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# News Briefing: 4 April 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-4-april-2025/
- Published: 2025-04-03T19:13:22.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-03T20:40:44.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

*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](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360640166/dont-poke-bear-nzs-calm-amid-confusion-over-trump-tariffs?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [US documents show it knows its 20% tariff claims for New Zealand are false](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360639517/us-documents-show-it-knows-its-20-tariff-claims-new-zealand-are-false?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Richard Harman (Politik): [Trump lies about New Zealand](https://www.politik.co.nz/trump-lies-about-new-zealand/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jo Moir and Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Luxon says New Zealand won't launch reciprocal tariffs against US](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557061/luxon-says-new-zealand-won-t-launch-reciprocal-tariffs-against-us?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Trade Minister: Tariffs not good for trade, NZ won't retaliate](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/03/trade-minister-tariffs-not-good-for-trade-nz-wont-retaliate/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [PM Christopher Luxon says ‘tariffs not the way to go’ as US President Donald Trump slaps 10% tariff on NZ](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/prime-minister-christopher-luxon-to-react-to-us-president-donald-trump-slapping-10-tariff-on-nz/RAWLXBHDINFD5F4JTLCY6W6GBA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Manch (Post): [Luxon warns of ‘trade war’ causing global headwinds after Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360638922/live-trump-announces-liberation-day-tariffs?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [New Zealand will not retaliate in response to Trump tariffs](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/new-zealand-will-not-retaliate-in-response-to-trump-tariffs/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [Inside Economics: Tariffs explained - who pays? Will they cost NZ consumers?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/inside-economics-tariffs-explained-who-pays-will-they-cost-nz-consumers/CUQEFLCQ75FGTKIDRLFUGOCHLE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [The huckster-in-chief strikes again](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360639223/huckster-chief-strikes-again?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Logan Church (1News): [Analysis: It’s now America versus the world after Trump's tariffs](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/03/analysis-its-now-america-versus-the-world-after-trumps-tariffs/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [How did Trump work out these tariffs?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360640478/how-did-trump-work-out-these-tariffs?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Trump’s tariff claims are even stupider than anyone thought](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/04/trumps%5Ftariff%5Fclaims%5Fare%5Feven%5Fstupider%5Fthan%5Fanyone%5Fthought.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Catherine McGregor (Spinoff): [NZ counts the cost of Trump tariffs](https://thespinoff.co.nz/video/04-04-2025/nz-counts-the-cost-of-trump-tariffs?ref=goodoil.news)  
Murat Ungor (Newsroom): [The defining word of 2025? Uncertainty](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/04/the-defining-word-of-2025-uncertainty/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Confusion as Donald Trump says NZ has a 20 percent tariff against the US](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557038/confusion-as-donald-trump-says-nz-has-a-20-percent-tariff-against-the-us?ref=goodoil.news)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Trump claims NZ has a 20% tariff on US goods. That’s not true, says minister](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360639220/trump-claims-nz-has-20-tariff-us-goods-thats-not-true-says-minister?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [Why is Trump including GST in its definition of 'tariffs' charged on US exports to New Zealand?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360639262/why-trump-including-gst-its-definition-tariffs-charged-us-exports-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald Editorial: [We escaped Trump’s Liberation Day hurt locker ... for now](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/we-escaped-trumps-liberation-day-hurt-locker-for-now-editorial/D7IFDCZWSRBZXEXQ3W33OWKB5M/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): [Will Trump’s tariffs kill your KiwiSaver?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360640096/will-trumps-tariffs-kill-your-kiwisaver?ref=goodoil.news)  
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): [United States tariffs: NZ's hit could have been a lot worse](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/primary-sector/united-states-tariffs-nzs-hit-could-have-been-a-lot-worse?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): [Analysts at loss to find upside from Donald Trump tariffs](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/economy/analysts-at-loss-to-find-upside-from-donald-trump-tariffs?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): [Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs may spur a more dovish RBNZ](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/economy/trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-may-spur-a-more-dovish-rbnz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lucy Xia (RNZ): [Preparation and concern among NZ exporters as Trump tariffs loom](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557126/preparation-and-concern-among-nz-exporters-as-trump-tariffs-loom?ref=goodoil.news)  
