> ## 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 March 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-10-march-2025/
- Published: 2025-03-09T19:34:56.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-09T21:42:08.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

*Republished with Permission*  
  
Author: **Bryce Edwards**

**GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT**  
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): [How likely is the National Party to oust Luxon?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/danyl-mclauchlan-how-likely-is-the-national-party-to-oust-luxon/35F6PIBFXFA2VC7FWEHHRXWAGE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Duncan Garner (Listener): [Why I’m picking Christopher Luxon won’t lead National into the next election](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/opinion/duncan-garner-the-phone-is-off-the-hook-his-mps-are-plotting-luxon-is-done/FYGRU4OABJDOJPKZOOTYB5DQA4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Andrea Vance (Post): [Under-fire MP Andrew Bayly takes a break to climb Everest](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360606570/under-fire-mp-andrew-bayly-takes-break-climb-everest?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Horizon poll: 39% of voters 'concerned' about coalition Government](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360607616/horizon-poll-39-voters-concerned-about-coalition-government?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [What Christopher Luxon knew about Commerce Minister Scott Simpson’s grocery link](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/what-the-christopher-luxon-knew-about-the-new-commerce-and-consumer-affairs-minister-scott-simpsons-link-to-the-grocery-sector/UHFBIWLDLVEHDHGC4VTBKONLVU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Reforming competition law remains priority for new Minister](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/reforming-competition-law-remains-priority-for-new-minister/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): [Seymour’s quick regulatory trims leave happy customers](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/07/seymours-regulatory-reviews-slash-red-tape-but-on-low-hanging-fruit/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Louis Collins (RNZ): [The House: Four more years? MPs debate bill to extend parliamentary term](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehouse/544230/four-more-years-mps-debate-bill-to-extend-parliamentary-term?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Farrar: [A too complicated solution](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/03/a%5Ftoo%5Fcomplicated%5Fsolution.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Orr gone, Goff gone, school lunch issues, and Trumpian economics](https://www.nbr.co.nz/beehive-banter/orr-gone-goff-gone-school-lunch-issues-and-trumpian-economics/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): [Mata: Who should take on Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544012/who-should-take-on-te-pati-maori-s-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dileepa Fonseeka (BusinessDesk): [Orr the Money: Valerie Adams, Trump's tariffs, frying pans, and mOrr …](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/on-the-money/orr-the-money-valerie-adams-trumps-tariffs-frying-pans-and-morr?ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled)  
Elliot Crosson: [Where Is the Resistance to Privatisation and Austerity?](https://systemchange.nz/2025/03/08/where-is-the-resistance-privatisation-austerity/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dita De Boni (Post): [James Shaw to leave NZ for greener (finance) pastures](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360606394/james-shaw-leave-nz-greener-finance-pastures?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Peace breaks out as MPs debate dairy and the environment](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/peace-breaks-out-mps-debate-dairy-and-environment?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [10 minutes with... The ‘sheriff in stilettos’ Erica Stanford](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360605586/10-minutes-sheriff-stilettos-erica-stanford?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**LABOUR**  
Chris Trotter (Interest): [Leadership problems](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132302/next-question-after-will-luxon-really-go-course-will-work?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): [The more things change, the more they stay the same](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/08/the-more-things-change-the-more-they-stay-the-same/?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Q+A: Hipkins: No position yet on CGT, but will campaign on 'tax reform'](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/09/hipkins-no-position-yet-on-cgt-but-will-campaign-on-tax-reform/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jo Moir (RNZ): [Chris Hipkins promises political bipartisanship, Chris Bishop isn't so convinced](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544135/chris-hipkins-promises-political-bipartisanship-chris-bishop-isn-t-so-convinced?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Chris Hipkins' speech fails to impress National's Chris Bishop](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544095/chris-hipkins-speech-fails-to-impress-national-s-chris-bishop?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Jobs, health, homes: Labour reshuffle shows more focused agenda](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/07/jobs-health-homes-labour-reshuffle-shows-more-focussed-agenda/?