NZ Politics Daily - 31 October 2017
31 October 2017
Today's content
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Government
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Those clinging on to hope now on the outside looking in
Jo Moir (Stuff): Political scientist Jon Johansson made NZ First chief of staff
Herald: University lecturer gets key NZ First job
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Ruth Dyson selected as Government whip
The Standard: Who are the most influential in Wellington now?
John Minto (Daily Blog): Avoiding another pledge-card government
Vernon Small (Stuff): Official opening of Parliament set down for Wednesday November 8
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Confirmed: New Government to go up against National next week
Election, MMP and parliament
James Kierstead (Newsroom): One more push to make MMP fair
Janine Hayward (ODT): Election 2017: coming first isn't the same as winning
Brian Easton (Pundit): Whither Coalition Government?
Liam Hehir (Stuff): Nobody can complain about the legitimacy of our new Government
Edward Willis (Great Government NZ): Your electorate vote is important
Zizi Sparks (North Shore Times): Labour support grows on Auckland's National-voting North Shore
Tom Kitchin (The Wireless): Parliament has some fresh faces, but the stats tell a different story
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Claiming victory from inaccuracy
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Oral questions
Laura Walter (Stuff): Climbing the political ladder can take its toll on family life
National
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): Devising National’s comeback
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Possible opposition strategies for the 52nd Parliament
National - Todd Barclay
Henry Cooke (Stuff): How the Todd Barclay story got here
Sam Sachdeva and David Williams (Newsroom): Police again rule out Barclay charges
Herald: Todd Barclay will not face more charges, exercised right to not to talk: Police
1News: Todd Barclay once again refuses to speak to cops about secret taping, won't face charges
No Right Turn: Police discretion
Peter Aranyi (The Paepae): Hey kids. Be smart. Be like Todd Barclay. Don’t talk to the police
Henry Cooke (Stuff): No charges from Todd Barclay re-investigation – police
RNZ: No prosecution for Barclay after re-investigation
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Todd Barclay won't be charged
National – Jian Yang
NZ Herald editorial: Ardern should end silence on Yang situation
RNZ: Bill English stands by spy-teaching MP
Nicholas Jones (Herald): English: Can't say why MP Jian Yang removed from committee
Laura Walters (Stuff): Bill English: no problem with Jian Yang's involvement with Chinese spies
Economy and trade
Colin James (ODT): Opportunity for Ardern over 'wellbeing'
Steve Maharey (Pundit): We can do better than this
Brian Easton (Briefing Papers): The Future of New Zealand Capitalism?
RNZ: TPP deal: 'We won't be able to change everything we want to change'
Henry Cooke (Stuff): David Parker: Korean FTA may not need to be renegotiated after all
Chris Trotter (Stuff): Trade negotiations will test Parker and Ardern's mettle
Jane Kelsey (Daily Blog): Labour risks being bulldozed on TPPA-11
Laura Tupou (RNZ): Labour softening on TPP clauses, says critic
The Standard: Deary me.
David Capie (Spinoff): How international issues could gatecrash the Ardern honeymoon
Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Labour will 'fritter away' National's hard work – English
John Lapsley (ODT):Is Jacinda the Pink Princess or Red Queen?
