Republished with Permission
Author: Bryce Edwards
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE, DEFENCE
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Don’t poke the bear: NZ’s calm amid confusion over Trump tariffs
Rob Stock (Post): US documents show it knows its 20% tariff claims for New Zealand are false (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): Trump lies about New Zealand (paywalled)
Jo Moir and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Luxon says New Zealand won't launch reciprocal tariffs against US
1News: Trade Minister: Tariffs not good for trade, NZ won't retaliate
Herald: PM Christopher Luxon says ‘tariffs not the way to go’ as US President Donald Trump slaps 10% tariff on NZ
Thomas Manch (Post): Luxon warns of ‘trade war’ causing global headwinds after Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): New Zealand will not retaliate in response to Trump tariffs (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): Inside Economics: Tariffs explained - who pays? Will they cost NZ consumers? (paywalled)
Luke Malpass (Post): The huckster-in-chief strikes again (paywalled)
Logan Church (1News): Analysis: It’s now America versus the world after Trump's tariffs
Stuff: How did Trump work out these tariffs?
David Farrar: Trump’s tariff claims are even stupider than anyone thought
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): NZ counts the cost of Trump tariffs
Murat Ungor (Newsroom): The defining word of 2025? Uncertainty
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Confusion as Donald Trump says NZ has a 20 percent tariff against the US
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Trump claims NZ has a 20% tariff on US goods. That’s not true, says minister
Rob Stock (Post): Why is Trump including GST in its definition of 'tariffs' charged on US exports to New Zealand? (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: We escaped Trump’s Liberation Day hurt locker ... for now (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Will Trump’s tariffs kill your KiwiSaver?
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): United States tariffs: NZ's hit could have been a lot worse (paywalled)
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): Analysts at loss to find upside from Donald Trump tariffs (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs may spur a more dovish RBNZ (paywalled)
Lucy Xia (RNZ): Preparation and concern among NZ exporters as Trump tariffs loom
Chris Smith (Post): Trump’s tariffs mean KiwiSavers, investors and exporters in for a white-knuckle ride (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Trump’s $900m tariff sting: What next for exporters? (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Exporters fear the US will raise tariffs on NZ dairy to almost 30% (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): NZ dollar, sharemarket ride out ‘Liberation Day’ largely unscathed (paywalled)
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): US President Donald Trump imposes 10% tariff on NZ goods
Dan Brunskill (Interest): ‘Best possible result’: Trump imposes 10% tariff on NZ
Robert MacCulloch: Has Trump Whacked Tariffs on NZ because of what PM Luxon's Highest Level Advisers have said about him?
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Matthew Hooton (Herald): Trumpism will force nuclear-free policy review (paywalled)
Dan O’Brien (Diplosphere): We are Internationalists, not Isolationists
Phil Goff (Newsroom): By saying nothing, NZ is complicit in Trump’s bullying
Audrey Young (Herald): Phil Goff breaks his silence after sacking as High Commissioner to UK
Paula Penfold (Stuff): ‘No regrets’: Unrepentant Phil Goff’s first interview after being sacked as High Commissioner
RNZ: 'We need to stand up for what is right' - Phil Goff doesn't regret Trump comments
1News: 'No regrets': Phil Goff breaks silence on Trump remark sacking
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Goff unrepentant: Trump remarks were ‘a right and a duty’ (paywalled)
John Hobbs (ODT): Govt should back sanctions Bill
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ wants carve-out from China beef investigation
Stuff: Indian and New Zealand navies involved in $181m drug bust in Indian Ocean
TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, ORANGA TAMARIKI TREATY PROVISIONS
Laura Walters (Newsroom):Parliament committee to wash its hands of Treaty Principles Bill today
Lillian Hanly and Russell Palmer (RNZ): Parliament agrees to add all Treaty Principles submissions to public record
Julia Gabel (Herald): Act intervention ensures public record for Treaty Principles Bill submissions after Labour criticism
Sam Smith (Stuff): All Treaty Bill submissions to be read as report set for release
