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# News Briefing: 24 February 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-24-february-2025/
- Published: 2025-02-23T19:02:08.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-23T21:36:57.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE**  
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Chinese ships in the Tasman 'a gift from Beijing' for defence spending - expert](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542760/chinese-ships-in-the-tasman-a-gift-from-beijing-for-defence-spending-expert?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: ['We cannot hide anymore': Collins signals 'big budget' defence investment](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/23/expert-says-chinas-military-ships-in-tasman-are-a-serious-threat/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Moore (Stuff): [‘We can’t hide at this end of the world anymore’: Judith Collins signals 'big' defence investment](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360591088/we-cant-hide-end-world-anymore-judith-collins-signals-big-defence-investment?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Stuff): [Explainer: The China live firing exercises between NZ and Aus](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360590893/explainer-china-live-firing-exercises-between-nz-and-aus?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [Chinese firing exercise not likely to be the last near NZ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360590898/chinese-firing-exercise-should-new-zealand-expect-it-again?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [International relations expert says China's military excercise in Tasman Sea serves as 'serious threat'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542714/international-relations-expert-says-china-s-military-excercise-in-tasman-sea-serves-as-serious-threat?ref=goodoil.news)  
Pretoria Gordon (RNZ): [Explainer: What are the Chinese naval vessels doing in the Tasman Sea?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542751/explainer-what-are-the-chinese-naval-vessels-doing-in-the-tasman-sea?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [China flexes in the Tasman Sea](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360590404/china-flexes-tasman-sea?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stuff: [Chinese ambassador dodges questions about live firing exercises in Tasman Sea](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360590592/pm-christopher-luxon-says-china-warships-something-different?ref=goodoil.news)  
Guardian: [China conducts second live-fire drill near New Zealand](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/22/china-conducts-second-live-fire-drill-near-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [China begins second military exercise in Tasman Sea](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542679/china-begins-second-military-exercise-in-tasman-sea?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ed Scragg (Stuff): [Chinese warships conduct second live firing exercise in Tasman Sea](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360590592/pm-christopher-luxon-says-china-warships-something-different?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [China warship carries out second live weapons drill in Tasman Sea](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/22/china-warship-carries-out-second-live-weapons-drill-in-tasman-sea/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kelly Dennett (Post): [Second live firing exercise by Chinese ships in Tasman Sea](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360590579/chinese-tasman-military-exercise-more-notice-would-have-been-good-says-pm?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rachel Maher (Herald): [Chinese warships in Tasman Sea: ‘Live-fire activity’ reportedly seen by NZ Navy](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/chinese-warships-in-tasman-sea-live-fire-activity-reportedly-seen-by-nz-navy/JGMQ4NHIQZGVRMRUACBQLHBSTA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
AFP: [China defends naval drills in Tasman Sea, accuses Australia of ‘deliberately hyping’ military exercises](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/china-defends-naval-drills-near-australia-accuses-canberra-of-hype/33M4E5LQUJDGLKY4RM7A65FUGM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stephen Dziedzic and Andrew Greene (ABC): [Australia's Penny Wong challenges Chinese foreign minister over 'unprecedented' live fire drills off Australian coast](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/542650/australia-s-penny-wong-challenges-chinese-foreign-minister-over-unprecedented-live-fire-drills-off-australian-coast?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: ['Unsatisfactory': Australia queries China weapons drill in Tasman](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/22/unsatisfactory-australia-queries-china-weapons-drill-in-tasman/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Daly and Sam Smith (Stuff): [NZ-bound flights diverted due to Chinese military drills](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360589174/formidable-china-navy-ship-voyage-wake-call-defence-minister-judith-collins-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sapeer Mayron and Luke Malpass (Post): [Chinese military exercise that disrupted flights across Tasman ‘posed no risk of danger’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360590360/flights-divert-around-chinese-live-fire-exercise-australia?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [Transtasman flights diverted due to Chinese ‘live-fire’ military drills in Tasman Sea](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/transtasman-flights-diverted-due-to-chinese-live-fire-military-drills-in-tasman-sea/THWZIC5NXZETFFMIE5CX2GSXU4/?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Australia alerts airlines to Chinese navy live-firing in Tasman Sea](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/22/airlines-warned-of-chinese-navy-live-fire-exercise-in-tasman-sea/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Greene and Stephen Dziedzic (ABC): [NZ gathering more information after Chinese military exercise disrupts Tasman Sea flights - Judith Collins](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542642/nz-gathering-more-information-after-chinese-military-exercise-disrupts-tasman-sea-flights-judith-collins?