> ## 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: 10 July 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-10-july-2025/ - Published: 2025-07-09T20:19:38.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-09T21:41:58.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR** Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): [Government decisions favour political donor’s business](https://theintegrityinstitute.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-government-decisions) No Right Turn: [“There is no corruption in New Zealand…"](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/07/there-is-no-corruption-in-new-zealand.html?ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Stuff): [Private health record for NICU baby found by bus stop](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360751575/private-health-record-nicu-baby-found-bus-stop?ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [A clearer rationale for ownership might help struggling SOEs](https://www.nbr.co.nz/edwards-on-politics/a-clearer-rationale-for-ownership-might-help-struggling-soes/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anna Whyte (Post): [Focus on Public Service leadership as Roche orders action plans](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360752287/focus-public-service-leadership-roche-orders-action-plans?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alice Peacock (Newsroom): [Treasury warned barring union from Budget lock-up ‘looks politically motivated’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/09/treasury-staffers-warned-barring-union-from-budget-lock-up-looks-politically-motivated/?ref=goodoil.news) Mark John (ODT): [‘Not welcome here’: dozens protest Seymour visit](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/%E2%80%98not-welcome-here%E2%80%99-dozens-protest-seymour-visit?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Scott (ODT): [Deputy PM ‘in awe’ of work done at city tech firm](https://www.odt.co.nz/business/deputy-pm-%E2%80%98-awe%E2%80%99-work-done-city-tech-firm?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): [Te Pāti Māori meeting tonight to decide candidate for upcoming Tāmaki Makarau by-election](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566463/te-pati-maori-meeting-tonight-to-decide-candidate-for-upcoming-tamaki-makarau-by-election?ref=goodoil.news) Jack McDonald (Post): [Tough shoes to fill for Kemp’s successor](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360751768/tough-shoes-fill-kemps-successor?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Harvey (Listener): [Law & society: Does MMP need a tweak?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/opinion/law-society-does-mmp-need-a-tweak/7TEZLUYT4BAXJHOXBZPVXCVIVI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **KIRI ALLAN** Mellissa Nightingale (Herald): [Kiri Allan crash: Then-Justice Minister claimed charges were a ‘political stunt’ and that she wrote the law, say new police documents](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington/kiri-allan-crash-then-justice-minister-claimed-charges-were-a-political-stunt-and-that-she-wrote-the-law-say-new-police-documents/JQXPUTB3LVD3FMU2IQPPFKIE24/?ref=goodoil.news) Poppy Clark (Stuff): [‘A political stunt’: What Kiri Allan told police on the night of her arrest](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360751150/political-stunt-what-kiri-allan-told-police-night-her-arrest?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [What ex-politician Kiri Allan told police on night of arrest](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566433/what-ex-politician-kiri-allan-told-police-on-night-of-arrest?ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [This is a Labour Justice Minister](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/07/this%5Fis%5Fa%5Flabour%5Fjustice%5Fminister.html?ref=goodoil.news) **COVID-19** Peter Dunne: [It is reasonable for New Zealanders to expect Ardern, Hipkins and Bloomfield to appear before the Royal Commission](https://honpfd.blogspot.com/2025/07/phase-two-of-royal-commission-of.html?ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass and Kelly Dennett (Stuff): [Dame Jacinda Ardern says she will give evidence at Covid-19 Inquiry](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360752123/dame-jacinda-ardern-says-she-will-give-evidence-covid-19-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news) David Williams (Herald): [Covid-19 Royal Commission: Jacinda Ardern says she will provide evidence](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/covid-19-royal-commission-jacinda-ardern-says-she-will-provide-evidence/TZNOJKCSGRHLTMZCXVX3MRWZ2M/?ref=goodoil.news) Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Labour hits back at Seymour's claim NZ is still 'digesting' Covid-19 pandemic 'hangover'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566479/labour-hits-back-at-seymour-s-claim-nz-is-still-digesting-covid-19-pandemic-hangover?ref=goodoil.news) Victor Walters (RNZ): ['Paranoia and misinformation spread faster than Covid', inquiry told](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566462/paranoia-and-misinformation-spread-faster-than-covid-inquiry-told?