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# News Briefing: 28 May 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-28-may-2025/
- Published: 2025-05-27T20:44:51.000Z
- Updated: 2025-05-27T21:50:52.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**PARLIAMENT**  
Russel Norman (Post): [The dangers in the Regulatory Standards Bill](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360702161/dangers-regulatory-standards-bill?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Ryan Ward (Newsroom): [How the Regulatory Standards Bill could leave taxpayers on the hook](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/28/how-acts-controversial-bill-could-leave-taxpayers-on-the-hook/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Maioha Panapa (Te Ao Māori News): [Govt blasted over submission glitch on controversial Regulatory Standards Bill](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/05/28/govt-blasted-over-submission-glitch-on-controversial-regulatory-standards-bill/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Incoming Deputy PM eyes up electricity assets](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/incoming-deputy-pm-eyes-up-electricity-assets/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [The highs, lows and wtfs of Winston Peters, deputy prime minister](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-05-2025/the-highs-lows-and-what-the-fucks-of-winston-peters-deputy-prime-minister?ref=goodoil.news)  
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): [‘Forgot where they came from’: Why Ria Bond joined pay equity inquiry](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/26/forgot-where-they-came-from-councillor-joins-pay-equity-inquiry/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Smith (RNZ): [The House: Government urgency plans slow to a crawl](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562335/government-urgency-plans-slow-to-a-crawl?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Hipkins pushes back on Peters' ruling out Labour again](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562256/hipkins-pushes-back-on-peters-ruling-out-labour-again?ref=goodoil.news)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Ex-PM Jim Bolger on handling kidney failure, David Seymour, and turning 90](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/ex-pm-jim-bolger-on-handling-kidney-failure-david-seymour-and-turning-90/MBU3XZZ2JNA5JDTPCVW2TC2L6Q/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Nick Stride (Interest): [A new Public Finance Bill aims to make it harder for governments to conceal cost blowouts](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/133483/new-public-finance-bill-aims-make-it-harder-governments-conceal-cost-blowouts?ref=goodoil.news)  
Joe Bennett (Press/Post): [Raise your drinks to the man in the street, the bulwark against tyranny](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360702929/raise-your-drinks-man-street-bulwark-against-tyranny?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): [Pint of Order’: Parliament’s new bar will open next week](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360703952/pint-order-parliaments-new-bar-will-open-next-week?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**BUDGET**  
Toby Moore (Newsroom): [The maths lesson the finance minister won’t take from Chlöe Swarbrick](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/27/the-maths-lesson-the-finance-minister-wont-take-from-chloe-swarbrick/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Post): [Billion-dollar defence bill a 'fiscal hole' in Budget, Labour says](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360703301/billion-dollar-defence-bill-fiscal-hole-budget-labour-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rob Stock (Post): [Taking the biscuit: Embedded in the Luxon and Willis post-Budget factory tour](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360703900/taking-biscuit-embedded-luxon-and-willis-post-budget-factory-tour?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [Why messing with NZ Super remains political dynamite](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/28-05-2025/why-messing-with-nz-super-remains-political-dynamite?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [MPs urged to 'lead by example' and trim superannuation subsidy](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562344/mps-urged-to-lead-by-example-and-trim-superannuation-subsidy?ref=goodoil.news)  
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): [Radical millennial idea: don’t raise the age of superannuation eligibility](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-05-2025/radical-millennial-idea-dont-raise-the-age-of-superannuation-eligibility?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [Nicola Willis rules out scrapping Government’s KiwiSaver contribution, saying it’s an ‘affordable’ incentive](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/personal-finance/kiwisaver/nicola-willis-rules-out-scrapping-governments-kiwisaver-contribution-saying-its-an-affordable-incentive/P33PQPF7IJCLJKLR27HHOYQIFM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): ['Every little bit counts': Willis says ministers 'worked hard' to find savings, Seymour's cuts 'small portion](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-finance-minister-nicola-willis-to-speak-post-budget-in-auckland/YER63KGZ6ZBYXPFFELAOLR37HQ/?ref=goodoil.news)'  
