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# News Briefing: 28 March 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-28-march-2025/
- Published: 2025-03-27T19:05:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-27T19:54:05.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**JUSTICE, CRIME, POLICE**  
Martin Van Beynen (Press/Post): [What planet are the Greens on? It’s not called reality](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360630183/what-planet-are-greens-its-not-called-reality?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Emmy Rākete, Grace Gordon and Peyton Bond (Spinoff): [Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-03-2025/is-tamatha-paul-in-la-la-land-heres-what-the-evidence-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): [Tamatha Paul’s outburst shows Helen Clark was right about Greens](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/barry-soper-tamatha-pauls-outburst-shows-helen-clark-was-right-about-greens/WGPJ2FSCB5G7TONMIGSWQ3722A/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Green Party MP Tamatha Paul can’t back up claim person jailed for $12 theft](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/green-party-mp-tamatha-paul-cant-back-up-claim-person-jailed-for-12-theft/ORAG4A6XIRCTPNMZURBWBM24NQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor & Azaria Howell (Herald): [Social groups respond to Green MP Tamatha Paul saying they told her of police throwing away homeless items](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/social-groups-respond-to-green-mp-tamatha-paul-saying-they-told-her-of-police-throwing-away-homeless-items/H2ZJJ4Z6RBCPTDAWRKA7N3XH24/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Downtown Community Ministry says it never formally complained to Green MP about beat police](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360630857/downtown-community-ministry-says-it-never-formally-complained-green-mp-about-beat-police?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brett Kerr-Laurie (Press/Post): [Police needed on the streets, city mission says](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360631211/police-needed-streets-city-mission-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Not everyone's interactions with police the same - Green MP Tamatha Paul](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556341/not-everyone-s-interactions-with-police-the-same-green-mp-tamatha-paul?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tini Molyneux and Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): [‘The Prime Minister is extremely privileged’ - Green MP defends police comments](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/27/the-prime-minister-is-extremely-priviledged-green-mp-defends-police-comments/?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [There seems to be a pattern](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/03/there%5Fseems%5Fto%5Fbe%5Fa%5Fpattern.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Am I allowed to be scared of the police? An argument with myself](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-03-2025/am-i-allowed-to-be-scared-of-the-police-an-argument-with-myself?ref=goodoil.news)  
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Kate Green (RNZ): [Solitary confinement, sexual abuse: Lawyer says alleged treatment of prisoners amounted to torture](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556422/solitary-confinement-sexual-abuse-lawyer-says-alleged-treatment-of-prisoners-amounted-to-torture?ref=goodoil.news)  
Linda Mussell (The Conversation): [New sentencing laws will drive NZ’s already high imprisonment rates – and budgets – even higher](https://theconversation.com/new-sentencing-laws-will-drive-nzs-already-high-imprisonment-rates-and-budgets-even-higher-253119?ref=goodoil.news)  
Paul Penfold (Stuff): [‘Shocking naivety’: Second police trip to China revealed, as emails show security concerns](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360628294/shocking-naivety-second-police-trip-china-revealed-emails-show-security-concerns?ref=goodoil.news)  
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [Roadside drug testing? Great. Will the police cope? Mmmm](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-roadside-drug-testing-great-will-the-police-cope-mmmm/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jogai Bhatt (RNZ): [Why aren't there more women lawyers at the top?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-03-2025/echo-chamber-completely-hopeless-and-utterly-stupid?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT**  
Chris Trotter: [The Many and the Few – Why has Winston Peters declared war on the woke?](https://christrotter418256.substack.com/p/the-many-and-the-few)  
Greg Dixon (Listener): [Winston Peters’ history is a history of his outrage](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/greg-dixons-another-kind-of-politics-winston-peters-history-is-a-history-of-his-outrage/JZKKUC3Z3BCHXERAYYMKIZPR64/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Audrey Young (Herald: [Tamatha Paul’s crazy police comments set to clobber the Greens and Labour](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/tamatha-pauls-crazy-police-comments-set-to-clobber-the-greens-and-labour-audrey-young/HM3CHH3HVRBXHI6GW6HTR4HO6E/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Post: [Andrew Bayly on Nepal trip: ‘I wanted some time out’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360631560/andrew-bayly-nepal-trip-i-wanted-some-time-out?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Chris Knox (Herald): [Interactive: How could new boundaries affect who wins your electorate?