> ## 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. # NZ Politics Daily: 10 December 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-10-december-2024/ - Published: 2024-12-09T19:28:11.000Z - Updated: 2024-12-09T23:33:53.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **OPINION POLLS** **Tom Day (1News):** [**Political leaders react to poll showing Te Pāti Māori rise**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/09/political-leaders-react-to-poll-showing-te-pati-maori-rise/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Support for Te Pāti Māori has surged in the latest One News Verian poll**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536141/support-for-te-pati-maori-has-surged-in-the-latest-one-news-verian-poll?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**ACT and Te Pāti Māori up in latest Taxpayers-Union Curia poll**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536132/act-and-te-pati-maori-up-in-latest-taxpayers-union-curia-poll?ref=goodoil.news) **Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff):** [**A tale of two polls**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/10-12-2024/a-tale-of-two-polls?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**New poll reveals big gains for Act, Te Pāti Māori, but National, Labour down**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/new-poll-reveals-big-gains-for-act-te-pati-maori-but-national-labour-down/XUYJZKGY7ZBARO7JONCDFIJLIQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **Sam Smith (Stuff):** [**National would not need Winston Peters to govern in latest poll**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360516245/national-would-not-need-winston-peters-govern-latest-poll?ref=goodoil.news) **BANKS** **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Government inches towards Kiwibank part-privatisation, asking KiwiSavers, local funds to invest $500m**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-inches-towards-kiwibank-part-privatisation-asking-kiwisavers-local-funds-to-invest-500m/4POMN7DT3JADRO2MWTFISSZPM4/?ref=goodoil.news) **Luke Malpass (The Post):** [**Government rides Kiwibank to the rescue - but not really**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360516318/government-rides-kiwibank-rescue-not-really?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Martien Lubberink:** [**Kiwibank partial private float: back on track or back to square one?**](https://capitalissues.co/2024/12/09/kiwibank-partial-private-float-back-on-track-or-back-to-square-one/?ref=goodoil.news) **Richard Harman (Politik):** [**How Fed Farmers is driving Willis’s campaign against the banks**](https://www.politik.co.nz/how-fed-farmers-is-driving-williss-campaign-against-the-banks/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Dan Brunskill (Interest):** [**Govt instructs Kiwibank to raise $500m in private capital**](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/131172/kiwibank-gets-green-light-raise-500-million-private-investors-ahead-possible-initial?ref=goodoil.news) **Brent Edwards (NBR):** [**Government prompts Kiwibank to try raise $500m**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/deals/government-acting-on-commerce-commission-advice-on-banking-sector/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Gareth Vaughan (Interest):** [**Which bank is John Small's recalcitrant one?**](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/131113/interestconz-goes-search-commerce-commission-chairman-john-smalls-recalcitrant-bank?ref=goodoil.news) **Lawfuel:** [**Holding The New Zealand banks to account – Why a legal game changer will change the way banks behave**](https://www.lawfuel.com/holding-the-new-zealand-banks-to-account-why-a-legal-game-changer-will-change-the-way-banks-behave/?ref=goodoil.news) **Lachlan Colquhoun (NBR):** [**ANZ goes outside of the bank for Shayne Elliott’s successor**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/investment/anz-goes-outside-of-the-bank-for-shayne-elliotts-successor/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald):** [**Court gives BNZ greenlight to shut Gloriavale’s bank accounts in move that could end the community**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/banking-finance/court-gives-bnz-greenlight-to-shut-gloriavales-bank-accounts-in-move-that-could-end-the-community/6PR2E7BFYRDRJFCQRO77CJT5Y4/?ref=goodoil.news) **SOLARZERO COLLAPSE** **Sharon Brettkelly (RNZ):** [**Behind SolarZero's collapse**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/536163/behind-solarzero-s-collapse?ref=goodoil.news) **Ian Powell:** [**Changing face of capitalism: private equity threat to New Zealand economy**](https://politicalbytes.blog/2024/12/08/changing-face-of-capitalism-private-equity-threat-to-new-zealand-economy/?ref=goodoil.news) **Jonathan Milne (Newsroom):** [**Disingenuous, or careless? Pressure on Govt green bank over SolarZero collapse**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/disingenous-or-careless-pressure-on-govt-green-bank-over-solarzero-collapse/?ref=goodoil.news) **Chris Keall (Herald):** [**SolarZero collapse: What next for the industry?