Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – September 6 2018
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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Pacific Forum, Nauru
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): What is Winston Peters up to in refugee spat?
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Winston Peters presents significant challenge for lip readers
Philip Matthews (Press): Editorial: A lost opportunity on Nauru
Claire Trevett (Herald): The sorry tale of Niue’s only duck
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discusses refugees on Nauru
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern caves to Winston Peters after refugee remarks
RNZ: New Zealand welcomes new Pacific security declaration
RNZ: Huge grant from Europe to help save Pacific Ocean
Newshub: Watch: Nauru President performs song for PM Jacinda Ardern about baby Neve, New Zealand
1News: Watch: Jacinda Ardern serenaded with song written especially for her and Neve on arrival to Nauru
Nick Perry (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern steals limelight at Pacific meeting
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Jacinda Ardern was right to delay travel to Nauru
ODT Editorial: PM’s Nauru trip a lost chance
Gordon Campbell: On the fuss and fighting over the PM’s Pacific Forum trip
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): ‘I am Prime Minister – I have a job to do’: Jacinda Ardern defends separate Nauru flight
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The PM, the baby and the plane
RNZ: Nauru governments warns journalists to stick to rules
1News: New Zealand should send ‘stern warning’ to Nauru over human rights – ACT leader
RNZ: Nauru president attacks journalists for covering refugee stories during Forum
Government
John Armstrong (Listener): New Zealand First’s salvation could also be its demise
Peter Dunne (Interest): The Government has to all intents and purposes become a New Zealand First/Labour coalition
Newshub: Clare Curran’s questioning fumble ‘catastrophic’ – Tova O’Brien
Newshub: Wounded target’: Clare Curran has no credibility left – Duncan Garner
1News: Watch as beleaguered Labour minister Clare Curran stumbles over probing questions about her use of personal email for Government business
Stacey KIrk (Stuff): Embattled minister Clare Curran struggles to explain using personal email for Government business
Newstalk ZB: Clare Curran grilled over her use of a Gmail account
Tim Miller (ODT):‘Um, ah, you know’ … Curran flounders
Tim Miller (ODT): ‘Good chance’ Curran won’t survive year
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Curran’s demotion punishment ‘inadequate’: Bridges
1News: Watch: Paula Bennett calls Jacinda Ardern’s handling of recent ministerial issues ‘absolutely disgraceful’ in fiery speech to Parliament
John Gibb (ODT): Checks, balances protect the rule of law
Parliament
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Ministers spent $1.49m on travel and accommodation in last quarter – far less than last Government for same period
Audrey Young (Herald): Bill to entrench the Māori seats passes first hurdle with support from opponent
Morgan Godfery (Māui St): Breaking: NZF likely to support Māori seats entrenchment bill
1News: Paula Bennett quizzes Government over stance on entrenching Māori seats
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Report suggests $13m in extra funding for MPs’ offices, but Government quickly rejects it
Lucy Bennett (Herald): MP support report ‘dead in the water’
David Farrar: Massive increase proposed for MPs expenses
Pete George: “Massive increase” in MP funding, most for Government MPs
Helen Clark
Graham Adams (Noted): Helen Clark’s chest-beating is wearing a bit thin
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Helen Clark compares her tenure to Jacinda Ardern’s
1News: Watch: What does former Prime Minister Helen Clark think of parliament now?
