> ## 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: 25 September 2024 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-25-september-2024/ - Published: 2024-09-24T20:40:59.000Z - Updated: 2024-09-24T23:45:09.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **PRIMARY AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENT** **Eloise Gibson (RNZ):** [**Gas industry boasts about killing proposed ban with lobbying**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528952/gas-industry-boasts-about-killing-proposed-ban-with-lobbying?ref=goodoil.news) **Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post):** [**Greens vow to revoke new oil and gas permits, but Labour doesn’t appear on board**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/350428154/greens-vow-revoke-new-oil-and-gas-permits-labour-doesnt-appear-board?ref=goodoil.news) **Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk):** [**Oil and gas exploration ban repeal bill introduced**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/law-regulation/oil-and-gas-exploration-ban-repeal-bill-introduced?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jamie Ensor (Herald):** [**Regional Development Minister Shane Jones of NZ First, calls Greenpeace ‘blood-sucking vermin’ after mining protest in Wellington**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/regional-development-minister-shane-jones-of-nz-first-calls-greenpeace-blood-sucking-vermin-after-mining-protest-in-wellington/OS6ZYPQRN5CPHC74UKPDKAXCLU/?ref=goodoil.news) **Prertoria Gordon (RNZ):** [**Watch: Five arrested after anti-mining protesters scale Straterra office in central Wellington**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528861/watch-five-arrested-after-anti-mining-protesters-scale-straterra-office-in-central-wellington?ref=goodoil.news) **Eloise Gibson (RNZ):** [**Carbon neutral PR company put on 'F list' for promoting fossil fuels**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528941/carbon-neutral-pr-company-put-on-f-list-for-promoting-fossil-fuels?ref=goodoil.news) **Andrea Vance (Post):** [**Fears government will overturn landmark ruling to protect coastline**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/environment/350426541/fears-government-will-overturn-landmark-ruling-protect-coastline?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk):** [**Orange roughy decision could be a whopper for Fisheries Minister Shane Jones**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/primary-sector/orange-roughy-decision-could-be-a-whopper-for-fisheries-minister-shane-jones?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Tess Brunton (RNZ):** [**Proposed gold mine risks 'already established significant industries' - locals**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528947/proposed-gold-mine-risks-already-established-significant-industries-locals?ref=goodoil.news) **ODT:** [**Santana urged to withdraw fast-track consent request**](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/central-otago/santana-urged-withdraw-fast-track-consent-request?ref=goodoil.news) **Marty Sharpe (Stuff):** [**Scientific paper calls for urgent review of forestry regulations**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350425623/scientific-paper-calls-urgent-review-forestry-regulations?ref=goodoil.news) **Marc Daalder (Newsroom):** [**Three maps that reveal NZ’s climate future**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/23/three-maps-that-reveal-nzs-climate-future/?ref=goodoil.news) **Richard Davison (ODT):** [**Contact claims inconsistencies in Ngāi Tahu stance**](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/contact-claims-inconsistencies-ng%C4%81i-tahu-stance?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Geoff Fischer (Daily Blog):** [**The future for forestry in Aotearoa**](https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2024/09/23/guest-blog-geoff-fischer-the-future-for-forestry-in-aotearoa/?ref=goodoil.news#google%5Fvignette) **Joel Rindelaub (Newsroom):** [**We need to reduce plastic use, not merely recycle it**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/25/we-need-to-reduce-plastic-use-not-merely-recycle-it/?ref=goodoil.news) **Faith Jeremiah (The Conversation):** [**From waste to power: How floating solar panels on wastewater ponds could help solve NZ’s electricity security crisis**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/528905/from-waste-to-power-how-floating-solar-panels-on-wastewater-ponds-could-help-solve-nz-s-electricity-security-crisis?ref=goodoil.news) **Eloise Gibson (RNZ):** [**Energy-hungry data centres want NZ's renewable electricity to reduce climate impact**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528846/energy-hungry-data-centres-want-nz-s-renewable-electricity-to-reduce-climate-impact?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** **Felix Desmarais (1News):** [**Govt anti-smoking but 'not necessarily anti-nicotine' - associate minister**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/24/govt-anti-smoking-but-not-necessarily-anti-nicotine-associate-minister/?ref=goodoil.news) **Krystal Gibbens (RNZ):** [**Casey Costello under fire on links to tobacco industry, says govt still committed to Smokefree 2025**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528867/casey-costello-under-fire-on-links-to-tobacco-industry-says-govt-still-committed-to-smokefree-2025?ref=goodoil.news) **Glenn McConnell (Stuff):** [**Doctors claim NZ First links to big tobacco during heated meeting with minister**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350428116/doctors-claim-nz-first-links-big-tobacco-during-heated-meeting-minister?ref=goodoil.news) **Adam Pearse (Herald):** [**Health experts grill Casey Costello, throw doubt on Smokefree 2025 being achieved**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/health-experts-grill-casey-costello-throw-doubt-on-smokefree-2025-being-achieved/ZDIGYPXOO5FL3HSMQOJNCQMPNE/?ref=goodoil.news) **Matthew Littlewood (ODT):** [**Dunedin Hospital Pathology Department set to march**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/department-set-march?ref=goodoil.news) **Hamish McNeilly (Stuff):** [**Student lobby vs booze giant**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350427471/student-lobby-vs-booze-giant?ref=goodoil.news) **Tim Scott (ODT):** [**Claims of ‘predatory’ marketing**](https://www.odt.co.nz/business/claims-%E2%80%98predatory%E2%80%99-marketing?