**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/solarzero-collapse-what-next-for-the-industry/K6Q22I55C5G3BOTAQCWKTY63XM/?ref=goodoil.news) **(Paywalled)** **MEDIA** **Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project):** [**Democracy Briefing: The Politics of NZ’s “postjournalism”**](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/democracy-briefing-the-politics-of) **Tim Murphy (Newsroom):** [**Our Media Person of the Year 2024: When a ban is an accolade**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/10/when-a-ban-is-an-accolade-our-media-person-of-the-year-2024/?ref=goodoil.news) **Gavin Ellis:** [**A glimmer of the role that newspapers should serve**](https://knightlyviews.com/a-glimmer-of-the-role-that-newspapers-should-serve/?ref=goodoil.news) **Colin Peacock (RNZ):** [**If you can't beat social media or ban it, join it?**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/mediawatch/535995/if-you-can-t-beat-social-media-or-ban-it-join-it?ref=goodoil.news) **Lloyd Burr (Stuff):** [**Explained: What happened to TV3’s massive news and current affairs archive?**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360516438/explained-what-happened-tv3s-massive-news-and-current-affairs-archive?ref=goodoil.news) **Robert MacCulloch:** [**Deloitte's Awards for the Greats of NZ Business and our non-Governmental Economics Policy Setter**](https://www.downtoearth.kiwi/post/deloitte-s-academy-awards-for-the-greats-of-nz-business-and-the-nation-s-top-economics-adviser?ref=goodoil.news) **Martyn Bradbury:** [**Spinoff sinking, Māori TV bleeding and 14 Newspapers culled – the media are dying and our democracy will be far worse for it**](https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/12/10/mediawatch-spinoff-sinking-maori-tv-bleeding-and-14-newspapers-culled-the-media-are-dying-and-our-democracy-will-be-far-worse-for-it/?ref=goodoil.news) **Bryan Bruce:** [**TVNZzzzzzzz**](https://bryanbruce.substack.com/p/tvnzzzzzzzz) **(paywalled)** **PARLIAMENT AND GOVERNMENT** **Thomas Coughlan (Herald):** [**Council of Trade Unions economist Craig Renney blocked from Treasury event**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/council-of-trade-unions-economist-craig-renney-blocked-from-treasury-event/NX6DRD5OJJHRZJSMWDVR24TLLA/?ref=goodoil.news) **Chris Trotter (Interest):** [**By any other name**](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/131151/starter-10-party-vote-%E2%80%9Csaving-planet%E2%80%9D-very-respectable-objective-writes-chris?ref=goodoil.news) **Steven Cowan:** [**The Green Party’s Green New Deal**](https://nzagainstthecurrent.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-green-partys-green-new-deal.html?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Prime Minister's new chief press secretary starts**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536094/prime-minister-s-new-chief-press-secretary-starts?ref=goodoil.news) **Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News):** [**David Seymour, Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Willie Jackson must be the 2024 Māori Politicians of the Year**](https://waateanews.com/2024/12/09/david-seymour-hana-rawhiti-maipi-clarke-and-willie-jackson-must-be-the-2024-maori-politicians-of-the-year/?ref=goodoil.news) **Elliot Crossan:** [**Should Socialists Join the NZ Labour Party? An Interview with Justine Sachs**](https://systemchange.nz/2024/12/08/should-socialists-join-nz-labour/?ref=goodoil.news) **Calida Stuart-Menteath and Hamish McNicol (NBR):** [**Ten things we learnt from Scrutiny Week**](https://www.nbr.co.nz/last-word/ten-things-we-learnt-from-scrutiny-week/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jo Moir (RNZ):** [**Review of science sector, role of prime minister's chief science advisor won't be announced until next year**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536111/review-of-science-sector-role-of-prime-minister-s-chief-science-advisor-won-t-be-announced-until-next-year?ref=goodoil.news) **INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS** **Andrea Vance (The Post):** [**Kiwis support joining Aukus tech-sharing pact, poll shows**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360515374/kiwis-support-joining-aukus-tech-sharing-pact-poll-shows?