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Labour's finance spokesperson gives few details about party's fiscal policy targets](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562273/labour-s-finance-spokesperson-gives-few-details-about-party-s-fiscal-policy-targets?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Post): [Barbara Edmonds says Govt’s ‘Investment Boost’ good for business](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360702846/barbara-edmonds-says-govts-investment-boost-good-business?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Michael Reddell: [One last post on Investment Boost](https://croakingcassandra.com/2025/05/27/one-last-post-on-investment-boost/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): [Business of Government: Budgets: Past, present and future](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/public-sector/business-of-government-budgets-past-present-and-future?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sarah Aiono (Aotearoa Educator Collective): Beyond Capacity: [Budget 2025 - What Was Asked For and What Was Delivered](https://aecnz.substack.com/p/beyond-capacity-budget-2025-what)  
Joe Hendren: [Parental means testing of adults is a cruel joke](https://joehendren.substack.com/p/parental-means-testing-of-adults)  
Justin Hu (1News): [Govt committed to 2028 child poverty target despite forecast - Willis](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/25/govt-committed-to-2028-child-poverty-target-despite-forecast-willis/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Maddy Croad (Press): [Lack of long-term budget funding brings uncertainty for food rescues](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360702365/lack-long-term-budget-funding-brings-uncertainty-food-rescues?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dean Chadwick (Post): [The wins and the watch-outs: What Budget 2025 delivered for SMEs](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360703997/wins-and-watch-outs-what-budget-2025-delivered-smes?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lachlan Colquhoun (NBR): [A tale of two very different budget strategies](https://www.nbr.co.nz/underarm/a-tale-of-two-very-different-budget-strategies/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald Editorial: [Nicola Willis’ choice of Budget day attire is a sideshow to policy debate](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nicola-willis-choice-of-budget-day-attire-is-a-sideshow-to-policy-debate-editorial/ZG6TFCZK5BBTBMBMQ7CGNSXIJY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Anna Rawhiti-Connell (Spinoff): [Why what Nicola Willis wears matters](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/27-05-2025/why-what-nicola-willis-wears-matters?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**FAST-TRACK, ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION**  
Eva Corlett (Guardian): [Fast-track to where? The new law opening up New Zealand to a mining boom](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/27/fast-track-to-where-the-new-law-opening-up-new-zealand-to-a-mining-boom?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mana Epiha (Te Ao Māori News): [Turning sacred sands into concrete: hapū oppose sand extraction at Te Ākau](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/05/27/turning-sacred-sands-into-concrete-hapu-oppose-sand-extraction-at-te-akau/?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [A moth in the night](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/moth-night?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Discovery of rare moth may thwart mine expansion plans](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/north-otago/discovery-rare-moth-may-thwart-mine-expansion-plans?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Climate target failure would bring overseas scrutiny, government warned](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562242/climate-target-failure-would-bring-overseas-scrutiny-government-warned?ref=goodoil.news)  
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): [The Detail: Climate solution all but buried before it begins](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562341/climate-solution-all-but-buried-before-it-begins?ref=goodoil.news)  
No Right Turn: [Climate Change: Denying our obligations](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/climate-change-denying-our-obligations.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): [Ban on taking crayfish from Northland's east coast on the cards](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562274/ban-on-taking-crayfish-from-northland-s-east-coast-on-the-cards?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Nelson mayor renews calls for rain radar after flash flooding](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562309/nelson-mayor-renews-calls-for-rain-radar-after-flash-flooding?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PUBLIC SECTOR**  
Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Crackdown on public service leaks is leaked to RNZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562338/crackdown-on-public-service-leaks-is-leaked-to-rnz?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [How many public sector jobs have really been axed?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562350/how-many-public-sector-jobs-have-really-been-axed?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Green (RNZ): [Department of Conservation proposes cutting 84 jobs, primarily affecting women](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562316/department-of-conservation-proposes-cutting-84-jobs-primarily-affecting-women?ref=goodoil.news)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Shake-up at the top for Treasury](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/public-sector/shake-up-at-the-top-for-treasury?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [AI in Government: A shortcut to cuts?](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/ai-in-government-a-shortcut-to-cuts?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dita De Boni (Post): [AI use in public sector step closer - but trust still a big issue, says survey](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360702630/ai-use-public-sector-one-step-closer-trust-still-big-issue-kiwis-says-survey?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**OCR, BANKS**  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Christian Hawkesby readies to front first full OCR call ‒ a likely cut](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360703714/christian-hawkesby-readies-front-first-full-ocr-call-likely-cut?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Inside Economics: Reserve Bank’s big rate call today, plus are flat whites cheaper now than in the 1990s?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/inside-economics-reserve-banks-big-rate-call-today-plus-are-flat-whites-cheaper-now-than-the-1990s/2HIPCF4WMJHDBFSOMCI2DKJWDI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [RBNZ set to cut official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562314/rbnz-set-to-cut-official-cash-rate-by-25-basis-points-to-3-point-25-percent?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Stubbs (Post): [Open banking, or closed shop?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360695698/open-banking-or-closed-shop?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Kent Dunston (Post): [The Reserve Bank needs to do more than fiddle with the OCR](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360703982/reserve-bank-needs-do-more-fiddle-ocr?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lane Nichols (Herald): [TSB Bank accused of using $1m scam victim’s financial hardship to avoid potential liability](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tsb-bank-accused-of-using-1m-scam-victims-financial-hardship-to-avoid-potential-liability/6OV3RJNLBJBGTAD22PSTVX26NA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Janine Starks (Post): [The online shopping protection your bank does actually offer](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360695442/online-shopping-protection-your-bank-does-actually-offer?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Member's bill from Labour's Arena Williams seeks full disclosure of international money transfer costs](https://www.interest.co.nz/personal-finance/133420/members-bill-labours-arena-williams-seeks-full-disclosure-international?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lane Nichols (Herald): [West Auckland woman who received $158k in account transfer error charged with theft](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/west-auckland-woman-who-received-158k-in-account-transfer-error-charged-with-theft/LZ2UKOKYFBAWRNBA277UNY5TUE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): [Will continued OCR cuts affect the property market?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360702804/will-continued-ocr-cuts-affect-property-market?ref=goodoil.news)  
Capital Issues: [Time to Retire the Circus? Reflections on the May 2025 RBNZ Financial Stability Report Press Conference](https://capitalissues.co/2025/05/28/time-to-retire-the-circus-reflections-on-the-may-2025-rbnz-financial-stability-report-press-conference/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH, AGED CARE**  
Matthew Littlewood (ODT: [Attack on politicians placed in large print](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/attack-politicians-placed-large-print?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mary Williams (ODT): [Changes in personnel leading new hospital build continue](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/changes-personnel-leading-new-hospital-build-continue?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alexa Cook ( RNZ): [Senior Gisborne Hospital doctors on 24-hour strike, say hospital 'on the brink of collapse'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562347/senior-gisborne-hospital-doctors-on-24-hour-strike-say-hospital-on-the-brink-of-collapse?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Labour says new Nelson Hospital plan lets residents down](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562245/labour-says-new-nelson-hospital-plan-lets-residents-down?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Ashton (ODT): [Hospital housing for out-of-town families under threat](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/hospital-housing-out-town-families-under-threat?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): [Health NZ wants to close this mental health facility, staff say more people need it](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562328/health-nz-wants-to-close-this-mental-health-facility-staff-say-more-people-need-it?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [GPs say 12-month scripts will ease workload, but won’t apply to many meds](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/27/gps-say-12-month-scripts-will-ease-workload-but-wont-apply-to-many-meds/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Azaria Howell (Herald): [Health Minister Simeon Brown intervenes as Ministry of Health reduces posting on social site X](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/health-minister-simeon-brown-intervenes-as-ministry-of-health-reduces-posting-on-social-site-x/C64QFWMDRFCOXGJNEOASXKXX5M/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mildred Armah (Stuff): [NZ records highest number of Aids diagnoses for more than a decade - report](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360703253/nz-records-highest-number-aids-diagnoses-more-decade-report?