> ## 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: 9 June 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/news-briefing-9-june-2025/ - Published: 2025-06-08T20:01:33.000Z - Updated: 2025-06-08T20:14:26.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **TE PĀTI MĀORI** 1News: Q+A: [Te Pāti Māori won't put off potential Labour voters - Jackson](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/08/te-pati-maori-wont-put-off-potential-labour-voters-jackson/?ref=goodoil.news) Jamie Ensor (Herald): [Labour’s Willie Jackson doesn’t want a ‘war with the Māori Party’](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/labours-willie-jackson-doesnt-want-a-war-with-the-maori-party/L5SRDDASCRHL3NMEKCBQAN6HPA/?ref=goodoil.news) Craig McCulloch (RNZ): [Te Pāti Māori haka: A balancing act for Labour as National seeks end to controversy](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563277/te-pati-maori-haka-a-balancing-act-for-labour-as-national-seeks-end-to-controversy?ref=goodoil.news) Giles Dexter (RNZ): [Suspended Te Pāti Māori MPs to embark on national tour](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563318/suspended-te-pati-maori-mps-to-embark-on-national-tour?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer on the longest suspension in Parliament](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563391/te-pati-maori-co-leader-debbie-ngarewa-packer-on-the-longest-suspension-in-parliament?ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): [Was the Māori Party haka suspension justified, or a ‘racist mischaracterisation’?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714790/analysis-was-maori-party-haka-suspension-justified-or-racist-mischaracterisation?ref=goodoil.news) Post Editorial: [The absurdity of the haka debate](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360715182/absurdity-haka-debate?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [Opposition calls for tikanga committee following haka debate](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/06/opposition-calls-for-tikanga-committee-following-haka-debate/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: ['Sad day in Parliament': Winston Peters on Te Pāti Māori suspension debate](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563258/sad-day-in-parliament-winston-peters-on-te-pati-maori-suspension-debate?ref=goodoil.news) Louis Collins (RNZ): [The House: A sentencing hearing in Parliament](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thehouse/563423/the-house-a-sentencing-hearing-in-parliament?ref=goodoil.news) **PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR** 1News: [Q+A: The one prominent billboard turning heads in the Beehive](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/08/the-one-prominent-billboard-turning-heads-in-the-beehive/?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Manch (Post): [Ardern the empathic, Luxon the punisher: how the political vibe has shifted](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360712501/ardern-empathic-luxon-punisher-how-political-vibe-has-shifted?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Thomas Coughlan (Herald): [Polls show Government suffers minimal political damage from pay equity shock](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/polls-show-government-suffers-minimal-political-damage-from-pay-equity-shock-thomas-coughlan/UAQNHDMIHBHO7EUYHYPWTF44O4/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Audrey Young (Herald): [Seymour on Māori funding: Need over race in Government policy shift](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/seymour-on-maori-funding-need-over-race-in-government-policy-shift/B2XQKOESONBGRLCTER5EORFD7U/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Vernon Small (Post): [No winners and plenty of distractions amid very long week in politics](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360714650/no-winners-and-plenty-distractions-amid-very-long-week-politics?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chelsea Daniels (Herald): [Front Page: The latest in politics: Luxon’s aide scandal and the chaos of Te Pāti Māori’s suspensions](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/luxons-aide-scandal-and-the-chaos-of-te-pati-maoris-suspensions-the-front-page/GC2OPG7QD5DQ7BPJHIE6THOQVM/?ref=goodoil.news) Brent Edwards (NBR): [The haka (again), polling support, a sex scandal, WorkSafe](https://www.nbr.co.nz/beehive-banter/the-haka-again-polling-support-a-sex-scandal-and-worksafe/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) James Nokise (Post): [Parliament, poor behaviour, and some petulant punishment](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360715304/parliament-poor-behaviour-and-some-petulant-punishment?