Housing
Ella Predergast (Newshub): Housing crisis requires 'collective effort' – expert
David Hargreaves (Interest): The new Government may need to rethink its idea for a ban on offshore-based buyers of existing housing stock in New Zealand
Dominion Post Editorial: The rental warrant of fitness needs to be tweaked but not scrapped
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Wellington landlord says council's rental warrant of fitness needs some work
1News: Kiwibuild housing plan should be led by private sector says Property Institute
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Renters stuck between flatting and ownership put pressure on prices
Employment
Alex Penk and Julian Wood (Spinoff): Triumph or disaster? A guide to the minimum wage increase
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Smaug wins, Hobbits lose
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Taking pay equity to nonsensical levels
Justice and police
Anna Leask (Herald): More inmates in our prisons - but assaults, reoffending declining
Mike Yardley (Stuff): Police Minister Stuart Nash keen to 'smash' gang activity
Newshub: Police Minister Stuart Nash promises boost in numbers
Victorial University (Newsroom): NZ must protect judicial independence
International relations
Laura Walters and Vernon Small (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern makes first state visit to Australia to strengthen ties
RNZ: MP calls NZ's Manus Island silence 'complicity'
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Bosnian leader visits Jacinda Ardern
Newshub: Complaints laid after 'hate speech' calling Israel 'cancer', denying Holocaust
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teachers delighted by end of National Standards
Zoe Hunter (Bay of Plenty Times): Schools back plans to scrap National Standards
Mike Thorpe (1News): National Standards 'a colossal waste of human resource', says principal, but what's the alternative?
Rachel Comer (Timaru Herald): Raft of possible changes to education welcomed
Conan Young (RNZ): Teacher shortage hits trade skills training
Mike Hosking (Herald): Don't cock up NCEA with ideological madness
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Universities work to attract Indian students
Health
Meriana Johnsen (Stuff): Police lay charges against 100-plus people who attempt suicide or suffer mental health crises
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Former Waikato DHB boss Nigel Murray yet to repay money owed
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): PHS opposed to hospital house
RNZ: Intellectually disabled men lose court case
Auckland
RNZ: Satellite city idea: Could it work?
Interest: Infrastructure New Zealand's proposal for a new South Auckland satellite city gains support
Newshub: Could Paerata be New Zealand's next metropolis?
Russell Brown (Public Address): Communications breakdown
Media
Colin Peacock (RNZ): New minister wants funding boost to deliver better public service media from 2018
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Free-to-air sport: Government says no
RNZ: Fairfax to downsize daily papers
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Set Maori language target for mainstream TV/radio programmes: Labour MP
Georgina Harris (StopPress): The Spinoff's Ātea brings Māori perspectives and insights into mainstream
Pike River
RNZ: Little to meet with Pike River families
Newshub: 'We've waited nearly seven years for this' - Pike River widow
RNZ: Pike River manned re-entry possible early next year – Little
Child welfare
Ian Hyslop (Newsroom): A crossroads for child welfare in Aotearoa
Katie Kenny (Stuff): Ministry for Vulnerable Children is changing its name, again
Derek Cheng (Herald): Anti-smacking referendum dropped in negotiations
Gas exploration
Richard Harman (Politik): Potential South Island gas bonanza tests the new Government
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Gas search offers 'huge potential'
RNZ: Gas field prospect could be 'game-changer'
Environment
RNZ: NZ climate change policy to align with Pacific aspirations
Newshub: Farmers and councils 'equally to blame' for declining water quality
Politicians citizenship problems
Lee Scanlon (Westport News): West Coast by-election could cost $9k
Dominic O’Sullivan (Newsroom): Aussie eligibility issue appeals to a parochial few
Farming
Jamie Mackay (Herald): Good luck Jacinda - well, sort of.
Jemma Brackebush (RNZ): NZ's growing population a concern for growers and farmers
NZ Wars
Tom O'Connor (Waikato Times): We should at least remember them
Charlotte Macdonald (Herald): Redcoats' legacy often forgotten
Battle of Beersheba commemoration
Andrew McRae (RNZ): Commemoration of the Battle of Beersheba in WWI
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): NZ’s role in history’s last great cavalry charge
Other
Simon Chapple (Spinoff): Labour should keep National’s social investment approach – with one crucial change
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Quake reinforcement deadline in trouble
Alex Braae (Evening Report): Tūhoe leader’s address to deliver ‘hard truths’ about New Zealand
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Ill omens for our democracy
Sarah Illingworth (Impolitikal): Q&A – Gaylene Preston on her year with Helen Clark