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# News Briefing: 7 April 2025
- URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-7-april-2025/
- Published: 2025-04-06T20:08:53.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-06T20:55:46.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: NZ Politics, Politics

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

**GOVERNMENT**  
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [Minister Andrew Hoggard’s sister lobbied him opposing tougher baby formula rules](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/557200/minister-andrew-hoggard-s-sister-lobbied-him-opposing-tougher-baby-formula-rules?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bryce Edwards (The Integrity Institute): [Andrew Hoggard’s conflicts of interest and NZ’s culture of complacency](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/integrity-briefing-andrew-hoggards)  
David Fisher (Herald): [Winston Peters to deliver ‘roast’ as Whale Oil’s Cameron Slater celebrates 20 years of blogging](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/politician-to-deliver-roast-as-whale-oils-cameron-slater-celebrates-20yrs-blogging/24KMCGVZ5ZA3HLSAWDDI37XO7A/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): [National’s pollster: There’s zero chance of Luxon being rolled. Who could step in if he was?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360641207/nationals-pollster-theres-zero-chance-luxon-being-rolled-who-could-step-if-he-was?ref=goodoil.news)  
Shane Te Pou (Herald): [Living wage cut from government contracts: Will Winston Peters ride to the rescue to help low-wage workers](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/living-wage-for-government-contracts-will-winston-peters-ride-to-the-rescue-to-help-low-wage-workers-shane-te-pou/N24QB4HIKRDTDMQKL6P66YT7TI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Road User Charges, Waikeria Prison, foreign investment: Christopher Luxon reveals new quarterly action plan](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/road-user-charges-waikeria-prison-foreign-investment-christopher-luxon-reveals-governments-new-quarterly-action-plan/YZDHL6OXFVD77JVTXX2443UK7I/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Govt says first quarterly action plan on track - second may surprise](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557351/govt-says-first-quarterly-action-plan-on-track-second-may-surprise?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Govt outlines its next quarterly action plan](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/07/govt-outlines-its-next-quarterly-action-plan-for-2025/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bridie Witton (Stuff): [Economic growth top goal again in Government’s latest quarterly plan](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360642683/economic-growth-top-goal-again-governments-latest-quarterly-plan?ref=goodoil.news)  
Bernard Hickey (The Kākā): [Luxon's 'going for growth' actually means 'going for debt reduction'](https://thekaka.substack.com/p/luxons-going-for-growth-actually)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [Who’s who in Christopher Luxon’s communications bubble](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360641160/whos-who-christopher-luxons-communications-bubble?cx%5FtestId=10&cx%5FtestVariant=cx%5F1&cx%5FartPos=3&utm%5Fsource=the%5Fpost%5Fstuff%5Fhome&utm%5Fmedium=referral#cxrecs%5Fs) (paywalled)  
David Fisher (Herald): [Shane Jones and wife Dot say she was grabbed after altercation at Auckland Airport](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/shane-jones-and-wife-dot-say-she-was-grabbed-after-altercation-at-auckland-airport/55BWCTU66RCNTLIIDIPN47YHWA/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): [Dot Jones, wife of MP Shane Jones, assaulted at Auckland Airport](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557310/dot-jones-wife-of-mp-shane-jones-assaulted-at-auckland-airport?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Dot Jones, wife of NZ First’s Shane Jones, allegedly assaulted at airport](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360642633/dot-jones-wife-nz-firsts-shane-jones-assaulted-airport?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**PARLIAMENT**  
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): [MSD and Manurewa Marae face employment case over whistleblower claims](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360638619/msd-and-manurewa-marae-face-employment-case-over-whistleblower-claims?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): [They think we are stupid](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360640688/they-think-we-are-stupid?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
No Right Turn: [Parliament’s secret “transparency” regime](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/04/parliaments-secret-transparency-regime.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): [Can you be a good local MP while in Cabinet? These politicians say yes, minister](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360638205/can-you-be-good-local-mp-while-cabinet-these-politicians-say-yes-minister?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike Houlahan (ODT): [Plain language used in explaining environmental initiatives](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/plain-language-used-explaining-environmental-initiatives?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Sunday Star Times): [Once a Labour stronghold, Mount Roskill set for ‘competitive’ race in 2026](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360639291/once-labour-stronghold-mount-roskill-set-competitive-race-2026?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