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Chris Hipkins outlines Labour caucus reshuffle](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/07/chris-hipkins-outlines-labour-caucus-reshuffle/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Adam Pearse (Herald): [Opinion: Fresh faces headline Labour reshuffle amid Chris Hipkins’ back to basics State of the Nation](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/opinion-fresh-faces-headline-labour-reshuffle-amid-chris-hipkins-back-to-basics-state-of-the-nation/LU2XUVQBVFF5BOIZY62YXCERTQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Chris Hipkins announces new Labour 'economic team', Tangi Utikere promoted](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544048/chris-hipkins-announces-new-labour-economic-team-tangi-utikere-promoted?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kelly Dennett (Post): [Labour’s election campaign will be different this time. Here’s why](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360602641/labours-election-campaign-will-be-different-time-heres-why?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): [Labour’s Auckland redemption: Can it win back the supercity?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360604987/labours-auckland-redemption-can-it-win-back-supercity?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Labour’s reshuffle reignites a war for Auckland](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-03-2025/labours-reshuffle-reignites-a-war-for-auckland?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): [Labour promises focus on ‘jobs, health, homes’ as it prepares for election](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360605687/labour-promises-focus-jobs-health-homes-it-prepares-election?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Robert MacCulloch: [Returning Hipkins as PM is unthinkable](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/returning-hipkins-as-pm-the-man-who-waged-war-on-auckland-turned-us-into-prisoners-caused-nz-s-st?ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Cowan: [Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before](https://nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2025/03/chris-hipkins-stop-me-if-you-think.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**INFRASTRUCTURE, FAST-TRACK, INVESTMENT SUMMIT**  
Thomas Manch (Sunday Star Times): [Is cartel behaviour threatening NZ’s ailing infrastructure?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360603376/cartel-behaviour-threatening-nzs-ailing-infrastructure?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Russell Palmer and Nick James (RNZ): [Public Works Act changes:'It will definitely make it a lot faster'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544271/public-works-act-changes-it-will-definitely-make-it-a-lot-faster?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Land acquisition overhaul offers incentives, cuts out environment court](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/09/land-acquisition-overhaul-offers-incentives-cuts-out-environment-court/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Government to offer ‘premium payments’ for giving up land to major infrastructure projects](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-to-offer-premium-payments-for-giving-up-land-to-major-infrastructure-projects/T27UEJBG6NBZNOGIVWWOMCZQKI/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Government moves to speed up land acquisition for public works](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544233/government-moves-to-speed-up-land-acquisition-for-public-works?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Landowners to object directly to minister, receive incentive payments as part of changes to land acquisition](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360607634/landowners-object-directly-minister-receive-incentive-payments-part-changes-land-acquisition?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Revealed: The international businesses invited to Auckland investment summit](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/revealed-the-international-businesses-invited-to-auckland-investment-summit/SCVGVBRTGZDUDAL45C6C4JVSYU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Oliver Lewis and Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): ['Wait and see': the builders, bankers and investors summiting in Auckland](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/wait-and-see-the-builders-bankers-and-investors-summiting-in-auckland?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [The PM’s big sell gets ready to ramp up](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360606841/pms-big-sell-gets-ready-ramp?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Government needs pipeline of quality infrastructure projects to attract investors, research shows](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/construction/government-needs-pipeline-of-quality-infrastructure-projects-to-attract-investors-research-shows/KIV2EJ47XFBWXI5736PE456NRM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Port of Auckland resubmits fast-track application after little blue penguin setback](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/port-of-auckland-resubmits-fast-track-application-after-little-blue-penguin-setback?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**WATER INFRASTRUCTURE**  
