> ## 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: 6 March 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-6-march-2025/ - Published: 2025-03-05T19:07:56.000Z - Updated: 2025-03-05T20:00:39.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **LOBBYING, POLITICAL FINANCE, PARLIAMENT** Bryce Edwards (Integrity Institute): [The Silent Death of Lobbying Reform in NZ](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-the-silent-death) Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Govt criticised for go-slow on lobbying reform](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/05/govt-go-slow-on-lobbying-reform-criticised/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eloise Gibson (NZ): [Simeon Brown appointed prominent oil and gas lobbyist to energy savings board against official advice](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/543882/simeon-brown-appointed-prominent-oil-and-gas-lobbyist-to-energy-savings-board-against-official-advice?ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Assessing short-term politics and a four-year parliamentary term](https://www.nbr.co.nz/edwards-on-politics/short-term-politics-and-a-four-year-parliamentary-term/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Rātana (Spinoff): [Dear John, we can’t always blame racism](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/06-03-2025/dear-john-we-cant-always-blame-racism?ref=goodoil.news) Sanjana Hattotuwa: [Sacrificing veracity for virality: Topham Guerin’s influence operations, and democratic implications](https://sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/sacrificing-veracity-for-virality-topham-guerins-influence-operations-and-democratic-implications/?ref=goodoil.news) Alice Neville (Spinoff): [What does a government minister put on the work credit card?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-03-2025/what-does-a-government-minister-put-on-the-work-credit-card?ref=goodoil.news) Craig Renney: [Your early guide to the 2025 Budget](https://craigrenney.substack.com/p/your-early-guide-to-the-2025-budget) Anna Whyte and Ffion Heale (Post): [A breakdown: Who is pinching pennies in the public service?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360602975/breakdown-who-pinching-pennies-public-service?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Higher taxes part of Green Party plan to redistribute wealth](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/higher-taxes-part-of-green-party-plan-to-redistribute-wealth/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Juha Saarinen (Interest): [Auckland developer event with Callaghan Innovation will ask participants to design 'DOGE NZ' to track government expenditure](https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/132232/auckland-developer-event-will-ask-participants-design-doge-nz-track-government?ref=goodoil.news) Susana Suisuiki (RNZ): ['We box above our weight': Dr Shane Reti responds to Pacific peoples funding criticism](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/543806/we-box-above-our-weight-dr-shane-reti-responds-to-pacific-peoples-funding-criticism?ref=goodoil.news) Eva Corlett (Guardian): [Row erupts in New Zealand parliament over use of Māori name Aotearoa](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/05/new-zealand-parliament-maori-name-aotearoa-row-peters-menendez-brownlee-ntwnfb?ref=goodoil.news) **ADRIAN ORR’S RESIGNATION** Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Analysis: The funding fight behind Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr’s resignation](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/the-funding-fight-behind-adrian-orrs-resignation/W7H4LVDSVNB55JLHG5SDB6BUWQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Why Adrian Orr left now: a plausible theory](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/finance/why-adrian-orr-left-now-a-plausible-theory?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ['1000 cleaner ways to do this': Call for answers on Orr resignation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/543884/1000-cleaner-ways-to-do-this-call-for-answers-on-orr-resignation?ref=goodoil.news) Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): [Will Adrian Orr’s replacement unleash a new mortgage war?](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/will-adrian-orrs-replacement-unleash) Gyles Beckford (RNZ): [Shock and Orr: The sudden resignation of the central bank governor](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/543872/shock-and-orr-the-sudden-resignation-of-the-central-bank-governor?ref=goodoil.news) Liam Dann (Herald): [Who could replace Adrian Orr as Reserve Bank Governor?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/who-should-replace-adrian-orr-as-reserve-bank-governor/OKYKJ5PGLZEK7IYSA2O77C6BIU/?ref=goodoil.news) Luke Malpass (Post): [Adrian Orr’s exit omnishambles from the Reserve Bank](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360603054/adrian-orrs-exit-omnishambles?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sam Stubbs (Post): [Appraising Adrian Orr](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360603825/sam-stubbs-appraising-adrian-orr?