> ## 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: 16 January 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-16-january-2025/ - Published: 2025-01-15T19:27:06.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-15T21:48:24.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC SEVICE** Audrey Young (Herald): [Sir Brian Roche spells out what’s wrong with the public service](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/sir-brian-roche-spells-out-whats-wrong-with-the-public-service/EFGSNRZPHFC4HJEGFU3A3RNDGQ/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Derek Cheng (Herald): [Swell the pot, then raid it: Inside the ministerial wrangling over using the tourist tax to improve the Government’s books](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/not-what-its-for-inside-the-ministerial-wrangling-over-raiding-the-tourist-tax-pot-of-gold-to-improve-the-books/ALPIQRFZCJFY7CK42WNHRWA3WM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ian Powell: [When Politics gets in the Pocket of the Gun Lobby](https://politicalbytes.blog/2025/01/15/when-politics-gets-in-the-pocket-of-the-gun-lobby/?ref=goodoil.news) Anusha Bradley (RNZ): [$2m upgrade for 'creaky' mega government database](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/539101/2m-upgrade-for-creaky-mega-government-database?ref=goodoil.news) Glenn McConnell (Stuff): [Luxon, Hipkins, Seymour promise agenda-setting speeches to start year](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360548566/luxon-hipkins-seymour-promise-agenda-setting-speeches-start-year?ref=goodoil.news) Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): [Stayin’ alive at the Beehive in 2025: Your handy guide to the year ahead in politics](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/16-01-2025/stayin-alive-at-the-beehive-in-2025-your-handy-guide-to-the-year-ahead-in-politics?ref=goodoil.news) Ben Thomas (Post): [Brand new year, same old challenges](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360548990/brand-new-year-and-same-old-challenges?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [New Zealand's 2025 Political and Economic Outlook](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/new-zealands-2025-political-and-economic) Andrew Gunn: [ACT: Regulatory Oversight Should Be Subcontracted To Wilson Parking](https://andrewgunn.substack.com/p/act-regulatory-oversight-should-be) (paywalled) Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): [The submission surge: How having a say on new laws went from nerdy to normal](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/16-01-2025/the-submission-surge-how-having-a-say-on-new-laws-went-from-nerdy-to-normal?ref=goodoil.news) Mike McRoberts (NBR): [Kotahitanga ‘whare’ for Māori might take some building](https://www.nbr.co.nz/te-ao-maori/symbolic-house-for-maori-might-take-some-building/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Hūhana Lyndon (Te Ao Māori News): [Titiro atu ki ngā taumata o te moana, ka hua mai i reira he ao hou - thoughts on the new year](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/01/15/titiro-atu-ki-nga-taumata-o-te-moana-ka-hua-mai-i-reira-he-ao-hou/?ref=goodoil.news) Catrin Owen (Stuff): [Former MP Golriz Ghahraman under investigation again for shoplifting](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360549327/police-probe-former-mp-after-complaint-shoplifting?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New shoplifting allegation against former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539111/new-shoplifting-allegation-against-former-green-mp-golriz-ghahraman?ref=goodoil.news) Herald: [Police investigating Pak’nSave shoplifting complaint against former MP](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/police-investigate-paknsave-shoplifting-complaint-against-former-mp/F54FO2HDCFG3BC43YV3C45DBGQ/?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH, DISABILITY** Pete Hodgson (ODT): [Hospital lesson one: delay costs](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/hospital-lesson-one-delay-costs?ref=goodoil.news) Joel Maxwell (Stuff): ['They've got a scalpel - are chopping off by gut feeling' - experts line up to slam health restructure](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360547639/theyve-got-scalpel-are-chopping-gut-feeling-experts-line-slam-health-restructure?ref=goodoil.news) Ruth Jones (Press/Post): [The hidden toll of government cuts on the disability community](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360541891/hidden-toll-government-cuts-disability-community?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Stephen Forbes (NZ Doctor): [Briefing paper shows lab providers lobbying for user pays ](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/briefing-paper-shows-lab-providers-lobbying-user-pays?ref=goodoil.news)(paywalled) Nikki Macdonald (Post): [Beyond BMI - redefining obesity](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360547398/beyond-bmi-redefining-obesity?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Felix Walton (RNZ): [Tying BMI to obesity ineffective and prone to misdiagnosis - paper](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539040/tying-bmi-to-obesity-ineffective-and-prone-to-misdiagnosis-paper?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (Post): [Mount Cook private hospital gets green light](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360548306/mount-cook-private-hospital-gets-green-light?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): [British American Tobacco lowers prices for Dunhill Switch cigarettes](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/retail/british-american-tobacco-lowers-prices-for-dunhill-switch-cigarettes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Patrice Dougan (NZ Doctor): [Summer Survey: How primary care has changed in the past two years](https://www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news/summer-survey-how-primary-care-has-changed-past-two-years?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **ENVIRONMENT, FAST TRACK, NATURAL DISASTERS** Gary Taylor (Newsroom): [The environment’s most important year for decades](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/16/the-environments-most-important-year-for-decades/?ref=goodoil.news) Simon Wilson (Herald): [Climate change: Fronting up to managed retreat](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/climate-change-fronting-up-to-managed-retreat/AZ2TS5B2YREU5PHL7WRWEU5SNA/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): [How banks can make climate pledges – then keep funding fossil fuels](https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/15-01-2025/how-banks-can-make-climate-pledges-then-keep-funding-fossil-fuels?ref=goodoil.news) Ben Tomsett (Herald): [Dunedin climate activist Bruce Mahalski convicted over train protest, pays legal costs inside bag of coal](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/dunedin-climate-activist-bruce-mahalski-convicted-over-train-protest-pays-legal-costs-inside-bag-of-coal/K4XYZOZGH5FI7K24I66NRESK6Y/?ref=goodoil.news) Anne Gibson (Herald): [Devonport $400m intensification plan fast-track application: New apartments, shops, offices](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/devonport-400m-intensification-plan-fast-track-application-new-apartments-shops-offices/6WAY5E57PNEYJCAYFFKAEQJK4I/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Shannon Pitman (Open Justice Reporting): [Forestry giant Ernslaw One delays cyclone damage repairs, court extends deadlines](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539078/forestry-giant-ernslaw-one-delays-cyclone-damage-repairs-court-extends-deadlines?ref=goodoil.news) Maia Hart (Local Democracy Reporting): [$1.3m spent on ‘business saver’ travel subsidy since July 2021 storm](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/539037/1-point-3m-spent-on-business-saver-travel-subsidy-since-july-2021-storm?ref=goodoil.news) Diane McCarthy (Local Democracy Reporting): [$7 million pegged for Edgecumbe flood litigation](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/539031/7-million-pegged-for-edgecumbe-flood-litigation?ref=goodoil.news) There are links to **32 items above** in today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily”. 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