Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 22 2018 – 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.
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Mycoplasma bovis and farming
Isaac Davison (Herald): M. Bovis costs likely to rise beyond $85m
Isaac Davison (Herald): Cow cull carries on as Govt continues to focus on M. Bovis eradication
1News: ‘Hope absolutely remains’ to eradicate Mycoplasma bovis as bill expected to grow
Andrew McRae (RNZ): PM not ready to admit defeat in cow disease battle
Andrea Fox (Herald): ‘She came across like she cared’: Farmers on Ardern
1News: Cow disease ‘could cost New Zealand, much, much more’ than thought – PM
Conan Young (RNZ): Mycoplasma bovis: The spread, cost and response
RNZ: A timeline of the Mycoplasma bovis spread around NZ
Richard Harman (Politik): Mycoplasma: How it spread from a Southland farm
Keith Woodford (Stuff): M bovis: Leave it to the farmers to manage
Andrew McGiven (Stuff): Government compo fair for farmers with Mycoplasma bovis cattle disease
Jill Galloway (Stuff): Mycoplasma bovis puts spoke in wheel when everything goes right for dairy farmers this autumn
Esther Taunton (Taranaki Daily News): Farmers urged to take care moving stock to prevent spread of cattle disease
RNZ: Insight: Farming and the Fight Against Climate Change
Steven Carden (Herald): Farm changes only way to go
Doug Edmeades (Stuff): ‘There must be a way to tax farmers?’ ‘No Minister’
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Organic producers call for national standard
Ewan Sargent (Stuff): Horrible death threat hangs over pet rabbits
Fishing industry
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Government drops plan to restrict deep sea trawling, protect orange roughy
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Bottom trawling for orange roughy has scientists worried
Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold (Stuff): Caught
Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold (Stuff): Forced labour fishing tainting tuna supply
Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham (Stuff): Can customers force change in how tuna is fished?
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Inside the grim prisons of Vanuatu
Housing
Isaac Davison (Herald): Act leader accused of prejudice after warning Epsom residents about future neighbours with ‘mental health issues’
Stuff: Treasury is wrong, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern scolds Minister Phil Twyford for calling Treasury analysts ‘kids’
Jason Walls (Interest): Phil Twyford slammed Treasury officials, calling them ‘kids… disconnected from reality’ – the Prime Minister says he went too far
No Right Turn: Why is Labour building houses for the rich?
Ben Leahy (Herald): ‘You trust Housing NZ’: Upset mother claims her state home had holes in its walls
Herald: Rents across New Zealand soar, hit new highs
Bonnie Sumner (The Wireless): Is it too late to join the urban exodus?
David Hargreaves (Interest): ASB Housing Confidence Survey finds expectations in the housing market have improved sharply
Stuff: New Zealanders feel better about housing market
Matt Shand (Stuff): National housing scandal brewing
Justice and police
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Waikeria decision reopens painful debate
1News: Rising prison population a ‘complete failure’, as next step to be decided for Waikeria Prison – PM
Isaac Davison (Herald): Govt scraps plans for Waikeria mega-prison, but no decision on back-up plan
1News: One billion dollar prison plans still up in air as PM says inmate population ‘at maximum capacity’
1News: Waikeria Prison expansion is ‘unfortunately’ needed and Government is ignoring the reality of high inmate numbers – Simon Bridges
Ruby Nyika (Stuff): Waikeria prison bed increase crucial, Ōtorohanga mayor and David Bennett say
Janet Yiakmis (ODT): Deprivation in formative years reflected in statistics
Michael Neilson (Herald): Father of teen Bailey Patmore, who died in police pursuit crash, questions chase policy
Health and disability
NZ Herald editorial: The troubling case of Ashley Peacock
Stuff: How many NZ adults can’t afford to visit a GP?
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Confidential statements made to SSC in Nigel Murray investigation may have to be released
RNZ: Quake-strengthen cost to one Middlemore building starts at $70m
Herald: Middlemore Hospital’s Galbraith building marked ‘earthquake prone’
Stuff: Middlemore’s Galbraith building confirmed earthquake prone, fix will cost more than $74m
1News: Should tobacco-style warnings be placed on alcohol sold in New Zealand?
1News: Researchers call for mandatory warning labels on alcohol after study finds wildly variable standards
John Gibb (ODT): Study finds alcohol labelling `highly deficient’
Chloe Winter (Stuff): NZ Alcohol Beverages Council says education is the answer, not labels
RNZ: Rural health workforce reaching crisis point
Emma Russell (Herald): Ground-breaking child-cancer trial kicks off in New Zealand
1News: ‘You just have to cope for your child’s sake’ – Kiwi parents suffering as hospitals struggle with shortage of neonatal beds
Jarred Williamson (Stuff): Flu season: Over half of staff not vaccinated at two Auckland health boards
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Man turned away from Dunedin bar: ‘I am not dumb … my speech is impaired’
1News: Is Ebola a threat to NZ? Expert discusses the chance of an outbreak here
State care of children and family violence
RNZ: Young children pushed to the brink by family violence
Jess Cartwright (1News): Families devastated about closure of support villages for kids with emotional trauma
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Fact or Fable: The Govt’s claims on family violence funding
Euthanasia
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): ‘End of life bill demeans the disabled’
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Campaigners want binding end-of-life choices allowed for in euthanasia bill
RNZ: Mass of submissions delay euthanasia bill deadline
Government
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Budget 2018: Labour’s Pre-Emptive Capitulation To Kiwi Capitalism’s Discontent
Alan Johnson (Daily Blog): Budget 2018 – Half of something and half of nothing
Susan St John (Daily Blog): Does this budget turn the tide?
