Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.
Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards.
British regret for Māori killed during Cook landing
Audrey Young (Herald): Māori not blameless: Winston Peters (paywalled)
Tom McRae (Newshub): Britain expresses regret for Māori killed during Captain Cook’s arrival
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): “We can’t sit back and let that be a shallow statement”
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): Gisborne iwi receive expression of regret from UK Govt
RNZ: British High Commissioner’s regret ‘more meaningful than apology’
AP: Britain expresses regret for killing of Māori during Captain Cook’s landing 250 years ago
Audrey Young (Herald): Gisborne iwi requested expression of regret over deaths of Maori at first Cook encounter
RNZ: Iwi to receive message expressing regret for Māori killed in James Cook meeting
Charlotte Graham-McLay (Guardian): Britain expresses ‘regret’ over Māori killings after Cook’s arrival in New Zealand
Perry Wilson and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): UK Government to ‘express regret’ for Māori killed by Captain James Cook
Tina Ngata (Spinoff): The right to conquer and claim: Captain Cook and the Doctrine Of Discovery
Climate change
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Prehistoric data shows climate change could cause 20m sea level rise
Georgia Forrester (Stuff): Widespread ice sheet melting in Antarctica could raise sea level by 20m, NZ-led study finds
1News: Sea levels could rise up to 20 metres if Paris climate accord isn’t followed, NZ study finds
Jamie Morton (Herald): Paris Agreement’s failure could mean 20m of sea level rise
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom): Whanganui’s ancient rock yields worrying clues about Antarctic melting
1News: Simon Bridges doesn’t see climate change as an emergency, says that label’s ‘unhelpful and worrying’
Caleb Allom (Stuff): Why the youth won’t ‘grow out’ of climate activism
Daisy Abraham (Herald): All aboard the climate action bandwagon (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Managed retreat for Kāpiti Coast park will go ahead
Local government
1News: Some elected representatives not showing up to local council meetings
Māori TV: Te Ao with Moana: Candidates with Māori names end up at bottom of election results
Bernard Orsman (Herald):Aucklanders slow out of the blocks to vote in local body elections
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): The man making Tamihere look orthodox
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Auckland’s penny-pinching rates protesters find a new hero
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Racist comments by Auckland local election candidate John Subritzky surface
Will McKenzie (Herald): Keeping Auckland congestion to acceptable levels (paywalled)
Matt Shand (Waikato Times): NZ’s ‘most honest’ election sign causes a stir
Herald: Pretend Tauranga council election billboard goes viral as Kiwis praise ‘honest campaign’
Mike Watson (Stuff): Kiss the babies, shake hands with the mothers, Taranaki regional councillors reminded
Sam Kilmister (Manawatū Standard): Town-wide protest not enough to stop the sale of Haylock Park
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Palmerston North Voters slow to make their choices for councils
Sophie Trigger (Stuff): Mayor promises to ‘walk alongside’ youth in climate fight
Tina Law (Press): Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel becomes newest inner city resident
Matthew Littlewood (Timaru Herald): Climate change, poor planning, identified as risky scenarios for council
Esther Ashby-Coventry (Timaru Herald): Timaru council urges public to have say on waste disposal before its too late
Jono Edwards (ODT): Driving the future of public transport
Blair Jackson (Southland Times): War of words erupts between the Southland District mayor and one of his challengers
Wellington
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Treasury vents concerns over Let’s Get Wellington Moving
Damian George and Rob Mitchell (Dominion Post): Wellington Report 2019: The cost of living with the threat of a big earthquake
Rob Mitchell (Dominion Post): Wellington Report 2019: Fearing the taniwha’s return
Dominion Post: Wellington Report 2019: Resilience fears around the region
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Dominion Post): Wellington Report: Climate deadline looms – how will we write the future?
Amber-Leigh Woolf and Ruby McAndrew (Dominion Post): Wellington Report 2019: Capital’s climate change reality – Slips, storms and flooding are on their way
Ruby McAndrew (Dominion Post): Wellington Report 2019: A community divided on what to do about coastal erosion, sea level rise and climate change
Dileepa Fonseka (Dominion Post): Wellington Report 2019: Strengthening tanks dreams of city apartment owners
Felix Desmarais (Dominion Post): Wellington’s Regional Council chairman Chris Laidlaw skirts bus-pocalypse in final speech
Police
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Eagle helicopter footage shows moment police used ‘excessive force’ in arrest
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Man beaten during arrest wants police officer punished for brutality
Herald: Arrested man wants police constable punished for ‘excessive force’
No Right Turn: A criminal gang in blue
Environment and conservation
1News: EPA should limit or ban popular weedkiller, expert says
David Williams (Newsroom): As democracy returns, a river of unease still flows
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Canterbury mudfish might block Bathurst coal mine
Jamie Morton (Herald): NZ’s big pest bust: how do we kill the last survivors?
