Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 15 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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Pike River
Rebecca Macfie (Spinoff): A victory for the Pike River families – and for those who live by their labour
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Is the Pike River Mine fight worth it?
John Campbell (1News): Is NZ a country where we can accept the deaths of 29 people at work?
Peter Dunne: A long journey lies ahead
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Hard to reconcile National and Labour’s differing responses to Pike River – Tova O’Brien
Press Editorial: Pike River decision is a victory for justice
Herald Editorial: Expensive Pike River re-entry plan does not go very far
Claire Trevett (Herald: Finally, things are the right way up for Pike River families
Zane Small (Newshub): How criminal charges could be laid after Pike River re-entry
Conan Young (RNZ): Checkpoint: Pike River re-entry plan ‘victory for the little people’
Anna Whyte (1News): Workplace deaths since Pike River disaster ‘simply not good enough’ – Anna Osborne
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Rob Fyfe compares Pike River to Erebus, calls for public apology
RNZ: Pike River Mine re-entry: How it will happen
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Going into the mountain: how the Pike River recovery works
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Pike Agency: Single-entry option cheapest and least complex
John Campbell (1News): Pike River families softly wept as re-entry was announced by Government, John Campbell reports
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Government announces re-entry to Pike River Mine will go ahead
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Police involved in Pike River re-entry for coroner and criminal probe
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Hapū welcome re-entry of Pike River Mine
AP: New Zealand crews to re-enter mine 8 years after 29 killed
No Right Turn: Keeping a promise
Foreign affairs and trade
Audrey Young (Herald): Ardern and Pence: A tale of two bilateral meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Jacinda Ardern and Mike Pence had quite a lot in common
Laura Walters (Newsroom): The rise of the Quad
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison begin with ‘Bunnings diplomacy’
Jenna Lynch and Sophie Bateman (Newshub): ‘Onions on top’: Jacinda Ardern, Scott Morrison make hilarious pact on Bunnings sausage sizzles at ASEAN
1News: PM Jacinda Ardern and Aussie counterpart discuss Bunnings’ bizarre sausage sizzle decree – ‘I’ve had a few phone calls’
Laura Walters (Newsroom): NZ employs ‘barbecue diplomacy’ with new Aussie PM
Audrey Young (Herald): No dancing to the Bhangra beats just yet after RCEP pushed out to next year
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern offers Aung San Suu Kyi NZ help to resolve plight of Rohingyas
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Jacinda Ardern meets with Myanmar’s leader, voices concern on Rohingya situation
RNZ: PM meets with Myanmar leader at Singapore summit
Laura Walters (Newsroom): NZ offers assistance to Myanmar
Zane Small (Newshub):Jacinda Ardern offers NZ’s help to resolve Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis
Katie Fitzgerald (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern has subtle dig at Donald Trump in BBC interview
1News: Jacinda Ardern says she aspires to restore reputation of politicians during Singapore TV appearance
RNZ: PM to challenge US tariffs rationale at summit
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Chinese embassy denies families of Uighur Kiwis are being held in internment camps
Kirsty Needham (Sydney Morning Herald): China warns countries not to obstruct its ‘friendship’ with Pacific nations
RNZ: Former MP Annette King becomes High Commissioner to Australia
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Dame Annette King given top diplomatic posting to Australia
Herald: Dame Annette King named as next High Commissioner to Australia
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): We should continue to be fearless in pursuit of peace
Housing
Alan Johnson (Spinoff):The trickledown farce of Kiwibuild obscures a much more urgent housing crisis
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Where are all the new house buyers?
1News: Māori Housing Unit created to improve ownership opportunities
Newstalk ZB: Phil Twyford establishes dedicated Maori housing unit
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): New govt unit announced for Māori housing
Virginia Fallon (Stuff): Iwi could become landlords – then owners – of 900 Porirua state homes
1News: London’s Westminster council bans new homes larger than 150sqm – should Auckland follow suit?