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Improving air quality brings health and economic benefits - report**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528926/improving-air-quality-brings-health-and-economic-benefits-report?ref=goodoil.news) **Gabi Lardies (Spinoff):**[**The crackdown on nangs, explained**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/25-09-2024/the-crackdown-on-nangs-explained?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Tauranga denied bid to delay water fluoridation**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528869/tauranga-denied-bid-to-delay-water-fluoridation?ref=goodoil.news) **Eric Crampton (Newsroom):** [**Monkeypox, Medsafe, and monkey business**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/09/24/monkeypox-medsafe-and-monkey-business/?ref=goodoil.news) **Rachel Thomas (Post):** [**ED patient attempts 19km walk home at night due to long wait**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350426270/ed-patient-attempts-19km-walk-home-night-due-long-wait?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Parkinson's, UTI treatments get funding boost**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528879/parkinson-s-uti-treatments-get-funding-boost?ref=goodoil.news) **ANDREW COSTER, LAW AND ORDER** **Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News):** [**Andrew Coster: The commissioner who tried to tackle bias in NZ policing**](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2024/09/24/andrew-coster-the-commissioner-who-tried-to-tackle-bias-in-nz-policing/?ref=goodoil.news) **Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff):** [**Outgoing police boss hopes the role remains politically neutral**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/25-09-2024/outgoing-police-boss-hopes-the-role-remains-politically-neutral?ref=goodoil.news) **Luke Malpass (Post):** [**The Covid Commissioner’s new role aims to stop people falling through cracks**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350427565/covid-commissioners-new-role-aims-stop-people-falling-through-cracks?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Claire Trevett (Herald):** [**Outgoing Police Commissioner Andrew Coster speaks out on being dragged into political debate, Minister Mark Mitchell has no regrets**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/outgoing-police-commissioner-andrew-coster-speaks-out-on-being-dragged-into-political-debate-minister-mark-mitchell-has-no-regrets/T72NR7TJMJEP7CQ4CJUN3A2Q3A/?ref=goodoil.news) **Adam Pearse (Herald):** [**No regrets for Police Minister Mark Mitchell over past criticism of Police Commissioner Andrew Coster**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/no-regrets-for-police-minister-mark-mitchell-over-past-criticism-of-police-commissioner-andrew-coster/I45445E7J5GBPJZIQMKMX47S5E/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**What is the role of the Police Commissioner and who's in line for the top job?**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528918/what-is-the-role-of-the-police-commissioner-and-who-s-in-line-for-the-top-job?ref=goodoil.news) **Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB):** [**I hope our next Police Commissioner is tougher on crime**](https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/opinion/perspective-with-heather-du-plessis-allan-i-hope-our-next-police-commissioner-is-tougher-on-crime/?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Andrew Coster has 'had a few difficult years', Police Association says**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/528890/andrew-coster-has-had-a-few-difficult-years-police-association-says?ref=goodoil.news) **Katie Ham and Thomas Manch (Post):** [**Coster resignation ‘not surprising’ says Police Assn**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350426999/coster-resignation-not-surprising-says-police-assn?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Sam Smith (Stuff):** [**Police Commissioner Coster was called a ‘wokester’. He says he was serving the government of the day**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350428407/outgoing-police-commissioner-andrew-coster-admits-perception-exists-he-was-soft?ref=goodoil.news) **Jo Moir and Craig McCulloch (RNZ):** [**Police Commissioner Andrew Coster resigns, to head new Social Investment Agency**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/528852/police-commissioner-andrew-coster-resigns-to-head-new-social-investment-agency?ref=goodoil.news) **Sam Smith (Stuff):** [**Police Commissioner Andrew Coster quits for new role**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/350427023/police-commissioner-andrew-coster-quits-new-role?ref=goodoil.news) **1News:** [**Police Commissioner Andrew Coster leaving force for new role**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/09/24/police-commissioner-andrew-coster-leaving-force-for-new-role/?ref=goodoil.news) **Richard Prebble (Herald):** [**Gang patch ban: Successive government policy failures have created today’s issues**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/government-policy-failures-created-todays-gangs-richard-prebble/5GUHRMPUX5CRNERQZBU57R7ANI/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Shanti Mathias (Spinoff):** [**It’s the most common type of crime. But the government isn’t doing much about it**](https://thespinoff.co.nz/internet/25-09-2024/its-the-most-common-type-of-crime-but-the-government-isnt-doing-much-about-it?ref=goodoil.news) **Julia Gabel (Herald):** [**Government to introduce tougher sentences for offences against public transport workers**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/government-to-introduce-tougher-sentences-for-offences-against-public-transport-workers/6HRXFXEERBCXVKLMLDBUHDEDDY/?ref=goodoil.news) *Today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily” contains links to *46 items above*, and the full version, which continues below the paywall below, has links to an *additional 105 categorised items, and today’s cartoons*. To subscribe to the full version, click on “Subscribe now” link below. Your paid subscription helps keep the newsletter going, which is 100% subscriber-funded and not-for-profit. 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