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# News Briefing: 16 April 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-16-april-2025/
- Published: 2025-04-15T19:53:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-15T20:06:34.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER**  
RNZ: [Andrew Little to run for Wellington mayoralty](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558306/andrew-little-to-run-for-wellington-mayoralty?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrea Vance (Post): [Our city is in trouble’: Andrew Little on why Wellington needs him](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360654514/our-city-trouble-andrew-little-why-wellington-needs-him?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [Former Labour leader Andrew Little runs for Wellington mayor](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-labour-leader-andrew-little-runs-for-wellington-mayor/5577P2VCG5BO7IFAZO7OH5Z4CQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Andrew Little to run for Wellington mayor](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360655670/andrew-little-run-wellington-mayor?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Andrew Little to run for Wellington mayor](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/16/andrew-little-to-run-for-wellington-mayor/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ethan Manera (Herald): [Wellington mayoral polling: Full Curia numbers released, Ray Chung ahead of Tory Whanau](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-mayoral-polling-full-curia-numbers-released-ray-chung-ahead-of-tory-whanau/HEQSVY2Z65HEBGVBBZFY3IFWXA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Hunt (Post): [Murky waters: Wellington Water criticised for hiding contractor and wellness costs](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360654478/murky-waters-wellington-water-criticised-hiding-contractor-and-wellness-costs?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Harriet Laughton (Post): [Wellington Water admits neglecting damning report](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360655543/wellington-water-admits-neglecting-damning-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [The Wellington council candidates promising to freeze rates, but they won’t say how](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360654346/wellington-council-candidates-promising-freeze-rates-they-wont-say-how?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nick James (RNZ): [Two councillors standing for mayor in Lower Hutt](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558224/two-councillors-standing-for-mayor-in-lower-hutt?ref=goodoil.news)  
Torika Tokalau (Local Democracy Reporting): [Why some Aucklanders get extra votes in local election](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558241/why-some-aucklanders-get-extra-votes-in-local-election?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): [Auckland mayor 'considering' offer to visit flood-impacted residents](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558258/auckland-mayor-considering-offer-to-visit-flood-impacted-residents?ref=goodoil.news)  
Felix Walton (RNZ): [Storm-damaged Auckland homes still a magnet for looters two years on](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558191/storm-damaged-auckland-homes-still-a-magnet-for-looters-two-years-on?ref=goodoil.news)  
Adam Pearse (Herald): [Assessing the chance of an Auckland volcanic eruption and its cost](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/how-likely-is-an-auckland-volcanic-eruption-and-what-would-it-cost/Y575VS4QYZF7VNYDBIYEPKULHE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Amalgamations on table as Govt restructures and scales back councils](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/15/amalgamations-on-table-as-govt-restructures-and-scales-back-councils/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): [‘That’s cowardice’: Councillor condemns gendered threats online](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/558218/that-s-cowardice-councillor-condemns-gendered-threats-online?ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Miller (ODT): [Exodus of leaders continues: DCC denies culture problem](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/exodus-leaders-continues-dcc-denies-culture-problem?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Yashas Srinivasa (Stuff): [‘Given this role my all’: Gary Kircher calls time on Waitaki mayoralty](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360654477/given-role-my-all-gary-kircher-calls-time-waitaki-mayoralty?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brendon McMahon (ODT): ['Incredible privilege': Four-term Otago mayor quits](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/incredible-privilege-four-term-otago-mayor-quits?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alex Casey (Spinoff): [We go inside Ōtautahi’s new $683 million stadium](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/15-04-2025/we-go-inside-otautahis-new-683-million-stadium?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jean Edwards (RNZ): [Christchurch Bus Interchange using classical music to deter anti-social behaviour](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558172/christchurch-bus-interchange-using-classical-music-to-deter-anti-social-behaviour?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): [Tauranga City Council signs $91.9m lease deal for Devonport Rd offices](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tauranga-city-council-signs-919m-lease-deal-for-devonport-rd-offices/LFKITDJTX5CMLIFBKSMLU4FYPI/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PARLIAMENT, PARTIES, LOBBYING**  
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): [Lobbying reform battle heats up](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-lobbying-reform)  
