Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 05 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.
Regional development, employment, Māori land development
Herald Editorial: Handouts are no substitute for a Ngapuhi Treaty settlement
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Provincial Growth Fund has created just 54 jobs
Jason Walls (Herald): National slams the Government’s Provincial Growth Fund, saying it’s not delivering for Kiwis
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Shane Jones wants Provincial Growth Fund to get ‘nephs off the couch’
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Jones and Jackson welcome PGF funding for unemployment programmes
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Government invests $82 million in regional employment boost
RNZ: Provincial Growth Fund: $82.4m for regional youth employment
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): More funds promised to tackle regional challenge
RNZ: Employment support for Pasifika expands to NZ regions
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Māori welcome $100m fund to support better use of land
Leah Tebbutt (Rotorua Daily Post): Māori landowners in Rotorua excited for economic benefit of $100 million funding boost
Derek Cheng (Herald): Shane Jones says $100 million for Māori land is for where banks fear to tread
RNZ: National leader Simon Bridges urges RMA reform over $100m for Māori land ownership
Waitangi
Richard Harman (Politik): The big political taniwha at Waitangi
Zane Small (Newshub): What to expect at Waitangi
Morgan Godfery (Spinoff): Waitangi Week: the Queen is dead, or may as well be
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): World’s largest waka misses out on Waitangi Day celebrations due to lack of money
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Ardern defends govt track on Māori prison numbers
1News: Growing calls for Treaty of Waitangi to be a compulsory part of school curriculum
1News: Jacinda Ardern fumbles over what Treaty of Waitangi articles say – ‘Article One? On the spot?’
Jamie Ensor and Zane Small (Newshub): PM Jacinda Ardern stumbles when asked to recite Treaty of Waitangi articles
John Gerritsen (RNZ): History teachers decry ‘shameful’ ignorance of colonial, Māori history
Press Editorial: Brash’s Waitangi invitation is a positive sign
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): 15 years on, Don Brash returns to Waitangi
Newstalk ZB: ‘Don Brash looking for a headline at Waitangi’ – Shane Jones
RNZ: Don Brash to avoid politics and ‘listen’ at Waitangi
1News: Waitangi Day organiser defends decision to invite Don Brash, ‘the most racist politician in the country’
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Waitangi organiser defends ‘innovative’ decision to invite Don Brash to speak
Zane Small (Newshub): What Don Brash plans to say at Waitangi
Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Māori TV): Call to boycott Don Brash’s speech at Waitangi
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki will bring ‘issues’ to Waitangi – Shane Jones
Leonie Hayden (Spinoff): ‘Waitangi dildo’ protestor banned from Waitangi Treaty grounds
Stuff: Woman who threw sex toy at Waitangi will attend despite police trespass
Albert Cash (Stuff): Waitangi Day is more than a public holiday, it’s a way of life
Simon Wilson (Herald): Star turn for celestial navigator at Waitangi
Amanda Saxton (Stuff): Sir Hec Busby honoured as the ‘mainest man’ at Waitangi investiture
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Sir Hek Busby knighted by Governor-General in stirring Waitangi ceremony
1News: ‘Arise, Sir Hek’ – Newly-knighted Sir Hekenukumai Busby explains beautiful whale tooth taonga
Ripeka Timutimu (Māori TV): The humble knight – Tā Hekenukumai Pūhipi
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): “He inspired me” – rangatahi gather to welcome Busby
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): A short history of Waitangi Day protests
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Waitangi 2019 Gallery – Day One
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): DNA test confirms blank parchment is part of Treaty of Waitangi
Commercial fishing
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Major changes proposed to commercial fishing by Government