Max Rashbrooke (Post): [The dismal revelations at the heart of Wellington Water debacle](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360605637/dismal-revelations-core-wellington-water-debacle?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Nick James (RNZ): [Wellington Water woes: Extraordinary meeting to decide fate of chair](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544283/wellington-water-woes-extraordinary-meeting-to-decide-fate-of-chair?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Hunt and Julie Jacobson (Post): [Road cone ‘rort’ on suburban footpath](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360604685/road-cone-rort-suburban-footpath?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [Wellington Water leaders to front shareholding councils](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360606515/wellington-water-leaders-front-shareholding-councils?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Porirua mayor blasts proposal to sack Wellington Water's Nick Leggett](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544039/porirua-mayor-blasts-proposal-to-sack-wellington-water-s-nick-leggett?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [The Wellington Water fiasco](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/03/the%5Fwellington%5Fwater%5Ffiasco.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Maia Hart (Local Democracy Reporting): [New legislation could mean Marlburians pay more for water](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360594181/new-legislation-could-mean-marlburians-pay-more-water?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): [$6m proposed to run water networks in South Wairarapa](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360605775/6m-proposed-run-water-networks-south-wairarapa?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**MEDIA**  
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): [Billionaire influence and the future of media independence in NZ](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-billionaire-influence)  
Hayden Donnell and Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Mediawatch: Anxiety over editorial policy and a billionaire on board at NZME](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/544218/mediawatch-anxiety-over-editorial-policy-and-a-billionaire-on-board-at-nzme?ref=goodoil.news)  
Merja Myllylahti (Post): [With billionaire media owners, things can be rosy, until they’re not](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360606256/billionaire-media-owners-things-can-be-rosy-until-theyre-not?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: Billionaire investor Jim Grenon says he has close to 50% support for NZME board overthrow](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-billionaire-investor-jim-grenon-says-he-has-close-to-50-support-for-nzme-board-overthrow/QXZKCM3E6BEEDBU4QYK34GSIBI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Jim Grenon indicates majority support to roll NZME board — or close to it](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360605698/jim-grenon-indicates-majority-support-roll-nzme-board-or-close-it?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Peter Williams: [A Media Coup](https://peterallanwilliams.substack.com/p/a-media-coup?utm%5Fsource=substack&utm%5Fmedium=email)  
Calida Stuart-Menteath and Hamish McNicol (NBR): [Grenon lobs grenade at NZME’s board, staff, shareholders](https://www.nbr.co.nz/last-word/grenon-lobs-grenade-at-nzmes-board-staff-shareholders/?utm%5Fsource=substack&utm%5Fmedium=email) (paywalled)  
Victor Billot (Newsroom): [An Ode to .. the New Zealand Herald](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/09/an-ode-to-the-new-zealand-herald/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: Whakaata Māori (Māori TV) chief executive Shane Taurima, his private studio event - and a deleted hire agreement](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-whakaata-maori-maori-tv-chief-executive-shane-taurima-his-private-studio-party-and-a-deleted-hire-agreement/Z4TZCLKDINFHNADHO4Z52DAU6E/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**TREATY, WHĀNAU ORA, PREBBLE’S WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RESIGNATION**  
Isaac Davison (Herald): [Dramatic overhaul of Whānau Ora contracts includes John Tamihere-led agency](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/absolutely-gutted-whanau-ora-agencies-dropped-under-dramatic-overhaul-of-155m-contracts/XMDSV2UUZZDZNDKNKVQUGAD7GI/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (1News): [Whānau Ora Commissioning Agency loses major contract](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/07/whanau-ora-commissioning-agency-loses-major-contract/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [The fight for the fabric of our nation: Who won the Treaty Principles Bill hearings?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360605786/fight-fabric-our-nation-who-won-treaty-principles-bill-hearings?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ani O’Brien: [Richard Prebble is not an extremist](https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/ani-o-brien-richard-prebble-is-not-an-extremist?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sarah Hopkinson (E-Tangata): [Befriending our wild disagreements](https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/befriending-our-wild-disagreements/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): [Iwi joy as Crown settles: ‘From now on, it’s progress all the way’](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544258/iwi-joy-as-crown-settles-from-now-on-it-s-progress-all-the-way?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH**  