State sector, OIA
Simon Chapple (Newsroom): Reviving the spineless state sector
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): DHBs told to deal with OIA requests faster
No Right Turn: Mixed news on the OIA
Racing industry
Martin van Beynen, Mat Kermeen and Anne Clarkson (Stuff): Ten arrested after 17 police raids during probe into race-fixing, drugs offences
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Harness racing race-fixing scandal: Three more charged
1News:Three more people charged as police investigate alleged race-fixing in NZ harness racing industry
Newshub: Three more arrested in relation to alleged harness race-fixing
Jonny Turner (ODT): Racing scandal mounts
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Punting on NZ harness racing continues despite police race-fixing probe
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Seven race-fixing accused banned from every racecourse in NZ
RNZ: Nelson race meet at the centre of harness racing race-fixing charges
Jim Tucker (Taranaki Daily News): Racecourse grab a cynical move
Peter Lampp (Manawatū Standard): Racing revamp will require lawmakers to gallop across the house
Environment and conservation
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Productivity Commission offers a peek into our net zero carbon future
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): A ‘feebate’ political landmine
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Stupid climate solutions – people don’t want to bike to work
Christina Persico (Stuff): OMV tells EPA that many environmental claims are ‘not legally relevant’ in oil and gas hearing
Simon Hartley (ODT): Land use concerns farmers
Bob Kerridge (Newshub): Opinion: Weapons of mass destruction being used in war against pests in Aotearoa
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): Deadly poison plan worries cat owners
Stuff: 1080 use in New Zealand: Expert Q&A
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): Landowners ‘astounded’ stock effluent site built near Central Otago waterway
Laura Mills (Greymouth Star): Lead shot use stops due to effect on kea
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Māori excluded from kauri dieback response – advocates
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Kauri dieback fight: Scientist warns of ‘Māori exclusion’
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Myrtle rust detection programme wound down
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): Lower part of river ‘absolutely devoid of fish life’, yet upstream swimming with fish
Newshub: Court of Appeal shark cage diving ruling major victory for pāua diving community
1News: Shark cage diving constitutes ‘hunting or killing’ great whites, Court of Appeal rules
Grant Bradley (Herald): Shark cage ban: Tourism Industry Aotearoa bares its teeth
Financial sector
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Provinces’ ‘first citizen’ takes on banks
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Shane Jones asks Reserve Bank governor to consider new rules for regional banks
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Shane Jones meets Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr over banking in regions
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Shane Jones presents case on rural banks to Reserve Bank governor
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Finance firms face $100k fine if they fail to put consumers first
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Financial services lobby group launches Code of Conduct
Richard Klipin (Stuff): Code of conduct to ensure customers put first
Madison Reidy (RNZ): Financial services sector needs to ‘lift its game’
Business, economy, trade
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): What will the Wellbeing Budget change?
Richard Harman (Politik): Happiness: the new GDP
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Government’s wellbeing focus a work in progress, says Grant Robertson
Daisy Hudson (ODT): Treasury CEO: economy strong despite gloom
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Here’s why New Zealand isn’t ready for a share market downturn
RNZ: Declining business confidence may increase unemployment
Steven Joyce (Interest): On what’s causing business confidence to fall
Housing
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Exclusive: Record amounts being spent on ‘Band-Aid solution’ motels for homeless
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Northland’s homeless ‘living in buses and cow sheds’
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Govt says it’s taking responsibility as landlord seriously
Russell Brown (Spinoff): ‘We’re not here to judge your lifestyle, we’re here to make sure you’re housed’
Mike Houlahan (ODT): DCC checks after property owners ‘dobbed in’
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): KiwiBuild ‘significantly cheaper’ than other smaller-scale developments, Colliers says
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Buyers told: Compare KiwiBuild to apartments
Chris Barton (Noted): Why freeing up more land won’t solve Auckland’s housing crisis
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Govt investigates other Tauranga housing developments after Bella Vista
Justice, corrections
Sam Hurley (Herald): No compensation for victim of convicted Defence Force sergeant ‘groper Roper’
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Woman who sued the Crown and Robert Roper for alleged abuse loses case
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Woman loses fight to claim damages after sexual assault
1News: Exclusive: Figures show sexual violence court pilot is slashing trial wait times
Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): Baby Boomers can help fix prison problem
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Parents given chance to speak on Family Court improvements
Point of Order: Family Court: we thought Labour had the answers in 2014 but it now wants more advice
Jo Moir (RNZ): New bail phone app helps decrease prison populationCrown sums up in trial of Auckland prison guards
Edward Gay (RNZ): Crown sums up in trial of Auckland prison guards
Matt Stewart (Stuff): Compensation ‘in the mix’ after mum has conviction for baby killing quashed
Melissa Davies (Newshub): Terri Friesen ‘wrapt, relieved’ after manslaughter conviction quashed
Melissa Davies (Newshub): Taranaki mother’s conviction over baby killing quashed
RNZ: Mum’s manslaughter conviction quashed 16 years after ex’s admission
Herald: Justice 30 years later for Terri Friesen, whose baby was killed in 1989
MIchelle Duff (Stuff): She says she was raped in a classroom, and her life changed forever. What about his?
