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.
Grace Millane trial
Khylee Quince (Spinoff): Defending the Indefensible? On the Grace Millane trial
1News: High profile criminal defence lawyer defends right to look at Grace Millane’s sexual experience in murder trial
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Laws around trial don’t need changing
Herald Editorial: Why was Grace Millane’s sexual history put to the jury (paywalled)
Teuila Fuatai (Herald): Deeper lessons to be learned from Grace Millane trial (paywalled)
Nicola Gavey (Spinoff): Men’s violence against women: the blind spots in the Grace Millane trial
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Suppression order for Millane killer’s name ignored online
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Justice Minister Andrew Little torn on how to stop victims’ humiliation
Brittney Deguara (Stuff): Why Grace Millane’s murderer still can’t be named
Sam Hurley (Herald): Several legal reasons Grace Millane’s killer continues to have name suppression
Prisoner voting ban, justice, corrections
Gordon Campbell: On the welcome restoration of prisoners’ right to vote
No Right Turn: Erasing the infamy
Dominion Post Editorial: Bridges belittles genuine effort to reform justice, prison systems
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): Anger over prisoner voting rights is a lot of hot air
1News: National mulling ‘targets and results’ system to get cases through courts faster
No Right Turn: National supports slavery
Poverty
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): The staggering number of Kiwi workers living in poverty
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Working, still poor: Is renting keeping us that way?
RNZ: Call to lift thousands of NZ households out of poverty
Stuff: Growing up poor: Missed chances, lost childhoods, struggling to survive
Stuff: Growing up poor: Dad was made redundant so I left school to help out
95bFM: How bad is poverty in New Zealand? (audio)
Welfare
Isaac Davison (Herald): ‘You can’t be friends with anybody anymore’: Flatmates say Winz thought they were lovers and cut their welfare
Isaac Davison (Herald): Love or welfare: Beneficiaries say penalties for getting into relationships unfair, old-fashioned
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Benefit relationship rules create lose-lose situation – advocacy groups
Alistair Lynn (Newshub)): Auckland woman owes Government $188,000 after lying about relationship
Primary and extractive industries
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Farm animals suffering due to poor winter grazing practices, taskforce says
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Taskforce makes 11 recommendations for winter grazing
Sally Rae (ODT): Animal welfare taskforce reports on winter grazing
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Otago farmers’ deemed permits to be renewed in a hurry
Brent Melville (ODT): Incoming cargo ship embroiled in protest
Lois Williams (RNZ): $14m bid to make Westport ‘whitebait capital of world’ gets backing
Laine Moger (Stuff): Auckland Santa Parade crashed by vegan protesters in cow-print onesies
Herald: Vegans in cow-print onesies crash Auckland Santa Parade
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Greenpeace’s OMV oil leak concerns
Eleisha Foon (RNZ): Protesters on oil company’s ship arrested in Timaru
1News: Eight environmental activists arrested after storming oil ship in Timaru
Alice Geary (Timaru Herald): Eight protesters removed from Skandi Atlantic in Timaru port
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Company in voluntary administration – Tamarind – could be responsible for tiny oil spill off Taranaki coast
Jane Matthews (Taranaki Daily News): Small amount of oil spilt off Taranaki coast
Tim Hunter (NBR): Tamarind’s risky strategy comes unstuck (paywalled)
Carly Gooch (Stuff): Honey prices slump as ‘trendy’ beekeeping boom floods the market
National Party
Audrey Young (Herald): How a schoolboy beat three able women in National’s Palmerston North contest (paywalled)
Zane Small (Newshub): Looking back on New Zealand’s youngest MPs as 17yo William Wood attempts to change history
Zane Small (Newshub): Simon Bridges pulls out ‘OK Boomer’ burn on Peter Williams over 17yo candidate doubts
Parliament
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Fixing the problems of money in politics (paywalled)
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Why Chlöe Swarbrick shouldn’t have been surprised by trolls
Derek Cheng (Herald): Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick targeted by hateful online abuse
Herald: Jacinda Ardern at home with significant facial swelling after wisdom tooth surgery
Stuff/YouGov poll
AAP: Jacinda Ardern gets poll boost as she recovers from wisdom tooth extraction
David Farrar: A new poll
Auckland Port move
Richard Harman (Politik): Port row gets messy
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland Port move: John Key and Steven Joyce split over proposed shift to Northland
Herald: Former Prime Minister John Key calls for Auckland’s port to be moved
Susan Botting (Northern Advocate): Strong benefit for shifting Auckland port to Northland – regional council
Andrea Fox (Herald): Ports of Auckland stoush turns personal: Shane Jones accused of bullying (paywalled)
Local government
Taroi Black (Māori TV): Hinerangi Goodman will return to challenge 2022 mayoral race
RNZ: Ousted Whakatāne councillor decides to ‘bow out graciously’
Herald: Chamberlain Park to keep its 18-hole golf course, small community park to be built (paywalled)
Stuff: Vote saves Auckland’s Chamberlain Park Golf Course
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Ngāti Kahungunu claims trickery over Hawke’s Bay TANK water project
Georgina Campell (Herald): Bullying claims and the war of words at Wellington City Council
Georgina Campell (Herald): Oops! Justin Lester allegedly mixes up email, sparking complaint
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Complaint laid as bullying claims fly at Wellington City Council
Mike Yardley (Press): Sam wants rates addressed to give ratepayers confidence in council
Matthew Littlewood (Timaru Herald): Timaru District Council to push forward on $100m waste management contract
Logan Savory (Southland Times): Invercargill councillors mixed on Mayor Tim Shadbolt’s push for review
Police
Damian George (Stuff): Angry people and more firearms are leading to more fatal police shootings – former cop
Tony Wall (Stuff): Children in Tauranga hostage drama need counselling as soon as possible, says woman whose brother was shot by police
Housing
Evan Harding (Southland Times): Invercargill housing development on hold for short term
Tina Law (Press): Christchurch housing project seeking $900,000, wants half from ratepayers
Michael Reddell: The unimaginable dystopias we live in
Brian Fallow (Herald): Reserve Bank revs up house prices (paywalled)
1News: Unusual new scheme helping people get on the Auckland property ladder
Ben Leahy (Herald): Mould is lurking as a silent killer in more than one-third of all Kiwi homes
Kelly Mihaka (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua tenants afraid to complain about mould, landlords make cleaning plea (paywalled)
Health
Katarina Williams (Stuff): More foreign doctors could help improve ‘precarious state of NZ hospitals’ – union
Michael Neilson (Herald): New Zealand’s health system at ‘tipping point’ with doctors, surgeons reporting burnout
Mitchell Alexander (Newshub): Government owes community a ‘big apology’ over Lumsden Maternity Centre downgrade – MP Hamish Walker
Elena McPhee (ODT): Maternity hub decision ‘alarm bells’
Elena McPhee (ODT): DHBs wait as med students punished
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Mounting pressure on Auckland DHBs to meet MRI targets, technician says
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Canterbury DHB hunting new site for bowel cancer tests
Donna Chisholm (Listener): Are prescription drug ads helping or harming us?
