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# News Briefing: 25 March 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-25-march-2025/
- Published: 2025-03-24T19:13:38.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-24T20:37:11.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**RMA**  
Anneke Smith (RNZ): [RMA overhaul: Government seeks common ground with opposition](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545868/rma-overhaul-government-seeks-common-ground-with-opposition?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [RMA reform: Government promises overhaul of zoning rules, end to councils’ tight control of development with $14.8b in benefit](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-promises-bonfire-of-zoning-rules-and-end-to-councils-caring-about-whether-you-can-see-the-tv-from-your-couch/ERJXNNA7P5DVDPJBRJPK7JQYJQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Christopher Luxon reveals Resource Management Act reform](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545835/christopher-luxon-reveals-resource-management-act-reform?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kelly Dennett and Anna Whyte (Post): [RMA minister: Reforms will hinge off being able to do what you like, with your own land](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360626662/live-plans-unveiled-radical-transition-liberalise-resource-management?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Central government to standardise 1,175 zoning rules](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132539/sweeping-reforms-resource-management-act-will-assume-owners-have-right-develop?ref=goodoil.news)  
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Standardise and streamline: Government unveils RMA replacement bills to overcome 'culture of no'](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/standardise-and-streamline-government-unveils-rma-replacement-bills-to-overcome-culture-of-no?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Govt: RMA reform legislation to standardise rules and cut costs](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/rma-reform-legislation-will-standardise-rules-and-cut-costs/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [Government unveils sweeping RMA overhaul with focus on property rights](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/25-03-2025/government-unveils-sweeping-rma-overhaul-with-focus-on-property-rights?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**OIA**  
Anna Whyte (Post): [Peter Boshier’s unfinished business](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360623973/peter-boshiers-unfinished-business?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
No Right Turn: [Parliament says "no" to transparency](https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/03/parliament-says-no-to-transparency.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Neil Sands (Law News): [Outgoing Chief Ombudsman blasts Health NZ for ‘disgraceful’ attitude to OIA compliance](https://lawnews.nz/general/outgoing-chief-ombudsman-blasts-health-nz-for-disgraceful-attitude-to-oia-compliance/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Martin Johnston (NZ Doctor): [Penalties urged for chiefs of persistent OIA flouters](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/penalties-urged-chiefs-persistent-oia-flouters?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT**  
Anna Whyte (Post): [The North Island electorate in line to be scrapped revealed on Tuesday](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360626509/north-island-electorate-be-scrapped-revealed-tuesday?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [NZ First and Labour’s attacks ratchet up, but can they work together again?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360625997/nz-first-and-labours-attacks-ratchet-can-they-work-together-again?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Winston Peters hadn’t directed ministry to roll back diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) policies before new bill](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/winston-peters-hadnt-directed-ministry-to-roll-back-diversity-equity-inclusion-dei-policies-before-new-bill/ORXH6YUIXBHHDAVOSNDZCTWIZY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Natalie Albert: [Winston Peters message to New Zealanders without the hecklers](https://nataliaalbert.substack.com/p/make-nz-first-again-winston-peters)  
Matt Burrows (Newstalk ZB): [Ardern Government ‘veered too far’ from Kiwis' expectations of democracy: Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ardern-government-veered-too-far-from-kiwis-expectations-of-democracy-treaty-negotiations-minister-paul-goldsmith/CMEJPYXUPVHQ5EDJVWCOMIPN2I/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lyndy McIntyre (Spinoff): [Going backwards for growth](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-03-2025/going-backwards-for-growth?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Long (Stuff): [‘Jobs, health and homes’ - Carmel Sepuloni sharpens Labour’s focus on Auckland](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360622633/jobs-health-and-homes-carmel-sepuloni-sharpens-labours-focus-auckland?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Labour’s rising star Tangi Utikere on being a Pasifika politician from Palmy](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/24-03-2025/labours-rising-star-tangi-utikere-on-being-a-pasifika-politician-from-palmy?ref=goodoil.news)  
