Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – October 29 2018
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.
Government
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): The Government no-one saw coming just turned one
Heather du-Plessis Allan (Herald): Hats off to Ardern and Peters
Claire Trevett (Herald): Ahoy! One year down but pirates ahead for PM Jacinda Ardern
Brigitte Morten (RNZ): Few fireworks in Labour-NZ First marriage, but is govt delivering?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): One year of the new Government: The faded hope of a hollow promise – grading Labour, NZ First & Greens
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): One year of the new Government: The faded hope of a hollow promise – grading the issues
1News: Ardern and Peters say coalition ‘better than expected’ on first anniversary, Bridges sees ‘disarray’
Newshub: The Project: Jacinda Ardern word association game
TVNZ: Marae: Labour’s deputy leader brought to tears during candid TV interview
National Party
Graham Adams (Noted): Has National weathered the Jami-Lee Ross storm?
Cameron Slater: Another hit job from David Fisher which I must correct and tell the truth that the National party fails to
David Fisher (Herald): Jami-Lee Ross: New text from ‘homeless’ MP reveals the tipping point
Cameron Slater: Why are the journalists facing a dilemma?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): In their haste to crucify a MeToo villain, did Newsroom become a snuff blog?
Newshub: ‘Silly and pointless’ to hold confidence vote – Simon Bridges
John Anthony (Stuff): National president named chairman of Chinese conference by alleged donor Zhang
Martyn van Beynen (Stuff):How do we handle a mentally unwell MP?
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Why I sympathise with Jami-Lee Ross
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diary of … Judith Collins
Mike Williams (Hawkes Bay Today): Must be time for a post Jami-Lee Ross National Party clean-out
Peter Griffin (Listener): Covert recordings and the laws and ethics behind them
Political finance
Dan Satherley and Simon Shepherd (Newshub): State-funding political parties ‘not our culture’ – Andrew Little
Liam Hehir (Spinoff): The case for anonymous political donations
Parliament
Chris Trotter: Too Close For Comfort
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Don’t give me culture – change it
Collette Devlin (Stuff): How parties plan to stomp out sexual harassment in political arena
Deborah Hill Cone (Herald): Can something positive come out of Jami-Lee Ross mess?
Peter Wilson (RNZ): Week in Politics: Who would want to lead National right now?
The Standard: An Ineffectual Opposition Is Bad News
Housing
Bernard Orsman (Herald): First KiwiBuild families continues Labour tradition of providing decent, warm, dry homes
1News: Concern Government creating greater inequality with KiwiBuild homes
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Housing crisis to worsen despite Government’s KiwiBuild policy
Pacific Media Centre: Housing trust chief slams ‘short cuts’ approach to NZ homes crisis
Eva Corlett (RNZ): First KiwiBuild families welcomed to new Papakura homes
Laine Moger (Stuff): First KiwiBuild families welcomed to new homes by Prime Minister
Herald: First KiwiBuild families welcomed by PM Jacinda Ardern at Papakura launch
Katie Fitzgerald and Emma Cropper (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern, Phil Twyford welcome first families to new KiwiBuild development
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): ‘This is obviously a citrus tree’ – PM responds to ‘mischievous’ comments about KiwiBuild gift
Herald: ‘Thank you Ms Jacinda’ – PM shares heartwarming note from youngest KiwiBuild resident
No Right Turn: Climate Change: Labour isn’t serious
Jacob McSweeny (Whanganui Chronicle): Former Rent Centre inspector says company used incoming bonds to pay outgoing tenants
Ben Leahy (Herald): Herne Bay homes make almost 20 times more money in one year than average city worker
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Falling Australian house prices a warning for NZ: commentator
Lydia Lewis (Newshub): Homeless advocate fights back as Auckland Council tears down makeshift homes
Abortion
Southland Times Editorial: Law Commission steps up on abortion
