NZ Politics Daily - 7 November 2017
7 November 2017
Today's content
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AUS-NZ relations and Manus refugee crisis
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On Ardern’s refugee non-deal
Grant Bayldon (Spinoff): Seeking asylum is a legal right. Could somebody tell Mike Hosking?
Jessie Anne Dennis (Spinoff): Words are cheap. Now Ardern must take real action to save the Manus Island refugees
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Australia: Seeing What We Have To See.
Brent Edwards (RNZ): Manus Island refugees: Jacinda Ardern likely to come under more pressure to do more
Herald Editorial: New PM does well in first outing
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Trans-Tasman tension gives way to smiles
No Right Turn: Rolling over for Australia
RNZ: Emergency exposes Manus Island healthcare deficit
Newstalk ZB: Manus Island asylum seekers losing hope after Australia rejects NZ offer
Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Australians will be entitled to a free year of tertiary education in New Zealand
Laura Walters (Stuff): NZ taxpayers shouldn't be paying for Australians' education, Bill English says
1News: 'It's only fair if we respond' - Australian tertiary policy to triple Kiwi fees stuck in Senate
Trade and international relations
Vernon Small (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern seeking TPP concessions at first appearance on international stage
Jane Kelsey (Herald): Signing TPPA-11 would break Labour's word
Jane Kelsey (Daily Blog): Jacinda says ISDS is a dog. So let’s put it down
Catherine Beard (Herald): New Government needs to land TPP
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Trade deal 'top of mind' at APEC
Alexia Russell (Newstalk ZB): Jacinda Ardern picks EU over Russia in trade talks
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Russia free trade agreement not the priority: PM
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): German President and NZ Prime Minister discuss trade and science opportunities
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): German President touches down in New Zealand for high-level meetings
Craig Hoyle (Stuff): Meet Boots, New Zealand's 'Depcatty High Commissioner' in London
Parliament
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Simon Bridges thinks that Simon Bridges is eroding parliamentary democracy
Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Despite Simon Bridges' idiocy, does he have a point on overall (subject) select committee membership?
Richard Harman (Politik): Bridges planning to logjam Parliament
RNZ: Select committee changes 'anti-democratic' - Bill English
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Battle brewing over select committee cuts
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour freezing National MPs out of select committees
No Right Turn: Hypocrisy all round
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Labour and National spat over MP representation
Nicholas Jones (Herald): National clashes with Labour: 'erosion of democratic rights'
Laura Walters (Stuff): National calls Government's plans for select committee 'undemocratic'
Liam Hehir (Stuff): National should avoid being too negative too early
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Parliament will now be in session and Labour should not expect an easy ride
Phil Smith (RNZ): The Commission Opening: What to expect
Herald: Parliament opens: Guide to the week's ceremony
1News: MPs to be sworn in, Speaker elected as 52nd Parliament opens
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): The political week ahead - 6 November 2017
Paid Parental Leave
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirms paid parental leave increased to 26 weeks by 2020
Ellen Read and Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Paid parental leave to increase to 26 weeks
RNZ: Parental leave increase 'right thing to do' – PM
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern commits to extending paid parental leave by a month
Newshub: Parent advocates applaud 26-week leave Bil
Herald: Paid parental leave: Dad leaves job after snarky comments
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Fears over extended paid parental leave for small businesses
Newshub: National does U-turn on paid parental leave
Government
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Wellington Mayor 'not losing sleep' over Government relocation pledge
Jo Moir (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern is taking the government back to Waitangi after a two year hiatus
Colin Williams (Stuff): Hipkins looks to change for the better
Katee Shanks (Rotorua Daily Post): Waiariki MP Tamati Coffey confident ahead of maiden speech
Jared Nicoll (Stuff): New minister Kris Faafoi wants more compassion for the vulnerable
David Farrar (KIwiblog): What sort of poll boost should the new Government get?
Claire Trevett (Herald): Greens meeting to set election date to replace Metiria Turei as woman co-leader
Herald: Ever wondered what the Prime Minister's office looks like?
Clarke Gayford (Spinoff): Nothing is different, everything is different: Clarke Gayford on his first days as first gent
Herald: DNA detectives delve into Jacinda Ardern's family tree
Whananui Chronicle: Jacinda Ardern as Mona Lisa wins Mangaweka art competition
Tax
Colin James (ODT): Tax will be the ultimate reform test
Ric Stevens (Press): Paradise Papers show tax dodgers will be found out
RNZ:IRD works with international agencies on tax haven leak
Greg Presland (Standard): Paradise lost
Education
Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): Low decile schools have double the trouble hiring staff
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Govt funding inadequate, principals say
Herald: High stress levels, not enough funding and staff struggles, NZCER report finds
Jo Moir (Stuff): Education minister to review all charter schools after threatening some with closure
Employment
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): More labour inspectors: a return to the past?
Mike Hosking (Herald): Why pay parity doesn't work in sport
Newstalk ZB: Living wage advocates praising govt decision
Health
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): Health authority in Ronald McDonald damage control
Bronwyn Howell (Newsroom): Reducing GP fees not so simple
Nikki Preston (Herald): Mumps outbreak: Vaccination catch-up campaign floated for 10-29 year-olds
Newswire: Govt warned not to ask for DHB resignations
Hawke’s Bay Today: Hastings Health Centre offers free visits for under-18s
Pike River
Sam Strong (Press): Families of Pike River victims says Government is 'on the same page' with them over mine re-entry
Ryan Boswel (1News): 'This is important to all NZ' – Govt must make amends for handling of Pike River aftermath, says Andrew Little
Benedict Collins (NRZ): Andrew Little meets Pike River families
Herald: Pike River families meet with Andrew Little over possible re-entry
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Pike River families put faith in Andrew Little
Guy Fawkes
Bruce Munro (ODT): A place for peace
ODT Editorial: Do we really need Guy Fawkes?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): In defence of Guy Fawkes – let’s take it back for the Activist Left
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Why New Zealand should consider ditching Guy Fawkes for Matariki
Justice
Herald: Gang influence in prisons in Corrections Minister's sights after string of serious assaults
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Good and bad ways to reduce the prison population
David Garrett (Stuff): Why Labour wants to repeal 'three strikes'
Environment
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Dairy farming critic Alison Dewes appointed Landcorp environment head
Lyn Webster (Stuff): Cows not the only dirty things finding their way into rivers
Ged Cann (Stuff): Endangered hawksbill turtle dies after eating 106 pieces of plastic
Immigration
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Immigration public counter closures sparks warning
Sophie Christie (Telegraph): New Zealand looks to woo thousands of British bricklayers in lead up to Brexit
Maori Party
Herald: Tuku Morgan's resignation as Maori Party president turned down
Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ellipsister): It’s looking like a rewind not a reset
Housing
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Amateur property investment is 'going to disappear', but could be a good thing, say experts
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour threatens land confiscation
Defence
Newshub: No auto-renewal for Kiwis in Iraq – PM
Laura Walters (Stuff): Defence chiefs from NZ, Australia and UK discuss countering violent extremism
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Taxpayers have forked out for 99 courts martial to be held in the past 17 years
Other
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Controversial data-for-funding plan scrapped
Adriana Weber (RNZ): Daughter forced to forgo mum's funeral, says she had 'no support'
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Gareth Morgan is shutting down the Morgan Foundation to double down on TOP
Newshub: David Seymour finds euthanasia hope in Australia
Don Rowe (Spinoff): ‘The battle now is with ourselves’: Tūhoe declare war on drug dependence
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Wellington council still owed $50k from failed fashion week