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# News Briefing: 4 June 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-4-june-2025/
- Published: 2025-06-03T20:25:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-03T21:28:54.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**1NEWS-VERIAN POLL, RNZ-REID RESEARCH POLL, PARLIAMENT**  
Tom Day (1News): [Poll: NZ First keep rising as National and Labour fall](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/03/poll-nz-first-keep-rising-as-national-and-labour-fall/?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: ['Looking to other quarters': Minor party leaders on poll boost](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/04/looking-to-other-quarters-minor-party-leaders-on-poll-boost/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Left bloc would have enough support to turf coalition government out of power - poll](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563006/left-bloc-would-have-enough-support-to-turf-coalition-government-out-of-power-poll?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jo Moir (RNZ): [Analysis: New Zealand First gets bump in support after keeping mum on pay equity debate](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563008/analysis-new-zealand-first-gets-bump-in-support-after-keeping-mum-on-pay-equity-debate?ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [More Kiwis oppose than support government's pay equity changes, new poll shows](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563007/more-kiwis-oppose-than-support-government-s-pay-equity-changes-new-poll-shows?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kate Newton (RNZ): [RNZ-Reid Research poll: View all results and charts](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/poll/556774/rnz-reid-research-poll-view-all-results-and-charts?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Swanson (Newsroom): [Peters-Seymour switch more about Luxon than his deputies](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/04/peters-seymour-switch-more-about-luxon-than-his-deputies/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): [We shouldn't have to work for the government](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-edition-with-ryan-bridge/opinion/ryan-bridge-we-shouldnt-have-to-work-for-the-government/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): [Watch: A sneak peek inside Parliament’s new bar](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360710852/watch-sneak-peek-inside-parliaments-new-bar?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Parliament’s new bar - Pint of Order - opens its doors](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360710257/parliaments-new-bar-pint-order-opens-its-doors?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**PUBLIC SECTOR, SOES**  
Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): [$30m loop: Public sector rehires ex-staff as contractors](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/investigations/30m-loop-public-sector-rehires-ex-staff-as-contractors?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Thomas Manch (Post): [More than 30% of jobs at DPMC to be disestablished](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360710279/more-30-jobs-dpmc-be-disestablished?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Government ‘concerned’ about state companies’ commercial performance, David Seymour says time coming for ‘hard questions’](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-concerned-about-state-companies-commercial-performance-david-seymour-says-time-coming-for-hard-questions/SPS3TEFOUZA6JJUG3F4SMTFQCM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Minister expects Landcorp to deliver bold turnaround plan](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/minister-expects-landcorp-to-deliver-bold-turnaround-plan/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Maria Slade (BusinessDesk): [NZ Post: The secretive SOE transforming into a courier operator](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/nz-post-the-secretive-soe-transforming-into-a-courier-operator?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [PM’s new top scientist was nearly a construction worker in Chicago](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/03/pms-new-top-scientist-was-nearly-a-construction-worker-in-chicago-instead/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**MEDIA**  
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): [NZME declares peace, Stuff and TradeMe declare war](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/03/nzme-declares-peace-stuff-and-trademe-declare-war/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [NZME board shake-up: 'An opportunity to debate editorial policy'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562977/nzme-board-shake-up-an-opportunity-to-debate-editorial-policy?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [NZME’s changing of the guard - Steven Joyce, Jim Grenon and the focus on editorial endeavour and an intensified real estate battle](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-nzmes-changing-of-the-guard-steven-joyce-jim-grenon-and-the-focus-on-editorial-endeavour-and-an-intensified-real-estate-battle/AFOWNKKXZNGLLOXMM5F7UMRQ2U/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Philip Crump: NZME [Shareholder Meeting; RNZ Corrects the Record](https://cranmer.substack.com/p/nzme-shareholder-meeting-rnz-corrects)  