Dan Satherley and Simon Shepherd (Newshub): Justice Minister Andrew Little backs removing legal restrictions on abortions up to 22 weeks
RNZ: Abortion law reform options an improvement – advocate
Liz Bedoe (Newsroom): Time to change outdated abortion laws
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand pro-choice campaigners hail move towards abortion law reform
Jackie Edmond (Spinoff): Explaining the Law Commission’s alternative approaches to abortion law
1News: NZ’s first major step in abortion law reform in 40 years gets support from PM
Melanie Earley and Hannah Martin (Stuff): Government considers three options for abortion law reform
Stuff: Law Commission proposes Govt repeals criminal offences in abortion law reform
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Three options for abortion law reform
Anna Whyte (1News): Law Commission’s alternative approaches to abortion released, if it is removed from the Crimes Act
Katie Fitzgerald and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Abortion Law review findings released
Jo Moir (RNZ): Abortion not a crime if Labour delivers on law change
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Law Commission proposes repealing criminal offences for abortions
David Farrar: Three options for abortion reform
No Right Turn: Reforming abortion law
Education
Simon Collins (Herald): Early childhood teacher shortage means teachers can get ‘whatever they want’
John Gerritsen (RNZ): One Year On: Teachers disappointed and frustrated
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Employment Relations Authority to facilitate in teachers’ strike
1News: Talks planned to try and stop teachers strikes next month
Adele Redmond (Stuff): NZEI and Education Ministry ‘urgently’ seek independent facilitation as primary teachers and principals vote for further strikes
1News: Union wants Government to prioritise cash for teachers, in wake of $5.5 billion surplus
Jason Walls (Herald): Chris Hipkins is ‘disappointed but not surprised’ with teachers’ decision to strike next month
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Education Minister says Government sympathises with frustrated teachers: ‘We’ve got a lot of work to do’
Alex Baird (Newshub): Classrooms of 40 students: Primary school teachers vote to strike over pay and work conditions
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Government’s $5.5 billion surplus gives Chris Hipkins more options to deal with teachers’ strikes than National had – Nikki Kaye
RNZ: ‘The recruitment into teaching is not really the big problem’ – Education Secretary
Tom Dillane (Herald):The parent trap: How to navigate the minefield of intervening in your child’s bullying
Chris Morris (ODT): 165 sign request to rename college
Jason Walls (Herald): Fees-free education keeping cost of living down for high-spending households, Stats NZ data shows
Cameron Bagrie (Herald): It’s time to end interest-free student loans
Aine Kelly-Costello (Newshub): Outrage and sadness as eminent flute Professor farewelled
Point of Order: Sir Ernest Rutherford today could go to university and learn how to synthesise his science with Māori belief
Ruwani Perera (Newshub): Meet Tamatha Paul, Victoria University’s first wahine student president
Health
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Up to 46 weeks’ wait for potentially life-saving heart scans
1News: NZ dentists hopeful subsidies could help get more Kiwis looking after their mouths
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Natural toothpaste will lead to epidemic of dental decay: dentists
Emma Russell (Herald): ‘I am scared’: South Auckland woman’s plea to end obesity-cancer epidemic
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): One in three New Zealanders drink dangerously through their entire lives – study
Cate Broughton (Stuff): ACC says bogus case managers for “high risk” claimants legal
RNZ: One social insurance scheme could work better – expert
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Leaky pipes threaten Wellington hospital operating theatres
LIbby Wilson (Stuff): Hunt on for nurses at Waikato DHB in wake of safer staffing agreement
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Burnout leaving hospital doctors ‘unable to care’, putting patients at risk
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Christchurch Hospital contractor breached consent over non-approved pipes
Brian Easton (Pundit): Should We Tax Sugar?
