Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 4 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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National Party
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): National’s Little-Boy-Lost
Dan Satherley (Newshub): ‘Smell of death’ following Simon Bridges – Chris Trotter
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Simon Bridges’ judgment call coming back to haunt him
Mitchell Alexander (Newshub): National’s leak investigation widened to include staff outside Parliament
Press Editorial: How to turn an opportunity into a disaster
Herald Editorial: Simon Bridges’ stellar rise has struck bumbling block
RNZ: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern circumspect over National MP’s sick leave
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern would not have used the word ’embarrassing’ for MP’s health issue
Jason Walls (Interest): PM would not have used word ’embarrassing’ to describe MP’s health issues, she says
Newshub: National MPs stand by Jami-Lee Ross
Greg Presland (The Standard): National’s leak problem
Business and economy
Richard Harman (Politik): Winning back business confidence
David Hargreaves (Interest): Are the bottoming levels of business confidence really pointing to a substantial economic slowdown
Chris Keall (Herald): Are businesses better off with the R&D tax credit than Callaghan’s Growth Grants?
Tim Benbow and David Snell (Interest): Government’s new R&D plan is a bold initiative
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): R&D tax credits aren’t enough to boost productivity
RNZ: NZ still behind in research and development investment
1News: Government announces $1 billion tax incentive for research and development
Herald: Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon on the Government: Time for less hui, more do-ey
Herald: Will council build confidence?
Herald: Amy Adams vs Grant Robertson: Is NZ’s economy slipping behind?
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Business should show leadership
Fraser Whineray (Herald): A bipartisan low-carbon energy goal
Andrew Grant (Herald): What will work in the future?
Herald: Shane Jones faces tough criticism in Mood of the Boardroom as CEOs urge him to cut the bombast
Sam Stubbs (Stuff): KiwiSaver: The saviour of NZ’s economy
Michael Reddell: A bare pass mark for the Board
Tax
Jane Clifton (Listener): Why Labour’s capital gains tax dreams are turning into a political nightmare
Jesse Mulligan (Spinoff): At war with angry #nzpol Twitter on the need for a capital gains tax
Taxpayer Union’s OIA requests
David Fisher (Herald): How right-wing lobby group NZ Taxpayers’ Union used false identities to make OIA request – and how it got caught
Greg Presland (The Standard): The Taxpayers’ Union’s identity problem
Foreign Affairs and trade
Rob Schmitz (NPR): Australia And New Zealand Are Ground Zero For Chinese Influence
Zane Small (Newshub): US Ambassador warns NZ not to trust China
RNZ: NZ not condemning US over ‘cruel’ diplomat change
Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): In Tokelau, NZ must ease tensions, mend relations
RNZ: Call for more research into effects of Pacific nuclear testing
Defence
Kurt Bayer (Herald): The Big Read: Commander of NZ troops killed during Battle of Baghak tells his story for first time
Patrick Gower (Newshub): How an SAS technique kept shot Kiwi soldier Craig Wilson alive
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Exclusive: Former Kiwi soldier ‘haunted’ by deaths under his command
Education and training
Katarina Williams and Jessica Long (Stuff): Ministry of Education to recruit 400 overseas secondary school teachers
Gordon Campbell: On the teachers’ struggle for better pay and conditions
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teachers on rejected pay offer: ‘It’s difficult to focus on my teaching’
Finn Hogan (Newshub): We need to teach our kids argument and empathy – expert
Jarod McSweeny (Whanganui Chronicle): Kaitoke School teacher subject to investigation over alleged bullying
Annette Beautrais and Gerard Hoffman (Stuff): Halls of residence can be unsafe environments for vulnerable students
Health and disability
1News: Calls for free sanitary products, bins in primary schools after latest research reveals younger girls getting first period
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Almost half of NZ girls get period before high school – report
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Call for sanitary bins in primary schools across New Zealand
1News: Calls for sanitary products to be funded for school-age girls, with some getting first period at primary school
Julie Chapman (Stuff): Kiwi girls as young as 8 are struggling with period poverty
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): NZ unlikely to follow Australia in axing ‘tampon tax’, says expert