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [Clear communicator required at top of RBNZ, says Kiwibank’s Kerr](https://www.nbr.co.nz/economics/clear-communicator-required-at-top-of-rbnz-jarrod-kerr/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jenny Ruth: [Adrian Orr departs RBNZ, still congratulating himself](https://justthebusinessjennyruth.substack.com/p/adrian-orr-departs-rbnz-still-congratulating) Post: [Business says ‘bye’ to Adrian Orr](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360603165/business-says-bye-adrian-orr?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr has resigned - but no one’s saying why](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360603307/reserve-bank-governor-adrian-orr-makes-shock-unexplained-resignation?ref=goodoil.news) Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Orr’s shock resignation and abrupt departure unexplained](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/132245/adrian-orrs-resignation-comes-reserve-bank-negotiates-funding-agreement-government?ref=goodoil.news) Dan Brunskill (Interest): [RBNZ Chairman says Orr’s resignation wasn’t unexpected](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/132242/reserve-bank-chairman-neil-quigley-says-adrian-orrs-abrupt-resignation-wasnt?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Adrian Orr's resignation as Reserve Bank head a 'personal decision' - Reserve Bank chair](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543856/adrian-orr-s-resignation-as-reserve-bank-head-a-personal-decision-reserve-bank-chair?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Reserve Bank board chair says governor Adrian Orr made a ‘personal decision’ to resign](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360603060/reserve-bank-governor-adrian-orr-announces-shock-resignation?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Adrian Orr stands up Ben Bernanke as he goes on leave](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/finance/adrian-orr-stands-up-ben-bernanke-as-he-goes-on-leave?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr resigns](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/543834/reserve-bank-governor-adrian-orr-resigns?ref=goodoil.news) Gareth Vaughan (Interest): [Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr resigns](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132236/adrian-orr-departing-reserve-bank-governor-deputy-governor-christian-hawkesby?ref=goodoil.news) **SCHOOL LUNCHES, EDUCATION** Jo Moir (RNZ): [Analysis: Christopher Luxon faces another week of questions in school lunch fiasco](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543832/analysis-christopher-luxon-faces-another-week-of-questions-in-school-lunch-fiasco?ref=goodoil.news) Virginia Fallon (Post): [Finally, our Prime Minister’s values revealed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360602077/finally-our-prime-ministers-values-revealed?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jamie Ensor (Herald): [School lunches: David Seymour, Erica Stanford fail again to meet amid diary issues](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/school-lunches-david-seymour-erica-stanford-fail-again-to-meet-amid-diary-issues/GV743NIQW5GRBDRAT6PQ2QNV54/?ref=goodoil.news) Jenna Lynch (Stuff): [Ministers’ school lunch stoush: No new meeting planned](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360602559/ministers-school-lunch-stoush-no-new-meeting-planned?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Education Minister's school lunches meeting with David Seymour delayed again](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543858/education-minister-s-school-lunches-meeting-with-david-seymour-delayed-again?ref=goodoil.news) Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): [Litany of concerns raised before school lunch suppliers won contract](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/investigations/litany-of-concerns-raised-before-school-lunch-suppliers-won-contract?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Verity Johnson (Stuff): [How breathtakingly bad was that, Luxon?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360602283/verity-johnson-how-breathtakingly-bad-was-luxon?ref=goodoil.news) Tini Molyneux (Te Ao Māori News): [‘I think he hasn’t read the room' - Peeni Henare on Luxon’s Marmite sandwich comment](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/04/i-think-he-hasnt-read-the-room-peeni-henare-on-luxons-marmite-sandwich-comment/?ref=goodoil.news) Andrew Gunn: [Marmite Sandwich Fantasy Is Front-Runner For Fiction Award](https://andrewgunn.substack.com/p/marmite-sandwich-fantasy-is-front) (9paywalled) Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Echo Chamber: David Seymour says ‘namaste’ to school lunch woes](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/05-03-2025/echo-chamber-david-seymour-says-namaste-to-school-lunch-woes?ref=goodoil.news) ————— RNZ: [One school fails to prove it's teaching reading, writing and maths an hour a day](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543883/one-school-fails-to-prove-it-s-teaching-reading-writing-and-maths-an-hour-a-day?ref=goodoil.news) Mark John (ODT): ['Deep concern' over lack of teachers in South](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/deep-concern-over-lack-teachers-south?ref=goodoil.news) Harriet Laughton (Post): [University unhappy about $1.5m spend on ‘eyesore’ Gordon Wilson Flats](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360563018/university-unhappy-about-15m-spend-eyesore-gordon-wilson-flats?