Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 16 2018

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – November 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. [caption id="attachment_297" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.[/caption] Pike River Katie Todd (RNZ): Mother of Pike River victim: Re-entry plan ‘disgraceful’ RNZ: Checkpoint: Pike River miner’s mother ’embarrassed’ about re-entry plans John Armstrong (1News): Pike River decision was about ‘shabby posturing’, not truth and justice Zane Small (Newshub): Judith Collins applauds Government’s ‘follow through’ with Pike River promise 1News: Pike River ‘families have waited long enough’ for re-entry, says Prime Minister Zane Small (Newshub): ‘Accountability matters’: Duncan Garner wants Pike River boss Peter Whittall brought to justice Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Andrew Little reaffirms Governments moral compass with news of Pike River Mine re-entry Foreign affairs and trade Richard Harman (Politik): There is more to Asia than China RNZ: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern plays down South China Sea criticism at summit Audrey Young (Herald): Keep up the pressure over South China Seas, Mahathir tells Ardern Laura Walters (Newsroom): Malaysia warns NZ over South China Sea Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad warns Ardern of China’s actions in South China Sea MIchael Reddell: The Prime Minister continues to shame us Laura Walters (Newsroom): Retreating isn’t an option – Jacinda Ardern Audrey Young (Herald): Ardern and Lee announce benefits for travellers and business in upgrade of old deal RNZ: Singapore eases access for NZ visitors and businesses Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern practises the fine art of face-saving in Singapore 1News: US vice president ‘has a very genuine interest in NZ’, Ardern says after dinner together Derek Cheng (Herald): Jacinda Ardern and Mike Pence discuss trade, family, politics Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern reveals what she talked about with US Vice President Mike Pence Bruce Munro (ODT): Global Insight podcast: The migrant caravan – Interview with Robert Patman RNZ: Australia to expand labour scheme to all Pacific countries Housing Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Housing crisis doubles MSD workload Brad Olsen (Stuff): Landlords, not tenants, should pay property managers Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Boozy parties, damage, denial – my nightmare landlord experience Susan Edmunds (Stuff): New tenancy fee for landlords likely across property management sector Isaac Davidson (Herald): Letting fees replaced by ‘tenancy fees’ and ‘admin fees’ as property managers look to recoup costs Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Fox wants Te Ara Mauwhare initiative ramped up Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Māori housing groups to trial home-ownership initiative RNZ: New centre for homeless people in Whangārei opens Banks Rob Stock (Stuff): Bank sales incentives criticised in Financial Markets Authority review Madison Reidy (RNZ): Bank staff too sales-focused, investigation finds Gareth Vaughan (Interest): ‘High risk’ of inappropriate sales practices occurring with banks ‘not adequately’ monitoring and controlling the risk Gareth Vaughan (Interest): The FMA’s challenge for banks Lynn Grieveson (Newsroom): The risks from bank staff rushing to meet targets Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Kiwibank branch closure detrimental for Stoke residents, says mayor 1News: Grey Power Nelson says Kiwibank ‘becoming rarer than the kiwi bird’ after withdrawing from Stoke Royal Commission into child abuse David Cohen (RNZ): Royal Commission will ‘confront a dark chapter’ of our history Herald Editorial: Victims will be heard in major inquiry Health Reuben McDougall (ODT): Axing of rural medicine school hailed Karen Brown (RNZ): Minister dumps National’s rural med school plan Angie Skerrett (Newshub): New measures for rural health worker shortage Jason Walls (Herald): Medical professionals urge the Government to facilitate the training of more GPs Jason Walls (Herald): Health Minister David Clark scraps plans for a School of Rural Medicine Stuff: Government pulls plug on Waikato rural med school 1News: Patient dies while being restrained after assault on staff member in Whangārei Hospital mental health unit Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Man dies at Whangarei Hospital after being restrained by police Herald: Whangarei Hospital mental health unit patient dies RNZ: Patient dies after being restrained at Whangārei Hospital MItchell Alexander (Newshub): Revealed: The number of Kiwis using antidepressants Rob Stock (Stuff): Sugar tax: hitting the sweet spot, or pointless revenue grab? RNZ: Adult diabetes increasing in NZ’s Polynesian children Gabrielle Baker (Spinoff): What is the Kaupapa