Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – May 28 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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Today’s content
Education
Herald Editorial: Decile funding system changes in education will not be successful if made in isolation
Laura Macdonald (Newshub): ‘You can actually focus on learning’: Educators respond to NCEA review
Simon Collins (Herald): Auckland Grammar School headmaster slams NCEA changes as ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible
Simon Collins (Herald): NCEA reforms: external exams in Year 11 go, ‘pathway’ courses required at Levels 2 and 3
1News: Big ideas to shake-up NCEA released for public consultation, ‘to challenge thinking and provoke debate’ – Education Minister
Jo Moir (Stuff): A complete overhaul of NCEA level one has been recommended to Government
RNZ: ‘Big bold’ ideas to change NCEA – Education Minister
Newshub: NCEA: Govt considers scrapping year 11 exams
1News: ‘Why isn’t it happening?’ – Education Minister questioned over promise of scrapping school donations
Pete George: School donations another delayed promise
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): PM behind industry’s push to get thousands of people into trades
Stacey Morrison (E-Tangata): What I’d do if I was the boss of education
Jessica Long (Stuff): Shifting homework habits could be helping New Zealand students find balance
Andre Chumko (Stuff): Screaming Naenae College special needs student locked out of classroom
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Society needs libraries and they’re not dying, advocates say
ODT: ‘Critic’ cover features censored letter from uni
Joel Ineson (Stuff): Otago University student magazine Critic hits back at censorship with new edition
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Critic magazine dumping prompts vocal rally at Otago University
Tim Brown (RNZ): Students protest mag’s destruction: ‘we’re …fighting back’
Paul Little (Herald): No place for censorship, period
Micoplasma bovis
David Williams (Newsroom): MPI must rebuild trust
RNZ: National did a ‘strong job’ dealing with M bovis outbreak – Bridges
Andrea Fox (Herald): Between the devil and the deep: D-day for Mycoplasma bovis call
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): M Bovis decision: D-Day for dairy and beef farmers
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Mycoplasma bovis outbreak will get worse before it gets better
Tom O’Connor (Waikato Times): Heed the M bovis warning
RNZ: MPI ‘slow, uncoordinated’, under-prepared in M bovis response
Roger Smith (Stuff): MPI response system robust, says biosecurity head
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Alert, alert, mad cows on loose, MPI in deep coma
Newshub: Duncan Garner reveals bold new Mycoplasma bovis claims from ‘inside sources’
Michael Daly (Stuff): Mycoplasma bovis: Why it matters for all of us – not just farmers
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Mycoplasma farmers living in the shadow of slaughter
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Ashburton farmer Frank Peters’ ‘beautiful’ calves killed to stop disease
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Vet company says it was named in M. bovis outbreak as part of a ‘commercial vendetta’
Laura Tupou (Newshub): Waikato farmer reveals his cows have Mycoplasma bovis disease
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Farmer says cows that escaped Government-owned farm may have given his heard M. bovis
Fishing industry
Elisabeth Slooten, Bruce Robertson, Glenn Simmons (The Conversation): New Zealand’s hoki fishery under scrutiny after claims of fish dumping, misreporting
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Neoliberalism has mutated MPI into an agency that protects Industry from regulation – does Nash deserve the bash?
No Right Turn: Total capture
John Minto (Daily Blog): The infamous Talley Brothers – now thieving from the environment
RNZ: ‘Slavery on an industrial scale’ in fishing industry
Health
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Nurses strikes to go ahead: ‘We need 11 percent right now’
Michael Hayward (Stuff): Nurses decide to strike after union vote among 27,000 members
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Nurses vote to strike if DHB pay offer not acceptable
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Counties Manukau DHB tell of stretched resources at Middlemore in letter to Health Minister David Clark
RNZ: Middlemore letter to minister: ‘Pulls no punches’
RNZ: Nurses share concerns raised by Middlemore letter
Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): Middlemore Hospital exceeding bed capacity on daily basis – staff
Newshub: Not enough in the Budget to fix Middlemore – Auckland Councillor
Brittany Keogh (Herald): No disciplinary action in half of bullying, harassment cases at DHBs
Carla Penman (Herald): People who attack paramedics could automatically be jailed under proposed tough new law
Bruce Munro (ODT): Stopping the rot
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Otago University study highlights ‘giant’ issue of poor oral health for ageing Kiwis
Newshub: Graphic health warnings for sugary drinks work
Rebecca Stevenson (Spinoff): Bingeing, brawling and drunken sex: Is this responsible alcohol promotion?
Laura Walters and Katie Kenny (Stuff): Will the inquiry really be the saviour of the mental health system?
