> ## 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: 29 May 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-29-may-2025/ - Published: 2025-05-28T19:35:51.000Z - Updated: 2025-05-28T20:58:55.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **PUBLIC SERVICE** RNZ: ['Chilling effect': Union raises concerns over ministers' interference after leaks](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562458/chilling-effect-union-raises-concerns-over-ministers-interference-after-leaks?ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Education Ministry asks RNZ to help investigation into leaks - we declined](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562430/education-ministry-asks-rnz-to-help-investigation-into-leaks-we-declined?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Drip, drip, drip: NZ's biggest political leaks](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562405/drip-drip-drip-nz-s-biggest-political-leaks?ref=goodoil.news) Azaria Howell (Herald): [Inside communications between Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche and Minister Judith Collins](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/inside-communications-between-public-service-commissioner-sir-brian-roche-and-minister-judith-collins/WDJX53UNZRCLLAKZO72HRH2OBM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [High and ongoing' risk of more Oranga Tamariki privacy breaches - Commissioner](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562440/high-and-ongoing-risk-of-more-oranga-tamariki-privacy-breaches-commissioner?ref=goodoil.news) **ENERGY** Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [ComCom boss tips Government will intervene in power market](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360704603/comcom-boss-tips-government-will-intervene-power-market?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Simon Bridges says businesses scared to speak about energy costs, fear retaliation from power companies](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/simon-bridges-says-businesses-scared-to-speak-about-energy-costs-fear-retaliation-from-power-companies/4LQRIULFLNHTJAQNPUGIOGSWI4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Energy Minister tweaks subsidies to encourage more hydrogen powered trucks](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360702985/energy-minister-tweaks-subsidies-encourage-more-hydrogen-powered-trucks?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rod Drury (LinkedIn): [Structural separation of NZ electricity market](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/structural-separation-nz-electricty-market-rod-drury-zwrsc/?ref=goodoil.news) Centrist: [Z Energy uses U-GO to give the illusion of competition while tightening its grip on the fuel market](https://centrist.nz/z-energy-uses-u-go-to-give-the-illusion-of-competition-while-tightening-its-grip-on-the-fuel-market/?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** Michael Morrah (Herald): [Mental health crisis: Patients abscond daily from overwhelmed hospital EDs](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/mental-health-crisis-patients-abscond-daily-from-overwhelmed-hospital-eds/75I7BX6HTZCGDBLB6EL4QNKLZA/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New 24-7 health service could 'dismantle' general practice, doctor says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562418/new-24-7-health-service-could-dismantle-general-practice-doctor-says?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Costs cut despite Treasury warning](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/costs-cut-despite-treasury-warning?ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Ashton (ODT): [Impending closure of Oamaru House ‘a shock’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/impending-closure-oamaru-house-%E2%80%98-shock%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Crown pulls witness at 11th hour as Govt overhauls Māori health policy](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/28/crown-pulls-witness-at-11th-hour-as-govt-overhauls-maori-health-policy/?ref=goodoil.news) Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [Makeover confirmed for the country’s ‘worst-performing’ ED](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360703166/makeover-confirmed-countrys-worst-performing-ed?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Watch: Health Minister Simeon Brown reveals more details on new Wellington Hospital ED](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562399/watch-health-minister-simeon-brown-reveals-more-details-on-new-wellington-hospital-ed?ref=goodoil.news) Post: [Work on new Wellington Hospital ED due to finish by 2029](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360704580/work-new-wellington-hospital-ed-due-finish-2029?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Cost of early deaths on working Māori in new Hawke’s Bay report](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360704509/its-killing-parents-cost-early-deaths-working-maori-new-hawkes-bay-report?ref=goodoil.news) Hawkes Bay Today/Herald: [Improving Māori health could boost Hawke’s Bay economy by $120m a year: study](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/improving-maori-health-could-boost-hawkes-bay-economy-by-120m-a-year-study/M2XRBKAQPFDMXL2IFEQIMWH7YI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pokere Paewai (RNZ): [Māori men discuss health, well-being at symposium](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/562424/maori-men-discuss-health-well-being-at-symposium?ref=goodoil.news) Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): [No neurologist at Palmerston North Hospital for woman who suffered seizure](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562433/no-neurologist-at-palmerston-north-hospital-for-woman-who-suffered-seizure?