back-nato-answers-questions-beehive?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Trotter: [It’s the Right Time, for the Wrong Left](https://christrotter418256.substack.com/p/its-the-right-time-for-the-wrong) Rob Campbell (Newsroom): [Maggie, Marx and the coalition](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/30/maggie-marx-and-the-coalition/?ref=goodoil.news) Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [Merger of Ministry for the Environment, Ministry of Transport and Ministry of Housing and Urban Development on the cards](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/politics/merger-of-ministry-for-the-environment-ministry-of-transport-and-ministry-of-housing-and-urban-development-on-the-cards?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Crown Research Institutes ready for tomorrow’s merger](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/crown-research-institutes-ready-for-tomorrows-merger/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Healthy Homes requirements, KiwiSaver, Jobseeker, parental leave changes and more - What's changing on 1 July](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/565525/healthy-homes-requirements-kiwisaver-jobseeker-parental-leave-changes-and-more-what-s-changing-on-1-july?ref=goodoil.news) **REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL** Glenn McDonnell (Stuff): [What the Regulatory Standards Bill does - and does not - do](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360736804/what-regulatory-standards-bill-does-and-does-not-do?ref=goodoil.news) Alexia Russell (RNZ): [The Detail: The bill that's left people dazed, confused and angry](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/565574/the-bill-that-s-left-people-dazed-confused-and-angry?ref=goodoil.news) The Hui: [Echoes of Muldoon in David Seymour’s latest political stunt](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/06/30/echoes-of-muldoon-in-david-seymours-latest-political-stunt/?ref=goodoil.news) George Laking (E-Tangata): [The RSB is bad for your constitution](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/dr-george-laking-the-rsb-is-bad-for-your-constitution/?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** RNZ: [New 24/7 telehealth service comes online](nhttps://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565569/new-24-7-telehealth-service-comes-online) Herald: [New virtual GP service offering video consultations begins today](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-virtual-gp-service-offering-video-consultations-begins-today/VOJCSMVI6BHKXFWYOYMHPF6JX4/?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [The truth about GP funding ‘boost’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360739133/truth-about-gp-funding-boost?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [ACC agrees to slash spending, get thousands more off benefit](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360740744/acc-agrees-get-thousands-more-benefit-and-cut-social-rehabilitation-costs?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ruth Bonita (Newsroom): [Let’s offer Seymour’s ‘fiscal heroes’ more than an early death](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/01/lets-offer-seymours-fiscal-heroes-more-than-an-early-death/?ref=goodoil.news) Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): [Pōmare power fuels stinging health blast](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360740322/pomare-power-fuels-stinging-health-blast?ref=goodoil.news) Annemarie Quill (Stuff): [Nurse saves $60,000 having robotic hip surgery in India, says NZ’s health system ‘third world’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360739854/nurse-saves-60000-having-robotic-hip-surgery-india-says-nzs-health-system-third-world?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ): [Older dementia patients putting healthcare staff at risk, senior doctors warn](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565580/older-dementia-patients-putting-healthcare-staff-at-risk-senior-doctors-warn?ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett (Post): [AI could soon help Medsafe, Pharmac make faster medicines decisions](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360740738/ai-could-soon-help-medsafe-pharmac-make-faster-medicines-decisions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Fiona Rotherham (NBR): [Pharmac v Health NZ: the dogfight over medical device procurement](https://www.nbr.co.nz/tech/pharmac-v-health-nz-the-dogfight-over-medical-device-procurement/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **JUSTICE** Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [PM on youth boot camps after participant withdrawn: 'I don't think we should give up'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565561/pm-on-youth-boot-camps-after-participant-withdrawn-i-don-t-think-we-should-give-up?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Smith (Stuff): [Teen kicked out of Government’s bootcamp pilot just weeks before it ends](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360741567/teen-kicked-out-governments-bootcamp-pilot-just-weeks-it-ends?ref=goodoil.news) Adam Pearse (Herald): [Teen kicked out of Govt’s bootcamp pilot after appearing in court](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/teen-kicked-out-of-govts-bootcamp-pilot-for-alleged-offending/QD7ND642OVHKNJQVVF5257WYDE/?ref=goodoil.news) Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): [Prominent New Zealander strikes again](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-07-2025/prominent-new-zealander-strikes-again?ref=goodoil.news) Finn Blackwell (RNZ): ['Despicable and cowardly act' - harsher sentencing law for one-punch attacks welcomed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565570/despicable-and-cowardly-act-harsher-sentencing-law-for-one-punch-attacks-welcomed?ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Not ducking the punches](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/not-ducking-punches?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Why does it take so long for good ideas to become law?](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis-allan-why-does-it-take-so-long-for-good-ideas-to-become-law/?ref=goodoil.news) Katie Ham (Post): [New ‘coward punch’ penalties too late for grieving parents](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360741436/new-coward-punch-penalties-too-late-grieving-parents?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Harsher penalties for assaults on first responders not effective deterrent - Labour](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565489/harsher-penalties-for-assaults-on-first-responders-not-effective-deterrent-labour?