Denise Piper (Stuff): DOC says dolphins come first as swimming ban hits Bay of Islands tour operators
University of Otago: Microplastics found in most local fish
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Residents furious after dam flushing leaves flurry of dead fish
Laura Smith (ODT): Awarua Runanga proposes traditional fishing reserve
Government
Claire Trevett (Herald) Shane Jones and why Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won’t tell him off (paywalled)
RNZ: Govt considers scrapping old cars to modernise vehicle fleet
Herald: Watch: Jacinda Ardern’s Christmas card challenge is back
Katy Jones (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern to attend Nelson’s biggest community event
Provincial Growth Fund
Boris Jancic (Herald): East Coast’s biggest employer gets $15 million Government loan
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Provincial Growth Fund projects: ‘Push the speed button’ – Jones
Herald: $18 million for training, jobs and salad, as Regional Development Minister Shane Jones visits East Coast
Parliament
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Simon Bridges claims Mallard’s ruling on political advertising is a freedom of speech issue
Gordon Campbell: On whether a Kiwi version of Boris Johnson could succeed in suspending our Parliament
Vision NZ
Anna Whyte (1News):‘Vision New Zealand’ – Hannah Tamaki’s political party puts forward new name
Jason Walls (Herald): Destiny Church’s Hannah Tamaki registers new political party name Vision NZ
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Hannah Tamaki’s political party back with Vision NZ name
RNZ: Destiny Church proposes new political name and logo
Pike River
1News: Pike River victim’s widow fighting cancer head on as she continues quest for ‘justice’ for miners
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Pike River: Emotions high as victims’ families to go underground, enter 170m barrier
1News: Pike River victims’ family members set to enter mine today
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Pike River families to go further inside mine than ever before
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Pike River families to make emotional walk into West Coast mine drift
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Families of Pike River victims to travel deeper into mine drift
Health
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Third of vaping advisory group come from e-cigarette industry
Stu Hunt (Stuff): Are the dangers of vaping real or just hot air?
Laura Mills (Greymouth Star): West Coast leaders call for dementia care funding changes
Libby Wilson (Stuff): No HealthTap under me, new Waikato DHB boss says
Imran Ali (Northern Advocate): Hundreds of x-ray appointments in Northland rescheduled due to strikes
RNZ: Sceptics aim to shut down NZ tour by spiritual healer
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Deaf Foundation blames earbuds, phones for teens’ hearing loss
Vaimoana Tapaleao and Simon Collins (Herald): Teenagers warned to turn the music down or risk loss of hearing
David Loughrey (ODT): $37.1m mostly on land and design
John Gibb (ODT): Red meat claims queried
1News: Free doctors’ visits, eye tests for seniors still NZ First policy despite no roll out with SuperGold Card
Measles
Press Editorial: Was the measles outbreak predictable?
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Simon Bridges hits out at Government over measles outbreak handling
Simone Watkins (Herald): Choosing not to vaccinate is an ill-informed decision (paywalled)
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Take measles vaccine to the people
Emma Russell (Herald): Measles anxiety: Plunket’s helpline flooded with calls from ‘terrified parents’
RNZ: Vaccines limited as measles cases rise in the south
Jenny Meyer (RNZ): Measles outbreak: South Auckland Pacific pre-schoolers worst hit
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Measles infections rise to 57
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Measles cases confirmed in Dunedin, Wanaka
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): Measles epidemic spreads to Dunedin and Wanaka as southern epidemic continues
Tommy Livingston (Stuff): Warnings issued after confirmed measles cases rise in Wellington and Hawke’s Bay
1News: Measles case on Auckland-Tauranga return flights sparks new alert
University of Canterbury – student death
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): University of Canterbury announces terms for investigation into student’s death
James Fyfe (Newshub): Former High Court judge to lead investigation into student’s death at University of Canterbury
Herald: Ex-judge Kit Toogood to lead probe into death of University of Canterbury student Mason Pendrous
1News: Ex-High Court judge to lead investigation into death of Canterbury University student
Robert Brownlee (Stuff): ‘It could’ve been me’: Why the University of Canterbury incident is far from inconceivable
University of Auckland
Katie Fitzgerald and Heather McCarron (Newshub): David Seymour praises University of Auckland over ‘white supremacist’ materials
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Open letter denounces white supremacy at Auckland University
Kendall Hutt (Stuff): White supremacists at Auckland Uni: staff sign open letter saying racism has no place there
