New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project.
Today’s content
ELECTION, ELECTORAL LAW REVIEW
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): With 100 days to go, this is the lay of the election land
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): 100 days from the 2023 NZ Election
Mike Hosking (Herald): Election 2023 predictions – don’t believe the polls and Act, Māori Party to be big stories of the night (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: One hundred days until election (paywalled)
Matthew Scott (Newsroom): Luxon goes west
Steven Cowan: Can we take the Greens seriously?
Tumamao Harawira (Whakaata Māori): National to contest Tāmaki Makaurau for first time in 22 years
RNZ: Thousands give feedback on draft review of electoral laws
HOUSING
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Govt must recognise housing as human right, commissioner says
Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ): Commissioner says housing should be recognised as a human right, calls for ombudsman
Laura Frykberg (1News): Affordable, healthy homes still beyond reach for some – report
Tom Baker (The Conversation): Not all rent control policies are the same – the Green Party proposal deserves an open-minded debate
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): First-home buyers at lowest level since Labour took office after Government tax changes – is this what success looks like? (paywalled)
Hanna McCallum (Post): Public Service Watch: Plans to help the homeless (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Research paper estimates value of homes in flood zones at nearly $220 billion (paywalled)
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): More than 400,000 residential buildings in flood prone areas
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Rotorua Lakes Council wins case to make emergency motel safer from fire – but not stopping at just one
Greg Ninness (Interest): Average house values dropping like stones
Miriam Bell (Stuff): Mortgage rate pain: ‘We will probably have to sell the house’
ORANGA TAMARIKI
Nick Truebridge (Newshub): Oranga Tamariki youth facilities run by young offenders, calls for more staff to be stood down – former staffer
John Campbell (1News): On OT youth justice: ‘Most of us will never meet kids this broken’
Herald: Mother of teen in Oranga Tamariki youth justice facility said boys were made to ‘fight until they dropped
Rayssa Almeida (RNZ): Urgent action needed to improve safety in justice facilities, union says
William Hewett (Newshub): Christopher Luxon calls for Children’s Minister Kelvin Davis to visit youth justice facilities but admits he’s never been
William Hewett (Newshub): Kelvin Davis reveals 11 Oranga Tamariki staff members stood down, grilled on how workers were hired
Tess McClure (Guardian): Shock in New Zealand at footage of ‘MMA-style’ fight at youth justice facility
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Are we still complaining about KFC at Oranga Tamariki in light of new fight club violence?
KIRI ALLAN
Brent Edwards (NBR): PM can’t help reporters’ confusion over Kiri Allan allegations (paywalled)
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Labour ‘absolutely’ under increased pressure amid ministerial scandals, Peter Dunne says
Ben Thomas (Stuff): What might lie beneath Kiri Allan’s problem with the bureaucrats
HEALTH
Molly Swift (Newshub): Health Minister Ayesha Verrall stands by NZ’s healthcare reputation, despite 8000 worker shortfall
ODT Editorial: Health workforce planning (paywalled)
Seni Iasona (Newshub): New Zealand Nurses Organisation reacts to Government’s plan to tackle health system issues
Merepeka Raukawa-Tait (Herald): Te Aka Whai Ora Māori Health Authority should stick to its guns (paywalled)
Chris Keall (Herald): Who’s got the rub of the green? The medicinal cannabis power list (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Elderly woman’s surgery one of four cancelled in one day at Wellington Hospital as health sector pressure builds
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Critical shortage of midwife students as pressures grow on system
Felix Desmarais (1News): Doctors welcome Nats’ med school but competing university opposed
Russell Palmer and Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Government questions cost, value of National’s medical school policy
Danielle Zollickhofer (Herald): ‘Health system game changer’: Waikato leaders welcome Luxon’s medical school plan
RNZ: National promises new $380m medical school, more placements
Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Stuff): National backs third medical school in Waikato
Fiona Ellis (ODT): Otago welcomes news of student numbers boost (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Government reannounces funding for maternity programme, retinal cameras
EDUCATION
Gianina Schwanecke (Stuff): Teacher union’s ‘last minute’ sign-up offer disappoints some members
Amy Wiggins (Herald): Fears proposed science curriculum will turn out ‘ill informed students’
Andrew Rogers (Herald): School science curriculum changes: The science is being minimalised – wake up (paywalled)
William Terite (Newshub): Teachers stunned after new science curriculum has no physics, biology or chemistry
The Standard: New curriculum: science to be taught in the context of the great challenges of our time
Blair Ensor (Stuff): Student groomed by teacher wanted her name made public to help hold him accountable
Stuff: Statement from Helena Dray, student groomed by teacher Taurapa
Molly Swfit (Newshub): How social media is playing role in inappropriate teacher-student relationships following Christchurch scandal
Erin Gourley (Post): ‘Juilliard of the Pacific’ national music centre on hold amid Vic Uni financial woes (paywalled)
Cather Simpson (Herald): University cuts threaten New Zealand’s long-term economic growth (paywalled)
GANGS
Katie Kenny (Stuff): National says gang membership is rising. Is it?