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phil Smith (RNZ): [The House: Parliamentary week achieves two out of three goals](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563332/the-house-parliamentary-week-achieves-two-out-of-three-goals?ref=goodoil.news) Harriette Boucher (Stuff): [David Seymour debated at the prestigious Oxford Union, and lost. Here’s what happened](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360715257/david-seymour-debated-prestigious-oxford-union-and-lost-heres-what-happened?ref=goodoil.news) Victor Billot (Newsroom): [An Ode to .. Chris Bishop](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/08/an-ode-to-chris-bishop-2/?ref=goodoil.news) Lloyd Burr (Stuff): [The ‘sausage eater’ request of Winston Peters, and the response that ‘lacked mustard’](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360714940/sausage-eater-request-winston-peters-and-response-lacked-mustard?ref=goodoil.news) **REGULATORY STANDARDS BILL** Brian Easton (Pundit): [Taking Economics](https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/taking-economics?ref=goodoil.news) Melanie Nelson: [Economist Geoff Bertram: What the Regulatory Standards Bill Reveals About the Future of Government](https://melanienelson.substack.com/p/geoff-bertram-what-the-regulatory) Catherine Knight: [Have you submitted on the 'dull but dangerous' Regulatory Standards Bill?](https://anuncommonland.substack.com/p/have-you-submitted-on-the-dull-but) Ben Thomas (Post): [Some legacy objectives achieved, but a key one may remain a hostage to fortune](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360715435/some-legacy-objectives-achieved-key-one-may-remain-hostage-fortune?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **MICHAEL FORBES ALLEGATIONS** Tracy Watkins (Post): [Press secretary scandal a wake-up call for security agencies](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360714870/press-secretary-scandal-wake-call-security-agencies?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Paula Penfold (Stuff): [Anatomy of a scandal: Why frustrated sex workers went public about Michael Forbes](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360715727/anatomy-scandal-why-frustrated-sex-workers-went-public-about-michael-forbes?ref=goodoil.news) Paula Penfold (Stuff): [What was on Michael Forbes’ phones and why does it matter?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360715540/what-was-michael-forbes-phones-and-why-does-it-matter?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Post): [Is covert photography legal? Parliamentarians, advocates mull law change](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360714563/covert-photography-legal-parliamentarians-advocates-mull-law-change?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jo Adetunji (Herald): [Resignation of PM’s staffer Michael Forbes highlights gaps in law on covert recording and harassment](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/resignation-of-pms-staffer-michael-forbes-highlights-gaps-in-law-on-covert-recording-and-harassment/VX35R3ZYH5HA3BYU52DZ575PTM/?ref=goodoil.news) **WORKPLACE SAFETY, MENTAL HEALTH** Rebecca Macfie (Newsroom): [History’s verdict is already in on van Velden’s safety reforms](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/09/historys-verdict-is-already-in-on-van-veldens-safety-reforms/?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: [Q+A: Full Q+A interview: Van Velden grilled on WorkSafe reforms, pay equity](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/08/full-qa-interview-van-velden-grilled-on-worksafe-reforms-pay-equity/?ref=goodoil.news) Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): [Sector leader urges overhaul as builders face mental health crisis: 'You can't scale chaos'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/563438/sector-leader-urges-overhaul-as-builders-face-mental-health-crisis-you-can-t-scale-chaos?ref=goodoil.news) **BUSINESS** ODT Editorial: [Slow supermarket competition progress](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/slow-supermarket-competition-progress?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald Editorial: [Time to take action over supermarket competition](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/time-to-take-action-over-supermarket-competition-editorial/MA2AMPYZMJGOFBRBT5TFGGFDSA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Stock (Post): [A Q+A, after a big week, for NZ’s grocery commissioner](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360712717/qa-after-big-week-nzs-grocery-commissioner?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Roger Partridge: [A Straightforward Guide to Film Subsidies (Or Why Hollywood Gets Welfare and GPs Get an Apology)](https://rogerpartridge.substack.com/p/a-straightforward-guide-to-film-subsidies) Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk):[On the Money: Peter Beck, Miss Takes, Adrian Orr in the wild, and more](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/on-the-money/on-the-money-peter-beck-miss-takes-adrian-orr-in-the-wild-and-more?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Stock (Post): [A decade of disappointment: The grim, costly saga of the NZ International Convention Centre](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360714622/decade-disappointment-grim-costly-saga-nz-international-convention-centre?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Jeffrey Halley (RNZ): [SkyCity sues Fletcher over delays in completing Auckland's convention centre](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/563268/skycity-sues-fletcher-over-delays-in-completing-auckland-s-convention-centre?ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [SkyCity Entertainment Group suing Fletcher Building for $330m over NZICC](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/property/skycity-entertainment-group-suing-fletcher-building-for-330m-over-nzicc/I5GMVNL7UJHLDBE5J43IF66R6I/?ref=goodoil.news) NBR: [SkyCity to sue Fletcher for $330m over NZICC delay](https://www.nbr.co.nz/investment/skycity-to-sue-fletcher-for-330m-over-nzicc-delay/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **DEFENCE, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE** Warren Thomson (Press/Post): [Implications for NZ from Rocket Lab’s military work go undebated](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360714753/implications-nz-rocket-labs-military-work-go-undebated?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bridie Witton (Stuff): [‘This is diplomacy’: Winston Peters on trade wars and coalition dynamics](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360714879/diplomacy-winston-peters-trade-wars-and-coalition-dynamics?ref=goodoil.news) Phil Pennington (RNZ): [New Zealand Defence Force using US Army wargame simulation software DATE](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563405/new-zealand-defence-force-using-us-army-wargame-simulation-software-date?ref=goodoil.news) Teuila Fuatai (RNZ): [Poor countries set to pay $22billion for China debt](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/563151/poor-countries-set-to-pay-22billion-for-china-debt?ref=goodoil.news) **IMMIGRATION** Giles Dexter (RNZ): [Migrant communities celebrate parent visa, amid concerns it'll lock many out](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563470/migrant-communities-celebrate-parent-visa-amid-concerns-it-ll-lock-many-out?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Stuff): [What exactly is the new ‘Parent Boost’ visa?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360716268/what-exactly-new-parent-boost-visa?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: ['Parent boost' visa offers five-year access for migrant families](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/08/parent-boost-visa-offers-five-year-access-for-migrant-families/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Government announces new 'Parent Boost' visa to bring families together](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563450/government-announces-new-parent-boost-visa-to-bring-families-together?ref=goodoil.news) Anna Whyte (Stuff): [‘Parent Boost’ visa begins in September](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360716107/parent-boost-visa-begins-september?ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Immigration NZ alerted to child smuggling, families adopting more than 10 kids](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563490/immigration-nz-alerted-to-child-smuggling-families-adopting-more-than-10-kids?ref=goodoil.news) **JACINDA ARDERN** Steve Braunias (Newsroom): [The secret memoir of .. Jacinda Ardern](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/07/the-secret-memoir-of-jacinda-ardern/?ref=goodoil.news) Philip Matthews (Aotearoa NZ Review of Books): [Will this book change the minds of the crazies?](https://www.nzreviewofbooks.com/a-different-kind-of-power-by-jacinda-ardern/?utm%5Fsource=rss&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fcampaign=a-different-kind-of-power-by-jacinda-ardern) Nevil Gibson (NBR): [Iron Ladies show their mettle](https://www.nbr.co.nz/book-review/iron-ladies-show-their-mettle/?ref=goodoil.news) Jesse Mulligan: [Behind the scenes of the Jacinda interview](https://jessemulligan.substack.com/p/behind-the-scenes-of-the-jacinda) Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): [I've struggled with the Jacinda Ardern book](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/opinion/mikes-minute-ive-struggled-with-the-jacinda-ardern-book/?ref=goodoil.news) Bob McCoskrie: [The Media’s Lovefest With Jacinda (& Her Book)](https://mcblog.substack.com/p/the-medias-lovefest-with-jacinda) The Standard: [Meta Ardern](https://thestandard.org.nz/meta-ardern/?ref=goodoil.news) **HOUSING** Timothy Welch (The Conversation): [Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense – but it’s no solution to a housing crisis](https://theconversation.com/making-it-easier-to-build-a-granny-flat-makes-sense-but-its-no-solution-to-a-housing-crisis-258185?ref=goodoil.news) Nikki Macdonald (Post): [Loafers Lodge fire: Healing the injustice](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360712202/healing-injustice?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): ['Kick in the guts': Government knocks back most of Christchurch council's housing plans](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563349/kick-in-the-guts-government-knocks-back-most-of-christchurch-council-s-housing-plans?ref=goodoil.news) Sinead Gill (Press): [‘Wasted millions of dollars’: Christchurch forced to allow housing intensification](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360715036/wasted-millions-dollars-christchurch-forced-allow-housing-intensification?