Tim Brown (RNZ): Housing crisis in Central Otago and Queenstown Lakes forces young families out of region
Tim Brown (RNZ): Low-income property developer helps community meet housing demand
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Quinovic introduces new fee after letting fees banned
Susan Edmunds (Herald):‘Tenancy fees’ for landlords replace banned letting fees
Muriel Newman: Housing Affordability – Lottery or Reform
Frank Newman: High rise rents and housing costs
RNZ: Hobsonville Point residents fear promised reserve could become another development
Education and child welfare
ODT Editorial: We need to talk about teaching
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Education Ministry refuses to pay for teacher registration while no agreements with unions in force
RNZ: Christchurch teachers on strike: ‘It was never about the money’
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Canterbury teachers on strike push for time to teach, not a pay bump
Māori TV: Striking for children with additional needs
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Hundreds of overseas teachers ready for schools to recruit for 2019
Peter Hughes (Daily Blog): Listen to our Teachers I say
Donna Goss (Stuff): This is why I left my job as a Kiwi teacher
Vaughan Gunson (Northern Advocate): Will teacher strike action force the government to concede further ground?
Fiona Connor (Newshub):Stand Strong NZ: ‘Sorry isn’t enough’ – Bullies told Manawatū 6yo they’d kill his baby brother
Simon Henderson (ODT): Children’s camp news ‘final blow’
Juliet McGhie (Stuff): Schoolgirls crammed in like ‘sardines’ on Auckland school bus
Jessica Long (Stuff): Victoria University staff ‘surprised’ by email inviting everyone to take redundancy
BusinessDesk: Falling enrolments prompts voluntary redundancy call at Victoria University
Josh Williams (Stuff): Apprentices earn $165,000 more than uni graduates by the age of 28
Mikaela Collins (Northern Advocate): International students add $50m to Northland’s economy
Employment
Stephen Blumenfeld (Victoria University of Wellington): Lies, damned lies, and statistics! Comments on the recent wave of strike activity
Libby Wilson (Stuff): No physio for 24 hours: Waikato strike adds to a cluster as worker issues hit tipping point
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Feeble whistleblower reforms would keep lid on free speech
Willie Jackson (Daily Blog): The lowest unemployment rate in almost a decade an incredible result
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): The gender pay gap – I may as well be working for free
Health
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Exclusive: serious concern over preschool checks as conditions not picked-up
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Palmerston North couple to bend politicians’ ears over cancer medication funding
Rebecca Moore (Stuff): Terminally ill woman relying on donations to extend life by months
Karen Brown (RNZ): Rise in Meningococcal cases: ‘The pattern is of concern’
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Nurse inconsistency hard for patients
Tema Hemi (Māori TV): From ‘survival mode’ to an indigenous future
Damien Venuto (Herald): Comment: The problem with moaning about Bunnings
RNZ: Marion Nestle – How food companies skew food research
Herald: Study: Third of world’s food goes to waste
Royal Commission into child abuse in state care
Stephen Winter (Newsroom): The widening challenge of the state care abuse inquiry
Chris Morris (ODT): Survivor criticises PM on expanded inquiry
Elizabeth Stanley (Herald): Inquiry into state care could be clouded by church issues
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Fears Māori voice will be lost as abuse inquiry widens scope
Government
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Govt spending on contractors millions more than thought
Whanganui Chronicle: Shane Jones announces $48m funding for aviation and rail in Whanganui and Manawatu
Karel Sroubek residency decision
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Wait, what? A National Party Member is now in a relationship with Karel Sroubek’s ex???
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Immigration probe into Karel Sroubek’s residency completed but will be reviewed
Derek Cheng (Herald): Czech drug-smuggler Karel Sroubek has nine days to respond to Immigration NZ’s finding
National Party
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): National Party misses the mark in its key target
Jason Walls (Herald): The Simon Bridges-ordered internal review of National will be done before the year’s end
Billion Trees Project
RNZ: Trees ordered before Ngāti Hine deal struck in Crown-iwi venture – nursery
Raniera Harrison (Māori TV): Jones warns Ngāti Hine over taxpayer-funded blunder
Environment and conservation
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Public could have a say in bottling firm’s bid to use deep bore
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): NZ’s super-sized weed problem
Angie Skerrett (Newshub): New rabbit calicivirus spreads across New Zealand with confirmed cases in Waikato
Wayne Linklater (Newsroom): Do conservationists care enough about people?
