> ## 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: 6 January 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-6-january-2025/ - Published: 2025-01-05T19:05:34.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-06T03:00:50.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **TARIANA TURIA** Audrey Young (Herald): [How Dame Tariana Turia influenced NZ politics](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/audrey-young-how-tariana-turia-influenced-nz-politics/FNYEGIZJIJE5ZFDZDQO4UFKWAE/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Virginia Fallon (Post): [‘She could scare you’: Remembering Dame Tariana Turia](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360538782/she-could-scare-you-remembering-dame-tariana-turia?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Obit: Dame Tariana Turia has died](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/538083/obit-dame-tariana-turia-has-died?ref=goodoil.news) 1News: ['Significant legacy': Tributes paid to Dame Tariana Turia](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/03/significant-legacy-tributes-paid-to-dame-tariana-turia/?ref=goodoil.news) Peter de Graaf (RNZ): ['She believed in people' - Tributes from across political parties for Dame Tariana Turia](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/538112/she-believed-in-people-tributes-from-across-political-parties-for-dame-tariana-turia?ref=goodoil.news) Willie Jackson (Herald): [Labour MP Willie Jackson reflects on Dame Tariana Turia and what she said to him after he rejoined Labour](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/labour-mp-willie-jackson-reflects-on-dame-tariana-turia-and-what-she-said-to-him-after-he-rejoined-labour/OGXX4KCOPRELZB7WHLA5YRR6MU/?ref=goodoil.news) Mike Tweed (Whanganui Chronicle): [Whanganui region leaders remember Dame Tariana Turia’s generosity and strength](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/whanganui-region-leaders-remember-dame-tariana-turias-generosity-and-strength/TUCJGHRGQBB4HHM352GD6OJRXY/?ref=goodoil.news) ODT Editorial: [Wahine toa, Dame Tariana Turia](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/wahine-toa-dame-tariana-turia?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Miriama Aoake (Spinoff): [A politician for the people: Dame Tariana Turia, 1944-2025](https://thespinoff.co.nz/politics/03-01-2025/a-politician-for-the-people-dame-tariana-turia-1944-2025?ref=goodoil.news) Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): [In Memoriam: Dame Tariana Turia](https://thebluereview.substack.com/p/in-memoriam-dame-tariana-turia) (paywalled) David Farrar: [RIP Dame Tariana Turia](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/01/rip%5Fdame%5Ftariana%5Fturia.html?ref=goodoil.news) Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): [Lady Tureiti Moxon joins chorus of tributes to Kahurangi Tariana Turia](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/01/04/lady-tureiti-moxon-joins-chorus-of-tributes-to-kahurangi-tariana-turia/?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Hīkoi mō te Tiriti supporters invited to honour Dame Tariana Turia at tangi](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/538226/hikoi-mo-te-tiriti-supporters-invited-to-honour-dame-tariana-turia-at-tangi?ref=goodoil.news) Maioha Panapa (Te Ao Māori News): [A hīkoi to honour the legacy of Dame Tariana Turia](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/01/05/a-hikoi-to-honour-the-legacy-of-dame-tariana-turia/?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (Post): [Hīkoi organisers to attend Dame Tariana Turia’s tangi](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360539774/hikoi-organisers-attend-dame-tariana-turias-tangi?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Tangi for Dame Tariana Turia welcomes figures from throughout the motu](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/538205/tangi-for-dame-tariana-turia-welcomes-figures-from-throughout-the-motu?ref=goodoil.news) Riria Dalton-Reedy and Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): [Hundreds turn out to pay respects to Tariana Turia at Pākaitore](https://www.teaonews.co.nz/2025/01/03/hundreds-turn-out-to-pay-respects-to-tariana-turia-at-pakaitore/?ref=goodoil.news) Stuff: [Former minister and Te Pāti Māori founder Dame Tariana Turia has died](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360538560/dame-tariana-turia-has-died?ref=goodoil.news) **PARLIAMENT** Geoffrey Palmer (Newsroom): [Protecting our democracy by reforming Parliament](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/06/protecting-our-democracy-by-reforming-parliament/?ref=goodoil.news) Vernon Small (Sunday Star Times): [The year that could make or break the coalition Government](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360538643/year-could-make-or-break-coalition-government?