Mike Houlahan (ODT): More elderly with mental health issues
Mikaela Collins (Northern Advocate): Reminder for Northlanders as rheumatic fever risks increases over winter
Newshub: One in five Kiwis say their doctor has recommended unnecessary tests or treatment
David Loughrey (ODT): Call for open discussion on menstruation
Nick Smith (Nelson Mail): Why Nelson needs a new hospital
Housing
Ben Leahy (Herald): Rising rental prices creating a new class of ‘working poor’, support groups warn
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): We have a housing problem – not a crisis
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): ‘No capacity’ for KiwiBuild
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Govt ‘needs to check its magic wand’ over KiwiBuild targets
RNZ: New stats to give fuller picture on overseas property buyers
When Owen (1News): Hamilton ‘absolutely not’ over peak of homelessness – politicians under pressure for those needing emergency housing
Kaitlin Ruddock (1News): Families facing homelessness in Marlborough move into converted Blenheim motel
David Slack (Stuff): There’s no place like it
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Low interest rates no good to new borrowers
Rob Stock (Stuff): London solution to Kiwi housing crisis
International relations and trade
Richard Harman (Politik): English denies China security breach as Washington criticises and Peters goes to Beijing
David Fisher (Herald): China’s communists fund Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party: What the United States Congress was told
Newshub: Former CIA analyst says New Zealand should be kicked out of Five Eyes alliance
Herald: Winston Peters: Next talks set for China Free Trade Agreement upgrade
1News: Winston Peters and China’s Foreign Minister hold bilateral meeting in Beijing with trade, security, North Korea on agenda
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): New Zealand can help ease tensions
Liam Dann (Herald): Could New Zealand’s economy survive a China crisis?
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Winston Peters says NZ supports ‘deeply concerning’ findings of MH17 probe
Herald: Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says Russian role in deadly MH17 disaster ‘deeply concerning’
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Peters ‘deeply concerned’ over MH17 missile confirmation
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): New Zealand’s Ngāi Tahu ambassador to Chile
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): Asia – the great unknown for most New Zealanders
Simon Draper (Herald): Survey shows we still don’t know much about Asia
Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): Quiz reveals Kiwis’ lack of general knowledge of Asia
Newshub poll
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Poll result ‘heartening’ – Simon Bridges
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Simon Bridges failing to connect with voters – Newshub poll
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Judith Collins makes surprising appearance in preferred Prime Minister poll\
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): What do Kiwis think of Prime Minister Winston Peters?
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): NZ First gone, Greens the new king-maker in latest Newshub poll
Jo Moir (Stuff): Judith Collins joins preferred PM rankings – Labour, Greens still ahead in poll
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Newstalk ZB): New poll brings bad news for Simon Bridges, NZ First
Parliament
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diary of… Paula Bennett
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): MPs behaving badly? What’s new about that?
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): A National embarrassment
Bryce Edwards (Newstalk ZB): We need more ‘brawling’ in Parliament
ODT Editorial: National’s empty actions
Jason Walls (Interest): Is all the theatre & spectacle to make a point was worth it for the Nats?
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): MPs behaving badly a drama where no one emerges clean
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Judith Collins dreams of bringing back Lockwood Smith as Speaker
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): Paula, Simon, Trevor and Gerry take turns on the naughty stool
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Below the beltway
Jack van Beynen (Stuff): Dancing With The Stars NZ: Former PM the Key to ‘Twinkletoes’ Seymour’s success
Government
Phil Quin (Stuff): Shane Jones is Labour’s greatest re-election asset
Claire Trevett (Herald): Post-Budget glow fades quickly as heartland problems pile up
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Is the new Government already failing Māori?
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): Why Phil’s flight phone call rang a bell for me
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Did Phil Twyford break another aviation rule?