Hamish McNicol (NBR): [NZME editorial board nothing to fear, new chair Joyce says](https://www.nbr.co.nz/investment/nzme-editorial-board-nothing-to-fear-new-chair-joyce-says/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Hamish McNicol (NBR): [Takeovers Panel NZME process a ‘disservice’ to NZ, Grenon says](https://www.nbr.co.nz/investment/takeovers-panel-nzme-process-disservice-to-nz-grenon-says/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Steven Joyce, Jim Grenon join NZME board as Stuff deal casts shadow over shareholders’ meeting](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/steven-joyce-jim-grenon-join-nzme-board-as-stuff-deal-casts-shadow-over-shareholders-meeting?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dita De Boni (Post): [No fireworks but plenty of flannel from new directors at NZME AGM](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360711018/no-fireworks-plenty-flannel-new-directors-nzme-agm?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Stuff-TradeMe deal should be a boost for media industry](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360710007/stuff-trademe-deal-should-be-boost-media-industry?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): [Stuff says it won’t rekindle acquisition talks with NZME](https://www.nbr.co.nz/marketing-and-media/stuff-says-it-wont-rekindle-acquisitions-talks-with-nzme/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Stuff Digital to be half-owned by Trade Me in media shake-up](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/03/stuff-digital-to-be-half-owned-by-trade-me-in-media-shake-up/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Trade Me to buy 50% of Stuff Digital](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562918/trade-me-to-buy-50-percent-of-stuff-digital?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Stuff): [Trade Me set to take a 50% stake in Stuff Digital](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360709916/trademe-set-take-50-stake-stuff-digital?ref=goodoil.news)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Stuff/TradeMe go head to head with NZME](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/property/stufftrademe-go-head-to-head-with-nzme?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): [Podcast: The Fold: Trade Me buys 50% of Stuff Digital](https://thespinoff.co.nz/media/03-06-2025/the-fold-trade-me-buys-50-of-stuff-digital?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nikki Macdonal (Post): [Funding cut or correction? What now for RNZ?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360704359/funding-cut-or-correction-what-now-rnz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Hayden Donnell (RNZ): [Climate change coverage in a changed media climate](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562767/climate-change-coverage-in-a-changed-media-climate?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [MediaWorks posts $16.2m after-tax loss; growth in revenue, Ebitda - ‘positive momentum’ for 2025](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-mediaworks-delivers-revenue-ebitda-growth-outlook-positive-for-2025-as-it-nails-down-new-banking-facilities/53XDDBA7CVA2DKADNMWIXLMERU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): [The secret diary of .. Ryan Bridge](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/31/the-secret-diary-of-ryan-bridges/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): [MediaWorks’ back to basics approach working](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/02/mediaworks-back-to-basics-approach-working/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Cameron Bennett: Māori journalism takes a 'less adversarial approach'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562797/categories-and-strategy-the-path-of-parliament-s-members-bills?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Sandys (Ashburton Courier): [End of an era for newspaper dynasty](https://www.odt.co.nz/star-news/star-districts/star-mid-canterbury/end-era-newspaper-dynasty?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**BUSINESS, LOBBYING, CONSUMER AFFAIRS**  
Bruce Curtis (The Integrity Institute): [Corporate welfare for agribusiness](https://theintegrityinstitute.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-corporate-welfare)  
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [How pulling out of a long-planned new infant formula standard left the government with an expensive problem](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/562965/how-pulling-out-of-a-long-planned-new-infant-formula-standard-left-the-government-with-an-expensive-problem?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Millions in taxpayer cash on the line as Government pushes for Wellington premiere for Avatar sequel](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/millions-in-taxpayer-cash-on-the-line-as-government-pushes-for-wellington-premiere-for-avatar-sequel/QOOQ4FW3YZDOTGJAT6CBHUYNDY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Foodstuffs successfully trials facial recognition — but concerns remain](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/04/foodstuffs-successfully-trials-facial-recognition-but-concerns-remain/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Finn Blackwell (RNZ): [Privacy commissioner inquiry finds supermarket facial recognition tech's use is justified](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/563010/privacy-commissioner-inquiry-finds-supermarket-facial-recognition-tech-s-use-is-justified?ref=goodoil.news)  
Garth Bray (BusinessDesk): [Supermarkets speak up at last about private-label products](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/retail/supermarkets-speak-up-at-last-about-private-label-products?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Eric Crampton (Post): [The only way to find out if more supermarket competition is real](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360707326/only-way-find-out-if-more-supermarket-competition-real?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [Nicola Willis is right about supermarket reform](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/nicola-willis-is-right-about-supermarket)  