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/interactive-how-could-new-boundaries-affect-who-wins-your-electorate/VAMLLLFGIRHLDET6W6FI47TTBA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): [A sad goodbye to a seat that changed governments](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/27/a-sad-goodbye-to-a-seat-that-changed-governments/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tini Molyneux and Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): [Rawiri Waititi calls for more Māori participation ahead of 2026 polls](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/27/rawiri-waititi-calls-for-more-maori-participation-ahead-of-2025-polls/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jack Riddell (Hawkes Bay Today): [Electorate boundary proposal: Napier to eat into East Coast](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/electorate-boundary-proposal-napier-to-eat-into-east-coast/J3UTOOPYMFCIDIWZ5E4MD6GKEM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Smith (RNZ): [The House: Urgency gives and urgency takes away](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556389/the-house-urgency-gives-and-urgency-takes-away?ref=goodoil.news)  
Whatitiri Te Wake (Te Ao Māori News): [Beehive Buzzkill: Why Haka fills stadiums, but not the halls of power](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/27/beehive-buzzkill-why-haka-fills-stadiums-but-not-the-halls-of-power/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): [Echo Chamber: ‘Completely hopeless and utterly stupid’](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-03-2025/echo-chamber-completely-hopeless-and-utterly-stupid?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Lewis (ODT): [Researchers want way to remove infirm PMs](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/researchers-want-way-remove-infirm-pms?ref=goodoil.news)  
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): [Does New Zealand need a process for removing impaired Prime Ministers?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360629510/does-new-zealand-need-process-removing-impaired-prime-ministers?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [New study suggests options to remove ‘impaired’ Prime Ministers from office](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/options-to-remove-impaired-prime-ministers-need-to-be-developed-researchers-say/ITX46BW44RGT3LOK3ZBSYYSEBI/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): [Study examines how health issues affected four former prime ministers' performance](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556404/study-examines-how-health-issues-affected-four-former-prime-ministers-performance?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Ministry for Primary Industries staff member returns to Mark Patterson’s office after issues resolved](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ministry-for-primary-industries-staff-member-returns-to-mark-pattersons-office-after-issues-resolved/JMCIFW2QQRDXBMURRI74X54VBM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PUBLIC SERVICE, UNIVERSAL PROVISION OF SERVICES**  
Chris Trotter (ODT): [One size doesn’t suit all when fitting out political vehicle](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/one-size-doesn%E2%80%99t-suit-all-when-fitting-out-political-vehicle?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Max Rashbrooke (Post): [School lunch failures strengthen the case for universal services](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360630582/school-lunch-failures-strengthen-case-universal-services?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [At least $400 million per year saved through public service cost cuts](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360631547/least-400-million-year-saved-through-public-service-cost-cuts?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [The state of the public service: 4% drop in workforce](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360630791/state-public-service-4-drop-workforce?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Job cuts on the way for Department of Corrections and Archives NZ, union says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/556378/job-cuts-on-the-way-for-department-of-corrections-and-archives-nz-union-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Loss of 49 jobs in latest Corrections proposal, union says](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360631128/loss-49-jobs-latest-corrections-proposal-union-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH**  
Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ): [Death rates double for some patients who left ED without seeing a doctor](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556417/death-rates-double-for-some-patients-who-left-ed-without-seeing-a-doctor?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alex MacMillan (ODT): [Health not a party political issue](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/health-not-party-political-issue?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Former Health NZ IT worker 'not surprised' at data breach](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556401/former-health-nz-it-worker-not-surprised-at-data-breach?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Data breach: 'Malicious actor' downloaded private information about Health NZ staff](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556355/data-breach-malicious-actor-downloaded-private-information-about-health-nz-staff?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: ['Malicious actor' downloaded private info about some Health NZ staff](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/27/malicious-actor-downloaded-private-info-about-some-health-nz-staff/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eva Gallot (Stuff): [‘Malicious actor’ downloads Health NZ staff information in data breach](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360631032/malicious-actor-downloads-health-nz-staff-information-data-breach?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Community organisations get easier access to mental health support funding](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556323/community-organisations-get-easier-access-to-mental-health-support-funding?