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Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

New Zealand Parliament Buildings, Wellington, New Zealand.

Today’s content by Dr Bryce Edwards.

Terrorism bill
Lydia Lewis and Dan Satherley (Newshub): Security expert backs new terror law proposal
Jo Moir (RNZ): Counter-terrorism bill changes sought by National not acceptable – Justice Minister
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB: ‘It’s better to be safe than sorry’
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Will Mark Taylor be jailed?
No Right Turn: An odious bill
Zane Small (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern rejects Golriz Ghahraman’s description of anti-terrorist law as ‘dog-whistling’
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): What the new ‘Mark Taylor law’ would mean for returning ‘high-risk’ New Zealanders
Jason Walls (Herald): Political question marks already loom over Government’s tailor-made terrorism bill
Zane Small (Newshub): New law to impose restrictions on ‘high-risk’ New Zealanders involved in terrorism
Anna Whyte (Newshub): Government to introduce stronger counter-terrorism laws to deal with Kiwi jihadist, others
RNZ: Government introduces new bill to prevent terrorism

Housing
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): ‘We are in deep trouble’: Dire lack of state housing creates a new homeless (paywalled)
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Ani’s story: Inside New Zealand’s unending state house crisis (paywalled)
Anne Gibson (Herald): Fletcher opens giant Wiri prefab house-building factory: 22-week build could be just 6 weeks
Edward O”Driscoll (Newshub): New house-making factory hoped to ease housing shortage
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Hundreds more homes to be produced after off-site manufacturer boosts capacity
Rob Stock (Stuff): Inside Fletcher Building’s high-tech house factory, where they turn out two homes a day
Mandy Te (Stuff): ‘Heavy burden’ of living in mouldy and damp homes, landlords still installing insulation
Indira Stewart (RNZ): New homes and a new hope for Tāmaki state housing evictees
Massey University: Modest improvements in home affordability continue
Anne Gibson (Herald): Petition to Parliament urges reform of law governing $50b apartment sector

Industrial relations
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Fair Payment Agreements and ‘swallowing vomit’ – the lot of the CTU
Luke Malpass (Stuff): Are the unions back as a political force?
Jason Walls (Herald): The Workplace Relations Minister can’t say when Fair Pay Agreement legislation will pass

National Party
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Ever-So-Slightly Bonkers: Simon Bridges Plays To His Base.
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Christopher Luxon faces a real challenge in National Party selection
Newstalk ZB: Christopher Luxon faces competition for Botany seat
RNZ: Botany candidacy race heats up: ‘It’s a free world’

Massey University cancels Feminism 2020 event
Rachel Stewart: The column the NZ Herald didn’t publish
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Rachel Stewart quits NZ Herald after gutless woke censorship by NZs largest newspaper
Ele Ludemann: Thugs’ veto wins again
Jessica Long (Stuff): Massey University cancels controversial Feminism 2020 event due to ‘health, safety and wellbeing’ concerns
Murphy (RNZ): Massey University cancels ‘Feminism 2020’ event citing health and safety risks
Herald: Massey University backs down from controversial ‘feminist’ event

Operation Burnham, Whenuapai
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Defence Force top brass at odds about who knew of possible civilian deaths
Boris Jancic (Herald): Second NZDF officer points to former Defence Minister amid ‘cover-up’ allegations
1News: Defence Force document management systems ‘may not be the best’
No Right Turn: Passing the buck
RNZ: The Detail: Whenuapai developer trumped by ministerial over-ride

Economy
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): Politicians now have the controls of the economy
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Choosing tax cuts or benefit increases isn’t just about economics, it’s about people too
Tony Burton (Spinoff): How to spend a surplus: The opportunities, and pitfalls, of fiscal stimulus
Michael Cullen (Herald): Surplus needs to address our three biggest priorities (paywalled)
Pattrick Smellie (Herald): The essence of confidence is control (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Building confidence one step at a time (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Economist question IMF’s growth prediction
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Stronger-than-expected inflation won’t deter November rate cut – economists
Tom Pullar-Strecker Stuff): Soaring domestic airfares and higher rents help hold up inflation at 1.5%
Kim Savage (RNZ): Inflation beats expectations but still below target

Police
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Govt told it’s breaking promise if it doesn’t count attrition in police staff target
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Govt shifts goalposts on police numbers
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Government shifts goalposts on 1800 new police promise after PM questioned in Parliament
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Confusion over Government’s 1800 new police target
Derek Cheng (Herald): Government shifts goalposts on 1800 more police promise: National

Gangs
Stuff: Top cop calls out gangs’ PR offensive to generate public sympathy
Anna Leask (Herald): ‘The Comancheros are the devil’: Top gang cop reveals how gangland is changing in NZ
1News: Police union warns businessmen who accept cash payments from gangs – ‘You’re just as bad’
Daisy Hudson (ODT): Gang violence inevitable in South, ex-member says

Firearms
Jason Walls (Herald): Jacinda Ardern warned by Privacy Commissioner not to give Police a ‘blank cheque for information sharing’ (paywalled)
Alexander Gillespie (Herald): Gun register is crucial next stage of reforms post Christchurch mosque shootings
1News: Shane Jones shrugs off AR-15 controversy – ‘People shouldn’t castastrophise one Facebook photo’
RNZ: Gunsmiths kept busy by short deadline to modify guns
Vita Molyneux (Newsroom): Police clarify ammunition used for recreational hunting is still legal after Act NZ claimed it wasn’t
1News: Police hop on RNZAF flight to Chatham Islands as residents take part in gun buyback