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [On the Money: Christian Hawkesby and his job, Jason Paris and his AI, Anna Mowbray, Winston Peters, and more …](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/on-the-money/on-the-money-christian-hawkesby-and-his-job-jason-paris-and-his-ai-anna-mowbray-winston-peters-and-more?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Catherine Beard (Post): [What makes New Zealand an investment destination? Here’s the shopping list](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360710074/what-makes-new-zealand-investment-destination-heres-shopping-list?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rob Stock (Post): [New Zealanders' testimony about short-life consumer culture](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360707483/new-zealanders-testimony-about-short-life-consumer-culture?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**RMA, ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION**  
Marnie Prickett (Post): [Changes to freshwater policy written with, and for polluters](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360709325/changes-freshwater-policy-written-and-polluters?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
John Maassen (Law News): [Why New Zealand needs a new framework for strategic sustainability development](https://lawnews.nz/resource-management/why-new-zealand-needs-a-new-framework-for-strategic-sustainability-development/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Fast-track decision gives communities more info on local projects](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/29/fast-track-decision-gives-communities-more-info-on-local-projects/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Luxon dismisses international climate scientists as 'worthies'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562938/climate-change-scientists-accuse-government-of-ignoring-scientific-evidence?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mary Argue (RNZ): [Engineering firm strips doors off Pūkaha aviary after $245,000 bill unpaid for months](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562887/engineering-firm-strips-doors-off-pukaha-aviary-after-245-000-bill-unpaid-for-months?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**EMPLOYMENT, PAY EQUITY**  
Craig Renney: [Not safe for work – the Government's Worksafe reforms](https://craigrenney.substack.com/p/not-safe-for-work-the-governments)  
RNZ: [WorkSafe changes will deter employees from raising concerns - CTU](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562903/worksafe-changes-will-deter-employees-from-raising-concerns-ctu?ref=goodoil.news)  
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [The dangers of tinkering with Health and Safety](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-the-dangers-of-tinkering-with-health-and-safety/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): [Our workplace fatality rate is appalling](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/kerre-woodham-our-workplace-fatality-rate-is-appalling/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [What seemed to start as an Auckland ‘war on cones’, has made it to the Beehive](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360710078/what-seemed-start-auckland-war-cones-has-made-it-beehive?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ECONOMY, KIWISAVER, COST OF LIVING**  
Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Post): [How employees are set to pay the price of new KiwiSaver contributions](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360709883/how-employees-are-set-pay-price-new-kiwisaver-contributions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Call to rethink tax on KiwiSaver](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/563002/call-to-rethink-tax-on-kiwisaver?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [Increase in NZ borrowers in serious arrears as job market stalls](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360709840/increase-nz-borrowers-serious-arrears-job-market-stalls?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Keith Woodford: [New Zealand’s decline in per capita economic growth is fundamental and long-term](https://keithwoodford.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/new-zealands-decline-in-per-capita-economic-growth-is-fundamental-and-long-term/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Households boosted by falling interest rates](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562996/households-boosted-by-falling-interest-rates?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [High food prices, 'tariff noise' cast shadow over consumer confidence](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562653/high-food-prices-tariff-noise-cast-shadow-over-consumer-confidence?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shane Te Pou (Herald): [Instead of focusing on the lack of jobs, the Government seems intent on giving the boot to people](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/instead-of-focusing-on-the-lack-of-jobs-the-government-seems-intent-on-giving-the-boot-to-people-shane-te-pou/VOWN66JD6BD7VMUPTDHHCLCRKE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL**  
Ella Stewart (RNZ): [ACT leader David Seymour suggested 'bots' drove 'fake submissions' against his Regulatory Standards Bill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562990/act-leader-david-seymour-suggested-bots-drove-fake-submissions-against-his-regulatory-standards-bill?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ryan Ward: [The Regulatory Standards Bill will change everything](https://weareunderused.substack.com/p/the-regulatory-standards-bill-will)  
  