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): Concern for patients as Central Otago after hours health service cut
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Fa’afetai Sopoaga: Connecting communities in Dunedin
Laura Macdonald (Newshub): Kiwis’ slip, slop, slap and wrap knowledge slipping away
RNZ: Beyond the Beehive: What the govt should do about mental health
John Boynton (RNZ): Many kaumātua feel isolated – report
Jess McAllen (RNZ): History repeating – New Zealand’s mental health inquiries
Bridget Grace (Newshub): ‘Bark up’ rural mental health campaign launches
Drugs
Spinoff: Reeferendum: what should the question on cannabis legalisation be?
Finn Hogan (Newshub): New Zealand ‘well-behind’ on lifesaving drug reform – Helen Clark
1News: Greens and NZ First at odds over how to deal with deadly synthetic cannabis crisis
Vicki Anderson (Stuff): Crying on a P pipe’: Rachel’s life on meth
Immigration
Matthew Rosenberg and Paul Mitchell (Stuff): Jailed drug-dealer escapes deportation as Government grants him NZ residency
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Drug dealer’s residency exemption not the norm
Lucy Bennett (Herald): National wants answers after convicted drug-smuggler Karel Sroubek granted residence
Jamie Ensor (Newshub):Immigration Minister ‘under threat’ after granting foreign drug importer NZ residency – Mark Mitchell
RNZ: Czech drug smuggler gains residence in NZ
Steve Kilgallon and Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): The Big Scam: ‘Marriages for sale’ in alleged visa rort
Skara Bohny (Stuff): Immigration to take more regional approach, says minister
Colin Craig vs Cameron Slater
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): The only winning move is not to play
Sam Brooks (Spinoff): All the biggest burns in the Colin Craig v Cameron Slater judgment
Fuel taxes and petrol prices
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Will Ardern’s fondness for ‘captain’s calls’ come back to bite her?
Newshub: Home support workers ‘having to pay out of our pockets’ to keep working thanks to high petrol prices
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Petrol station boycott sparks response from thousands
Protection for whistleblowers
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Organisations may face stiffer obligations to whistle-blowers
Lucy Bennett (Herald): State Services Commission reports back on possible stronger protections for whistle-blowers
Zane Small (Newshub): Whistleblowers to get more safety under proposed law changes
Foreign affairs
Michael Appleton (Spinoff): An eye, an ear, a voice: 75 years of New Zealand in the world
MIchael Reddell: New Zealand, the PRC, and our traditional partners
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Kiwis keeping the peace in Korea
Nauru refugees
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Overwhelming support from Australians for Nauru refugees to be moved to New Zealand poll
AAP (Guardian): Almost 80% of voters support NZ resettlement for children on Nauru, poll shows
Waleed Aly (Sydney Morning Herald): New Zealand, asylum seekers and nonsense: An Australian perspective
Paul Little (Herald): What to do about Saudi Arabia?
Justice, corrections
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): The struggle to house child sex offenders and keep society safe
David Farrar: Disappointed National voted against
Stuff: Retired Supreme Court judge John McGrath dies
Police
Mike Wesley-Smith and Finn Hogan (Newshub): Revealed: No GPS trackers in NZ Police fleet
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): A sign of the times
Annette Lambly (Stuff): Northland’s new top cop to focus on leadership
RNZ: Cop who made racist remarks wins $11,000 police payout
Treaty
RNZ: Little confident in proposed Ngāpuhi Treaty settlement model
Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Māori TV): Hapū outraged at ‘rushed’ voting process
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Ngāpuhi vote soon on model for biggest ever treaty settlement
Environment and conservation
Rod Oram (Newsroom): The crucial but contentious methane decision
Sean Connelly (ODT): Food system needs new ‘sense’
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): To cull protected fur seals or to consign muttonbirding to history?
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): Southern Māori ask to ‘control’ protected fur seal population to save muttonbirding heritage
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): It’s ‘Save The Kiwi’ month, yet they’re declining at 2 per cent a year
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Sweeping measures needed to halt biodiversity crisis
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom): A message from NZ to other Antarctic-faring nations
Claudia Palmer (Spinoff): The oil and gas ban shows NZ as a true leader on the hardest issue of our times
Cameron Madgwick (Spinoff): If the oil and gas ban is really a good idea, why are they rushing it through?