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Steven Cowan: [The Green Party can expect the attacks to continue](https://nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-green-party-can-expect-attacks-to.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): [The Secret Diary of .. the Benjamin Doyle affair](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/05/the-secret-diary-of-the-benjamin-doyle-affair/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): [Benjamin Doyle’s bookcase](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/07/benjamin-doyles-bookcase/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ani O’Brien (Herald): [Why I shared Benjamin Doyle’s screenshots and why I am furious at the Greens](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/why-i-shared-benjamin-doyles-screenshots-and-why-i-am-furious-at-the-greens-ani-obrien/QHMJHB4Z7NAUNGOJQGBDVIJHJU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Stuff: [Unclear when Green MP Benjamin Doyle will return to Parliament](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360642693/unclear-when-green-mp-benjamin-doyle-will-return-parliament?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robert MacCulloch: [The Prize for "Biggest Green-washers" in NZ goes to .. The Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/the-prize-for-biggest-green-washers-in-nz-goes-to-the-green-party-of-aotearoa-new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news)  
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Phil Smith (RNZ): [Behind the door at a parliamentary privilege hearing](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557299/behind-the-door-at-a-parliamentary-privilege-hearing?ref=goodoil.news)  
Anna Whyte (Post): [How powerful is Parliament’s Privileges Committee?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360639211/how-powerful-parliaments-privileges-committee?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
1News: [Q+A: Tiriti activist pressed for details on Māori Parliament proposal](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/06/tiriti-activist-pressed-for-details-on-maori-parliament-proposal/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): [Mariameno Kapa-Kingi: Being our strongest Māori selves](https://e-tangata.co.nz/korero/mariameno-kapa-kingi-being-our-strongest-maori-selves/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
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RNZ: [Labour, Te Pāti Māori lose ground - April Taxpayers Union-Curia poll](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557194/labour-te-pati-maori-lose-ground-april-taxpayers-union-curia-poll?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Coalition back on track in polling after months behind Labour](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/coalition-back-on-track-after-months-behind-labour/MCUS77CB7JENVPDI2TXXZY7EIQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stuff: [Coalition holds on to power in latest political poll](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360641261/coalition-holds-power-latest-political-poll?ref=goodoil.news)  
Kelly Dennett (Post): [ACT, NZ First gain support in latest poll, National static](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360641268/act-nz-first-gain-support-latest-poll-national-static?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE**  
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Trump tariffs weigh on NZ’s value and values](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/04/trump-tariffs-weigh-on-nzs-value-and-values/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Luke Malpass (Post): [Todd McClay after ‘Liberation Day’: there might be benefits for NZ](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360641722/todd-mcclay-after-liberation-day-there-might-be-benefits-nz?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): [If it walks like a penguin, and talks like a penguin…](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/04/if-it-walks-like-a-penguin-and-talks-like-a-penguin/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Craig Renney: [Tariffs hurt – because we let them hurt](https://craigrenney.substack.com/p/tariffs-hurt-because-we-let-them)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [As tough new tariff reality dawns, New Zealand needs to hold its nerve](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/liam-dann-as-tough-new-tariff-reality-dawns-new-zealand-needs-to-hold-its-nerve/AYVM74JCARDKZD3KL7UXBXRYSQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Eric Crampton (Post): [Tariffs, AI, and the certainty of volatility](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360640629/tariffs-ai-and-certainty-volatility?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): [Time for NZ to take charge in trade leadership](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/economy/time-for-nz-to-take-charge-in-trade-leadership-fran-osullivan/JJBKD3MU2ZHTNM43LCKIOSYATI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dan Brunskill (Interest): [Trade war, but make it stupid](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/132717/united-states%E2%80%99-crudely-calculated-tariffs-were-not-reciprocal-and-risk-fracturing?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New club of countries to emerge from Trump tariff turmoil - economist](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557262/new-club-of-countries-to-emerge-from-trump-tariff-turmoil-economist?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brad Olsen (Post): [Trump tariff spells trouble for New Zealand – and the world](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360639671/trump-tariff-spells-trouble-new-zealand-and-world?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Russell Palmer (RNZ): [Trump tariffs: Trade Minister Todd McClay gets clarification on how the United States' new regime will work](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557186/trump-tariffs-trade-minister-todd-mcclay-gets-clarification-on-how-the-united-states-new-regime-will-work?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [Sour Grapes With Much At Steak](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/sour-grapes-with-much-at-steak)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ['Clearly markets didn't expect this': Tariffs and Kiwisaver](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557198/clearly-markets-didn-t-expect-this-tariffs-and-kiwisaver?ref=goodoil.news)  