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jaime Lyth & Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Defence Minister Judith Collins says Chinese war ships in Tasman Sea a ‘wake-up call’](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-joins-newstalk-zbs-kerre-woodham-in-studio/Z6L5VB2TZBCM5IHDEW256LU47Y/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ben Doherty (Guardian): [Commercial flights diverted as Chinese warships undertake apparent live-fire drill in sea between Australia and New Zealand](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/feb/21/commercial-flights-diverted-as-chinese-warships-undertake-apparent-live-fire-drill-in-sea-between-australia-and-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news)  
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Steve Ratuva (E-Tangata): [Delinquent juvenile or neocolonial paternalism?](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/delinquent-juvenile-or-neocolonial-paternalism/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Why hasn’t Luxon visited China yet?](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132048/new-zealand%E2%80%99s-most-important-relationship-also-its-most-difficult?ref=goodoil.news)  
Reuben Steff (Post): [The Pacific chessboard, and NZ’s place in the US-China power struggle](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360590155/pacific-chessboard-and-nzs-place-us-china-power-struggle?cx%5FtestId=10&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=3&utm%5Fsource=the%5Fpost%5Fstuff%5Fhome&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled)  
Barbara Dreaver (1News): [China secures maritime presence in Cook Islands](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/22/china-secures-maritime-presence-in-cook-islands/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Cook Islands deal opens up Pacific to China - expert](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542733/cook-islands-deal-opens-up-pacific-to-china-expert?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Cook Islands strikes deal with China on seabed minerals](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/542678/cook-islands-strikes-deal-with-china-on-seabed-minerals?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rashneel Kumar (Guardian): [On the ground in the Cook Islands, controversial deal with China stirs debate](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/22/cook-islands-china-partnership-response?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rashneel Kumar (Cook Islands News): ‘[Very little detail’: PM Brown explains vague China agreement](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/542576/very-little-detail-pm-brown-explains-vague-china-agreement?ref=goodoil.news)  
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Phil Pennington (RNZ): [NZ in 'holding pattern' over joining AUKUS Pillar II, Defence briefing docs show](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542568/nz-in-holding-pattern-over-joining-aukus-pillar-ii-defence-briefing-docs-show?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Trump moves toward Pacific 'not surprising,' Collins says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542610/trump-moves-toward-pacific-not-surprising-collins-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Trump’s pursuit of a Russia deal won’t mean peace or stability](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360588549/trumps-pursuit-russia-deal-wont-mean-peace-or-stability?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Louis Collins (RNZ): [The House: A rare glimpse into the intelligence community](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehouse/542692/a-rare-glimpse-into-the-intelligence-community?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Trump tariffs should give us cheaper Chinese EVs – but there’s a catch](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/21/trump-tariffs-should-give-us-cheaper-chinese-evs-but-theres-a-catch/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Pacific ‘not a chessboard for global competition’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/21/pacific-not-a-chessboard-for-global-competition/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**INTEGRITY ISSUES**  
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): [Paradise Lost: How short-term thinking, top-down governance and weak economic policies squandered NZ’s potential](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/paradise-lost-how-short-term-thinking-top-down-governance-and-weak-economic-policies-squandered-nzs-potential/FDCTP3LOCFBDHFCBIL5ECUXP6M/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Maia Ingoe (RNZ): [NZ road lobby's tobacco industry-like tactics exposed in study](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542758/nz-road-lobby-s-tobacco-industry-like-tactics-exposed-in-study?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rod Carr (Sunday Star Times): [Who is influencing New Zealand’s most influential?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360587463/who-influencing-new-zealands-most-influential?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Revealed, fast-track ministers’ personal picks that govt had denied existed](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/20/ministers-fast-track-favourites-withheld-from-public/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): [How the Manurewa Marae data breach scandal unfolded](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360586402/how-manurewa-marae-data-breach-scandal-unfolded?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Farrar: [Did the Electoral Commission cause Labour to lose Tāmaki Makaurau?](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/02/did%5Fthe%5Felectoral%5Fcommission%5Fcause%5Flabour%5Fto%5Flose%5Ftamaki%5Fmakaurau.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Wake-up call on privacy](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/wake-call-privacy?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Manurewa Marae inquiry: New Electoral Commission chair confident despite potential investigation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542621/manurewa-marae-inquiry-new-electoral-commission-chair-confident-despite-potential-investigation?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tini Molyneux (Te Ao Màori News): [Waititi likens the heightened scrutiny on Te Pāti Māori to a pig-hunting expedition](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/02/21/waititi-likens-the-heightened-scrutiny-on-te-pati-maori-to-a-pig-hunting-expedition/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**FOREIGN INVESTMENT**  