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Hundreds of Auckland nurses start on-call strike](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562423/hundreds-of-auckland-nurses-start-on-call-strike?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Brown (RNZ): [Sexual assault survivor says ACC process is retraumatising victims](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562360/sexual-assault-survivor-says-acc-process-is-retraumatising-victims?ref=goodoil.news) Jeremy Wilkinson (Open Justice Reporting): [Former doctor and TVNZ presenter Samantha Bailey fined for claiming HIV doesn’t exist](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/former-doctor-and-tvnz-presenter-samantha-bailey-fined-for-claiming-hiv-doesnt-exist/RZFP65WPLJHI7K4U5V2ZCIW3DU/?ref=goodoil.news) **PARLIAMENT** Jo Moir (RNZ): [Luxon and Hipkins talk coalition dynamics, people skills and direction for the 2026 election](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562459/luxon-and-hipkins-talk-coalition-dynamics-people-skills-and-direction-for-the-2026-election?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Prebble (Herald): [Labour’s support of Te Pāti Māori over haka punishment will be a defining issue for the next election](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/labours-support-of-te-pati-maori-over-haka-punishment-will-be-a-defining-issue-for-the-next-election-richard-prebble/NVH7EPJDCNBPXKUVJKGBL67IMI/?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Smith (Stuff): [Over 600 objections received on proposed electoral boundary and name changes](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360704848/over-600-objections-received-proposed-electoral-boundary-and-name-changes?ref=goodoil.news) Louis Collins (RNZ): [The House: What did the House get up to during Budget urgency?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562451/what-did-the-house-get-up-to-during-budget-urgency?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Luxon says grandfather’s drinking behind decision to go teetotal](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/05/29/luxon-says-grandfathers-drinking-behind-decision-to-go-teetotal/?ref=goodoil.news) **BUDGET, PAY EQUITY** Chris Trotter: [Counting The Cost: New Zealand’s Pay Equity Revolution was, ultimately, unaffordable](https://christrotter418256.substack.com/p/counting-the-cost) Gordon Campbell: [On Wealth Taxes And Capital Flight](https://werewolf.co.nz/2025/05/on-wealth-taxes-and-capital-flight/?ref=goodoil.news) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Wellbeing provisions to be stripped from Public Finance Act](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/28/govt-to-strip-wellbeing-provisions-from-public-finance-act/?ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [This budget harks back to the ‘80s and ‘90s](https://www.nbr.co.nz/edwards-on-politics/the-budget-harks-back-to-the-80s-and-90s/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tayla Forward (Spinoff): [Is the KiwiSaver ‘fiscal hole’ a glitch – or the whole point?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-05-2025/is-the-kiwisaver-fiscal-hole-a-glitch-or-the-whole-point?ref=goodoil.news) Nancy McShane (Press/Post): [The progress of 13 years of pay equity heartache, wiped in 24 hours](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360704274/progress-13-years-pay-equity-heartache-wiped-24-hours?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jack McDonald (Post): [After the Budget the poor will get poorer](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360704902/after-budget-poor-will-get-poorer?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT Editorial: [Child poverty not budging](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/child-poverty-not-budging?ref=goodoil.news) Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): [Youth homelessness advocate says Budget fails most vulnerable](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562392/youth-homelessness-advocate-says-budget-fails-most-vulnerable?ref=goodoil.news) Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): [Benefit sanctions will mean young parents 'end up on the street', Māori youth service says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/562470/benefit-sanctions-will-mean-young-parents-end-up-on-the-street-maori-youth-service-says?ref=goodoil.news) David Farrar: [It’s a tax delay, not a tax break](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/05/its%5Fa%5Ftax%5Fdelay%5Fnot%5Fa%5Ftax%5Fbreak.html?ref=goodoil.news) Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): [Benefit sanctions will mean young parents 'end up on the street', Māori youth service says ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/562470/benefit-sanctions-will-mean-young-parents-end-up-on-the-street-maori-youth-service-says?ref=goodoil.news) **OCR** Dan Brunskill (Interest): [RBNZ says it may be