Tess Brunton (RNZ):Waitaki’s proposed geopark: A lot more than cool rocks
Jono Edwards (ODT): Penguin decline may be halting
Primary industries
Stuff: Dairy farm company fined over effluent
Maja Burry (RNZ): Canterbury A&P show goes ahead, cows and all
Local government
Grant Miller (Manawatū Standard): Horowhenua councillors erred and they should put this right
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Judge on council email block: ‘Who knows what issues not attended’
Kiri Gillespie (Bay of Plenty Times): ‘Unforgivable’ – Homeless react to Tauranga ban on begging and rough sleeping
Samantha Motion (Herald): Slim majority votes to ban begging, rough sleeping near shops, eateries in Tauranga CBDs
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Hamilton developers say red tape, planning rules hindering city growth
Auckland
John Anthony and Liu Chen (Stuff): Chinese speaking buyers offered first dibs on ‘top secret’ luxury apartment planned for Auckland
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Private pipes blamed for leaking human waste onto Auckland beaches
Zane Small (Newshub): Auckland Santa Parade funding drops in favour of Pride Parade, Diwali
Vanita Prasad (Newsroom): Auckland Santa Parade to lose public events funding
Transport
Mike Lee (Herald): Twyford is relying on a limited range of light rail ‘experts’
Todd Niall (Stuff): Big growth eyed up for Auckland public transport use
Jolisa Gracewood (Spinoff): The truth about those ‘exaggerated’ Auckland cycling numbers
Vera Alves (Herald): The real reason cycle lanes are always empty
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): E-scooter safety campaign rolled out in Auckland
Newshub: Auckland Council ‘looking at’ 10km/h speed limit for Lime scooters
Herald: Fun police? Auckland Council looks to crack down on e-scooter safety
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Auckland Council wants to reduce Lime speed limit to 10kmh
Tim Miller (ODT): Dunedin could have Lime e-scooters by Christmas
1News: Auckland truckies hit the road for second time in protest at rising fuel prices
Melanie Earley (Stuff): ‘Fuel tax creates poverty’: truckies hit the road for second time in fuel tax protest
Immigration
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Immigration contact centre: ‘I’m sorry, I can’t hear you’
Joseph Cederwall (Scoop): Christchurch Investor Couple Separated by INZ for 3 Years?
Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): Bangladeshi seeks asylum in New Zealand by pretending to be a Rohingya Muslim
Gender
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Proposed changes to the way gender is declared on birth certificates sparks debate
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Non-binary finery: the Kiwis whose gender doesn’t fit in a ‘neat little box’
NZ to host Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2021
RNZ: Palmer instrumental in successful World Cup bid – Tew
Newshub: Rugby: New Zealand wins 2021 Women’s World Cup bid
1News: New Zealand to host Women’s Rugby World Cup
RNZ: New Zealand to host 2021 women’s Rugby World Cup
Other
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Not fit for prison: The journey of a mentally disabled woman through the criminal justice system
Phil Quin (Dominion Post): Politicians: It’s called accountability, not ‘dirty politics’
Eric Crampton: Bias toward action?
Logan Church (RNZ): Checkpoint: Kaikōura property owners in limbo two years after quake
Liz MacDonald (Stuff): Last chance to comment on Christchurch red zone stirs water debate
Simon Chapple (Newsroom): Splitting up hard enough without this law proposal
Arrun Soma (1News): Should Kiwi women get the pension later because they’re living longer?
Edward Ellison (Spinoff): A response to ‘The Parihaka prisoners and the legend of the caves’
Bob McCoskrie (Stuff): Legalised dope is a licence for Big Marijuana to exploit young people
Tony Orman (Stuff): What does GDP really say about progress?
Sam Hurley (Newshub): Air force ‘secret agent’ re-sentenced for stealing classified material
Point of Order: It’s too soon to put some GGs out to pasture – so let’s put them in charge of inquiries
David Clarkson (Stuff): Man with intellectual ‘limitations’ sentenced for multiple votes
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Christchurch man admits voting 11 times in last year’s General Election
RNZ: Checkpoint: Mum shocked by $7000 internet bill
Eric Crampton: Complicated Gains Tax
Marta Steeman (Stuff): Dunedin’s Contego is tackling the time-bomb of poor passive fire protection
Julie Iles (Stuff): Court decision over $13,000 bill leaves energy providers vulnerable to expensive claims
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Kiwibank branch closure a ‘brutal kick in the guts’ for residents of Nelson suburb
Nic Rawlence (The Conversation): Taxonomy, the science of naming things, is under threat]]>
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