Chris Smith (Post): [Trump’s tariffs mean KiwiSavers, investors and exporters in for a white-knuckle ride](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360640303/trumps-tariffs-mean-kiwisavers-investors-and-exporters-white-knuckle-ride?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Thomas Manch (Post): [Trump’s $900m tariff sting: What next for exporters?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360639794/trade-war-headwinds-worries-trumps-liberation-day-upends-global-economy?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rob Stock (Post): [Exporters fear the US will raise tariffs on NZ dairy to almost 30%](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360639521/exporters-fear-us-will-raise-tariffs-nz-dairy-almost-30?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [NZ dollar, sharemarket ride out ‘Liberation Day’ largely unscathed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360639020/nz-dollar-dips-slightly-trump-kicks-liberation-day?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): [US President Donald Trump imposes 10% tariff on NZ goods](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639109/us-president-donald-trump-imposes-10-tariff-nz-goods?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [‘Best possible result’: Trump imposes 10% tariff on NZ](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/132703/us-president-donald-trump-announces-baseline-import-tariff-10-which-will-apply-new?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robert MacCulloch: [Has Trump Whacked Tariffs on NZ because of what PM Luxon's Highest Level Advisers have said about him?](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/has-trump-whacked-tariffs-on-nz-because-of-what-pm-luxon-s-highest-level-advisers-have-said-about-hi?ref=goodoil.news)  
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Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Trumpism will force nuclear-free policy review](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/energy/trumpism-will-force-nuclear-free-policy-review-matthew-hooton/745EA4T4RFCKLLO7JTIO3LWKGA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dan O’Brien (Diplosphere): [We are Internationalists, not Isolationists](https://diplosphere.substack.com/p/we-are-internationalists-not-isolationists)  
Phil Goff (Newsroom): [By saying nothing, NZ is complicit in Trump’s bullying](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/04/phil-goff-by-saying-nothing-nz-is-complicit-in-trumps-bullying/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Phil Goff breaks his silence after sacking as High Commissioner to UK](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/phil-goff-breaks-his-silence-after-sacking-as-high-commissioner-to-uk/FTJFRNKC6ZE2XMQTAPZUR5A4UY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Paula Penfold (Stuff): [‘No regrets’: Unrepentant Phil Goff’s first interview after being sacked as High Commissioner](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360640284/no-regrets-unrepentant-phil-goffs-first-interview-after-being-sacked-high-commissioner?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: ['We need to stand up for what is right' - Phil Goff doesn't regret Trump comments](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557103/we-need-to-stand-up-for-what-is-right-phil-goff-doesn-t-regret-trump-comments?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: ['No regrets': Phil Goff breaks silence on Trump remark sacking](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/04/no-regrets-phil-goff-breaks-silence-on-trump-remark-sacking/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): [Goff unrepentant: Trump remarks were ‘a right and a duty’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360640141/goff-unrepentant-trump-remarks-were-right-and-duty?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
John Hobbs (ODT): [Govt should back sanctions Bill](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/govt-should-back-sanctions-bill?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [NZ wants carve-out from China beef investigation](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/03/nz-wants-carve-out-from-china-beef-investigation/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Indian and New Zealand navies involved in $181m drug bust in Indian Ocean](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360640027/indian-and-new-zealand-navies-involved-181m-drug-bust-indian-ocean?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, ORANGA TAMARIKI TREATY PROVISIONS**  
Laura Walters (Newsroom):[Parliament committee to wash its hands of Treaty Principles Bill today](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/04/parliament-committee-to-wash-its-hands-of-treaty-principles-bill-today/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lillian Hanly and Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Parliament agrees to add all Treaty Principles submissions to public record](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557081/parliament-agrees-to-add-all-treaty-principles-submissions-to-public-record?ref=goodoil.news)  
Julia Gabel (Herald): [Act intervention ensures public record for Treaty Principles Bill submissions after Labour criticism](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/act-intervention-ensures-public-record-for-treaty-principles-bill-submissions-after-labour-criticism/FFDLRQQHGRAPZEGL5ONLAF3VXY/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [All Treaty Bill submissions to be read as report set for release](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360640167/all-treaty-bill-submissions-be-read-report-set-release?ref=goodoil.news)  
Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Labour alleges 'appalling lack of process' over Treaty Principles Bill deadline](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557067/labour-alleges-appalling-lack-of-process-over-treaty-principles-bill-deadline?ref=goodoil.news)  
