> ## 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: 9 January 2025 - URL: https://goodoil.news/nz-politics-daily-9-january-2025/ - Published: 2025-01-08T18:58:56.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-08T23:36:25.000Z - Author: Guest Post - Tags: NZ Politics, Politics *Republished with Permission* Author: **Bryce Edwards** **PARLIAMENT, POLITICAL FINANCE, 2025** Greg Presland (The Standard): [Who funds the Taxpayer’s Union?](https://thestandard.org.nz/who-funds-the-taxpayers-union/?ref=goodoil.news) Verity Johnson (Stuff): [Labour, don’t waste this crisis](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360542182/verity-johnson-labour-dont-waste-crisis?ref=goodoil.news) Geoff Fischer (Daily Blog): [Political quackery: Dr Palmer’s prescription for what ails New Zealand “democracy”](https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2025/01/09/guest-blog-geoff-fischer-political-quackery-dr-palmers-prescription-for-what-ails-new-zealand-democracy/?ref=goodoil.news) Simon Shepherd (NBR): [Podcast Summer Series: Political editor Brent Edwards on 2024’s highs and lows and what’s facing NZ in 2025](https://www.nbr.co.nz/the-nbr-podcast/the-nbr-podcast-brentedwards-8/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Dita De Boni (Post): [2025 in the outlook for Māori, with Anthony Ruakere](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360521279/2025-outlook-maori-anthony-ruakere?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Mike Friend: [Rejection of the RSB](https://mfriend.substack.com/p/rejection-of-the-rsb) Ryan Ward: [Neoliberalism in 100 words](https://substack.com/home/post/p-154057378?ref=goodoil.news) **TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL** Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Parliament website issues could be cost-cutting - tech experts](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/538503/parliament-website-issues-could-be-cost-cutting-tech-experts?ref=goodoil.news) Anneke Smith (RNZ): [Extension for Treaty Principles Bill submissions 'likely' after website woes](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/538443/extension-for-treaty-principles-bill-submissions-likely-after-website-woes?ref=goodoil.news) Shannon Redstall and Caron Copek (Stuff): [Justice Committee to discuss whether to extend Treaty bill submissions time frame](https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360542026/parliamentary-website-crashes-ahead-treaty-principles-bill-deadline?ref=goodoil.news) Hanna MCCallum and Maxine Jacobs (Post): [Justice Committee to decide on extension to Treaty bill submissions](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360542825/justice-committee-decide-extension-treaty-bill-submissions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SPY AGENCIES** Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): [Trump card looms large for foreign policy in 2025](https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/01/09/trump-card-looms-large-for-foreign-policy-in-2025/?ref=goodoil.news) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [New Zealand still considering sharing criminal offending info with Five Eyes nations](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538498/new-zealand-still-considering-sharing-criminal-offending-info-with-five-eyes-nations?ref=goodoil.news) David Robin (Evening Report): [An indictment of NZ’s settler colonial and ‘Five Eyes’ spy paranoia over political critics](https://eveningreport.nz/2025/01/08/an-indictment-of-nzs-settler-colonial-and-five-eyes-spy-paranoia-over-political-critics/?ref=goodoil.news) Kate Green (RNZ): [Travelling through the UK? You might need to apply for this before you leave](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538508/travelling-through-the-uk-you-might-need-to-apply-for-this-before-you-leave?ref=goodoil.news) **HEALTH** Suetonia Green, Leigh Hale, Bruce Russell, Tania Slatter (Post): [The vital role of Dunedin’s new hospital in the future of healthcare](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360542202/maintaining-partnership-vital-new-zealands-health-workforce?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) ODT Editorial: [Free vapes raise questions](https://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/editorial/free-vapes-raise-questions?