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Royal Commission of Inquiry into New Zealand's Covid-19 response public hearing](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566388/royal-commission-of-inquiry-into-new-zealand-s-covid-19-response-public-hearing?ref=goodoil.news) Paul Jarvis (Post): [Long Covid is continuing to linger in the workplace, and businesses struggle to cope](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360751891/long-covid-continuing-linger-workplace-and-businesses-struggle-cope?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Weekes (Herald): [Union explains support for pilot sacked over Covid-19 vaccine](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/airlines/union-explains-support-for-pilot-sacked-over-covid-19-vaccine/DDPV3GWH4NEWJAKD5ZMGJTCRH4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **CLIMATE CHANGE** Kate Newton (RNZ): [Climate adaptation assistance cuts would leave NZers 'on their own' - expert](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566466/climate-adaptation-assistance-cuts-would-leave-nzers-on-their-own-expert?ref=goodoil.news) Kate Newton (RNZ): [No climate change buy-outs in future, expert group tells government](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566406/no-climate-change-buy-outs-in-future-expert-group-tells-government?ref=goodoil.news) Rob Stock (Post): [NZ under-prepared for climate risk, bailouts unsustainable – expert group](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360751255/nz-under-prepared-climate-risk-bailouts-unsustainable-expert-group?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stuff: [One of Aotearoa’s oldest burial sites at risk from flooding, in latest sea level rise modelling](https://www.stuff.co.nz/climate-change/360751210/aotearoas-oldest-known-burial-site-risk-flooding-latest-sea-level-rise-modelling?ref=goodoil.news) **REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL** Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Regulatory Standards Bill hearing, day three: ‘Pissing on people and telling them it’s rain’](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-07-2025/regulatory-standards-bill-hearing-day-three-pissing-on-people-and-telling-them-its-rain?ref=goodoil.news) Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Regulatory Standards Bill hearing, day one: Former PM says ‘no chance’ of bill working](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/08-07-2025/regulatory-standards-bill-hearing-day-one-former-pm-says-no-chance-of-bill-working?ref=goodoil.news) Anne Salmond (Newsroom): [A flawed bill](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/09/anne-salmond-a-flawed-bill/?ref=goodoil.news) **EMPLOYMENT** Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [Unions tell Supreme Court Uber imposes ‘intensive’, ‘unrelenting’ control over drivers fighting to classed as employees](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/employment/unions-tell-supreme-court-uber-imposes-intensive-unrelenting-control-over-drivers-fighting-to-classed-as-employees/LJECMFMLXBC3JIG6EXI6KIHDZ4/?ref=goodoil.news) Bill Hickman (RNZ): [Uber court case: 'What we want is minimum entitlements'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/566426/uber-court-case-what-we-want-is-minimum-entitlements?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker and Roeland van den Bergh (Post): [Union lawyer says unwritten contracts between Uber drivers and passengers ‘a fairy story’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360751394/union-lawyer-says-unwritten-contracts-between-uber-drivers-and-passengers-fairy-story?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Government wants unemployed people to help with flood clean-up](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566421/government-wants-unemployed-people-to-help-with-flood-clean-up?ref=goodoil.news) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER** Andrea Vance (Post): [Campaign group’s dossier on Labour candidates labelled ‘dirty tactics’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360747106/campaign-groups-dossier-labour-candidates-labelled-dirty-tactics?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ruby Shaw (ODT): [No risk of interference: mayor](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/no-risk-interference-mayor?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [South Island Assembly mooted to get better deals from Wellington](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360752244/south-island-assembly-mooted-get-better-deals-wellington?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Rosenberg (ODT): [Council amalgamation: Southland mayor ‘stoked’ for investigation](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/council-amalgamation-southland-mayor-%E2%80%98stoked%E2%80%99-investigation?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): [How much do your mayors and councillors get paid?](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360752086/how-much-do-your-mayors-and-councillors-get-paid?