Herald: Transport Minister Phil Twyford accused of standing on plane while seatbelt light on
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Judith Collins’ role in bringing down Phil Twyford
David Farrar: Referenda in 2019
Nicole Bremner (1News): Jacinda Ardern’s candid interview on impending motherhood – ‘focused on getting through the actual birth’
Mark Broatch (Guardian): Clarke Gayford on fatherhood, food and fending off shark
National
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Judith Collins: The comeback queen
Mike Williams (Hawke’s Bay Today): Divided views on Crusher but National’s not well
Human Rights Commission
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Devastated but vindicated’: Devoy issues powerful rebuke as she exits Human Rights Commission
Susan Devoy: How the Human Rights Commission can rebuild trust
Stuff: Accused groper Kyle Stutter keeps top job amidst staff shake up at Human Rights Commission
Andrew Beach (Stuff): Dame Susan Devoy says HRC staff should not have had to endure what they went through
Herald: Dame Susan Devoy urges other staff to ‘take responsibility’ and step side at Human Rights Commission
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Human Rights Commission undergoes shake-up
Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Emma Hurley (Newshub): Susan Devoy and Jackie Blue to move on from Human Rights Commission
Justice and police
David Fisher (Herald): ‘Best guess’ on prison numbers caused inmate blowout
Chester Borrows (Wanganui Chronicle): MPs must be brave enough to do what is right rather than what is popular
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): The moral failure of a rising prison muster
Nicola Russell (Newshub): Youth Court should include 19 to 20yr olds – Children’s Commissioner
David Fisher (Herald): Ex-National MP Ross Meurant to the Head Hunters – gangs must join society or face becoming ‘exploding’ underclass of terrorism
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Chief Judge: ‘Robbing Peter to pay Paul’
Ruby MacAndrew (Stuff): Criminal case backlog to surge as judges redistributed to Family Court
RNZ: Judges pulled from criminal cases to work Family Court backlog
Leah Te Whata (Māori TV): Māori Wardens seek operational autonomy
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Insight: Policing Domestic Violence – A New Direction
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): App helps police combat family violence
Jo Lines MacKenzie (Stuff): Public-private pilot trains Kiwi offenders for automotive jobs
Child welfare
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Govt will have ‘failed completely’ if they don’t reform benefits – Andrew Becroft
Celia Patrick (ODT): Collaboration will ensure ongoing care for south’s vulnerable children
Elena McPhee (ODT): Better parental leave call
Janika ter Ellen (Newshub): Phone line helps foster parents deal with difficult children
Abortion
RNZ: Abortion views in NZ yet ‘to be put to the test’
Newshub: NZ ‘doesn’t need referendum’ on abortion law – ex-PM Helen Clark
Jo Moir (Stuff): Vote on abortion law reform could happen in NZ Parliament next year
Newshub: Abortion debate: ‘Progressive’ Ireland set to leapfrog NZ
Genevieve O’Halloran (Noted): As the Ireland referendum vote proves, when it comes to abortion, choice is key
Liz Beddoe: Reproductive rights are a social work issue
Pete George:Ireland abortion vote puts New Zealand law to shame
Gambling
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Facial recognition tech to help curb problem gambling
RNZ: Far North hotel scraps pokies after baby abandoned
Chris Harrowell (Stuff): Rawene Hotel bans pokies after mum playing the machines left her baby outside
Newstalk ZB: Pub owners take stand against pokies after mother leaves child to gamble
Poverty and inequality
Joel Ineson (Press): Two incomes not enough for Christchurch family seeking food parcels
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Brian Easton: Māori have been trapped in a poverty cycle
Bastion Point
Justine Murray (RNZ): Takaparawhā (Bastion Point) – 40 years on
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Battle continues 40 years after Bastion protests
Leonie Hayden (Spinoff): 40 years on from the occupation of Takaparawhā (Bastion Point)
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Commemoration mark 40 years since Bastion Point arrests
Kingi Taurua dies
Herald: Tributes flow for late Ngapuhi leader Kingi Taurua – a soldier, radical, ‘good bugger’
Florence Kerr (Stuff): Ngāpuhi leader Kingi Taurua is escorted by family back to Waitangi
Environment
RNZ: Govt to seek public feedback over mining ban proposal
Maddison Northcott (Stuff): Anti-1080 activists claim pesticide supporters ‘terrorists’
RNZ: Activist’s threatening letter claims 1080 drop is terrorism
Jamie Morton (Herald): Native bird numbers double during 20-year Department of Conservation pest control study
Dominion Post Editorial: Tide is turning; we must turn with it
Press Editorial: We need a new bag of tricks for those tricky bags
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Compostable packaging ‘could do more harm than good’
Herald: Plastics recycler Astron gets $500,000 from Waste Minimisation Fund
Oil and gas exploration
Robin Martin (RNZ): PM reassures Taranaki locals after end of new oil and gas exploration
Stephanie MItchell (Stuff): Prime Minister offers reassurance to oil and gas workers during Taranaki visit
Herald: Taranaki leaders use Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s visit to appeal for help after oil and gas exploration announcement
Ben Irwin (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern fronts Taranaki oil and gas workers in closed door meeting
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Top oil analyst slams ‘errors and misrepresentations’ in government’s offshore exploration ban
Newsub: Oil workers can’t get mortgages thanks to ban – National
Canterbury rebuild
Liz McDonald (Press): Academic says poor state of Canterbury foundation repairs could prove catastrophic
Rachel Graham (RNZ): Derelict Christchurch buildings in council ‘crosshairs’
Conan Young (RNZ): $150m Christchurch red zone plan unveiled
Press Editorial: From red zone to green light
Steven Cowan: Privatising the profits and socialising the cost
Immigration and refugees
Daniel McCulloch (Stuff): Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says he could be open to NZ refugee deal
No Right Turn: This is corrupt
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Tough rules see migrants give up and go home
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Grandmother who overstayed for more than 30 years granted residency
Transport and road safety
Newshub: As other countries’ road tolls slow down, New Zealand’s is on the rise
Jodi Yeats (Auckland Now): Auckland Council’s red light cameras haven’t worked for years
Auckland Now: Former PM Helen Clark calls for action on out-of-commission red light cameras
Herald Editorial: Belated change in road safety priorities
Christine Rose (Daily Blog): Why the Price of Oil is a Class Concern
Mike Lee (Daily Blog): Trams to Auckland airport – is this really a Super idea?