finished cutting rates](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/133506/reserve-bank-says-it-isn%E2%80%99t-biased-towards-lowering-official-cash-rate-further-after?ref=goodoil.news) Richard Harman (Politik): [The Government’s re-election is in the Reserve Bank’s hands now](https://www.politik.co.nz/the-governments-re-election-is-in-the-reserve-banks-hands-now/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Dann (Herald): [OCR decision: More rate cuts to come ... or not? Reserve Bank hedges its bets](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ocr-decision-more-rate-cuts-to-come-or-not-reserve-bank-hedges-its-bets/FFRA5MD73FG5LG6G2VZEAITCJQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [How low can rates go? No clear answers in interest rate call](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360704632/how-low-can-rates-go-no-clear-answers-latest-ocr?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Luke Malpass (Post): [How low can rates go? No clear answers in interest rate call](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360704632/how-low-can-rates-go-no-clear-answers-latest-ocr?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [Has the Reserve Bank shot itself in the foot over the Official Cash Rate?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/official-cash-rate/has-the-reserve-bank-shot-itself-in-the-foot-treading-carefully-in-the-face-of-uncertainty/UVARH4F5A5BSTMVIYIIOIXVVOY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Chaston (Interest): [ANZ, Westpac and Kiwibank don't pass all the OCR cut on to customers](https://www.interest.co.nz/personal-finance/133455/bnz-next-jump-gun-25-bps-floating-rate-cut-ahead-anticipated-move-ocr-bnz?ref=goodoil.news) Miriam Bell (Post): [‘Meh’ OCR cut won’t unlock a house price rebound](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360704335/meh-ocr-cut-wont-unlock-house-price-rebound?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Reserve Bank drops OCR by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562410/reserve-bank-drops-ocr-by-25-basis-points-to-3-point-25-percent?ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [OCR call: Reserve Bank cuts Official Cash Rate by 25 basis points to 3.25%](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ocr-call-reserve-bank-to-cut-rate-and-deliver-new-forecasts-for-future-cuts/PXEQIUGWJFEUPCIVTUFUTSQRTY/?ref=goodoil.news) David Hargreaves (Interest): [Reserve Bank cuts OCR and sees maybe two more cuts by March](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/133482/reserve-bank-cuts-ocr-325-and-indicates-there-may-be-one-more-cut-year-bank?ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [Hawkesby’s first major test signals further rate cuts](https://www.nbr.co.nz/economics/hawkesbys-first-major-test-signals-further-rate-cuts/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **BANKS** Scott Russell (Post): [When banks break the law, should parliament protect them?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360704018/when-banks-break-law-should-parliament-protect-them?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ruby Shaw (ODT): [ANZ’s links to coal company protested](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/anz%E2%80%99s-links-coal-company-protested?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Are credit card rewards schemes worth it?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562462/are-credit-card-rewards-schemes-worth-it?ref=goodoil.news) **FOREIGN AFFAIRS** Thomas Manch (Post): [UK defence industry minister delivers helicopter sales pitch to NZ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360704555/uk-defence-industry-minister-delivers-helicopter-sales-pitch-nz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Adam Pearse (Herald): [PM Christopher Luxon open to ‘Anzac’ visit to Ukraine amid Russian war](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pm-christopher-luxon-open-to-anzac-visit-to-ukraine-amid-russian-war/E6ID2H32FRBEJMU726LX2UVFCM/?ref=goodoil.news) Ian Powell: [Why New Zealand Should Recognise Palestine](https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2505/S00055/why-new-zealand-should-recognise-palestine.htm?ref=goodoil.news) Stephen Dziedzic (ABC): [Lowy report finds Pacific nations 'grappling with a tidal wave of debt repayments' to China](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/562409/lowy-report-finds-pacific-nations-grappling-with-a-tidal-wave-of-debt-repayments-to-china?ref=goodoil.news) Losirene Lacanivalu (Cook Islands News): [Cook Islands PM leads seabed minerals dialogue in Australia](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/562413/cook-islands-pm-leads-seabed-minerals-dialogue-in-australia?ref=goodoil.news) **MIGRATION, CITIZENSHIP** Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Child slavery cases prompt move on intercountry adoption laws](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562464/child-slavery-cases-prompt-move-on-intercountry-adoption-laws?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Stanford’s ‘ill-mannered and inappropriate’ India comments criticised](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/28/stanfords-ill-mannered-and-inappropriate-india-comments-criticised/?ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [PM Christopher Luxon weighs in on Erica Stanford likening immigration emails from Indians to ‘spam’](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pm-christopher-luxon-weighs-in-on-erica-stanford-likening-immigration-emails-from-people-in-india-to-spam/PLLMG5GUFNHQ5HHU45BB5OZF5Y/?ref=goodoil.news) Nigel Haworth (The Standard): [Migration: the spectre at the feast](https://thestandard.org.nz/migration-the-spectre-at-the-feast/?ref=goodoil.news) Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): [Life in the shadows: The NZ-born teens who fear deportation](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360704775/life-shadows-nz-born-kids-who-fear-deportation?ref=goodoil.news) Greg Ninness (Interest): [Migrants aged under 20 and over 50 contributing an increasing share of residence visa approvals](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/133448/big-increase-number-people-aged-65-and-older-gaining-nz-residence-visas?ref=goodoil.news) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER** Ethan Griffiths (Herald): [Tory Whanau tells Christopher Luxon to focus on his ‘own failings](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tory-whanau-tells-christopher-luxon-to-focus-on-his-own-failings/VML67UT7HRHVHMLUUTEZ24QO2U/?ref=goodoil.news) Bridie Witton and Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [PM Luxon is ‘punching down on Wellington’, mayor says](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360704930/pm-luxon-punching-down-wellington-mayor-says?ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Post): [‘Sometimes you get what you deserve’: PM says Wellingtonians should vote](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360704206/sometimes-you-get-what-you-deserve-pm-says-wellingtonians-should-vote?ref=goodoil.news) Tina Law (The Press): [Councillor’s bid to force charity donations fails amid c-word accusations](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360704537/councillors-bid-force-charity-donations-fails-amid-c-word-accusations?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Will Harvie (The Press): [ECan councillors agree to ‘position statements’ that limit what they can say](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360704262/ecan-councillors-agree-position-statements-limit-what-they-can-say?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Doesburg and Emma Burns (Local Government Magazine): [Are councils ‘Treaty’ partners?](https://localgovernmentmag.co.nz/are-councils-treaty-partners/?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): [Nobby Clark delays policy over diversity concern](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562438/nobby-clark-delays-policy-over-diversity-concern?ref=goodoil.news) Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): [The how-to-run-for-council course aiming to get more diversity into local politics](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-05-2025/the-how-to-run-for-council-course-aiming-to-get-more-diversity-into-local-politics?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McLean (Stuff): [Council leaders slam online attack on project manager](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360704268/council-leaders-slam-online-attack-project-manager?ref=goodoil.news) Victor Waters (RNZ): [Waiuku's $400,000 pedestrian crossing proposal paused after criticism from local board](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562400/waiuku-s-400-000-pedestrian-crossing-proposal-paused-after-criticism-from-local-board?ref=goodoil.news) **HOUSING, BUILDING** Liz McDonald (Stuff): [NZ’s first private consenting company promises building consents in as little as two days](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360703773/nzs-first-private-consenting-company-promises-building-consents-little-two-days?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government launches new private building consent authority](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562420/government-launches-new-private-building-consent-authority?ref=goodoil.news) Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Call for better support, advice for tenants](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/call-better-support-advice-tenants?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Deborah Morris (Post): [Wellington has plenty of land but many can't afford to build on it](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360704332/wellington-has-plenty-land-many-cant-afford-build-it?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Knox (Herald): [Building sector insights: Which trades have to come back and fix things the most?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/building-sector-insights-which-trades-have-to-come-back-and-fix-things-the-most/WFCXO3NFTZGCXOMZZCGDXZO2WQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION** Tom Belford (Bay Buzz): [Climate crisis update](https://baybuzz.co.nz/climate-crisis-update-3/?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Post): [Pilot fatigue? Wellington’s climate plans tested by past inaction](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360704210/pilot-fatigue-wellingtons-climate-plans-tested-past-inaction?