No Right Turn: [The fix is in](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-fix-is-in.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): [Be wary of your faithless friends — a lesson for the PM](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/be-wary-your-faithless-friends-%E2%80%94-lesson-pm?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Bill unbinding Treaty principles, Oranga Tamariki passes final reading](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557101/bill-unbinding-treaty-principles-oranga-tamariki-passes-final-reading?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PARLIAMENT**  
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): [How dairy lobbyists get their way in the Beehive](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-how-dairy-lobbyists)  
Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): [Te Pāti Māori’s stand-off with the Privileges Committee, explained](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-04-2025/te-pati-maoris-stand-off-with-the-privileges-committee-explained?ref=goodoil.news)  
Greg Dixon (Listener): [Another Kind of Politics: Donald Trump announces new ‘Don’t Buy American’ campaign](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/greg-dixons-another-kind-of-politics-donald-trump-announces-new-dont-buy-american-campaign/OOCPXNXBUBFYJJK7ELI7TDIZME/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Audrey Young (Herald): [Treaty Principles Bill destined for bin as Te Pāti Māori standoff continues; Chlöe Swarbrick feels the heat](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/treaty-principles-bill-destined-for-bin-as-te-pati-maori-standoff-continues-chloe-swarbrick-feels-the-heat-audrey-young/SAC3XEYC3JDIZM2K3LS2VP5A7A/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): [Echo Chamber: Nelson hospital scandal puts Luxon and Brown on the back foot](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-04-2025/echo-chamber-nelson-hospital-scandal-puts-luxon-and-brown-on-the-back-foot?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): [A shock resignation, and the enduring hate towards Jacinda Ardern](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360630697/shock-resignation-and-enduring-hate-towards-jacinda-ardern?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Watch: The rise and fall of Jacinda Ardern - Part 5](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360632431/rise-and-fall-jacinda-ardern-part-5?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Braddock (World Socialists): [New Zealand deputy PM rails against “Marxists” and declares “war on woke”](https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/04/01/diva-a01.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH**  
Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Fears Gisborne Hospital services on brink of collapse due to critical staff shortages](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557110/fears-gisborne-hospital-services-on-brink-of-collapse-due-to-critical-staff-shortages?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Roden (1News): [Wasps on the surgical ward the latest issue for Nelson Hospital](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/03/wasps-on-the-surgical-ward-the-latest-issue-for-nelson-hospital/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Peter Davis (Post): [Anatomy of a health system failure](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360640297/anatomy-health-system-failure?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): [The Detail: Fifteen minutes isn't enough: Fixing the GP crisis](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/557104/fifteen-minutes-isn-t-enough-fixing-the-gp-crisis?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: '[Steady progress' toward meeting wait targets - Health NZ chief](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557080/steady-progress-toward-meeting-wait-targets-health-nz-chief?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Girl wrongly injected with drugs highlights need for law change, Mental Health Foundation says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557022/girl-wrongly-injected-with-drugs-highlights-need-for-law-change-mental-health-foundation-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Access to new drugs to speed up if approval given by some countries](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557035/access-to-new-drugs-to-speed-up-if-approval-given-by-some-countries?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kaaren Mathias and Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll (Public Health Communication Centre): [Protecting Whānau Ora: Why long-term relationships matter for child health](https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/protecting-whanau-ora-why-long-term-relationships-matter-child-health?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): [Parents of girl with leukaemia stopped her chemotherapy, government agencies stepped in](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557097/parents-of-girl-with-leukaemia-stopped-her-chemotherapy-government-agencies-stepped-in?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PUBLIC SERVICE**  
Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Stoush breaks out between Human Rights Commissioner and Jewish leader at Parliament](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557075/stoush-breaks-out-between-human-rights-commissioner-and-jewish-leader-at-parliament?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Green (RNZ): [Kāinga Ora staff crying in office over 'horrendous' restructure process](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557106/kainga-ora-staff-crying-in-office-over-horrendous-restructure-process?ref=goodoil.news)  