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Mick Hall:** [**NZ part of drive to 'produce and sustain warfighting capability in the Indo-Pacific'**](https://mickhall.substack.com/p/nz-part-of-drive-to-produce-and-sustain) **John Hobbs (E-tangata):** [**A more principled approach to Palestine**](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/a-more-principled-approach-to-palestine/?ref=goodoil.news) **Craig Greaves (Listener):** [**The go-between: NZ’s soft power role in global politics**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/the-go-between-nzs-soft-power-role-in-global-politics/VKQRLREW6RBB7KBR7GKXPEULBM/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tim Hurdle (The Post):** [**Facing up to an increasingly threatening and complex world**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360515382/facing-increasingly-threatening-and-complex-world?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Thomas Manch (The Post):** [**Biden's man in Wellington has some Trump advice: 'Chill out'**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360515889/bidens-man-wellington-has-some-trump-advice-chill-out?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **TREATY** **The Centrist:** [**Poll: Majority of New Zealanders support equality in Treaty debate**](https://centrist.nz/poll-majority-of-new-zealanders-support-equality-in-treaty-debate/?ref=goodoil.news) **Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News):** [**Explainer: the history and implications of the Treaty Principles Bill**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/12/09/explainer-the-history-and-implications-of-the-treaty-principles-bill/?ref=goodoil.news) **Layla Bailey-McDowell (Herald):** [**New Dame Whina Cooper clothing collection celebrates Māori land rights legacy**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/new-dame-whina-cooper-clothing-collection-celebrates-maori-land-rights-legacy/GKYC3Z6NPJFHXJWILLPRP32WKQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **The Centrist:** [**Most KCs silent on Treaty Principles Bill letter**](https://centrist.nz/most-kcs-silent-on-treaty-principles-bill-letter/?ref=goodoil.news) **Aroha Gilling (E-tangata):** [**A subtle silencing**](https://e-tangata.co.nz/reflections/a-subtle-silencing/?ref=goodoil.news) **Susan Healy, Tim McCreanor, Ray Nairn (E-tangata):** [**Hobson’s actual pledges**](https://e-tangata.co.nz/history/hobsons-actual-pledges/?ref=goodoil.news) **LAW AND ORDER** **1News:** [**Poll: Do NZers feel safer under coalition's law and order policies?**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/09/poll-do-nzers-feel-safer-under-coalitions-law-and-order-policies/?ref=goodoil.news) **Adam Pearse (Herald):** [**PM Christopher Luxon adamant bootcamp pilot not a failure, hints at changes after youths absconded**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/pm-christopher-luxon-adamant-bootcamp-pilot-not-a-failure-hints-at-changes-after-youths-absconded/37HROMIWQRFOHN7GSHUGNK3G3U/?ref=goodoil.news) **Kerre Woodham (Newstalk):** [**Prominent figures come out in support of bootcamps**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/kerre-woodham-mornings/opinion/kerre-woodham-on-where-the-bootcamps-stand-now/?ref=goodoil.news) **Mike White (Sunday Star Times):** [**Head of wrongful conviction body defends controversial appointment**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360509223/head-wrongful-conviction-body-defends-controversial-appointment?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jarrod Gilbert (Herald):** [**Inspectorate report highlights failures in New Zealand youth prison system**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/inspectorate-report-highlights-failures-in-new-zealand-youth-prison-system-jarrod-gilbert/LYF5KFBUEJFH5FCC2ZB7OJGIMQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Christine McCarthy (Newsroom):** [**Prison no place to grow up**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/08/prison-no-place-to-grow-up/?ref=goodoil.news) **ECONOMY, BUSINESS AND WORK** **RNZ:** [**Plans to reintroduce pay deductions for partial strikes**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536150/plans-to-reintroduce-pay-deductions-for-partial-strikes?ref=goodoil.news) **Dita De Boni (The Post):** [**Govt moves to let bosses dock pay for partial strikers**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360516512/govt-moves-let-bosses-dock-pay-partial-strikers?