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): [Business of Government: Lobbying about lobbyists, the administrative state, and comings and goings](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/public-sector/business-of-government-lobbying-about-lobbyists-the-administrative-state-and-comings-and-goings?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Denise McNabb (BusinessDesk): [Still no sign of Te Pāti Māori audit report](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-regulation/still-no-sign-of-te-pati-maori-audit-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brian Easton (Newsroom): [The centre cannot hold](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/16/the-centre-cannot-hold/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Steven Cowan: [Ani O’Brien: Employing her ’special talents’ for The Campaign Group](https://nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2025/04/ani-obrien-employing-her-special.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Peters (World Socialists): [Far-right smear campaign continues against New Zealand Green MP](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/14/gofp-a14.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Former ACT president Tim Jago to claim 'miscarriage of justice'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558249/former-act-president-tim-jago-to-claim-miscarriage-of-justice?ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Mercep (1News): ['Disbelief': Tim Jago's appeal against convictions, sentence set for June](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/15/disbelief-tim-jagos-appeal-against-convictions-sentence-set-for-june/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ben Strang (RNZ): [Bipartisanship on the field and in the House](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558301/bipartisanship-on-the-field-and-in-the-house?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE**  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Inside Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters’ Donald Trump bust-up](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/inside-christopher-luxon-and-winston-peters-donald-trump-bust-up/KIDEJKQWJNDHJJRTXJBOQGENP4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Richard Prebble (Herald): [Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is missing the mark on trade leadership](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-is-missing-the-mark-on-trade-leadership-richard-prebble/PWPEYG7VANA6TJATC33OVJZJQE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [In their own words: Luxon v Peters on US tariffs](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558275/in-their-own-words-luxon-v-peters-on-us-tariffs?ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [Behind the Luxon-Peters bust-up over free trade](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/16-04-2025/behind-the-luxon-peters-bust-up-over-free-trade?ref=goodoil.news)  
Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, (RNZ): [Winston Peters emphasises growing importance of NZ's Pacific ties with the United States](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/558215/winston-peters-emphasises-growing-importance-of-nz-s-pacific-ties-with-the-united-states?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): [On Why The US Stands To Lose The Tariff Wars](https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2504/S00029/on-why-the-us-stands-to-lose-the-tariff-wars.htm?ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Academic ‘would not travel to the US’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/academic-%E2%80%98would-not-travel-us%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Michael Daly (Stuff): [Possible US pharmaceutical tariffs’ impact on NZ medicine prices 'unclear': Pharmac](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360654934/possible-us-pharmaceutical-tariffs-impact-nz-medicine-prices-unclear-pharmac?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robert MacCulloch : [A Solution to NZ's Richest Man, Nick Mowbray's, Awful Billion $ Problem: Move your Factories to NZ and get a 10% Tariff, not China's 145% rate](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/a-solution-to-nz-s-richest-man-nick-mowbray-s-awful-billion-problem-move-your-factories-to-nz-a?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Nick Mowbray says Trump's tariffs would cost Zuru toys $3 billion](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/558276/nick-mowbray-says-trump-s-tariffs-would-cost-zuru-toys-3-billion?ref=goodoil.news)  
Muhammad Cheema (Newsroom): [Trump tariffs hit KiwiSaver hard – what to do about it](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/16/trump-tariffs-hit-kiwisaver-hard-what-to-do-about-it/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Chanrith Ngin (Newsroom): [Why NZ should have more of a stake in Cambodia](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/16/why-nz-should-have-more-of-a-stake-in-cambodia/?ref=goodoil.news)  
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Chris Trotter (Interest): [If New Zealand can neither win, nor afford, to enter an arms race against China, then why not initiate a peace race instead?](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132864/chris-trotter-asks-if-new-zealand-can-neither-win-nor-afford-enter-arms-race?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eugene Doyle: [Before it’s too late: reimagining New Zealand’s military future](https://www.solidarity.co.nz/international-stories/before-its-too-late-reimagining-new-zealands-military-future?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New Zealand's role with potential 'coalition of the willing' still undecided](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558295/new-zealand-s-role-with-potential-coalition-of-the-willing-still-undecided?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH, DISABILITY**  
