Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – January 23 2019
Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.
The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.
PM in Europe, Davos, Brexit
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Ardern seeks assurances on Brexit as Britain prepares for chaos
Gordon Campbell: On why shipping is New Zealand’s big new trade problem
Gordon Campbell: On the Brexit Vote Aftermath
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern pumps NZ’s ‘wellbeing budget’ at World Economic Forum
Derek Cheng (Herald): PM to global forum: There is no greater threat than climate change
Stuff, AAP: David Attenborough urges global environment plan at Davos as Jacinda Ardern joins panel
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern talks climate change with Prince William, David Attenborough, Al Gore
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): NZ and UK sign interim trade deal
Herald Editorial: Davos allows leaders to compare notes and share ideas
Liam Dann (Herald): IMF outlook gets gloomier as global risks grow
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern gives wide-ranging personal interview to BBC
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admits to being sexually harassed on multiple occasions
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern asked in BBC interview if she plans to propose to her partner
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): ‘I’m a mother, not a superwoman,’ Jacinda Ardern tells UK media
NewsMail: ‘What the hell?’: Backlash to interview
Daily Mail: Would they ask Scott Morrison this? New Zealand Prime Minister is forced to answer ‘sexist’ questions about her personal life during BBC interview
BBC: Lamb industry should not be nervous about New Zealand, Ardern says
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern and Duchess Meghan have had a secret meeting at Kensington Palace
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern’s ‘secret meeting’ with Duchess Meghan Markle during UK trip
Herald: Jacinda Ardern and Meghan Markle hold ‘secret meeting’
1News: Jacinda Ardern and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, have ‘secret’ meeting at Kensington Palace
Human rights
Maiki Sherman (1News): Formal complaint lodged with UN over New Zealand’s prisoner voting ban
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Complaint lodged with United Nations over New Zealand’s prisoner voting rights
Sarah Murphy (RNZ): NZ told to improve human rights of LGBTQI people
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Justice Minister Andrew Little addresses UN Human Rights Council
Zane Small (Newshub): New Zealand’s justice system is ‘broken’, Andrew Little tells United Nations
Sexual assault
Bridgette Toy-Cronin (RNZ): Rules vs justice: Trial outcome shows law changes needed
1News: Woman ordered to pay costs to alleged abuser says she feels overwhelmed, devastated
Rosie Gordon and Sam Hurley (Herald): Justice system struggles with trauma of sexual abuse victims, says Mariya Taylor’s lawyer
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Rapist’s victims call for law change after $28k court ruling
Zane Small (Newshub): ‘Mariya is devastated’: Assault victim ordered to pay attacker $28k
Mitch McCann (Newshub): Rapist Robert Roper’s legal victory leaves sexual assault survivors ‘physically sick’
Zane Small and Grace Cocker (Newshub): Duncan Garner: NZDF must step in after assault victim Mariya Taylor told to pay attacker’s fees
No Right Turn: This isn’t justice
Hal Crawford (Newshub): Why give Joseph Parker a voice?
Alison Mau (Stuff): Roast Busters ringleader Joseph Parker’s interview is a career move
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Roast Busters’ victims shocked by Joseph Parker’s comments
Herald: Roast Busters victims in disbelief at Joseph Parker’s song
Newshub: Roast Busters’ victims speak out on ringleader’s new song referencing their experiences
Newstalk ZB: Louise Nicholas: Roast Busters ‘ringleader’ Joseph Parker only ‘sorry he got caught‘
Jami-Lee Ross
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jami-Lee Ross says abusive text triggered his mental breakdown
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jami-Lee Ross has tough road ahead as independent MP – O’Brien
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Is Jami-Lee Ross saga a sign politics is getting too brutal?