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Gerrard Eckhoff (ODT):** [**Absolute power is corrupting capitalism absolutely**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/absolute-power-corrupting-capitalism-absolutely?ref=goodoil.news) **Brianna McIlraith (Stuff):** [**The regions that performed above the rest in the September quarter**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360515747/regions-performed-above-rest-september-quarter?ref=goodoil.news) **Rob Campbell (Newsroom):** [**To call this voodoo economics is an insult to voodoo**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/to-call-this-voodoo-economics-is-an-insult-to-voodoo/?ref=goodoil.news) **Geoff Bertram (North & South):** [**Canute economics**](https://northandsouth.co.nz/2024/11/29/canute-economics/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**One in five expect holiday strain on wallet to be worse this year**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536109/one-in-five-expect-holiday-strain-on-wallet-to-be-worse-this-year?ref=goodoil.news) **INFRASTRUCTURE, FERRIES AND TRANSPORT** **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Three big issues as the future of the Interislander is set to be revealed**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360516048/three-big-issues-future-interislander-set-be-revealed?ref=goodoil.news) **Jonathan Milne (Newsroom):** [**Ferry decision: You’re gonna need a smaller boat**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/ferry-decision-youre-gonna-need-a-smaller-boat/?ref=goodoil.news) **Thomas Manch (The Post):** [**'No comment' from PM as Cook Strait ferry deadline nears**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360516327/no-comment-pm-cook-strait-ferry-deadline-nears?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **David Long (Stuff):** [**Work under harbour will help determine bridge or tunnel for Auckland crossing, minister says**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360516104/work-under-harbour-will-help-determine-bridge-or-tunnel-auckland-crossing-says-minister?ref=goodoil.news) **Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk):** [**Overlooked Wellington megatunnel could have cost $7.6 billion**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/overlooked-wellington-megatunnel-could-have-cost-76-billion?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Laura Smith (1News):** [**Regional MPs object to Air NZ cutting 'vital' Wellington flights**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/12/07/regional-mps-object-to-air-nz-cutting-vital-wellington-flights/?ref=goodoil.news) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT** **Kate MacNamara (Herald):** [**Auckland Council’s Te Puna project: $1.8m fund and land deals under scrutiny**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/auckland-councils-te-puna-project-18m-fund-and-land-deals-under-scrutiny/I6BW6R5KOVE5HGSKQFLS75TEZQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Simon Wilson (Herald):** [**Wellington’s City to Sea Bridge: Save it now!**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingtons-city-to-sea-bridge-save-it-now-simon-wilson/JHHAUR4OFRCG3C7UJESKOYWHRA/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Dave Armstrong (The Post):** [**Capital shown how to do big projects well**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360515890/capital-shown-how-do-big-projects-well?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **ODT:** [**Editorial – QLDC’s landscape failure**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/qldc%E2%80%99s-landscape-failure?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tom Hunt (The Post):** [**Free Speech Union suing Hutt City Council**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360515725/free-speech-union-suing-hutt-city-council?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Ke-Xin Li (Waikato Times):** [**‘Ratepayers of tomorrow will thank us’ - Hamilton council seeks a good deal on water**](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360515605/ratepayers-tomorrow-will-thank-us-hamilton-council-seeks-good-deal-water?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **ALCOHOL AND AUCKLAND** **Maia Ingoe (RNZ):** [**Alcohol retailers brace for earlier cut-off time in Auckland**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536131/alcohol-retailers-brace-for-earlier-cut-off-time-in-auckland?ref=goodoil.news) **Nick Smale (Herald):** [**Auckland’s new alcohol restrictions, including a 9pm supermarket cut-off: A shift in power and paradigm**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/aucklands-new-alcohol-restrictions-including-a-9pm-supermarket-cut-off-a-shift-in-power-and-paradigm/24HYCTD6MNDEBHJCAYBIYLE6LA/?ref=goodoil.news) **Gabi Lardies (Stuff):** [**When can I buy alcohol in Auckland?