Inquiry into Māori health all about? Nicky Jones (Herald): University of Otago study claims ‘spiritual care’ important in cancer treatment Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): The antibiotic resistance apocalypse is coming, and New Zealand isn’t immune Cate Broughton (Stuff): Family planning not so simple as women “denied a choice”, doctors say Jordan Bond (Herald): Barriers for life-saving antidote questioned as opioids kill as many people as synthetic cannabis RNZ: Disapproval over Christmas closure of area’s only health centre Amy Williams (RNZ): New unit for premature babies at Waitākere Hospital Amy Diamond (Bay of Plenty Times): Electric shock incident: Chopper was available if needed Rotorua Daily Post: Rotorua MP Todd McClay: Rescue helicopter response ‘appalling’ Stuff: Junior doctors union strikes deal with DHBs Shane Te Pou (Newsroom): THC is not the devil 1News: NZ should follow Western Australia’s euthanasia moves, David Seymour argues Billion trees project Matthew Hooton (Herald): Caution dooms billion-tree plan Lindy Laird (Northern Advocate): Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones admits Northland tree scheme was hurried Regional development RNZ: Govt invests $80m in Manawatū freight hub and faster internet in regions Derek Cheng (Herald): Shane Jones announces suite of regional funding worth more than $80m Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): KiwiRail gets $40 million for new Manawatu freight hub Janine Rankin and Paul Mitchell (Stuff): New $40 million rail freight centre for Palmerston North Parliament Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Lifting the bedsheets on MPs’ private lives Sam Hurley (Herald): Political party general secretary guilty over $200k in undeclared donations Education Wayne Smith (Newsroom):A message about teachers for Minister Hipkins RNZ: Overseas teacher recruitment a ‘band-aid’ – principal Josephine Franks (Stuff): Kiwi teachers for Kiwi kids? Auckland teacher thinks not RNZ: Foreign teachers could struggle with NZ classrooms – principals Stuff: Concerns raised about overseas teachers’ cultural responsiveness Jane Marshall (Stuff): Tired, overworked, and undervalued: Is it time to leave teaching? Meghan Lawrence (Herald): Primary school cancels prizegiving: ‘Schools are not about ranking and sorting’ Newshub: Silverdale Primary School drops prizegiving over ‘ranking and sorting’ concerns Josephine Franks (Stuff): Students launch petition after being flummoxed by word ‘trivial’ in NZQA exam Simon Collins (Herald): School scheme finds parents need free driving lessons too Astrid Austin (Hawkes Bay Today): DHB banned the alcohol, but school’s festival ‘better than ever’ Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): More sanitary products for high school girls Florence Kerr (Stuff): Wintec boss Mark Flowers quits amid probes into conduct and spending Herald: Embattled Wintec head Mark Flowers announces retirement RNZ: Tradies earning more than graduates up to age 30 – study Employment Alastair James: Why didn’t we strike under National? Catherine Harris (RNZ): Social workers aim to use public sector pay rise as leverage Police Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): Nicholas not on police staff, so why was she consulted on Haumaha? Kirsty Johnston (Herald): A teen reported a rape. Police took five months to interview the suspects, then dropped the case Aroha Awarau (Stuff): Decision to ban police uniform at Pride Parade “fascist” says Mika David Farrar: Pride stupidity Justice Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Serco prison officer’s refusal to take off shoes at marae ‘disrespectful’ RNZ: Union urges more pay talks after court altercation Sam Hurley (Herald): Christchurch court brawl a result of Ministry of Justice strikes, says Law Society president RNZ: Court strikes putting people in danger – lawyer Baden Vertongen (Pundit): Missing the point of Te Reo Māori Environment and conservation Chris Hutching (Stuff): Chinese firm touts NZ’s potential as a major bottled water exporter Dominic Harris (Stuff): Barrister to decide whether public gets say on Christchurch bottler’s bore plans Katie Todd (RNZ): Council considers public input over water-bottling consent battle Sam Kilmister (Stuff): Manawatū’s Ōroua River named second most improved river in New Zealand Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Another week from hell for Minister Eugenie Sage Transport 1News: Councils to consider case for rail service from Hamilton to Auckland beginning 2020 Newshub: Government weighing up Auckland to Hamilton passenger rail service Herald: Waikato councils to consider case for Hamilton to Auckland rail service Simon Wilson (Herald): Why do bicycles provoke such a flamethrower of fury? Brittany Keogh (Stuff): E-scooter regulations ‘pretty vague’: AA backs push for 10kmh speed limit Newshub: New electric mopeds Kwikli hit Auckland streets Joel