Poverty, inequality
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Govt won’t make serious financial hardship grounds for debt write-off
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Auckland City Mission: 10% of Kiwis experiencing food insecurity
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Colonisation still impacting on food insecurity

Local government
Julienne Molineaux (Spinoff): Online voting as the big fix for low turnout is not a brainwave, it’s a brainfart
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): Online option, one election day could pick up voter turnout – New Plymouth mayor
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Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland Council election: Big special vote count leaves seat changes possible
Liu Chen (RNZ): Tread carefully, say city businesses over pedestrian-friendly trial
Charlotte James (RNZ): Eastern BOP DHB representation at risk
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): $19k team talk leaves Hamilton City Council staff ‘buzzing’
Rotorua Daily Post: Street view: What do you think of the new-look Rotorua Lakes Council? (paywalled)
Jon Galuszka (Manawatū Standard): Horizons gets greener tinge, steers clear of urban-rural divide
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Justin Lester’s rainbow legacy on the ropes?
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): Marlborough council staff embrace te reo Māori lessons
Dominic Harris (Press): Staff ‘safe’ as Christchurch council boss Dawn Baxendale promises cost cuts
Chris Morris (ODT): No plans to stop hitching

Transport
RNZ: Transport Minister hands over Green MP letters, except Genter’s
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Transport minister open to new talks on Let’s Get Wellington Moving
David Farrar: Wellington now fertile grounds for National
RNZ: Jetstar confirms plan to drop regional flights
1News: Jetstar confirms it’s scrapping regional domestic routes in New Zealand
John Anthony (Stuff): Five challenges for Air New Zealand’s new boss Greg Foran
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Wellington council scrambles to remove poster boy’s racist tweets

University care of students
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Treasury warns hall of residence changes are rushed and could be costly
Luisa Girao (ODT): SIT confident in standard of student accommodation

Environment
Newstalk ZB: Winston Peters criticises ‘mischievous’, ‘deceitful’ farming leaders
Paul Gorman (Stuff): Some of Canterbury’s biggest water users yet to install meters
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Southland environmentalist turns down meeting with farmer to ease tensions at Mossburn

Measles
RNZ: Measles epidemic declared in Samoa
James Fyfe (Newshub): 1200 people exposed to measles at Rotorua church camp
1News: Measles alert for 1200 Rotorua church camp-goers
Kendall Hutt (Stuff): More than 1000 exposed to measles after child with illness attends church camp
RNZ: Health and education ministries to work together on measles

Health
Brittany Keogh (Stuff): Child obesity: NZ second worst in OECD, 39 per cent of kids overweight or obese
Zane Small (Newshub): ‘It ain’t working’: MPs demand progress from officials on mental health in schools
D’Angelo Martin (Māori TV): Hui called to address organ transplant issues
Lana Andelane (Newshub): IUD appointments booked out until 2020 after Pharmac announces funding
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Demand for funded IUDs filling Family Planning appointment books into next year
Laura Reiley (Washington Post): Study showing there’s no need to cut red meat has link to beef industry
Kyle MacDonald (Herald): The New Zealanders who feel most alone (paywalled)

Drug testing
1News: Legalising testing of drugs at festivals has overwhelming support, 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll finds
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): NZ First youth wing chair ‘fully supportive’ of drug testing stations

Christchurch mosque shootings
Conan Young (RNZ): Mosque shooting victim fears being forced to return to India
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Christchurch shooting: Two officers who captured alleged mosque gunman given bravery awards
Anna Leaks (Herald): Hero cops: Christchurch terror arrest officers’ bravery recognised at national ceremony
RNZ: Mosque attack: Officers who captured alleged gunman ‘were doing our job’
1News: Officers who captured Christchurch terrorist attack suspect awarded for their bravery
Stuff: Crusaders: Results of review into Crusaders logo and name should be known by Christmas
Herald: Crusaders drop swords from logo following Christchurch mosque attacks
James Fyfe (Newshub): Fans react to Crusaders dropping knight and swords from logo

KiwiSaver
Harry Lock (RNZ): Proposal to use KiwiSaver for investment properties ‘long overdue’
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Telling KiwiSaver members what they might pay elsewhere ‘could drive down fees’

Media
Colin Peacock (RNZ): MediaWorks comedy cuts point to bigger TV problems
ODT Editorial: The importance of student media

Other
Derek Cheng (Herald): Political ad decision: A chilling effect on democracy or a stain on free speech rights?
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Overseas appointees cannot and do not represent New Zealanders
Tim Murphy (Newsoom): Judge to Peters: Answer the questions
Newshub: Backstory: Kelvin Davis (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): 84% of NZ electricity is renewable, but progress slow on some new wind farms
1News: Lululemon’s response to Bangladesh abuse allegations ‘not good enough’ – Tearfund NZ
RNZ: Women trades apprentices ‘earn $145k more than uni counterparts’
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): What next for Ngāpuhi leadership following Sonny Tau’s resignation?
Carrie Stoddart-Smith: The next wave of kaupapa Māori politics: its constitutional, it must be.
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): New farm-based Motueka school aims for 2021 opening
RNZ: Stalwart of te reo Lee Smith dies, age 69
Māori TV: Ngāti Kahungunu farewells one of their great linguists
David Court (Stuff): Spark in sin bin as Rugby World Cup hits quarterfinals
Victoria University of Wellington: Protest, climate change and racism in NZ
Scott Palmer (Newshub): ‘Unacceptable’: Governor Grey statue in Albert Park vandalised
Amanda Saxton (Stuff): Calf carcasses piled in a trailer: ‘Shocking’ or just a farming reality?
Stuff: Stephen Colbert revives his Hobbit Laketown Spy as New Zealand tour continues

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