Robert MacCulloch: [Its official (according to the best NZ estimates): Trump's Tariffs will boost NZ's GDP](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/its-official-according-to-the-best-nz-estimates-trump-s-tariffs-will-boost-nz-s-gdp-thank-goodne?ref=goodoil.news)  
Monique Steele (RNZ): [NZ timber exports immune from Trump tariff hit](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557201/nz-timber-exports-immune-from-trump-tariff-hit?ref=goodoil.news)  
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): [The NZ product exempt from new US tariffs – for now](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/primary-sector/the-nz-product-exempt-from-new-us-tariffs-for-now?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Victor Billot (Newsroom): [An Ode to .. King Lux](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/06/an-ode-to-king-lux/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Suzannah Jessep (Newsroom): [Common ground with India in turbulent times](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/04/finding-common-ground-with-india-in-turbulent-times/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ENVIRONMENT, FAST-TRACK, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, RMA**  
Michael Morrah (Herald): [Environmentalists claim footage shows coral destruction caused by NZ fishing vessels](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/environmentalists-claim-footage-shows-coral-destruction-caused-by-nz-fishing-vessels/C3LEQDFNLZBH7MGRZSDYJWJTBQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Pine planting: Ministers 'dreaming' about amount of suitable land, say green groups](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/environment/557353/pine-planting-ministers-dreaming-about-amount-of-suitable-land-say-green-groups?ref=goodoil.news)  
John Drummond (ODT): [New Zealand’s climate credibility is going down the plughole](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/new-zealand%E2%80%99s-climate-credibility-going-down-plughole?ref=goodoil.news)  
Brian Easton (Pundit): [Resource Management And Property Rights](https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/resource-management-and-property-rights?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): [Palm kernel protesters breach security at Port Taranaki](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557314/palm-kernel-protesters-breach-security-at-port-taranaki?ref=goodoil.news)  
Joe Shaw (RNZ): [Plastic wrap producers targeted under proposed 'Green Farms' scheme](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/country/557341/plastic-wrap-producers-targeted-under-proposed-green-farms-scheme?ref=goodoil.news)  
Julie Asher (ODT): [Fast-track panel for gold mine nominated](https://www.odt.co.nz/business/fast-track-panel-gold-mine-nominated?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liz McDonald (Press): [Blame game over eel graveyard](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360642600/blame-game-over-eel-graveyard?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
David Williams (Newsroom): [Judge says there’s merit in Crown argument on water declaration](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/05/judge-says-theres-merit-in-crown-argument-on-water-declaration/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mary Williams (ODT): [Ngai Tahu water rights under scrutiny](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/ngai-tahu-water-rights-under-scrutiny?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Caroline Williams (Stuff): [Majority of Auckland beaches marked unsafe for swimming after month’s worth of rain](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360642371/majority-auckland-beaches-marked-unsafe-swimming-after-months-worth-rain?ref=goodoil.news)  
Michael Neilson (Spinoff): [Where does your recycling end up – and who bears the brunt of ‘waste colonialism’?](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/07-04-2025/where-does-your-recycling-end-up-and-who-bears-the-brunt-of-waste-colonialism?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Q+A: Farmers at crossroads as Parliament considers gene technology legislation](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/06/farmers-at-crossroads-as-parliament-considers-gene-technology-legislation/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): [The worrying circumstance in which barn eggs can be sold as ‘free-range’](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/01/regulator-to-exercise-discretion-over-free-range-label-in-a-bird-flu-outbreak/?ref=goodoil.news)  
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [Canterbury farmers ask MPs to cut red tape](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/557277/canterbury-farmers-ask-mps-to-cut-red-tape?ref=goodoil.news)  
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): [Mata: Episode 6: Green MP Hūhana Lyndon on taking on the Public Works Act](https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/mata-with-mihingarangi-forbes/story/2018981572/mata-season-3-episode-6-green-mp-huhana-lyndon-on-taking-on-the-public-works-act?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HEALTH**  