Conan Young (RNZ): New rules could dramatically reduce fish discarded by commerical fisheries
Derek Cheng (Herald): Fisheries Minister wants ‘culture change’ for commercial fishing industry
RNZ: Fishing rules overhaul proposed by Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash
Cancer treatment
1News: World-leading breast cancer expert calls on Pharmac to make two new breast cancer drugs more affordable
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): ‘Difficult situation’: Cancer patient leads pleas for better Govt funding of treatments
Zane Small (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern: Not fair to compare Pharmac with Australia’s system
Health
RNZ: Junior doctors and DHBs to continue mediation on Thursday
RNZ: MP challenges govt to vaccinate all Northland children against deadly disease
Emma Russell (Herald): Temporary maternity ward for Middlemore Hospital to deal with postnatal bed demand
Emma Russell (Herald): Vaping nearly twice as effective for getting smokers to quit, study shows
1News: New $15 million Auckland rescue chopper to give paramedics an edge in life and death situations
Jessica Long (Stuff): Baby dies after DHB fails to properly care for mother, Health and Disability Commissioner finds
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Swimmers ignoring call to stay out of the Hutt River to avoid toxic algae
Leonie Hayden (Spinoff): One family, three generations of Māori doctors
Nathan Consedine and Tony Fernando (Newsroom): A little thing called compassion fatigue
Education
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Back to school poverty for our kids
Scott Yeoman and Zoe Hunter (Herald): Tauranga families turn to foodbanks for school lunches
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Childcare centre closed indefinitely following allegations of mistreating children
1News: Hutt Hospital Childcare Centre’s licence suspended as complaints investigated
Adele Redmond (Stuff): 2019: The year of new Christchurch schools opening
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Wigram Primary School celebrates start of 2019 at new $9 million campus
Jennifer Eder (Stuff): First day of school at Te Pā Wānanga at Omaka Marae in Blenheim
Lindy Laird (Northern Advocate): Waipu principal shocked by police raid and arrests at her house
Sue Allen (Stuff): Teaching needs a rebrand to make the profession attractive again
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Farmers fear for future of agricultural training sector
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Telford offered one-year lifeline as SIT takes over
RNZ: Southern Institute of Technology to take over Telford campus
Richard Davison (ODT): Telford gains year reprieve
Parliament
Herald: Cabinet Minister alleges that National MP directed trolls to attack former Labour leader Andrew Little
No Right Turn: Chapple and Anderson on electoral donations
Australian banking royal commission final report, insurance industry
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Can you trust your bank? Royal Commission findings another blow
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Tougher NZ lending conditions biggest likely impact from Oz bank inquiry
AAP: Australian banks carry the blame for industry’s widespread greed-driven misconduct, royal commission finds
Liam Dann (Herald): Australian Royal Commission slams banks calling for tougher regulation
Shane Wright (Stuff): Australia’s banking royal commission final report at a glance
RNZ: Australian banks inquiry: Govt ‘taking action’ on all recommendations
BusinessDesk: Life insurance industry will need dragging to reform
Migration, refugees
Laura Walters (Newsroom): The messy business of housing and migration
Derek Cheng (Herald): Father of Karel Sroubek writes to Jacinda Ardern asking for fair treatment
James Baker (Stuff): Migrant’s job struggle highlights Kiwi assumptions
RNZ: Ukrainian family overwhelmed by petition support
Skara Bohny (Stuff): English teaching volunteers help launch new life for new Kiwis
Brooke Jenner (RNZ): Driving school gears up refugees, migrants for integration
Jennifer Dann (Herald): Twelve questions with Phoebe Li
Government
Liam Hehir (Stuff): How much sway does Winston Peters have in this coalition government?