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): [Kāinga Ora looks to remove more than 600 roles to 'renew' organisation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557070/kainga-ora-looks-to-remove-more-than-600-roles-to-renew-organisation?ref=goodoil.news)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Kāinga Ora confirms layoff plan, with 673 roles on the line](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360639866/kainga-ora-confirms-layoff-plan-673-roles-line?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald: [Public sector cuts: 673 jobs to go at Government housing agency Kāinga Ora](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/public-sector-cuts-673-jobs-to-go-at-government-housing-agency-kainga-ora/VYNVQDJYYNB4FEE62UTTHAC6TU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [Significant cuts proposed for Kāinga Ora](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360639825/signficant-cuts-proposed-kainga-ora?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Peter Dunne: [While We're Breaking Up Monoliths, What About MBIE?](https://honpfd.blogspot.com/2025/04/while-government-is-in-mood-for.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HOUSING**  
Katie Todd (RNZ): [Dozens of emergency housing applications being rejected by MSD](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557114/dozens-of-emergency-housing-applications-being-rejected-by-msd?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post): [Rotorua emergency housing: Government to stop using three more motels](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rotorua-emergency-housing-government-to-stop-using-three-more-motels/GVRVP44GBVAHRMISQHSXLCBLVE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): [On The Clash Between Auckland Airport And Air New Zealand](https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL2504/S00009/on-the-clash-between-auckland-airport-and-air-new-zealand.htm?ref=goodoil.news)  
Will Mace (NBR): [Navigating the domestic air travel doldrums](https://www.nbr.co.nz/shoeshine/shoeshine-tbc/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): [Disabled people will be ‘further isolated’ if travel subsidy cut](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/557026/disabled-people-will-be-further-isolated-if-travel-subsidy-cut?ref=goodoil.news)  
Darren Davis: [Wherefore now with KiwiRail](https://adventuresintransitland.substack.com/p/wherefore-now-with-kiwirail)  
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): [West Coast battles for ‘lifeline’ temporary bridges](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639566/west-coast-battles-lifeline-temporary-bridges?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michaela Gower (Hawkes Bay Today): [Te Ahu a Turanga Manawatū-Tararua Highway: Councillor who drove over it describes it as an ‘engineering marvel’](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/te-ahu-a-turanga-manawatu-tararua-highway-councillor-who-drove-over-it-describes-it-as-an-engineering-marvel/QBFWBJJNJZCBNAKZAC5MOFCTNE/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION**  
RNZ: [Shotover River water samples within limits after sewage discharge - Council](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557088/shotover-river-water-samples-within-limits-after-sewage-discharge-council?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): [Greenpeace takes aim at ECan over water testing](https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/greenpeace-takes-aim-ecan-over-water-testing?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Williams (Newsroom): [Gloves come off in Ngāi Tahu water case](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/04/gloves-come-off-in-ngai-tahu-water-case/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Louis Collins (RNZ): [The House: Select Committee hears submissions on Gene Technology Bill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehouse/557100/select-committee-hears-submissions-on-gene-technology-bill?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [At-risk lizards to lose home to Canterbury's Woodend Bypass](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557053/at-risk-lizards-to-lose-home-to-canterbury-s-woodend-bypass?ref=goodoil.news)  
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): [Lake Rotokākahi sewerage: Rotorua mayor raises security concerns after online abusive messages](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/557025/lake-rotokakahi-sewerage-rotorua-mayor-raises-security-concerns-after-online-abusive-messages?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER**  
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Māori councillors gather for challenging year in face of rampant abuse, ‘decimation’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639576/maori-councillors-gather-challenging-year-face-rampant-abuse-decimation?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Western Springs Speedway appealing Auckland Council decision to move location](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557083/western-springs-speedway-appealing-auckland-council-decision-to-move-location?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Long (Stuff): [Can Eden Park get $110 million from the Government to develop the stadium?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360637521/can-eden-park-get-110-million-government-develop-stadium?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brent Melville (NBR): [Takapuna Golf Club moots watertight design vs council closure](https://www.nbr.co.nz/property/takapuna-gc-moots-new-design-amidst-council-closure-plan/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): [Lessons for Wellington from the councils that have tried to regulate Airbnb](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/04-04-2025/lessons-for-wellington-from-the-councils-that-have-tried-to-regulate-airbnb?