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Anne Salmond (Newsroom): [Hunger Games in the Beehive](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/04/anne-salmond-hunger-games-in-the-beehive/?ref=goodoil.news) Noel O’Malley ODT): [Is anybody taking notice of the Regulatory Standards Bill?](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/anybody-taking-notice-regulatory-standards-bill?ref=goodoil.news) Mike Friend: [Regulatory Standards bill](https://mfriend.substack.com/p/regulatory-standards-bill) Laura Walters (Newsroom): [My emotion is my strength – Karen Chhour](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/04/my-emotion-is-my-strength-karen-chhour/?ref=goodoil.news) Laura Walters (Newsroom): [Stanford braces herself for a year of cuts – and reform](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/06/erica-stanford-braces-herself-for-a-year-of-cuts-and-reform/?ref=goodoil.news) Finn Blackwell (RNZ): [This year saw policing get 'back to basics' - Minister Mark Mitchell](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538218/this-year-saw-policing-get-back-to-basics-minister-mark-mitchell?ref=goodoil.news) Rachel Thomas (Post): [Handful of hot-button public consultation closing while Wellington sleeps](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360539789/handful-hot-button-public-consultation-closing-while-wellington-sleeps?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Louis Collins (RNZ): [The House: A year in The House: Law and order, deregulation and repeal](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/538110/a-year-in-the-house-law-and-order-deregulation-and-repeal?ref=goodoil.news) Steve Deane (Herald): [Your guide to sports viewing by political affiliation in New Zealand](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/your-guide-to-sports-viewing-by-political-affiliation-in-new-zealand-steve-deane/2ZZ5WDEKWRGOXNNXFTXTHBJODY/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Steve Braunias (Newsroom): [The Secret Diary of .. New Year’s Resolutions](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/04/the-secret-diary-of-new-years-resolutions/?ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett (Sunday Star Times): [Labour leader Chris Hipkins’ summer off politics ... sort of](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360526377/labour-leader-chris-hipkins-summer-politics-sort?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Brian Easton (Pundit): [Quality Ministers](https://www.pundit.co.nz/content/quality-ministers?ref=goodoil.news) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT** Marty Sharpe (Stuff): [The fines for environmental offending that never get paid](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360518645/fines-environmental-offending-never-get-paid?ref=goodoil.news) Marika Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): [Division, abuse and rates pain: Local politics year in review](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/538081/division-abuse-and-rates-pain-local-politics-year-in-review?ref=goodoil.news) Federico Magrin (Post): [It’s an election year, can political apathy be reversed?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360476077/its-election-year-can-political-apathy-be-reversed?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tom Hunt (Post): [What is coming down the line at Wellington City Council?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360502555/what-coming-down-line-wellington-city-council?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Ethan Manera (Herald): [Wellington’s Reading Cinema complex purchased by Primeproperty Group](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/wellingtons-reading-cinema-complex-purchased-by-primeproperty-group/Z6MSK6OJDZFT7HXVHPAKV4J5ZQ/?ref=goodoil.news) Tom Hunt (Post): [Reading Courtenay sold, hopes for a ‘Commercial Bay’ of Wellington](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360539820/reading-courtenay-sold-hopes-commercial-bay-wellington?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Frances Chin (Post): [Lambton Quay vehicle closure may hit Golden Mile retailers](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360538367/lambton-quay-vehicle-closure-may-hit-golden-mile-retailers?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) David Long (Herald): [How big can Auckland get? And how big is too big?](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360531401/how-big-can-auckland-get-and-how-big-too-big?ref=goodoil.news) Kelly Dennett (Sunday Star Times): [Auckland is getting bigger and better, but there are pitfalls (and potholes)](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360537750/auckland-getting-bigger-and-better-there-are-pitfalls-and-potholes?