Nicholas Jones (Stuff): [Heart surgery delays costing lives, doctors warn: ‘Te Whatu Ora is a shambles’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360638431/heart-surgery-delays-costing-lives-doctors-warn-te-whatu-ora-shambles?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Thomas (Post): [A stocktake of NZ’s health agencies, from an outgoing health reporter](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360638256/stocktake-nzs-health-agencies-outgoing-health-reporter?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rachel Thomas and Mariné Lourens (Post): [The patients waiting at least three years for surgery in a healthcare crunch](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360637651/patients-waiting-least-three-years-treatment-healthcare-crunch?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Benjamin Plummer (Herald): [Girl, 11, mistaken as woman: Director of Mental Health launches probe after child restrained, injected with antipsychotics](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/girl-11-mistaken-as-woman-director-of-mental-health-launches-probe-after-child-restrained-injected-with-antipsychotics/J5Z76CWFBNDIJEV7G3HKTGGL2M/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Hospital's faulty pipe upgrade marked as complete, when it wasn't](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557145/hospital-s-faulty-pipe-upgrade-marked-as-complete-when-it-wasn-t?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Man with cerebal palsy can't get diagnostic scan due to radiology staff shortages](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557352/man-with-cerebal-palsy-can-t-get-diagnostic-scan-due-to-radiology-staff-shortages?ref=goodoil.news)  
ODT Editorial: [Rural health woes](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/rural-health-woes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
John Lewis (ODT): [Pressure cooker for rural GPs](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/pressure-cooker-rural-gps?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Ward staff assaulted: allegation](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/ward-staff-assaulted-allegation?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Petition supporting change to volunteer firefighters ACC eligibility reaches 30,000](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557329/petition-supporting-change-to-volunteer-firefighters-acc-eligibility-reaches-30-000?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ): [Flu season comes early as record high cases sparks warning](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557260/flu-season-comes-early-as-record-high-cases-sparks-warning?ref=goodoil.news)  
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Why midwives won’t support a bill for increased postnatal care](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/07-04-2025/why-midwives-wont-support-a-bill-for-increased-postnatal-care?ref=goodoil.news)  
Arena Williams, Stuart Smith (Stuff): [Health plans must do what is best for New Zealanders](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360641080/stuart-smith-health-plans-must-do-what-best-new-zealanders?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Andrews (RNZ): [Is whakapapa the answer to better health treatment?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/557203/is-whakapapa-the-answer-to-better-health-treatment?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: ['It's timely now' - HIV self-tests to be available at pharmacies](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557202/it-s-timely-now-hiv-self-tests-to-be-available-at-pharmacies?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Easier access to long-acting contraceptives proposed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557171/easier-access-to-long-acting-contraceptives-proposed?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**JUSTICE, POLICE**  
Derek Cheng (Herald): [The Government has had enough of ‘lenient’ sentences - it has the previous National Government to thank for enabling them](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/the-government-has-had-enough-of-lenient-sentences-it-has-the-previous-national-government-to-thank-for-enabling-them/24EEZQL6LVHEFLG4Y3QYGRAFZE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Amy Williams (RNZ): [Family Court changes: Politicians have little knowledge of 'buried' report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557364/family-court-changes-politicians-have-little-knowledge-of-buried-report?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Review of emergency call systems remains inconclusive three years on](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557285/review-of-emergency-call-systems-remains-inconclusive-three-years-on?ref=goodoil.news)  
Roger Brooking (Listener): [Criminologist: Tamatha Paul should be commended, not criticised](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/opinion/criminologist-tamatha-paul-should-be-commended-not-criticised/ZVLTSWPWHNANRHNU25A5H46WNI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
John Weekes (Herald): [Public Defence Service job cut proposal raises concerns about miscarriages of justice](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/public-defence-service-job-cut-proposal-raises-concerns-about-miscarriages-of-justice/LN4DZ6VTDRH7VALS22AKDPAHS4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Anneke Smith (RNZ): [New laws needed for high-risk offenders, Law Commission says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557167/new-laws-needed-for-high-risk-offenders-law-commission-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Post: [More ‘humane’ regime for high-risk offenders mooted](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360641003/widespread-change-suggested-managing-high-risk-sex-offenders?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Mike White (Sunday Star Times): Steven Wallace’s controversial shooting goes to UN after 25 years  
