> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://goodoil.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # News Briefing: 26 June 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-26-june-2025/ - Published: 2025-06-25T20:03:09.000Z - Updated: 2025-06-25T21:09:05.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **PARLIAMENT, WHĀNAU ORA SPENDING** Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): [Māori Development Minister Tama Potaka asks for urgent advice after 'electioneering' concerns](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565140/maori-development-minister-tama-potaka-asks-for-urgent-advice-after-electioneering-concerns?ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [Tama Potaka seeks review of Māori roll ad featuring Tāme Iti](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/tama-potaka-seeks-review-of-maori-roll-ad-featuring-tame-iti/ANRMC3SHHJDABFSSVDKQ3BUIGI/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ First's Shane Jones criticises Whānau Ora ad encouraging enrolment to Māori Roll](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565111/nz-first-s-shane-jones-criticises-whanau-ora-ad-encouraging-enrolment-to-maori-roll?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Māori roll call: Tāme Iti gives shout outs, apologies in longest ad](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/25/maori-roll-call-tame-iti-gives-shout-outs-apologies-in-longest-ad/?ref=goodoil.news) Kate MacNamara & Liam Napier (Herald): [Moana Pasifika’s future in doubt amid financial struggles despite success on the pitch](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/healthcare/moana-pasifikas-future-in-doubt-amid-financial-struggles-despite-success-on-the-pitch/AMU2UEKRFNGPFPBESJBTHVCOGM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Government forced to release Treasury warning of health and education spending cuts](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-forced-to-release-treasury-warning-of-health-and-education-spending-cuts/X6GESXQJNVDLFL5Z364BXFB3VU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ian Powell: [Crony capitalism](https://politicalbytes.blog/2025/06/24/crony-capitalism/?ref=goodoil.news) Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Echo Chamber: Government commits to doing not much about the Middle East](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-06-2025/echo-chamber-government-commits-to-doing-not-much-about-the-middle-east?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Peters apologises for calling Te Pāti Māori MP 'dickhead' in Parliament](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/25/peters-apologises-for-calling-te-pati-maori-mp-dickhead-in-parliament/?ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (RNZ): [Winston Peters apologises for calling Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris a 'dickhead' in the House](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565138/winston-peters-apologises-for-calling-te-pati-maori-mp-takuta-ferris-a-dickhead-in-the-house?ref=goodoil.news) Karanama Ruru (Stuff): [Winston Peters says dickhead comment wasn’t expletive](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360735258/winston-peters-says-dickhead-comment-wasnt-expletive?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [How history warns against the Greens’ fiscal ambition](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/how-history-warns-against-the-greens-fiscal-ambitions-richard-prebble/MKMY5UCENJELLBJKF7ZJB7M3DE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Increased scanning of social media threats against MPs likely](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/25/increased-scanning-of-social-media-threats-against-mps-likely/?ref=goodoil.news) **REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL** Māni Dunlop (Te Ao Māori News): [Time slashed for public to have say on controversial Regulatory Standards Bill](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/06/25/time-slashed-for-public-to-have-say-on-controversial-regulatory-standards-bill/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: Regulatory [Standards Bill: 30 hours allocated for public submissions on Act Party leader's bill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565152/regulatory-standards-bill-30-hours-allocated-for-public-submissions-on-act-party-leader-s-bill?ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Dame Anne Salmond v David Seymour: The tit for tat row between the deputy PM and an academic](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360733697/dame-anne-salmond-v-david-seymour-tit-tat-row-between-deputy-pm-and-academic?ref=goodoil.news) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [The academics need to harden up here](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis-allan-the-academics-need-to-harden-up-here/?ref=goodoil.news) Greg Presland (The Standard): [Conduct unbecoming](https://thestandard.org.nz/conduct-unbecoming/?ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Post): [Seymour’s red-tape bill under fire from disability ministry](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360735222/seymours-red-tape-bill-under-fire-disability-ministry?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ananish Chaudhuri: [A Less Hysterical Look at the Regulatory Standards Bill](https://www.bassettbrashandhide.com/post/ananish-chaudhuri-a-less-hysterical-look-at-the-regulatory-standards-bill?ref=goodoil.news) **FOREIGN AFFAIRS - EUROPE, ASIA** Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Christopher Luxon says he wasn't pressured by NATO to increase defence spending](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565086/christopher-luxon-says-he-wasn-t-pressured-by-nato-to-increase-defence-spending?