Ian Powell: [It does matter to patients whether they are operated in a public or private hospital](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/it-does-matter-to-patients-whether-they-are-operated-in-a-public-or-private-hospital/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Adam Burns (RNZ): [Senior doctors' union defends strike plans, says government is risking patient safety](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558291/senior-doctors-union-defends-strike-plans-says-government-is-risking-patient-safety?ref=goodoil.news)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Senior doctors threaten strike, while Health NZ looks to cut HR team](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360655197/senior-doctors-threaten-strike-while-health-nz-looks-cut-hr-team?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Minister 'disappointed' as senior doctors vote to strike for 24 hours](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/15/minister-disappointed-as-senior-doctors-vote-to-strike-for-24-hours/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Senior doctors to walk off job in May as pay negotiations stall](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558283/senior-doctors-to-walk-off-job-in-may-as-pay-negotiations-stall?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Hundreds more jobs proposed to go at Health NZ, union says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558250/hundreds-more-jobs-proposed-to-go-at-health-nz-union-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Midwives advocate for 'and-and' approach to pregnancy language](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558213/midwives-advocate-for-and-and-approach-to-pregnancy-language?ref=goodoil.news)  
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): [A deeply frustrating line-by-line reading of Casey Costello’s letter to Health NZ](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/15-04-2025/a-deeply-frustrating-line-by-line-reading-of-casey-costellos-letter-to-health-nz?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laine Priestley (ODT): [Govt advised to focus on the issues, not ideology](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/govt-advised-focus-issues-not-ideology?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Monique Steele (RNZ): [Over 53K people living in rural areas at highest risk of campylobacteriosis - especially children](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558302/over-53k-people-living-in-rural-areas-at-highest-risk-of-campylobacteriosis-especially-children?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mildred Armah (Stuff): [Charity linked to advocate banned by Labour breached clients' rights, health watchdog finds](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360654608/charity-linked-advocate-banned-labour-breached-clients-rights-health-watchdog-finds?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Cugley (Te Ao Māori News): [Te Tiratū calls for urgent action on dental equity](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/04/16/te-tiratu-calls-for-urgent-action-on-dental-equity/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Graham (RNZ): ['They're here to share their story' - new peer support services at Christchurch Hospital](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558269/they-re-here-to-share-their-story-new-peer-support-services-at-christchurch-hospital?ref=goodoil.news)  
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): [The Detail: It's a matter of time before measles comes to NZ, and experts are worried](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/558287/it-s-a-matter-of-time-before-measles-comes-to-nz-and-experts-are-worried?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Palmerston North hospital staff want better security after gun-wielding man jumps into car](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558221/palmerston-north-hospital-staff-want-better-security-after-gun-wielding-man-jumps-into-car?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Gun-wielding man jumps into Palmerston North nurse's car, threatens her outside hospital](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558121/gun-wielding-man-jumps-into-palmerston-north-nurse-s-car-threatens-her-outside-hospital?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**POLICE, JUSTICE, CRIME**  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [The dramatic fall in victims of violent crime, and the impact of the Government’s ‘vibe’ rather than its policies](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/analysis-the-dramatic-fall-in-victims-of-violent-crime-and-the-impact-of-the-governments-vibe-rather-than-its-policies/G3L2LMI7G5BNXEP3LRZHWXRQ2Y/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Russell Palmer and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Violent crime data raises more questions than answers - Labour](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558296/violent-crime-data-raises-more-questions-than-answers-labour?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Government celebrates latest violent crime statistics, admits data is volatile](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558235/government-celebrates-latest-violent-crime-statistics-admits-data-is-volatile?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Government claims to have already surpassed key crime target](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-claims-to-have-already-surpassed-key-crime-target/6HNPC27TBNHOHHYVIZQZQP7UCU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Harvey: [Judicial Constraints](https://djhdcj.substack.com/p/judicial-constraints)  
Lance Ryan (Post): [The Parole Board’s hidden role in over-imprisonment](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360654996/parole-boards-hidden-role-over-imprisonment?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