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): [University of Waikato secures 99-year land lease for Tauranga marine facility](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/university-of-waikato-secures-99-year-land-lease-for-tauranga-marine-facility/67UQJ5O6LZHEJMTJ7JBBNPWG4E/?ref=goodoil.news) **RICHARD PREBBLE’S WAITANGI TRIBUNAL RESIGNATION** Derek Cheng (Herald): [‘Pretty disruptive’: Inside the delays and power plays behind the controversial Waitangi Tribunal appointments](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/disruptive-delays-shunned-advice-changes-of-heart-inside-the-controversial-appointments-to-the-waitangi-tribunal/ZSCCUAEJDVFADDCAWOQI6HQSEM/?ref=goodoil.news) Pokere Paewai (RNZ): [Prebble's resignation from Waitangi Tribunal leaves lawyer with 'a sour taste in my mouth'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543854/prebble-s-resignation-from-waitangi-tribunal-leaves-lawyer-with-a-sour-taste-in-my-mouth?ref=goodoil.news) Anne Salmond (Newsroom): [To lecture us on Te Tiriti, you must first be able to read it](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/06/anne-salmond-to-speak-about-te-tiriti-you-must-first-be-able-to-read-it/?ref=goodoil.news) Robert MacCulloch: Prebble is right to resign from Waitangi Tribunal Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Richard Prebble: Why I joined the Waitangi Tribunal and why I quit](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360603545/richard-prebble-why-i-joined-waitangi-tribunal-and-why-i-quit?ref=goodoil.news) Tini Molyneux (Te Ao Māori News): [Richard Prebble still supports the Waitangi Tribunal but says it has no power](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/03/05/richard-prebble-still-supports-the-waitangi-tribunal-but-says-it-has-no-power/?ref=goodoil.news) Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Waitangi Tribunal members expected to do 'due diligence': PM on Richard Prebble's resignation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543862/waitangi-tribunal-members-expected-to-do-due-diligence-pm-on-richard-prebble-s-resignation?ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [‘Maybe we should listen to him’ - David Seymour praises Prebble over Waitangi Tribunal call](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360602381/maybe-we-should-listen-him-david-seymour-praises-prebble-over-waitangi-tribunal-call?ref=goodoil.news) Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Waitangi Tribunal member Richard Prebble resigns](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543785/waitangi-tribunal-member-richard-prebble-resigns?ref=goodoil.news) **FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE** Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Will NZ follow the UK in cutting foreign aid to boost defence spending?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543887/will-nz-follow-the-uk-in-cutting-foreign-aid-to-boost-defence-spending?ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Military tech moves: Lots of talk, and lots of drones](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543889/military-tech-moves-lots-of-talk-and-lots-of-drones?ref=goodoil.news) Alexander Gillespie and Robert G. Patman (The Conversation): [America or Europe? Why Trump’s Ukraine U-turn is a fork in the road for New Zealand](https://theconversation.com/america-or-europe-why-trumps-ukraine-u-turn-is-a-fork-in-the-road-for-new-zealand-251459?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Luxon says NZ should stay ‘cool and calm’ in face of US agricultural tariff threat](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360602369/trump-says-hell-stick-tariffs-agricultural-imports-why-nz-should-sit-it-out?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [What’s next for Aukus and Five Eyes after Trump turns geopolitics on its head?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360601130/whats-next-aukus-and-five-eyes-after-trump-turns-geopolitics-its-head?ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (RNZ): [Tariff wars: Trade minister plans to 'make the case' on relationship with US counterparts](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543871/tariff-wars-trade-minister-plans-to-make-the-case-on-relationship-with-us-counterparts?ref=goodoil.news) Toby Manhire (Spinoff): [Trump has reignited the tariff war – why? And what does it mean for New Zealand?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/05-03-2025/trump-has-reignited-the-tariff-war-why-and-what-does-it-mean-for-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news) Esther Taunton (Stuff): [Tariffs 101: What will they mean for your mortgage and our economy?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360602255/tariffs-101-what-will-they-mean-your-mortgage-and-our-economy?ref=goodoil.news) Jack McDonald (Post): [Tumultuous world demands we double down on our independence](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360603275/tumultuous-world-demands-we-double-down-our-independence?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Peter Griffin and Ben Moore (BusinessDesk): [NZ risks ‘riding cavalry into battle against tanks’ without Aukus](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/technology/nz-risks-riding-cavalry-into-battle-against-tanks-without-aukus?