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Luxon meets Zelensky after NATO pledges big hike in defence spending](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/26/luxon-meets-zelensky-after-nato-pledges-big-hike-in-defence-spending/?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [Nato the European ballast in case of Indo-Pacific war](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360734617/nato-european-ballast-case-indo-pacific-war?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Tahana (RNZ): [Luxon departs NATO summit after meeting with Ukraine's Zelensky](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565163/luxon-departs-nato-summit-after-meeting-with-ukraine-s-zelensky?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [Luxon leaves ‘historic’ Nato summit having met many - but not Trump](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360736083/luxon-leaves-historic-nato-summit-having-met-many-not-trump?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [Luxon meets Canada's anti-Trump PM as Nato gets to business](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360735923/luxon-meets-canadas-anti-trump-nato-gets-business?ref=goodoil.news) Shannon Redstall (Stuff): [Christopher Luxon meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Nato summit](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360736105/christopher-luxon-meets-ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelenskyy-nato-summit?ref=goodoil.news) Zane Small (Stuff): [Christopher Luxon misses out on meeting with Donald Trump](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360735979/christopher-luxon-misses-out-meeting-donald-trump?ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Tahana (RNZ): [PM Christopher Luxon arrives at NATO summit in the shadow of Trump and Iran](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565078/pm-christopher-luxon-arrives-at-nato-summit-in-the-shadow-of-trump-and-iran?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Stuff): [NZ PM meets fellow travellers in the Netherlands](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360734612/nz-pm-meets-fellow-travellers-netherlands?ref=goodoil.news) Laura Walters (Newsroom): [NZ officials travel to Xinjiang to raise concern over Uyghurs](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/25/nz-officials-travel-to-xinjiang-to-raise-concern-over-uyghurs/?ref=goodoil.news) **FOREIGN AFFAIRS - MIDDLE EAST** Jack McDonald (Post): [Our role remains clear amid global conflicts](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360735202/our-role-remains-clear-amid-global-conflicts?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Louis Collins (RNZ): [The House: Parliament's reaction to the Middle East crisis](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565128/the-house-parliament-s-reaction-to-the-middle-east-crisis?ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (RNZ): [New Zealanders in Israel not taking assistance to leave - MFAT](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565139/new-zealanders-in-israel-not-taking-assistance-to-leave-mfat?ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett (Post): [No Kiwis have taken opportunity of land evacuations in Israel: MFAT](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360735307/no-kiwis-have-taken-opportunity-land-evacuations-israel-mfat?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Lloyd Burr (Stuff): [Nuclear war could kill 22,000 Kiwis, cause $1 trillion in harm - report](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360735452/nuclear-war-could-kill-22000-kiwis-cause-1-trillion-harm-report?ref=goodoil.news) **INFRASTRUCTURE, HOUSING, RMA** Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Setback for road and rail projects in groundbreaking infrastructure plan](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/25/setback-for-road-and-rail-projects-in-nzs-first-ever-infrastructure-plan/?ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton and Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Government releases 30-year draft infrastructure plan which focuses on basics](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360735101/government-releases-30-year-draft-infrastructure-plan-which-focuses-basics?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: ['Once-in-a-generation' National Infrastructure Plan sets vision for next 30 years](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565103/once-in-a-generation-national-infrastructure-plan-sets-vision-for-next-30-years?ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Marsden Point rail spur, prison and ferry terminal projects excluded from new infrastructure priority list](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/marsden-point-rail-spur-prison-and-ferry-terminal-projects-excluded-from-new-infrastructure-priority-list?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): [Long-awaited draft National Infrastructure Plan says NZ not getting ‘bang for buck’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360734677/long-awaited-draft-national-infrastructure-plan-says-nz-not-getting-bang-buck?