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Georgina Campbell (Herald): [Retiree cost crunch: Jump in Aucklanders putting council rates on hold](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/retiree-cost-crunch-jump-in-aucklanders-putting-council-rates-on-hold/HBICJOKIEFC23PJBZHUURT5V5E/?ref=goodoil.news) Maia Ingoe (RNZ): [Auckland Council confiscating recycling bins in bid to stop people throwing rubbish in wrong place](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538126/auckland-council-confiscating-recycling-bins-in-bid-to-stop-people-throwing-rubbish-in-wrong-place?ref=goodoil.news) Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): [Buller mayor not sure about standing again](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/west-coast/buller-mayor-not-sure-about-standing-again?ref=goodoil.news) Jonathan Leask (Local Democracy Reporting): [Ashburton's dancers tiptoe around looming eviction](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/538192/ashburton-s-dancers-tiptoe-around-looming-eviction?ref=goodoil.news) Deborah Morris (Post): [Lower Hutt mayor’s trip to find his ancestors](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360528663/lower-hutt-mayors-trip-find-his-ancestors?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** **Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ):** [**Calls for warning labels on alcohol may grow after US announcement**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538167/calls-for-warning-labels-on-alcohol-may-grow-after-us-announcement?ref=goodoil.news) **1News:** [**Inside the challenges faced by rural healthcare providers**](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/03/inside-the-challenges-faced-by-rural-health-services/?ref=goodoil.news) **Lucy Xia (RNZ):** [**Lack of Covid-19 leave a problem for health professionals, nurse says**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538170/lack-of-covid-19-leave-a-problem-for-health-professionals-nurse-says?ref=goodoil.news) **Megan Wilson (Rotorua Daily Post):**[**Health NZ Bay of Plenty, Lakes voluntary redundancies: $251,000 paid out**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/health-nz-bay-of-plenty-lakes-voluntary-redundancies-251000-paid-out/NE4IUDPA6NC5ZMZMUEZBMFYHLU/?ref=goodoil.news) **Sophie Barker (ODT):** [**Dunedin hospital a lifesaver for me and my community**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/dunedin-hospital-lifesaver-me-and-my-community?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **ODT:** [**Wreath at hospital site as wait goes on**](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/wreath-hospital-site-wait-goes?ref=goodoil.news) **Francesca Storey and Bev Lawton (The Conversation):** [**The elimination of cervical cancer in NZ is within reach in our lifetime – but not without funding and a plan**](https://theconversation.com/the-elimination-of-cervical-cancer-in-nz-is-within-reach-in-our-lifetime-but-not-without-funding-and-a-plan-242690?ref=goodoil.news) **Felix Walton (RNZ):** [**Diabetes doctor caught in deepfake deception**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538223/diabetes-doctor-caught-in-deepfake-deception?ref=goodoil.news) **PRIMARY INDUSTRIES, ENVIRONMENT** **Grant Miller (ODT):** [**Footage shows ‘true nature’ of industry: Peta**](https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/footage-shows-%E2%80%98true-nature%E2%80%99-industry-peta?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Lisa Fickenscher (New York Post):** [**Matt Lauer targeted by PETA for alleged ‘abuse,’ beating of animals by sheep farmers at his $9M New Zealand hideaway in bombshell findings**](https://nypost.com/2024/12/30/business/matt-lauer-targeted-by-peta-for-alleged-abuse-by-sheep-farmers-at-his-9m-new-zealand-hideaway/?ref=goodoil.news) **Jamie Morton (Herald):** [**Growing pains: Scientists paint troubling picture for NZ’s crucial farm pastures**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/growing-pains-scientists-paint-troubling-picture-for-nzs-crucial-farm-pastures/AERBGI2PBRH2PMFOQ36WL2NB7E/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Marty Verry (Herald):** [**Farm emissions should not be targeted while concrete gets a pass**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/opinion-why-are-farm-emissions-targeted-while-concrete-gets-a-pass/RZO7KAYTDFHUFD6TCGUIRF3FOM/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **RNZ:** [**Fruit fly incursion: Biosecurity NZ making good progress after 'destructive' insect found**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538224/fruit-fly-incursion-biosecurity-nz-making-good-progress-after-destructive-insect-found?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Fruit fly incursion: More than 100 new traps set up around South Auckland**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538201/fruit-fly-incursion-more-than-100-new-traps-set-up-around-south-auckland?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Biosecurity urges people to report Oriental fruit fly findings**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538145/biosecurity-urges-people-to-report-oriental-fruit-fly-findings?ref=goodoil.news) **Raphael Franks (Herald):** [**Oriental fruit fly found in Auckland: Restrictions on fruit, vegetables to come into force in Papatoetoe**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/oriental-fruit-fly-found-in-auckland-restrictions-on-fruit-vegetables-to-come-into-place-in-papatoetoe/T7GM6PADLVCDTJL5G6VH3WZYSY/?ref=goodoil.news) **Shilpy Arora (Stuff):** [**Movement of fruit and veges restricted after Auckland fruit fly discovery**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360539527/movement-fruit-and-veges-restricted-after-south-auckland-oriental-fruit-fly-discovery?