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): I agree with the Chief Science Advisor’s position on gangs
Felix Desmarais (1News): Crime needs ‘sticks’ as well as ‘carrots’ – Luxon
RNZ: Chris Luxon rejects Chief Science Advisor’s report on gang harm reduction
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Maybe Harry Tam is a fiscal conservative concerned about Nationals uncosted prison empire?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Another week, another Luxon trainwreck interview – tough on crime bullshit doesn’t work
SCAMS, CYBER-SECURITY
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): GCSB says ‘millions’ now better protected from cyber threats
David Farrar: Do not merge CERT into GCSB
Peter Griffin (BusinessDesk): Stop tinkering and get serious about cybersecurity reform (paywalled)
Stuff: Newsable: why your bank won’t always save you if you get scammed
Olivia Caldwell (Stuff): More ‘BNZ’ text scam victims come forward over that ‘stupid thing’
MIGRANT WORKERS, REFUGEES
Amelia Wade (Newsroom): Migrant workers advocate says exploitation is ‘rife’, demands change from Government as department begins audit
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Racist eggings escalate to suspected arson for family living in fear in Mosgiel
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Amy Wiggins (Herald): Mayors making headlines: City leaders who have felt the heat
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): ‘We are always being watched’: Nicola Willis on Tory Whanau saga
Amberleigh Jack (Stuff): How drunk is too drunk to be served in a restaurant, and what can staff do about it?
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Has Wayne Brown ever looked this happy?
RNZ: Auckland mayor dribbles football on Eden Park roof to celebrate FIFA World Cup
Grant Miller (ODT): ‘Not too late to change course’ on Three Waters: DCC
Nick James (Herald): Wellington region records more than 7000 sewage overflows in five years
Erin Gourley (Post): Contracts signed for new plant to process Wellington’s sewage (paywalled)
Jonathan Killick (Stuff): A retiree’s ‘exhausting’ 5-year battle with council over collapsing property
Brent Melville (BusinessDesk): Queenstown adds $30m to ratepayer bill to pay debt (paywalled)
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): Local govt review: Nelson and Tasman should reconsider amalgamation
ECONOMY
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Double-dip recession ahead for New Zealand, economists forecast
Liam Dann (Herald): NZ economy faces hit as export prices slump (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Government debt now $5b above Budget forecast as accounts continue to disappoint
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Budget deficit $2 billion deeper than expected as corporate tax take falls
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Weak corporate profits has flowed through to lower tax revenue for the Government and added $2 billion to the deficit
Brent Edwards (NBR): Government books worse than forecast but better than a year ago (paywalled)
BUSINESS, EMPLOYMENT
Christine Rovoi (Stuff): ‘What’s the delay?’ Most Kiwis want the pay gap crisis resolved now – poll
Maggie Shui (Re: News): Pay secrecy is hurting Pacific and Asian women the most
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): How are NZ savers faring as Aussie consumer group lobbies for banks to be forced to pay savers the best savings account rate they offer?
Elle Somers (BusinessDesk): Food price inflation boosts $3.4b sales for Foodstuffs South Island (paywalled)
Brianna Mcilraith (Post): Woolworths New Zealand agrees 12.3% wage increase over two years for supply chain teams (paywalled)
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Government aims to grow kaimoana exports to $3 billion by 2035
Leeann Watson (Herald): Enough politics – long term vision and action needed (paywalled)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Chris Hipkins warms up NZ-China relationship
Brent Edwards (NBR): Science and research important part of China relationship (paywalled)
ODT: NZ pushes back on Pacific-wide free movement
Lydia Lewis (RNZ): Atomic Energy Agency says Japan’s Pacific wasterwater dump plan is safe
Anna Whyte and Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): NZ gives $11m to UN’s response to ‘dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan’
RNZ: Nearly 2000 Kiwis apply for Australian citizenship since 1 July rule change
MEDIA
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Jackson defiant as Meta and Google pull news in Canada
Karl du Fresne: Meanwhile, down a blind alley …
Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): Stuff rings changes at The Post, axes senior role (paywalled)
Stuff: Stuff announces new editor for The Post
GENETIC ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
David Williams (Newsroom): Grass isn’t greener for GM trial in Australia
Simon Bridges (NBR): Gene technologies’ time is now (paywalled)
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Conservation Minister says feral cats are an ‘issue’, threaten native species
Rachel Moore (Stuff): Cats banned in major Raglan development of 550 properties
TRANSPORT
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Something National won’t be putting ‘back on track’
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Tauranga’s 1.7km highway link cost blows out to $300m
Denise Piper (Stuff): ‘Like a slow train wreck’: Concern repairs to Northland’s rural roads could take decades
Tom Hunt (Post): Kaitaki cooling pipe blew in testing four months before mayday (paywalled)
Conor Knell (Post): Multimillion-dollar penalties for Wellington bus operators over delays (paywalled)
OTHER
Emma Hatton (Newsroom): Police dramatically reduce targets for responding to emergencies and burglaries
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Speculation as expected release of key energy papers is pushed back (paywalled)
Brianna Mcilraith (Stuff): Retirement Commissioner calls for more flexibility after study highlights failings in the experiences of pensioners caught out during border closures
RNZ: Inquiry outlines pensioners’ experience with Ministry of Social Development during border closures
Simon Wilson (Herald): Wayne Brown, Leo Molloy, Sir Graham Henry, Guy Williams, Sean Plunket front foul-mouthed charity debate
Virginia Fallon (Post): No meth or death: The idiot’s guide to greyhound welfare (paywalled)
Aaron Smale (Newsroom): Artificial intelligence revives Māori dialects
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Diversion offer over Posie Parker rally alleged assault was administrative error, man heading back to court
Brent Edwards (NBR): Govt told clearer objectives needed for farming SOE Landcorp (paywalled)
Mark John (ODT): $4.6m awarded to help reduce food waste
Anna Whyte (Stuff): PM celebrates iconic mountain climb at Everest 70 event