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lucy Xia (RNZ): [Public health response to Auckland measles case stood down](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562279/public-health-response-to-auckland-measles-case-stood-down?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alexa Cook (RNZ): ['Left in her chair covered in faeces' - widespread failures at resthome](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562172/left-in-her-chair-covered-in-faeces-widespread-failures-at-resthome?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): [Extension of aged care funding labelled an ‘insult’](https://www.nbr.co.nz/budget-2025/extension-of-aged-care-funding-labeled-an-insult/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**ENERGY**  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Why does Shane Jones want to buy a 15% stake in speculative gas fields?](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/133484/resources-minister-shane-jones-seeks-correct-%E2%80%98worst-decision-history-our?ref=goodoil.news)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Big power users accuse generators of bogus hedge argument](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/energy/big-power-users-accuse-generators-of-bogus-hedge-argument?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Power prices rise faster than rate of inflation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562355/power-prices-rise-faster-than-rate-of-inflation?ref=goodoil.news)  
Guy Williams (ODT): [Tech entrepreneur calls for electricity sector shakeup](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/tech-entrepreneur-calls-electricity-sector-shakeup?ref=goodoil.news)  
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Govt ‘actively considering’ financing home solar via council mechanism](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/27/govt-actively-considering-financing-home-solar-via-council-mechanism/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**POLICE, CORRECTIONS, CRIME**  
RNZ: [Retailers relieved at police commissioner's clarification on when to investigate crimes](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562352/retailers-relieved-at-police-commissioner-s-clarification-on-when-to-investigate-crimes?ref=goodoil.news)  
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): ['Giving liberty to the criminals': Shopkeeper speaks out on police memo](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562323/giving-liberty-to-the-criminals-shopkeeper-speaks-out-on-police-memo?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): [Police Commissioner on controversial shoplifting directive](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562310/police-commissioner-on-controversial-shoplifting-directive?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): [Police Commissioner slams shoplifting directive as 'confusing and unhelpful'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562264/police-commissioner-slams-shoplifting-directive-as-confusing-and-unhelpful?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Cop memo on shoplifting ‘confusing’, response assured under $500 - Police Minister](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cop-memo-on-shoplifting-confusing-response-assured-under-500-police-minister/XXAVYMI3XFEQZLTMOJZ2U74PME/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER**  
Tom Hunt (Post): [Call for please-explain as Wellington mayoral candidate linked to conspiracy group](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360688170/call-please-explain-wellington-mayoral-candidate-linked-conspiracy-group?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ethan Manera (Herald): [Wellington’s Crown Observer issues warning over party politics round the council table](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingtons-crown-observer-issues-warning-over-party-politics-round-the-council-table/WWZQQVB3PJEL3J52NM4JW7JKDI/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Harriet Laughton (Post): [Crown observer warns of dangers of party politics swaying decision-making](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360703736/crown-observer-warns-dangers-party-politics-swaying-decision-making?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Wellington Ministry of Innovation, Business and Employment work from home for over week after pipe bursts](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562278/wellington-ministry-of-innovation-business-and-employment-work-from-home-for-over-week-after-pipe-bursts?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Melville (NBR): [Council rejigs spending plan by $1.4b, adjusts DC rates](https://www.nbr.co.nz/infrastructure/council-rejigs-spending-plan-by-1-4b-adjusts-dc-rates/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): [$3.58m Tarawera Sewerage Scheme loan gains regional council approval](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/358m-tarawera-sewerage-scheme-loan-gains-regional-council-approval/GKE5DXO3BNG6XPAXU2TDLDNHMY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tony Wall (Stuff): [Man accused of harassment after delivering ‘threatening’ letter to council manager’s home amid pool dispute](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360702867/man-accused-harassment-after-delivering-threatening-letter-council-managers-home-amid-pool-dispute?