Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2018 – Today’s content

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – June 26 2018 – Today’s content Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage. [caption id="attachment_297" align="aligncenter" width="640"] The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.[/caption] Employment RNZ: Peters on strike action: ‘They know we’ll listen’ Richard Harman (Politik): Another winter of discontent? Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Unions hoping to catch the wage round bus Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour’s ‘baby bonus’ payments a trigger for strike action Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): More than 4000 public servants at MBIE and IRD vote to strike Lucy Bennett (Herald): More than 4000 IRD and MBIE staff to go on strike next month Sarah Robson (RNZ): More than 4000 IRD, MBIE public servants to strike Newshub: 4000 MBIE and Inland Revenue staff to strike next month Newshub: National blames Government for industry strike action Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Nurses’ strike looms: Mediation between union and district health boards fails Newshub: Mediation between nurses and DHBs fails Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Nurses’ strike: ‘Major incident footing’ likely for DHB Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): Government pay offer does nothing to address ‘crisis’ in schools, union says Stuff: New Zealand’s underemployed: Working, but not enough Lincoln Tan (Herald): Name changing a game changer for migrants’ job prospects, study finds State Sector Chris Trotter: Revolution And Bureaucracy Point of Order: Spin doctors, logos and gloss can go – but how about restoring the ‘stud book’? Government Herald: Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters talks Families Package at post-Cabinet press conference Tom Dillane (1News): Opinion: While Ardern retires to nurse her real baby, her political dependents, NZ First and Greens, are vulnerable Karl du Fresne (Stuff):Labour-led Government continues tradition of change Stuff: Is PM a fan of to-do lists, or perhaps lacking artistic inspiration? Lucy Bennett (Herald): Minister Julie Anne Genter to take up to three months’ leave when baby arrives Jacinda Ardern’s baby Chitra Ramaswamy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern will be back running a country weeks after giving birth – what does that mean for other women? Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Jacinda Ardern’s strike for gender equality Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Winston Peters fired entire Cabinet on Thursday but every journalist was at the hospital Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Does The National Party Know Anything About Genuine Conservatism? Newshub: Winston Peters resorts to Latin to scold ‘fool’ Simon Bridges Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why amplifying Simon Bridges comments will probably help him Herald: Jacinda Ardern’s baby attracting ‘excitement’ in UK: British High Commissioner Laura Walters (Stuff): Theresa May’s gift for Jacinda Ardern and baby Neve is winging its way to NZ Timaru Herald Editorial: A name that coincides with a movement Ruby Nyika (Stuff): Te Aroha locals chuffed with Ardern’s baby name choice Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Waiting for Neve Te Aroha: inside the media room at Auckland Hospital Sam Brookes (Spinoff): Revealed: What Clarke Gayford really thinks about baby names Herald: Prior to dating the PM Clarke Gayford thought Danger was a ‘rad’ middle name for a child Cas Carter (Stuff):It’s risky being a parent when you’re in politics Labour youth camp assault case Newsroom: Arrest in Labour Party sex assault case RNZ: Arrest over Labour Party youth camp indecent assault – report Herald: Man faces four charges of indecent assault at Labour Party summer youth camp Laura Walters (Stuff): Labour Youth Camp arrest Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): In case you were wondering why Andrew Kirton suddenly stepped down Koro Wetere dies Māori TV: MPs pay homage to Koro Wetere Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Political rivals, allies and friends farewell ‘indispensable’ Koro Wetere Jo Lines-Mackenzie (Stuff): Politicians share memories of Koro Wētere at Tūrangawaewae Herald: Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters among MPs at funeral of former Māori Affairs Minister Koro Wētere John Boynton (RNZ): Cabinet delayed as tributes flow for Koro Wētere Housing Herald: Phil Twyford wants house factories for Kiwibuild Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): How to make prefabs stack up David Hargreaves (Interest): It might take more than just building 100,000 houses Bruce Morris (Newsroom): Govt grabbed Unitec in nick of time Katie Doyle (RNZ): Student to leave Wellington over ‘terrible’ landlords Health, disability and euthanasia Stacey Kirk (Stuff): How’s your DHB doing? Govt does away with National Health Targets Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Board member calls to scrap DHB elections ahead of review – ‘No’ says Health Minister Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Breast