1News: [Govt announces reform to boost overseas investment in NZ](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/23/govt-announces-reform-to-boost-overseas-investment-in-nz/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Stuff): [Associate Finance Minister David Seymour announces overhaul of foreign investment laws](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360590788/watch-associate-finance-minister-david-seymour-makes-announcement?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [David Seymour announces Overseas Investment Act overhaul](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542728/david-seymour-announces-overseas-investment-act-overhaul?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Fast-track route for overseas investment applications](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/fast-track-route-for-overseas-investment-applications/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Have the jingoistic politics of foreign investment finally moved on?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360590657/have-jingoistic-politics-fdi-finally-moved?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Government to overhaul foreign investment laws](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360590644/government-overhaul-foreign-investment-laws?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**GOVERNMENT**  
Greg Presland (The Standard): [When will Luxon be rolled?](https://thestandard.org.nz/when-will-luxon-be-rolled/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Don’t be too quick to call Christoper Luxon’s demise as Prime Minister](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/22/cook-islands-china-partnership-response?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Josie Pagani (Post): [We all agree – nothing works and only radical change will do](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360589272/we-all-agree-nothing-works-and-only-radical-change-will-do?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Shane Te Pou (Herald): [If Christopher Luxon wants to run NZ as a business he needs to get it in order](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/if-christopher-luxon-wants-to-run-nz-as-a-business-he-needs-to-get-it-in-order-shane-te-pou/QEOIVKMUBNELTJRODU3GPIZGL4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ryan Bridge (Herald): [Christopher Luxon’s Cabinet congestion: Time to streamline the number of ministerial portfolios](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/christopher-luxons-cabinet-congestion-time-to-streamline-the-number-of-ministerial-portfolios-ryan-bridge/HGXENUWJVFESDDIAS2ECXSLTUA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Sandys (Ashburton Courier): [List MP Jo Luxton bids farewell to Canterbury, moves to Gisborne](https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/star-mid-canterbury/list-mp-jo-luxton-bids-farewell-canterbury-moves?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PARLIAMENT**  
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): [The Greens are being baited. Why do they keep swallowing the lure?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360588135/greens-are-being-baited-why-do-they-keep-swallowing-lure?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Monday night political football proves to be a ratings winner](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/monday-night-political-football-proves-be-ratings-winner?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Interest rate cut, defence spending data breach…let’s go](https://www.nbr.co.nz/beehive-banter/interest-rate-cut-defence-spending-data-breach-and-lets-go/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Geoffrey Palmer (Sunday Star Times): [Book Extract: The Futures of Democracy, Law and Government](https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/360580371/book-extract-futures-democracy-law-and-government?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Natalia Albert: [Trust in the Public Service from a Political Science perspective](https://nataliaalbert.substack.com/p/trust-in-the-public-service-from)  
Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai (RNZ): [Fa'anānā Efeso Collins remembered one year on](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542569/fa-anana-efeso-collins-remembered-one-year-on?ref=goodoil.news)  
Harriette Boucher (Post): [The Art of Parliament: role of the curator](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360534545/art-parliament-role-curator?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**PUBLIC SERVICE**  
Anna Whyte and Rachel Thomas (Post): [Changing of the guard: The changing face of the top echelons of the public service](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360573093/changing-guard-changing-face-top-echelons-public-service?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Fresh push to modernise government services ‘a good start’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360585383/fresh-push-modernise-government-services-good-start?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Anna Whyte (Stuff): [Strike action kicks off this week at Oranga Tamariki](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360591029/strike-action-kicks-week-oranga-tamariki?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**GOLRIZ GHAHRAMAN PRIVACY BREACH**  
Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Golriz Ghahraman case brings justice system into the spotlight](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/golriz-ghahraman-case-brings-justice-system-into-the-spotlight-sasha-borissenko/FKHXXP6O45HHBIEZSJFS2YZ434/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Fisher (Herald): [Foodstuffs admits its security staff leaked photo of ex-MP Golriz Ghahraman as new privacy breach emerges](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sorry-foodstuffs-admits-its-security-staff-leaked-photo-of-ex-mp-golriz-ghahraman-as-new-privacy-breach-emerges/57H2SXZOIBCQNON6VNHAU42ZOY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ava Whitworth (Stuff): [Foodstuffs confirms security staff leaked Golriz Ghahraman photo amid new privacy breach](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360590442/foodstuffs-confirms-security-staff-leaked-golriz-ghahraman-photo-amid-new-privacy-breach?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH**  
Teuila Fuatai (E-Tangata): [‘Public health progress is being dismantled’](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/public-health-progress-is-being-dismantled/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Thomas (post): [Will the ructions at the top of the health system impact patients at the bottom?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360588674/will-ructions-top-health-system-impact-patients-bottom?ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): [Profiting from National’s failure to fix health system](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/20/labour-will-profit-from-nationals-failure-to-improve-health-system/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Crimp (RNZ): [Top ACC staffer pulled over to help plug gaps in senior roles at Health NZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542635/top-acc-staffer-pulled-over-to-help-plug-gaps-in-senior-roles-at-health-nz?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte and Rachel Thomas (Post): [Transport boss plugs health gap ‒ for a fortnight](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360589401/transport-boss-plugs-health-gap-fortnight?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Cancer doctor: ‘System not equal for Māori’, seeks fair access to game-changing Keytruda](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360589440/cancer-doctor-system-not-equal-maori-seeks-fair-access-game-changing-keytruda?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicholas Jones (Herald): [Wānaka blood cancer patient, 36, to get cutting-edge CAR T-cell therapy in China - why experts want the therapy here](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wanaka-blood-cancer-patient-36-to-get-cutting-edge-car-t-cell-therapy-in-china-why-experts-want-the-therapy-here/VO5OVAPXERHMJBZMIZKDFKDUII/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Benjamin Plummer (Herald): [Health New Zealand apologises for sharing social media post depicting sex act](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-new-zealand-apologises-for-sharing-social-media-post-depicting-sex-act/3FIDGJIUXBDAHFFBDZ2DZ5AGEI/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Raewyn Bleakley, Cristina Cleghorn, Donnell Alexander (Public Health Communications Centre): [Decades old nutrition data leave NZ in the dark – updated nutrition survey needed](https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/decades-old-nutrition-data-leave-nz-dark-updated-nutrition-survey-needed?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nikki Macdonald (Post): [‘Like watching him drown’: Family fights for change after son’s death](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360585129/watching-him-drown-family-fights-change-after-sons-death?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Anna Sargent (RNZ): [Oceania Healthcare rest home workers worried staff cuts risk elderly residents' safety](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542709/oceania-healthcare-rest-home-workers-worried-staff-cuts-risk-elderly-residents-safety?ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Australian medicinal cannabis company looks to set up kiosks in NZ stores](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360580594/australian-medicinal-cannabis-company-looks-set-kiosks-nz-stores?ref=goodoil.news)  
The Ministry has fallen: [It's not just data that Health NZ/Te Whatu Ora is failing to safeguard](https://theministryhasfallen.substack.com/p/its-not-just-data-that-health-nzte)  
Rebecca Maurer (Bay of Plenty Times): [Katikati Medical Centre closes to new patients amid long wait times](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/katikati-medical-centre-closes-to-new-patients-amid-long-wait-times/JNXK66IOVBBU3BK3MBJK4M4QGM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**POVERTY, INEQUALITY**  
1News: [Q+A: Advocate to Govt: Spend the billions needed to improve poverty](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/23/advocate-to-govt-spend-the-billions-needed-to-improve-poverty/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Max Rashbrooke (Post): [Labour’s patchy poverty record eases pressure on National](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360589608/labours-patchy-poverty-record-eases-pressure-national?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**ECONOMY, OCR**  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Reserve Bank offers coalition a lifeline, but National’s funny calculations show economy isn’t as good as it thinks](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/reserve-bank-offers-coalition-a-lifeline-but-nationals-funny-calculations-show-economy-isnt-as-good-as-it-thinks/FF2MUJ2CDJBGDCBXF3IBBBZQHE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Inflation stats may be incorrect, the RBNZ says](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132026/basket-goods-and-services-statistics-nz-uses-measure-inflation-years-out-date?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [The economic recovery has begun. Here’s what the new normal looks like](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/liam-dann-the-economic-recovery-has-begun-heres-what-the-new-normal-looks-like/6NYLYBKV6NBHTKF7KEELLPOBME/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): [Sunny OCR figures overshadowed by nagging uncertainty on Trump policies](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360589398/sunny-ocr-figures-overshadowed-nagging-uncertainty-trump-policies?