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Labour alleges 'appalling lack of process' over Treaty Principles Bill deadline
No Right Turn: The fix is in
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Be wary of your faithless friends — a lesson for the PM (paywalled)
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Bill unbinding Treaty principles, Oranga Tamariki passes final reading
PARLIAMENT
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): How dairy lobbyists get their way in the Beehive
Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): Te Pāti Māori’s stand-off with the Privileges Committee, explained
Greg Dixon (Listener): Another Kind of Politics: Donald Trump announces new ‘Don’t Buy American’ campaign (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill destined for bin as Te Pāti Māori standoff continues; Chlöe Swarbrick feels the heat (paywalled)
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Echo Chamber: Nelson hospital scandal puts Luxon and Brown on the back foot
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): A shock resignation, and the enduring hate towards Jacinda Ardern
Stuff: Watch: The rise and fall of Jacinda Ardern - Part 5
John Braddock (World Socialists): New Zealand deputy PM rails against “Marxists” and declares “war on woke”
HEALTH
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Fears Gisborne Hospital services on brink of collapse due to critical staff shortages
Jessica Roden (1News): Wasps on the surgical ward the latest issue for Nelson Hospital
Peter Davis (Post): Anatomy of a health system failure (paywalled)
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): The Detail: Fifteen minutes isn't enough: Fixing the GP crisis
RNZ: 'Steady progress' toward meeting wait targets - Health NZ chief
RNZ: Girl wrongly injected with drugs highlights need for law change, Mental Health Foundation says
RNZ: Access to new drugs to speed up if approval given by some countries
Kaaren Mathias and Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll (Public Health Communication Centre): Protecting Whānau Ora: Why long-term relationships matter for child health
Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): Parents of girl with leukaemia stopped her chemotherapy, government agencies stepped in
PUBLIC SERVICE
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Stoush breaks out between Human Rights Commissioner and Jewish leader at Parliament
Kate Green (RNZ): Kāinga Ora staff crying in office over 'horrendous' restructure process
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Kāinga Ora looks to remove more than 600 roles to 'renew' organisation
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Kāinga Ora confirms layoff plan, with 673 roles on the line
Herald: Public sector cuts: 673 jobs to go at Government housing agency Kāinga Ora
Anna Whyte (Post): Significant cuts proposed for Kāinga Ora (paywalled)
Peter Dunne: While We're Breaking Up Monoliths, What About MBIE?
HOUSING
Katie Todd (RNZ): Dozens of emergency housing applications being rejected by MSD
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua emergency housing: Government to stop using three more motels
TRANSPORT
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On The Clash Between Auckland Airport And Air New Zealand
Will Mace (NBR): Navigating the domestic air travel doldrums (paywalled)
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Disabled people will be ‘further isolated’ if travel subsidy cut
Darren Davis: Wherefore now with KiwiRail
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): West Coast battles for ‘lifeline’ temporary bridges
Michaela Gower (Hawkes Bay Today): Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatū-Tararua Highway: Councillor who drove over it describes it as an ‘engineering marvel’
ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
RNZ: Shotover River water samples within limits after sewage discharge - Council
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): Greenpeace takes aim at ECan over water testing
David Williams (Newsroom): Gloves come off in Ngāi Tahu water case
Louis Collins (RNZ): The House: Select Committee hears submissions on Gene Technology Bill
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): At-risk lizards to lose home to Canterbury's Woodend Bypass
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Lake Rotokākahi sewerage: Rotorua mayor raises security concerns after online abusive messages
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Māori councillors gather for challenging year in face of rampant abuse, ‘decimation’
RNZ: Western Springs Speedway appealing Auckland Council decision to move location
David Long (Stuff): Can Eden Park get $110 million from the Government to develop the stadium?