Rachel Thomas (Post): [Health minister has shown his plan, now voters await receipts](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360606464/health-minister-has-shown-his-plan-now-voters-await-receipts?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bill Hickman (RNZ): [Health Minister's priorities a 'slippery slope' towards private healthcare - PSA](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544202/health-minister-s-priorities-a-slippery-slope-towards-private-healthcare-psa?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Trend to health privatisation 'means we're effectively paying twice' - union](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544112/trend-to-health-privatisation-means-we-re-effectively-paying-twice-union?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Q+A: Simeon Brown considering new GP wait-time health target](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/09/simeon-brown-considering-new-gp-wait-time-health-target/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Health Minister Simeon Brown wants primary healthcare, GP wait time target](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/health-minister-simeon-brown-wants-primary-healthcare-gp-wait-time-target/TLUYCJUTSVAFBJK4TM2GBS7EUM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Health New Zealand lost control of spending, Deloitte report finds](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544103/health-new-zealand-lost-control-of-spending-deloitte-report-finds?ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig Renney: [Not in rude health – just rude](https://craigrenney.substack.com/p/not-in-rude-health-just-rude)  
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): [‘You're not an expert’ - health boss fires back over whether delayed patients at risk](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350372376/youre-not-expert-health-boss-fires-back-over-whether-delayed-patients-risk?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Health package lacking detail ](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/health-package-lacking-detail?ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled)  
ODT Editorial: [Local health moves welcome](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/local-health-moves-welcome?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Health Minister Simeon Brown announces major overhaul of health sector](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544055/health-minister-simeon-brown-announces-major-overhaul-of-health-sector?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Commissioner Lester Levy to go; new Health NZ board to outsource services](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/07/commissioner-lester-levy-to-go-new-health-nz-board-to-outsource-services/?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Board to return at Health NZ - Simeon Brown](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/07/board-to-return-at-health-nz-simeon-brown/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Teuila Fuatai (E-Tangata): [Bowel screening change ‘totally unethical’](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/bowel-screening-change-totally-unethical/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Andrews (RNZ): [Experts on why bowel cancer screening changes are a concern](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544072/experts-on-why-bowel-cancer-screening-changes-are-a-concern?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Government promises to further drop bowel cancer screening age](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544033/government-promises-to-further-drop-bowel-cancer-screening-age?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Graham (RNZ): [Christchurch Hospital needs more nurses for safe staffing levels, internal system shows](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544157/christchurch-hospital-needs-more-nurses-for-safe-staffing-levels-internal-system-shows?ref=goodoil.news)  
Paula Penfold (Stuff): [‘It was just hugging’: What a senior govt manager said to Stuff that led to stand-down, investigation](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360606901/it-was-just-hugging-what-senior-govt-manager-said-stuff-led-stand-down-investigation?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [National HPV vaccine programme effective at preventing cancer, study finds](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544142/national-hpv-vaccine-programme-effective-at-preventing-cancer-study-finds?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): [Aged care industry blames govt pressure for putting patients unlawfully in secure facilities](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/06/aged-care-industry-blames-pressure-to-take-patients-for-seniors-being-unlawfully-held-in-secure-facilities/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): [Winners and losers in NZ’s medical cannabis market](https://www.nbr.co.nz/shoeshine/-4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE**  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Phil Goff exits stage right as Winston Peters goes to Washington](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/phil-goff-exits-stage-right-as-winston-goes-to-washington/SZX7TBBXSBEATP5EDLQCASVTAM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Goff should have been warned to 'pull your head in' - Helen Clark](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544071/goff-should-have-been-warned-to-pull-your-head-in-helen-clark?ref=goodoil.news)  
Press Editorial (Post): [Fallout from the Goff gaffe](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360606387/fallout-goff-gaffe?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Giles Dexter (RNZ): [What was actually wrong with what Phil Goff said?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544060/what-was-actually-wrong-with-what-phil-goff-said?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Beware the emperor’s new clothes](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/beware-emperor%E2%80%99s-new-clothes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Brand new Deputy High Commissioner Guergana Guermanoff steps up temporarily after Phil Goff's sacking](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544098/brand-new-deputy-high-commissioner-guergana-guermanoff-steps-up-temporarily-after-phil-goff-s-sacking?ref=goodoil.news)  