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ruby Shaw (ODT):[Landfill going ahead: council](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/landfill-going-ahead-council?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tina Law (Press): [Cancelling long-awaited community centre one option to reduce rates rise](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360703002/cancelling-long-awaited-community-centre-one-option-reduce-rates-rise?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Paddy Gower (Stuff): [Absolutely Positively Christchurch - why it’s New Zealand’s best city by far](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360703497/paddy-gower-absolutely-positively-christchurch-why-its-new-zealands-best-city-far?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sandy Eggleston (ODT): [Need for ‘ethical housekeeping’ on Israel involvement](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/need-%E2%80%98ethical-housekeeping%E2%80%99-israel-involvement?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**HOUSING**  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Confidential Auckland Council blueprint to address housing intensification, flood risks](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/confidential-auckland-council-blueprint-to-address-housing-intensification-flood-risks/PVP74OTI5JFBLLHHETP2HMVHJQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Putting Nth Dunedin’s house in order](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/putting-nth-dunedin%E2%80%99s-house-order?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Tenants scarred by flat of horrors](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/tenants-scarred-flat-horrors?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [New cost for first-home buyers](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562213/new-cost-for-first-home-buyers?ref=goodoil.news)  
James Ball (1News): [No-fault law sees tenant facing eviction after major knee surgery](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/28/no-fault-law-sees-tenant-facing-eviction-after-major-knee-surgery/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): [Māori housing developer not concerned by Budget 2025 funding change](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/562332/maori-housing-developer-not-concerned-by-budget-2025-funding-change?ref=goodoil.news)  
Greg Ninness (Interest): [More first home buyers taking out low equity mortgages](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/133469/just-over-40-mortgages-approved-first-home-buyers-april-were-low-equity-loans?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Hargreaves (Interest): [New mortgage activity takes a dip](https://www.interest.co.nz/personal-finance/133472/latest-reserve-bank-figures-show-seasonally-adjusted-basis-new-mortgage?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Nick James (RNZ): [Transdev threatened to axe hundreds of Wellington trains over stoush with regional council](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562351/transdev-threatened-to-axe-hundreds-of-wellington-trains-over-stoush-with-regional-council?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Horowhenua 'blindsided' by changes to expressway project](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/26/horowhenua-blindsided-by-changes-to-expressway-project/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bill Hickman (RNZ): [Expressway changes 'force fed to the community'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562206/expressway-changes-force-fed-to-the-community?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Hunt (Post): [Wellington leaders slam 'retrograde' expressway changes](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360700880/wellington-leaders-slam-retrograde-expressway-changes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Antony Young (Post): [Kāpiti Expressway roundabout is a step backward](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360701081/kapiti-expressway-roundabout-step-backward?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [KiwiRail weighs 70 job cuts as Aratere ferry retirement looms](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561924/kiwirail-weighs-70-job-cuts-as-aratere-ferry-retirement-looms?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shilpy Arora Gaikwad (Stuff): [‘Road to nowhere’: One of NZ’s most expensive roads is making things ‘worse’, locals say](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360702020/road-nowhere-one-nzs-most-expensive-roads-making-things-worse-locals-say?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernard Orsman (Herald): [Auckland Transport plan for $380,000 raised crossing project paused to consider cheaper option](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-transport-plan-for-380000-raised-crossing-project-paused-to-consider-cheaper-option/TIAO6V554JFYNAIYQKVONXI6PA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Auckland rail system to shut down over long weekend](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562320/auckland-rail-system-to-shut-down-over-long-weekend?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Speed limit increase on Auckland's Northern Gateway toll road will get people to destination 'quickly and safely' - transport minister](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562060/speed-limit-increase-on-auckland-s-northern-gateway-toll-road-will-get-people-to-destination-quickly-and-safely-transport-minister?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Auckland toll road’s speed limit to rise to 110kmh](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360700956/auckland-toll-roads-speed-limit-rise-110kmh?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [Auckland Transport’s revenue from parking fines doubles in a year](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360700067/auckland-transports-revenue-parking-fines-doubles-last-two-years?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**GAMBLING**  