Charlotte Graham-McLay (Associated Press): [New Zealand parliament shows its spooky side in a tour of mysterious deaths and cat infestations](https://apnews.com/article/e54c53bd7c0131efe01c01559381e545?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE**  
Chris Trotter (Interest): [What does India want? What is New Zealand willing to give?](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132523/chris-trotter-says-if-christopher-luxon-secured-his-promised-new-zealand-india?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jo Moir (RNZ): [India trade talks: Winston Peters pours cold water on immigration changes](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545805/india-trade-talks-winston-peters-pours-cold-water-on-immigration-changes?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Luxon’s wins and compromises in India](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/24/luxons-wins-and-compromises-in-india/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Hooton (Patreon): [Winston says no to free trade in labour with India](https://www.patreon.com/posts/125037945?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Kiwi’s Indian citizenship visa revoked for ‘causing disharmony’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/24/kiwis-indian-citizenship-visa-revoked-for-criticising-government/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alka Prasad (Post): [‘It’s growing like crazy’: NZ secures wins on Indian trade mission, with one major loss](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360626570/its-growing-crazy-nz-secures-wins-indian-trade-mission-one-major-loss?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Petrina D’Rozario (Press/Post): [Reviving New Zealand’s screen collaboration with India](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360625663/reviving-new-zealands-screen-collaboration-india?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [The new threat to the undersea cables keeping our internet going](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545872/the-new-threat-to-the-undersea-cables-keeping-our-internet-going?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Bewildering defence cuts](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/bewildering-defence-cuts?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**HEALTH**  
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Approval for Waikato medical school predicted](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/campus/approval-waikato-medical-school-predicted?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Benjamin Plummer (Herald): [11yo girl misidentified by police handcuffed, injected with antipsychotic drugs at Waikato mental health facility](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/11yo-misidentified-by-police-handcuffed-given-antipsychotic-drugs-at-waikato-mental-health-facility/DB2AKK435NGAFISN6RMTK2OZQU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Outsourcing being used to pretend hospital wait times are being fixed - doctor](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545877/outsourcing-being-used-to-pretend-hospital-wait-times-are-being-fixed-doctor?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald Editorial: [One specialist goes on leave and the cracks appear in the health system](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/one-specialist-goes-on-leave-and-the-cracks-appear-in-the-health-system-editorial/QTO73GD7NZCULCHNKDQKBNK4TU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ian Powell: [A devastating critique; but there’s always a but!](https://otaihangasecondopinion.wordpress.com/2025/03/22/a-devastating-critique-but-theres-always-a-but/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [Bored with the job descriptio](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/bored-with-the-job-description)n (paywalled)  
David Farrar: [Exposing the out of control deep state in NZ](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/03/exposing%5Fthe%5Fout%5Fof%5Fcontrol%5Fdeep%5Fstate%5Fin%5Fnz.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon O’Connor: [Beware signs on footpaths](https://onpointnz.substack.com/p/beware-signs-on-footpaths)  
Post: [Deputy chief Mark Shepherd latest to go at Health NZ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360626839/mark-shepherd-latest-go-health-nz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Louise Ternouth (RNZ): [Anti-smoking advocates concerned about new nicotine pouches](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545857/anti-smoking-advocates-concerned-about-new-nicotine-pouches?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): [30% of doctors leave NZ after graduation](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/30-of-doctors-leave-nz-after-graduation)  
RNZ: [Primary care nurses to get pay increase](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545846/primary-care-nurses-to-get-pay-increase?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Southland Hospital missed man's lung cancer for five years](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545820/southland-hospital-missed-man-s-lung-cancer-for-five-years?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): [Health and Disability Commissioner: Man developed terminal cancer after signs missed on X-rays and scans](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-and-disability-commissioner-man-developed-terminal-cancer-after-signs-missed-on-x-rays-and-scans/5CZXRQDVGJGE5AOGARYGP7JLAM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [Urgent surgery for woman forced to 'scrounge up' for private ultrasound](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545874/urgent-surgery-for-woman-forced-to-scrounge-up-for-private-ultrasound?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stephen Forbes (NZ Doctor): [Lester Levy defends ‘unrealistic’ plan to slash waiting lists](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/lester-levy-defends-unrealistic-plan-slash-waiting-lists?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE**  
Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Analysis: Looming ferry decision one of the most significant for coalition Government](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/analysis-looming-ferry-decision-one-of-the-most-significant-for-coalition-government/VAHH2YLJ75AIPE4YY4W5DA7R74/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [FerryCo director appointment expedited by Treasury](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/treasury-pushed-for-fast-process-to-appoint-directors-of-ferryco/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): [Government accused of misleading over $78m Christchurch project](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545818/government-accused-of-misleading-over-78m-christchurch-project?ref=goodoil.news)  
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Crown Infrastructure Delivery seeks agent to sell prime Christchurch development lots](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/crown-infrastructure-delivery-seeks-agent-to-sell-prime-christchurch-development-lots?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [Uncertain future for 40-year-old ship that brings the Chatham Islands its fuel](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360626415/uncertain-future-40-year-old-ship-brings-chatham-islands-its-fuel?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gary Hamilton-Irvine (Hawkes Bay Today): [Crown to sell half share of Hawke’s Bay Airport to Mana Ahuriri](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/crown-to-sell-50-share-of-hawkes-bay-airport-to-mana-ahuriri/ZGXXXUN2MRF5XFUYEW5LNFGWAY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike McRoberts (NBR): [Iwi forge global alliances on back of infrastructure summit ](https://www.nbr.co.nz/te-ao-maori/iwi-maori-forge-global-alliances/?ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled)  
  
**ORANGA TAMARIKI**  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Oranga Tamariki still to fix systems that led to 'grievous' breaches](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545784/oranga-tamariki-still-to-fix-systems-that-led-to-grievous-breaches?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Oranga Tamariki grievous privacy breaches must not 'continue under our watch' - minister](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545840/oranga-tamariki-grievous-privacy-breaches-must-not-continue-under-our-watch-minister?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Oranga Tamariki privacy breaches: Abused woman's file shared with father](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545760/oranga-tamariki-privacy-breaches-abused-woman-s-file-shared-with-father?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [Oranga Tamariki union steps up industrial action, ERA orders facilitation](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360623743/oranga-tamariki-union-steps-industrial-action-era-orders-facilitation?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**EDUCATION**  
Maddy Croad (Press/Post): [Almost 60 expressions of interest made for new charter schools](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360626897/almost-60-expressions-interest-made-new-charter-schools?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brittany Keogh (Post): [Zone Out: School rolls in more ‘expensive’ parts of Porirua are growing](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360603143/zone-out-school-rolls-more-expensive-parts-porirua-are-growing?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Duoya Lu (RNZ): [Mandatory NZ history course at Auckland University spurs debate](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese/545823/mandatory-nz-history-course-at-auckland-university-spurs-debate?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**COVID**  
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [What the Royal Commission really said about the Covid response](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/24/what-the-royal-commission-really-said-about-the-covid-response/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): [Front Page: Five years on: Reflecting on NZ’s first Covid lockdown and its impact](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/five-years-on-reflecting-on-nzs-first-covid-lockdown-and-its-impact-the-front-page/JPOG7645T5C3LH43YHWIQZBGL4/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Katie Todd (RNZ): '[Terrible surprise': 33 Air New Zealand employees fighting company's Covid policy](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/545842/terrible-surprise-33-air-new-zealand-employees-fighting-company-s-covid-policy?ref=goodoil.news)  
Spinoff: [Remember this? A collection of warm and cursed memories from the first lockdown](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-03-2025/remember-this-a-collection-of-warm-and-cursed-memories-from-the-first-lockdown?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER**  