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Chris Bishop rejects Christchurch City Council's intensification rules](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563315/chris-bishop-rejects-christchurch-city-council-s-intensification-rules?ref=goodoil.news) Mountain Tui: [Homelessness up by 58%](https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/homelessness-up-by-58) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT, WATER** Nicholas Jones (Stuff): [Council’s $100k spend on influencers: What a sports star earned for two Instagram videos](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714592/councils-100k-spend-influencers-what-sports-star-earned-two-instagram-videos?ref=goodoil.news) Sinead Gill (Press): [Christchurch council commits to pay equity despite law change](https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/360711023/christchurch-council-commits-pay-equity-despite-law-change?lid=4ze788e7utvj&utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=press%5Fwday%5F20250609) (paywalled) Tina Law (Press): [Supermarkets and bottle stores hit back at plans to curb alcohol sales](https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/360715974/supermarkets-and-bottle-stores-hit-back-plans-curb-alcohol-sales?lid=er0sppwd9hb2&utm%5Fsource=newsletter&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fcampaign=press%5Fwday%5F20250609) (paywalled) Peter Newport (Crux): [The three Trojan Horses designed to shift huge costs from central to local funding](https://cruxnz.substack.com/p/the-three-trojan-horses-designed) Tom Hunt (Post): [Our pipe, our torrent, not our responsibility: Wellington council declines flood payout](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360715858/our-pipe-our-torrent-not-our-responsibility-wellington-council-denies-flood-payout?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ethan Manera (Herald): [Wellington businesses paying $20,000 more in commercial rates than other cities](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellington-businesses-paying-20000-more-in-commercial-rates-than-other-cities/EOGJVSJHYNB3RGT2IP4WSTZ3GQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): [Wellington mayoral candidate admits $42m misstep over debt numbers](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360713102/wellington-mayoral-candidate-admits-42m-misstep-over-debt-numbers?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ethan Manera (Herald): [Ray Chung launches Wellington mayoral campaign](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ray-chung-launches-wellington-mayoral-campaign/2OEG22NPRNFODD44RT5RAENT5I/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Wellington mayoral hopeful Ray Chung promises to slash council jobs](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563266/wellington-mayoral-hopeful-ray-chung-promises-to-slash-council-jobs?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Post): [Former chartered accountant, progressive takes Wellington mayoral race to seven](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360715911/former-chartered-accountant-progressive-takes-wellington-mayoral-race-seven?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ): [Council chief executive warns of abuse, harassment of elected members](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563463/council-chief-executive-warns-of-abuse-harassment-of-elected-members?ref=goodoil.news) Justin Wong (Post): [Late Porirua council budget rewrite attempt ‘election year politicking’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360712384/late-porirua-council-budget-rewrite-attempt-election-year-politicking?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ruby Shaw (ODT): [Radich sets out campaign aims](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/radich-sets-out-campaign-aims?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **KIWISAVER, SUPERANNUATION** Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ): [The Detail: New Zealand's mean testing creep](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563471/new-zealand-s-mean-testing-creep?ref=goodoil.news) Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): [50 years of superannuation and still we get it wrong](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/books/danyl-mclauchlan-50-years-of-superannuation-and-still-we-get-it-wrong/L3ILWWV5SVHLNNNGBR6JAAN37A/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ross Stitt (Interest): [Danish fiscal restraint vs kiwi profligacy](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/133641/ross-stitt-says-danes-are-awake-retirement-age-issue-and-superannuation?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Stubbs (Post): [KiwiSaver reinforced as our path to prosperity, now let’s make it compulsory](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360712898/kiwisaver-reinforced-our-path-prosperity-now-lets-make-it-compulsory?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [KiwiSaver providers hope public support for contribution increases will see default rates move higher](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/563234/kiwisaver-providers-hope-public-support-for-contribution-increases-will-see-default-rates-move-higher?ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Are you missing out on your last chance for $521 of 'free money'?