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) No Right Turn: [A recipe for waste](https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-recipe-for-waste.html?ref=goodoil.news) **WELLINGTON WATER, LOCAL GOVERNMENT** Lauren Crimp (RNZ): [Wellington Water told in June some contractors were being investigated](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543852/wellington-water-told-in-june-some-contractors-were-being-investigated?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Post): [Wellington Water partner Fulton Hogan makes $497m profit](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360600892/wellington-water-partner-fulton-hogan-makes-497m-profit?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [Wellington’s draft consultation on water reform does not address issues with Wellington Water](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360602850/wellingtons-draft-consultation-water-reform-does-not-address-issues-wellington-water?ref=goodoil.news) Ruby Shaw (ODT): [Changes reflect govt overreach: councillor](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/changes-reflect-govt-overreach-councillor?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steve Hepburn (ODT): [Mayor baffled why DCC not involved in water group](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/mayor-baffled-why-dcc-not-involved-water-group?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [$4200 water bills ‘fundamentally unaffordable’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/4200-water-bills-%E2%80%98fundamentally-unaffordable%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): [Confusion over Invercargill’s te reo Māori street name rules](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/03/06/confusion-over-invercargills-te-reo-maori-street-name-rules/?ref=goodoil.news) Justin Wong (Post): [Property owners owe $1.9 million in Upper Hutt rates](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360601064/property-owners-owe-19-million-upper-hutt-rates?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Zita Campbell (Local Democracy Reporting): [Gisborne Election: Mayor to run again, three councillors to step down](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360602716/gisborne-election-mayor-run-again-three-councillors-step-down?ref=goodoil.news) Maia Hart (Local Democracy Reporting): [Marlborough throws out nearly double the national average to landfill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/543795/marlborough-throws-out-nearly-double-the-national-average-to-landfill?ref=goodoil.news) Post: [First look at new design for Wellington Town Hall frontage](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360603590/first-look-new-design-wellington-town-hall-frontage?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hamish MacLean (ODT): [Crs agree to seek $44m pines shortfall](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/crs-agree-seek-44m-pines-shortfall?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **FERRIES, TRANSPORT** Herald Editorial: [Documents prove Nicola Willis too hasty in cancelling ferry contract](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/documents-prove-nicola-willis-too-hasty-in-cancelling-ferry-contract-editorial/FK2PDW5P6VHYTDNBJBAABLJLXI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Manch (Post): [Finnish shipbuilders could build Cook Strait ferries, ambassador says](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360602601/finnish-shipbuilders-could-build-cook-strait-ferries-ambassador-says?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [KiwiRail cuts 227 jobs, signals further restructuring, welcomes back Winston Peters](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kiwirail-cuts-227-jobs-signals-further-restructuring-welcomes-back-winston-peters/D35KPJYX25F4ZEI7Q5DENKDRG4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Cook Strait Bluebridge ferry helped to dock by tug boat](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543863/cook-strait-bluebridge-ferry-helped-to-dock-by-tug-boat?ref=goodoil.news) Matt Lowrie (Greater Auckland): [Meeting the government's new PT fare revenue targets](https://greaterauckland.substack.com/p/meeting-the-governments-new-pt-fare) Will Mace (NBR): [Airways’ price hikes a bitter pill for struggling aviation sector](https://www.nbr.co.nz/nz-aviation-news/airways-price-hikes-a-bitter-pill-for-struggling-aviation-sector/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **HEALTH, AGED CARE, COVID-19** ODT Editorial: [Health package lacking detail](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/health-package-lacking-detail?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [ACC's botched IT project needed overseas expertise to help](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543767/acc-s-botched-it-project-needed-overseas-expertise-to-help?ref=goodoil.news) Paula Penfold (Stuff): [Top govt manager in 'physical contact' complaint now subject of conflict of interest concerns](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360603538/top-govt-manager-physical-contact-complaint-now-subject-conflict-interest-concerns?ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Government doubles nurse practitioner training placements in GP clinics](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543825/government-doubles-nurse-practitioner-training-placements-in-gp-clinics?ref=goodoil.news) Julia Gabel (Herald): [Health Minister Simeon Brown announces $55m nurse training, tertiary education funding boost](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/health-minister-simeon-brown-announces-55m-nurse-training-tertiary-education-funding-boost/5AL3QZLKRFDD7LKMGXIPBNQKEU/?ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Government to expand nurse training and education](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360602880/government-expand-nurse-training-and-education?ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Pointon (NBR): [Aged Care Association clashes with Casey Costello over funding](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/aged-care-association-clashes-with-casey-costello-over-funding/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Regulation looms for at-home medical tests](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/04/regulation-looms-for-at-home-medical-tests/?ref=goodoil.news) Roeland van den Bergh (Post): [Silica dust victim calls for total ban on engineered stone](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360602400/silica-dust-victim-calls-total-ban-engineered-stone?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Deborah Morris (Post): [Protester doesn’t regret stand against Covid-19 restrictions](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360602301/proud-his-involvement-protest-horrified-many?ref=goodoil.news) **MEDIA** Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [Analysis: What do we know about NZME’s new shareholders?](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/analysis-what-do-we-know-about-nzmes-new-shareholders?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): [Who is James Grenon? The billionaire who spent $9m on a stake in NZME](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360601099/who-james-grenon-billionaire-who-spent-9m-stake-nzme?ref=goodoil.news) Sarah Bickerton and Cassandra Mudgway (Newsroom): [NZ has no clear direction on online safety regulation](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/03/06/nz-has-no-clear-direction-on-online-safety-regulation/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New database measure to help fight digital violent extremism](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543819/new-database-measure-to-help-fight-digital-violent-extremism?ref=goodoil.news) Barrie Saunders: [“Media” some dangerous proposals](https://barriesaunders.wordpress.com/2025/03/05/media-reform-have-your-say/?ref=goodoil.news) **ECONOMY, BUSINESS** RNZ: [New Consumer Affairs Minister Scott Simpson hands off supermarket decisions over conflict](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543796/new-consumer-affairs-minister-scott-simpson-hands-off-supermarket-decisions-over-conflict?ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [Biz wants Govt to cut corporate tax rate, provide subsidies](https://www.nbr.co.nz/economics/biz-tells-govt-to-cut-corporate-tax-rate-provide-subsidies/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): [Big corporates lump too much blame on the economy](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/economy/big-corporates-lump-too-much-blame-on-the-economy?ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [Economists seek neutral cash rate to ‘get us out of the grind’](https://www.nbr.co.nz/dollars-and-sense/dire-straits-nz-needs-an-economic-injection/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): [Why New Zealand’s ‘No 8 Wire’ thinking won’t cut it: new BCG report](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/economy/why-new-zealands-no-8-wire-thinking-wont-cut-it-new-bcg-report?ref=goodoil.news) Dan Brunskill (Interest): [NZ First's 'Woke Bank Bill' just adds 'layer of bureaucracy'](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/132225/lawyers-chapman-tripp-say-nz-first%E2%80%99s-bill-would-only-require-banks-do-extra?ref=goodoil.news) Madison Malone (Herald): [The making of Microsoft’s New Zealand data centre](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/markets-with-madison/the-making-of-microsofts-domestic-data-centre/Q325RQX4WFG7ZMLC7QHS3T3BCI/?ref=goodoil.news) Nazahryth Bernard (Herald): [IRD says Pak’nSave follows law by demanding personal details for $1000-plus shopping bills](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ird-says-paknsave-follows-law-by-demanding-personal-details-for-1000-plus-shopping-bills/6ACU6MQDRZEUDHZCI3ZBFPGEGQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Madison Malone (Herald): [$18b Rocket Lab reveals biggest financial year on record - and delivers Neutron launch update](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/18b-rocket-lab-reveals-biggest-financial-year-on-record-and-delivers-neutron-launch-update/57VTEWBTUZH2BBKQX5CZSVX7BQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Keall (Herald): [Rocket Lab reveals role in Firefly’s moon landing, investment banker rates it against Elon Musk’s SpaceX](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/rocket-lab-reveals-role-in-fireflys-moon-landing-investment-banker-rates-it-against-elon-musks-spacex/CEDM4TTWTZFP5BPZAQY2A7XHVQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **ENERGY** Jamie Gray (Herald): [Business groups push for more power purchase agreements to stabilise electricity prices](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/business-groups-push-for-more-power-purchase-agreements-to-stabilise-nz-power-prices/QYCTGNBMEJANHM2OPCANNO7F4M/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): [Transpower clarifies electricity price increases](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/energy/transpower-clarifies-electricity-price-increases?