Brent Melville (NBR): Takapuna Golf Club moots watertight design vs council closure (paywalled)
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Lessons for Wellington from the councils that have tried to regulate Airbnb
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Tauranga’s Māori ward byelection: Q&As with the five candidates
Karina Cooper (Northern Advocate): Regional deal revealed: Northland’s ambitious plan to lift incomes, reduce unemployment
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Councillor resigns over 'grossly oversized' Amberley cricket ground
Tina Law (Press): Canterbury Museum wants another $25m from ratepayers (paywalled)
Tina Law (Press): Couple at ‘wits end’ after freedom campers cause five months of sleepless nights (paywalled)
EDUCATION, TRAINING
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Education Minister Erica Stanford gives top marks to her main agencies
Serena Solomon (RNZ): From Shakespeare to Adolescence: what English texts should students study?
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): ‘Our children deserve better’: Principal upset over bungled lunch
Miriam Bell (Post): Debate over work-based training reform rages on (paywalled)
Niva Chittock (RNZ): NZ Fulbright scholars hit by Trump administration cost-cutting
GREYHOUND RACING BAN
Sam Smith (Stuff): Eighty racing greyhounds sent to Australia despite ‘winding down’ of industry
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): Reports greyhound trainer moving dogs to Australia ahead of ban
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): Jim Grenon relinquished majority control of NZME board in latest proposal to help find a compromise - why directors say they still have concerns (paywalled)
Post: Takeovers Panel finds NZME boardroom coup leader might have broken rules (paywalled)
Jenny Ruth: Is the Takeovers Panel de trop in the NZME board control stoush? (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): RNZ funding in Budget spotlight; Philip Polkinghorne documentary; NBR owner’s plan to rebuild regional journalism (paywalled)
Herald: On The Up: NZME launches editorial campaign to share stories of Kiwi success
CRIME, POLICE
RNZ: Two police officers used excessive force in 2022 Auckland arrests - IPCA finding
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Wellington police bring in 15 investigators to help during serious crime spate
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Reinforcements called in as Wellington police face busiest period in six years, top cop says
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Reasons Dean Wickliffe, 77, was recalled to prison revealed
Shannon Pitman (Open Justice Reporting): Police criticised for not sharing Whanganui man’s suicide risk when taking him to Christchurch Hospital
David Harvey (Listener): Should victims control name suppression in sexual offense cases? (paywalled)
Katie Harris (Herald): Angelene Judge on bringing down the Auckland man who secretly filmed her and 21 other women, girls
EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): Nicola Willis confirms screen rebate scheme safe (paywalled)
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: Rising film costs challenge NZ’s post Middle-earth movie industry
Stuff: 2degrees fined $325k after making misleading claims to customers
HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS
Brent Edwards (NBR): ’That fear of prosecution was permeating eveyrwhere’: van Velden (paywalled)
Bronwyn Heenan (BusinessDesk): Health and safety reform is back with a vengeance (paywalled)
IMMIGRATION
Martin Van Beynen (Press/Post): Everyone welcome, as long as we like your politics
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): South Africans hit back at high commissioner's accusations of lying
BANKING, RESERVE BANK
Robert MacCulloch: How Can RBNZ's Board Chair Make the Best Non-Political Monetary Decisions when he's at the same time begging Finance Minister Willis for a new Medical School at Waikato?
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Kiwibank keen for more capital to fight Aussie rivals (paywalled)
SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): Cyclone Gabrielle victim claims land value has dropped $1m - but council rate bill same
Nikki Macdonald (Post): ‘Low blow’: Cyclone victims fight rates based on pre-damage values (paywalled)
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): ‘Black swan event’ tax bill sows uncertainty
OTHER
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Social investment means funding reprioritisation, more changes to services
RNZ: Tama Potaka announces who will fill roles key to te reo Māori revitalisation in NZ
Annemarie Quill (Stuff): Survivor of historic abuse at top college calls for govt inquiry
Helen Harvey (Stuff): Egmont consigned to history: Taranaki Maunga official name with no English equivalent
David Farrar: Trust in media much lower in NZ than overseas
Rob Campbell (Post): Overcoming division means accepting our different realities (paywalled)
Claire Mabey (Spinoff): What happens to taonga Māori in the age of AI?
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Fatal boat capsizing highlights failings of outdated 111 emergency call system