David Cormack (Herald): Why the Greens need to start alienating people
No Right Turn: OIA advice
Welfare, MSD
Herald: Human Rights Review Tribunal declares MSD’s ACC law discriminatory
Aine Kelly Costello (Newshub): ‘Help given with one hand, taken away with the other’: Widowed mum speaks out about experience with Work and Income
RNZ: Advisory groups set up to help improve lives of Pasifika in NZ
Tax
ODT Editorial: Opposition to ‘stealth tax’ gains ground
Gordon Campbell: On why we should be listening to Ocasio-Cortez about tax
Kiwisaver
Rob Stock (Stuff): KiwiSavers’ miserable 2018 saw six in 10 funds fall in value
Jamie Gray (Herald): Turbulent markets wreaked havoc on KiwiSaver funds in 2018 – Morningstar
Police
Tim Miller (ODT): Fears voiced as police start deploying drones
Toby Morris (Spinoff): The Side Eye: The Chase
Local government
Janine Rankin (Stuff): Ombudsman calls for secret payment explanation
Janine Rankin (Stuff) Bad start to a what should be a promising year
Environment and conservation
RNZ: DOC delays review of national parks after talks with iwi
No Right Turn: Sucking us dryer
RNZ: Penguin killing prompts reminder to dog owners
1News: Several face charges over hundreds of excess and undersized paua caught in Coromandel
Transport
Jason Walls (Herald): NZTA again forced to contact the Privacy Commissioner after another privacy breach
David Linklater (Stuff): There’s an easy way to reach NZ’s EV target – but you might not like it
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Bus drivers running red lights attract almost 200 complaints in a year
Mike Yardley (Press): E-scooters here to stay in NZ cities, but new rules needed
Kate Hawkesby (Herald): Forget Lime scooters, it’s quad bikes that are killers
Housing
Ben Leahy (Herald): Rental listings likely to mislead with ‘no letting fees’ comments: REINZ
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Housing consents for government departments at 40-year high
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Auckland house prices fall up to 7.4 per cent year-on-year
BusinessDesk: Dwelling consents reached 14-year high in 2018
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): Queenstown trust targets 1000 homes in 10 years, delivers eight in first year
Social media
Nicola Brown (Spinoff): Liar liar, platforms on fire: the rise of misinformation and what to do about it
Rebecca Moore (1News): Facebook group following unruly tourists drops ‘gypsy’ from name after hate speech complaints
Marama Fox drink-driving conviction
Mike Mather (Stuff): Marama Fox: ‘I felt threatened, so I chose to drive after drinking’
1News: Marama Fox fined for drink driving, says she was trying to ‘deescalate a threatening situation’
RNZ: Marama Fox fined and disqualifed from driving
Nikki Preston (Herlad): Former Māori Party MP Marama Fox sentenced for drink-driving
Other
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Time to fast-forward to the past
BusinessDesk: Economist links social spending and productivity
Rob Stock (Stuff): Academic calls for law to ban ludicrously complex consumer contracts
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Grenfell fire: study reveals materials’ fire risk, toxic smoke
Damien Venuto (Herald): Oil and gas industry takes exploration fight with Government on to TV screens
Amy Brooke (Spectator ): Fake New Zealand
Sarah Templeton (Newshub): Kiwis unsure of measuring a ‘standard drink’, drink-driving limits – study
RNZ: Government’s tourism strategy submissions close
Richard MacManus (Newsroom): Why NZ should take a moral stance on global e-commerce
1News: Government announces $21m fund to route broadband to marae, connect regional communities
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Regional digital hubs to benefit rural marae
Stuart McMillan (Listener): What New Zealand has to fear from turmoil in the European Union
Christian Smith (Spinoff): What can New Zealand learn from the Brexit omnishambles?
Collette Devlin (Stuff): ‘Security requirements’ see US Embassy fork out millions for Wellington land
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Cost of hydrogen power remains biggest hurdle for widespread use says new study
Islay May Aitchinson (Newsroom): The politics of empathy
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Te Papa’s funding bid for new facility declined
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): More women coaching rugby than ever before
Matt Heath (Herald): Selfish ‘fun police’ are ruining plans for more Eden Park events
Thomas Manch (Stuff): University of Auckland professor caught using false name to publicly lobby against euthanasia bill
Stuff: Martinborough residents on boil water notice for at least four more days
Newshub: Westpac New Zealand forking out almost $6m for overcharging