Sam Hurley (RNZ): Corrections officer ‘reacted to violence with violence’ after inmates attacked, court hears
Katie Doyle (RNZ): Hundreds of Ministry of Justice employees vote on strike action
Police
Jared Savage (Herald): Formal complaint about alleged bullying laid against deputy commissioner Wally Haumaha
Māori TV: Former Police Chaplain goes on Hunger Strike
Herald: Heightened concern about experienced police officers leaving in droves after latest pay offer rejected
Newshub: Government shoots down gang firearms proposal
Education
Simon Collins (Herald): Relief teacher supply hits ‘critical low’, agency contracted to Ministry of Education tells schools
Luke Appleby (1News): Further strikes ‘not off the table’ as teacher pay negotiations continue behind closed doors this week
Simon Collins (Herald): Teacher shortage hits just over half of NZ primary schools
Alex Baird (Newshub): NZEI laments ‘horrific’ teacher shortage after eye-opening survey
Herald Editorial: Early school leavers are a challenge for tertiary training
Eleanor Rarity (Timaru Herald): Mike King speaks at Geraldine High after 2017 talk was cancelled
Maiki Sherman and Anna Whyte (1News): Government forced to apologise after Waitangi Tribunal claim lodgment overlooked
Katie Fitzgerald: Single-sex schools good for boys academically – but what about once they leave?
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Cost of Redcliffs School rebuild on Redcliffs Park site grows to $16 million
Russell Ballard (Stuff): Universities can prosper only by joining together
John Gerritsen (RNZ): TEC defends survey after universities block ratings
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Universities block course survey results
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Religious instruction finds its way into 600 secular primary schools
Renee Clayton (Rodney Times): Stoush over Bible lessons in state schools heads to the High Court
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Māori MPs who don’t back charter schools should be ashamed – Lance O’Sullivan
Māori TV): Rangatahi share their stories – Part Two
Health
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom): Time to campaign for free universal public dental care
Suzy Mitchell (Noted): Action on period poverty is a bloody good thing
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Investigation finds possible financial irregularities at Counties Manukau DHB
Michelle Cooke (RNZ): ‘Unfathomable’ NZ prosthetists don’t have to hold degrees – lawyer
Anna Whyte (1News):‘Massive potential’ for medicinal cannabis industry in NZ, if MPs ‘get their act together’ – Chlöe Swarbrick
Chris Fowlie (Daily Blog): Blending the bills – how NZ could get the world’s best medicinal cannabis law
Kate Fitzgerald: World Health Organisation study finds Kiwis are getting lazier
David Farrar: Youth smoking continues to fall
Piers Fuller (Stuff): Wairarapa GP shortage sees health centres close books to new patients
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Delays could lead to budget blow-out for Christchurch’s new acute services building
Damian George and Thomas Manch (Stuff): Late spike in influenza has Wellingtonians requiring intensive care treatment
Māori TV: Arthritis growing health issue for Māori men
Newshub: ‘A lot of work to be done’ on wheelchair accessibility – Carmel Sepuloni
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Ministers in wheelchairs to support World Spinal Cord Injury Day
RNZ: Labour MPs spend a day wheelchair-bound
1News: Labour MPs ‘wheel around’ Parliament to raise awareness of those with spinal injuries
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Kai Ora Fund supports 56 Northland projects
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Otago agency wins Maori health award
Local government
Dominic Harris (Press): Councillors accused of ‘sticking heads in sand’ as asset sales talks hit stumbling block
Dominic Harris (Press): Christchurch councillor in trouble over staff ‘tampering’ claims
Logan Church (RNZ): Checkpoint: Conduct complaint lodged against Chch councillor
Tony Holman (Herald): Nimbys are the heroes of democracy and our environment
Cherie Sivignon and Warren Gamble (Nelson Mail): Plans for Waimea dam project secrecy has the backing of Tasman council boss