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): [Tauranga’s Māori ward byelection: Q&As with the five candidates](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/taurangas-maori-ward-byelection-qas-with-the-five-candidates/ZOPP6H4T6NBNPB5QWCW2NLCLWQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Karina Cooper (Northern Advocate): [Regional deal revealed: Northland’s ambitious plan to lift incomes, reduce unemployment](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/smarter-investment-977m-regional-deal-to-bolster-northland-economy/MLP4PTZ5C5FZ5NMUKQYDWS226U/?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [Councillor resigns over 'grossly oversized' Amberley cricket ground](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/557050/councillor-resigns-over-grossly-oversized-amberley-cricket-ground?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tina Law (Press): [Canterbury Museum wants another $25m from ratepayers](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360639147/canterbury-museum-wants-another-25m-ratepayers?cx%5FtestId=8&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=3&utm%5Fsource=the%5Fpress%5Fstuff%5Fhome&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled)  
Tina Law (Press): [Couple at ‘wits end’ after freedom campers cause five months of sleepless nights](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360637457/couple-wits-end-after-freedom-campers-cause-five-months-sleepless-nights?cx%5FtestId=8&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=2&utm%5Fsource=the%5Fpress%5Fstuff%5Fhome&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled)  
  
**EDUCATION, TRAINING**  
John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Education Minister Erica Stanford gives top marks to her main agencies](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557123/education-minister-erica-stanford-gives-top-marks-to-her-main-agencies?ref=goodoil.news)  
Serena Solomon (RNZ): [From Shakespeare to Adolescence: what English texts should students study?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/relationships/family/from-shakespeare-to-adolescence-what-english-texts-should-students-study?ref=goodoil.news)  
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): [‘Our children deserve better’: Principal upset over bungled lunch](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639293/our-children-deserve-better-principal-upset-over-bungled-lunch?ref=goodoil.news)  
Miriam Bell (Post): [Debate over work-based training reform rages on](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360636780/debate-over-work-based-training-reform-rages?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Niva Chittock (RNZ): [NZ Fulbright scholars hit by Trump administration cost-cutting](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557115/nz-fulbright-scholars-hit-by-trump-administration-cost-cutting?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**GREYHOUND RACING BAN**  
Sam Smith (Stuff): [Eighty racing greyhounds sent to Australia despite ‘winding down’ of industry](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360640240/eighty-racing-greyhounds-sent-australia-despite-winding-down-industry?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): [Reports greyhound trainer moving dogs to Australia ahead of ban](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557093/reports-greyhound-trainer-moving-dogs-to-australia-ahead-of-ban?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**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](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-jim-grenon-has-relinquished-majority-control-of-nzmes-board-in-latest-proposal-why-nzme-directors-say-they-still-have-concerns/4LRUNI43CVA4VC7CYCGIRH2API/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Post: [Takeovers Panel finds NZME boardroom coup leader might have broken rules](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360638951/takeovers-panel-finds-nzme-boardroom-coup-leader-might-have-broken-rules?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jenny Ruth: [Is the Takeovers Panel de trop in the NZME board control stoush?](https://justthebusinessjennyruth.substack.com/p/is-the-takeovers-panel-de-trop-in) (paywalled)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [RNZ funding in Budget spotlight; Philip Polkinghorne documentary; NBR owner’s plan to rebuild regional journalism](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-rnz-funding-in-budget-spotlight-philip-polkinghorne-documentary-exclusive-guards-to-monitor-theatre-nbr-owners-plan-to-rebuild-regional-journalism/WRZZCJC3MJG7BN5SA6CCTE6GQU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Herald: [On The Up: NZME launches editorial campaign to share stories of Kiwi success](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/on-the-up-nzme-launches-editorial-campaign-to-share-stories-of-kiwi-success/JRKJASB4INGFPJPOFMM7DH4F2E/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**CRIME, POLICE**  
RNZ: [Two police officers used excessive force in 2022 Auckland arrests - IPCA finding](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557045/two-police-officers-used-excessive-force-in-2022-auckland-arrests-ipca-finding?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Wellington police bring in 15 investigators to help during serious crime spate](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557054/wellington-police-bring-in-15-investigators-to-help-during-serious-crime-spate?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [Reinforcements called in as Wellington police face busiest period in six years, top cop says](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639099/reinforcements-called-wellington-police-face-busiest-period-six-years-top-cop-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Reasons Dean Wickliffe, 77, was recalled to prison revealed](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639203/reasons-dean-wickliffe-77-was-recalled-prison-revealed?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shannon Pitman (Open Justice Reporting): [Police criticised for not sharing Whanganui man’s suicide risk when taking him to Christchurch Hospital](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-criticised-for-not-sharing-whanganui-mans-suicide-risk-when-taking-him-to-christchurch-hospital/GUE2DKLZMJF35COCEFKZBW2QQM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Harvey (Listener): [Should victims control name suppression in sexual offense cases?