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Tara Shaskey (Open Justice Journalism): [Grieving families speak out amid calls for 100% funding of ambulances services, rise in complaints](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/grieving-families-speak-out-amid-calls-for-100-funding-of-ambulances-services-rise-in-complaints/QZMAYE3ZEBB73OODOHM4HRL5ZY/?ref=goodoil.news) James Pocock (Herald): [Tairāwhiti after-hours care tender delayed, ED faces daytime pressure](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/gisbornes-after-hours-care-gap-remains-unfilled/VGJ33U7BDRFTPLUG4EXLVHIKRE/?ref=goodoil.news) **LOCAL GOVERNMENT** David Long (Stuff): [Auckland Minister Simeon Brown wants fewer rules for the city in 2025](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360526045/auckland-minister-simeon-brown-wants-fewer-rules-city-2025?ref=goodoil.news) Craig Ashworth (Local Democracy Reporting): [No confidence: Iwi reps call out Taranaki regional councillors](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/538463/no-confidence-iwi-reps-call-out-taranaki-regional-councillors?ref=goodoil.news) Crux: [Revealed: The QLDC "hard bargain" for five campgrounds. Was it an Aussie steal?](https://cruxnz.substack.com/p/revealed-the-qldc-hard-bargain-for) (paywalled) ODT: [Glendhu Bay campers fear tone of site will change](https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/wanaka/glendhu-bay-campers-fear-tone-site-will-change?ref=goodoil.news) Avina Vidyadharan (Waikato Times): [Locals back Nawton’s FIFO in booze war](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360542721/locals-back-nawtons-fifo-booze-war?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Harriet Laughton (Post): [Pipe work brings motorists seven months of disruption](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360542325/pipe-work-brings-motorists-seven-months-disruption?ref=goodoil.news) **TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE** Nick Leggett (Herald): [Toll road announcement pivotal moment in transport future](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/toll-road-announcement-pivotal-moment-in-transport-future-infrastructure-nzs-nick-leggett-says/WUXHTXNNGFDOBJTKB6NBAOCMTI/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Russell Brown (Listener): [Our neighbourhood is now an exemplar of urban design philosophy all but outlawed](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener/opinion/russell-brown-our-neighbourhood-is-now-an-exemplar-of-urban-design-philosophy-all-but-outlawed/7QESNFBP6ZCRZJHHWPAJDSAZPM/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Phoebe Utteridge (Stuff): [‘Rare’ ghost tickets leave more Cook Strait ferry passengers waiting on refunds](https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/360539476/rare-ghost-tickets-leave-more-cook-strait-ferry-passengers-waiting-refunds?ref=goodoil.news) Local Democracy Reporting:['Ready to take off': Plans to save troubled southern airport](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/09/ready-to-take-off-plans-to-save-troubled-southern-airport/?ref=goodoil.news) **CLIMATE** Katie Todd (RNZ): [NZ's 10th warmest year on record: What we can learn from 2024 climate data](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538479/nz-s-10th-warmest-year-on-record-what-we-can-learn-from-2024-climate-data?ref=goodoil.news) Michael Daly (Stuff): [Despite two unusually cool months, 2024 was still NZ’s 10th-warmest year on record](https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360542383/despite-two-unusually-cool-months-2024-was-still-nzs-10th-warmest-year-record?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [How has 2024 fared in the climate record books?](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538440/watch-live-how-has-2024-fared-in-the-climate-record-books?ref=goodoil.news) Jack Horsnell (1News): [NZ's sunniest, wettest and warmest places in 2024](https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/01/08/nzs-sunniest-wettest-and-warmest-places-in-2024/?ref=goodoil.news) **BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT, MIGRANT WORKERS** Ernie Newman (Herald): [Government should be focused on fixing market failures](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/government-should-be-focused-on-fixing-market-failures-ernie-newman/VZOLJCDPOFBNPPIUOUZ7H4I24I/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Gill Bonnett (RNZ): [Immigration adviser's poor communication a factor in scam, tribunal says](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538456/immigration-adviser-s-poor-communication-a-factor-in-scam-tribunal-says?ref=goodoil.news) Liu Chen (RNZ): [Migrant worker dies as workplace fall probed](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/chinese/538445/migrant-worker-dies-as-workplace-fall-probed?ref=goodoil.news) Michael Wright (Press): [Failed daycare deal triggers businessman’s $2.6m insolvency case and bailout](https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360541965/failed-daycare-deal-triggers-businessmans-26m-insolvency-case-and-bailout?