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Steven Joyce (Herald): [Economic optimism: NZ poised for growth amid global challenges](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/economic-optimism-nz-poised-for-growth-amid-global-challenges-steven-joyce/NR2JZJEPZVFPXFUF2MT5RZYXZ4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Michael Reddell: [Orr at it again](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/02/21/orr-at-it-again/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Greg Smith (Herald): [Why NZ should consider more asset sales](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/markets/shares/opinion-why-nz-should-consider-more-asset-sales/WHH44XLSOBAVPGSKW4FKENSF3Y/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Tourism New Zealand backs 'Everyone Must Go' marketing campaign](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542624/tourism-new-zealand-backs-everyone-must-go-marketing-campaign?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**EMPLOYMENT**  
Rob Stock (Post): [Labour’s wage theft bill gets support from NZ First](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360589900/crimes-bill-gets-support-nz-first?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): [The one thing Kiwis now care less about when it comes to work](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360589482/one-things-kiwis-now-care-less-about-when-it-comes-work?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): [One position, 1,200 applications: A snapshot of New Zealand’s job market right now](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/24-02-2025/one-position-1200-applications-a-snapshot-of-new-zealands-job-market-right-now?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Kiwi salaries hit record highs despite fewer job listings](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360587598/kiwi-salaries-hit-record-highs-despite-fewer-job-listings?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HOUSING**  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Residents who challenged approval of Kāinga Ora homes must pay $55,000](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360589564/residents-who-challenged-approval-kainga-ora-homes-must-pay-55000?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Housing costs squeezed Kiwi households as rents and mortgages surged in 2024](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360588120/housing-costs-squeezed-kiwi-households-rents-and-mortgages-surged-2024?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jane Phare (Herald): [Property managers want rental industry ‘cowboys’ gone; Dunedin student flats in line for clean-up](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/property-managers-want-rental-industry-cowboys-gone-dunedin-student-flats-in-line-for-clean-up/R4VUZ576Z5AX5JZVARY4UFC644/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mark John (ODT): [High rents putting students off](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/high-rents-putting-students?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tracy Watkins (Sunday Star Times): [Big rates bill? Why it’s unfair to demand that people just sell up](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360589372/big-rates-bill-why-its-unfair-demand-people-just-sell?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [Home owners face up to $400 a year insurance hike as Treasury consults on Natural Hazards Insurance Levy for disasters amid funding shortfall](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/personal-finance/treasury-consults-on-lifting-the-natural-hazards-insurance-levy-by-as-much-as-72-to-plug-funding-shortfall/DLHOM44VA5F7FCQRE7W22ASCTQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Miriam Bell (Post): [‘Game-changer’ law opens build-to-rent sector up to overseas investors](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360588825/game-changer-law-opens-build-rent-sector-overseas-investors?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [Character housing advocates take on Wellington council in court](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360589437/character-housing-advocates-take-wellington-council-court?ref=goodoil.news)  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Wellington City Council social housing buildings deemed earthquake-prone despite recent upgrades](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-city-council-social-housing-buildings-deemed-earthquake-prone-despite-recent-upgrades/SGDUTJJYTJHL3INLYDMVUGH54E/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alex Matthews (Post): [Giving new generations of Wellington hope they can live here](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360588680/giving-new-generations-wellington-hope-they-can-live-here?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Justin Wong (Post): [Decision ‘isn’t too far away’ on Porirua housing developments](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360587929/decision-isnt-too-far-away-porirua-housing-developments?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Where houses might have given you a 1000 percent capital gain](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542625/where-houses-might-have-given-you-a-1000-percent-capital-gain?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Property investors told not to count on same capital gains in future](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/542544/property-investors-told-not-to-count-on-same-capital-gains-in-future?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [Housing confidence back to 2020 levels - survey](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542767/housing-confidence-back-to-2020-levels-survey?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION**  