Josie Pagani (Post): [In unsettled times, we can still stand up for what’s right](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360605796/unsettled-times-we-can-still-stand-whats-right?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [NZ joining AUKUS would make geopolitical waves - expert](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/544059/nz-joining-aukus-would-make-geopolitical-waves-expert?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Why Trump’s global shakedown changes the Budget strategy](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360605957/why-trumps-global-shakedown-changes-budget-strategy?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): [Our home-grown chaos may seem low-level, but it’s chaos all the same](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360605894/our-home-grown-chaos-may-seem-low-level-its-chaos-all-same?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): [A brawl at the White House, Chinese warships on our doorstep](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360605981/brawl-white-house-chinese-warships-our-doorstep?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rod Carr (Sunday Star Times): [Pax Americana is over, and New Zealand’s 30-year peace dividend is spent](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360602515/pax-americana-over-and-new-zealands-30-year-peace-dividend-spent?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ryan Bridge (Herald): [Donald Trump’s agriculture tariffs and NZ: Billions of dollars are on the line, time for crucial diplomacy](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/donald-trumps-agriculture-tariffs-and-nz-billions-of-dollars-are-on-the-line-time-for-crucial-diplomacy-ryan-bridges/QCO7AMUYEZC2DM4FOOS74N6ZJM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Diesel fuel aboard sunken Manawanui still unaccounted for](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544099/diesel-fuel-aboard-sunken-manawanui-still-unaccounted-for?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Ukraine: NZ ‘very closely’ watching developments on Keir Starmer’s coalition of the willing](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360607966/ukraine-nz-very-closely-watching-developments-keir-starmers-coalition-willing?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [NZ's part in helping Ukraine find new satellite images](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544065/nz-s-part-in-helping-ukraine-find-new-satellite-images?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eric Crampton (Post): [An age of prosperity gives way to the time of monsters](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360606044/age-prosperity-gives-way-time-monsters?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Daniel Street (Post): [‘Regulatory whiplash’ threatens Kiwi exporters as EU eases sustainability reporting rules](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360607289/regulatory-whiplash-threatens-kiwi-exporters-eu-eases-sustainability-reporting-rules?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): ['Carnage' expected as more countries adopt electronic travel checks](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544294/carnage-expected-as-more-countries-adopt-electronic-travel-checks?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Warning new European ETA will cause chaos as borders tighten](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543888/warning-new-european-eta-will-cause-chaos-as-borders-tighten?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PUBLIC SECTOR**  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Who are the public sector leaders leaving their jobs?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/audrey-young-who-are-the-public-sector-leaders-leaving-their-jobs/IVXRN6XYSNDWVLFGQUJ2JLAZEE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): [Is New Zealand’s public service at risk of being Trumpified?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360604516/new-zealands-public-service-risk-being-trumpified?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Peter Davis (Post): [How New Zealand is venturing down the road of political upheaval](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360606656/how-new-zealand-venturing-down-road-political-upheaval?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald Editorial: [Winston Peters’ anti-DEI bill is a distraction from real issues](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/winston-peters-anti-dei-bill-is-a-distraction-from-real-issues-editorial/XWWWKEF65RB2ZLNRAKFMAFYMSY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [NZ First targets 'woke' legislation it previously helped make law](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/544088/nz-first-targets-woke-legislation-it-previously-helped-make-law?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT**  
Alka Prasad (Post): [‘We’re being set up to fail’: Local board concern as council’s urban regeneration arm disbanded](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360603400/local-board-concern-auckland-council-agencies-are-disbanded?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Local Aotearoa: [Ombudsman chases up closed door councils in win for Local Aotearoa](https://localaotearoa.substack.com/p/ombudsman-chases-up-closed-door-councils)  