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kate Green (RNZ): ['Nank would be chuffed' - Native bush stays in public hands thanks to donation from late conservationist](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562370/nank-would-be-chuffed-native-bush-stays-in-public-hands-thanks-to-donation-from-late-conservationist?ref=goodoil.news) **MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA** John Weekes (Herald): [Facebook NZ says profit and revenue down as it sends $159 million to Ireland, pays $831k in tax](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/facebook-nz-says-profit-and-revenue-down-as-it-sends-159-million-to-ireland-pays-831k-in-tax/HEYQQFDWRRBRTHRJOXEXJWH2HY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith on RNZ ratings, TVNZ financials and the state of his industry reforms](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-podcast-media-and-communications-minister-paul-goldsmith-on-rnz-ratings-tvnz-financials-and-the-state-of-his-industry-reforms/XWMRIRZK2FGETLNRPQVT2VAG4E/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: RNZ National and Morning Report radio audiences fall to lowest levels in more than five years](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-rnz-national-and-morning-report-radio-audiences-fall-to-lowest-levels-in-more-than-five-years/ANJ73IKYMRBXFOADL7RKCXM2NY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sapeer Mayron (Post): [Thousands nationwide turn off RNZ radio programmes](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360703624/thousands-nationwide-turn-rnz-radio-programmes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tim Murphy (Newsroom): [Radio ratings: The day the music revived](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/27/the-day-the-music-revived-mais-city-audience-edges-newstalk/?ref=goodoil.news) **BUSINESS, REGULATION** Finn Blackwell (RNZ): [Hairdressing changes welcomed by customers, raising hairs with some in industry](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562428/hairdressing-changes-welcomed-by-customers-raising-hairs-with-some-in-industry?ref=goodoil.news) Tyson Beckett (Herald): [NZ hair salons welcome regulation cuts, but industry body lukewarm](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/nz-hair-salons-welcome-regulation-cuts-but-industry-body-lukewarm/ZO6QLBDX35DUDNEUWNF65RMQWA/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Hairdressing regulation changes a 'waste of time'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562442/hairdressing-changes-should-focus-on-staffing-shortage-hairdresser-says?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Hairdressing law shake-up announced by David Seymour](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562387/hairdressing-law-shake-up-announced-by-david-seymour?ref=goodoil.news) **EDUCATION** Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Seymour changing who decides how much ECE teachers can be paid](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562463/seymour-changing-who-decides-how-much-ece-teachers-can-be-paid?ref=goodoil.news) Hanna McCallum (Post): [Govt to scrap compulsory pay parity rates for new ECE teachers](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360705267/gov-scrap-compulsory-pay-parity-rates-new-ece-teachers?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [New classrooms, school welcome but Selwyn Mayor says more needed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562445/new-classrooms-school-welcome-but-selwyn-mayor-says-more-needed?ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [More than $160m to build 115 new classrooms, three new schools in Canterbury](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/more-than-160m-to-build-91-new-classrooms-three-new-schools-in-canterbury/VA6JNHSKEBGE3F6GM5MIOV5YQM/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government plans three new primary schools in Canterbury](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562408/government-plans-three-new-primary-schools-in-canterbury?ref=goodoil.news) Kingi Snelgar (Spinoff): [Removing tikanga from legal education is a symptom of a wider disconnection](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/29-05-2025/removing-tikanga-from-legal-education-is-a-symptom-of-a-wider-disconnection?ref=goodoil.news) aime Cunningham (Herald): [International student numbers lag, New Zealand plans growth strategy](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/international-student-numbers-lag-nz-plans-growth-strategy/XH25FVJXNFGETG7UAWY7JLIEXU/?ref=goodoil.news) Bill Hickman (RNZ): [Wellington's Te Kāhui Auaha campus could close under proposal](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562268/wellington-s-te-kahui-auaha-campus-could-close-under-proposal?ref=goodoil.news) **TRANSPORT** Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [Biggest ports sharply increase access fees for trucks and trains](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/28/biggest-ports-hike-access-fees-for-trucks-and-trains/?ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Rail Minister Winston Peters appoints Sue Tindal as new KiwiRail chair](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/rail-minister-winston-peters-appoints-sue-tindal-as-new-kiwirail-chair?