Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – August 16 2018
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.
Primary teachers’ strike
RNZ: Hipkins: Teachers’ pay demand ‘out of kilter’
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Two years to solve teacher shortage – Education Minister Chris Hipkins
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Will she, won’t she? PM Jacinda Ardern’s political gamble with teachers
Southland Times Editorial: Powerful tensions complicate teachers’ strike
Wayne Smith (Newsroom): Reinvest in teachers, NZ
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Teachers just want time to teach
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): How teaching can be made a better career
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Not all teachers are created equal
Press Editorial: Lessons from the teachers’ strike
Andy Fyers (Stuff): Are teachers’ salaries falling behind other Kiwi workers?
Brad Flahive (Stuff): Teachers’ strike: How does a state teacher’s lot compare with private sector and educators around the world?
Lisette Reymer (Newshub): Chris Hipkins ‘concerned’ by stance of striking teachers
Simon Collins (Herald): Teachers look for new pay offer to avert further strike
Stuff: Primary teachers and principals strike for first time since 1994
Herald: Teachers’ fresh threat of two-day strike, PM Jacinda Ardern speaks to Parliament rally
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern changes her mind, and meets teachers at Parliament
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern makes impromptu speech to striking teachers
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Primary school teachers, principal warn more strike action on the cards
RNZ: Teachers prepared for two-day strike
1News:‘We want to fix this’ – teachers union says today’s nationwide strike is a ‘symptom of under-funding’
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): ‘Crisis point’: New Zealand hit by primary school teacher strike
Josephine Franks (Stuff): Teaching is a ‘sweet gig’ – there’s no reason to strike, says deputy principal
Simon Collins (Herald): Our boisterous, passionate, bicultural teachers
Herald: Educators arrive in droves at Parliament as thousands strike
Anna Whyte (1News): ‘Teachers deserve more!’ Thousands hit Wellington streets, rally outside Parliament in protest
Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Māori TV): Auckland brought to a halt as teachers rally on Queen St
Alice Angeloni (Stuff): Striking teachers march to Twisted Sister anthem ‘We’re not going to take it!’
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): The best signs from the teachers’ strike
RNZ: Striking teachers rally around the country: as it happened
Raniera Harrison (Māori TV): Northland primary teachers ‘bearing the brunt’ of social issues
National
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Will ‘Limogate’ investigation reach top gear?
ODT Editorial: The NZ electorate wants personality
Jo Moir (RNZ): Simon Bridges spending leak: Consensus over need for inquiry
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Simon Bridges expenses leak: MPs will be asked to sign waiver allowing computer searches
Anna Bracewell-Worrall , Emma Hurley and Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Leak of Simon Bridges’ expenses to be investigated
Henry Cooke (Stuff): QC to conduct leak investigation into Simon Bridges’ expenses
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Inquiry to be launched into Simon Bridges’ leaked expenses
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Inquiry launched into leak on Simon Bridges’ expenses
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Inquiry into who leaked Simon Bridges’ travel expenses
Newshub: All the National MPs’ expenses revealed
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Simon Bridges’ response to limogate borders on arrogance
Newshub: Tova O’Brien says ‘anyone’ could have leaked Simon Bridges’ expenses
Lucy Bennett (Herald): National leader Simon Bridges’ call for leak inquiry dismissed by NZ First leader Winston Peters
Newshub: NZ First MP Darroch Ball’s bizarre presentation on expenses leak in Parliament
Don Brash (Herald): Empty promises – Why I don’t rate John Key’s legacy
Housing
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Banning foreign buyers is a ‘point of principle’ – Trade Minister David Parker
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Building, not banning, will fix housing crisis – economist
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): ‘Tenants on our own land’: New Zealand bans sale of homes to foreign buyers
1News: Foreign buyers ban passed by Parliament
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Foreign buyer ban helps kiwi home ownership – govt
Jessica Long (Stuff): Labour’s Bill to curb foreigners buying New Zealand houses becomes law
Herald: Landmark foreign buyer ban bill passes into law
Stephen Selwood (Herald): How to get a $650,000 KiwiBuild-style house down to an affordable $300,000
David Hargreaves (Interest): Westpac’s chief economist abruptly changes tack and now forecasts a house price rally early next year
Jason Walls (Interest): Twyford says KiwiBuild homes ‘least affected’ by adverse housing market moves
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Quinovic ‘by far the worst experience’ renter has ever had
Infrastructure
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Gloom begone, as private finance eyes NZ’s infrastructure pie
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald):Infrastructure Minister wants ‘NZ Incs’ to invest
Paul Goodwin (Herald): Government should increase near-term debt to fund critical infrastructure
Tony Garnier (Herald): Get this show on the road …
Herald: Getting the best bang for our buck
Herald: NZTA’s Fergus Gammie spell’s out light rail’s place in Auckland’s future
Bill Bennett (Herald): Project Pipeline uncertainty key concern for NZ infrastructure industry
Herald: Overcoming hurdles so Chinese companies can invest in NZ infrastructure
Gabrielle Penn (Herald): Kiwi women challenge infrastructure’s old boys club
Tim McCready (Herald): Is New Zealand prepared for artificial intelligence on its roads and infrastructure?
