> ## 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: 13 December 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-13-december-2025/ - Published: 2025-01-12T19:14:54.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-12T21:39:20.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR** Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): [Time for Labour to shrug off the shackles of election defeat](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360543670/time-labour-shrug-shackles-election-defeat?ref=goodoil.news) Max Rashbrooke (Post): [The honeymoon’s over, but a hangover’s just kicking in](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360544565/honeymoons-over-hangovers-just-kicking?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Labour’s message for 2026: Are you better off?](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/11/labours-message-for-2026-are-you-better-off/?ref=goodoil.news) Jane Norton (Newsroom): [Charities no place for politics](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/13/charities-no-place-for-politics/?ref=goodoil.news) Andrea Vance (Post): [It’s the worst job in the country. Why does Ayesha Verrall want a second go at it?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360540648/its-worst-job-country-why-does-ayesha-verrall-want-second-go-it?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) The Standard: [Labour’s Long-Sightedness and the Opposition’s Opprobrious Omniabsence](https://thestandard.org.nz/labours-long-sightedness-and-the-oppositions-opprobrious-omniabsence/?ref=goodoil.news) Cécile Meier (BusinessDesk): [BusinessDesk’s 2024 OIA naughty list](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/public-sector/businessdesks-2024-oia-naughty-list?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Williams (Newsroom): [A door-knock and the death of the Official Secrets Act](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/12/a-door-knock-and-the-death-of-the-official-secrets-act/?ref=goodoil.news) Deb Te Kawa (BusinessDesk): [Paint by numbers: Why the Kāwantanga needs to hand over the brush](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/policy/paint-by-numbers-why-the-kawantanga-needs-to-hand-over-the-brush?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steven Joyce (Herald): [Nikki Kaye and Tariana Turia shine amid the collapse of civility in politics](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/steven-joyce-nikki-kaye-and-tariana-turia-shine-amid-the-collapse-of-civility-in-politics/IE6MLBZLARC7LPVWEXFLQNM6H4/?ref=goodoil.news#google%5Fvignette) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [Katie Nimon more frustrated than surprised by Parliament](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/katie-nimon-more-frustrated-than-surprised-by-parliament/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brent Edwards (NBR): [The Act Party’s ‘accidental politician’](https://www.nbr.co.nz/politics/the-act-partys-accidental-politician/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mountain Tui: [Elon Musk adores Chris Luxon](https://mountaintui.substack.com/p/elon-musk-adores-chris-luxon) **TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS** Andrea Vance (Post): [Luxon’s not a ‘drop-nuts.’ He’s just got nothing to say at Waitangi](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360542302/luxons-not-drop-nuts-hes-just-got-nothing-say-waitangi?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kelly Dennett (Sunday Star Times): [The true legacy of the Treaty Principles Bill](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360544343/true-legacy-treaty-principles-bill?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Sapeer Mayron (Sunday Star Times): [‘Never experienced in my lifetime’: Treaty Principles Bills draws unprecedented submissions](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360543851/never-experienced-my-lifetime-treaty-principles-bills-draws-unprecedented-submissions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Marc Daalder (Newsroom): [Rough start for proposal for unified Māori deliberative body](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/10/rough-start-for-proposal-for-unified-maori-deliberative-body/?ref=goodoil.news) Pokere Paewai (RNZ): [Pan-Māori assembly debate is a start, Ngāti Kahungunu leader says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/538654/pan-maori-assembly-debate-is-a-start-ngati-kahungunu-leader-says?ref=goodoil.news) Elizabeth Rata (ODT): [Ngai Tahu’s ambitions for the South Island](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/ngai-tahu%E2%80%99s-ambitions-south-island?ref=goodoil.news) Ian Taylor (Stuff): [Agreeing to disagree with Shane Jones, and what we agreed on at Dame Tariana Turia’s tangi](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360545272/agreeing-disagree-shane-jones-and-what-we-agreed-dame-tariana-turias-tangi?ref=goodoil.news) Damien Grant (Stuff): [New Zealand is where we live. Not who we are](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360544306/new-zealand-where-we-live-not-who-we-are?ref=goodoil.news) **REGULATION STANDARDS, SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT BILL, GOVT LEGISLATION** Lillian Hanly (RNZ): [Regulatory Standards Bill slammed as 'dangerous' call for 'alarm bells'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/538784/regulatory-standards-bill-slammed-as-dangerous-call-for-alarm-bells?ref=goodoil.news) Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): [Concerns for Te Tiriti as submission deadline looms for quiet bill](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/01/11/concerns-for-te-tiriti-as-submission-deadline-looms-for-quiet-bill/?ref=goodoil.news) Sasha Borissenko (Herald): [Rush to pass laws makes for bad government](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/rush-to-pass-laws-makes-for-bad-government-sasha-borissenko/MIKI45KNIFEENBVAUKCR4AKR5I/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ryan Ward: [My Regulatory Standards Bill submission](https://substack.com/inbox/post/154610582?ref=goodoil.news) Hanna McCallum (Post): [Concerns over tight time frames on ‘significant legislation’](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360544925/midnight-deadline-looms-submissions-beneficiary-bill?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hanna McCallum (Post): [Midnight deadline looms for submissions on beneficiary bill](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360544566/midnight-deadline-looms-submissions-beneficiary-bill?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Friend: [Rejecting the Social Security Ammendment Bill](https://mfriend.substack.com/p/rejecting-the-social-security-ammendment) There are links to **28 items above** in today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily”. 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