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# News Briefing: 13 May 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-13-may-2025/
- Published: 2025-05-12T20:28:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-12T21:16:00.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**PAY EQUITY**  
Chris Trotter (Interest): [Low pay isn’t a fixable bug in our free market system, it’s one of its indispensable features](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/133233/low-pay-isn%E2%80%99t-fixable-bug-our-free-market-system-it%E2%80%99s-one-its-indispensable?ref=goodoil.news)  
Edward Miller: [Detonating pay equity leaves workers footing the bill](https://labourcartel.substack.com/p/detonating-pay-equity-leaves-workers)  
RNZ: '[Nothing further from the truth' - pay equity shake-up not cutting pay for women, says PM](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/560759/nothing-further-from-the-truth-pay-equity-shake-up-not-cutting-pay-for-women-says-pm?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Christopher Luxon won't say if Ministry for Women consulted on pay equity changes rushed into law](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/560677/christopher-luxon-won-t-say-if-ministry-for-women-consulted-on-pay-equity-changes-rushed-into-law?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Chris Hipkins and Nicola Willis deliver pre-Budget speeches as pay equity debate gets ugly](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chris-hipkins-and-nicola-willis-deliver-duelling-speeches-as-pay-equity-debate-gets-ugly/7OZCDEJ6B5CABPHOD5KQ6QFFEY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Joe Hendren: [Cut, gut and run: National's sharp turnaround on equal pay](https://joehendren.substack.com/p/cut-gut-and-run-nationals-sharp-turnaround)  
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [The Constitutional Right to Game the System](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/the-constitutional-right-to-game) (soft paywalled)  
Mountain Tui: [Nicola Willis Calls Pay Equity "A Grievance Industry"](https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/nicola-willis-calls-pay-equity-a)  
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): [Back to the drawing board on pay equity claims](https://www.nbr.co.nz/toil-and-trouble/back-to-the-drawing-board-on-pay-equity-claims/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): [My thoughts on the Pay Equity Bill](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition-with-ryan-bridge/opinion/ryan-bridge-my-thoughts-on-the-pay-equity-bill/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [Stuff responds to use of C-word as it faces criticism for Andrea Vance column taking aim at Finance Minister Nicola Willis and female MPs over pay equity](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-stuff-responds-to-use-of-c-word-as-it-faces-criticism-for-andrea-vance-column-taking-aim-at-finance-minister-nicola-willis-and-female-mps-over-pay-equity/SG6EWBCZ5NELLBVS6TAWNQIJHM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Nicola Willis (Stuff): [Pay equity: Enough with the slurs, now for some facts](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360685338/pay-equity-enough-slurs-now-some-facts?ref=goodoil.news)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [There's a lot of remarkable things about yesterday's c-word column](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis-allan-theres-a-lot-of-remarkable-things-about-yesterdays-c-word-column/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Rawhiti-Connell (Spinoff): [Is ‘c...’ still the worst thing a woman can call another woman?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/12-05-2025/is-cunt-still-the-worst-thing-a-woman-can-call-another-woman?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Willis responds to Vance celling her a c...](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/05/willis%5Fresponds%5Fto%5Fvance%5Fcelling%5Fher%5Fa%5Fct.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kamahl Santamaria: [Reporters With Opinions (including calling a female MP a 'c...')](https://kamahlsantamaria.substack.com/p/reporters-with-opinions-including)  
Adam Pearse (Herald): [Local Labour Facebook page reposts - then deletes - image of Brooke van Velden as Nazi](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/labour-party-facebook-page-reposts-then-deletes-image-of-brooke-van-velden-as-nazi/LHUSVVK325DXRDSZCTPXYDK4BE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
James Ball (1News): [Labour Party account posted image of Brooke van Velden as Nazi](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/12/labour-party-account-posted-image-of-brooke-van-velden-as-nazi/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Peters (World Socialists): [NZ government blocks “pay equity” claims for hundreds of thousands of workers](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/05/12/pyep-m12.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PARLIAMENT, GOVERMENT**  
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): [Do political donations influence which businesses get fast-tracked?](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-do-political-donations)  
No Right Turn: [Naked corruption](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/naked-corruption.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stephen Winter (The Conversation): [A prisoner voting ban shows again how few checks there are on parliamentary power](https://theconversation.com/a-prisoner-voting-ban-shows-again-how-few-checks-there-are-on-parliamentary-power-256226?ref=goodoil.news)  