The Standard: Building Nations
Health
Newshub: New Zealand needs to double tax on alcohol – economist
Catherine Harris (RNZ): Higher alcohol tax needed to reduce harm – economist
Zane Small (Newshub): ‘Rethink your drink’: Dentist Dr Ehrlich warns alcoholic beverages cause tooth erosion
1News: School dental service ‘isn’t working’ says Dental Association as ‘massive sugar epidemic’ ruins Kiwi kids’ teeth
1News: Big changes needed to fix strained hospital emergency wards in NZ, expert says
Ruby McAndrew (Stuff): Missed cancer symptoms prompt overhaul of health boards’ IT systems
Anne Marie May (RNZ): Victims of birth control device Essure want accountability
Hannah Ross (Stuff): Hospital car parking slammed as unfair, as woman pays up to $200 a week
Police and justice
Audrey Young (Herald): Shane Jones takes exception to National’s references to ‘whānau links’ to NZ First deputy
Gia Garrick (RNZ): National questions ‘offensive’, says Shane Jones
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Emergency call handlers fear being penalised for sick days
Tony Wall and Blair Ensor (Stuff): Residents of a motel where sex offender Ron Jeffries was housed react with horror to his placement
Tema Hemi (Māori TV): Coroner service to leave Taranaki
Ben Leahy (Herald): Auckland centre helping reduce family violence by working with perpetrators expands service
Parliament
Maria Bargh and Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): What now for the Māori seats?
Glen McConnell (Stuff): Politicians muzzling Māori – a tradition older than Māori seats themselves
David Farrar: General roll gains a little
David Seymour (Stuff): Oversupply of Cabinet ministers makes it hard to fathom where accountability begins and ends
Audrey Young (Herald): Simon Bridges called ‘chauvinistic pig’ during Question Time by Education Minister Chris Hipkins
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Simon Bridges called a ‘chauvinistic pig’ after implying the PM is told what to say
Free speech
Liam Hehir (Pundit): Is Don Brash really different from those Canadians?