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): [Lab worker strikes have ‘massive’ impact on health services](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360631399/lab-worker-strikes-have-massive-impact-health-services?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Dr Corina Grey lands Director of Public Health role](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556356/dr-corina-grey-lands-director-of-public-health-role?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [New Director of Public Health appointed](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/27/new-director-of-public-health-appointed/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): [Doctors, patients call for widened access to shingles vaccine](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556414/doctors-patients-call-for-widened-access-to-shingles-vaccine?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Gilkison (Spinoff): [Finding palliative care for our baby in a ‘luck of the draw’ health system](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/28-03-2025/finding-palliative-care-for-our-baby-in-a-luck-of-the-draw-health-system?ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [ED patients treated in corridors after St Patrick’s](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/ed-patients-treated-corridors-after-st-patrick%E2%80%99s?ref=goodoil.news)  
Miriam Bell (Post): [Courage needed to tackle looming aged care bed crisis](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360619471/courage-needed-tackle-looming-aged-care-bed-crisis?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Patrice Dougan (NZ Doctor): [Simeon Brown’s performance scorecard: C for ‘could do so much better’](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/simeon-browns-performance-scorecard-c-could-do-so-much-better?mc%5Fcid=dd1ff40fc4&mc%5Feid=25396e0cd9&ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alan Perrott (NZ Doctor): [Iwi Māori partnership boards prepare to bring the ‘fire’](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/iwi-maori-partnership-boards-prepare-bring-fire?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Barbara Fountain (NZ Doctor): [Unwrapping health minister Simeon Brown’s Primary Care Package](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/unwrapping-health-minister-simeon-browns-primary-care-package?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**HOUSING**  
Julia Gabel (Herald): [New funding lines coming for housing developers, Chris Bishop says](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/new-funding-lines-coming-for-housing-developers-chris-bishop-says/V5NDC7NXXBG63AF7WBH7NHFG6U/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Bishop’s backtrack delays housing reform to 2027](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/132598/national-party%E2%80%99s-proposed-housing-reforms-will-be-delayed-until-2027-while-it?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Melville (NBR): [Govt to underwrite SPV Greenfield financing, up to $100m a pop](https://www.nbr.co.nz/property/govt-to-underwrite-spv-greenfields-financing-up-to-100m-a-pop/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
No Right Turn: [Is this what government is for?](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/03/is-this-what-government-is-for.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Chris Bishop overruled by Cabinet over proposal to give Auckland 540,000 more homes](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/chris-bishop-overruled-at-cabinet-table-on-change-that-would-have-given-auckland-340000-more-homes/STQH352LC5BCBHY275PRGSX644/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Bishop says $150m for community housing providers levels playing field with Kāinga Ora](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556377/bishop-says-150m-for-community-housing-providers-levels-playing-field-with-kainga-ora?ref=goodoil.news)  
Miriam Bell (Post): [Govt support gamechanger for community housing finance agency](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360631204/govt-support-gamechanger-community-housing-finance-agency?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Government teams up with Community Housing Funding Agency to scale up lending](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/government-teams-up-with-community-housing-funding-agency-to-scale-up-lending?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ben Leahy (Herald): [Kāinga Ora is selling up in Auckland’s most expensive suburbs: CEO](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kainga-ora-is-selling-up-in-aucklands-most-expensive-suburbs-ceo/CNVECIY6TJAPRFWASVAERRX2HY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Jones (Newsroom): [House prices: A bump not a jump](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/28/house-prices-a-bump-not-a-jump/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): [Māpua developments under fire from residents](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556384/mapua-developments-under-fire-from-residents?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**RMA, ENVIRONMENT, FAST-TRACK**  
ODT Editorial: [Replacing the dreaded RMA](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/replacing-dreaded-rma?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alexa Cook (RNZ): '[Ego-driven madness': Campaign launched against Ruataniwha Dam](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556408/campaign-launched-against-controversial-ruataniwha-dam-in-hawke-s-bay?ref=goodoil.news)  