Richard Harman (Politik): [Finger wagging at the Blue Greens](https://www.politik.co.nz/finger-wagging-at-the-blue-greens/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Farrar: [2025 Blue Greens Forum](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/02/2025%5Fblue%5Fgreens%5Fforum.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Williams (Sunday Star Times): [The risks of GMO deregulation to NZ farmers](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360586018/risks-gmo-deregulation-nz-farmers?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [Cook in his own kitchen: National’s Shane Reti talks science’s big reset and gene tech bill](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/a-cook-in-his-own-kitchen-shane-reti-talks-sciences-big-reset-and-gene-tech-bill/A62LDENATNF4TCBLHTRJTHRHZQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): [The main arguments for and against the Gene Technology Bill](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/21-02-2025/the-main-arguments-for-and-against-the-gene-technology-bill?ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine Delahunty (E-Tangata): [Digging deeper](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/digging-deeper/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Govt pledges $4.5m boost to QEII conservation group](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542663/govt-pledges-4-point-5m-boost-to-qeii-conservation-group?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Williams (Newsroom): [Donor pledges $100k for subantarctic pest project](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/21/donor-pledges-100k-for-subantarctic-pest-project/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Huge restoration and pest control project planned for three of NZ's largest islands](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542550/huge-restoration-and-pest-control-project-planned-for-three-of-nz-s-largest-islands?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Morton (Herald): [First-of-its-kind study: How Antarctica’s melting ice sheet could change NZ’s climate patterns](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/first-of-its-kind-study-how-antarcticas-melting-ice-sheet-could-change-nzs-climate-patterns/DHWPLCBC25B6PHA6DOHHHVTM4I/?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Williams (Newsroom): [Activist asks Supreme Court to keep climate case alive](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/21/activist-asks-supreme-court-to-keep-climate-case-alive/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Strict fruit and vegetable movement controls in place after another fruit fly found in Auckland](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360589694/strict-fruit-and-vegetable-movement-controls-place-after-another-fruit-fly-found-auckland?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Fruit and vegetables movement restricted after fruit fly found](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542611/fruit-and-vegetables-movement-restricted-after-fruit-fly-found?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT**  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): [Exclusive new polling offers first look at this year’s mayoral races](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360588318/new-poll-wayne-browns-popularity-rise-he-seeks-three-more-years?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Simon Wilson (Herald): [Inside Wayne Brown’s bid for re-election](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/inside-wayne-browns-bid-for-re-election-simon-wilson/OQUNH5GGYFG4DPCLDUFXRIC54E/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Farrar: [Brown well placed to be re-elected](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/02/brown%5Fwell%5Fplaced%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fre-elected.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Cecilia Robinson (Herald): [Wayne Brown has served his time: Now it’s time for change](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/wayne-brown-has-served-his-time-now-its-time-for-change-cecilia-robinson/PO24HZWEUFFFPHQ7U6S7EUSRXA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): [Regional deals: Tauranga, Western Bay plan for 46,000 more homes, 35,000 new jobs](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/24/regional-deals-tauranga-western-bay-plan-for-46000-more-homes-35000-new-jobs/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ruby Shaw (ODT): [Fears legislation would remove local control](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/fears-legislation-would-remove-local-control?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tim Scott (ODT): [City councillors knock back ‘desperate’ jibe](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/city-councillors-knock-back-%E2%80%98desperate%E2%80%99-jibe?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Councillors to give feedback on FTA projects](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/councillors-give-feedback-fta-projects?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tess Brunson (RNZ): [Dunedin and Christchurch city councils consider Three Waters partnership](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542633/dunedin-and-christchurch-city-councils-consider-three-waters-partnership?ref=goodoil.news)  
Marika Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [Defiance and threats as fluoride deadline looms](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/22/defiance-and-threats-as-fluoride-deadline-looms/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Napier ratepayers paying more than they should for National Aquarium](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360588005/napier-ratepayers-paying-more-they-should-national-aquarium?ref=goodoil.news)  
Hawkes Bay Today: [Napier council proposes two-year library closure to limit rates increase](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/napier-council-proposes-two-year-library-closure-to-limit-rates-increase/G5TZRJEALNDIJKG7LTMPSD5FAE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alexa Cook (RNZ): [Hastings farmer announces bid to be elected Hastings mayor](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542669/hastings-farmer-announces-bid-to-be-elected-hastings-mayor?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michaela Gower (Hawkes Bay Today): [Hastings libraries see more than 9000 searches for online gambling site in six months](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hastings-libraries-see-more-than-9000-searches-for-online-gambling-site-in-six-months/MMONWYZVSNGQPIC555FJOXJM4A/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): [‘I’ve grown up’: Ben Bell to seek re-election as Gore’s mayor](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360584371/ive-grown-ben-bell-seek-re-election-gores-mayor?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Pierson (Post): [Vision for Wellington: For now, it’s up to us](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360589186/vision-wellington-now-its-us?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sarah Catherall (Post): [We know what’s failing in Wellington - but this is why I love it](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360589187/we-know-whats-failing-wellington-why-i-love-it?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alex Casey (Spinoff): [A trip back to Wairarapa in the 1990s, when a trans woman was elected mayor](https://thespinoff.co.nz/pop-culture/21-02-2025/a-trip-back-to-wairarapa-in-the-1990s-when-a-trans-woman-was-elected-mayor?ref=goodoil.news)  