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): [Nobody is cutting through government spin like the Act Party](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/13-05-2025/nobody-is-cutting-through-government-spin-like-the-act-party?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: '[It's not emotional' – Luxon addresses disagreements with ACT](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/12/its-not-emotional-luxon-addresses-disagreements-with-act/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Melanie Nelson: [The RSB Has Changed — But the Minister Didn’t Say How](https://melanienelson.substack.com/p/the-rsb-has-changed-but-the-minister)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Pay equity, social media ban, emailgate, and school lunches](https://www.nbr.co.nz/beehive-banter/pay-equity-social-media-ban-emailgate-and-school-lunches/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Post): [Labour appoints Peeni Henare to foreign affairs; Vanushi Walters returns to Parliament](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360686090/labour-appoints-peeni-henare-foreign-affairs-vanushi-walters-returns-parliament?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**PUBLIC SECTOR**  
Azaria Howell (Herald): [Diversity requirements proposed to be cut in Judith Collins’ Public Service Act overhaul](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/diversity-requirements-proposed-to-be-cut-in-judith-collins-public-service-act-overhaul/5C7654RZLZDMBLMSY42Y5OLKHM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [The unfinished business of measuring public sector performance](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/the-unfinished-business-of-measuring-public-sector-performance/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Michael Cugley (Te Ao Māori News): [Outgoing Auditor General wants better engagement with Māori from public sector](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/05/12/outgoing-auditor-general-wants-better-engagement-with-maori-from-public-sector/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Union, government in mediation over working from home restrictions](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/560779/union-government-in-mediation-over-working-from-home-restrictions?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dita De Boni (Post): [Pay equity anger harnessed as union takes on Government over WFH for public servants](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360686424/pay-equity-anger-harnessed-union-takes-government-over-wfh-public-servants?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**BUDGET, ECONOMY**  
Luke Malpass (Post): [WIllis, Hipkins to give pre-Budget speeches](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360686185/willis-hipkins-give-pre-budget-speeches?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Westpac economists see New Zealand economic recovery gathering steam](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/upbeat-outlook-westpac-sees-recovery-gathering-steam/4GI66WWH3JH2DBX2ZDAN25OCGM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): [Never mind ‘big investors’, regular workers crave stability too](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/12/never-mind-big-investors-regular-workers-crave-stability-too/?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Real wages](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/05/real%5Fwages.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Vial (Post): [Budget 2025: Chartered Accountants want focus on health, infrastructure funding](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360685450/budget-2025-chartered-accountants-want-focus-health-infrastructure-funding?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**SOCIAL MEDIA**  
Jamie Ensor (Herald: [David Seymour denies Act shifting position on social media policy as Christopher Luxon claims](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/david-seymour-denies-act-shifting-position-on-social-media-policy-as-christopher-luxon-claims/PVMTIPHJGJB6ZKM4DZPV2KSX2U/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [ACT pushes for inquiry into social media harm on young people, as Govt eyes ban](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360686123/act-pushes-inquiry-social-media-harm-young-people-govt-eyes-ban?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eric Crampton: [A social media trilemma](https://offsettingbehaviour.blogspot.com/2025/05/a-social-media-trilemma.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald Editorial: [Govt tested waters on social media restrictions, now we’re up for the debate](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/govt-tested-waters-on-social-media-restrictions-now-were-up-for-the-debate-editorial/5473Y6KV2JCJRHHRHNI63I5GDA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Shaun Greaves (Post): [Social media harm to our kids is worsening - we need this ban](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360685482/social-media-harm-our-kids-worsening-we-need-ban?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Natalia Albert: [Social Media Ban: Noble, but Naïve](https://nataliaalbert.substack.com/p/erica-stanfords-and-the-pms-social)  
Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ): ['Confession pages' an online challenge for Auckland schools](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560764/confession-pages-an-online-challenge-for-auckland-schools?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**POLICE, CRIME, FIREARMS REGISTRY**  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): [McSkimming resignation: Pornography found on police device, RNZ understands](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560735/mcskimming-resignation-pornography-found-on-police-device-rnz-understands?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jared Savage (Herald): [Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming resigns after pornographic material allegedly found on work computer, say sources](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/deputy-police-commissioner-jevon-mcskimming-resigns-after-pornographic-material-allegedly-found-on-work-computer-sources/GQMVDHGI7NEQFKZRDP3ONQOM7M/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sam Smith and Amy Ridout (Stuff): [Police deputy commissioner resigns after porn allegedly found on work computer - reports](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360685932/police-deputy-commissioner-resigns-amid-investigation-his-conduct?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Deputy Police Commissioner quits over 'very serious' allegations](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/12/deputy-police-commissioner-quits-over-very-serious-allegations/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): [Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has resigned](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560700/deputy-police-commissioner-jevon-mcskimming-has-resigned?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Police minister Mark Mitchell says second firearms registry review not needed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/560666/police-minister-mark-mitchell-says-second-firearms-registry-review-not-needed?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ):[ 'Internal employment process' under way at Firearms Safety Authority](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560687/internal-employment-process-under-way-at-firearms-safety-authority?ref=goodoil.news)  
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): [Veteran activist John Minto unlawfully pepper-sprayed and arrested at protest - IPCA](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560756/veteran-activist-john-minto-unlawfully-pepper-sprayed-and-arrested-at-protest-ipca?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nadine Roberts (Stuff): [Arrest and pepper spraying of pro-Palestine protester John Minto deemed ‘unlawful’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360686152/arrest-and-pepper-spraying-pro-palestine-protester-john-minto-deemed-unlawful?ref=goodoil.news)  
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times/Post): [Boy racers ‘lack the brain development’ to grasp their car could be crushed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360685049/boy-racers-lack-brain-development-grasp-their-car-could-be-crushed?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH**  
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Health NZ aims to cut surgery waitlists by outsourcing to private hospitals, extending doctors' hours](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560757/health-nz-aims-to-cut-surgery-waitlists-by-outsourcing-to-private-hospitals-extending-doctors-hours?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): [Health NZ eyes $1.8b cost for unpaid leave dating back 15 years](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560741/health-nz-eyes-1-point-8b-cost-for-unpaid-leave-dating-back-15-years?ref=goodoil.news)  
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): [The Detail: Smokefree 2025 goal all but up in smoke](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/560760/smokefree-2025-goal-all-but-up-in-smoke?ref=goodoil.news)  
Public Health Communication Centre: [New Zealanders back action on preventing alcohol harm](https://www.phcc.org.nz/news/media-release-new-zealanders-back-action-preventing-alcohol-harm?ref=goodoil.news)  
Paula Penfold (Stuff): [ACC admits failings as controversial ex-manager’s emails emerge](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360686308/acc-admits-failings-controversial-ex-managers-emails-emerge?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): [The ex-cop who travelled overseas for cancer treatment, but didn’t make it home](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360681052/ex-cop-who-travelled-overseas-cancer-treatment-didnt-make-it-home?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Vaccine rates putting New Zealand at risk of measles outbreak, health expert says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560669/vaccine-rates-putting-new-zealand-at-risk-of-measles-outbreak-health-expert-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eva Gallot (Stuff): [Here’s what you need to know about measles, after new case discovered in Auckland](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360685265/heres-what-you-need-know-about-measles-after-new-case-discovered-auckland?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mataroria Lyndon (Spinoff): [Culturally unsafe healthcare is unsafe healthcare – we cannot pretend otherwise](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/12-05-2025/culturally-unsafe-healthcare-is-unsafe-healthcare-we-cannot-pretend-otherwise?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TAX, COVID BUSINESS LOANS**  
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): [Inland Revenue still chasing $853m from the Small Business Cashflow Scheme](https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360685560/inland-revenue-still-chasing-853m-small-business-cashflow-scheme?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Hargreaves (Interest): [Inland Revenue set to bring hammer down on non-payers of Govt-backed Covid business loans](https://www.interest.co.nz/business/133244/people-who-havent-repaid-small-business-cashflow-loans-will-start-facing?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [IRD targets outstanding student loans in property investment crackdown](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/560663/ird-targets-outstanding-student-loans-in-property-investment-crackdown?ref=goodoil.news)  