Megan Wilson (Rotorua Daily Post): [Possible Kaituna River dam project could have ‘catastrophic impacts’, board hears](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/kaituna-river-possible-dam-project-could-have-catastrophic-impacts-board-hears/BDEVGFQFFVADHJ3EP3ZKRV4WTU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Hobbs, Joseph Boden, Lianne Jane Woodward and Susie (Bingyu) Deng (The Conversation): [Early exposure to air pollution could affect brain development and mental health later in life: new research](https://theconversation.com/early-exposure-to-air-pollution-could-affect-brain-development-and-mental-health-later-in-life-new-research-252644?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): [Controversial West Coast dump unveils expansion plans](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/27/controversial-west-coast-dump-unveils-expansion-plans/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): [Gene tech bill supporters don't want to rush things](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-regulation/gene-tech-bill-supporters-dont-want-to-rush-things?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER**  
Guy Williams (ODT): [Wastewater discharge set to begin](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/wastewater-discharge-set-begin?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Water protection group may seek injunction to stop discharge of sewage in Shotover River](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556380/water-protection-group-may-seek-injunction-to-stop-discharge-of-sewage-in-shotover-river?ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Miller (ODT): [$1 billion to clear Dunedin's Three Waters backlog](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/1-billion-clear-dunedins-three-waters-backlog?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Council knew about estuary pollution, local says](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/council-knew-about-estuary-pollution-local-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Andrea Vance (Stuff): [The missing council boss, secret meetings and two mystery letters](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360631439/missing-council-boss-secret-meetings-and-two-mystery-letters?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [Christchurch buses: ECan remains defiant on fares](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556317/christchurch-buses-ecan-remains-defiant-on-fares?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): [What is our obsession with shiny new stadia?](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/kerre-woodham-what-is-our-obsession-with-shiny-new-stadia/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): [Selwyn mayor defends double-digit rate hikes](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360631207/selwyn-mayor-defends-double-digit-rate-hikes?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robin Martin (RNZ): [Much-debated Taranaki sports hub marks significant milestone](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556383/much-debated-taranaki-sports-hub-marks-significant-milestone?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**AUCKLAND**  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Council backs Eden Park in principle as main stadium, funding uncertain](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-council-backs-eden-park-in-principle-as-main-stadium-funding-uncertain/ODPPVHWNGFDLNMD4DWGBAQRKMU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Maia Ingoe (RNZ): [Eden Park revamp will need $110 million to go ahead](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556406/eden-park-revamp-will-need-110-million-to-go-ahead?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Auckland Council votes to endorse redevelopment of Eden Park](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556369/auckland-council-votes-to-endorse-redevelopment-of-eden-park?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bill Bennett (Herald): [‘A huge part of the economy’: Minister on Auckland’s national impact](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/a-huge-part-of-the-economy-minister-on-aucklands-national-impact/OFDCHEAZ5JGD5BWGSZOMRLWZ6E/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown seeks to finish Auckland Transport overhaul](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/business-reports/project-auckland/auckland-mayor-wayne-brown-seeks-re-election-to-finish-citys-reforms/255B7QP62JHGLB2FKNACEDKJGU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tim McCready (Herald): [Future Fund sets up new era for Auckland’s financial strategy, says Desley Simpson](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/auckland-deputy-mayor-leads-push-for-financial-sustainability/KDGPCHAQ6RB37IYKZVDJVZTY2E/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Victor Waters (RNZ): [Waikumete Cemetery full, funeral director blames Auckland Council](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556366/waikumete-cemetery-full-funeral-director-blames-auckland-council?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**MEDIA**  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: The Spinoff v Stuff – a scoop and then a defamation threat in story stoush; TVNZ’s emphatic legal victory to protect sources; Newsroom’s plea for donations](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-the-spinoff-v-stuff-a-scoop-and-then-a-defamation-threat-in-stoush-tvnzs-emphatic-legal-victory-to-protect-sources-newsrooms-plea-for-donations/HJQVKWSTTBHQXH5LM5GHPANSHU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ben Leahy (Herald): [NZME board challenger Jim Grenon in legal case involving tax avoidance on C$110m](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nzme-board-challenger-jim-grenon-in-legal-case-involving-tax-avoidance-on-c110m/PHGIPNSWQRCYNKSHPSZ656RYQY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: Key NZME shareholder Roger Colman backs Jim Grenon but not his other three nominees for board](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-key-nzme-shareholder-roger-colman-backs-jim-grenon-but-not-his-other-three-nominees-for-board/LMGE243E75GXROXXFKZCQJCGDY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [NZME management ‘fat and lazy’, largest shareholder says](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360631006/nzme-management-fat-and-lazy-says-largest-shareholder?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tim Hunter (NBR): [The would-be NZME emperor has no clothes](https://www.nbr.co.nz/hunters-corner/the-would-be-nzme-emperor-has-no-clothes/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