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Darren Davis: [The state of the rails across Aotearoa](https://adventuresintransitland.substack.com/p/the-state-of-the-rails-across-aotearoa) Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): [The Detail: The headwinds facing regional airlines](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562457/the-headwinds-facing-regional-airlines?ref=goodoil.news) Katie Todd (RNZ): ['We want to get Queenstown moving again' - cable car companies target resort town](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562324/we-want-to-get-queenstown-moving-again-cable-car-companies-target-resort-town?ref=goodoil.news) Crux: [Queenstown’s two new gondola projects breathe life into a stagnant energy economy](https://cruxnz.substack.com/p/queenstowns-two-new-gondola-projects) **SPORT, COLLISION GAMES** Stephen Hewson (RNZ): [Shake up of Sport New Zealand in the pipeline](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/562460/shake-up-of-sport-new-zealand-in-the-pipeline?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [NZ Rugby condemns 'run it straight' as Warriors distance themselves](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/562435/warriors-distance-themselves-from-run-it-straight?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Concussion-hit AB Steve Devine wants collision games axed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562412/concussion-hit-ab-steve-devine-wants-collision-games-axed?ref=goodoil.news) Nadine Roberts (Stuff): [How an ‘innocuous’ tackle proved fatal amid concerns about a viral game](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360705309/how-innocuous-tackle-proved-fatal-amid-concerns-about-viral-game?ref=goodoil.news) **CHILD WELFARE** Rob Cope (Post): [Filtered internet for under-18s the change we need for online safety](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360704633/filtered-internet-under-18s-change-we-need-online-safety?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Kids' consent for photos should always be considered - privacy commissioner](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562441/kids-consent-for-photos-should-always-be-considered-privacy-commissioner?ref=goodoil.news) **OTHER** Anne Gibson (Herald): [Labour MP Ingrid Leary drafts bill on retirement village payouts](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/labour-mp-ingrid-leary-drafts-bill-on-retirement-village-payouts/CRY4G6ZPRZDA7MARK4DPDTVGF4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Sarkies (Stuff): [Pike River film lets audiences walk in families’ shoes](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360705082/rob-sarkies-pike-river-film-lets-audiences-walk-families-shoes?ref=goodoil.news) Jared Savage (Herald): [Jevon McSkimming resignation: Jill Rogers and Mike Pannett are considered the frontrunners to be appointed as the next deputy police commissione](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcskimming-resignation-jill-rogers-and-mike-pannett-are-considered-the-frontrunners-to-be-appointed-as-the-next-deputy-police-commissioner-jared-savage/GSG323VIVBHETNSJDSQLTBQS5Q/?ref=goodoil.news)r (paywalled) Virginia Fallon (Post): [The greyhound industry is still racing to the bottom](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360702936/greyhound-industry-still-racing-bottom?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [One NZ survey shows most New Zealanders don’t trust AI and fear job losses from it](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/one-nz-survey-shows-most-new-zealanders-dont-trust-ai-and-fear-job-losses-from-it?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Proposal to change Russell's name to Kororāreka declined](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/561925/proposal-to-change-russell-s-name-to-kororareka-declined?ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn: [Aotearoa should not have places names after slavers](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/05/aotearoa-should-not-have-places-named.html?ref=goodoil.news) Imogen Wells (Stuff): [Complainant says she’s ‘fully vindicated’ by damning review of Fenz](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360705355/complainant-says-shes-fully-vindicated-damning-review-fenz?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Gold Coast charity offers down on their luck Kiwis a ticket home](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562417/gold-coast-charity-offers-down-on-their-luck-kiwis-a-ticket-home?ref=goodoil.news) Nick James (RNZ): [Porirua soup kitchen opens to support homeless in the city](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562240/porirua-soup-kitchen-opens-to-support-homeless-in-the-city?ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Homes gates, security systems affected by 3G shutdown](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562348/homes-gates-security-systems-affected-by-3g-shutdown?ref=goodoil.news) Jean Edwards (RNZ): [Gloriavale's offer to personally apologise to victims of abuse a 'PR stunt'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562319/gloriavale-s-offer-to-personally-apologise-to-victims-of-abuse-a-pr-stunt?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [‘A true gentleman’, former National Party board member Roger Bridge dies](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360701052/true-gentleman-former-national-party-board-member-roger-bridge-dies?ref=goodoil.news) Martien Lubberink: [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) # Cartoons [Subscribe now](https://theintegrityinstitute.substack.com/subscribe?) [Read more](https://theintegrityinstitute.substack.com/p/news-briefing-29-may-2025)