Harriet Laughton (Post): [Public spats and an ‘overwhelmed’ Wellington council](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360625955/wellington-council-overwhelmed-crown-observer-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Julie Jacobson (Post): [Minister not impressed with mayor’s cycling missive](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360626719/minister-not-impressed-mayors-cycling-missive?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dave Armstrong (Post): [Proposal can’t target all Airbnb hosts in the city](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360626121/proposal-cant-target-all-airbnb-hosts-city?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Eva Gallot (Stuff): [Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown giving away a ‘succulent Chinese meal’ for council input](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360625654/auckland-mayor-wayne-brown-giving-away-succulent-chinese-meal-council-input?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Long (Stuff): [Illegal dumping on the rise in Auckland as council battles to keep it under control](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360624293/illegal-dumping-rise-auckland-council-battles-keep-it-under-control?ref=goodoil.news)  
Simon Shepherd (NBR): [Podcast: The stadium debate](https://www.nbr.co.nz/the-nbr-podcast/the-nbr-podcast-stadiumdebate-49/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brooke Black (Stuff): [Timaru District Council announces plan to cut 71 roles](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360624482/timaru-district-council-announces-plan-cut-71-roles?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tina Law (Press): [Councillors call out ‘cowardly and desperate’ fake social media accounts](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360625885/councillors-call-out-cowardly-and-desperate-fake-social-media-accounts?cx%5FtestId=8&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=2&utm%5Fsource=the%5Fpress%5Fstuff%5Fhome&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs)  
Debbie Porteous (ODT): [Vandervis slammed over mural comments](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/shame-you-vandervis-slammed-over-mural-comments?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): [Craig Little seeks fifth term as Wairoa mayor](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360626224/craig-little-seeks-fifth-term-wairoa-mayor?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**JUSTICE, CORRECTIONS, POLICE**  
RNZ: [Prisoner on hunger strike after alleged beating calls for footage to be made public](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545882/prisoner-on-hunger-strike-after-alleged-beating-calls-for-footage-to-be-made-public?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Prisoner on hunger strike after alleged beating taken to hospital](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545849/prisoner-on-hunger-strike-after-alleged-beating-taken-to-hospital?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [Hunger-striking prisoner Dean Wickliffe hospitalised](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360626919/hunger-striking-prisoner-dean-wickliffe-hospitalised?ref=goodoil.news)  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Proceeds of Crime Fund to re-open to community after three-year freeze](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360599788/proceeds-crime-fund-re-open-community-after-three-year-freeze?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike White and Blair Ensor (Post): [How a controversial police tactic was rejected, then green-lit after top cop's intervention](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360622916/how-controversial-police-tactic-was-rejected-then-green-lit-after-top-cops-intervention?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Juliet Speedy (Stuff): [Police Association warns frontline officers are weary of gun crime](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360626871/police-association-warns-frontline-officers-are-weary-gun-crime?ref=goodoil.news)  
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): [Former Russell McVeagh lawyer James Gardner-Hopkins and the unforgivingness of being brown](https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2025/03/22/former-russell-mcveagh-lawyer-james-gardner-hopkins-and-the-unforgivingness-of-being-brown/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENVIRONMENT**  
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Fact checking Winston Peters on climate accord](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545845/fact-checking-winston-peters-on-climate-accord?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Williams (Newsroom): [Water control by Ngāi Tahu ‘potentially disastrous’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/25/water-control-by-ngai-tahu-potentially-disastrous/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [More scientific consensus on safety of GM food than on climate change, MPs told](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360625550/more-scientific-consensus-safety-gm-food-climate-change-mps-told?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT, CONSUMER AFFAIRS**  
Nikki Macdonald (Post): [Who are our biggest migrant employers?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360620286/who-are-our-biggest-migrant-employers?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Working past the age of 90](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/545869/working-past-the-age-of-90?ref=goodoil.news)  
GoodIdeas: [Should the Sanitarium tax ‘loophole’ be closed?](https://goodideasnz.substack.com/p/should-the-sanitarium-tax-loophole) (paywalled)  