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): [Veteran politician wants to transform ‘best-kept secret’ into tourism hotspot](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360584246/veteran-politician-wants-transform-best-kept-secret-tourism-hotspot?ref=goodoil.news)  
Riria Dalton-Reedy (Te Ao Màori News): [Whangārei hapū say land was sold to hotel chain without consulting mana whenua](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/02/21/whangarei-hapu-say-land-was-sold-to-hotel-chain-without-consulting-mana-whenua/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Winston Peters slated to meet Hyundai Mipo shipyard reps in South Korea](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/winston-peters-slated-to-meet-hyundai-mipo-shipyard-reps-in-south-korea?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Carterton and South Wairarapa councils unable to implement speed reductions under new law](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/542631/carterton-and-south-wairarapa-councils-unable-to-implement-speed-reductions-under-new-law?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Daly (Stuff): [‘Nervous’ retirement village residents’ plea to keep speed limit at 80kph](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360586611/retirement-home-residents-oppose-possible-speed-limit-increase-their-narrow-highway-100kph?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Six years 'severe disruption' on Auckland roads predicted, until new bridges built](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542719/six-years-severe-disruption-on-auckland-roads-predicted-until-new-bridges-built?ref=goodoil.news)  
Calida Stuart-Menteath and Hamish McNicol (NBR): [It really is time for an aviation market study](https://www.nbr.co.nz/last-word/its-really-time-for-an-aviation-market-study/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): [Air NZ, Jetstar punctuality took a dip leading into summer](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360589326/air-nz-jetstar-punctuality-took-dip-leading-summer?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**EDUCATION**  
RNZ: [Teacher shortage no surprise to head of the secondary principals association](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542726/teacher-shortage-no-surprise-to-head-of-the-secondary-principals-association?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Stanford writes to public service chief over botched teacher supply data](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/21/stanford-writes-to-public-service-chief-over-botched-teacher-supply-data/?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Principals, unions disappointed by 1250 teacher shortfall](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542599/principals-unions-disappointed-by-1250-teacher-shortfall?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [Upheaval on way for future of school buildings](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360589611/upheaval-way-future-school-buildings?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): [MPI investigates school lunch provider](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/services/mpi-investigates-school-lunch-provider?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [No 'official record' of school lunch feedback](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542704/no-official-record-of-school-lunch-feedback?ref=goodoil.news)  
Louise Ternouth and Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): ['It's pretty bad, I hate it': Hundreds of school lunches going uneaten](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542637/it-s-pretty-bad-i-hate-it-hundreds-of-school-lunches-going-uneaten?ref=goodoil.news)  
Yolisa Tswanya (Northern Advocate): [Whangārei Intermediate rejects burnt school lunches, orders pizza](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/whangarei-intermediate-rejects-burnt-lunches-opts-for-pizza-instead/PVWYMRFKCRFRJGMPCEAKKZ5EQE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff): [Family struggles to find suitable schooling for neurodiverse son](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360583646/family-struggles-find-suitable-schooling-neurodiverse-son?ref=goodoil.news)  
Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): [Gisborne school to close after 60 years as student numbers dwindle](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/22/gisborne-school-to-close-after-60-years-as-student-numbers-dwindle/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susnation Seta (PMN): [Ground-breaking position significant for Pacific communities](https://pmn.co.nz/read/education/a-ground-breaking-position-that-is-significant-for-pacific-communities?ref=goodoil.news)  
Megan Wilson (Rotorua Daily Post): [Toi Ohomai timber machining apprenticeship: Changes made to proposed disestablishment](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/toi-ohomai-timber-machining-apprenticeship-changes-made-to-proposed-disestablishment/A6SZ4VA5JRHX7IIGUSWKG6HROE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**DESTINY CHURCH, SEXUALITY**  
1News: [Destiny Church responds to calls to remove its charity status](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/23/destiny-church-responds-to-calls-to-remove-its-charity-status/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kirsty Johnston (RNZ): [Domestic violence groups slam 'dangerous' Man Up programme](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/542759/domestic-violence-groups-slam-dangerous-man-up-programme?ref=goodoil.news)  