Deborah Morris (Post): [New law and systems in train to prevent litigation abuse](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360640854/new-law-and-systems-train-prevent-litigation-abuse?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Neil Sands (Law News): [Complaint to Chief Justice, Attorney-General about use of karakia in court](https://lawnews.nz/courts/complaint-to-chief-justice-attorney-general-about-use-of-karakia-in-court/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Gill South (Stuff): [AI is like having a high-performing junior lawyer, says a leading barrister](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360641260/ai-having-high-performing-junior-lawyer-says-leading-barrister?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL**  
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Rejected but not dejected - has the Treaty Principles Bill been successful?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360641538/analysis-rejected-not-dejected-has-treaty-principles-bill-been-successful?ref=goodoil.news)  
Julia Gabel (Herald): [Minister celebrates defeat of Treaty Principles Bill, another urges Māori to accept ‘trade offs’ of economic development](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/cremation-day-govt-minister-celebrates-defeat-of-treaty-principles-bill/JIETFKJL6ZAZFN24SUAKTJYQ24/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Christopher Luxon should vote down the Treaty Principles Bill in person](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/thomas-coughlan-christopher-luxon-should-vote-down-the-treaty-principles-bill-in-person/24SM6GWSJFEPNCAIRRFCY3GDVY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Giles Dexter (RNZ): [Justice Select committee calls for Treaty Principles Bill to be scrapped](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557166/justice-select-committee-calls-for-treaty-principles-bill-to-be-scrapped?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Treaty Principles Bill: Justice select committee reports back with public submissions overwhelmingly opposed](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/treaty-principles-bill-justice-select-committee-reports-back-with-public-submissions-overwhelmingly-opposed/M4OMMPBYNBDO3EA5LIKCGJRKCQ/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Phil Smith (RNZ): [The House: The parliamentary processes behind the missing submissions story](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557207/the-parliamentary-processes-behind-the-missing-submissions-story?ref=goodoil.news)  
Duncan Garner (Listener): [Ban them! Te Pāti Māori’s one-fingered salute to New Zealand](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/opinion/duncan-garner-ban-them-te-pati-maoris-one-fingered-salute-to-new-zealand/M7K5GBXKW5CDRENKO3LOHRTY5I/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): [Select committee recommends scrapping Treaty principles bill amid huge opposition](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/04-04-2025/select-committee-recommends-scrapping-treaty-principles-bill-after-overwhelming-public-opposition?ref=goodoil.news)  
No Right Turn: [The people have spoken](http://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-people-have-spoken.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jessica Hopkins (RNZ): [Te Tiriti o Waitangi lawyer unsurprised most submissions oppose Treaty Principles Bill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557234/te-tiriti-o-waitangi-lawyer-unsurprised-most-submissions-oppose-treaty-principles-bill?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**MANAWANUI SINKING, DEFENCE**  
RNZ: [Crew on Manawanui during sinking were under-trained, ship not up to task - report](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557180/crew-on-manawanui-during-sinking-were-under-trained-ship-not-up-to-task-report?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [Transcript: What happened when the Manawanui Navy ship grounded off Samoa](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557191/transcript-what-happened-when-the-manawanui-navy-ship-grounded-off-samoa?ref=goodoil.news)  
Corazon Miller (1News): [Manawanui sinking: Final report points to a 'series of human errors'](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/04/manawanui-sinking-final-report-points-to-a-series-of-human-errors/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): [‘This cannot happen again’: How Judith Collins reacted to Manawanui findings](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360641269/court-inquiry-series-human-errors-autopilot-caused-manawanui-sinking?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): [NZDF removes entry requirements in bid to boost numbers](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557355/nzdf-removes-entry-requirements-in-bid-to-boost-numbers?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**SUPERMARKETS, BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT**  