Emma Russell (Herald): After-hours doctors’ fees for children skyrocket at two Auckland clinics after DHBs cut funding
Belinda Feek (Herald): Man incensed over $100 fee for copy of medical files; GP backs down
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Disabled Lower Hutt man has ACC compensation re-instated, avoids eviction
Laine Moger and Shabnam Dastgheib (Stuff): Anti-vaccine billboard complaints taken to ASA Complaints Board
RNZ: Concern as hospital anaesthetic staff in Whangārei strike
Matthew Tso (Stuff): Hutt DBH funds mental health workshops for community’s ‘frontline’ workers
RNZ: DHB to offer discounted parking tickets at hospital
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Waitemata DHB takes action after parking costs furore
Laine Moger (Stuff): AUT counsellor accused of ‘the worst’ counselling in alleged sex assault case
PIers Fuller (Stuff): Work begins on Wairarapa Hospital’s bracing
Ian Town (Stuff): New approach brings different health professions together to learn
Matthew Tso (Stuff): Hutt DBH funds mental health workshops for community’s ‘frontline’ workers
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Government rejects cross-party co-operation on mental health, for now
Edward O’Driscoll and Scott Palmer (Newshub): Government rejects National’s appeal for cross-party mental health group
Euthanasia
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Fiery words as David Seymour and Bill English debate euthanasia bill
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Bill English debates David Seymour on End of Life Choice Bill
Drugs
Newshub: Synthetics shouldn’t become class A drug – Drug Foundation
Megan Sutherland and Annabelle Tukia (Newshub): Health Minister David Clark wants to reclassify synthetic drugs into Class A category
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Health minister wants synthetic cannabis reclassified after Christchurch death
Logan Church (RNZ): Checkpoint: Dodgy synthetic drugs blamed for Christchurch death
1News: Potent new batch of synthetic drugs turning users violent in Christchurch – ‘Every person is quite unpredictable’
1News: Two deaths thought linked to synthetic cannabis as 19 people get ill from drug in Christchurch over past fortnight
Sam Sherwood (Stuff):Authorities investigating suspected synthetic cannabis death
Newshub: Two deaths from suspected bad batch of synthetic drugs in Christchurch
Herald: Christchurch death suspected to be related to synthetic cannabis
Immigration
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): When deflection and distraction are easier
Tim Watkin (Pundit): What value do we put on the values worth valuing? How New Zealand First has it wrong
Damon Rusden (Daily Blog): If immigrants need to prove their values so should we
RNZ: NZ values bill: ‘This is actually the antithesis of racism’ – NZ First MP Clayton Mitchell
James Nokise (RNZ): Secret New Zealand values immigration quiz
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Great-grandmother, 80, detained at airport after Immigration says she’s ‘too sick’ to be visiting daughter in NZ
Zane Small (Newshub): Afghan refugee battered by racism, hardship plans to leave New Zealand
Housing
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The great con that is ‘affordable’ KiwiBuild houses
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Twyford, Collins & Kaye appear to see eye-to-eye on body corporate issues
Robin Martin (RNZ): Whanganui ‘slum landlord’ under investigation
Clare Curran (Southland Times): Have your say on renting law
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): ‘The meth got to her’: Tamati Coffey hears horror stories from landlords
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Residents of closed Grey Lynn boarding house have nowhere to go
Nicole Lawton (Stuff): Fighting as notorious Auckland boarding house closes its doors for good
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Tenants have fewer rental properties to choose from
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Your guide to NZ housing market’s ‘new normal’
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Anglican Care retirement village exit causes ‘extraordinary’ stress – resident
Employment
Amy Ross (Stuff): Understanding pay equity requires robust, rigorous analysis
Newshub: Sexist double standards in public service – report
Justice
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Māori over-represented in prisons due to colonisation – report
Bayley Moor (Stuff): Children’s school holiday programme with dad in prison
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Ōamaru courthouse to reopen after years of facing closure
Stuff: Convicted killer David Mahia has died in Invercargill
Technology
Stuff: Data for sale
Margo White (North & South): Is your phone eavesdropping on you?