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Destructive fruit fly found in South Auckland surveillance trap**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538120/destructive-fruit-fly-found-in-south-auckland-surveillance-trap?ref=goodoil.news) **EDUCATION** **Kate MacNamara (Herald):** [**The price and politics of $3 school lunches — and how they compare with hospital and prison fare**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/the-price-and-politics-of-3-school-lunches-and-how-they-compare-with-hospital-and-prison-fare/JLEGLCJLYVGV5NXESTSSKYNCTE/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Laura Walters (Newsroom):** [**The Wāhine Māori leading NZ’s largest education union**](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/05/the-wahine-maori-leading-nzs-largest-education-union/?ref=goodoil.news) **David Farrar:** [**Government moves to strengthen free speech on campus**](https://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2025/01/government%5Fmoves%5Fto%5Fstrengthen%5Ffree%5Fspeech%5Fon%5Fcampus.html?ref=goodoil.news) **ECONOMY** **David Chaston (Interest):** [**We look at some basic building blocks of our interest rate settings, the foundation on which the 2025 changes will play out**](https://www.interest.co.nz/bonds/131392/we-look-some-basic-building-blocks-our-interest-rate-settings-foundation-which-2025?ref=goodoil.news) **Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk):** [**Means testing national super is inevitable**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/opinion/means-testing-national-super-is-inevitable?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk):** [**How tax rules discourage foreign investor migrants to NZ**](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/finance/how-tax-rules-discourage-foreign-investor-migrants-to-nz?ref=goodoil.news) **Ross Stitt (Interest):** [**Australia in 2025 – and why it matters for New Zealand**](https://www.interest.co.nz/public-policy/131397/ross-stitt-reports-australia-enters-2025-reasonable-economic-shape-facing?ref=goodoil.news) **Michael Sherrock (Post):** [**Analysis: the economy is still a game of two halves**](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360524607/analysis-economy-still-game-two-halves?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT** **David Farrier:** [**Billionaire Nick Mowbray Shows Support for Far-right Figurehead Tommy Robinson**](https://www.webworm.co/p/billionaire-nick-mowbray-shows-support?ref=goodoil.news) **Alan McDonald (Herald):** [**Have 90-day employment trials been worth it?**](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/have-90-day-employment-trials-been-worth-it-alan-mcdonald/UHBFL42XQ5EUBO4MD6WU2ALDQU/?ref=goodoil.news) **(paywalled)** **Imogen Wells (Stuff):** [**‘Quietly confident’: Wellington’s job market tipped to pick up after ‘tough’ year**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360507162/quietly-confident-wellingtons-job-market-tipped-pick-after-tough-year?ref=goodoil.news) **RNZ:** [**Boxing Day sales boomed after flat first half of December - retailers**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/538162/boxing-day-sales-boomed-after-flat-first-half-of-december-retailers?ref=goodoil.news) **HOUSING** **Rachel Helyer Donaldson (RNZ):** [**LGBTIQ+ renters putting up with 'uninhabitable' housing - researcher**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538182/lgbtiq-renters-putting-up-with-uninhabitable-housing-researcher?ref=goodoil.news) **Susan Edmunds (RNZ):** [**How much house prices dropped in 2024**](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/538092/how-much-house-prices-dropped-in-2024?ref=goodoil.news) **Kelvin Davidson (Herald):** [**House price falls: The cities starting 2025 in the red**](https://www.oneroof.co.nz/news/house-price-falls-the-cities-starting-2025-in-the-red-46850?ref=goodoil.news) **Toni McDonald (ODT):** [**Plan to house workers falls through**](https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/plan-house-workers-falls-through?ref=goodoil.news) **GREYHOUND RACING** **Paula Penfold (Stuff):** [**Who punched who? Assault at greyhound racetrack caught on video**](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360529059/who-punched-who-assault-greyhound-racetrack-caught-video?ref=goodoil.news) **Allen Bryce (ODT):** [**They are not off, or racing, this time**](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/they-are-not-or-racing-time?ref=goodoil.news) # 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%2F58c651df-69d6-42c5-9cdf-32756b9853c7_2331x1590.png) Emmerson - NZ Herald 4 January 2025 ![](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%2F30468e25-846e-44e4-8dca-5381947d00e9_2537x1555.png) Bell - The Post 4 January 2025 ![](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%2Fbb2e093d-8707-47cf-8a84-8bd34e0db6be_2475x1599.png) Body - NZ Herald 6 January 2025 [Leave a comment](https://democracyproject.substack.com/p/nz-politics-daily-6-january-2025/comments)