NZ Politics Daily - 26 October 2017
26 October 2017
Today's content
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Coalition government
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On the fear of change
Vernon Small (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern displays innovation and industry but Apec test looms
David Slack (RNZ): Back to the future?
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Ardern’s first big task is to manage expectations
Grant Duncan (Stuff): Maths behind political merger
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Strategies Of Right-Wing Resistance: It Can Happen here
Brian Edwards: Whinging and Moaning about MMP
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Mike Hosking and the five stages of Ardern government grief
Hilary Weaver (Vanity Fair): New Zealand’s Hip, Young Prime Minister Comes Complete with a Tech-Savvy Cat
Kieran O'Halloran (News Statesman): What UK Labour can learn from the rise of Jacinda Ardern
Ministerial positions
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern takes job of assembling cabinet in her stride
Dominion Post Editorial: Major challenges for a Cabinet with little experience
ODT Editorial: Great expectations for Ardern
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern plays it safe with ministerial line-up
RNZ: Who's who in the new Labour-led coalition?
Laura Walters (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern's new ministers and a peek into their backgrounds
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): New minister Clark cautious
1News:Full list: Who gets what in the Labour-led Government
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): MPI to be dismantled under new government
Andy Fyers (Stuff): New Cabinet has a gender balance problem
John Boynton and Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Māori MPs secure 18 ministerial portfolios
1News: Labour's longest serving Maori MP recognised with plum Cabinet role
RNZ: Four Pasifika ministers in new NZ govt line-up
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Child poverty cut 'key focus'
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern takes child poverty role in New Zealand ministry
Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Palmerston North's minister of everything
Jonny Turner (ODT): Peters' appointment as minister hailed
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The largest ever Executive
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Strengths and Weaknesses of the new Ministry
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Labour/NZ First/Green Ministry
Party hopping legislation
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Well you picked your tree, now bark it up
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): You should be concerned about Winston Peters' Waka Jumping Bill
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Why Winston Peters wants to stop 'Waka jumping' – again
Swearing in
Newshub: Labour, NZ First set to take the reins
Herald: Jacinda Ardern to be sworn in as PM today
Belinda Feek (Herald): Ardern's former teacher 'emotional' at request to attend ceremony
1News: Jacinda Ardern invites her old high school teacher to PM swearing-in ceremony
National
Patrick Gower (Newshub): National faces Opposition for many years
Claire Trevett (Herald): For National revenge might be sweet but ill-advised
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Timing hasn't treated Bill English well
Mitch Harris (Newshub): Hanging on will make Bill English a third-time loser
Stuff: Bill English makes final appearance from the prime minister's office
RNZ: Steven Joyce: 'I have a sneaking suspicion I will be proven right over time'
Samantha Motion (Bay of Plenty Times): Bridges on life in opposition: My workload 'fell off a cliff'
National vs Eminem
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Lose yourself in the judgment. Eminem v National: the 12 best bits of the ruling
Frances Cook (Herald): National Party 'insulting' in action over Eminem copyright
Kenzie Bryant (Vanity Fair): How New Zealand Politicians Wound Up Owing Eminem Thousands
Frances Cook (Herald): National Party found guilty of Eminem copyright breach
1News: National to pay $600k after court rules 'Eminem-esque' campaign song infringed copyright
Stuff: National Party loses copyright case over use of Eminem-esque, ordered to pay $600k
RNZ: 'Lose yourself' National, court rules
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): National pinged for $600,000
Katie Parker (The Wireless): The verdict is in: ‘Eminem-Esque’ was, in fact, not “pretty legal”.