John Braddock (World Socialists): [Furore over New Zealand Green MP’s criticisms of police](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/15/qfku-a15.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): [Paying a cyber criminal is no longer a dirty secret](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360650565/paying-cyber-criminal-no-longer-dirty-secret?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**EDUCATION**  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Charter schools: David Seymour defends $10 million for 215 students](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360654799/charter-schools-david-seymour-defends-10-million-215-students?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Education Minister Erica Stanford announces new school in Auckland, extra classrooms](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558194/education-minister-erica-stanford-announces-new-school-in-auckland-extra-classrooms?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Government rolls out plans for new school classrooms](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360654257/government-rolls-out-plans-new-school-classrooms?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenny Ritchie, Carmen Dalli and Linda Mitchell (Newsroom): [Cost cutting risks children’s learning and wellbeing](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/16/cost-cutting-risks-childrens-learning-and-wellbeing/?ref=goodoil.news)  
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [New sex ed curriculum is a great start](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/john-macdonald-new-sex-ed-curriculum-is-a-great-start/?ref=goodoil.news)  
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): [University mulls future of student assessment after exam error](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360653749/university-mulls-future-student-assessment-after-exam-error?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luka Forman (RNZ): [New music school opens to fill gap left by MAINZ closure](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558273/new-music-school-opens-to-fill-gap-left-by-mainz-closure?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HOUSING, PROPERTY INDUSTRY**  
Simon Wilson (Herald): [Social housing: How not to fix a crisis](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/social-housing-how-not-to-fix-a-crisis-simon-wilson/YQOBV3L33NBOVDLIWN7DUTY47U/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Benn Bathgate (Waikato Times/Post): [Kāinga Ora rent arrears forgiveness sees $127,000 turn into $6541 for just five Waikato tenants](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360652923/kainga-ora-rent-arrears-forgiveness-sees-127000-turn-6541-just-five-waikato-tenants?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Deborah Morris (Post): [No money yet for Wellington tenants who won $14k from their landlord](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360650937/no-money-yet-wellington-tenants-who-won-14k-their-landlord?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Tweed (Whanganui Chronicle): [Housing: Whanganui councillors lament lack of Govt funding for new homes](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/housing-whanganui-councillors-lament-lack-of-govt-funding-for-new-homes/IQV2L4PL4BEJ5JMJFXELL3UONM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Denise Piper (Northern Advocate): [Green light for Whangārei roading project set to unlock 3000 homes, supermarket](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/green-light-for-whangarei-roading-project-set-to-unlock-3000-homes-supermarket/KDE4RDNR7VB4XCJ3Z3O6BOWGYQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Property investors return to housing market](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/558293/property-investors-return-to-housing-market?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Where is it cheaper to own a house than to rent one?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558170/where-is-it-cheaper-to-own-a-house-than-to-rent-one?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [House prices down, listings up: Why Real Estate Institute is feeling positive](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/558208/house-prices-down-listings-up-why-real-estate-institute-is-feeling-positive?ref=goodoil.news)  
Greg Ninness (Interest): [House prices sinking under the weight of new listings in March, REINZ says](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/132874/reinz-says-house-sales-volumes-rose-march-selling-prices-were-down?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Property developers stuck with empty sites after council blocks development](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558227/property-developers-stuck-with-empty-sites-after-council-blocks-development?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**RMA, ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION**  
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Forest owners push back on watchdog report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558267/forest-owners-push-back-on-watchdog-report?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Single-use plastic bans quietly shelved](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/16/single-use-plastic-bans-quietly-shelved/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Annual emissions fell two percent in 2023, new data reveals](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558206/annual-emissions-fell-two-percent-in-2023-new-data-reveals?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicki Wakefield (Spinoff): [The resource management reform is a direct hit on te Tiriti](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/14-04-2025/the-resource-management-reform-is-a-direct-hit-on-te-tiriti?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrea Graves (Listener): [Policy reversals threaten progress NZ has made on reducing emissions](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/policy-reversals-threaten-progress-nz-has-made-on-reducing-emissions/YUPJIWQLLBHUNMVDLUUYYRUJ2I/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Auckland councillors approve policy for future use of land left vacant after storm buyouts](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558143/auckland-councillors-approve-policy-for-future-use-of-land-left-vacant-after-storm-buyouts?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jihee Junn (Spinoff): [Auckland floods: how to find out if your home is at risk](https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/14-04-2025/auckland-floods-how-to-find-out-if-your-home-is-at-risk?itm%5Fsource=spinoff-homepage-layouts&itm%5Fmedium=sponsored-1&ref=goodoil.news)  