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom): The left wing case for political freedoms
Paul Mitchell (Stuff): Massey University student politics club wants to bring Brash back
David Farrar: Massey loses a guest lecturer
Environment and conservation
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Shane Jones backs proposed local bill to harvest dead trees on conservation land
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Bid to have windblown timber harvested from West Coast conservation land
Herald: Waikato Regional Council in mediation with landowner over race-based policy claim
1News: Forest and Bird calls for a halt to commercial whitebaiting
Thomas Mead (Newshub): Forest & Bird calls for ban on ‘unsustainable’ whitebait fishing
Mike Watson (Stuff): Ban on whitebait sales could increase black market trade
No Right Turn: Climate change: Fixing the ETS
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Marine reserve pollution within rules
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Lifestyles of cats and dogs must change for Wellington to become predator-free
Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Mayors want taxpayer cash to explore keeping all paper and cardboard recycling onshore
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Plastic bag makers say their product isn’t to blame for damaging the environment
Newshub: How to break New Zealand’s addiction to plastic bags (video)
Primary industries
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Animal tracking legislation to be debated under urgency
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Pukekohe grower: ‘We’re really the last frontier’
Andrea Fox (Herald): MPI says oyster biosecurity claims compo not guaranteed
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): As Fonterra’s troubles mount, its chief executive says goodbye, from a distance
Andrea Fox (Herald): Fonterra top job appointment sends strong message to the market
Jamie Gray (Herald): Surprises keep coming at Fonterra with interim CEO appointment
RNZ: New Fonterra chairman says no doubt of strategy change
NBR Rich List
Damien Venuto (Herald): ‘A bit rich’: Union says NBR Rich List shows deep divide in NZ
Herald: NBR rich list 2018: Wealthiest Kiwis revealed
John Anthony (Stuff): Supermarket owners banking super profits, NBR Rich List shows
Henry Oliver (Spinoff): Notes from New Richland: Nine takeaways from the NBR Rich List
Kīngitanga
John Boynton (RNZ): Calls for action after allegations against King Tūheitia’s ex-advisor
Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Stuff): Ngāruwāhia community disappointed by allegations of King’s office spend-up
Māori TV: Peeni Henare reflects on 12 years since death of Māori Queen
Employment
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Union admonish meatworks’ hiring overseas workers
Naomi Arnold (The Wireless): How getting a job turned into a series of tests
Aimee Shaw (Herald): The gender pay gap closing, figures show – but will it ever completely close?
Rob Stock (Stuff): Millennial voices stifled by employers, Global Women research finds
Media
Thomas Coughlan (Newroom): Lee urges broadcaster transparency
BusinessDesk: Fairfax slashes value of NZ business as Nine merger looms
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Stuff Limited revenues fall despite strong digital growth
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Te Ūpoko radio station facing potential closure
Freedom camping
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Better facilities on the way for campers this summer
Christina Persico (Stuff): Government gives $8.5 million for freedom camping infrastructure
Katie Bradford (1News): Councils getting government funding to deal with freedom campers
Herald: Government puts forward $8.5m for freedom camping fixes
Logan Church (RNZ): Hanmer Springs businesses push to alter freedom camping bylaw
Local government
Tim McCready (Herald): Proposals that hold water
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Consultation is overrated: why we should stop letting idiots guide us
Daisy Hudson (Mountain Scene): Legal action for mayor ‘not a council-related matter’
Tim Brown (RNZ): Queenstown’s mayor taken to court by liquidators
Waitangi National Trust fraud allegations
Yvonne Tahana (1News): Dapper clothes and a $130,000 BMW – man accused of defrauding Waitangi Treaty Grounds trust of $1.2 million dubbed himself ‘Wallace the Tory’ on social media
Stuff: Former employee alleged to have fleeced $1.2 million from the Waitangi National Trust
Newshub: Former Waitangi National Trust worker charged over $1.2m alleged fraud
Other
Richard Harman (Politik): What Labour is really planning to do
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Need for food assistance on the rise
Martin Fisher (Herald): Now a significant time in history of Treaty settlements
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Commerce Minister Kris Faafoi looking at Tim Fairhall’s KiwiSaver case
Mason Durie (Wanganui Chronicle): Dame Tariana Turia’s place in Maoridom
Herald: Prime Minister helps launch Kiwi stories on global stage
Caroline Moratti (Critic): David with the Stars – Dance Superstar David Seymour strips his soul bare
Barrie Smith (Stuff): Nation has spared the rod and spoiled the child, leading to increased criminal offending
Rob Berg (Stuff): The bias of the New Zealand Government against Israel
MItchell Alexander (Newshub): Few opting out of the Government’s winter energy payments
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Immigration advisers targeted in credit card fraud
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Kiwi singer stuns Māori Affairs Committee with performance
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Sir Peter Jackson’s movie museum plan dropped
Warren Gamble (Nelson Mail): Economic development minister Shane Jones lets loose on Waimea dam funding
Lois Williams (RNZ): Whangarei developers eye up council arts fund
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): ‘Stop the lies’ graffiti takes aim at Defence Force