**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/09-12-2024/everything-you-need-to-know-about-aucklands-new-alcohol-rules?ref=goodoil.news) **Josephine Bartley (Herald):** [**Auckland’s new local alcohol policy: When and where you will be allowed to purchase**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/aucklands-new-local-alcohol-policy-when-and-where-you-will-be-allowed-to-purchase/R47G2HGUDBCXZPM2IC6EU5SRHA/?ref=goodoil.news) **Finn Blackwell (RNZ):** [**Auckland alcohol restrictions: New rules come into force**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/536052/auckland-alcohol-restrictions-new-rules-come-into-force?ref=goodoil.news) **CLIMATE CHANGE** **Eloise Gibson (RNZ):** [**Dame Patsy Reddy to chair Climate Change Commission**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536090/dame-patsy-reddy-to-chair-climate-change-commission?ref=goodoil.news) **BusinessDesk:** [**Former Governor-General Patsy Reddy to chair Climate Change Committee**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-regulation/former-governor-general-patsy-reddy-to-chair-climate-change-committee?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Sally Round (Herald):** [**Reducing methane emissions: What farmers could be using in the near future**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/reducing-methane-emissions-what-farmers-could-be-using-in-the-near-future/77RQW7ALLFCY7HTKKF5AJ3S2CY/?ref=goodoil.news) **COVID** **Peter Gluckman (BusinessDesk):** [**Covid helped polarise us: we need to fix the divisions**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/covid-helped-polarise-us-we-need-to-fix-the-divisions?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Damien Grant (Stuff):** [**New Zealand is ashamed about what happened in the Covid years**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360513485/damien-grant-new-zealand-ashamed-about-what-happened-covid-years?ref=goodoil.news) **Arena Williams, Stuart Smith (Stuff):** [**Worst policy decision ever made in NZ history**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360513069/worst-policy-decision-ever-made-nz-history?ref=goodoil.news) **GAMBLING** **Michael Guerin (Herald):** [**New Zealand racing industry secures future with new online betting laws**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/new-zealand-racing-industry-secures-future-with-new-online-betting-laws/NKYWWMIGKFDATJEYAAZOGXLLMQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Winston Peters pushes for TAB to cover online betting industry**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536031/winston-peters-pushes-for-tab-to-cover-online-betting-industry?ref=goodoil.news) **Mariné Lourens (The Post):** [**Counting the cost of gambling**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360514124/music-lights-spins-counting-cost-gambling?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **HOUSING** **RNZ:** [**Insulation standards shake up could save homes thousands, government says**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/536097/insulation-standards-shake-up-could-save-homes-thousands-government-says?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Penk unrepentant on revised savings for changes to house insulation**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536145/penk-unrepentant-on-revised-savings-for-changes-to-house-insulation?ref=goodoil.news) **Miriam Bell (The Post):** [**Government insulation changes sensible, industry says**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360515513/government-insulation-changes-sensible-industry-says?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk):** [**Govt proposes insulation standard adjustments to cut costs**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/infrastructure/govt-proposes-insulation-standard-adjustments-to-cut-costs?ref=goodoil.news) **Brianna McIlraith (Stuff):** [**Housing market on track for its flattest year in a decade**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/home-property/360515460/housing-market-track-its-flattest-year-decade?ref=goodoil.news) **MARSDEN FUND** **Fox Meyer (Newsroom):** [**Marsden Fund needed scrutiny only for the ‘silly’ projects, says Govt adviser**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/09/marsden-fund-needed-scrutiny-only-for-silly-projects/?ref=goodoil.news) **Richard Easther (Interest):** [**The Marsden Fund already provides economic returns, so don't break what isn't broken**](https://www.interest.co.nz/technology/131163/marsden-fund-already-provides-economic-returns-so-dont-break-what-isnt-broken?ref=goodoil.news) **Suze Wilson (The Post):** [**Cuts to research funding will lead the country on to the rocks**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360515729/cuts-research-funding-will-lead-country-rocks?