Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – March 04 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.
Tax
John Armstrong (1News): Jacinda Ardern struck by a bad case of the political heebie-jeebies over Tax Working Group recommendations
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): What is Labour up to with CGT?
Chris Trotter (Stuff): Who Possesses The Plain, Old-Fashioned Common Sense To Say “No” To Labour’s CGT?
Liam Dann (Herald): Let’s dial down the noise around capital gains tax
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Looking past the capital gains tax obsession
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): A Capital Gains Tax will target the rich – Why should we care?
Brian Easton (Pundit): To Tax Capital Gains Or Not to Tax Capital Gains
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Time to ‘grow up’ and implement CGT – economist
Newshub: Transcript: Emma Jolliff interviews leading economist, Professor Marilyn Waring
Damien Grant (Stuff): Capital gains tax: Far from being an assault, tragically it is the ‘Kiwi way of life’
Bill Ralston (Listener): Curses upon the capital gains tax proposal
Audrey Young (Herald): Capital gains tax: Simon Bridges says no need for specific rules for Maori entities
RNZ: Watch: Simon Bridges on Capital Gains Tax and KiwiSaver
Ele Ludemann: Iwi exemption too deep a hole
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern wants to hear from people who don’t have ‘a column in the Herald’
Stephen Forbes (Interest): Revenue Minister Stuart Nash says any TWG recommendations the government adopts will be made by legislation meaning a full select committee process
David Farrar: The impact on our sharemarket of the proposed CGT
Richard Meadows (Stuff): Capital gains tax: A child’s guide to why your dear old granny is a dastardly capitalist
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): Now about those ordinary hard-working New Zealanders…
Janine Starks (Stuff): I didn’t have to pay CGT, here’s why I think others should
Mary Holm (Stuff): Don’t panic over CGT on second homes
Jane Bowron (Stuff): Michael Cullen didn’t go far enough: Here are my grudge taxes
Charlie Gates (Stuff): Inland Revenue crackdown on $1.7m in tax breaks for Mormon missionary donations
Police
Press Editorial: How often are New Zealand police routinely armed?
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Let’s not go down the road to arming cops just yet
Imogen Neale (Stuff): Auckland councillor says ‘young and brown? ‘You’ll soon be shot’
Emilie Rākete (Spinoff): Unsafe and unjustified: Cops carrying guns endangers us all
Leith Huffadine (RNZ): More officers support arming police
RNZ: Canterbury police no longer carry guns after arresting wanted man
Herald: Canterbury police will not carry firearms following arrest of offender
Albert Redmore (Newshub): Canterbury police put their guns away
Kelly Dennett (Stuff): Acquitted police officer tried to get complainant’s support person evicted from court
Andre Chumko (Stuff): Police’s Instagram popularity could be problematic, experts warn
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Fun police – why can’t officers have some fun on the frontline?
Thompson & Clark
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Top cop forgot to start investigation into spying by Thompson & Clark on earthquake victims
RNZ: Top cop forgot to act on State Services Commission complaint
No Right Turn: Protecting their mates
RNZ Checkpoint: DOC’s chats with Thompson & Clark reveal anti-1080 surveillance
Government
Peter Wilson (RNZ): The Week in Politics: Transforming NZ easier said than done, the government is finding out
Richard Harman (Politik): Why NZ First held the Government up from supporting a UN agreement
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Things you might have missed because the Government wanted you to
Newshub: The Nation Interview: Jacinda Ardern
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Ruth Dyson will not seek re-election after 27 years in Parliament
1News: Labour MP will not seek re-election for 2020
Herald: Christchurch-based Labour MP Ruth Dyson to retire from politics at the next election
Stuff: Port Hills MP Ruth Dyson to stand down at next election
Matt Burrows (Newshub): Labour MP Ruth Dyson won’t seek re-election for Port Hills in 2020
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Vernon Tava calls out ‘anti-science’ Green party
Parliament, elections
Luke Appleby (1News): $3.7m in travel and annuities paid out to former Prime Ministers, Governors-General and spouses over past five years
Daniel Botha (Spinoff): The prisoner voting ban is still a disgrace
Kethaki Masilamani and Dan Satherley (Newshub): Letting prisoners vote ‘not going to make a huge amount of difference’
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Greens want prisoners voting ban overturned to ‘strengthen democracy’
Dan Satherley and Alex Baird (Newshub): Greens submit Bill to lower election threshold, let prisoners vote
Jason Walls (Herald): The Green Party will introduce a members’ bill which would ban all offshore political donations
1News: Green Party introduces bill to give prisoners back vote and ‘strengthen democracy’
Newstalk ZB: Bill pushes for prisoner voting rights, offshore political donation ban
Jake Metzger (RNZ): Setting the electoral threshold
Morgan Godfery: More reo speakers and more voting booths in Māori communities after 2017 general election blunders
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Simon Upton, MP’s professional green conscience
ODT Editorial: National shift worth acknowledging
National Party
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Maggie Barry bullying claims: Staffers from three government departments raised concerns while she was minister
Kurt Bayer (Herald): National MP Sarah Dowie says Invercargill locals have backed her over Jami-Lee Ross saga
Audrey Young (Herald): Simon Bridges marks first anniversary of National leadership
Claire Trevett (Herald): Simon Bridges and wife Natalie on surviving one year as Opposition leader
James Shaw’s travel, climate change
Zane Small (Newshub): Climate Change Minister James Shaw defends travel expenses: ‘We offset our travel through tree-planting’
Steven Cowan: The great carbon trading con
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Greens co-leader James Shaw is full of hot air
David Farrar: Flying to save the planet
Point of Order: James Shaw’s jetsetting is a drain on taxpayers but a boon to tree-planters
Jamie Morton (Herald): The ‘boiling frog’: Are we ‘normalising’ climate change when we should be fighting it?
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): Historic community at Selwyn Huts in climate change limbo
Brooke Jenner (RNZ): Extinction Rebellion protesters make voices heard at BP
Phil Goff to stand again for Auckland mayoralty
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland’s mayoralty race: Let the games begin
1News: Auckland Mayor Phil Goff cites need for ‘safe’ beaches while confirming bid for second term
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s re-election bid will see average household rates rise by $5 a week
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Bridges on the fence over mayoral battle: ‘I like them both’
Newshub: Phil Goff’s mayoral bid provides hope for waterfront stadium
RNZ: Auckland mayoralty: Tamihere says time for a real race as Goff confirms candidacy
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland mayoral contest goes live as Phil Goff confirms candidacy
Herald: ‘It’s game on’: John Tamihere ‘welcomes’ Phil Goff’s bid for Auckland mayoralty second term
Dan Satherley and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): John Tamihere slams Phil Goff’s ‘most unusual’ rates hike promise
1News: Phill Goff running for second term as Auckland Mayor – but John Tamihere labels him a ‘puppet’
Todd Niall (Stuff): Phil Goff seeks second term as Auckland mayor
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Mayor Phil Goff launches bid for second term
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Mayor Phil Goff seeking a second term, promising bigger rate increases
Newshub: Phil Goff wants another three years as Mayor of Auckland
RNZ: Phil Goff to run for a second term as Auckland mayor
Local government
Phil Quin (Stuff): Undemocratic and uneconomic local government is in a bind
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Power to the people — if they’re in Wellington
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Chief executive role up for grabs at Christchurch City Council
Sam Kilmister (Manawatū Standard): Decision to reduce voting wards in Rangitīkei under the spotlight
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Local political drama shifts from one arena to another
Christina Persico (Stuff): Process in motion for 2019 local government elections
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Council settles multi-million dollar leaky-building claim, but cost to Napier ratepayers remains secret
Damien Grant (Stuff): Auckland’s anti-fireworks activists are barking up the wrong tree
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Don’t ban fireworks, just keep your pets inside – Judith Collins
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Call me a Nana but Lime scooters and fireworks should be banned
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Does Wellington suburb of Kelburn need a liquor ban?
Tommy Livingston (Stuff): Northland Regional Council backs $8m Opononi cultural centre to the tune of $500,000
Māori TV:Northland Regional Council forks out for Opononi Kupe centre
Education
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): ‘Very shocking’ behaviour of NZ’s education recruiters
Simon Collins (Herald): International students fail University Entrance; educators call for more intensive courses
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): They’ve seen the future – it’s not Tomorrow’s Schools
Jessica Long (Stuff): Worries the Tomorrow’s Schools Review will become a political football
Damian Rowe (Southland Times): Nikki Kaye questions whether Tomorrow’s Schools review will work for isolated communities such as Stewart Island
Russell Bishop (Herald): Māori education needs more than task force has proposed
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Russell Bishop: Who’s to blame for Māori failures at school?
