NZ Politics Daily - 27 October 2017
27 October 2017
Today's content
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New government
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): Across the generational divide in politics
Patrick Gower: Unique buzz of change hits Parliament
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): The old guard is gone, a new era begins
Guardian Editorial: The Guardian view on New Zealand’s new PM: managing an uncomfortable alliance
John Armstrong (1News): Winston Peters starting to look like he's ready to hand over to Shane Jones
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): The task ahead for Jacinda’s ‘Kitchen Cabinet’
Graham Adams (Noted): Where is Jacinda Ardern's honeymoon?
David Fisher (Herald): Our new Government needs to live by the spirit of the Official Information Act
The Listener: PM Jacinda Ardern needs to assert her authority over NZ First – and fast
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital):If there's a minor party split, when is it likely to happen?
Tom Sainsbury (Spinoff): Kiwis of Snapchat: real internet comments about Jacinda Ardern (WATCH)
Ministries and policy
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern considers mini-Budget to implement policy priorities
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern plots ‘mini-Budget’ after taking office
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Early details on govt's plans revealed
Bob McCroskrie: Comparing the policies of Labour, NZ First & Greens on key family issues
Herald: Ministers for business unveiled
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Ministry for Vulnerable Children name change welcomed
1News: Ministry for Vulnerable Children will be rebranded to drop 'vulnerable' from name
Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): Diverse: 13 Maori and Pacific ministers sworn into NZ Government
Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): Nanaia Mahuta takes Māori Development back to the cabinet table
RNZ: Record Pasifika contribution in NZ Govt 'cause to celebrate'
Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Andrew Little and Pike River: Fatally compromised
Swearing in
RNZ: ‘I want the government ... to bring kindness back’
Laura Walters (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern's new government sworn in
Herald: New PM Jacinda Ardern returns to hero's welcome at Parliament
Herald: Roses and 'groovy tunes' greet Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern sworn in as New Zealand PM, promising 'empathetic' government
RNZ: ‘We will work together and that work begins today'
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern becomes PM the same day her sister gives birth
Parliament
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Select Committee membership
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Bill English's big pay cut and Jacinda Ardern's astronomical pay rise
International relations
Richard Harman (Politik): Gdday mate - the Aussie charm offensive hits the Beehive
Pii-Tuulia Nikula (The Conversation): Students will suffer if Australia and New Zealand change tertiary fee agreement
Richard Harman (Poltik): Peters tilts towards Israel
Toby Manhire (Herald): Foreign relations loom large for coalition
Eleanor Ainge Roy and Julian Borger (Guardian): Scott Brown: US envoy to New Zealand 'counselled on standards of conduct'
Roger Hanson (Stuff): New Zealand well aware of nuclear fallout from pacific testing
Economy and trade
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Tight timeframe ahead of TPP negotiations
Liam Dann (Herald): Economy Hub: New Govt may slow GDP growth
Brian Fallow (Herald): Labour calls the tune on monetary policy
RNZ: New government defends spending plans
Mike Hosking: New Government is wrong to criticise capitalism
John Milford (Stuff): Signals are encouraging, but some of the policies could be a problem
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Wishful Australian thinking
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Is there a plausible economic strategy?
Janine Starks (Stuff): Here's how to survive the 'brown' coalition
Jim McAloon (Newsrom): ‘Communist’ a convenient term of abuse
Scott Hamilton (Reading the Maps):Is Jacinda a commie?