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): [Rates rises are due to people voting against rates rises](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/10-07-2025/rates-rises-are-due-to-people-voting-against-rates-rises?ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Western Springs project abandoned by billionaires, Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown learns while holidaying in Fiji](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/western-springs-project-abandoned-by-billionaires-auckland-mayor-wayne-brown-learns-while-holidaying-in-fiji/MYV35QYOMRGKRKUJ2QGYMWTM6A/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Ponsonby Rugby Club chair unsurprised Auckland Arena deal falls through](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566368/ponsonby-rugby-club-chair-unsurprised-auckland-arena-deal-falls-through?ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Watercare blames suppliers for catastrophic failure of its own controls](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/10/watercare-blames-suppliers-for-catastrophic-failure-of-its-own-controls/?ref=goodoil.news) Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): [More detail revealed on plans for south Auckland water treatment](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/09/more-detail-revealed-on-plans-for-south-auckland-water-treatment/?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Hills (Herald): [More housing is not just about the City Rail Link but also floods](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/richard-hills-more-housing-is-not-just-about-the-city-rail-link-but-also-floods-opinion/3KF42W7TBRHDXEYXBSYYKKSUVM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): [Shotover issues spur Rewi to enter mayoral race](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/shotover-issues-spur-rewi-enter-mayoral-race?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): [‘Maverick mayor’ Ash Tanner looks to ride again](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360751258/maverick-mayor-ash-tanner-looks-ride-again?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Madeleine Powers (Waikato Times): [Council boots elderly campers from car museum lot](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360751902/council-boots-elderly-campers-car-museum-lot?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **HEALTH** Ella Scott-Fleming (ODT): [Dementia patients sedated due to bed lack: GP](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/dementia-patients-sedated-due-bed-lack-gp?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ian Powell: [‘Slash and burn’ increases poor health system decision-making: witness maternity and gynaecology](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/slash-and-burn-increases-poor-health-system-decision-making-witness-maternity-and-gynaecology/?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Fears for son if Wakari ward removed](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/fears-son-if-wakari-ward-removed?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): [Physical and verbal abuse at hospitals becoming routine - doctors](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566446/physical-and-verbal-abuse-at-hospitals-becoming-routine-doctors?ref=goodoil.news) Tracy Neal (Open Justice Reporting): [Woman found dead in Auckland home four hours after calling 111](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566416/woman-found-dead-in-auckland-home-four-hours-after-calling-111?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Pharmac makes asthma inhalers, IUDs more accessible](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566418/pharmac-makes-asthma-inhalers-iuds-more-accessible?ref=goodoil.news) Amanda Gillies (RNZ): [The Detail: A win-win-win over medical waste](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/566467/a-win-win-win-over-medical-waste?ref=goodoil.news) **PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES** Andrea Graves (Listener): [Why NZ may raise glyphosate limits – and who’s pushing back](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/why-nz-may-raise-glyphosate-limits-and-whos-pushing-back/RIIUXJMFHFHBVNNKS6TS2M4F6U/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Maiki Sherman (1News): [Hundreds of jobs at Otago gold mine in doubt over ‘business critical permit’](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/09/hundreds-of-jobs-at-otago-gold-mine-in-doubt-over-business-critical-permit/?ref=goodoil.news) Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Titanium could double value of Taranaki seabed mine](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/09/titanium-could-double-value-of-taranaki-seabed-mine/?ref=goodoil.news) Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): [More work needed to protect prime horticultural land, says industry](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/566392/more-work-needed-to-protect-prime-horticultural-land-says-industry?ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Foreign investment rules unfair to farmers, says top agent](https://www.nbr.co.nz/primary-industries/foreign-investment-rules-unfair-to-farmers-says-top-agent/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Julie Asher (ODT): [Decision to sell station to miner not easy, family says](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/decision-sell-station-miner-not-easy-family-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Farming company fined $49k after effluent spills in Waikato](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/09/farming-company-fined-49k-after-effluent-spills-in-waikato/?ref=goodoil.news) **HOUSING** Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [Kāinga Ora to sell prime Wellington sites despite shortage of houses](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360751522/kainga-ora-sell-prime-wellington-sites-despite-shortage-houses?ref=goodoil.news) Julie Jacobson (Post): [Gun threat and abuse leave Kāinga Ora tenant fearing for life](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360749302/gun-threat-and-abuse-leave-kainga-ora-tenant-fearing-life?ref=goodoil.news) Mildred Armah (Stuff): [‘I understand how it feels to freeze on the streets’: Youth leaders fear for homeless peers](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360751412/i-understand-how-it-feels-freeze-streets-youth-leaders-fear-homeless-peers?ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Wellington rents fall to lowest level since 2022, Trade Me data shows](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360751256/wellington-rents-fall-lowest-level-2022-trade-me-data-shows?ref=goodoil.news) **ECONOMY, OCR** Michael Daly (Stuff): [Have we hit the bottom of the OCR cycle at 3.25%?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360752055/have-we-hit-bottom-ocr-cycle-325?ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [The Reserve Bank stopped the drop on the OCR. Is it now the time to go long on your mortgage?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360751591/it-time-lock-your-mortgage-rate-longer-reserve-bank-holds-ocr?ref=goodoil.news) Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Reserve Bank holds Official Cash Rate at 3.25%](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566419/reserve-bank-holds-official-cash-rate-at-3-point-25-percent?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [OCR held at 3.25% by Reserve Bank](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/07/09/ocr-held-at-325-by-reserve-bank/?ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett (Post): [Stats NZ will resume household inflation data release ‒ six months behind schedule](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360750225/stats-nz-will-resume-household-inflation-data-release-six-months-behind-schedule?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **BUSINESS** Nicholas Pointon (NBR): [More studios claim video game rebate in 2025](https://www.nbr.co.nz/tech/more-studios-claim-video-game-rebate-in-2025/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Keall (Herald): [Video game sector jobs up 20.5% with tax rebate, but half of funds unclaimed](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/video-game-sector-jobs-up-205-with-tax-rebate-some-funds-unused/VZF57DDJ6JAMRL35NE624HMHEY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) John Weekes (Herald): [Two Pak’nSave operators plead guilty to unfair trading after ‘specials’ were not so special](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/retail/two-paknsave-operators-plead-guilty-to-unfair-trading-after-specials-were-not-so-special/IS76CH4DWBAIJMV7Q6FGR3JDAQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Family appalled after 99yo's landline disconnected for days](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566327/family-appalled-after-99yo-s-landline-disconnected-for-days?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Are the days of brunching over? Popular Auckland cafe KIND closes amidst economic pressures](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/566447/are-the-days-of-brunching-over-popular-auckland-cafe-kind-closes-amidst-economic-pressures?ref=goodoil.news) **AI, TECHNOLOGY** Chris Keall (Herald): [Government’s AI strategy criticised for lack of detail, timelines](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/governments-ai-strategy-criticised-for-lack-of-detail-timelines/NSYJBMRXYBBB5PTMQAPWVDDWNE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Will Mace (NBR): [Govt’s AI ’strategy’ is nothing of the sort, says tech sector](https://www.nbr.co.nz/tech/govts-ai-strategy-is-nothing-of-the-sort-says-tech-sector/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Government unveils its first-ever national artificial intelligence strategy](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566320/government-unveils-its-first-ever-national-artificial-intelligence-strategy?ref=goodoil.news) Will Mace (NBR): [Govt’s ‘light touch’ AI strategy aims to boost private investment ](https://www.nbr.co.nz/tech/govts-light-touch-ai-strategy-aims-to-boost-private-investment/?ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled) RNZ: [Conservation land use applications processed faster with help from AI](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566293/conservation-land-use-applications-processed-faster-with-help-from-ai?ref=goodoil.news) Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): [The ID verification arms race: Are we ready?](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/the-id-verification-arms-race-are-we-ready?ref=goodoil.news) **MEDIA** Shayne Currie (Herald): [Top RNZ executive resigns as broadcaster tackles budget cuts, voluntary redundancies](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-top-rnz-executive-resigns-as-broadcaster-tackles-budget-cuts-voluntary-redundancies/GWU4XRR42NGB5ECNQ3UBCHZTJE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Shayne Currie (Herald): [NZ Film Commission chief executive Annie Murray on the future of Kiwi moviemaking, and finding the next Boy or Tinā](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-podcast-nz-film-commission-chief-executive-annie-murray-on-the-future-of-kiwi-movies-and-finding-the-next-boy-or-tina/7VWH2A7IMJASZPKYY657MVVXII/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Shayne Currie (Herald): [Taxpayer-funded Jacinda Ardern movie ‘Mania’ scrapped](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-taxpayer-funded-jacinda-ardern-movie-mania-scrapped/RQH3MA2ZOFE7ZGOTG47Y2GT6DE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mark Broatch (Listener): [Kiwis flock to Jacinda Ardern memoir, smashing local sales records](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/books/kiwis-flock-to-jacinda-ardern-memoir-smashing-local-sales-records/5ZY3OYERVZDS7LMUQGFQGW6RN4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **RAINBOW WARRIOR SINKING** Helen Clark (Spinoff): [‘Storm clouds are gathering’: 40 years on from the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior](https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/10-07-2025/storm-clouds-are-gathering-40-years-on-from-the-bombing-of-the-rainbow-warrior?ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (RNZ): [Rainbow Warrior bombing 40th anniversary: Advocates warn of expanding nuclearism in Pacific](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/566469/rainbow-warrior-bombing-40th-anniversary-advocates-warn-of-expanding-nuclearism-in-pacific?ref=goodoil.news) John Daniell and Noelle McCarthy (Herald): [Rainbow Warrior: 40 years on – why France sank Greenpeace flagship in Auckland harbour](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/rainbow-warrior-40-years-on-why-france-sank-greenpeace-flagship-in-auckland-harbour/HLD5DGP3SVDIJBJMYPAT6IYTSA/?ref=goodoil.news) Margaret Mills (Newsroom): [The cook who survived the Rainbow Warrior bombing](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/07/09/the-cook-who-survived-the-rainbow-warrior-bombing/?ref=goodoil.news) Laurence Beau (Post): [Reflections on reconciliation, 40 years after Rainbow Warrior sinking](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360752189/reflections-reconciliation-40-years-after-rainbow-warrior-sinking?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **OTHER** RNZ: [More enforcement powers to combat money laundering unveiled by government](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566440/more-enforcement-powers-to-combat-money-laundering-unveiled-by-government?ref=goodoil.news) Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): [Open banking reforms risk giving too much power to banks](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/open-banking-reforms-risk-giving-too-much-power-to-banks?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): ['No evidence' to show reduction in gambling harm from $81m industry tax](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/566449/no-evidence-to-show-reduction-in-gambling-harm-from-81m-industry-tax?ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bennett (RNZ): [Refugee support programme ends with no clear future](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566401/refugee-support-programme-ends-with-no-clear-future?ref=goodoil.news) Catherine McGregor (Spinoff):[What went wrong with MethaneSat – and who should answer for it?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/10-07-2025/what-went-wrong-with-methanesat-and-who-should-answer-for-it?ref=goodoil.news) Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): [What is Rocket Lab launching into space and why are people angry about it?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-07-2025/what-is-rocket-lab-launching-into-space-and-why-are-people-angry-about-it?ref=goodoil.news) Sheridan Waitai (Post): [Aotearoa’s silence on ocean protection is deafening](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360751565/aotearoas-silence-ocean-protection-deafening?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Hefty reward for information leading to sea lion killer in The Catlins](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/566451/hefty-reward-for-information-leading-to-sea-lion-killer-in-the-catlins?ref=goodoil.news) Raphael 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