Matt Rama (Post): [Beware - IRD is stepping up its efforts to recoup $800m in unpaid tax from business](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360626435/beware-ird-stepping-its-efforts-recoup-800m-unpaid-tax-business?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [GST debt creating 'zombie companies', tax expert says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/545878/gst-debt-creating-zombie-companies-tax-expert-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fiona Rotherham (NBR): [Psst! Want to know how much I earn?](https://www.nbr.co.nz/toil-and-trouble/psst-want-to-know-how-much-i-earn/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Chris Schulz (Consumer NZ): [Suppliers say supermarket duopoly using power to squeeze margins](https://www.consumer.org.nz/articles/suppliers-say-supermarket-duopoly-using-power-to-squeeze-margins?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Calls for more transparency on shrinkflation at the supermarket](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/24/calls-for-more-transparency-on-shrinkflation-at-the-supermarket/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jehan Casinader (Stuff): [Farmers need support, not an endless stack of regulations](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360625854/jehan-casinader-farmers-need-support-not-endless-stack-regulations?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENERGY**  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Daily cap on power prices to rise again next month after neutered review](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360622701/daily-cap-power-prices-rise-again-next-month-after-neutered-review?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Karyn Scherer (NBR): [Power to the people, or to the power companies?](https://www.nbr.co.nz/shoeshine/power-to-the-people-or-to-the-power-companies/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stephen Batstone and David Reeve (Herald): [Why more generation won’t solve New Zealand’s energy woes](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/energy/why-more-generation-wont-solve-nzs-energy-woes-opinion/TXKE4CEEFBAJPBCZX4PNAB5J7M/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**MEDIA**  
Chris Trotter: [Red Flagged – Who is this guy Chris Trotter?](https://substack.com/home/post/p-159721561?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gavin Ellis: [Forensic detail on NZME but where are the guarantees?](https://knightlyviews.com/forensic-detail-on-nzme-but-where-are-the-guarantees/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [NZME billionaire coup: Union says question it asked Jim Grenon was a simple one](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360626569/nzme-billionaire-coup-union-says-question-it-asked-jim-grenon-was-simple-one?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): [‘Classic PR tactic’: E tū responds to Grenon’s open letter](https://www.nbr.co.nz/investment/e-tu-responds-to-grenons-open-letter/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Robert MacCulloch: [The NZ Herald's Board Should Be Fired](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/the-nz-herald-s-board-should-be-fired-yes-it-does-have-editorial-independence-the-editor-staf?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Harvey: [Media Reform Proposals; Regulation - Part 1](https://djhdcj.substack.com/p/media-reform-proposals-regulation)  
Mick Hall: [A public broadcaster's Gaza whitewash](https://mickhall.substack.com/p/a-public-broadcasters-gaza-whitewash)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: Tearful RNZ host Charlotte Ryan signs off from show with immediate effect](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-tearful-rnz-host-charlotte-ryan-signs-off-from-show-with-immediate-effect/YHUGJAUWQRCMRKJDWZXGF2XAUU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**ECONOMY**  
David Hargreaves (Interest): [Economists see RBNZ still on track to cut the OCR at its next two meetings](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/132531/economists-dont-see-upside-surprise-latest-quarterly-gdp-figures-derailing-likely?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laszlo Szollosi-Cira: [Covid inflation and Adrian Orr’s resignation](https://fairpolicycommentary.substack.com/p/covid-inflation-and-adrian-orrs-resignation)  
  
**HOUSING, BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION, PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT**  
1News: [Q+A: MP pushes for restriction on rent increases](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/22/mp-pushes-for-restriction-on-rent-increases/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [‘Value has decreased’ since Kāinga Ora bought site deemed too costly to redevelop](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360623792/value-has-decreased-purchase-46m-kainga-ora-site-deemed-too-costly-redevelop?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shilpy Arora Gaikwad (Stuff): [‘I can’t breathe’: Woman living in leaky, mouldy Kāinga Ora house for three years](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360610518/i-cant-breathe-woman-living-leaky-mouldy-kainga-ora-house-three-years?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Killick (Post): [Retirement village taking Auckland Council to court over ‘unjustified’ rejection](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360625981/retirement-village-taking-auckland-council-court-over-unjustified-rejection?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Construction minister Chris Penk criticises councils for pausing consents](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/545565/construction-minister-chris-penk-criticises-councils-for-pausing-consents?ref=goodoil.news)  