Māori TV: School uses broadcast technology to teach te reo
Katie Fitzgerald, Delphine Herbert and Mitch McCann (Newshub): Government’s overseas teacher recruiting drive ‘problematic’ – Nikki Kaye
Mitch McCann (Newshub): Foreign teachers coaxed into New Zealand by Government ‘aren’t up to the job’
Dylan Cleaver (Herald): Exploitation claims against top Auckland school in stoush over young rugby player
Katy Jones (Stuff): Nelson teacher job ad sparks institutional racism claims
Mandy Te (Stuff): Ministry of Education: Auckland school’s fake story of child killed in car crash not appropriate
Kerre McIvor (Herald): Well-intentioned prying designed to keep our young people safe
Breanna Barraclough (Newshub): NZQA won’t scrap plastic on exam papers despite Auckland teen’s campaign
Adele Redmond and Joelle Daly (Stuff): Christchurch high schools’ rolls continue growing despite efforts to stabilise them
Max Christoffersen (Stuff): Waikato University looking for life in all the wrong places
Alice Peacock (Herald): Sanitised version of University of Otago Law Camp returns following independent review
Piripi Taylor (Māori TV): Pākeha & migrant students delve deeper into Māori Culture
Teachers’ strike
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Secondary teachers invite primary colleagues to strike with them
1News: Teachers’ mega-strike discussed as secondary teachers pay negotiations continues
1News: PPTA secondary teachers to strike on April 3
Herald: PPTA announces another date for possible secondary school teachers strike
RNZ: Secondary school teachers to strike next month if agreement not reached
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Teachers announce next strike date
Samantha Olley (Rotorua Daily Post): Secondary school teachers’ growing pressures made clear at Rotorua PPTA meeting
Polytech reforms
ODT Editorial: Saving southern polytechnics
Ian Taylor (ODT): Heeding lessons from the past vital to future of our rangatahi
ODT: Campaign to protect polytech
Shane Gilchrist (ODT): Institution’s leader not one to give up easily
Elena McPhee (ODT): Rallying cry from polytech
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Education Minister Chris Hipkins met with ‘passionate’ haka at Invercargill airport
Logan Savory (Southland Times): Southland stands up for Southern Institute of Technology
Logan Savory (Southland Times): Education Minister Chris Hipkins grilled by concerned Southern Institute of Technology backers
Tim Shadbolt (Stuff): Spare SIT this fiscal chastity belt
Giordano Stolley (ODT): ‘Vague promises’ over SIT’s future
RNZ: Polytech reforms will leave training gap, says panelbeaters’ group
Housing
Jane Patterson (RNZ): What does the Crown underwrite of KiwiBuild homes mean for taxpayers?