NBR: [IRD property spotlight finds $150m undeclared tax](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/ird-property-spotlight-finds-150m-undeclared-tax/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**WAITANGI TRIBUNAL REVIEW, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS**  
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [Act takes a victory lap as Waitangi Tribunal faces government review](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/13-05-2025/act-takes-a-victory-lap-as-waitangi-tribunal-faces-government-review?ref=goodoil.news)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Why the Waitangi Tribunal review is not a hatchet job and what it should cover](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/why-the-waitangi-tribunal-review-is-not-a-hatchet-job-and-what-it-should-cover-audrey-young/DMMEPASTTNDBRONSUOA5IIYLRE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): [Who will be reviewing the Waitangi Tribunal?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360685283/who-will-be-reviewing-waitangi-tribunal?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENERGY**  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Power prices: Poll reveal Kiwis’ growing concern, minister Shane Jones suggests restructure](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/power-prices-poll-reveal-kiwis-growing-concern-minister-shane-jones-cant-believe-its-so-bad/7ILH37WEGJBCJMJHUER3WI3YZY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Govt mulled, then scratched, home solar incentive](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/12/govt-mulled-then-scratched-home-solar-incentive-policy/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dave Armstrong (Post): [When your power is the hands of those offshore](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360685896/when-your-power-hands-those-offshore?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Hunt (Post): [Cold showers and offshore owners: Lengthy Wellington power outage anger](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360684841/cold-showers-and-offshore-owners-lengthy-wellington-power-outage-anger?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Huia Burt (Post): [Contact acquisition of Manawa: Making a bad situation worse](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360683551/contact-acquisition-manawa-making-bad-situation-worse?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Homeowner blindsided as daily power charges increase 600%](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/560474/homeowner-blindsided-as-daily-power-charges-increase-600-percent?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT: [Electrifying machines could help save millions — and the planet](https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/electrifying-machines-could-help-save-millions-%E2%80%94-and-planet?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER**  
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): [Wayne Brown thinks 'supercharging Auckland' can pull country out of recession](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560698/wayne-brown-thinks-supercharging-auckland-can-pull-country-out-of-recession?ref=goodoil.news)  
Raphael Franks (Herald): [Mayor Wayne Brown’s Manifesto for Auckland: Bed tax, reciprocal China visa, population plan](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mayor-wayne-browns-manifesto-for-auckland-bed-tax-reciprocal-china-visa-population-plan/XFPFXUCCDZEQBHAVTFWB6K3OMY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [Pol.is or Poll-ish? Dispute erupts over Auckland at 15 Survey](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/politics/polis-or-poll-ish-dispute-erupts-over-auckland-at-15-survey?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Karyn Scherer (NBR): [Growing pains: the challenges facing NZ’s biggest city](https://www.nbr.co.nz/nbr-focus/growing-pains-the-challenges-facing-nzs-biggest-city/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): [Auckland millionaires' controversial helipad hearing gets underway](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560695/auckland-millionaires-controversial-helipad-hearing-gets-underway?ref=goodoil.news)  
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): [Memorial planned for unmarked graves at Pukekohe Cemetery](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/560728/memorial-planned-for-unmarked-graves-at-pukekohe-cemetery?ref=goodoil.news)  
Harriet Laughton (Post): [Wellington council collecting unpaid rates from over 500 mortgages](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360682161/wellington-council-collecting-unpaid-rates-over-500-mortgages?cx%5FtestId=10&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=3&utm%5Fsource=the%5Fpost%5Fstuff%5Fhome&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled)  
ODT Editorial: [Disrespectful consultation](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/disrespectful-consultation?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ruby Shaw and Grant Miller (ODT): [Fewer top staff sign of ‘disrespect’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/fewer-top-staff-sign-%E2%80%98disrespect%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brooke Black (Stuff): [Council to release updated restructure proposal after more than 200 submissions received](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360677105/council-release-updated-restructure-proposal-after-more-200-submissions-received?ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Shepherd (NBR): [Podcast: Pipes, roads, rates - our local election special](https://www.nbr.co.nz/the-nbr-podcast/the-nbr-podcast-localelections-56/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Simon Wilson (Herald): [Simeon Brown opens a cycleway! And Auckland Transport abandons safety plans](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/simeon-brown-opens-a-cycleway-and-auckland-transport-abandons-safety-plans/YPLBY6CJVJESPITYJLSTEACLXA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Richard Harman (Politik): [Possible gridlock for Auckland’s congestion charging](https://www.politik.co.nz/possible-gridlock-for-aucklands-congestion-charging/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Thomas Manch (Post): [Congestion charging backed, but with tweaks](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360685493/congestion-charging-backed-tweaks?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): [Windbag: The urbanist value of a rainbow crossing](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/13-05-2025/windbag-the-urbanist-value-of-a-rainbow-crossing?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jacob Johnson (1News): [Licence plate recognition tech being used for parking enforcement](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/11/licence-plate-recognition-tech-being-used-for-parking-enforcement/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Vanessa Pratley (Consumer NZ): [Air New Zealand consistently more expensive than trans-Tasman competition](https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/air-new-zealand-consistently-more-expensive-than-trans-tasman-competition?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund and Roeland van den Bergh (Sunday Star Times): [The real-world cost of sky-high airfares](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360681172/real-world-cost-sky-high-airfares?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): [Market study into airfares would be ‘costly’ for the taxpayer - Air NZ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360683741/market-study-airfares-would-be-costly-taxpayer-air-nz?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ryan Bridge (Herald): [NZ’s high domestic airfares about economics not competition](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzs-high-domestic-airfares-about-economics-not-competition-ryan-bridge/2S6Q4HHYJVF2JPNYATN4CGDUMA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Diane McCarthy (Local Democracy Reporting): [‘We are not an airline’ - Whakatāne mayor says as airport fees waived](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/560381/we-are-not-an-airline-whakatane-mayor-says-as-airport-fees-waived?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Stanford (Post): [Taupō to lose Wellington connection as Originair pulls route after three months](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360685789/taupo-lose-wellington-connection-originair-pulls-route-after-three-months?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): [Support tabled for Remutaka action group](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560723/support-tabled-for-remutaka-action-group?ref=goodoil.news)  
Justin Wong (Post): [Too late to demolish Melling station building](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360677422/too-late-demolish-melling-station-building?cx%5FtestId=10&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=1&utm%5Fsource=the%5Fpost%5Fstuff%5Fhome&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled)  
  
**DEFENCE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE**  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [US wants to launch more satellites from NZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560762/us-wants-to-launch-more-satellites-from-nz?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Fisher (Herald): [NZSAS elite domestic terror Commando unit quietly shelved as police anti-terror team steps up](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzsas-elite-domestic-terror-commando-unit-quietly-shelved-as-police-anti-terror-team-steps-up/QXT5QJPAVRB2FL5IU2VFKMCIE4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sam Sachdeva ( Newsroom): [Kiwi travellers warned of US detention risk under Trump](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/13/kiwi-travellers-warned-of-us-detention-risk-under-trump/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicholas Khoo and Reuben Steff (Herald): [China not the US is undermining NZ’s security](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/china-not-the-us-is-undermining-nzs-security-nicholas-khoo-and-reuben-steff/2VCDAMA7N5HBNDDK2ZQAJBIAQI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Luxon on the phone with global leaders about Ukraine talks](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/560681/luxon-on-the-phone-with-global-leaders-about-ukraine-talks?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sachdeva ( Newsroom): [Govt takes closer look at loosening US pork restrictions](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/12/govt-take-closer-look-at-loosening-us-pork-restrictions/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**IMMIGRATION**  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Dangerous refugees would be stripped of residence under new law](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560647/dangerous-refugees-would-be-stripped-of-residence-under-new-law?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mildred Armah (Stuff): [How the Government plans to deport refugees who pose a threat to New Zealand](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360685432/how-government-plans-deport-refugees-who-pose-threat-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**GAMBLING**  
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): [Winston Peters seeks to remove restrictions on TAB refusing bets from Racing Bill](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-regulation/winston-peters-seeks-to-remove-restrictions-on-tab-refusing-bets-from-racing-bill?ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Why a popular pub reinvented itself as a booze-free pool hall](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360683448/why-popular-pub-reinvented-itself-booze-free-pool-hall?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ANIMAL WELFARE**  