No Right Turn: [Will Labour take on the oligarchs?](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/03/will-labour-take-on-oligarchs.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE**  
Niva Chittock (RNZ): [New Zealand not attending 'Coalition of the Willing' summit in Paris](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/556349/new-zealand-not-attending-coalition-of-the-willing-summit-in-paris?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Worries that Trump could treat GST as trade barrier](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/26/worries-that-trump-could-treat-gst-as-trade-barrier/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: ['Clear and uncontaminated' water near sunken Manawanui - NZDF](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/556351/clear-and-uncontaminated-water-near-sunken-manawanui-nzdf?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**BUSINESS, IWI INVESTMENT, CONSUMER AFFAIRS**  
Jo Moir (RNZ): [Nicola Willis to announce government plans to encourage third supermarket competitor](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/556402/nicola-willis-to-announce-government-plans-to-encourage-third-supermarket-competitor?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): [The grocery chain that’s won NZ business’ worst brickbat](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/27/the-supermarket-chain-thats-won-the-countrys-worst-business-brickbat/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): [Front Page: Top 10 iwi assets reach $8.2b, report reveals steady growth](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/top-10-iwis-assets-reach-82b-report-reveals-steady-growth-the-front-page/I6XK57YDXBCCRDRY5UVQVO534Q/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike McRoberts (NBR): [Ngāti Pāhauwera top performer in iwi investment report](https://www.nbr.co.nz/te-ao-maori/ngati-pahauwera-top-performer-in-iwi-investment-report/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Large historic farm going into pines ‘another kick in the guts’ for East Coast](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360626115/large-historic-farm-going-pines-another-kick-guts-east-coast?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Government urged to help creative sector grow its exports](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/government-urged-to-help-the-creative-sector-grow/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
André Chumko (Post): [Creative exports key to NZ’s economic success ‒ report](https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/360627931/creative-exports-key-nzs-economic-success-report?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
NBR: [Wholesale garbage, Brown’s graffiti, Zollner zinger, NZME watch](https://www.nbr.co.nz/private-bin-2/wholesale-garbage-browns-graffiti-zollner-zinger-nzme-watch/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Will Mace (NBR): [Hamish Edwards to break ground on golf course ‘legacy project’](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/hamish-edwards-to-break-ground-on-golf-course-legacy-project/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**BANKS**  
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Westpac NZ's Catherine McGrath doesn't know how much money the bank makes from accounts paying customers no interest](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/132580/ceo-very-comfortable-westpac-nzs-not-making-inappropriate-profits-money-customers?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [Westpac adds petrol stations in business banking push](https://www.nbr.co.nz/finance/westpac-adds-petrol-stations-in-business-banking-push/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ella Somers (Interest): [The rate race](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/132571/kiwibank-slowest-major-bank-cut-floating-mortgage-rates-ocr-falls-while-asb-takes?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lane Nichols (Herald): [Banking Ombudsman launches investigation after ANZ helped customer send $250k to scammers](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/banking-ombudsman-launches-investigation-after-anz-helped-customer-send-250k-to-scammers/YSNVVHLW6RGHNIPLA2HBETED7Q/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenny Ruth: [Bank capital rules should revert to pre-2019 levels](https://justthebusinessjennyruth.substack.com/p/bank-capital-rules-should-revert) (paywalled)  
  
**ENERGY**  
RNZ: [Contact Energy appealing decision to decline Southland wind farm consent, reapplying under fast-track act](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/556344/contact-energy-appealing-decision-to-decline-southland-wind-farm-consent-reapplying-under-fast-track-act?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [Nimbyism will kill us](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-nimbyism-will-kill-us/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Gray (Herald): [Power play: Will Contact’s plan to buy Manawa Energy get over the line?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/energy/power-play-will-contacts-plan-to-buy-manawa-energy-get-over-the-line/FSS6D74FCJEJ5GEGOEYRPLFCVQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
NZ Energy: [Hope is not a strategy](https://newzealandenergy.substack.com/p/hope-is-not-a-strategy)  
  