**JACINDA ARDERN BOOK**  
Grant Duncan (The Conversation): [In her memoir, Jacinda Ardern shows a ‘different kind of power’ is possible – but also has its limits](https://theconversation.com/in-her-memoir-jacinda-ardern-shows-a-different-kind-of-power-is-possible-but-also-has-its-limits-257944?ref=goodoil.news)  
Grant Duncan: [Jacinda Ardern on political leadership](https://grantduncanphd.substack.com/p/jacinda-ardern-on-political-leadership)  
Janet Wilson (Newsroom): [Jacinda, by Janet Wilson](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/04/jacinda-by-janet-wilson/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): [A Jacinda Ardern biographer reviews Jacinda Ardern’s memoir](https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/04-06-2025/a-jacinda-ardern-biographer-jacinda-arderns-memoir?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kelly Dennett (Post): [Inside the Dame Jacinda Ardern book publicity juggernaut](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360710352/inside-dame-jacinda-ardern-book-publicity-juggernaut?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): [I see nothing's changed in camp Jacinda](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis-allan-i-see-nothings-changed-in-camp-jacinda/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Eva Gallot (Stuff): [Jacinda Ardern is back in the international spotlight, here’s why](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360709855/jacinda-ardern-back-international-spotlight-heres-why?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [Bound to lose money?](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/bound-to-lose-money)  
  
**CHRIS BISHOP AT THE AOTEAROA MUSIC AWARDS**  
RNZ: [Chris Bishop frustrated by 'politicised' Stan Walker Aotearoa Music Awards performance](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562931/chris-bishop-frustrated-by-politicised-stan-walker-aotearoa-music-awards-performance?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Luxon 'comfortable' with Chris Bishop's response after Aotearoa Music Awards 'rant'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562905/luxon-comfortable-with-chris-bishop-s-response-after-aotearoa-music-awards-rant?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Luxon responds after Bishop's music awards comments](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/03/luxon-responds-after-bishops-music-awards-comments/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER**  
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): [Rotorua Lakes Council to explore unitary authority options with neighbours](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/rotorua-lakes-council-to-explore-unitary-authority-options-with-neighbours/HDKZER6SYJB3BC3U5HWV5ZAHRM/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): [Palmerston North waits for willing water partners](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360706078/palmerston-north-waits-willing-water-partners?cx%5FtestId=6&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=2&utm%5Fsource=regional%5Fmodule%5Fmanawatu&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs)  
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): [Water finally restored in Dargaville](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562935/water-finally-restored-in-dargaville?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH**  
RNZ: [Smoking rates plateau bucking downward trend, latest survey figures show](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/562950/smoking-rates-plateau-bucking-downward-trend-latest-survey-figures-show?ref=goodoil.news)  
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): [Leaked document reveals Immunisation Advisory Centre could cut staff by 40 percent](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563004/leaked-document-reveals-immunisation-advisory-centre-could-cut-staff-by-40-percent?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): [Major healthcare provider Evolution Healthcare eyes growth, as Government ups outsourcing](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/healthcare/major-healthcare-provider-evolution-healthcare-eyes-growth-as-government-ups-outsourcing/TYOHXKS25JG5TGEV3MGDRZAUZQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): [The rise of weight-loss drugs and surgery in Kiwis’ battle to lose weight](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360704625/rise-weight-loss-drugs-and-surgery-kiwis-battle-lose-weight?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**EDUCATION**  
Rafaella Melo (Herald): [School literacy service axed in Budget 2025, leaving 109 specialists jobless](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/school-literacy-service-axed-in-budget-2025-leaving-109-specialists-jobless/SGXAZERV3NFIZL3U6COP6S4OSA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [Finger-wagging won't get more kids going to school](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-finger-wagging-wont-get-more-kids-going-to-school/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): [Will fining parents of absent kids help?](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/kerre-woodham-will-fining-parents-of-absent-kids-help/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Richard Prebble (Herald): [Government’s $140m school attendance initiative overlooks New Zealand’s missing children crisis](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/governments-140m-school-attendance-initiative-overlooks-new-zealands-missing-children-crisis-richard-prebble/QM3U3IQISRAHPDHPEQYIYHOVK4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Brent Edwards (NBR): [Crown reserves right to decide who runs the Cook Strait ferries](https://www.nbr.co.nz/infrastructure/crown-reserves-right-to-decide-who-runs-the-cook-strait-ferries/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [‘Let's have a performance conversation’: Peter Reidy on getting KiwiRail match fit, chasing freight volumes](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/lets-have-a-performance-conversation-peter-reidy-on-getting-kiwirail-match-fit-chasing-freight-volumes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Calls for national workforce plan as NZ rail sector faces ‘retirement cliff’](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/calls-for-national-workforce-plan-as-nz-rail-sector-faces-retirement-cliff?