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt introducing specific criminal offence for 'coward punches'](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/30/govt-introducing-specific-criminal-offence-for-coward-punches/?ref=goodoil.news) Roger Partridge: [Rule of Law – But for Whom? A Rejoinder to the New Zealand Law Society’s June 2025 Report](https://rogerpartridge.substack.com/p/rule-of-law-but-for-whom-a-rejoinder) **FAMILY VIOLENCE** Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Māori advisory group ‘disappointed’ at claims by Family Violence Prevention Minister Karen Chhour](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/maori-advisory-group-disappointed-at-claims-by-family-violence-prevention-minister-karen-chhour/5JJXXMXAFZCHDEDTELU5INP4KM/?ref=goodoil.news) Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te ao Māori News): [Govt didn’t drop Māori name for Te Puna Aonui, it was taken back](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/07/01/govt-didnt-drop-maori-name-for-te-puna-aonui-it-was-taken-back/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New data being considered in family harm and gender based violence research](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565535/new-data-being-considered-in-family-harm-and-gender-based-violence-research?ref=goodoil.news) **EDUCATION** Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Hobson’s Pledge and Erica Stanford clash over Treaty of Waitangi clause in education legislation](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/hobsons-pledge-and-erica-stanford-clash-over-treaty-of-waitangi-clause-in-education-legislation/66XFVVMUDBF75J6DE7TNLJZHSA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Daily school attendance rate at 71% on Friday, lowest figure this year](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565522/daily-school-attendance-rate-at-71-percent-on-friday-lowest-figure-this-year?ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Auckland Muslim school Al-Madinah among those hoping to become charter schools](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565502/auckland-muslim-school-al-madinah-among-those-hoping-to-become-charter-schools?ref=goodoil.news) Heather Taylor (Spinoff): [A once-in-a-generation chance to transform early learning](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/30-06-2025/a-once-in-a-generation-chance-to-transform-early-learning?ref=goodoil.news) Elodie Berthe (Post): [It shouldn’t be this hard to get through the ECE door](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360741288/it-shouldnt-be-hard-get-through-ece-door?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Teenagers who gain work experience at school more likely to be employed by age 20 - report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565424/teenagers-who-gain-work-experience-at-school-more-likely-to-be-employed-by-age-20-report?ref=goodoil.news) Hanna McCallum (Post): [Re-thinking the future of Alternative Education](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360736171/re-thinking-future-alternative-education?ref=goodoil.news) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT** Tim Murphy (Newsroom): [From Super City to Super Council – the politicians grab back power](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/01/from-super-city-to-super-council-the-politicians-grab-back-power/?ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): [Concern over chemicals in mass sewage discharges into Shotover River](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565550/concern-over-chemicals-in-mass-sewage-discharges-into-shotover-river?ref=goodoil.news) Mike Yardley (Press): [National’s promise to champion localism has come up empty](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360741301/nationals-promise-champion-localism-has-come-empty?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Muriel Newman: [The State of Local Government](https://www.nzcpr.com/the-state-of-local-government/?ref=goodoil.news) Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): [Anna Mowbray and Ali Williams approved to have helipad at Auckland home despite community uproar](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565527/anna-mowbray-and-ali-williams-approved-to-have-helipad-at-auckland-home-despite-community-uproar?ref=goodoil.news) Ken Shirley: [Some Challenges for Local Government](https://www.nzcpr.com/some-challenges-for-local-government/?ref=goodoil.news) Grant Miller (ODT): [Aurora could have been sold for $1.9b: mayor](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/aurora-could-have-been-sold-19b-mayor?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Timothy Welch (The Conversation): [NZ cities are getting hotter: 5 things councils can do now to keep us cooler when summer comes](https://theconversation.com/nz-cities-are-getting-hotter-5-things-councils-can-do-now-to-keep-us-cooler-when-summer-comes-259885?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): [‘Why have it there?’: Nobby Clark digs toes in over diversity data](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360740438/why-have-it-there-nobby-clark-digs-toes-over-diversity-data?ref=goodoil.news) Ruby Shaw (ODT): [Councils sharing services on agenda](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/councils-sharing-services-agenda?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **EMPLOYMENT** Craig Renney: [The labour market isn't working](https://craigrenney.substack.com/p/the-labour-market-isnt-working) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Latest filled jobs figures point to likely rise in unemployment](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/133940/monthly-filled-jobs-data-shows-slight-rise-may-figures-previous-two-months-have-been?ref=goodoil.news) Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): [Community support workers among NZ's lowest paid](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565563/community-support-workers-among-nz-s-lowest-paid?ref=goodoil.news) Alice Peacock (Newsroom): [Five times more New Zealanders to work past age of 80 – Stats NZ](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/27/five-times-more-new-zealanders-to-work-past-age-of-80-stats-nz/?ref=goodoil.news) **ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING** RNZ: [Financial hardship cases rise](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/565577/financial-hardship-cases-rise?ref=goodoil.news) Raphael Franks (Herald): [Centrix Credit Indicator reveals hardship on steady rise, more unable to pay bills](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/centrix-credit-indicator-reveals-hardship-on-steady-rise-more-unable-to-pay-bills/SWRX5KRLONDM3JXNYGOZ53HAQA/?