> ## 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 January 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-10-january-2025/ - Published: 2025-01-09T19:25:42.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-09T20:03:51.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS** Matthew Hooton (Herald): [Treaty Principles Bill submissions received, but there are issues leaving race debate in dust](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/matthew-hooton-the-issues-that-leave-the-race-debate-in-their-dust/CCWC7B4KERB4NDJQ5XQ2KAWDVQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Rob Campbell (Post): [Betting you’ll come out on the better side, when most won’t](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360542714/betting-youll-come-out-better-side-when-most-wont?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Pokere Paewai (RNZ): [Three hundred leaders gather - plan pan-Māori assembly to challenge government](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538594/three-hundred-leaders-gather-plan-pan-maori-assembly-to-challenge-government?ref=goodoil.news) Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): [Currency of respect and expectation of a two-way street](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/currency-respect-and-expectation-two-way-street?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Record treaty submissions could be result of nefarious activity - tech expert](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538593/record-treaty-submissions-could-be-result-of-nefarious-activity-tech-expert?ref=goodoil.news) Hanna McCallum (Post): [Treaty bill submission deadline extended, what happens next?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360543836/treaty-bill-submission-deadline-extended-what-happens-next?ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Treaty Principles Bill submissions re-open after website woes](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538551/treaty-principles-bill-submissions-re-open-after-website-woes?ref=goodoil.news) Toby Manhire (SpInoff): [Submissions reopened for treaty principles bill after record response and ‘technical issues’](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/09-01-2025/submissions-reopened-for-treaty-principles-bill-after-record-response-and-technical-issues?ref=goodoil.news) Hanna McCallum (Post): [More than 300,000 submissions on Treaty Principles Bill as deadline gets extended](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360543278/more-300000-submissions-treaty-principles-bill-deadline-gets-extended?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): [Thousands of Kiwis use template to oppose the Treaty Principles Bill](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/01/09/thousands-of-kiwis-use-template-to-oppose-the-treaty-principles-bill/?ref=goodoil.news) No Right Turn:[300,000!](https://norightturn.blogspot.com/2025/01/300000.html?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Descendants of Treaty of Waitangi translators speak out against bill](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/538547/descendants-of-treaty-of-waitangi-translators-speak-out-against-bill?ref=goodoil.news) Tim Beveridge (Newstalk): [They love to hate the Treaty Principles Bill](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/holiday-breakfast/opinion/tim-beveridge-they-love-to-hate-the-treaty-principles-bill/?ref=goodoil.news) Roman Travers (Newstalk): [The Treaty Principles Bill is misunderstood](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/opinion/roman-travers-the-treaty-principles-bill-is-misunderstood/?ref=goodoil.news) **TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE** Horizon Poll: [New Zealanders prefer rail enabled ferries](https://www.horizonpoll.co.nz/page/708/new-zealand?ref=goodoil.news) Raphael Franks (Herald): [New Interislander ferries: Majority of Kiwis want rail-enabled boats across Cook Strait - Horizons Research poll](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-interislander-ferries-majority-of-kiwis-want-rail-enabled-boats-across-cook-strait-horizons-research-poll/PQLI7WN74RB3LEXQJX7IE5Y6TU/?ref=goodoil.news) Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [Fast-track panels to be set up from Feb 7](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/fast-track-panels-to-be-set-up-from-feb-7?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Chris Keall (Herald): [Clean Car Standard changes could cause $4000-plus price hikes on some vehicles, MIA warns](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/clean-car-standard-changes-could-see-4000-plus-price-hikes-on-some-vehicles-mia-warns/6SUH2BPW3VAYTHAKQQ3X7KVJRM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SPY AGENCIES** Tim Hazledine (Post): [With Trump promising tariffs, we should reconsider them too](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360542222/surviving-2025-trump-promising-tariffs-we-should-reconsider-them-too?