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Nick Stride (Interest): [More new hospitals, fewer new schools says Infrastructure Commission](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/133904/central-government-will-need-step-new-zealands-infrastructure-needs-change?ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Infrastructure plan sets the foundation for political consensus](https://www.nbr.co.nz/edwards-on-politics/infrastructure-plan-sets-the-foundation-for-political-consensus/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Why agreeing on infrastructure priorities matters to sick kids](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/25/why-agreeing-on-infrastructure-priorities-matters-to-sick-kids/?ref=goodoil.news) Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [The draft plan to finally fix New Zealand’s broken infrastructure](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/26-06-2025/the-draft-plan-to-finally-fix-new-zealands-broken-infrastructure?ref=goodoil.news) Amy Williams (RNZ): [City Rail Link: Govt clears way for taller buildings around stations](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565135/city-rail-link-govt-clears-way-for-taller-buildings-around-stations?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Govt presses for taller buildings around some Auckland train stations](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/25/govt-presses-for-taller-buildings-around-some-auckland-train-stations/?ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Apartment buildings 15 storeys or higher to be allowed around some suburban Auckland train stations](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/133923/government-and-auckland-council-changing-zoning-laws-allow-high-rise-development?ref=goodoil.news) Madeleine Powers (Waikato Times): [Social housing ‘bullet’ dodged, say Flagstaff residents](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360735470/social-housing-bullet-dodged-say-flagstaff-residents?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Colleen Hawkes (Stuff): [Architect's bold plan to house 75,000 on Puketutu Island](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/350409762/architects-bold-plan-house-75000-puketutu-island?ref=goodoil.news) **ENVIRONMENT** Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [New Zealand abandons international fossil fuel pledge](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/26/new-zealand-abandons-international-fossil-fuel-pledge/?ref=goodoil.news) Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565147/nz-pulls-out-of-global-coalition-for-phasing-out-fossil-fuels?ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Herald): [New Zealand abandons global alliance on oil, gas phase-out, Greens concerned about reputational risk](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/new-zealand-abandons-global-alliance-on-oil-gas-phase-out-greens-concerned-about-reputational-risk/BMUAMABY5RCE3L4VD6TBJC7ZAA/?ref=goodoil.news) Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): [What do Libya, Yemen and NZ have in common? Hopefully not climate policy](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/primary-sector/what-do-libya-yemen-and-nz-have-in-common-hopefully-not-climate-policy?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [SolarZero customers 'secondary' for government finance fund that’s being wound up](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360735012/solarzero-customers-secondary-government-finance-fund-thats-being-wound?ref=goodoil.news) Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): [Public Trust makes claims of $900m against SolarZero as liquidator updates a complex state of affairs](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-regulation/public-trust-makes-claims-of-900m-against-solarzero-as-liquidator-updates-a-complex-state-of-affairs?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Stock (Post): [Building a waste-to-energy plant near a dairy factory ‘lunacy’, hearing told](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360735328/building-waste-energy-plant-near-dairy-factory-lunacy-hearing-told?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): ['Intergenerational vandalism': Wellington council's rock vs hard place water quandary](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360734733/intergenerational-vandalism-wellington-councils-rock-vs-hard-place-water-quandary?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **AGED CARE, HEALTH** Nicholas Jones (Stuff): [Restraint in our rest homes: What audits show about ‘serious intervention’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360732274/restraint-our-rest-homes-what-audits-show-about-serious-intervention?ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Jones (Stuff): [‘Laying in their own urine’: Aged care complaints revealed](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360732273/laying-their-own-urine-aged-care-complaints-revealed?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Health NZ appoints interim CEO Dr Dale Bramley to top job for three year term](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565127/health-nz-appoints-interim-ceo-dr-dale-bramley-to-top-job-for-three-year-term?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Health NZ Te Whatu Ora names new chief executive](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/25/health-nz-te-whatu-ora-names-new-chief-executive/?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Wihyte (Post): [Dale Bramley named as new Health NZ boss](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360735390/dale-bramley-named-new-health-nz-boss?