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Labour could face backlash from Māori voters
Liam Hehir (Stuff): The country benefits from stable financial management
1News: ‘No’ – Simon Bridges laughs at the prospect of Winston Peters as PM
Elections
Claire Trevett (Herald): Sir Patrick Hogan’s election ad for NZ First under scrutiny
RNZ: Electoral Commission looking into ad in horse racing mag
David Farrar: Sir Patrick Hogan may be in trouble
Eric Crampton: Costing policy
Māori wards
RNZ: Rejection of Māori wards: ‘It’s horrendous’
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Four districts reject Māori wards
Rotorua Daily Post: Whakatāne vote against Māori wards
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Palmerston North votes against Māori wards
David Farrar: You’re all racists
No Right Turn: Palmerston North voters are racists too
Local government
Efeso Collins (Daily Blog): I’ve read the PWC Stadium report and it didn’t take me very long because so many words were redacted from the version I got!
Jackson Thomas (Auckland Now): Auckland councillors ‘appalled’ by mayor’s handling of stadium report
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Simon Bridges dismisses Auckland stadium talk as ‘weird’
No Right Turn: Conspiring against transparency
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Wellington councillor fights for action on sexual assault
Privacy and surveillance
Rick Shera (Herald): Kiwis need right to be forgotten
George Block (ODT): Claim: facial recognition at casino
Richard MacManus (Newsroom): How we help Google train its robots
Employment
Chris Trotter: A Labour Code Worthy Of Inspection
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): Employers told to pay minimum wage or risk prosecution
Herald: Māori at greater risk of harmful work exposures than non-Māori
Rob Stock (Stuff): Why women live longer than men, but retire earlier
Logan Church (RNZ): OC work experience course: ‘I’ve found self pride’
Welfare
Anna Bracewell (Newshub): Government scraps controversial contraceptive grants for beneficiaries
Jo Moir (Stuff): National would scrap winter energy payment for pensioners and beneficiaries
International relations and trade
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): US praises ‘Pacific reset’, warns over debt
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): MP blames Pacific ‘failed states’ for New Zealand’s drug problems
Stephen Jacobi (Stuff): China’s big idea – the Belt and Road initiative – will need Kiwi smarts
Banking sector
1News: ‘We need to look at this’ – Finance expert suspicious as Aussie banks rake in $5 billion from Kiwis
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Second New Zealand bank swamped by fraud and transaction disputes
Michael Reddell: Orr defends himself
Education
Herald: Teacher shortage worse than ever before, secondary school principals survey finds
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Teachers get the bill for school resources
Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): Want performance? Put money where your mouth is
Madison Reidy (Stuff): Filipino students duped, depressed by education promises
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Pink Shirt Day doesn’t put the responsibility for stopping bullying where it belongs
Herald: Wintec to reopen investigation into allegations about its CEO
Annemarie Jutel and Douglas Booth (Newsroom): Time to give humanities respect they deserve
Migration
Liam Dann (Herald): Falling migration eases pressure on Govt
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Migration falls to two-year low, even as arrivals continue to climb
BusinessDesk: NZ annual net migration slows as more non-Kiwis leave
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Asian gay community finds refuge in New Zealand
Transport
RNZ: Fuel prices hit record in Wellington, South Island
Tina Law (Press): Drivers incorrectly fined for speeding on Christchurch road for seven years
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Drivers incorrectly fined for ‘speeding’ on Christchurch road for the past seven years
Other
Deena Coster (Stuff): Law change sought to protect Parihaka name and story
Rebecca Stevenson (Spinoff): Online genius or tailspin troll? Meet Todd Scott, NBR boss and tweeter-in-chief
John Drinnan: Dysfunctional HRC Targets Hate And Disharmony
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Invite includes the quote: ‘The best party has women with a past and young men with a future’
Stuff: The Maori economy continues to grow
Lynda Chanwai-Earle (RNZ): Disowned, displaced and discovered: NZ’s Japanese War Brides
Grant Bradley (Herald): Getting New Zealand on the map: The cup of coffee with a $6m pay-off
1News: Watch: Mini Jacinda Ardern sends message as hologram at Techweek’18
Nicole Lawton (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern opens Techweek’18 in Auckland as a hologram
Newshub: New Zealand would benefit from rumoured Harry and Meghan visit – Jacinda Ardern
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern: Prince Harry and Meghan welcome to visit NZ in October
1News: ‘Royals absolutely have a standing invitation’ – Jacinda Ardern all smiles on Harry and Meghan’s rumoured NZ visit]]>
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