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **David Cooke (Aotearoa Educators Collective):** [**Skewing Marsden**](https://aecnz.substack.com/p/skewing-marsden) **Pounamu Jade Aikman (E-tangata):** [**We dismiss the ‘fluffy’ stuff at our peril**](https://e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-analysis/we-dismiss-the-fluffy-stuff-at-our-peril/?ref=goodoil.news) **RETIREMENT** **Andrew Bevin (Newsroom):** [**Commissioner steps up amid delayed retirement village law review**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/06/commissioner-steps-up-amid-delayed-retirement-village-law-review/?ref=goodoil.news) **Catherine Beard (The Post):** [**Finding a way out of the superannuation squeeze**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360516252/finding-way-out-superannuation-squeeze?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Ella Somers (Interest):** [**Retirement Commission faces 'throwing our strategy out the window and going much smaller'**](https://www.interest.co.nz/investing/131130/retirement-commissioner-jane-wrightson-says-commission%E2%80%99s-annual-budget-has?ref=goodoil.news) **Jessica Hopkins (RNZ):** [**Combating loneliness in older age: 'You have to make the effort'**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536079/combating-loneliness-in-older-age-you-have-to-make-the-effort?ref=goodoil.news) **Brianna McIlraith (Stuff):** [**How much you need to have saved to comfortably retire in 2025**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360510183/how-much-you-need-have-saved-comfortably-retire-2025?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** **Phil Pennington (RNZ):** [**Health NZ's plan to stop or defer 136 IT projects**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536188/health-nz-s-plan-to-stop-or-defer-136-it-projects?ref=goodoil.news) **Grant Duncan and Michael Keall, (PHCC):** [**ACC turns 50: A more modern approach to injury prevention needed**](https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/acc-turns-50-more-modern-approach-injury-prevention-needed?ref=goodoil.news) **Bridie Witton (Stuff):** [**‘Empty threat’: Nearly half smokefree enforcer officer roles still unfilled**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360515481/empty-threat-nearly-half-smokefree-enforcer-officer-roles-still-unfilled?ref=goodoil.news) **Ruth Hill (RNZ):** [**Healthcare staff asked to 'fill in' on reception**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536167/healthcare-staff-asked-to-fill-in-on-reception?ref=goodoil.news) **EDUCATION** **John Gerritsen (RNZ):** [**School sex education plans derailed by misinformation, bigotry and threats of violence - report**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/536159/school-sex-education-plans-derailed-by-misinformation-bigotry-and-threats-of-violence-report?ref=goodoil.news) **Herald:** [**New report finds relationship and sex education in schools taught on ad-hoc basis**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-report-finds-relationship-and-sex-education-in-schools-taught-on-ad-hoc-basis/WBUXHPLRAJDX3OYGQDARMKWONY?ref=goodoil.news) **CONSERVATION** **Chelsea Daniels (Herald):** [**A huge DoC reset is on the cards, but will it affect conservation or your next tramp?**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/a-huge-doc-reset-is-on-the-cards-but-will-it-affect-conservation-or-your-next-tramp-the-front-page/Z24SCDR5VJA2FKMIAGY3T6LVLU/?ref=goodoil.news) **Derek Cheng (Herald):** [**'Huge shift in values': How Govt is squeezing more money from conservation land**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/the-great-conservation-reset-why-the-government-is-squeezing-more-money-from-public-land-and-what-it-means-for-you/2V5RSRUI5JGDVPWJZT62SXTIMM/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** # Cartoons ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F83967b02-8ac4-467e-bccb-b95cdf75b4a9_2126x1168.png) Vernon - The Post 10 December 2024 ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe35dc36c-b48e-4505-9c19-239d18f48d98_2022x1659.png) Body - NZ Herald 7 December 2024 ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F58c1e134-fa8c-4201-ab1c-c34c138cbd49_2145x1688.png) Yeo - ODT 9 December 2024 [Leave a 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