Brett Kerr-Laurie (Press): [‘Magic in a bottle’: Banks Peninsula land sold to conservationists](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360585072/magic-bottle-family-bach-banks-peninsula-sold-conservationists?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**ENERGY**  
1News: [Power bills will soon rise by up to $25 – and that's not due to weather](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/16/power-bills-will-soon-rise-by-up-to-25-and-thats-not-due-to-weather/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Meade and Magnus Söderberg (The Conversation): [Winter electricity prices are rising – how do we know we’re getting value for money?](https://theconversation.com/winter-electricity-prices-are-rising-how-do-we-know-were-getting-value-for-money-254198?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Nova Energy chief quits as firm splits generation and retail arms](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/11/nova-energy-chief-quits-as-firm-splits-generation-and-retail-arms/?ref=goodoil.news)  
NZ Energy: [Exit interview](https://newzealandenergy.substack.com/p/exit-interview)  
RNZ: [Homes with piped or bottled gas face increasing prices and fewer choices](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/558146/homes-with-piped-or-bottled-gas-face-increasing-prices-and-fewer-choices?ref=goodoil.news)  
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [The mysterious case of the Govt’s stalled oil and gas renaissance](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/10/the-mysterious-case-of-the-govts-stalled-oil-and-gas-renaissance/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**BANKING**  
Nikki Chamberlain (Post): [Alarm sounded over proposed law change benefiting two Australian banks](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360654387/alarm-sounded-over-proposed-law-change-benefiting-two-australian-banks?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [The cost of over-regulated banking: $10b to $14.4b a year](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/finance/the-cost-of-over-regulated-banking-10b-to-144b-a-year?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [How will tariffs and trade wars impact banks?](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/132873/citi-analysts-say-while-antipodean-banks-may-not-be-tarifftrade-war-front-line?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**BUSINESS, HEALTH AND SAFETY, EMPLOYMENT**  
Garth Bray (BusinessDesk): [Grocery commissioner doubles down on supermarket shake-up](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/retail/grocery-commissioner-doubles-down-on-supermarket-shake-up?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Law lacks teeth to rein in companies that greenwash - Consumer NZ boss](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558243/law-lacks-teeth-to-rein-in-companies-that-greenwash-consumer-nz-boss?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): [If you get hit with a surcharge this Saturday or Sunday, tell them this...](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360654508/should-you-be-charged-public-holiday-surcharge-easter-sunday?ref=goodoil.news)  
Denise McNabb (BusinessDesk): [Property, rentals and hiring attract greatest IRD scrutiny](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/economy/property-rentals-and-hiring-attract-greatest-ird-scrutiny?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: ['Golden visa' applications: Seven investors with $35m to spend approved so far](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558248/golden-visa-applications-seven-investors-with-35m-to-spend-approved-so-far?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Burton (Post): [Contractor vs employee disputes unlikely to become any clearer](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360654542/contractor-vs-employee-disputes-unlikely-become-any-clearer?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [On the Up: As greenshoots sprout, what more can Government do for business?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/gdp/on-the-up-as-greenshoots-sprout-what-more-can-government-do-for-business/F2BBREMXHVAIDHUA5VZUKL6QR4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Chris Peace, Danaë Anderson and Joanne Crawford (The Conversation): [Owners are officially no longer responsible for tourism accidents on their land - but they never really were](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/558199/owners-are-officially-no-longer-responsible-for-tourism-accidents-on-their-land-but-they-never-really-were?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alka Prasad (Post): [NZ workplaces rank higher than Aus for ethics, safety - report](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360651308/nz-workplaces-rank-higher-aus-ethics-inclusivity-safety-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): [Wellington lines workers worry staff are at risk of injury](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558297/wellington-lines-workers-worry-staff-are-at-risk-of-injury?ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Hutton (Open Justice Reporting): [Prowash employee hospitalised for six months after 6m fall from roof](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558280/prowash-employee-hospitalised-for-six-months-after-6m-fall-from-roof?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [Victory against car parking companies](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360635878/victory-against-car-parking-companies?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Will Mace (NBR): [AML law Changs aplenty but struggling businesses await relief](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/aml-law-changes-aplenty-but-will-they-help-struggling-businesses/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING**  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Warning tariffs could push food prices higher](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/558264/warning-tariffs-could-push-food-prices-higher?