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): [Can Nicola Willis succeed in breaking supermarket duopoly?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/danyl-mclauchlan-can-nicola-willis-succeed-in-breaking-supermarket-duopoly/ABLCR3POQNB4HGU2FKP4TGI27U/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Steven Joyce (Herald): [Supermarkets should front-foot a break-up before legislators arrive](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/retail/supermarkets-should-front-foot-a-break-up-before-legislators-arrive-steven-joyce/BFQCFX5ZTJGOPO4WWLMAA66SDQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [FMA takes case against IAG for overcharging consumers](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557151/fma-takes-case-against-iag-for-overcharging-consumers?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): [FMA files civil case after IAG admits misleading on pricing](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/civil-proceedings-filed-after-iag-admits-historic-breaches/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Aerospace Centre puts forth business case to government](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557127/aerospace-centre-puts-forth-business-case-to-government?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): [2degrees fined $325,000 over misleading roaming claims](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557071/2degrees-fined-325-000-over-misleading-roaming-claims?ref=goodoil.news)  
RNZ: [New Zealanders stand by ethical investment](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557354/new-zealanders-stand-by-ethical-investment?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Post): [KiwiSaver ethical expectations survive ‘anti-woke’ backlash](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360641616/nz-ethical-investment-expectations-survive-anti-woke-backlash?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Dougal Sutherland and Amanda Wallis (Post): [A major productivity problem: Presenteeism](https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/business/360642608/major-productivity-problem-presenteeism?lid=xi4yj8ftw8rk&utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=press%5Fwday%5F20250407) (paywalled)  
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): [On The Money: Car envy, notable sightings, hat dilemmas and more](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/on-the-money/on-the-money-car-envy-notable-sightings-hat-dilemmas-and-more?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
  
**HEALTH AND SAFETY LAWS**  
Max Rashbrooke (Post): [Rearranging the road cones while workers are dying weekly](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360640912/rearranging-road-cones-while-workers-are-dying-weekly?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Work safety expert critical of Minister Brooke van Velden's workplace 'myths'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557206/work-safety-expert-critical-of-minister-brooke-van-velden-s-workplace-myths?ref=goodoil.news)  
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [Road cone tattle line won’t help, say traffic bosses](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/03/road-cone-tattle-line-wont-help-say-traffic-bosses/?ref=goodoil.news)  
1News: [Company fined for 'conveyor belt death-trap' that killed worker](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/04/company-fined-for-conveyor-belt-death-trap-that-killed-worker/?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**HOUSING**  
Ben Leahy (Herald): [Kāinga Ora’s half-billion-dollar state home sell-off excites developers](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/kainga-oras-half-billion-dollar-state-home-sell-off-excites-developers/IQIERRRH6JEGPOPKE3WA4CDBQM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Adam Pearse (Herald): [Larger granny flats to be built without consents after Govt changes coalition promise](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/larger-granny-flats-to-be-built-without-consents-after-govt-changes-coalition-promise/34MFXN4NYNHT7CVRUQYSINKZ2I/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Government to allow bigger granny flats to be built without consents](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557271/government-to-allow-bigger-granny-flats-to-be-built-without-consents?ref=goodoil.news)  
Felix Walton (RNZ): [New granny flat policy will boost NZ housing, property investors' group says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557313/new-granny-flat-policy-will-boost-nz-housing-property-investors-group-says?ref=goodoil.news)  
Ben Leahy (Stuff): [Auckland’s Ōrewa in Government’s Fast-track Approval Bill for 1250 new homes](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/aucklands-orewa-in-governments-fast-track-approval-bill-for-1250-new-homes/6XXMSKZYJZFGZEVAONBRAEDGIU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Shilpy Arora Gaikwad (Stuff): [Loud music, violence and break-ins: Woman recounts horror of living with ‘neighbours from hell’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360637385/loud-music-violence-and-break-ins-woman-recounts-horror-living-neighbours-hell?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**TRANSPORT**  
Phil Pennington (RNZ): [Auckland council wants changes to parliamentary congestion charging bill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557258/auckland-council-wants-changes-to-parliamentary-congestion-charging-bill?ref=goodoil.news)  
Nick James (RNZ): [Wellington mayor plans fight against speed limit changes](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557261/wellington-mayor-plans-fight-against-speed-limit-changes?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Hunt (Post): [Beehive vs Wellington City Council in speed limit standoff](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360642499/beehive-vs-wellington-city-council-speed-limit-power-struggle?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
RNZ: [Cost of Lower Hutt's Riverlink project doubles to $1.5 billion](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557150/cost-of-lower-hutt-s-riverlink-project-doubles-to-1-point-5-billion?ref=goodoil.news)  