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/563309/are-you-missing-out-on-your-last-chance-for-521-of-free-money?ref=goodoil.news) Janine Starks (Post): [How to make the most of the recent KiwiSaver changes](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360713537/how-make-most-recent-kiwisaver-changes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **EDUCATION** Jonathan Killick (Sunday Star Times): [Parties, Pilates, private cars: State-school spending busted by auditors](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360704358/parties-pilates-private-cars-state-school-spending-busted-auditors?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Eloise Gibson (RNZ): [Auditor-General asked to look into food waste from school lunch programme](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563484/auditor-general-asked-to-look-into-food-waste-from-school-lunch-programme?ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Schools serve up their own lunches: 'We all want to keep the programme going'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563476/schools-serve-up-their-own-lunches-we-all-want-to-keep-the-programme-going?ref=goodoil.news) John Gerritsen (RNZ): [Māori, Pacific removed from extra education funding priorities](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563402/maori-pacific-removed-from-extra-education-funding-priorities?ref=goodoil.news) Hanna McCallum (Post): [More than 10,000 stand-downs in primary schools last year](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360713220/more-10000-stand-downs-primary-schools-last-year?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Emma Ricketts (Stuff): [No law schools changing their curriculum, despite removal of tikanga requirement](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360707655/no-law-schools-changing-their-curriculum-despite-removal-tikanga-requirement?ref=goodoil.news) Mohan Dutta (E-Tangata): [Why ACT’s Dr Parmar is wrong about Te Tiriti rights](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/why-acts-dr-parmar-is-wrong-about-te-tiriti-rights/?ref=goodoil.news) Eric Crampton (Newsroom): [NZ can profit from US university turmoil](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/06/nz-can-benefit-from-us-university-turmoil/?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Hospice funding crisis: Collapse of services could cost taxpayers millions](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563480/hospice-funding-crisis-collapse-of-services-could-cost-taxpayers-millions?ref=goodoil.news) Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): [New mental health co-response teams years away from being fully up and running](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360715269/new-mental-health-co-response-teams-years-away-being-fully-and-running?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stewart Sowman-Lund (Post): [‘Unethical’ vape sales questioned as disposable ban looms](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360710551/unethical-vape-sales-questioned-disposable-ban-looms?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff): [Oral nicotine pouches on the rise, despite being illegal to sell](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360713090/oral-nicotine-pouches-rise-despite-being-illegal-sell?ref=goodoil.news) Christina Persico (RNZ): [Concerns over Pasifika healthcare access in Aotearoa](https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/563255/concerns-over-pasifika-healthcare-access-in-aotearoa?ref=goodoil.news) Ruth Hill (RNZ): [Expanded Lower Hutt medical centre to cater for 'daylight hours'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/563408/expanded-lower-hutt-medical-centre-to-cater-for-daylight-hours?ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [How a health problem you don't know about could disrupt insurance](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/563422/how-a-health-problem-you-don-t-know-about-could-disrupt-insurance?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Prominent medical bodies call for release of delayed gender affirming healthcare guidelines](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/563279/prominent-medical-bodies-call-for-release-of-delayed-gender-affirming-healthcare-guidelines?ref=goodoil.news) **TRANSPORT** Justin Hu (1News): [Nationwide public transport card delayed again, minister 'concerned'](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/06/09/nationwide-public-transport-card-delayed-again-minister-concerned/?ref=goodoil.news) David Long (Stuff): [Wayne Brown ‘very disappointed’ over access to Auckland’s new Maungawhau Station station](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360714090/wayne-brown-very-disappointed-over-access-aucklands-new-maungawhau-station-station?ref=goodoil.news) Amy Ridout (Stuff): [Cycling community unites against cycleway tacker](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360703161/cycling-community-unites-against-cycleway-tacker?ref=goodoil.news) **INFRASTRUCTURE** Liu Chen (RNZ): [Call for govt action to prevent repeat of warship internet 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