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [All councils should learn from ECAN's open mind on rail](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-all-councils-should-learn-from-ecans-open-mind-on-rail/?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Council wants train connecting Christchurch with growing Canterbury towns](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562557/council-wants-train-connecting-christchurch-with-growing-canterbury-towns?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mike Yardley (Press): [Commuter rail: pie in the sky, or worth yet another look?](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360709420/commuter-rail-pie-sky-or-worth-yet-another-look?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**POLICE, CRIME**  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): [Judge reserves decision on injunction on Jevon McSkimming investigation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562953/judge-reserves-decision-on-injunction-on-jevon-mcskimming-investigation?ref=goodoil.news)  
Sam Sherwood (RNZ): [Police launch review after controversial retail crime directive](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562683/police-launch-review-after-controversial-retail-crime-directive?ref=goodoil.news)  
Al Williams (Open Justice Reporting): [Cop who stomped on man during South Auckland arrest resigns, avoids prosecution after police investigation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562799/cop-who-stomped-on-man-during-south-auckland-arrest-resigns-avoids-prosecution-after-police-investigation?ref=goodoil.news)  
Alecia Rousseau (Stuff): [It’s nationwide’: Violent boy racer culture needs stamping out, says mayor](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360709848/its-nationwide-violent-boy-racer-culture-needs-stamping-out-says-mayor?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**COLLISION GAMES**  
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [The Govt can't rule on 'Run it Straight'](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-the-govt-cant-rule-on-run-it-straight/?ref=goodoil.news)  
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): [Sometimes a ban isn't the answer](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/christchurch/canterbury-mornings-with-john-macdonald/opinion/john-macdonald-sometimes-a-ban-isnt-the-answer/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tobias Macintosh (Stuff): [Legislation won’t stop a 21st: PM speaks on calls to ban RunIt](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360706219/it-jousting-without-sticks-doctors-call-ban-runit?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Not a sport': Top NZ sports doctors call for ban on RunIt](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562625/not-a-sport-top-nz-sports-doctors-call-for-ban-on-runit?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENERGY**  
Richard Woodd (Listener): [Powerless progress: NZ energy woes continue as winter starts to bite](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/new-zealand/powerless-progress-nz-energy-woes-continue-as-winter-starts-to-bite/NDYFDQU6VJH2XJW3K472XJ7FPU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Commerce Commission head John Small calls business fear of power companies ‘major concern’](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/commerce-commission-head-john-small-calls-business-fear-of-power-companies-major-concern/W5SEILCYPZHMFLFJC5OAXSXR2Y/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
NZ Energy: [Rudderless](https://newzealandenergy.substack.com/p/rudderless)  
  
**OTHER**  
Joseph Los’e (Herald): [Hikoi to lift tapu off Kaikohe following child death - Shane Jones calls out Ngāpuhi’s silence](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/hikoi-to-lift-tapu-off-kaikohe-following-child-death-shane-jones-calls-out-ngapuhis-silence/P6IZ7PUQZFE53NIAQNR2ZHR6DQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Azaria Howell (Herald): [Government considering ‘demolition’ for Chateau Tongariro deemed ‘fiscal risk’ in Budget 2025; potential buyers interested in Ruapehu hotel](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-considering-demolition-for-chateau-tongariro-potential-buyers-interested-in-historic-ruapehu-hotel/GQ4URCDQJBCXXEZGYATGQHHQXI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Couple owes $20,000 Working for Families debt 'through no fault of our own'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/562593/couple-owes-20-000-working-for-families-debt-through-no-fault-of-our-own?ref=goodoil.news)  
Claire Jewitt (Post): [Feeling punished for doing the right thing](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360708347/feeling-punished-doing-right-thing?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [MPs recommend new safeguards for foreign interference law](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/03/mps-recommend-new-safeguards-for-foreign-interference-law/?ref=goodoil.news)

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Murdoch - The Post 4 June 2025

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