Education
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to high schoolers: Next year's on me
Simon Collins (Herald): Solar panels could cut schools' power bills by $20m a year
Stephanie Arthur-Worsop (Rotorua Daily Post):'Drugged out' students likely if cannabis legalised – principal
Regional development
Stuff: What the regions want from the new Government
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Regions begin to lobby minister for cash from new $1 billion a year provincial fund
Herald: Wish lists drawn up for slice of billion dollar regional development fund
Herald: Shane Jones promises economic boost for Northland
Ben Aulakh and Elena McPhee (Stuff): South Canterbury leaders say 'proof is in the pudding' on Govt's plan for regions
Immigration
Mahvash Ali (Western Leader): Minister steps in to review deportation of intellectually disabled man
RNZ: Move to deport disabled Fijian man put on hold
Justice
Ric Stevens (Press Editorial): Coalition's support of Criminal Justice Review Commission will strengthen justice system
Adriana Weber (RNZ): Pora inflation payout 'only fair' – PM
RNZ: Little confirms Pora compensation will be adjusted
No Right Turn: Justice for Teina Pora
Inequality
CPAG: MSD is treating loans as income in the courts
No Right Turn: This is just wrong
RNZ: Poverty portfolio 'gives children a voice'
Auckland
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): The new government’s big plans for Auckland
Mike Hosking (Herald): Petrol tax is just the beginning
Herald: Mayor Phil Goff on board for petrol tax and trams for Auckland
Tom Furley (RNZ):Fuel tax: What the regions think
RNZ: Auckland fuel tax on the table for 'gridlocked' city – Twyford
Simon Maude (Auckland Now): Auckland regional fuel tax confirmed
Simon Shepherd (Newshub): Fears Auckland fuel tax will drive black market
Herald: Twyford's Auckland regional fuel tax slammed by Herald readers
Employment
Laura Walters (RNZ): Gisborne packhouse worker says $20 minimum wage a start
Peter Lyons (Herald): Raising the minimum wage may do the economy no harm
Bridget Mills (RNZ): Higher minimum wage: 'I can't see any downside at all in paying people properly'
David Fisher (Herald): The Big Read: Go inside the 'boot camp' for the unemployed that's about to double in size
Housing
Corazon Miller (Herald): Will a ban on foreign buyers make houses cheaper?
Infometrics: Will Labour solve the housing crisis?
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Migrants and housing
Polly Toynbee (Guardian): New Zealand wants to ban rich foreign homebuyers. Labour, take note
Susan Edmonds (Stuff): First-home buyers no worse off than they were 10 years ago
Health
Ashleigh Collis (Horowhenua Chronicle): What has ripped out the heart of healthcare in the heartland?
Herald Editorial: Waikato DHB chairman should resign
National
Max Towle (The Wireless): Who’s next for National?
Dan Satherley (Newshub): 'Going from hero to zero is quite liberating' - Paula Bennett
Newshub: Bill English says goodbye from prime minister's office
1News: Bill English hands in resignation as PM to make way for Jacinda Ardern
Zach Castles (Spinoff): The party isn’t over: Why National’s message is needed now more than ever
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): English staying
Kashka Tunstall (Auckland Now): Auckland MPs losing ministerial portfolios will have more time for constituents
National vs Eminem
Southland Times Editorial: Neutering the copycats
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Online register would prevent 'Eminem-esque' troubles
Herald: Max Key plans 'diss' track on Eminem after National loses copyright case
RNZ / Reuters: Music rights specialist backs National over 'Eminem Esque'
Environment
RNZ: Climate change 'can't overwhelm us' – Shaw
Newshub: Climate change a NZ health issue – report
Primary industries
Jemma Brackebush (RNZ): Splitting MPI will 'build real value' for sector
Alex Cook (RNZ): Scrapping irrigation subsidies 'shortsighted'
Lois Williams and Bridget Mills (RNZ): Wood processors welcome govt's forestry plans
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Forestry gains higher profile but questions raised over foreign investment, shortfall of trees
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Study finds 500% rise in weedkiller in human urine
Civil defence and earthquakes
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Independent inquiry into EQC needed to 'learn lesons'
Phil Pennington (RNZ): High-rises in Auckland, Wellington fail quake standards
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Emergency centres may fail quake standards
Rachel Graham (RNZ): 'We've had enough asset stripping over here'
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): Moving Franz Josef township from fault line would cost $300m
Population
Stuff: A proportional representation of NZ - 3/4 of us live in the North Island
RNZ:77% of NZers live in North Island
Herald: Three quarters of Kiwis live in North Island
Other
Cass Mason (Newsroom): NZ’s long history of anti-Asian racism
Emma Espiner (Newsroom): Walking through Aotearoa’s hot gates
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The Hobbit strikes back! Huge win for NZ Actors & workers