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Councillors recommend robust conflict of interest policy
Southland Times Editorial: In practice and in policy
Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): Costs skyrocket for Waiora House in Taupo
Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): Waitaki Mayor, CEO deny any rift
Penny Bright
David Fisher (Herald): Penny Bloody Bright and the words she wants on her gravestone
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Activist Penny Bright: Defying death and still making trouble
Todd Niall (Stuff): Final battle for Penny Bright – the woman with a ‘heart of a lion’
Primary industries
Keith Woodford (Interest): Why MPI needs to bring a science-based culture to the fore
Andrea Fox (Herald): Ministry for Primary Industries open to apple and stonefruit to compo claims
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Pork industry alarmed about spread of deadly African swine fever
Employment, workplace safety
Sally Rae (ODT): Alliance clarifies position on recruiting overseas workers
Audrey Young (Herald): Former All Black Matthew Cooper pleads health and safety case for small sports bodies
Zane Small (Newshub): ‘No control’: Blenheim woman’s vehicle stopped remotely by boss
1News: Man, 23, killed in Auckland port accident donated organs that helped save six people’s lives, family say
Mei Heron (1News): More workplaces promoting wellbeing for employees
Transport
RNZ: A train between Hamilton and Auckland?
Newshub: The Auckland spots where you will soon have to drive slower
Roger Blakeley (Stuff): Will electric locomotives on main trunk line be scrapped?
Waitangi Trust fraud
RNZ: Waitangi Trust fraud: ‘It’s been a pretty horrible time for everyone’
Māori TV: Waitangi Trust CEO denies mistakes were mad
Marama Fox
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Marama Fox vows to pay back $87.5k in debt after quitting Māori Party
Newshub: Marama Fox ‘stuck up for what she believed in’ – Paula Bennett
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): New Māori Party leadership imminent following Fox resignation
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Marama Fox officially steps down as Māori Party co-leader
1News: Marama Fox resigns from Māori Party co-leadership amid business woes
Māori TV: Fox steps down as Māori Party co-leader
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Marama Fox steps down as co-leader of the Maori Party
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Marama Fox steps down as Māori Party co-leader
Herald: Marama Fox resigns as co-leader of the Māori Party
Colin Craig and Jordan Williams back in court
Asher Emanuel (Spinoff): ‘Who do you despise more?’ Jordan Williams and Colin Craig at the Supreme Court
Stuff: Colin Craig should pay the jury’s $1.27m defamation award, court told
Other
Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): Teenager stranded in prison after Oranga Tamariki refuses to take him back
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZDF officer avoids punishment over email
David Williams (Newsroom): Island’s tourist tax could triple
Alison Smith (Bay of Plenty Times): Pay-to-visit Hahei Beach bylaw proposed, public feedback sought
1News: All Blacks should ‘go away and stop trying to take our money’ that should go to getting kids active – Exercise Association
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Fentanyl found in drug testing: ‘This stuff is deadly, it is cheap’
Zane Small and Suzette Howe (Newshub): What to expect from ‘An evening with Chelsea Manning’
Liz McDonald (Press): Public gets chance for say on quake tribunal plans as bill passes first hurdle
John Tamihere (Herald): Kīngitanga movement commands huge respect from all Māori
Paul Gorman (ODT): Claim MetService not operating fairly
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Hardship behind Wanaka’s beauty: ‘You can’t sustainably live there’
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): SkyCity Casino opens doors to help problem gamblers
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Churches turn to political barrow pushing to stay relevant
Alex Perrottet (RNZ): Can Australia’s democracy find its way back from the wilderness?
Duncan Webb (Press): There are many limits on free speech in New Zealand]]>
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