Zane Small and Dan Satherley (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern admits fixing housing crisis ‘not easy’
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Rental laws could well drive up rents, it will probably be worth it
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Wanaka KiwiBuild homes facing tough competition to be sold
Horowhenua Chronicle: Homeless man Jeremy Gray ordered to buy LED light for his trolley
Amy Ridout (Stuff): $300-a-week Nelson cabin ‘should be demolished’
Dave Goosselink (Newshub): ‘Horrendous’: Christchurch retirement village residents given six weeks to find new housing
Charlie Gates (Stuff): MP calls for advice on rest home evictions as petition launched to change law
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Families forced to give up beloved pets in midst of rental housing crisis
Matt Shand (Stuff): Bella Vista Homes saga sees 51 charges laid under the Building Act
Herald: OneRoof Property Report: Just a third of NZ homes mortgage-free
Greg Ninness (Interest): Growth in new dwelling consents was particularly strong in Auckland in January
Health
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Time for free dental care? Queues at hospital pain clinics as Waitematā DHB backs ‘comprehensive’ dental service
Newstalk ZB: Calls for free dental care increase
Mackenzie Smith (RNZ): NZ health systems at risk from growing Pacific demand
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Adverse behaviour high in the South
Rob Kidd (ODT): Torment over SDHB breach
Emma Russell (Herald): Auckland measles outbreak ‘a serious concern’; hundreds in danger
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Measles case puts hundreds of Aucklanders at risk
RNZ: Canterbury measles outbreak: Five people now infected
Kethaki Masilamani and Dan Satherley (Newshub): Doctor urges ‘revaccination’ for people who aren’t sure
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Lack of warning leads to pharmacies temporarily selling cough medicines illegally
Elspeth McLean (ODT): SDHB racks up $656K in staff payouts
Stuff: Wellington council targets vaping as it considers more smokefree rules
RNZ: Smoking and vaping could be stubbed out at Wellington beaches
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Te Kaika celebrates its early success
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Ageing population faces carer shortage
Tom Dillane (Herald): Visiting German spine surgeon under investigation by Ministry of Health
Siouxsie Wiles (Stuff): Periods: The painful side of sexism lacks research and funding
Hinemoa Elder (Stuff): My Mum was in excruciating pain, our family gave her cannabis
Karen Brown (RNZ): Some commonly used cough medicines now need a prescription
Drugs
RNZ: Cannabis referendum to cost more than $2.2m
Annabelle Lee (Newshub): The Hui: Poll reveals 75 percent of Māori support legalising cannabis for personal use
Russell Brown: The korero we’ve been waiting for
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Synthetic drugs have claimed more lives than first thought
RNZ: Explosion of designer drugs hits New Zealand
Electric scooters
Herald: Lime scooters to remain off Auckland’s streets until mid next week
RNZ: Weekly mechanical checks for Lime scooters in Auckland
Nicole Lawton (Stuff): Lime Auckland ban lifted: Green light as e-scooters allowed back on city’s streets
RNZ: Auckland Council lifts temporary suspension of Lime scooters
Tim Miller (ODT): Lime scooters back next week after assurances
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Uber concerned with Lime’s issues ahead of Jump e-scooters and e-bikes launch
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Slight blip for e-scooter start-up Blip Scooters as it launches in New Plymouth
Employment
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Strike! Why industrial action is up under Labour
Newstalk ZB: Strike season? The cause of NZ’s ongoing industrial action
RNZ: Peter Li claims no wrongdoing in recruiting Chinese workers
Shawn McAvinue (ODT): Idea to scrap scheme ‘a good intention but a bad idea‘
Heather Chalmers (Stuff): Lift in minimum wage will ‘put food on the table’
Rob Stock (Stuff): Ageism: The age-old work problem that won’t go away
Piers Fuller (Stuff): ‘$3K to move to Christchurch’ initiative a winner with young men
Lucia Vincent (ODT): Get up to speed with employment law
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Employment Court orders collective contract to be drawn up for reluctant employer
RNZ: Engineering company’s graduate recruits mostly Pākehā
Rob Stock (Stuff): PWC aims for 40 per cent women in senior roles
Olivia Caldwell (Stuff): When it comes to pay disparity in sport, every year is a gap year for women
Foreign affairs and trade
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ aid under microscope after sex incident
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Aust committee seeks deportation changes
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): NZ publishers feel long arm of Chinese censorship
RNZ: NZ calls for action around Kiribati climate challenges
1News: Rising tides putting vulnerable islands of Kiribati at risk
RNZ: NZ sends experts to help with Solomons’ oil spill
RNZ: Australia and NZ reaffirm defence focus in Pacific
Newshub:Jacinda Ardern addresses Australia relationship as Kiwi detainees reportedly hold hunger strike
RNZ: Patricia Forsythe announced as Australia’s High Commissioner to New Zealand
Mainzeal
Brian Gaynor (Herald): Mainzeal’s directors got off lightly
Andrea Fox (Herald): Mainzeal postmortem: Reckless trading? It’s not that hard to avoid
David Slack (Stuff): Conversations from two decades ago would be very different in today’s world
Te Papa
Press Editorial: The loss of knowledge behind the scenes at the museum
Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): Te Papa mollusc expert axed in restructure gets extra six months
RNZ: Te Papa defends natural history team restructure
Environment and conservation
RNZ: DOC gets $76 million to protect native plants and animals
Kethaki Masilamani and Dan Satherley (Newshub): Funding to undo ’10 years of damage’ – Forest and Bird
Leith Huffadine (RNZ): All signs pointing to predicted ‘mega mast’ which will fuel predator numbers
Will Harvie (Stuff): Decades of fishing bans have not rescued seafood delicacy toheroa
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): The fence the billionaire built
Martin Taylor (ODT): Water quality debate must be fact-based
Matthew Littlewood (Timaru Herald): No air quality risk to Waimate residents from burnoff, says ECan
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Is it time to reignite the genetic modification debate?