Wayne Brown (Sunday Star Times): [National consistency, the Government’s two worst words](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360603548/national-consistency-governments-two-worst-words?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jonathan Killick (Sunday Star Times): [Why cycle lanes have become a broken spoke in Auckland’s local politics](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360603226/why-cycle-lanes-have-become-broken-spoke-aucklands-local-politics?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Simon Wilson (Herald): [Strawberry fair, bus fares and Phil Goff’s future](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/simon-wilson-strawberry-fairs-bus-fares-and-phil-goffs-future/BX3AS7O5HJFY7O55KA3R2STPCI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jonathan Killick (Sunday Star Times): [‘Send them a message’: Auckland councillors reject retirement village despite lawsuit risk](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360600014/send-them-message-auckland-councillors-reject-retirement-village-despite-lawsuit-risk?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mary Afemata (Local Democracy Reporting): [Auckland pushes for more female representation ahead of 2025 elections](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544186/auckland-pushes-for-more-female-representation-ahead-of-2025-elections?ref=goodoil.news)  
Amanda Gilles (RNZ): [The Detail: Golfers think council plans for Takapuna course are below par](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/544268/golfers-think-council-plans-for-takapuna-course-are-below-par?ref=goodoil.news)  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Auditors found Napier council paid $290,000 in severance payments to 12 staff](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360605513/auditors-found-napier-council-paid-290000-severance-payments-12-staff?ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): [Unpaid rates bills top $50 million](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360606202/unpaid-rates-bills-top-50-million?cx%5FtestId=4&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=0&utm%5Fsource=waikato%5Ftimes%5Fstuff&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled)  
Maioha Panapa (Te Ao Māori News): [After Toitū te Tiriti hīkoi: Waikato Councils plan to boost voter turnout for Māori](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/07/after-toitu-te-tiriti-hikoi-waikato-councils-plan-to-boost-voter-turnout-for-maori/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sinead Gill (Sunday Star Times): [Early battle lines emerge in South Island mayoral races](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360596178/early-battle-lines-emerge-south-island-mayoral-races?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): [Four out of five Gisborne Māori ward district councillors to seek re-election](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/four-out-of-five-gisborne-maori-ward-district-councillors-to-seek-re-election/K2SVVIZL2BH47AQJ36V2WJF2HA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): [Whangārei District Council to hold sudden closed-door fluoridation meeting](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544238/whangarei-district-council-to-hold-sudden-closed-door-fluoridation-meeting?ref=goodoil.news)  
Yolisa Tswanya (Northern Advocate): [Far North’s drinking problem: Can a LAP fix the region’s booze stat blowout?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/local-alcohol-policy-to-tackle-far-norths-drinking-issues/JPV7MTS4Y5B7TINOTIA3SLMVYA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): [Windbag: To be a world-class city, Wellington needs to be bigger](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/10-03-2025/windbag-to-be-a-world-class-city-wellington-needs-a-million-people?ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Newport (Crux): [Local MP endorses denial of sewage crisis](https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/local-mp-endorses-denial-of-sewage-crisis/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Joe Shaw (RNZ): [Cost of artwork repairs questioned by Christchurch city councillor](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544100/cost-of-artwork-repairs-questioned-by-christchurch-city-councillor?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sinead Gill (Press/Post): [Christchurch council commits millions to protecting Banks Peninsula communities](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360607693/chch-council-commits-millions-protecting-banks-peninsula-communities?cx%5FtestId=8&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=1&utm%5Fsource=the%5Fpress%5Fstuff%5Fhome&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs)  
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): [Ashburton council says flock off to pigeons](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544015/ashburton-council-says-flock-off-to-pigeons?ref=goodoil.news)  
Justin Wong (Post): [Info countering Kāpiti council climate science now on LIMs](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360605836/info-countering-kapiti-council-climate-science-now-lims?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Katy Jones (Stuff): [City’s ‘momentous’ climate change plan](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360601716/citys-momentous-climate-change-plan?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Taupō District Councillor quits after drink driving charges](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544087/taupo-district-councillor-quits-after-drink-driving-charges?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**POLICE, CRIME, JUSTICE**  