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): [Whakaari White Island tour company has $8.5m debts, report shows](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/538469/whakaari-white-island-tour-company-has-8-point-5m-debts-report-shows?ref=goodoil.news) **PRIMARY INDUSTRIES** Matthew Littlewood (ODT): [Calls for use of webcams ‘impractical’](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/calls-use-webcams-%E2%80%98impractical%E2%80%99?ref=goodoil.news) David Chaston (Interest): [Our economic saviour?](https://www.interest.co.nz/rural-news/131410/although-latest-full-dairy-auction-recorded-lower-prices-perspective-broader?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [Fruit fly incursion: No new insects found as intensive search continues](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538452/fruit-fly-incursion-no-new-insects-found-as-intensive-search-continues?ref=goodoil.news) Mike Dinsdale (Northern Advocate): [Northland’s multi-million dollar horticulture industry at low risk from Oriental fruit fly](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/northlands-multi-million-dollar-horticulture-industry-at-low-risk-from-oriental-fruit-fly/VE7D4N2GHVEXRAOBUHECQMUSUY/?ref=goodoil.news) **HOUSING** Federico Magrin (Waikato Times): [House prices, rents, rates on the rise – when nowhere is affordable](https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/nz-news/360507700/house-prices-rents-rates-rise-when-nowhere-affordable?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Susan Edmunds (RNZ): ['Expect sub-5 percent home loan rates'](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/538505/expect-sub-5-percent-home-loan-rates?ref=goodoil.news) Dita De Boni (Post): [Tales from the Tenancy Tribunal: Problems with pets](https://www.thepost.co.nz/business/360514924/tales-tenancy-tribunal-problems-pets?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **RESERVE BANK** David Chaston (Interest): [The Deposit Takers Act upgrade spawns a new NBDT](https://www.interest.co.nz/banking/131412/first-time-more-decade-new-registered-non-bank-financial-institution-about-launch?ref=goodoil.news) Nicholas Pointon (NBR): [New finance company receives non-bank deposit takers license](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/new-finance-company-receives-non-bank-deposit-taker-licence/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) BusinessDesk: [RBNZ issues first non-bank deposit-taker licence in nearly a decade](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/finance/rbnz-issues-first-non-bank-deposit-taker-licence-in-nearly-a-decade?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) NBR: [Out of Office Reply: Paul Conway](https://www.nbr.co.nz/business/out-of-office-reply-paul-conway/?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) **OTHER** Deborah Coddington: [You’re not going out dressed in that!](https://substack.com/inbox/post/154363338?ref=goodoil.news) Virginia Fallon (Post): [Who remembers the outrage for Baby Ru?](https://www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/360539368/who-remembers-outrage-baby-ru?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) Kate Green (RNZ): [Meta removing fact checking will have 'catastrophic consequences' - disinformation expert](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538507/meta-removing-fact-checking-will-have-catastrophic-consequences-disinformation-expert?ref=goodoil.news) Lindsay Mitchell: [Remembering Tariana Turia](https://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.com/?ref=goodoil.news) John Lewis (ODT): [‘Matter of when, not if’ H5N1 bird flu arrives](https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/health/%E2%80%98matter-when-not-if%E2%80%99-h5n1-bird-flu-arrives?ref=goodoil.news) (paywalled) RNZ: [Otago farm's bird flu recovery could take months](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538477/otago-farm-s-bird-flu-recovery-could-take-months?ref=goodoil.news) RNZ: [New Zealand walking trail inspired by Camino de Santiago](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/538450/new-zealand-walking-trail-inspired-by-camino-de-santiago?ref=goodoil.news) Ágnes Szabó, Mary Breheny, Polly Yeung (The Conversation): [‘Cold violence’ – a hidden form of elder abuse in New Zealand’s Chinese community](https://theconversation.com/cold-violence-a-hidden-form-of-elder-abuse-in-new-zealands-chinese-community-245661?ref=goodoil.news) Mike Dinsdale (Northern Advocate): [Plans for improved resilience of Northland electricity network announced](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/plan-for-northland-electricity-networks-improved-resilience/GX3RQJEODJBVDMLTINUJKA3HTM/?ref=goodoil.news) Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): [Central North Island iwi elect first post-settlement 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