RNZ: Risks at Cape Kidnappers to fall under council control
RNZ: Cape Kidnappers track to stay closed for another six months
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Dog owners urged to control pets after native animals killed
Jamie Morton (Herald): Bottle recycling scheme: Could this ’70s throwback slim our waste-line?
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Great Barrier Island residents fight dredged sediment dumping plan
Cira Olivier (Rotorua Daily Post): DoC attributes Mokaihaha rat eradication to three-tonne 1080 drop
Brooke Jenner (RNZ): Queensland fruit fly not established in New Zealand
Huawei, 5G
Chris Keall (Herald): Treaty claim looms as new stumbling block for Spark’s 5G ambitions
David Court (Stuff): Huawei: Where technology, security and politics collide
Mike O’Donnell (Stuff): Spark’s 5G aspirations have become a pawn in the East, West battle over Huawei
Immigration, refugees
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Christchurch welcomes first quota refugees since the earthquakes
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Czech drug smuggler Karel Sroubek lodges new residency application, Immigration New Zealand confirms
RNZ: Two drug users in New Zealand fear being killed in the Philippines
RNZ: NZ woman sentenced for unlicensed immigration advice to Pacific community
Fiona Connor (Newshub): Canadian wife of Kiwi man now allowed in New Zealand
Māori TV: Immigration NZ in apology to Ngāpuhi whānau
Deferral of Births, Deaths, Marriages and Relationships Registration Bill
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Deferral of transgender change in Births, Deaths and Marriages Bill an ’embarrassment’
Grant Shimmin (Stuff): Thinking of the real people caught in legislative limbo
Newstalk ZB: The Panel: Has the Government stuffed up over gender identification?
Plant-based diet
Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): Teenager behind cow sanctuary wants people to see the animals for more than meat
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Plant-based meals predicted to grow on menus this year – Restaurant Association
Emma Cropper (Spinioff): How would the world going vegan affect New Zealand?
Alex Loo (Manawatū Standard): Egg-themed event in Palmerston North rethought after offending vegans
International Women’s Day, women’s rights
Zane Small (Newshub): Helen Clark among female leaders warning of eroded women’s rights
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): New Zealand ranked 36th for women’s rights
Herald/E-Tangata: Conversations: Tapu Misa explains why we should start listening to Maori and Pacific women
Herald/E-Tangata: Conversations: Moana Maniapoto says radio stations didn’t want her ‘foreign language’ Māori songs
Herald/E-Tangata: Conversations: Biggest struggle for Pacific kids in NZ is understanding their parents, says Emeline Afeaki-Mafile’o
Construction industry
Kim Savage (RNZ): Arrow the latest pawn in construction chess match
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Arrow International collapse: Building minister looks at industry protections
RNZ: Arrow collapse to hit subcontractors hardest – industry
1News: Calls for change after collapse of another major NZ construction company
RNZ: Company working on NZ High Commission in Niue collapses
Child welfare
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern weighs in on Momo controversy, Government regulation
Benedict Collins (1News): Government departments to pull YouTube advertising amid sexualisation of children
Herald: YouTube scandal: New Zealand Government departments pull ads amid fears of inappropriate comments on kids’ content
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): West Coast megaphone protester wins seven-year battle against Child, Youth and Family
Tom O’Connor (Stuff): How much longer can we expose our children and grandchildren to the Catholic Church?
