NZ Politics Daily - 3 November 2017
3 November 2017
Today's content
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Trade, foreign buyers and housing
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): New Eyes on Trade
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): TPP would be a notch on Labour's trade belt
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): TPP: Fix It, Jacinda, Or Forget It.
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ ambassadors pushing for ISDS change
Kirk Hope (Stuff): Trade deal could make us wealthier without affecting NZ sovereignty
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why the TPPA will be a test for the new Labour Māori Caucus more than it will be for Jacinda
Laura O’Connell Rapira (Spinoff): Don’t fall for the government’s spin on the TPPA
Geoff Simmons (TOP): Foreign Buyers – The Villain or the ScapeGoat
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Foreign bans and CGTs
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Labour governments have overseen greatest house price inflation, data shows
Shane Cowlishaw and Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ-India FTA ‘on life support’
Eldrede Kahiya (Newsroom): What’s in store for NZ’s exports?
Election and parliament
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Youngest, oldest, most & least representative electorates
Brent Edwards (RNZ): More young people voted, but no youth quake
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Election 'youthquake' a myth, figures show
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): What the 2017 youth quake really means for 2020
Laura Walters (Stuff): Lobby groups have power but not on the same scale as US
Laura Walters (Stuff): List of lobbyists with access to Parliament to be reviewed by new Speaker
Ian Shirley (Briefing Papers): The challenges ahead for the new government
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): We've had the crumbs
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Hunger for power united coalition, not shared views
Mike Hosking (Herald): Why governments really don't matter
Herald Editorial: Billboards signs of the past?
Stuff: Green MPs Chloe Swarbrick and Golriz Ghahraman host picnic at Parliament
International relations
RNZ: Manus stand-off: 'We need to find a compassionate solution'
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Manus refugees 'top of agenda' for Ardern's Australia trip
Toby Manhire (Herald): Hey mate, this Manus thing's got to stop
RNZ: Manus Island refugees beg NZ for help
RNZ: Ardern sees 'human face' of Manus Island refugees
Herald: Ardern says NZ stands by promise to take 150 refugees from Manus Island
Richard Harman (Politik): His ghost may be heard
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Arrested in Australia, sent to Christmas Island
Rosemary McLeod (Press): Right to be here doesn't include spreading hate
Nicolas Pirsoul (Stuff): Govt should act over diplomat's incendiary speech
Employment
Branko Marcetic (Spinoff): The evidence is in: a minimum wage increase doesn’t actually mean economic apocalypse
Skara Bohny (Nelson Mail): Minimum wage rise of almost 30 per cent in four years worries business owners
Helen Roberts (Herald): Greater transparency in CEO remuneration packages
Adriana Weber (RNZ): CEO pay packets: 'They're not doing 30 times the work'
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Marlborough Council staff donate sick days to 'leave bank'
Newshub: Would you donate to a 'sick leave bank'?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour confirms national awards will be compulsory
Health
Cate Broughton (Stuff): David Clark's daunting to-do list as New Zealand's new Health Minister
Karen Brown (RNZ): New minister may ask DHB heads for resignation letters
Cate Broughton (Press): New Minister of Health David Clark tells officials to get on board with new agenda
Herald: English: Govt playing politics over approach to health sector
Forence Kerr and Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Health boss's spending to be revealed
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Doctors' union welcomes Health Minister's look at DHB use of controversial app
Nicola Kean (Newshub): Waitemata District Health Board rewrites abortion policy
Karen Brown (RNZ): New system to help snare bogus doctors
Environment
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Waste import ban could send plastic to landfills
Jamie Morton (Herald): Student vs former climate minister: The ruling
Ged Cann (Stuff): High Court says previous National Government should have done more on climate change targets
RNZ: Law student loses case against govt's climate policy
No Right Turn: Climate change: Reviewed
Wayne Linklater and Jamie Steer (Newsroom): NZ’s conservation debate losing its way
Farming
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Climate goal 'unachievable' without change
Robin Martin (RNZ): Urban rural divide a myth - Fonterra chairman
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): New low flow limits on Tukituki River have community facing 'a real tragedy'
RNZ: Fed Farmers withdraws appeal
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Why your milk may trigger diabetes
Pat Deavoll (Stuff): Urban sprawl and extreme weather put pressure on fruit and vegetable crops
Newshub: New Zealand faces 'perfect storm' of vegetable shortages
Education
Press Editorial: Better educated population benefits all
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Cabinet approves fast-track of free tertiary study and student allowance boost
Derek Cheng (Herald): Government fast-tracking its free tertiary education campaign promise
Max Towle (Wireless): Breaking down the Government’s plan for tertiary education
ODT: Otago Uni defends fresh job cuts
Tess Nichol (Herald): Students angry about makeup ban at Auckland's Rangitoto College
Auckland
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Ardern and Goff talk Auckland issues: 'We need light rail'
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Targeted rates to help pay for light rail should be considered: Goff
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Jacinda Ardern: I don't support any port expansion
Simon Shepherd (Newshub): Prime Minister against Ports of Auckland harbour expansion
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): New Government bins Auckland's East-West link, after PM meets Mayor
Ella Predergast (Newshub): Ports of Auckland move won't stop development masterplan
Greg Presland: Auckland’s impending environmental crisis
National
Vernon Small (Stuff): National's new-old shadow cabinet stresses continuity - with a dash of mongrel
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom):National’s underwhelming reshuffle
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Bill English warns Labour: 'it's not our job to make this place run'
RNZ: National unveils shadow portfolios
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Labour already a 'brutal' Government - Bill English
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Judith Collins is back: The National Party announces portfolios
Michael Wright (Stuff): Nicky Wagner loses Christchurch rebuild role in National portfolio reshuffle
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): National party member cries foul over Walker's job advertisements
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): National’s portfolio allocations
Stephanie Rodgers (Boots Theory): Do National know they lost?
Māori–focused policies
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Goverment's 100-day plan looks good for Māori
Jo Moir (Stuff): Kelvin Davis too 'conflicted' by Ngāpuhi ancestry to be Minister of Treaty Negotiations
Justice
Frances Cook (Herald): Department of Corrections fights compensation payouts for prisoners
RNZ: Corrections fights compo for prisoners held too long
Greg Presland (Standard): Three strikes law to go
PM visits Christchurch
Charlie Mitchell and Cate Broughton (Press): Cheers and tears for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's first visit to Christchurch
Media
John Drinnan (Herald): First 'The Hobbit', now for the sequel
RNZ: John Campbell named top presenter at global radio awards
John Hartevelt (Stuff): The First Draft: Tracking the start of a Government
Herald: NZME launches new jobs platform YUDU
Gender equality
Nicholas Jones (Herald): World Economic Forum ranks NZ 9th in world on gender equality
Newshub: New Zealand ranks among top ten nations on gender equality – report
Other
CPAG: A New Zealand where all children can flourish: Briefing to incoming ministers
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Staff safety in quake on building owners, employers - law firm
Charles Anderson (Guardian): New Zealand launches biggest ever drive to attract Brexit Britain's builders
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Stop equating market failure with capitalism being a failure
Damian George (Stuff): Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter promises greater focus on road safety
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Wage concerns prompt bus tendering rethink – govt
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Hagaman estate loses appeal against Andrew Little in defamation case
Newshub: Andrew Little wins defamation battle against Hagaman estate
Deena Coster (Stuff): NZs 40-year-old relationship property law under review
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Views on same sex relationships
Cecile Meier (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern does not need advice on baby plans
David Loughrey (ODT): Camper company's website comments 'offensive'
Kirsten Anderson (ODT): The wheels haven't fallen off here - unlike in the US