Ineson (Stuff): Retirees protested bus changes and won before Environment Canterbury said it couldn’t be done Logan Church (RNZ): Checkpoint: Wheels on the bus go round, but not to this retirement village Newshub: Auckland man starts petition calling for driver testing every 10 years RNZ: Air NZ looks to add te reo Māori to check-in screen Fuel prices RNZ: Z Energy expects higher earnings due to petrol price drop Herald: Price wars: Cheap fuel as Gull undercuts rivals in Auckland Immigration RNZ: Immigration NZ extends review of minister’s Karel Sroubek decision Edward Gay (Stuff): Drug dealer dodges deportation to stay with young daughter and dying mother Corporate boxing Amy Wiggins (Herald): NZ medical organisations call for boxing ban following charity fight death Megan Sutherland (Newshub): New Zealand Medical Association calls for complete boxing ban Mere McLean (Māori TV): Rotorua coach says banning boxing not the answer Media Colin Peacock (RNZ): The death of Radio Live Damien Venuto (Herald): RadioLive couldn’t find its place in the Kiwi zeitgeist Mark Jennings (Newsroom): MediaWorks chases some radio magic Stuff: RadioLIVE: Who will keep their jobs after MediaWorks restructure? Herald: MediaWorks expected to reveal radical changes to RadioLIVE RNZ: Radio stations to merge in MediaWorks restructure Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Troubled NBR threatens to sue Newsroom Primary industries Gerard Hutching (Stuff): ‘Poisoning for profit’: why Greenpeace wants to get rid of synthetic nitrogen Keith Woodford (Interest): How MPI continues to depict the Mycoplasma bovis story in support of their preferred narrative Juliet Speedy (Newsroom): Cattle farmers stay away from Christchurch Ag Show Robin Martin (RNZ): Cows found wandering near ‘sensitive’ Taranaki stream Deena Coster (Stuff): Council takes action against landowner who failed to keep stock out of stream Piers Fuller (Stuff):Iwi industrial hemp production deal could create 150 jobs NZ to host Women’s Rugby World Cup in 2021 Kevin Norquay (Stuff): Not coming to a town near you: 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Auckland and Whangārei expected to gain millions from Women’s RWC Grant Bradley (Herald): Women’s Rugby World Cup worth millions of dollars to Auckland, Whangarei RNZ: Rugby: World Cup hosting worth the wait 1News: ‘So come on down’ – PM releases video used in successful bid to host Women’s RWC Local government Brian Fallow (Herald): Is there a way to relieve the burden of ever-rising rates bills? Bernard Orsman (Herald): John Tamihere feeling chipper about a poll for the Auckland mayoralty 1News: Phil Goff promises solutions as ‘faecal contamination’ plagues Auckland beaches RNZ: $16m more funds approved for St James Theatre renovation Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Legal opinion says councillor has conflict of interest Earthquake-related regulations Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Old St Paul’s in Wellington to close for seismic upgrade Ruby Macandrew and Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Wellingtonians to pay $16.7m to strengthen historic St James Theatre Marta Steeman (Stuff): Councils lobby for more obligations on building owners in emergencies Other Matt Nippert (Herald): Suspected sabotage of car belonging to burgled professor and China researcher Anne-Marie Brady David Fisher (Herald): Big Read: Minute by minute – how NZDF says the NZSAS struck deep inside Taliban territory Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): What Is “Rogerpolitics”? Brian Easton (Pundit): Is Increasing Inequality of Wealth Inevitable? Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Government accounting fraud, NZ Super and austerity Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Surge in power company switching as wholesale prices bite Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): ComCom chairman Mark Berry will hand over reins as watchdog’s power grows Mark Longley (Newshub): Stand Strong NZ: Bullying is bullying, stop making excuses for it Scott Palmer (Newshub): White Ribbon ambassador Mark Longley calls for violence to stop Emily Writes (Spinoff): When will men start believing women? RNZ: International tourist spending bumps up 7% to $11 billon Dan Dalgety (RNZ): Cliff Curtis calls for women, Māori leadership in NZ film industry Marta Steeman (Stuff): New Property Council boss Leonie Freeman wants it to play a big role in fixing property industry problems Herald: Taxpayer, Stephen Tindall chip in as chicken-free chicken maker raises $10 million Sam Hurley (Herald): Film director who helped cannabis campaigner Rose Renton guilty of drugs charges Press Editorial: Gender changes raise important questions Hawkes Bay Today: Frozen out: Government regulations stop vital food service for Hawke’s Bay elderly Jim Tucker (Taranaki Daily News): Would we go to war again? Cameron Smith (Herald): Labour woes concern directors]]>