Sapeer Mayron (Sunday Star Times): [Police watchdog accused of overreach with ‘legally questionable’ report](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360601173/police-watchdog-accused-overreach-legally-questionable-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Katie Ham (Sunday Star Times): [How Sunny Kaushal came to have the ear of the Government on retail crime](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360605193/how-sunny-kaushal-came-have-ear-government-retail-crime?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Virginia Fallon (Sunday Star Times): [‘Power corrupts’: May the ‘reasonable force’ be with you](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360601129/power-corrupts-may-reasonable-force-be-you?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Eva Gallot (Stuff): [Family and friends of man who died in police custody call for mandatory body cameras](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360607317/family-and-friends-man-who-died-police-custody-call-mandatory-body-cameras?ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Ham (Post): [Citizen’s arrests, three strikes, bootcamps: Justice Minister’s half-term report](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360601362/citizens-arrests-three-strikes-bootcamps-justice-ministers-half-term-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Green MP Tamatha Paul’s ‘regret’ about TikTok claim on why people are in prison](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/green-mp-tamatha-pauls-regret-about-tiktok-claim-on-why-people-are-in-prison/5HREAJBREJHAZBEI2UWNCK6VAU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [What happens to all the confiscated gang patches?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360604646/what-happens-all-confiscated-gang-patches?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ADRIAN ORR’S RESIGNATION, RESERVE BANK**  
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Adrian Orr and the seven-year itch](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132278/adrian-orr-abruptly-departs-reserve-bank-its-good-time-think-about-what-type?ref=goodoil.news)  
Martien Lubberink [Adrian Orr’s legacy and Nicola Willis’s dilemma](https://capitalissues.co/2025/03/07/adrian-orrs-legacy-and-nicola-williss-dilemma/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Adrian Orr was never boring - perhaps that was his biggest problem](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/liam-dann-adrian-orr-was-never-boring-perhaps-that-was-his-biggest-problem/EVXD5NY4OVCLBK3PDOHEM7B2XQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [So you want to be a Reserve Bank governor?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360604783/so-you-want-be-reserve-bank-governor?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Departing Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr made more memorable contributions than his Covid record](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/departed-reserve-bank-governor-adrian-orr-made-more-memorable-contributions-than-his-covid-record-fran-osullivan/3M7C6WLTWJCWXAOPQMFWXWJVZI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Steven Joyce (Herald): [Reserve Bank needs to get back to its core role after Adrian Orr’s departure](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/reserve-bank-needs-to-get-back-to-its-core-role-after-adrian-orrs-departure-steven-joyce/S2EJDS7Z5BBOVPY7HHYT2GXJ5A/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Michael Reddell: [A letter](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/03/08/a-letter/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Gradual rate cuts are falling out of fashion](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/132290/bank-england%E2%80%99s-catherine-mann-and-rbnz%E2%80%99s-paul-conway-say-raising-and-cutting?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Interest rate cuts still likely despite Trump's trade war](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/economy/interest-rate-cuts-still-likely-despite-trumps-trade-war?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**ANIMAL WELFARE, CONSERVATION, PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENT**  
Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere (Newsroom): [Animals would be a lot better off if the police did their job properly](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/10/if-the-police-did-their-job-properly-wed-improve-animal-welfare/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [NZTA Waka Kotahi's permission to kill protected species at Mt Messenger ruled unlawful](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544279/nzta-waka-kotahi-s-permission-to-kill-protected-species-at-mt-messenger-ruled-unlawful?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrea Vance (Post): [Permit to kill wildlife for new road ruled unlawful](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360606289/permit-kill-wildlife-new-road-ruled-unlawful?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): [Decision to continue allowing vehicles on Catlins beaches to be revisited after 'disgusting' incident](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544205/decision-to-continue-allowing-vehicles-on-catlins-beaches-to-be-revisited-after-disgusting-incident?ref=goodoil.news)  
Maia Ingoe (RNZ): [Victory University law students take oil exploration case to Supreme Court](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544281/victory-university-law-students-take-oil-exploration-case-to-supreme-court?ref=goodoil.news)  