Media
Daniel Neilsen (Spinoff): Hey journalism students. Your career prospects are still bright
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Covering crime and court cases comes at a cost
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Muffin Break blunder breaks the internet
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Broadcasters go OTT on CGT (audio)
RNZ: TVNZ says television taonga are not up for sale
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Fears Māori history will be used in overseas ads after TVNZ’s Getty deal
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Rumoured bidder for NZME ‘doesn’t want newspaper business’
Belinda Feek (Herald): Former TVNZ staffer Andi Brotherston alleges sexual assault by executive
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Media’s Double Standards
Laine Moger (Stuff): Petition launched to ensure all TV programmes are captioned in NZToday’s content
Transport
Giordano Stolley (ODT): ‘Reputation ruined’ – Invercargill vehicle tester
Gerald Piddock (Stuff): NZTA to decide on passenger rail service funding shortfall at its March board meeting
RNZ: Māori tourism possibilities from rail development north of Auckland
George Block (RNZ): Complaints over Dunedin bus drivers soar
Lauren Paddy and Dan Satherley (Newshub): Dunedin bus drivers go on strike
Leighton Smith (Herald): Auckland Transport and the ‘administrative state’
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Dunedin’s controversial $8 million cycleway officially open
RNZ: Hopes Dunedin cycleway opening will ease road tensions
Justice, corrections
Laura Walters (Newsroom): National resists Labour’s changes to prisons
George Block (ODT): Prison has too many inmates, minister says
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Convicted murderer to receive grooming products in prison for toupee, scalp
Rob Stock (Stuff): Study charts rise of class action law suits in New Zealand
Tourism
Matthew Littlewood (Timaru Herald): Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park feeling the pressure of more than one million tourists
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Auckland WeChat Chinese tourism app ‘timely and important’ – expert
Kiwisaver
Rob Stock (Stuff): Sink your teeth into KiwiSaver doughnuts
Rob Stock (Stuff): Employers paying KiwiSaver contributions to over 65s
Other
Stephen Forbes (Interest): Is the wellbeing budget a new way to measure our success as a country, a PR exercise, or just a twist National’s social investment approach?
Brittany Keogh (Stuff): Lord of the Rings TV series: Government talks with Amazon Studios stay secret
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Big Read: Miners ready to re-enter Pike River mine to try and recover 29 dead men
RNZ: Tew: ‘We want to help Pacific rugby’
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Ihumātao to protest through Reclamation Festival
Keith Woodford (Interest): How MPI continues to withhold key information about the Mycoplasma bovis eradication program
Laura Wiltshire (Hawkes Bay Today): Provincial Growth Fund: Is Hawke’s Bay getting its fair share?
Brad Flahive (Stuff): Loophole in Auckland freedom camping bylaw could mean people parking up on most roads and parks – politician
1News: Controversial ablutions block for freedom campers put in storage while council consults residents
Geof Mortlock (Interest) Fresh assessment of NZ’s financial sector regulatory architecture well overdue
Karoline Tuckey (RNZ): Access to Fox Glacier washed out, leaving road’s future in doubt
Emma Cropper (Newshub): Giant landslide wipes out Fox Glacier access road, again
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Defence Force Court of Inquiry stands by original decision in Manawatū Unimog death
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): Captain Cook commemorations set for Marlborough Sounds
Libby Wilson (Stuff): Call to can colonial street names in Hamilton
Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): ‘Ngāti Benneydale’: Town divided over name change
Evan Harding (Southland Times): Twenty months and still no decision on Community Trust South investigation
Daily Blog: Podcast: Sean Plunket’s Working Group with Bomber Bradbury & Damien Grant: This week – Rodger Douglas legacy, Fireworks & Identity Politics & Cops carrying guns
Sonia Sly (RNZ): Two Cents’ Worth Podcast: Refashioning New Zealand’s rag trade
Zane Small (Newshub): Age of Outrage: How the term ‘snowflake’ came to define a generation
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diary of The angry Right
Guy Williams (Stuff): Has PC really ‘gone mad’ or are you just rude?
Herald: NZ takes step closer to open banking
Chris Keall (Herald): Uber’s new tipping option runs against Kiwi culture – but will also change it: Expert
Chris Keall (Herald): Uber addresses tipping conspiracy theories
1 News: Ex-gang member supports Destiny Church’s Man Up programme despite his reservations about Brian Tamaki
John Roughan (Herald): Floating dollar made us master of our own fate