cancer: Health institutions ‘still racist’ towards Māori Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): South Aucklanders losing vision in long wait for specialists Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Government’s obesity plan still unclear Cliff Taylor (Stuff): Doctor: Booze industry needs mandatory warnings for pregnant women RNZ: Maternity deaths drop but newborn deaths unchanged Tess Brunton (RNZ): Families ‘devastated’ after cuts to IDEA services RNZ: Hospital criticised over care of brain injured man Amy Wiggins (Herald): Incurable cancer diagnosis follows communication breakdown Amy Wiggins (Herald): Dealing with dementia: Alzheimer’s New Zealand provides support and education Graham Adams (Noted): Euthanasia hearings put MPs and submitters to the test Pike River Patrick Gower (Newshub): Pike River boss could face manslaughter charges – top lawyer Newshub: Pike River families unsurprised criminal charges could be laid Primary and extractive industries Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Mycoplasma bovis: Four of 10 experts recommended managing disease Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Oil industry claims before ban, interest in exploring in NZ was the highest in years Environment and conservation Lois Williams (RNZ): DOC takes Far North avocado to court over water consents Alex Baird (Newshub): Pigs illegally released onto Northland conservation land Cherie Sivignon (Nelson Mail): TDC recycling revenue falls as price of paper, cardboard plummets 90% Welfare Michael O’Brien (Newsroom): Time to tackle welfare system with both hands Herald: Power prices make Winston Peters careful with winter heating Gia Garrick (RNZ): Staff under pressure as IRD admits payment problems Education Zizi Sparks (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua principal calls for clearer guidelines around physical restraint Jonathan Guildford (Stuff): Families upset at exclusion from Christchurch school’s new zone boundary RNZ: Checkpoint: Zero fees: Students say policy had ‘huge impact’ RNZ:Zero fees: ‘That hypothetical student doesn’t exist’ Transport Deena Coster (Stuff): Report reveals details of iwi payments in connection with negotiations over proposed $200m road Dileepa Fonseka (Auckland): Te reo hits the rail: NZ’s first bilingual commuter train service launches in Auckland John Boynton (RNZ): Auckland trains up on te reo Māori Laura Dooney (RNZ): NZTA re-evaluating planned Ōtaki-Levin highway Local government Karoline Tuckey (Manawatu Standard): Millions in council assets to be given to new trust to promote economy No Right Turn: Dodgy as hell Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland councillor alleges bullying by mayoral staff, say sources Māori TV: Marae set to be built in North Auckland Amber-Leigh Woolf (Dominion Post): Street light outages across Wellington region leave residents in the dark Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): Blow the residents – let’s just make the whole street a school drop-off zone Lydia Lewis (Newshub): Napier locals claim chlorination causes dry skin, digestion issues Justice Harrison Christian (Stuff): Prisons across the country are short hundreds of staff, Corrections reveals Dan Satherley (Newshub): Gang violence down because they’re mostly old men – expert Sexual harassment and assault Herald Editorial: Exposing sexual harassment still takes too much courage Alex Braae (Spinoff): Has reporting on #MeToo changed the media? Georgina Campbell (Herald): Speaking Secrets: Teacher aide’s students filmed up her skirt Animal cruelty Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Possum punch condemned as ‘appalling’ animal cruelty RNZ: Checkpoint: Outrage over possum abuse Sarah McMullan (Timaru Herald): Possum punch video ‘animal cruelty’: Environment Canterbury, SPCA NZ money laundering allegations for overseas pyramid scheme Sam Hurley and Jared Savage (Herald): Auckland finance firm, director, worker charged with laundering Edward Gong’s hidden NZ millions Jared Savage (Herald): China pyramid-scheme probe: Xiao Hua Gong charged in Canada, NZ police freeze nearly $70m John Anthony and Tommy Livingston (Stuff): Fraud-accused Chinese businessman has $70 million frozen in NZ No Right Turn: This is not what customs powers are for David Seymour James Croot (Stuff): David Seymour reveals the inspiration for his infamous Dancing With The Stars twerking Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Let’s hope David Seymour’s Dancing with the Stars appearance isn’t the new-look Act Other Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Study suggests US$1 billion in profits shifted from NZ to tax havens over 12 months Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): State care abuse inquiry urged to widen scope Michael Hayward and Liz McDonald (Stuff): More progress wanted at EQC despite ‘green shoots’ Herald: People’s Party leader puts donations disclosure glitch down to rookie mistake David Farrar: Worst spend per vote Jamie Wall (RNZ): God Defend New Zealand got what it deserved RNZ: Second repatriation of NZ military remains to begin Stuff: All Blacks/Black Ferns showcase diversity with Effort is Effort campaign]]>