RNZ: Kāpiti Expressway continues to spring leaks
Grant Bradley (Herald): Turbulence ahead: The Government move that could push up airfares
Treaty settlements and Waitangi Tribunal
Baden Vertongen (Pundit): It’s easy to be friends with one who shares the same opinions
RNZ: Minister delays signing Pare Hauraki settlement
Tracy Neal (RNZ):Iwi says unfair land deal locks them into forestry
Herald: Talk to us, Waikato’s Te Arawa River Iwi Trust tells Treaty Negotiations Minister Andrew Little
Jimmy Ellingham (Manawatu Standard): Pass the parcel game to avoid landbank budget responsibility not on
Building standards and safety
Edward Gay (RNZ): Construction company faces $3m fine for misleading customers
Tim Shadbolt (Southland Times): Why I’m terrified of building collapse
Jimmy Ellingham (Manawatu Standard): Pass the parcel game to avoid landbank budget responsibility not on
Media
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Rural press in retreat in time of crisis
Alex Braae (Spinoff): Print’s not dead yet: A community newspaper empire expands
Colin Peacock (RNZ): AI and the media: coming ready or not
Economy
Brian Easton (Pundit): Of Foxes and Hedgehogs
Jason Walls (Interest): Finance Minister says NZ won’t require unconventional monetary policy in the foreseeable future
Defence
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Toxic foam: Discrepancy in Defence Force reports
Andrea Vance (Stuff): NZDF chief flew top brass around NZ on costly helicopter rides
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): Urgent changes needed to better support veterans – report
Arrun Soma (1News): Hundreds of Kiwi troops attend War Games in the Pacific Islands
Local government and regions
Todd Niall (RNZ): Legal expert backs councillors’ demand for full stadium report
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Thieving pākehā neighbours have been stealing our stuff for years
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): What is it that’s so threatening about a Māori voice?
Herald: Wellington world’s most liveable city second year running
Newshub: Wellington voted most liveable city for second year in a row
RNZ: Most liveable city: ‘We’ve got the best coffee, the best beer’
Matthew Rosenberg (Auckland Now): ‘Please speak in a language 99% of us understand’: Racist remarks derail meeting about Auckland’s Mt Victoria
Herald Editorial: Auckland – a city with more than one father
Laurel Ketel (Nelson Mail): What is Richard Nixon’s life-sized statue doing in a Nelson town?
Cherie Sivignon (Nelson Mail): Tasman mayor uses casting vote to quash calls for Waimea dam referendum
Employment and work safety
John Anthony (Stuff): Labour shortage could create ‘significant issue’ for Govt’s 1 billion tree target
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Unfairly dismissed painter still unpaid
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Son of man crushed to death fears for other workers’ safety
RNZ: Small boy has lucky escape from quad bike accident
Business
Anne Gibson (Herald): Revealed: Australia’s rich listers and their big-money links to NZ
Liam Dann (Herald): Who’ll top our rich list in 20 years?
Other
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): ACC calls in top Queen’s Counsel to review allegations
Joanne Carroll (Press): West Coast waste-to-energy scheme ‘not reliant’ on Government funding
Moana Maniapoto (E-Tangata): Of your moko you cannot be deprived
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Contractors sought for Pike River mine re-entry
Maggie Barry (Wanganui Chronicle): Dignified death, yes, but check the detail
Newshub: Protesters arrested after disrupting Israeli documentary
Britt Mann and Chris McKeen (Stuff): 125 years of suffrage: Meet NZ’s next generation of rebel women
Jamie Wall (RNZ): Black Ferns filled with hearts of gold, not pockets]]>
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