Sophie Barclay (Stuff): Photo essay: Battling Big Oil in the dangerous southern ocean
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Plan to burn treated timber in landfill kiln gets binned
Bayley Moor (Stuff): Volunteer groups contribute $1million in unpaid pest control
Newshub: Funeral to be held for endangered Hector and Māui dolphins killed in 2018
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Trio call for ‘common sense’ after defying closure and walking Te Mata track
Caley Callahan (Newshub): ‘He was a legend’: Beloved DoC ranger Paul Hondelink killed in Wanaka helicopter crash farewelled
Primary industries
Waikato Times Editorial: The chicken conundrum
Sally Rae (ODT): Food, fibre fund open for business
RNZ: Large-scale Canterbury irrigation project in new hands
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Agritourism with a touch of Southern hospitality
Newshub: Ministry for Primary Industries catches group of 11 people poaching crayfish and kina
Herald: Six adults, five kids caught with dozens of crayfish poached from Gisborne marine reserve
Regional development
1News: Rail corridor from Whangarei to Marsden Point gets underway
Mere McLean (Māori TV): 150 new jobs set for Kawerau
Mere McLean (Māori TV):$2mil of Provincial Growth Fund to be invested into Kawerau
MSD, welfare
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Ministry of Social Development to stop using fake names for staff dealing with ‘high risk’ clients
Nic Blakeley (Newsroom): For all the Jaydens out there
Katie Doyle (RNZ): Teen in Oranga Tamariki care left to roam streets: ‘One night he slept in the cinema’
Business
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Small Business Council to consider future of Small Business Council
Ben Mack (Idealog): How the World Indigenous Business Forum is empowering rangatahi and supporting Māori business
RNZ: Women still scarce on boards of NZ’s top companies
Chris Keall (Herald):Researchers reveal best and worst NZ companies for women on boards, call for action
Media and broadcasting
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Government could help pave way towards a solution for the media
Jeremy Rose (RNZ): Politics, sex and the media
Glen McConnell (Stuff): The future for TVNZ: How it plans to win the war against Sky TV and Netflix
Mere McLean (Māori TV): Māori radio excellence acknowledged
Kim Knight (Herald): John Campbell: ‘It’s not easy being the world’s most uptight man’
Nevak Rogers (E-Tangata): Windows into other worlds
Defence Industry Association forum
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Defence Force slammed in banners erected overnight on road to Wellington Airport
John Hinchcliff (Manawatū Standard): Mysterious Defence ‘forum’ an insult to democracy
Darroch Ball (Stuff): Protesters overlook importance of industry to New Zealand and their right to have a say
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Appeal made to councillors to stop Defence Forum road blocks
Local government
1News: Dunedin mayor wants local councils in control of gambling machine policies – ‘Communities have no power’
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Councils feel powerless to stop gambling harm
RNZ: Dunedin alcohol sale restrictions to come into force next year
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Drunk and disorderly in Kilbirnie could prompt liquor clampdown
Dan Dalgety (RNZ): New Christchurch stadium will be shaped by community feedback
RNZ: Fizzle or fire: Should Auckland Council ban fireworks?
1News: Auckland Council suggests Government ban on public sale of fireworks
Christchurch
Tina Law (Stuff): Public access to two of Christchurch’s treasured heritage buildings restricted
RNZ: Christchurch’s first new preschool since quakes to open next year
RNZ: Twisted bridge to return to the banks of the Avon
Royal visit
1News: Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s NZ royal tour day one wrap
Herald Editorial:Tour de force
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Do we get value for money from Harry and Meghan’s visit?