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Food prices rise at fastest rate in more than a year - butter up 64 percent](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558226/food-prices-rise-at-fastest-rate-in-more-than-a-year-butter-up-64-percent?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Butter, milk help drive annual food price increase - Stats NZ](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/15/food-prices-increase-35-in-year-to-march-stats-nz/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ella Somers (Interest): [Food prices climb 0.5% in March, driven by groceries and drinks](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/132890/grocery-and-beverage-costs-push-march-food-prices-05-annual-increase-hitting-35?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Milk, butter, and chocolate - driving 3.5% increase in food prices](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360655003/food-prices-increase-35-percent-annually?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [RBNZ launches real-time GDP estimate](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/132892/new-central-bank-tool-will-forecast-quarterly-economic-activity-based-high-frequency?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Reserve Bank consensus that tariffs should dampen inflation](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360654281/reserve-bank-consensus-tariffs-should-dampen-inflation?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [‘Wrong in so many ways’: RBNZ’s Conway kicks op-ed misinformation](https://www.nbr.co.nz/economics/wrong-in-so-many-ways-rbnzs-conway-kicks-op-ed-misinformation/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Social supermarket set up in Hastings for struggling families](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558270/social-supermarket-set-up-in-hastings-for-struggling-families?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michaela Gower (Hawkes Bay Today): [Nourished for Nil opens social supermarket in Hastings](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nourished-for-nil-opens-social-supermarket-in-hastings/P2F4QYG5LVFLLB62EEVIPYMM3E/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**MEDIA**  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: NZME director David Gibson resigns for personal reasons](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-nzme-director-resigns-for-personal-reasons/IMYP4NXVPNAILFMZZKKRJCEBJY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Richard Larson (RNZ): [30 with Guyon Espiner: Former Facebook CEO Stephen Scheeler on why the site should be banned for children](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558288/former-facebook-ceo-stephen-scheeler-on-why-the-site-should-be-banned-for-children?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
ODT Editorial: [Driving home the changes](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/driving-home-changes?ref=goodoil.news)  
Isra'a Emhail (RNZ): [Should you wait for the driver licence changes or sit the test?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/should-you-wait-for-the-driver-licence-changes-or-sit-the-test?ref=goodoil.news)  
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): [Electric ferry to soon return to service in Wellington Harbour](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558263/electric-ferry-to-soon-return-to-service-in-wellington-harbour?ref=goodoil.news)  
Amy Ridout (Stuff): [Cycleways and slow sales: Small business still feeling the pinch](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360654506/cycleways-and-slow-sales-small-business-still-feeling-pinch?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**OTHER**  
Chris Keall (Herald): [Many public servants using AI off their own bat, but few trained - experts raise red flags](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/many-public-servants-using-ai-off-their-own-bat-but-few-trained-experts-raise-red-flags/35XZROZ7BJBCVKCM4ARLNRUSYQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Tāwhaki national aerospace centre pursuing companies to build launch pad](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557846/tawhaki-national-aerospace-centre-pursuing-companies-to-build-launch-pad?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Rocket Lab to help US and UK develop hypersonic weapons](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360654309/rocket-lab-help-us-and-uk-develop-hypersonic-weapons?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): [The Detail: US cuts on Antarctic research could be a major blow for NZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558166/us-cuts-on-antarctic-research-could-be-a-major-blow-for-nz?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Govt proposes new rules to tackle prolonged tethering of dogs](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/15/govt-proposes-new-rules-to-tackle-prolonged-tethering-of-dogs/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Chatham Islands residents encouraged to apply for Regional Infrastructure Fund](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558233/chatham-islands-residents-encouraged-to-apply-for-regional-infrastructure-fund?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Iwi saddle up for hīkoi in hopes of buying back Hawke's Bay landmark](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/15/iwi-saddle-up-for-hikoi-in-hopes-of-buying-back-hawkes-bay-landmark/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Leask (Herald): [Christchurch upskirt teacher Douglas Martin was ‘elder’ in Two by Twos religious sect under investigation by FBI for sexual abuse](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christchurch-upskirt-teacher-douglas-martin-was-elder-in-two-by-twos-religious-sect-under-investigation-by-fbi-for-sexual-abuse/QGR43MKUXJHO7GUUPJNGAHIRSQ/?ref=goodoil.news)

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