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **POVERTY, INEQUALITY** Matt Burrows (Newstalk ZB): [Real Life: Salvation Army’s Janine Donaldson calls on Kiwis to address ‘grim’ state of nation](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/real-life-salvation-armys-janine-donaldson-calls-on-kiwis-to-address-grim-state-of-nation/TLCTCNSHEFFI3F4N332UHVDMPM/?ref=goodoil.news) Morgan Edwards: [Child Poverty is a Political Choice](https://neweconomicmanagement.substack.com/p/child-poverty-is-a-political-choice) **IMMIGRATION, MIGRANT WORKERS** Susana Suisuiki (RNZ): [Green Party MP advocates for visa waiver access for Pacific nations](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/543711/green-party-mp-advocates-for-visa-waiver-access-for-pacific-nations?ref=goodoil.news) Monique Steele (RNZ): [Concerns immigration policies eroding RSE workers' rights - unions](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/543663/concerns-immigration-policies-eroding-rse-workers-rights-unions?ref=goodoil.news) **ENVIRONMENT, PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES** Emma Andrews (RNZ): ['Filth ecological disaster' Bream Bay anti-sand mining petition accepted by Greens MP Hūhana Lyndon at Parliament](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543870/filth-ecological-disaster-bream-bay-anti-sand-mining-petition-accepted-by-greens-mp-huhana-lyndon-at-parliament?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Companies fined over death of Clevedon forestry worker](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/543846/companies-fined-over-death-of-clevedon-forestry-worker?ref=goodoil.news) Jacqueline Rowarth (Herald): [Why the Government needs the rural sector for economic recovery](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/news/why-the-government-needs-the-rural-sector-for-economic-recovery-dr-jacqueline-rowarth/H7WYMACMXFESZKG6U2HPR3FVMM/?ref=goodoil.news) Gary Hamilton-Irvine (Hawkes Bay Today): [Landowner in Hastings-Havelock North green belt urges more development as Strawberry Patch announces closure](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/landowner-calls-for-more-development-in-hastings-havelock-north-greenbelt-as-popular-business-the-strawberry-patch-announces-closure/KMTJVP3VCNDIVNM34Z2QTKL7AE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **OTHER** Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Control of methane satellite handed back to its US makers to fix "challenges", still no answers from NZ Govt on what is wrong](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543866/control-of-methane-satellite-handed-back-to-its-us-makers-to-fix-challenges-still-no-answers-from-nz-govt-on-what-is-wrong?ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Why more police are using number-plate spotting tech](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543873/why-more-police-are-using-number-plate-spotting-tech?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Laywer says gang patch law infringes freedom of expression](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/543779/laywer-says-gang-patch-law-infringes-freedom-of-expression?ref=goodoil.news) Philip Chandler (ODT): [Fast-track consent for cable railway sought](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/fast-track-consent-cable-railway-sought?ref=goodoil.news) Katie Fitzgerald (RNZ): [Greyhound adoption sours over terms and conditions](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543758/greyhound-adoption-sours-over-terms-and-conditions?ref=goodoil.news) Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [Tūhoe gets injunction to stop hapū occupation and logging of iwi-owned forest](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360602309/tuhoe-gets-injunction-stop-hapu-occupation-and-logging-iwi-owned-forest?ref=goodoil.news) Tony Wall (Stuff): [‘Unfair, underhanded’: Iwi sacks directors ‘without notice’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360600554/unfair-underhanded-iwi-sacks-directors-without-notice?ref=goodoil.news) Ben Espiner (The Platform): [Do Crown Owned Entities need the Rainbow Tick?](https://theplatform.kiwi/opinions/do-crown-owned-entities-need-the-rainbow-tick?ref=goodoil.news) Ganesh Ahirao: [What's the deal?](https://ganeshnana.substack.com/p/whats-the-deal) Michael Morrah (Herald): [Civil Aviation Authority review into workplace culture reveals bullying, leadership issues](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/civil-aviation-authority-review-into-workplace-culture-reveals-bullying-leadership-issues/TYFSXQIO4VFXLFVTCIVGPPEKU4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bryan Bruce: [Episode 38 : Paul Hunt - former New Zealand Chief Human Rights Commissioner](https://bryanbruce.substack.com/p/episode-38-paul-hunt-former-new-zealand) [Subscribe now](https://democracyproject.substack.com/subscribe?) # Cartoons [Read more](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/news-briefing-6-march-2025)