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled Bruce Munro (ODT): [Global Insight: Time for NZ to step up on global stage](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/world/global-insight-time-nz-step-global-stage?ref=goodoil.news) Del Carlini (Post): [How ‘least cost’ thinking has left us dangerously exposed](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360542545/abandon-least-cost-thinking-and-focus-strategic-capabilities?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) 1News: [NZ consul-general among evacuees from Los Angeles wildfires](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/09/nz-consul-general-among-evacuees-from-los-angeles-wildfires/?ref=goodoil.news) **PARLIAMENT** Aaron Smale (Listener): [Dame Tariana Turia should be remembered as one of our most significant politicians](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/politics/she-changed-nzs-political-landscape-why-dame-tariana-turia-was-one-of-our-most-significant-politicians-of-the-past-30-years/GMMCVI37OFHBLPW6WADHFE53CA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Moving from community action on climate, to political action](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/moving-from-community-action-on-climate-to-political-action/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Centrist: [NZ election inquiry: submissions on voter fairness and electoral reform](https://centrist.nz/nz-election-inquiry-submissions-on-voter-fairness-and-electoral-reform/?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** Tess Brunson (RNZ): [Future of new Dunedin Hospital remains unclear as costs continue to rise](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538531/future-of-new-dunedin-hospital-remains-unclear-as-costs-continue-to-rise?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (Post): ['Unworkable': Inside a Health NZ meeting to gut specialised teams](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360542614/unworkable-inside-health-nz-meeting-gut-specialised-teams?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **HOUSING MARKET, BUILDING** David Chaston (Interest): [December sinks to near a four year low](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/131419/asking-prices-homes-sale-realestateconz-fell-again-december-taking-them-176-below?ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ['Record-breakingly quiet' end to 2024 for property market](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538599/record-breakingly-quiet-end-to-2024-for-property-market?ref=goodoil.news) Sam Smith (Stuff): [Property market ends year on a low](https://www.stuff.co.nz/money/360543805/property-market-ends-year-low?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: ['Exceptionally lukewarm': New property listings hit December low — report](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/10/exceptionally-lukewarm-new-property-listings-hit-december-low-report/?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): [Asking price for homes slips to lowest in more than 4 years](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360543579/asking-price-homes-slips-lowest-more-4-years?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ['Still a lot of pain' even as rising cost of building a house slows](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/538586/still-a-lot-of-pain-even-as-rising-cost-of-building-a-house-slows?ref=goodoil.news) Interest: [Construction conditions look set to improve in 2025 with lower mortgage rates and build costs under control](https://www.interest.co.nz/property/131420/cost-building-standard-three-bedroom-house-rose-just-11-2024-year-down-2023%E2%80%99s-rise?ref=goodoil.news) NBR: [Build cost inflation continues to track down](https://www.nbr.co.nz/property/build-cost-inflation-continues-to-track-down/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Melville (NBR): [Piecing together the Tāmaki housing ‘jigsaw puzzle’](https://www.nbr.co.nz/property/piecing-together-the-tamaki-housing-jigsaw-puzzle/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **CRIME** Adrian Katz (Post): [Have crime rates really tripled?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360543321/have-crime-rates-really-tripled?ref=goodoil.news) Ric Stevens (Open Justice Reporting): [Violence, drugs, neglect, gangs - the common themes in murderers’ backgrounds](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/violence-drugs-neglect-gangs-the-common-themes-in-murderers-backgrounds/YXAC4ARL2FBJPPD3PCNQIGLUXM/?ref=goodoil.news) Chris Knox & Melissa Nightingale (Herald): [Police seized more than $60 million worth of properties in 2024 under Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act law](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-seize-more-than-1000-properties-under-criminal-proceeds-recovery-act-law/KPOWXFU74ZCJRMXKULEQFHAWTI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **MEDIA** Shayne Currie (Herald): [Media Insider: Five for ‘25 - Media leaders on the year ahead](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider/media-insider-five-for-25-media-ceos-leaders-answer-five-burning-questions-ahead-of-2025/LRBGMD57YVFOPNJNISIACW3THM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Herald Editorial: [Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta move will fuel more