NZ Politics Daily - 25 October 2017
25 October 2017
Today's content
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Coalition agreements
Vernon Small (Stuff): Coalition deal light on detail but blasts from Winston Peters' past
Audrey Young (Herald): Radical change or modified status quo?
Jane Patterson (RNZ): New government faces Herculean policy list
Richard Harman (Politik): The go between who made the Labour-NZ First deal possible
Dominion Post Editorial: Fudging the coalition
NZ Herald editorial: Peters agrees to a cautious, tentative deal
Mike Hosking (Herald): Maybe the new Government's not the end of the world after all
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Winston Peters the definition of a shrewd politician
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Searching for Winston’s legacy
Stephanie Rodgers (Boots Theory): The shape of our new government
Newshub: Grant Robertson faces 'patchwork quilt of promises' - Patrick Gower
Matt Burrows (Newshub): NZ First made us can the water tax - Jacinda Ardern
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): That Labour-NZ-First coalition deal, in 150 words
RNZ: Labour-New Zealand First deal: the nitty gritty
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): NZ First, Labour agree $1b regional fund
Emma Hurley and Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Revealed: Labour and NZ First's coalition agreement
Claire Trevett (Herald): Big funds but compromises in Labour agreements with NZ First and Green
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): What does Winston get?
Peter Wilson (AAP): Winston's wins: NZ First's big gains in coalition deal
Sarah Harris (Herald): Minimum wage to increase to $20 by 2021 after coalition deal
1News: Minimum wage rise is needed so workers can 'survive on it', says PM-elect Jacinda Ardern
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Minimum wage hike 'good for work, good for business'
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Minimum wage set to jump to $20 by 2021
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): The big minimum wage hike
Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): Housing plans revealed, foreign buyers out, rent-to-own in
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): Analysis: New government united on the environment – for now
Jamie Morton (Herald): Climate change action a winner in coalition deal
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour-NZ First coalition deal: Pouring $1b a year into the regions
Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Concern over economic viability of one million tree plan
Herald: Peters' plan to move Auckland port to Northland watered down
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Labour-NZ First Coalition: Immigration changes follow Labour policy
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Labour wins on immigration
Simon Collins (Herald): Gifted children win funding in coalition deal
Nicholas Jones (Herald): History repeats: 'Parliamentary palace' blocked by NZ First
Damian George (Stuff): Labour-NZ First coalition deal increases odds of voluntary euthanasia referendum
1News: Public may get final say on euthanasia as MPs set to vote on referendum
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Double act: Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters' first joint press conference
Herald: Whisky for Winston Peters as James Shaw greets new coalition partner for first time
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour-Greens deal: Fewer roads, more trains, cycling and walking
Emma Hurley and Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Revealed: Labour and Greens confidence and supply agreement
RNZ: Welfare, climate big winners in Greens-Labour deal
No Right Turn: Climate change: A lot of trees
Audrey Young (Herald): David Parker gains key trade role while Ron Mark lands defence
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Revealed: Shane Jones Minister for 100 million trees, $1 billion regional fund
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Andrew Little excited about helping his home town as a cabinet minister
Coalition government
Brent Edwards (RNZ): Legitimacy swipes are sour grapes
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): The tail did not wag the dog, it barely wiggled
Dean Knight (Newsroom): Clearing up some coalition confusion
Jack Vowles (Newsroom): So much commentary on so little
Stuff: This pie analogy is the most Kiwi MMP explanation ever
Spinoff:‘It’s about quantity and clarity’: an ex-governor-general on making MMP governments
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Basking in glow of bright Ardern era
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Where NZ First and the Green Party might come to loggerheads
Karl du Fresne: Early pointers to the challenges Ardern will face
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Time for more Pacific clout at Government table
Economic direction
Brian Rudman (Herald): Policies for fiscal fairness only right
Bryan Gould: Why does the left so often disappoint?
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern and Peters prepare to face the outside world
Stephen Hickson (Stuff): Has capitalism failed or do we just not like its results?
Steven Cowan (Against the current): We’re all anti-capitalist now
The Standard: Begone, capitalism! You don’t own me
International relations and coverage
1News:Ireland's president welcomed to NZ with pomp and ceremony
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern to meet President of Ireland
Stuff: Canadian PM calls Jacinda Ardern to congratulate her
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand Labour signs coalition deal and makes Winston Peters deputy PM
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): A brief journey through the bad Australian takes on the NZ election
Herald: USA Today calls Jacinda Ardern a 'Trump-like leader'
National
Newshub: National in 'very, very dark place' - Patrick Gower
Benedict Collins (RNZ): English to stay on as National leader
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Bill English staying on through 2020
Herald: Bill English stays as National's leader, Paula Bennett still deputy
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): English commits to fight on in Opposition
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Will English still lead the National Party?
No Right Turn: The same old racist National Party
Herald: National vs Eminem: High Court decision to drop on Wednesday
Meat industry
Rosie Bosworth (Spinoff): Synthetic meats are on their way, and our farmers are going to be left behind
Stuff: Media Take: New Zealand will get blindsided by artificial meat and milk
Health
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Waikato District Health Board to launch a review on SmartHealth app
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Waikato health board to now see executives' travel spending
Alex Cook (RNZ): Leptospirosis creeping into urban areas
RNZ: Health Ministry agrees to further action on surgical mesh
Media
Russell Brown (Public Address): Media Take: The Future
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): No guarantee diversity of views would survive media merger, watchdog says
BusinessDesk (Newsroom): StuffMe could mean paywall, lower quality
Max Towle (RNZ): Predicting 5 future Mike Hosking opinion columns
Immigration and population
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Climate change refugee cases rejected
Matt Burrows (Newshub): Auckland leads significant New Zealand population growth
Newshub: Christchurch population finally above pre-quake levels
RNZ: NZ's fastest growing regions revealed
Other
Newstalk ZB: Auckland wants to charge SuperGold card-carrying seniors for afternoon bus rides
Kiri Gillespie (Bay of Plenty Times): Tauranga mayor steps into international dog meat fight
Newshub: Christchurch red zone use for livestock a concern
Thomas Mead (Newshub): 'We will never give up until justice is done' - families of CTV building victims
John Boynton (RNZ): Interest surges in New Zealand Wars
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Update on my case against the NZ Police with the Human Rights Review Tribunal