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): [Development levy system ‘music to the ears’](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/development-levy-system-music-to-the-ears?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Greg Ninness (Interest): [Affordability starting to flatten out for first home buyers](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/132487/housing-now-considered-affordable-most-parts-country-major-pressure-points-remain?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anan Zaki (RNZ): [Building product price rises likely to push up new home costs](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/545798/building-product-price-rises-likely-to-push-up-new-home-costs?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Melville (NBR): [Building supply costs track up, builders forced to pass on hikes ](https://www.nbr.co.nz/property/building-supplies-track-up-builders-forced-to-pass-on-hikes/?ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled)  
  
**OTHER**  
Maddy Croad (Press/Post): [‘I’m sick of living life’: Abuse survivor calls out government for lack of action](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360612469/im-sick-living-life-abuse-survivor-calls-out-government-lack-action?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): [The left must leave the past behind](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/24/the-left-must-leave-the-past-behind/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gordon Campbell: [On Israel’s murderous relapse, and Peters’ sad decline](https://werewolf.co.nz/2025/03/gordon-campbell-on-israels-murderous-relapse-and-peters-sad-decline/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Paula Penfold (Stuff): [Racetrack punch-up: no charges, more angry video emerges](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360622599/greyhound-racetrack-punch-no-charges-more-angry-video-emerges?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jack Riddell (Hawkes Bay Today): [Online casino licences threaten community sports funding in Hawke’s Bay](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/online-casino-licences-threaten-community-sports-funding-in-hawkes-bay/I4EE5P6JABEKJOCNEO7GT5UMKY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Virginia Fallon (Sunday Star Times): [Strip Destiny’s charitable status? Turns out it’s not quite that simple](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360618976/strip-destinys-charitable-status-turns-out-its-not-quite-simple?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Michael Cugley (Te Ao Māori News): [InternetNZ dismisses concerns over Hobson’s Pledge’s influence on council and constitution](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/21/internetnz-dismisses-concerns-over-hobsons-pledges-influence-on-council-and-constitution/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Vivien Maidaborn (Post): [As the internet tightens its grip, the case for regulation grows](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360624066/internet-tightens-its-grip-case-regulation-grows?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): [When music and protest collide: Spark Arena’s ban on pro-Palestine merch labelled ‘discrimination’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360620582/when-music-and-protest-collide-spark-arenas-ban-pro-palestine-merch-labelled-discrimination?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Q+A: What next for the derelict Chateau Tongariro?](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/23/what-next-for-the-derelict-chateau-tongariro/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Armitage (Press): [Local Alcohol Policy will shape Christchurch’s hospitality sector](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360622724/local-alcohol-policy-will-shape-christchurchs-hospitality-sector?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): [Bars sit empty as law change enables liquor licence naysayers](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/21/tavern-sits-empty-as-law-change-enables-liquor-licences-naysayers/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Monique Steele (RNZ): [NZ rodeo final draws crowds, protesters and a satisfied minister responsible for animal welfare](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/545853/nz-rodeo-final-draws-crowds-protesters-and-a-satisfied-minister-responsible-for-animal-welfare?ref=goodoil.news)  
Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): [Drownings of eight children under six one summer prompts coroner's investigation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/545839/drownings-of-eight-children-under-six-one-summer-prompts-coroner-s-investigation?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZ businesses complacent over cyber security threats - report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/545786/nz-businesses-complacent-over-cyber-security-threats-report?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anne Gibson (Herald): [Property Insider: Two Woolworths sell for $45m+; Swarbrick backs Karangahape Rd building; Tenancy Tribunal awards levies to bodies corporate; Canadians with $1.1b of property here selling Manukau Supa Centa](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/property-insider-two-woolworths-sell-for-45m-swarbrick-backs-controversial-karangahape-rd-building-tenancy-tribunal-awards-substantial-levies-from-owners-to-their-body-corporates/EXZDYV5NEBFSVLJCY24WSGIGJQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

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