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): 250 University of Auckland staff sign open letter over white supremacist materials on campus
Harrison Christian and Georgia Forrester (Stuff): Heated Hong Kong protest at Auckland University
Education
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): New census data reveals more than half of NZ’s students use private vehicles to commute
Laura Walters (Newsroom): School transport overhaul threatens small operators
Jason Walls (Herald): National explores a policy of fining parents of high school drop-outs not in further education (paywalled)
John Gerritsen (RNZ): NZEI calls for immediate increase in pay for early childhood teachers
Cira Olivier (Rotorua Daily Post): Fair pay campaign in early childhood education launched by NZEI Te Riu Roa in Rotorua
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): Union plan aims to close growing early childhood teaching pay gap
James Baker (Stuff): Learning support coordinators a ‘band-aid’ over a deeper problem
Elena McPhee (ODT): Polytech’s innovations unlikely in new model
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): Massey student president election winner was ineligible to stand for office
Housing
Rob Stock (Stuff): The ‘Rottenomics’ of the $47 billion leaky homes market failure
Deena Coster (Stuff): Construction well underway in first phase of city’s KiwiBuild homes
Danielle Clent (Stuff): Pregnant Auckland mum waits two months for Kāinga Ora home
Danielle Clent (Stuff): Housing group asks for dead pensioner’s belongings
Daisy Hudson (ODT): KiwiBuild project to provide 350 units
Pam Jones (ODT): Study will document ‘underbelly’
Tourism
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Disability advocate says tourism industry needs to lift its game
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Tourists to learn about tikanga Māori to avoid causing offense
Economy, business confidence
RNZ: Simon Bridges hints at plan to boost business confidence
Todd McClay (Spinoff): The Jetstar grounding shows why business confidence really matters
Michael Reddell: Not doing very well at all
Herald Editorial: Focus should be on growth, not board fees
Airforce
RNZ: Thousands oppose subdivision next to Whenuapai Air Base
Stuff: Judge had found there was nothing stopping Mariya Taylor from filing for compensation
Banking
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Paul Goldsmith calls time on 30 years of RBNZ regulatory independence, saying the Government should have a say
No Right Turn: National wants to deregulate banks
Michael Reddell: Reserve Bank annual reports
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Central Bank paper: ‘We have responsibility to ensure cash available’
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Timing of Hisco replacement to be known by year end
Primary industries
RNZ: Class action on cards over M bovis expenses – lawyer
RNZ: The Detail: Australia looking to sting back in battle over mānuka honey
Christchurch mosque shootings
RNZ: Arguments to move mosque attack trial to be heard today
Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): Submissions for Christchurch terror attack Royal Commission show ‘deep dismay’
John Weekes (Stuff): After terrorist horror, chief censor opens up: ‘The world can be a very brutal and cruel place’
Donna Miles-Mojab (Stuff): Prme Minister Jacinda Ardern sends empowering message to young Muslim women
Donal McMahon (Herald): Man indicates guilty plea to threatening to kill Jacinda Ardern
Other
Simon Chapple (Newsroom): Are the Govt’s labour market policies coherent?
Zane Small (Newshub): National MP Jian Yang invited to attend Chinese Communist Party’s 70th anniversary parade
Amber Allott (Newstalk ZB): CTV building designer Alan Reay’s appeal dismissed
Richard Harman (Politik): Shock NZ First resignation
Phoebe Craig (Stuff): People asking for asylum in NZ get a raw deal
Jono Edwards (ODT): Interest-free money to combat loan sharks
Dubby Henry (Herald): ‘Atrocious’ training, ‘dysfunctional’ rules blamed in wake of forklift deaths (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jami-Lee Ross accuses National staffer of taking advantage of his grandmother
Chris Keall (Herald): 2degrees pulls out of Stats NZ’s population density tracking project, citing privacy concerns (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Stuff): Ihumātao but one culturally significant site for Māori (paywalled)
1News: Fans vent frustrations at Spark Sport’s glitchy RWC streaming of All Blacks v Canada
Alex Loo (Manawatū Standard): Officials vying for newly available transport agency funds to kick start expressway project
Pattrick Smellie (Herald): NZ the loser as Japan rewards US for bad behaviour (paywalled)
Julie Iles (NBR): Aussie-style change proposes private insolvency practitioners (paywalled)
Rodney Hide (NBR): ‘Woke’ minorities only on diversity express
ODT Editorial: Population milestone approaches
Rob Stock (Stuff): Grey wave washes over KiwiSaver as over 65s refuse to close their accounts
Anne Gibson (Herald): String of 8 closures hit NZ rest homes, Mission Bay latest to go, 29 elderly residents out (paywalled)
Robert Moran (Sydney Morning Herald): Despite fallout with PM Jacinda Ardern, Alan Jones manages to keep listeners
Herald: Why NZ could be humanity’s ‘lifeboat’ in an extinction
