Politics Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – 04 December 2017 – Today’s content

Politics Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – 04 December 2017 – Today’s content

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. [caption id="attachment_297" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.[/caption] Below are the links to the items online. The full text of these items are contained in the PDF file (click to download). Employment Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pours cold water on work for the dole Emile Donovan (RNZ): CTU calls on minister to create ‘real jobs’ Mike Hosking (Herald): Welfare is a two-way street 1News: Watch: ‘There will be no more sitting on the couch’ – Shane Jones goes full throttle on work-for-the-dole scheme Herald: Shane Jones’ Working For Your Country scheme aims to get young people off the couch Herald: Shane Jones tells nephews to get off the couch and work Jo Moir (Stuff): Shane Jones proposes ‘Working for your Country’ scheme to get unemployed youth off the couch RNZ: Jones’ work-for-dole scheme: ‘no more sitting on the couch’ Newshub: Work-for-the-dole scheme under another name is coming – Jones Jo Moir and Catrin Owen (Stuff): Forestry audit reveals ‘widespread’ breaches in employment standards Rachel Clayton (Stuff): Labour hire case sets new precedent for business Martin Johnston (Herald): Rest home care at risk from changes to migrant workers’ visa rules – Salvation Army Helen King (Stuff): Aged-care sector warns of workforce crisis Damon Rusden (Daily Blog): Have we forgotten about the working poor? RNZ: ‘Earning earlier gives you a huge head start’ CTV building collapse Michael Wright and Martin van Beynen (Stuff): CTV building collapse case judicial review possible, Crown Law opinion rubbished – Nigel Hampton QC Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Police should have ‘held to their guns’ over CTV building collapse prosecution – QC ODT Editorial: CTV decision: another dark day 1News: CTV engineers ‘already convicted in a sense’, Don Brash says, after police decide not to press charges Michael Wright (Stuff): CTV building tragedy timeline: How a prosecution became no prosecution Matthew Theunissen (Herald): Govt considering introducing corporate manslaughter law to enable CTV prosecution Environment Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Forest & Bird appeal open-cast West Coast mine on public land Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Green Party ‘yet to consider’ Kermadec bill Newshub: Kermadec sanctuary breaches Treaty fishing rights – Māori group RNZ: Smith denies his Kermadec bill a coalition wedge Herald: National lodges bill for Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary, seeks Green support Newstalk ZB: Nick Smith lodges Member’s Bill for Kermadec sanctuary Ged Cann (Stuff): The new Government doesn’t agree on plastic bag legislation Jamie Morton (Herald): NZ ‘like a beautiful person with cancer’ – Eden Project founder Andrea Vance (1News): World’s second largest marine sanctuary created ‘effectively in New Zealand’s back yard’ Lois Williams (RNZ): Insight: Kauri dieback – Can these noble trees be protected? Simon Smith (Stuff): Iwi ban on entering Auckland park has support and detractors Government Audrey Young (Herald): Peters’ status requires more focus from him on coalition image RNZ: ‘Secret’ documents: ‘We don’t consider it to be official information’ Jo Moir (Stuff): For a Government vowing to be more transparent, it really is stuck in the mud No Right Turn: Mallard on transparency Herald: PM gives Facebook Live viewers an insight into her weekends Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): At some point the new Government have to acknowledge a positivity campaign only works with a fair Opposition Susan Devoy and Winston Peters Peter Williams (1News): Opinion: Dame Susan Devoy and Winston Peters story – ’embarrassment to professional journalism‘ Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Susan Devoy the product of sports celebrity culture David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A bit of a beatup Herald: Winston Peters ups the ante over weight jibe comments Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Peters denies Dame Susan Devoy remarks Herald: Winston Peters denies Susan Devoy weight claim Herald: Sportswriter says he remembers Winston Peters calling Dame Susan Devoy overweight Henry Cooke (Stuff): Second person says Winston