1News: [Q+A: Imported animal products should meet NZ welfare rules - Green bill](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/11/imported-animal-products-should-meet-nz-welfare-rules-green-bill/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jordan Dunn (Newstalk ZB): [Rodeo code changes may ban events, SAFE urges public release](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/future-of-rodeo-could-be-unveiled-by-years-end-key-events-on-the-chopping-block/U6KX2RY2DREJ5AKIWN5RM7UURU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Animal welfare laws need shake-up after abandoned dogs euthanised](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560751/animal-welfare-laws-need-shake-up-after-abandoned-dogs-euthanised?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT: [More farm visits before winter grazing season: MPI](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/more-farm-visits-winter-grazing-season-mpi?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**EDUCATION**  
Alexia Russell (RNZ): [The Detail: 'Change fatigue' hits vocational education](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560642/change-fatigue-hits-vocational-education?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: ['We're testing for testing's sake' - new maths tests fail to make the grade for principals](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560783/we-re-testing-for-testing-s-sake-new-maths-tests-fail-to-make-the-grade-for-principals?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Government allocates $100 million for expert maths teachers and tests](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560712/government-allocates-100-million-for-expert-maths-teachers-and-tests?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Health school students win NCEA rule change](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560596/health-school-students-win-ncea-rule-change?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Principals at odds over new relationships and sexuality framework](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/560435/principals-at-odds-over-new-relationships-and-sexuality-framework?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nina Brown (Critic): [Uni To Maintain Institutionally Neutral, Adopt Ethical Policy](https://www.critic.co.nz/news/article/11679/uni-to-maintain-institutionally-neutral-adopt-ethi?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT: [An expression of conscience](https://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/magazine/expression-conscience?ref=goodoil.news)  
Edward Gay (Stuff): [School that hired rapist as teacher aide avoids prosecution](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360685930/school-hired-rapist-teacher-aide-avoids-prosecution?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HOUSING**  
RNZ: [Rents still too high, despite recent drop - advocate](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560546/rents-still-too-high-despite-recent-drop-advocate?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [How landlords are trying to stand out in crowded rental market](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/560758/how-landlords-are-trying-to-stand-out-in-crowded-rental-market?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [More good news for tenants](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/560504/more-good-news-for-tenants?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Dunedin homeless camp: 'Clearly not safe or healthy conditions'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560717/dunedin-homeless-camp-clearly-not-safe-or-healthy-conditions?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Fire breaks out at Dunedin homeless camp](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560461/fire-breaks-out-at-dunedin-homeless-camp?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [New Plymouth's rough sleepers back car park solution](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/560448/new-plymouth-s-rough-sleepers-back-car-park-solution?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mary Williams (ODT): [Motel to no longer house homeless](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/motel-no-longer-house-homeless?ref=goodoil.news)  
Al Williams (Herald): [Kāinga Ora Auckland home deemed unfit for living after multiple pleas from tenant](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kainga-ora-auckland-home-deemed-unfit-for-living-following-multiple-pleas-from-tenant/NN5AXYDMI5H2DGBK36APGYETCQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Protecting state house at cost of families: agency](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/protecting-state-house-cost-families-agency?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): [Reserve Bank mulls cheaper lending for community housing providers](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/09/reserve-bank-mulls-cheaper-lending-for-community-housing-providers/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [We have the technology, so why don't we build more energy-efficient homes?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360680235/we-have-technology-so-why-dont-we-build-more-energy-efficient-homes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Biggest fall in decades for household debt servicing costs](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/560767/biggest-fall-in-decades-for-household-debt-servicing-costs?ref=goodoil.news)

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