Tim Hunter (NBR): [Govt mulls issue of Entain’s Aussie bets after NZ greyhound ban](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/govt-mulls-issue-of-entains-aussie-bets-after-nz-greyhound-ban/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Joseph Los’e (Herald): [Social media influencer Millie Elder-Holmes fined $5000 in online gambling crackdown](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/social-media-influencer-millie-elder-holmes-fined-5000-in-online-gambling-crackdown/CZJHTUQJJZDTLNARLOGYPKIMPQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Millie Elder-Holmes fined $5000 for promoting online gambling](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562154/millie-elder-holmes-fined-5000-for-promoting-online-gambling?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PRIMARY INDUSTRIES**  
RNZ: [Government sets targets to reduce new agricultural and horticultural product approval wait times](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562220/government-sets-targets-to-reduce-new-agricultural-and-horticultural-product-approval-wait-times?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [High quality agreements with new trade partners priority for agricultural sector - report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562343/high-quality-agreements-with-new-trade-partners-priority-for-agricultural-sector-report?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [What keeps agribusiness leaders awake at night ](https://www.nbr.co.nz/primary-industries/what-keeps-agribusiness-leaders-awake-at-night/?ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled)  
Blayne Slabbert (Press): [Tipping point: Farming’s future hinges on hard trade-offs](https://www.thepress.co.nz/business/360703567/tipping-point-farmings-future-hinges-hard-trade-offs?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jacqueline Rowarth (Herald): [Agriculture needs protection and investment](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/budget-2025-agriculture-needs-protection-and-investment-dr-jacqueline-rowarth/7JUSENOBE5DZJHTJFMXSU4VBMU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**RUN IT STRAIGHT**  
RNZ: [Uncle of Ryan Satterthwaite calls for cancellation of 'Run It' events](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562363/uncle-of-ryan-satterthwaite-calls-for-cancellation-of-run-it-events?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ethan Manera (Herald): [Ryan Satterthwaite death: Palmerston North teen’s devastated family warn of viral tackle trend](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ryan-satterthwaite-death-palmerston-north-teens-devastated-family-slam-viral-tackle-trend/AOCA446CFZEDTHR3Z3OPE74BRQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eva Gallot (Stuff): [Police share new details about injury to teen who died after run it straight-style game](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360704033/police-share-new-details-about-death-teen-after-run-it-straight-style-game?ref=goodoil.news)  
Benjamin Plummer (Herald): [Runit Championship League’s $200k Auckland final blocked from major stadium](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/runit-championship-leagues-200k-auckland-final-blocked-from-major-stadium/AFKUVASZXBEYNEEGL26MR374ZA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**OTHER**  
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): [‘Where’s the money?’: Whistleblowers call for investigation as Manurewa Marae cuts govt-funded services](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360686281/wheres-money-whistleblowers-call-investigation-manurewa-marae-cuts-govt-funded-services?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Yolisa Tswanya (Northern Advocate): [Northland social workers stretched with caseloads above national average](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/northland-social-workers-stretched-with-caseloads-above-national-average/7SZFIFVVNVHJRFXV4F6U757FO4/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Caleb Fotheringham (RNZ): [Samoan villagers still fearful of contaminated fish near Manawanui wreck](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/562291/samoan-villagers-still-fearful-of-contaminated-fish-near-manawanui-wreck?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bethany Reitsma (Herald): [Pike River feature film official trailer released starring Melanie Lynskey, Robyn Malcolm](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/pike-river-feature-film-official-trailer-released-starring-melanie-lynskey-robyn-malcolm/RW46NBVMIFHA5BFE7NSINIEIII/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eva Gallot (Stuff): [Watch: Audiences catch first glimpse of film about the Pike River Mine tragedy](https://www.stuff.co.nz/culture/360703985/watch-audiences-catch-first-glimpse-film-about-pike-river-mine-tragedy?ref=goodoil.news)

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