**TREATY OF WAITANGI**  
David Williams (Newsroom): [Historians go head-to-head over constitution, Treaty](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/28/historians-go-head-to-head-over-constitution-treaty/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ani O’Brien: [New Zealand is being pulled in two different directions](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/new-zealand-is-being-pulled-in-two)  
Philip Temple (Newsroom): [Book of the Week: Treaty, oversimplified](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/27/book-of-the-week-treaty-over-simplified/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**EDUCATION, SCIENCE**  
Hanna McCallum (Post): [Zone Out: The growth of co-ed secondary schools](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360603144/zone-out-growth-co-ed-secondary-schools?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): [‘Not listening to this community’: Rongotea parents concerned over bus changes](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360621234/not-listening-community-rongotea-parents-concerned-over-bus-changes?cx%5FtestId=6&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=0&utm%5Fsource=regional%5Fmodule%5Fmanawatu&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs)  
Nicky Park (RNZ): [Phillip King is the only Deaf teacher at a mainstream school in NZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/people/identity/phillip-king-is-the-only-deaf-teacher-at-a-mainstream-school-in-nz?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Matthew Hampson (Stuff): [Scrapped iRex project and training staff discussed at PM’s Blenheim visit](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360631179/scrapped-irex-project-and-training-staff-discussed-pms-blenheim-visit?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [‘Vital economic lifeline’: Chatham Islands set for new supply ship after years of disruption](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360631442/vital-economic-lifeline-chatham-islands-set-new-supply-ship-after-years-disruption?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Wellington train disruption: Equipment that 'inexplicably' failed checked in other parts of country](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556418/wellington-train-disruption-equipment-that-inexplicably-failed-checked-in-other-parts-of-country?ref=goodoil.news)  
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): [KiwiRail apologises after 'power supply failure' suspends Wellington train services](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/556370/kiwirail-apologises-after-power-supply-failure-suspends-wellington-train-services?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**INFRASTRUCTURE**  
Geoff Coper (Post): [Breaking the bailout dependency for big infrastructure fixes](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360619497/breaking-bailout-dependency-big-infrastructure-fixes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): [Heathrow closure a timely wake-up call for NZ](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/26/heathrow-closure-shows-necessity-of-investing-in-resilience/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Belford (Bay Buzz): [Has HB’s telecomm resilience improved since cyclone?](https://baybuzz.co.nz/has-hbs-telecomm-resilience-improved-since-cyclone/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**OTHER**  
Ella Somers (Interest): [Early KiwiSaver withdrawals in February total $186 million](https://www.interest.co.nz/personal-finance/132594/over-7500-people-made-early-kiwisaver-withdrawals-february-taking-out-186?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gerrit Doppenberg (ODT): [Fears for community with regulation of online gambling](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/fears-community-regulation-online-gambling?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Chaston (Interest): [Here come deposit rates with a '3' in front of them - again](https://www.interest.co.nz/personal-finance/132588/savers-are-increasing-balances-banks-almost-twice-rate-borrowers-are-taking?ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Keall (Herald): [Apple doubles kura programme to 5000 students, upgrades Maps with iwi place cards](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/apple-doubles-kura-programme-to-5000-students-upgrades-maps-with-iwi-place-cards/DC7JMXFGDFA6NI4E46GTP4N3HE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): [Front Page: Minimum wage, benefits rise from April 1 as power prices increase](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/minimum-wage-benefits-rise-from-april-1-as-power-prices-increase-the-front-page/NKX2BNYVINGAFDBLB6TOWX5ARA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bryan Bruce: [The Willis War On Wages](https://bryanbruce.substack.com/p/the-willis-war-on-wages)  
David Fisher (Herald): [Sacked: Auckland RSA president axed from national body, accused of bad behaviour](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sacked-auckland-rsa-president-axed-from-national-body-accused-of-bad-behaviour/ITGLWCQD6JDJJBMNZKZNLPR7QA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [The pension deadline looming for Kiwis who worked in the UK](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360625658/explained-pension-deadline-looming-kiwis-who-worked-uk?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Harriet Laughton (Post): [Earthquake-prone building saga still ‘immensely disruptive’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360615457/earthquake-prone-building-saga-still-immensely-disruptive?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sheree Trotter: [Settler Colonialism, Indigeneity and Activist Purity Laws](https://plainsight.nz/settler-colonialism-indigeneity-and-activist-purity-laws/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ani O’Brien: [NZ needs a Ministry for Men](https://aniobrien.substack.com/p/change-my-mind-read-nz-needs-a-ministry)

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