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): [Rainbow community stands against Tamaki, Destiny Church at Auckland's Albert Park](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542740/rainbow-community-stands-against-tamaki-destiny-church-at-auckland-s-albert-park?ref=goodoil.news)  
Raphael Franks (Herald): [Protest against Destiny Church in Albert Park: Auckland police will be on-site](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/protest-against-destiny-church-in-albert-park-auckland-police-will-be-on-site/YP5DTS6KTBEZRHHWHDPF67XBEA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Labour MP calls for Destiny Church to lose charity status](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/542613/labour-mp-calls-for-destiny-church-to-lose-charity-status?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [Labour MP calls for Destiny Church to lose its charity status](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360589945/labour-mp-calls-destiny-church-lose-its-charity-status?ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Braunais (Newsroom): [The Secret Diary of .. The Man Up Gang](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/22/the-secret-diary-of-the-man-up-gang/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Grace Thomas (Stuff): [Calls for police minister to do more for rainbow community safety](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360590322/calls-police-minister-do-more-rainbow-community-safety?ref=goodoil.news)  
Coco Lance (RNZ): [Haka at Destiny Church Protests: Māori and Pacific leaders weigh in](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/542608/haka-at-destiny-church-protests-maori-and-pacific-leaders-weigh-in?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [Radio host sacked after appearing at Destiny Church protest](https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360590392/radio-host-sacked-after-appearing-destiny-church-protest?ref=goodoil.news)  
Davina Zimmer (RNZ): [The Detail: In the shadow of a rainbow](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/542649/in-the-shadow-of-a-rainbow?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**POLICE**  
Azaria Howell (Herald): [Police abandon 105 call wait targets amid lengthy delays](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/police-abandon-105-call-wait-targets-amid-lengthy-delays/66TMFCMSAJCFJBKSYY434GFBVM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Ham (Post): [Gangbusters: Three months on from the gang patch ban](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360589776/gangbusters-three-months-gang-patch-ban?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Adam Pearse (Herald): [500 extra police: Minister ‘even more confident’ in hitting target despite fewer officers](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/500-extra-police-minister-even-more-confident-in-hitting-target-despite-fewer-officers/55JMP4T4NBETNF6UPYNMCYOL7M/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Audit finds police officers illegitimately accessing sensitive case files](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542700/audit-finds-police-officers-illegitimately-accessing-sensitive-case-files?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**BUSINESS**  
Karyn Scherer (NBR): [Is it time to ‘go nuclear’ with supermarkets and their suppliers?](https://www.nbr.co.nz/shoeshine/is-it-time-to-go-nuclear-with-supermarkets-and-their-suppliers/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Damien Grant (Stuff): [Are our grocery prices really too high?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360588562/damien-grant-are-our-grocery-prices-really-too-high?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Sunday Star Times): [Iwi bid to challenge supermarket duopoly suffers setback](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360584188/iwi-bid-challenge-supermarket-duopoly-suffers-setback?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Eric Crampton (Post): [Delivering competition shouldn’t come down to a roll of the dice](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360588391/delivering-competition-shouldnt-come-down-roll-dice?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jacob Johnson (1News): [Former POAL boss fined $190k in legal first after workplace death](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/21/former-poal-boss-fined-190k-in-legal-first-after-workplace-death/?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Weekes (Herald): [Ports of Auckland former CEO Tony Gibson to pay $190,000 after death of stevedore Pala’amo Kalati](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ports-of-auckland-former-ceo-tony-gibson-to-pay-190000-after-death-of-stevedore-palaamo-kalati/6ZY5UGYSANF2BEUX3SXJPESO2Q/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Q+A: Diversity is crucial to success — NZ tech entrepreneur Rowan Simpson](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/02/23/diversity-crucial-to-business-success-nz-tech-entrepreneur/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [Why did the Commerce Minister warn Kiwis about Temu?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360573897/why-did-commerce-minister-warn-kiwis-about-temu?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Paddy Gower (Stuff): [James Cameron: why taxpayer cash for movies needs to keep coming](https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360589695/james-cameron-government-investment-movies-must-continue?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [On the Money: Bishop's netball foray, NZME, Halbergs. woke wars, and more..](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/on-the-money/on-the-money-bishops-netball-foray-nzme-halbergs-woke-wars-and-more?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

# Cartoons

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Body - NZ Herald 23 February 2025

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Parton - NZ Herald 22 February 2025

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Body - NZ Herald 24 February 2025

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