Audrey Young (Herald): ‘I’ve been to hell and back’: Former National MP Jamie-Lee Ross says he is not after revenge
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Wounded animal’ Jami-Lee Ross publishes emotional statement
1News: ‘My life has been laid bare’ – Embattled MP Jami-Lee Ross releases lengthy plea to constituents
Gia Garrick (RNZ): ‘The whole country was watching’: Jami-Lee Ross apologises
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Police investigate text sent to Jami-Lee Ross as disgraced MP eyes return to Parliament
Herald: Police investigate ‘you deserve to die’ text sent to Jami-Lee Ross
National Party
Audrey Young (Herald): One exception to Simon Bridges’ sensible start to the year
Russell Brown (Spinoff): As National’s drug czar, will Paula Bennett show good faith, or scaremonger?
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Kiwis will be apologising to their kids for legalising marijuana – Paula Bennett
Pete George: Bridges and Bennett say they want ‘drug reform’ debate but would vote no anyway
Audrey Young (Herald): Simon Bridges kicks off political year with reshuffle and a new job for deputy Paula Bennett
RNZ: Marijuana has ‘potentially devastating effects on young people’ – Bennett
Herald: ‘I’m not a prude, I’m a westie’: Paula Bennett on her cannabis experience
1News: ‘I do like a party and I found it put me to sleep’ – Paula Bennett reveals cannabis experience
1News: Paula Bennett gets new role as spokesperson for drug reform issues, as National Party announces reshuffle
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Paula Bennett appointed National’s drug reform spokesperson
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Paula Bennett gets new drugs portfolio in National Party shake-up
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Bridges begins year with a reshuffle
RNZ: National targets ‘confused commitment to decriminalisation’
Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Paula Bennett gets new drugs portfolio in National Party shake-up
Housing
RNZ: Twyford on KiwiBuild: ‘It’s going to be tough to meet that target’
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): KiwiBuild ‘distraction from real housing solutions’
Gareth Kiernan: Another step down the road to KiwiBuild failure
Ben Leahy (Herald): Auckland house sales slump 20 per cent as the foreign buyer ban hits the market
RNZ: Government disappointed by housing affordability figures
RNZ: ‘Severely unaffordable’ Oz house prices still better than in NZ
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): From $200,000 a year to a desperate search for a rental property
Inequality
Nick Hanauer (Newsroom): A stake through the heart of neoliberalism
Steven Cowan: The economy of the one percent
No Right Turn: Time for redistribution
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Rise in benefit claimants linked to pop. growth – Sepuloni
Jenni Cartwright (CPAG): The recovery phase of Christmas for low-income families, is there really such a thing
Transport
Jason Walls (Herald): Government and private sector to contribute a combined $11 million to green transport projects
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Govt unveils $11m electric vehicle boost for businesses
1News: Government announces biggest push yet to make NZ’s vehicle fleet cleaner and greener
BusinessDesk: Govt part-funds low-emissions transport projects
RNZ: Electric, low-emission vehicles get $11 million public-private funding boost
Māori TV: Ngāi Tahu Tourism goes electric
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Why the lobbyists are wrong about EVs
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland bus and train fares rise ‘will deter 830,000 trips’
RNZ: Auckland mayor backs public transport fare hike
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Aucklanders erupt in anger to ‘stink’ public transport fare increases
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Council e-scooter trials could contribute to new regulations
Elena McPhee (ODT): No helmet talk until trial ends
Maria Slade (Spinoff): Transport’s dirty little secret: The truckers breaking the law just to survive
Health
RNZ: Medical Council urges striking junior doctors and DHBs cooperate
Katarina Williams (Stuff): District Health Boards to return to bargaining table with junior doctors
RNZ: Doctors and DHBs to discuss rosters and pay again
1News: Anaesthetic technicians at Rotorua Hospital begin first of two 24-hour strikes today
Melanie Earley (Stuff): Northland dad with brain tumour needs $60k to fund drug to extend his life
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): Lumsden Maternity Centre’s trust won’t take legal action against SDHB
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Will big data make everyone healthier?
Education
Herald: Nearly 1000 overseas teachers available to work in New Zealand
Bruce Munro (ODT): Teachers who made a difference
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Is it worth sending your kids to private school?
Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): Niko Brown, 5, all ready to start school thanks to generous Kiwis
Nanette Cormack (ODT): ‘Market’ approach to tertiary education has failed repeatedly
Employment
Rob Stock (Stuff): It’s legal to insult an employer in wage negotiations
Susan Edmunds (Stuff):New Zealand’s four-day week idea catching on
David Farrar: Dave doesn’t get the gig
Lawyer fined for sexual harassment
Sasha Borissenko (Newsroom): Law Society decision ‘woefully inadequate’
Sam Hurley (Herlad): Former high-flying lawyer at top firm fined for sexual harassment
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Law firm partner fined $12,500 for sexually harassing staff
RNZ: Lawyer censured and fined $12k over sexual harassment of employees
Mark Longley (Newshub): Former top lawyer fined for sexual harassment
Immigration
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Government could detain boat of Indian migrants if they arrive
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Indian migrants reportedly on their way to New Zealand by boat
Monetary policy
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): A bank capital land-mine awaits
BusinessDesk: RBNZ plucks bank capital numbers out of the air: Reddell
Tax
ODT Editorial: Tax changes must be popular
Joe Ascroft (Stuff):A low top tax rate means the majority will pay the maximum in capital gains
Sport
Stuff: Stacked First XV rugby teams contributing to declining participation rates
RNZ: Recruiting impacting playing numbers
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Child sex abuser memorialised in Marist rugby club’s trophy
Hamish Bidwell (RNZ): Women no longer an afterthought
Rodeo
Lynn Charlton (ODT): Not sport but sadism – and illegal
Mark Patterson (ODT): Rodeos important to rural communities
Media
Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Māori TV): Opinion: If you can #MuteRKelly, could you mute the taumata?
Māori TV: Iwi radio pulls R Kelly from the airwaves
Rachel Stewart (Herald): I’m back and I’m not staying quiet
David Fisher (Herald): Cameron Slater attacked me but I wish him well with his recovery
Martyn Bradbury: Get well soon Cameron – the NZ blogosphere isn’t the same without you
Local government
Stephen Forbes (Interest): The battle to improve woeful local government election voter turnout
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Nelson city councillor Mike Rutledge receives letter of censure
RNZ: Removal of Western Springs pines to go ahead today despite opposition
Gary Gotlieb (Herald): We have to stand up to council bureaucrats because elected members do not
Primary industries
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom): MPI ‘still considering’ drug ads amid antibiotic fears
RNZ: Farmers can overcome financial uncertainty from global warming – research
Tourism
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): Exclusive: Porou hosts Tenzing Norgay’s sons
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): A new dawn for tourism in Ngāti Porou
Donna Awatere Huata (Daily Blog): Let’s Rethink New Zealand’s Low Cost Tourism Strategy
Other
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Huawei wants another shot at 5G in NZ
Andrea Fox (Herald): Terms of Govt loan to Westland dairy company still under wraps
RNZ: AgResearch to sell 300ha of research land
Edward Gay (Stuff): Fatal motorway shooting: Survivor Richard Neville still wants answers
Peter McKenzie (Newsroom): Why we need automatic voter enrolment
Jamie Morton (Herald): Million-dollar study: When will Antarctica’s marine ice sheets melt?
Sam Farrell (Newshub): Hawke’s Bay residents furious after forester’s pipe leaves beach ‘unswimmable’
Kirdan Lees (Newsroom): Why we need a recession plan
RNZ: Electricity prices: Flick customers warned of higher bills
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Adoptee seeks justice for displaced tamariki
Aine Kelly-Costello (Newshub): ‘Mocking Māori culture’: Australian bar removes tā moko from beer showcase ad after criticism
Denise Garland (RNZ): Aussie beer event advert ‘mocking Māori culture’
Chris Fowlie (Daily Blog): Cannabis predictions and crystal ball gazing
Joanne Carroll (Press): Pike River re-entry: Police won’t be among first inside mine after risk assessment raised safety concerns
1News: ‘Honestly, it’s not all me’ – Richie McCaw, Sir John Key revisit three-way handshake
MIchael Daly (Stuff): Key insists French interloper to blame for infamous three-way handshake; McCaw agrees
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