Louisa Steyl (Stuff): [Fishing industry hit back at claims](https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/360604406/fishing-industry-hit-back-claims?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New Zealand Aquaculture Development Plan aims to grow industry to $3b a year](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/544150/new-zealand-aquaculture-development-plan-aims-to-grow-industry-to-3b-a-year?ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Kenny (RNZ): [Gene technology changes: What you need to know](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/what-you-need-to-know/544179/gene-technology-changes-what-you-need-to-know?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Waikato Times/Post): [Ngāruawāhia quarry looking to expand its capacity for further 50 years](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360603191/ngaruawahia-quarry-looking-expand-its-capacity-further-50-years?cx%5FtestId=4&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=3&utm%5Fsource=waikato%5Ftimes%5Fstuff&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Could it be a case of when, not if, Government dumps NZ’s 2030 Paris ‘pledge’?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360602829/could-it-be-case-when-not-if-government-dumps-nzs-2030-paris-pledge?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ): [Farmers milking once a day and sending stock to works early, amid drought](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544152/farmers-milking-once-a-day-and-sending-stock-to-works-early-amid-drought?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Drought declared in more regions as government offers assistanc](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544076/drought-declared-in-more-regions-as-government-offers-assistance?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Birkdale fruit and vegetable movement restricted until next month after fruit fly find](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544177/birkdale-fruit-and-vegetable-movement-restricted-until-next-month-after-fruit-fly-find?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**SCHOOL LUNCHES**  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [School lunch contracts awarded to companies with ‘substantive number’ of complaints](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360602485/school-lunch-contracts-awarded-companies-substantive-number-complaints?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Education Ministry calls on MPI to expand school lunch investigation](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/07/education-ministry-calls-on-mpi-to-expand-school-lunch-investigation/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Caron Copek (Stuff): [School lunches that burned a child can no longer be served - Ministry of Education](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360606933/school-lunches-burned-child-can-no-longer-be-served-ministry-education?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Smith and Ava Whitworth (Stuff): [Cottage pie ‘exploded’ when dropped in school lunch burns incident, principal says](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360605421/student-taken-hospital-after-being-burnt-hot-school-lunch?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [School lunch that burnt student wrongly reheated - Ministry of Education](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544097/school-lunch-that-burnt-student-wrongly-reheated-ministry-of-education?ref=goodoil.news)  
Damien Grant (Stuff): [Forget the noise, the school lunch scheme is working incredibly well](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360606674/forget-noise-school-lunch-scheme-working-incredibly-well-writes-damien-grant?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: ['We are solving them': David Seymour on school lunch problems](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/05/we-are-solving-them-david-seymour-on-school-lunch-problems/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [School lunch savings don’t offset the social cost of hunger, say experts](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/06/school-lunch-savings-dont-offset-the-social-cost-of-hunger-say-experts/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): [The Secret Diary of .. school lunches](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/08/the-secret-diary-of-school-lunches/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**EDUCATION**  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [State-integrated school's optional $10,000 fee shocks parent](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/544269/state-integrated-school-s-optional-10-000-fee-shocks-parent?ref=goodoil.news)  
Melanie Wrintmore (Spinoff): [It’s toilet paper or me: Teacher aides are doing it tough](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/08-03-2025/its-toilet-paper-or-me-teacher-aides-are-doing-it-tough?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ripeka Lessels (E-Tangata): [Another gut punch for tamariki Māori](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/another-gut-punch-for-tamariki-maori/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Teuila Fuatai (E-Tangata): [Why cut what’s working?](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/why-cut-whats-working/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [Evicted daycare centre in Waitara in race against time](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543923/evicted-daycare-centre-in-waitara-in-race-against-time?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Massey University records $3.7m surplus instead of expected deficit](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/544254/massey-university-records-3-point-7m-surplus-instead-of-expected-deficit?ref=goodoil.news)

# Cartoons

[Subscribe now](https://democracyproject.substack.com/subscribe?)

[Read more](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/news-briefing-10-march-2025)