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/opinion/should-victims-control-name-suppression-in-sexual-offense-cases/PB575SU4OZANZJCJC2EZY3SZI4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Katie Harris (Herald): [Angelene Judge on bringing down the Auckland man who secretly filmed her and 21 other women, girls](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/angelene-judge-on-bringing-down-the-auckland-man-who-secretly-filmed-her-and-21-other-women-girls/TYFIFI7FZRG4VCMXK6S4O5HDAA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS**  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): [Nicola Willis confirms screen rebate scheme safe](https://www.thepost.co.nz/culture/360639182/nicola-willis-confirms-screen-rebate-scheme-safe?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): [Front Page: Rising film costs challenge NZ’s post Middle-earth movie industry](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rising-film-costs-challenge-nzs-post-middle-earth-movie-industry-the-front-page/CETT5PEAQZHBFEBGWLQ5XGP7GA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [2degrees fined $325k after making misleading claims to customers](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639804/2degrees-fined-325k-after-making-misleading-claims-customers?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS**  
Brent Edwards (NBR): ’[That fear of prosecution was permeating eveyrwhere’: van Velden](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/reducing-work-safety-compliance-costs-to-focus-on-what-matters/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Bronwyn Heenan (BusinessDesk): [Health and safety reform is back with a vengeance](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-regulation/health-and-safety-reform-is-back-with-a-vengeance?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**IMMIGRATION**  
Martin Van Beynen (Press/Post): [Everyone welcome, as long as we like your politics](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360638972/everyone-welcome-long-we-your-politics?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [South Africans hit back at high commissioner's accusations of lying](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557019/south-africans-hit-back-at-high-commissioner-s-accusations-of-lying?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**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?](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/question-how-can-rbnz-s-board-chair-make-the-best-non-political-monetary-decisions-when-he-s-at-the?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [Kiwibank keen for more capital to fight Aussie rivals](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/kiwibank-ready-for-battle-and-more-capital-to-fight-aussies/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS**  
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): [Cyclone Gabrielle victim claims land value has dropped $1m - but council rate bill same](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cyclone-gabrielle-victim-claims-land-value-has-dropped-1m-but-council-rate-bill-same/3H6THXOUSFE3FGHSOLVTIFJIJU/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nikki Macdonald (Post): [‘Low blow’: Cyclone victims fight rates based on pre-damage values](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360639017/low-blow-cyclone-victims-fight-rates-based-pre-damage-values?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alice Peacock (Newsroom): [‘Black swan event’ tax bill sows uncertainty](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/31/black-swan-event-tax-bill-sows-uncertainty/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**OTHER**  
Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Social investment means funding reprioritisation, more changes to services](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/02/social-investment-means-funding-reprioritisation-more-changes-to-services/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Tama Potaka announces who will fill roles key to te reo Māori revitalisation in NZ](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557099/tama-potaka-announces-who-will-fill-roles-key-to-te-reo-maori-revitalisation-in-nz?ref=goodoil.news)  
Annemarie Quill (Stuff): [Survivor of historic abuse at top college calls for govt inquiry](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639314/survivor-historic-abuse-top-college-calls-govt-inquiry?ref=goodoil.news)  
Helen Harvey (Stuff): [Egmont consigned to history: Taranaki Maunga official name with no English equivalent](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360639093/egmont-consigned-history-taranaki-maunga-official-name-no-english-equivalent?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Farrar: [Trust in media much lower in NZ than overseas](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/04/trust%5Fin%5Fmedia%5Fmuch%5Flower%5Fin%5Fnz%5Fthan%5Foverseas.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Campbell (Post): [Overcoming division means accepting our different realities](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360637258/overcoming-division-means-accepting-our-different-realities?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Claire Mabey (Spinoff): [What happens to taonga Māori in the age of AI?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/03-04-2025/what-happens-to-taonga-maori-in-the-age-of-ai?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Fatal boat capsizing highlights failings of outdated 111 emergency call system](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557108/fatal-boat-capsizing-highlights-failings-of-outdated-111-emergency-call-system?ref=goodoil.news)

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