RNZ: Tech giants oppose proposed Australian law seeking private data
Local Government
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Debate over sale of Napier Port could lead to referendum
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Council proposing to sell up to 49 per cent of Napier Port so it can cope with growth
Grant Miller (Manawatū Standard): City council should be wary of playing politics with venues
RNZ: Owners of leaky apartments in Auckland anxious as expenses skyrocket
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland Council wins $12 million claim against Westgate developer
Nick Truebridge (Stuff): John Tamihere slams Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s criticism of housing plan as ‘bizarre’, ‘unfair’
Aaron Leaman and Libby Wilson (Stuff): Hamilton Mayor Andrew King’s ‘controversial’ river city vision
Gerald Piddock (Stuff): Hamilton City Council buys five riverside properties as part of Victoria on the River expansion plan
Christina Persico (Stuff): Māori significance first priority in new road names in New Plymouth
Lisette Reymer (Newshub): Gisborne District Council in talks over what will replace Gisborne’s Captain Cook statue
Transport
Michael Hayward (Stuff): New electric scooters allowed on footpath and road, but not cycle lanes
David Chaston (Interest): Regressive petrol taxes drive pump prices to record highs even though crude oil prices are 40% below record highs
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Reality of Government: No plans to scrap car registration fees
Simon Smith and Torika Tokalau (Stuff): Government considers scrapping car rego fees – a ‘giant revenue gathering device’
Damien O’Carroll (Stuff): What your vehicle rego really does – and it’s not your registration
Mitch McCann (Newshub): ‘We miss him so much’: Grieving family’s relief at Auckland’s new rail safety measures
1News: ‘It helps lift the pain’ – parents of teen killed at rail crossing pay tribute to son amid major safety victory
Karl du Fresne (Dominion Post): A glittering career reaches the end of the line
Thomas Mead (Newshub): Wellington’s striking bus drivers to keep working for gold coins
Damian George (Stuff): Angry protesters storm regional council meeting over Wellington bus drivers’ dispute
Māori TV: Hamilton bus drivers strike again
Michael Neilson (Herald): Auckland Transport called out over poster appearing to reference Treaty of Waitangi
Damien O’Connell (Stuff): Parents confused by child safety restraints
RNZ: ID now essential for Jetstar’s domestic flights
Environment and conservation
LIndy Laird (Northern Advocate): Department of Conservation looks into claims 1080 poison dropped on people
Laurel Stowell (Herald): Why our most popular streams are too polluted to swim in
Michael Daly (Stuff): ‘Extinction crisis’ can be reversed, but saving species with very low numbers complex
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): New Zealand ‘seriously lagging behind’ on deposit schemes to reduce rubbish
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Extended Interview: Rod Oram: How will climate change affect our economy?
ODT Editorial: Support predator plan
1News: Dunedin gets $4.3 million funding to help rid city of pests that threaten native wildlife
RNZ: Predator-free project receives $4m
AAP: Weasel ruffles feathers at Wellington kiwi haven
Lydia Lewis (Newshub): Dead Māui’s dolphin discovered to be pregnant
Johnny Moore (Stuff): If we can’t save our native birds, how will we tackle climate change?
Breanna Barraclough (Newshub): Bird of the Year brings in independent scrutineer to prevent voter fraud
Luke Appleby (1News): Photo-taking tourist narrowly avoids charging sea lion near Dunedin, prompting stern warning from DOC
Melissa NIghtingale (Herald): Porirua Adventure Park’s impact on environment ‘very minor’
RNZ: Predator wasp considered in eucalyptus-pest battle
Sarah Dowie (Southland Times): Recreation under assault
Primary industries
RNZ: Nine to Noon: Fowl play? Chicken industry labelling ‘misleading’ says SAFE
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Farmers are paying too much for fertiliser: soil scientist
Matthew Littlewood (Stuff): Serious concerns over long, dry summer see farmers asked to take less water
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): To GE or not to GE
Other
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Greens learn to oppose again
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Another clean-out of Parliament on the way
Peter Dunne: NZ First seeks to limit diversity and debate
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Big StuffMe legal bill for Commerce Commission
Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham (Stuff): Gloriavale review: Crown Law rejects second inquiry in death of Prayer Ready
Alex Braae (Spinoff): Socialism is back, baby, and it doesn’t want your vote
Don Rowe (Spinoff): How Ngāi Tahu turned a landmark settlement into a billion dollar iwi empire
RNZ: Niue premier says leeches comment ‘idiotic‘
Jason Walls (Herald): Justice Minister Andrew Little names new Human Rights Commissioner
Shabnam Dastgheib (Stuff): Government’s Families Package not a solution for Auckland’s poor, agencies say
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Fox’s failed business owes at least $160k
Waveney Russ (Spinoff): Metiria Turei: Beyond politics
1News: Changes in adoption laws will ‘take time’ says PM after broadcaster Toni Street signals frustration on social media
Jackson Thomas (Stuff): Former broadcaster Tony Veitch officially signs off from NZ media, and moves to Bali
Fiona Connor (Newshub): Controversial NZ broadcaster Tony Veitch launches wellness retreat in Bali]]>
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