Justin Wong (Post): [Melling Interchange to begin this year as part of now $1.5b RiverLink project](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360640579/work-upgrade-melling-intersection-start-year?ref=goodoil.news)  
Emma Stanford (Stuff): [The domestic flight routes most likely to be cancelled](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360640901/domestic-flight-routes-most-likely-be-cancelled?ref=goodoil.news)  
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): [Palmerston North street 'no longer a viable option as a key response route'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557357/palmerston-north-street-no-longer-a-viable-option-as-a-key-response-route?ref=goodoil.news)  
Karl du Fresne: [My war with the NZTA: Part Deux](https://karldufresne.blogspot.com/2025/04/my-war-with-nzta-part-deux.html?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING**  
Dennis Wesselbaum and Ronald Peeters (The Conversation): [5 years on from its first COVID lockdown, NZ faces hard economic choices – but rebuilding trust must come first](https://theconversation.com/5-years-on-from-its-first-covid-lockdown-nz-faces-hard-economic-choices-but-rebuilding-trust-must-come-first-252478?ref=goodoil.news)  
Rob Stock (Stuff): [Shame and blame experienced by ‘Generation Debt’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360642246/shame-and-blame-experienced-generation-debt?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [The JobSeeker on a benefit for 40 years](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557165/the-jobseeker-on-a-benefit-for-40-years?ref=goodoil.news)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Are rates bills forcing pensioners out?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557263/are-rates-bills-forcing-pensioners-out-ask-susan?ref=goodoil.news)  
Good Ideas: [Should the over-65s face a higher tax rate?](https://goodideasnz.substack.com/p/should-the-over-65s-face-a-higher) (paywalled)  
David Hargreaves (Interest): [It's a strange world when about the only predictable thing is an OCR cut](https://www.interest.co.nz/economy/132597/theres-upheaval-inside-reserve-bank-theres-upheaval-outside-reserve-bank-well-still?ref=goodoil.news)  
Liam Dann (Herald): [OCR Preview: Amid tariff turmoil, will the Reserve Bank cut again?](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/ocr-preview-amidst-tariff-turmoil-will-the-rbnz-cut-again/NS3DYJZQOREZ7NU3CNVQIDTIUY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Savers weighing up their options as term deposit rates fall](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557317/savers-weighing-up-their-options-as-term-deposit-rates-fall?ref=goodoil.news)  
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [‘If the number has a four, take it’ ‒ advice as further OCR cut looms](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360638417/interest-rate-cut-025-baked-wednesday-economists-believe?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Rob Stock (Post): [Time for NZ to revisit 400-year-old charitable purposes, tax experts say](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360637341/time-nz-revisit-400-year-old-charitable-purposes-tax-experts-say?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Terry Baucher (Interest): [The New Zealand Tax Podcast - The United Nations enters the tax chat; concerns over rising GST debt](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/132720/new-zealand-tax-podcast-united-nations-enters-tax-chat-concerns-over-rising?ref=goodoil.news)  
  
**SOCIAL MEDIA, MEDIA**  
1News: [Q+A: 'Ruining civilisation' - Labour's David Parker on social platforms](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/04/06/ruining-civilisation-labours-david-parker-on-social-platforms/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald Editorial: [We are losing the battle to protect our kids from online harms](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/we-are-losing-the-battle-to-protect-our-kids-from-online-harms-editorial/5IBJQWE6YBGYPMYRJ7G6I5LBVU/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): [The Detail: The New Zealand institution heralding change](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/04/07/the-new-zealand-institution-heralding-change/?ref=goodoil.news)  
Colin Peacock (RNZ): [Mediawatch: Offshore drift of ad revenue continues mostly unreported](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557312/mediawatch-offshore-drift-of-ad-revenue-continues-mostly-unreported?ref=goodoil.news)  
NBR: [Grenon 'may not have been in compliance’ on NZME share buys](https://www.nbr.co.nz/investment/grenon-may-not-have-been-in-compliance-on-nzme-share-buys/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
BusinessDesk: T[akeovers Panel will meet on NZME issue](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/takeovers-panel-will-meet-on-nzme-issue?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Shayne Currie (Herald): [Sky TV’s new satellite - the three regions where some customers need extra help, including possible new dishes](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-sky-tvs-new-satellite-the-three-regions-where-some-customers-need-extra-help-including-possible-new-dishes/RO73P3MNGVA2XF4ZMZNGYBKH3U/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)  
Simon Robertson (BusinessDesk): [Sky TV and the prisoners’ dilemma](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/markets/sky-tv-and-the-prisoners-dilemma?ref=goodoil.news)  
Herald Editorial: [On The Up: NZME campaign for a better today and better tomorrow](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/on-the-up-nzme-campaign-for-a-better-today-and-better-tomorrow-editorial/RO5VCI7B6FBLTEQ3JOUZJVDHBA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled)

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