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Eminem wins $600,000 after New Zealand political party breached his copyright
Greens
Mike Hosking (Herald): James Shaw has a big future - if he plays his cards right
Newshub: Green Party struggling to pay election campaign bills
Herald: Pay equity bill may get another chance with Green MP Julie Anne Genter as Women's Minister
Newstalk ZB: Green MP staying quiet on possible co-leadership role
Chris Harrowell (Stuff): Green Party MP Marama Davidson excited about entering government
International relations
Nicholas Jones (Herald): NZ-Australia relationship needs serious work: Peters
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Australia-New Zealand divisions exposed as Ardern takes tougher stance
RNZ: North Korea 'not utterly hopeless' - Winston Peters
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters concerned about Chinese influence, ducks Yang questions
1News: Foreign Minister Winston Peters to tackle relationship with Australia, North Korea problem
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Detainees get short shrift from Australian media
1News: Ireland to open embassy in New Zealand
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern welcomes Irish President on first state visit of her government
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown faced complaints over 'cultural misunderstanding'
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Scott Brown: US ambassador to New Zealand investigated over inappropriate comments
Election
Chris McDowall (Spinoff): The tick-splitters: how New Zealanders used their two votes, a visualisation
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Analysis of 2017 election results
Keith Rankin (Evening Report): Analysis: A Century of New Zealand Elections
Caleb Morgan (Cut Your Hair): I don’t fully know how to feel so here’s some graphs
Laine Moger (North Shore Times): Time to do away with 'bellwether' booth concept, political theorist says
Matthew Whitehead (Standard): Critiquing A Modest National Party Proposal
NZ Art Parallels (Spinoff): How art history has predicted everything ever in NZ politics
Haydn Marriner (Spinoff): Tamati won Waiariki with hard work, nous, and a little help from the Māori Party
David Fisher (Herald): The election gamble which exposed Jordan Williams - and his stroll to work in underwear
Immigration
RNZ: Fijian man hopes new Immigration Minister will stop disabled son being deported
Mahvash Ali (Western Leader): Immigration lawyer says new minister may allow disabled man to stay in New Zealand
Amanda Saxton (Stuff):Immigration NZ made 'serious error' in denying autistic Bangladeshi boy residency, tribunal rules
RNZ: NZ still wants Australia's offshore detainees
RNZ: NZ First loses battle on migrant numbers
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): The new government’s immigration policy
Brannavan Gnanalingam (Spinoff): An immigrant’s story: ‘The Naenae Nazi Party was limited to two people, and even they left me alone’
Employment
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern thanks unions for support in first major speech as PM-elect
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): CTU boss: New employment law just a start
Herald: Business wants fair pay too, says Ardern
Mike Watson (Taranaki Daily News): Minimum wage increase will bring price rises and job losses in region
Herald: Jacinda Ardern to consider tax breaks for small businesses as minimum wage is set to rise
Housing
Tom Furley (RNZ): Labour shortage a challenge for KiwiBuild plan
Anne Gibson (Herald): Phil Twyford reveals $2b KiwiBuild housing scheme
Derek Handley (Stuff): Building affordable housing keeping community in mind
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): New government's policies could hurt housing market
RNZ: Are the new government’s housing policies achievable?
Richard Partington (Guardan): New Zealand to ban foreign buyers snapping up existing homes
Maria Slade (Spinoff): Kiwi house prices are 65 times their 1970 levels – but is it really a bubble?
Environment
Jamie Morton (Herald): Climate change: five ways it could harm us
RNZ: Science to rule on farming's role in ETS
David Williams (Newsroom): Where the water wars will go next
Jamie Morton (Herald): China move prompts call for greener packaging
Justice
Herald: Teina Pora compensation to be increased for inflation: New Justice Minister Andrew Little
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Teina Pora compensation lifted
Liam Martin (Herald): Our new large remote prisons do little to reduce crime
Herald: Criminal cases review commission could strengthen legal system
Health
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): Urology clinics to clear backlog
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): McDonald's brand not wanted in Dunedin Hospital
RNZ: Scrapping plans for Ronald McDonald House would be 'misguided'
ODT Editorial: Better accountability needed
Education
RNZ: 'We're definitely encouraged by this coalition'
Simon Collins (Herald): IRD reviews tax rebates for school donations
Frances Valintine (Spinoff): NZ education’s top of the class? Don’t believe the hype
Roading and transport
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Auckland's fuel tax only months away – Twyford
Greg Presland (Standard): Say goodbye to roads of national significance
Lynn Prentice (Standard): Better roads rather than fighting to maintain them against trucks
Matt Lowrie (Spinoff): What the new government means for transport in Auckland
Other
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Labour confirms big picture policy on public media
Daily Blog: Summary of submissions into The People’s Commission on Public Broadcasting and Media
Russell Brown (Public Address): What we learned yesterday about the cannabis referendum
Laura Tupou (RNZ): Retirees welcome souped-up SuperGold card
RNZ: Parties at odds over Gold Card upgrade costs
Stuff: New Zealand power prices are on the rise
Grant Bradley (Herald): New renewable electricity target achievable says analyst
RNZ: Politicians can't hide behind private email – Ombudsman
No Right Turn:LGOIMA, personal email, and journalists
Logan Church (RNZ): Kaikōura housing shortage a 'nightmare'
David Williams (Newsroom): Pike River families endorse Little as govt caretaker
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): The 1987 crash: experience and reflection
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): Sick of alpha males? MeToo