Peters called Dame Susan Devoy overweight Herald: ‘Lose weight’: Winston Peters to Susan Devoy Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): ‘It was patently obvious she wasn’t fit’ – Winston Peters vs Susan Devoy Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Winston Peters denies telling Dame Susan Devoy to lose weight Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): ‘Obnoxious’ Winston Peters told Dame Susan Devoy to lose a few kilos – reports Golriz Ghahraman Duncan Garner (Stuff): Prosecuting evil but quietly defending the indefensible Stacey Kirk (Stuff): The politics of perception and a cautionary internet tale Damien Grant (Stuff): ‘Why I admire Golriz Ghahraman’ David Farrar (KIwiblog): Garner on Ghahraman Greg Presland (Standard): Deranged Golriz Syndrome Todd Barclay Kirsty Wynne (Herald): Former MP Todd Barclay’s two month paid European holiday Herald on Sunday editorial: Barclay’s tour says he is not coming back Liam Hehir (Medium): That stupid Todd Barclay story in The Herald David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Targeting Todd Parliament Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Speaker Mallard plans to let the game flow David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Trans-Tasman Ratings Andrew Gunn (Stuff): A train set for Simon Bridges and a hip flask for Jacinda when Santa hits the Beehive Stuff: Below the Beltway: The week in politics Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): The political week ahead – 4 December 2017 Economy Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): Falling confidence indicates an economic soft patch is looming Richard Harman (Politik): Jones hints at debt challenges Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Radical Transformers? Doesn’t Sound Like It. Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Robertson short on wellbeing plan details Te reo Māori Colin Peacock (RNZ): Te reo on the radio too much for some Paul Thompson (RNZ): Why RNZ is dedicated to the use of the reo Māni Dunlop (RNZ): ‘Why does the media give these voices so much air’ Brian Edwards: Much can be said on both sides – or can it? RNZ: Brash weighs in to te reo debate Lew Stoddard (Kiwipolitico): The beginning of the end of an error Graham Cameron (First we take Manhattan): Radio NZ’s sinister plan revealed: te reo for you, te reo for you, te reo for everybody! Anthea Whittle (RNZ): Our colonisers’ talismans just don’t feel like “ours” Christine Rose (Daily Blog): Don Brash’s attitudes a relic of colonialism Brad Flahive (Stuff): Don Brash clashes with Kim Hill over his te reo stance Sam Brooks (Spinoff): A play-by-play of Kim Hill’s medium rare roasting of Don Brash 1News: ‘Why not learn a language that would actually be useful to you?’ – Don Brash stands firmly against schools teaching the reo John Minto (Daily Blog): Compulsory Maori language in New Zealand schools Jack Tame (Herald): We can be the generation that gives Te Reo a boost Stephen May (Newsroom): To all te reo Māori haters out there … Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): If you feel alienated by hearing Māori, then perhaps you need to reflect upon that Police and justice Newshub: Judges’ sentencing lacks consistency – Andrew Little Herald: Andrew Little says he will reduce the prison population RNZ: Government’s proposal to reduce prison population will make no difference – counsellor RNZ: Reduce crime, not prison population, says Trust Newshub: Prison numbers should be higher, not lower – Amy Adams Eva Corlett (RNZ): Mental health advocates: Police wrong to use Tasers on mentally ill 1News: Al Jazeera questions NZ police for ‘bragging about its diversity’ in viral recruitment video Leilani Momoisea (RNZ): ‘We’re not seeing funny, running cops’ Mass surveillance Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Now we know Key lied about mass surveillance – let’s remind everyone what our msm said at the time David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Speargun beatup Trade Brian Easton (Pundit): Trade Deals are about Winners AND Losers Simon Draper (Stuff): Singapore an increasingly important, impressive trade partner for New Zealand Newshub: Mayors from China, NZ meet to discuss trade Health Jamie Morton (Herald): Is NZ ready for the next big pandemic? NZ Herald editorial: Move health overhaul off waiting list Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Surgical mesh products lost on new Government Karen Brown (RNZ): Organ donor: “I will receive 100% of my loss of earnings” Natalie Akoorie (Herald): DHB scandal: New probe into $14.6m virtual health platform RNZ: Waikato DHB spending concerns spread to app Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Interim Waikato DHB chief welcomes SFO complaint and any investigation Amy Wiggins (Stuff): Government reluctant to commit to obesity target Laura Walters (Stuff): Crate Day a ‘throwback’ NZ can do without – National Nicky Pellegrino (Listener): Men are paying with their lives for unequal health funding Simon Day (Spinoff): Taking New Zealand’s institutional racism in health to the UN RNZ: Pharmac promises pill fix by next week  Susan Strongman (The Wireless): How New Zealand came to have a contraceptive pill shortage Susan Strongman (The Wireless): Denial of abortion ‘legally and factually incorrect’ – academic Education Jo Moir (Stuff): Charter schools in ‘limbo’ unable to assure families they’ll be open next year John Gerritsen (RNZ): Polytechnics ‘fragile’ and ‘under strain’ Newshub: Students in limbo after training provider’s closure Herald: Tertiary provider with 1200 students fails Forence Kerr (Stuff): Wintec boss ‘should talk’ to Stuff Media Rob Stock (Stuff): New Zealand’s digital news providers expand, AUT report finds Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): New Zealand Media Ownership : why it matters Chris Ford (Newsroom): The case for a non-disabling media Housing RNZ: Government pledges to build more state houses Newshub: Phil Twyford reveals location of Government’s first KiwiBuild homes RNZ: State house tenants to be allowed pets Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Home is where the heart is Chris Harrowell (Manukau Courier): Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford outlines help for renters, buyers Rachel Smalley (Herald): Who rates the landlords when tenants are ranked on risk Diana Clement (Herald): Why landlords get a bad rap Corazon Miller (Herald): Auckland’s property losing its shine Overseas land sales and investment Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): New Zealand’s image under siege Alexa Cook (RNZ): Foreign buyer changes cause debate over land prices Gerard Hutching (Stuff): US presenter Matt Lauer’s may fail character test and lose Kiwi bolthole Primary industries Rod Oram (Newsroom): A complacent agricultural nation? Adriana Weber (RNZ): Auckland’s future: vertical farming? Jackson Thomas and John Anthony (Stuff): Big changes for recreational fishing outlined in report to minister Welfare Press Editorial: Who suffers when benefits are cut? Laura Walters (Stuff): Will the removal of benefit sanctions affect children’s identity? International relations Press Editorial: New Zealand, Australia still have a lot in common Phil Pennington (RNZ): Aussie man’s deportation to NZ ‘unfair’ and ‘unjust’ Beth Greener (Incline): Reassuring America? Another View Local government Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Thinking of running for local government in 2019? Get working now Todd Niall (RNZ): Auckland is at a fork in the road Andrew McRae (RNZ): Hamilton ratepayers braced for double-digit hike John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): Whāngārei by-election candidate Huhana Lyndon target of burglary, billboard vandalism Immigration Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Immigrants like ‘slaves’ under broken system Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Immigration NZ broke, new Minister says Other RNZ: PM confirms inquiry into state care abuse will be independent Jamie Morton (Herald): Does NZ really have a science denial problem? 1News: Labour tells iwi leaders they’re not doing their job properly signalling it’s time to steer a new course RNZ: ‘Here for Christmas’ campaign launched Dan Satherley (Newshub): Auckland fuel tax won’t last long – Goff John McCrone (Press): Feeling Kiwi: A brief history of the development of the NZ identity Danny Keenan (Spinoff): Debunking the ‘one people’ myth: a historian on the invention of Hobson’s Pledge Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of … the Royal Engagement Graeme Austin (Newsroom): Sky TV calls the internet police Kirsty Lawrence and Karoline Tuckey (Stuff): Kiwi’s courage helped shepherd thousands of refugees under fire in South Sudan Herald: Brits vote New Zealand greatest country on earth Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Was racism behind over-reaction to Tongan league fans’ passion?]]>