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Patients increasingly diagnosed with bowel cancer in ED, Northland doctor says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565075/patients-increasingly-diagnosed-with-bowel-cancer-in-ed-northland-doctor-says?ref=goodoil.news) Lucy Xia (RNZ): [Gisborne pensioner dealt with depression, chronic pain in year-long wait for surgery](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565170/gisborne-pensioner-dealt-with-depression-chronic-pain-in-year-long-wait-for-surgery?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ's vaccination rates among lowest among high-income countries - study](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565118/nz-s-vaccination-rates-among-lowest-among-high-income-countries-study?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [GPs, nurses able to diagnose, treat ADHD from next year](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/24/gps-nurses-able-to-diagnose-treat-adhd-from-next-year/?ref=goodoil.news) Alice Neville (Spinoff): [The changes to ADHD treatment rules, explained](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/25-06-2025/the-changes-to-adhd-treatment-rules-explained?ref=goodoil.news) Joanne Naish (Press/Post): [GPs welcome funding boost, but say more is needed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360733371/gp-doctors-welcome-funding-boost-say-more-needed?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT** Peter Dunne: [National's looming revenge on regional councils](https://honpfd.blogspot.com/2025/06/in-politics-things-often-turn-full.html?ref=goodoil.news) Local Aotearoa: [Are regional councils facing the axe?](https://localaotearoa.substack.com/p/are-regional-councils-facing-the) Henry McMullan, [Mayors, residents react to talk of scrapping regional councils](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/25/mayors-residents-react-to-talk-of-scrapping-regional-councils/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Minister Shane Jones accuses council of being 'iwi back office'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/565090/minister-shane-jones-accuses-council-of-being-iwi-back-office?ref=goodoil.news) Daran Ponter (Post): [Regional councils - what are they good for?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360734731/regional-councils-what-are-they-good?ref=goodoil.news) Sinead Gill (Press): [Regional council considers merging public transport powers](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360735962/regional-council-considers-merging-public-transport-powers?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [Rate caps will only delay the bigger problems](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis-allan-rate-caps-will-only-delay-the-bigger-problems/?ref=goodoil.news) Julie Jacobson (Post): [Capital concerns - the highs and lows of the council’s annual residents survey](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360734407/capital-concerns-highs-and-lows-councils-annual-residents-survey?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Justin Wong (Post): [Extra security for local politicians as ‘unacceptable’ abuse on the rise](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360732192/extra-security-local-politicians-unacceptable-abuse-rise?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): [Almost all councils on board for Waikato Water Done Well](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360735861/almost-all-councils-board-waikato-water-done-well?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matthew Martin (Waikato Times): [Taupō opts out of Waikato Water Done Well - for now](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360735037/taupo-opts-out-waikato-water-done-well-now?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): [Masterton rates up 7.5%, councillors lock in annual plan](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360735567/masterton-rates-75-councillors-lock-annual-plan?ref=goodoil.news) Annemarie Quill (Stufff): [Second protest against Tauranga council rate rises](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360734955/second-protest-against-tauranga-council-rate-rises?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Historic Christchurch theatre to be sold by council](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/565148/historic-christchurch-theatre-to-be-sold-by-council?ref=goodoil.news) **OVERSEAS INVESTMENT, WEALTH VISAS** Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Big tech wants Luxon to turn NZ into ‘sandbox’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/24/big-tech-wants-luxon-to-turn-nz-into-sandbox/?ref=goodoil.news) Ricardo Simich (Herald): [Former MP Stuart Nash smooths Golden Visas for wealthy; Is Xero founder Rod Drury the king of Queenstown?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/society-insider-former-mp-stuart-nash-smooths-golden-visas-for-wealthy-is-xero-founder-rod-drury-the-king-of-queenstown-lux-weddings-for-sophie-heatly-and-murray-crane/RS6QL32HZJDXPG4TIDD6ZM6QVY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **ECONOMY, TAX** David Hargreaves (Interest): [All we need is confidence - but where is it?](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/133900/david-hargreaves-has-look-back-first-half-2025-and-hopes-we-haven%E2%80%99t-already-seen?ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Why do we need more migrants when there are 200,000 people on the dole? 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