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Government tops up $75 a week flagship tax promise, now reaches ‘thousands’ more](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-tops-up-75-a-week-flagship-tax-promise-now-reaches-thousands-more/2TL44DK34VHWTNHKWQ67MQI5FI/?ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [Should the RBNZ introduce a January OCR decision?](https://www.nbr.co.nz/dollars-and-sense/should-the-rbnz-introduce-a-january-ocr-decision/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **HOUSING** 1News: [Deadline passes for rental standards: What tenants and landlords need to know](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/01/deadline-passes-for-rental-standards-what-tenants-and-landlords-need-to-know/?ref=goodoil.news) Ruairi O'Shea (Consumer NZ): [Home improvements: The healthy homes standards five years on](https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/home-improvements-the-healthy-homes-standards-five-years-on?ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Sunday Star Times): [Are landlords ready for the healthy homes deadline?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360732233/are-landlords-ready-healthy-homes-deadline?ref=goodoil.news) Post: [Loafers Lodge property manager one of four charged with manslaughter](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360737914/loafers-lodge-property-manager-one-four-charged-manslaughter?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Low equity borrowing by first home buyers hit a record high in May](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/133973/average-price-first-home-buyers-are-paying-home-has-hardly-moved-october-last-year?ref=goodoil.news) **TRANSPORT** Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Winston Peters opens the door to part-privatisation of Interislander ferries, but doesn’t want to walk through it](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-opens-the-door-to-part-privatisation-of-interislander-ferries-but-doesnt-want-to-walk-through-it/EKKVSMRDWFG6NKITCCM7QKCGPE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (1News): [Māori land block spared in Northport rail link project - minister](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/29/maori-land-block-spared-in-northport-rail-link-project-minister/?ref=goodoil.news) Post: [KiwiRail investigates options to boost ferry capacity](https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/360739965/kiwirail-investigates-options-boost-ferry-capacity?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Shilpy Arora Gaikwad (Stuff): [Council spends over $2m on seven speed bumps, then scraps one of them](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360733559/council-spends-over-2m-seven-speed-bumps-then-scraps-one-them?ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Putting the skids under buses](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/putting-skids-under-buses?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Cost of new Ōtaki to North of Levin highway climbs towards $2b](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/cost-of-new-otaki-to-north-of-levin-highway-climbs-towards-2b?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): [Deputy mayor renews push for safer Remutaka route](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360740481/council-giving-remutaka-route-another-look?ref=goodoil.news) **BUSINESS** Louise Ternouth (RNZ): [Revealed: How much supermarket prices have gone up since 2022](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/565559/revealed-how-much-supermarket-prices-have-gone-up-since-2022?ref=goodoil.news) Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): [Foodstuffs serves up reuse trial with Bonson as Govt backtracks on plastic policy](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/retail/foodstuffs-serves-up-reuse-trial-with-bonson-as-govt-backtracks-on-plastic-policy?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): [New report calls for liquor licensing monopoly shake-up](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360737247/new-report-calls-liquor-licensing-monopoly-shake?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [On the Money: China, Miles Hurrell, David Wilson, Tanya Unkovich, Nathan Guy, Air NZ CEO speculation, and more](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/on-the-money/on-the-money-china-miles-hurrell-david-wilson-tanya-unkovich-nathan-guy-air-nz-ceo-speculation-and-more?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hargreaves (Interest): [ANZ Business Outlook Survey shows firms think future looks better but the present's not great](https://www.interest.co.nz/business/133938/anz-chief-economist-sharon-zollner-says-business-environment-continues-be-difficult?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Business confidence rises for first time in three months as firms look past tariff turmoil](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/565536/business-confidence-rises-for-first-time-in-three-months-as-firms-look-past-tariff-turmoil?ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (Post): [Recession, ‘war on woke’ fatally wound the Ākina Foundation](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360736285/recession-war-woke-fatally-wound-akina-foundation?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish McNicol (NBR): [New EY NZ boss Susan Jones pitches evolution, not revolution](https://www.nbr.co.nz/professional-services/new-ey-nz-boss-susan-jones-pitches-evolution-not-revolution/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): [Kinleith ‘kicks out’ New Zealand’s last reel of paper](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360740946/kinleith-kicks-out-new-zealands-last-reel-paper?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **AI** Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): [Can we contain Artificial Intelligence’s renegade powers?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/business/can-we-contain-artificial-intelligences-renegade-powers/23H3M4WB2VERPDGR7NUZUWZRZI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Andrew Lensen (Post): [I’m a senior lecturer in AI and these are my worries about the technology](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360741059/im-senior-lecturer-ai-and-these-are-my-worries-about-technology?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) BusinessDesk: [Government forms AI advisory panel for public 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