Samoa measles epidemic
RNZ: Samoa measles epidemic: Death toll reaches 25
Herald: Samoa measles outbreak: Death toll rises to 25, mostly children under 5
RNZ: Samoa ‘calling for help’ amid measles epidemic
Education
Jamie Ensor (Newshub):‘Concerned’ Education Minister Chris Hipkins calls for answers from NZQA over exam mistake
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): What was wrong with the NCEA Level 2 Maths problem?
Dave Armstrong (Stuff): It doesn’t add up: making exams too hard will put students off maths
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Union raises concerns to ministers over school bus safety and tender
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Massey working with Chinese firm blacklisted over human rights
Environment, conservation
John McCrone (Stuff): Why NZ ought to allow genetic engineering – and why avoiding it might be even better
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Tamariki urge New Zealanders and visitors to protect Aotearoa
David Williams (Newsroom): Rat-aclysm tests forest defences
Michael Neilson (Herald): Tūpuna Maunga Authority holding hui this Thursday on Ōwairaka/Mt Albert but protesters staying away
Oranga Tamariki, survey on Māori concerns
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Waitangi Tribunal gets to grips with uplift ‘octopus’
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Survey reveals fear over Oranga Tamariki keeping Māori awake at night
Media
RNZ: The Detail: The confusing picture of television services in NZ
Emily Brookes (Stuff): ‘Run out of money before we got on air’: Mark Jennings on Three’s first day
Jamie Searle (Southland Times): Southland cartoonist’s work features on front cover of French news magazine
Tiwai Point
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Meridian ‘has offered concessions’ to Rio Tinto (paywalled)
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Treasury says smelter closure would reduce emissions and delay new investment
White Ribbon
Denise Piper (Stuff): Whangarei White Ribbon installation challenges link between clothes and rape
Anna Whyte (1News): White Ribbon bikies descend on Parliament to call out violence against women
1News: White Ribbon ambassadors who grew up with violence, drugs and gangs aim to break cycle of violence
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): White Ribbon Ride shines light on domestic violence
Yvette McCullough (RNZ): White Ribbon Riders challenge ‘boys don’t cry’ stereotypes
Transport, roading
Derek Cheng (Herald): Light rail project ‘hugely disruptive’ to central Auckland businesses – report (paywalled)
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): National joins Horowhenua locals’ calls for four lane Ōtaki to Levin highway
Other
David Cohen (RNZ): Royal Commission or royal mess: Abuse in Care inquiry’s first year of troubled waters
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): They’re paid millions but it’s not easy to see what value top chief executives ad
George Block (Stuff): Green MP questions why $16,000 military exercise held at SkyCity
Brent Edwards (NBR): Property insurance shake-up on the cards (paywalled)
RNZ: No bias against Middle East and African refugees – Lees-Galloway
RNZ: Tonga police confirm NZ investigation into PM death threat
1News: Islands in the sun: A look back at 50 years of Pacific news
Torika Tokalau (Stuff): West Auckland business owner concerned over kebab shop owner’s feed-the-homeless project
1News: Auckland kebab shop owner told off for giving free kebabs to homeless by local business association
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): Chinese visitors don’t respond to questions about their spending
John Anthony (Stuff): New Zealand ranked seventh in 2019 global prosperity ranking
Jennifer Duke (Sydney Morning Herald): Jacinda Ardern comments come back to bite Australian shock jock Alan Jones
Brian Easton (Pundit): The Capital Of Banks
Damien Grant (Stuff): Falling interest rates pose financial problem for Boomers
Donna Miles-Mojab (Spinoff): Why Behrouz Boochani should indeed seek asylum in New Zealand
Chris Keall (Herald): Uber NZ to drivers: take sexual harassment education by January or take a hike (paywalled)
Jane Matthews (Taranaki Daily News): Tuia 250 waka set to sail again after broken mast replaced in Taranaki
Rob Baigent-Ritchie (Taranaki Daily News): We deplore past mistakes, but land confiscation is still occurring in the modern world
RNZ: Woman takes cannabis stash to court, escapes with warning
1News: New Zealand’s first female High Commissioner to South Africa appointed
1News: ‘They’re genuinely changing’ – Meet the Waikato Mongrel Mob’s new PR representative