misinformation](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/editorial-mark-zuckerbergs-meta-move-will-fuel-more-misinformation/VG2CU3FO3ZG4RJXUC4H5QWKMTY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [When Truth Became Just Another Opinion](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/when-truth-became-just-another-opinion) (paywalled) **EDUCATION** David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [Canterbury schools back threatened qualification](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/538539/canterbury-schools-back-threatened-qualification?ref=goodoil.news) Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): [School rolls: Wellington in decline — Auckland, Christchurch growing](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/09/school-rolls-wellington-in-decline-auckland-christchurch-growing/?ref=goodoil.news) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT** Stephen Ward (Waikato Times): [City councillor rental stoush escalates to $750-a-week fines](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360542296/city-councillor-rental-stoush-escalates-750-week-fines?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stephen Ward (Waikato Times): [Meet Hamilton city’s new chief financial ‘puzzle solver’](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360525955/meet-hamilton-citys-new-chief-financial-puzzle-solver?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Roman Travers (Newstalk ZB): [Councils need to step it up](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/opinion/roman-travers-councils-need-to-step-it-up/?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Post): [New Reading site owner ‘fully committed’ to redevelopment](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360543154/new-reading-site-owner-fully-committed-redevelopment?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **OTHER** André Chumko (Post): [Concerns with Toi Hourua before Creative NZ cancelled contract](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360543419/concerns-manaaki-creative-nz-cancelled-contract?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Bryan Bruce: [Unbridled wealth causes abject poverty](https://bryanbruce.substack.com/p/unbridled-wealth-causes-abject-poverty) (paywalled) RNZ: [Working age population getting older](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/538557/working-age-population-getting-older?ref=goodoil.news) Amy Kingston-Turner (Law News): [Privacy regulation in desperate need of an overhaul](https://lawnews.nz/privacy-law/privacy-regulation-in-desperate-need-of-an-overhaul/?ref=goodoil.news) Michael Andrew (Law News): [New Manukau initiative boosts access to justice in Family Court](https://lawnews.nz/family/new-manukau-initiative-boosts-access-to-justice-in-family-court/?ref=goodoil.news) Peter Wilson (Newsroom): [DoC’s deeply flawed bid to remove final checks and balances](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/10/docs-deeply-flawed-bid-to-remove-final-checks-and-balances/?ref=goodoil.news) Thomas Dowling (Newsroom): [NZ has a lot to lose from a polluted orbit](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/09/nz-has-a-lot-to-lose-from-a-polluted-orbit/?ref=goodoil.news) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [More parents get bills for thousands after accidentally not declaring partners](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538592/more-parents-get-bills-for-thousands-after-accidentally-not-declaring-partners?ref=goodoil.news) Fox Meyer (Newsroom): [‘Inevitable’ solar storms will be catastrophic for energy supply](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/10/inevitable-solar-storms-will-be-catastrophic-for-energy-supply/?ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (Post): [2025 in solar energy, with Gary Holden](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360519434/2025-solar-energy-gary-holden?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Matthew Hooton: [Market turmoil in UK: Is NZ next? ](https://www.patreon.com/posts/market-turmoil-119612820?ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled) Sam Smith (Stuff): [Kim Dotcom reveals wheelchair use and memory loss following life-threatening stroke](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360544052/kim-dotcom-reveals-wheelchair-use-and-memory-loss-following-life-threatening-stroke?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand's passport rises back up world rankings](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538564/new-zealand-s-passport-rises-back-up-world-rankings?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Summer questions: IAG CEO Amanda Whiting’s warning about insurance availability and affordability](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/companies/summer-questions-iag-ceo-amanda-whitings-warning-about-insurance-availability-and-affordability/LCKWPL7PJZBQVBUT2Y3A5QYZ7A/?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%2Fef9eb549-098c-4f78-805f-7970614644fd_2667x1431.png) Vernon - The Post 10 January 2025 [Subscribe now](https://democracyproject.substack.com/subscribe?) 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