1News: Almost half of Kiwis consider Duke and Duchess’ $1m visit bad use of taxpayer money
Stuff: Nearly half of Kiwis think the royals’ visit is a bad use of taxpayer money
Oscar Kightley (Stiuff): The royals should have at least gone halves in the Pacific tour
1News: Duchess of Sussex draws applause as she greets the crowd in Te Reo Māori during speech on women’s suffrage
Stuff: Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy hosts reception honouring 125 years since women’s suffrage
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): NZ Government House event for Prince Harry, Meghan Markle evacuated
Newshub: Haka for Meghan Markle, Prince Harry at New Zealand’s Govt House
RNZ: Rapturous welcome for royals in Wellington
RNZ: Wellington mayor urges public to be courteous ahead of royal visit
Nicole Lawton (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern opens up on the pleasure of being a new mum ahead of royal visit
RNZ: The history of Māori and visiting British royalty
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Royal duties: The businesses gearing up to host Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Māori Party
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Bentham Ohia new Māori Party co-Vice President (Tāne)
Kelvin McDonald (Māori TV): Māori Party AGM to turn strategy into action
Aadam Hollingsworth (Newshub): Māori Party want to learn from New Zealand First’s successes and fight back at next election
Transport
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Suspended vehicle engineer defends his work
Newshub: More e-scooters hit the streets of Auckland
Herald Editorial: Let’s not be too quick to slap regulations on scooters
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Former Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse says we need a moratorium on motorways
Employment
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): Time to put the ‘health’ into Health and Safety
Jennifer Eder (Stuff): Demolition workers worried after company exposes them to asbestos twice
Alexandra Nelson (Newshub): Hamilton company celebrates disabled worker’s 50th anniversary
Samantha Gee (Nelson Mail): Nelson man proves Down syndrome no barrier to employment
NZ Wars
Alexander Gillespie (Herald): Let’s not forget those who fell in the New Zealand Wars
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Waipā District commemorates NZ Wars
KIwi values
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): Five ways NZ has changed beyond recognition – and changed for the better
Chris McKeen and Melanie Earley (Stuff): I’m proud of how chill we are’: Golriz Ghahraman and Guy Williams on what makes them ‘Kiwi as’
Consumer rights
Susan Edmunds and Catherine Harris (Stuff): Is New Zealand’s supermarket duopoly ripping us off?
RNZ: WORLD accepts ‘made in NZ’ tag may have broken law
Other
Rob Stock (Stuff): AMP era ends, impacting hundreds of thousands of Kiwis
ODT: Life is a risky business
RNZ: Pike River re-entry plan to be delivered this week
Joss Miller (ODT): Free speech must be cherished, lest it slips away from us
Eleanor Wenman (Stuff): Wellington charity HELP takes look at explosion of #MeToo movement
Damien Grant (Stuff): Let’s not forget the presumption of innocence
Meghan Lawrence (Herald): Family holiday ruined by racist tirade: ‘This country is for white people only’
Stuff: The secrets even the woman they’re about can’t know
Herald: Injured soldier who was refused compensation wins top award at Invictus Games
Damon Rusden (Stuff): Migrants aren’t the reason Super is costing more – it’s bad planning
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Government pledges $1m for app that aims to lock out cyber intruders
Tod Niall (Stuff): C&R retains hold in record low turnout Entrust election
Eden More (RNZ): Rare chance to see taonga from Māori King’s private collection
Herald: Vegans outraged after animal fat used to make NZ banknotes
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Blatant discrimination – why are all the artificial intelligence assistants women?
James Maclaurin, Colin Gavaghan & Alistair Knott (Stuff): ‘Human oversight’ does not remove all the risks of AI
Russell Craig (Stuff): Maximising our AI opportunities – without trampling our ethics and destroying jobs
RNZ: Steel & Tube must repay customers, says lawyer
RNZ: Why sharemarkets are so volatile right now
Newshub: Dunedin named New Zealand’s most beautiful city
