NZ Politics Daily - 10 November 2017
10 November 2017
Today's content
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Trade
Vernon Small (Stuff): TPP 'agreed in principle' as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arrives in Vietnam
Audrey Young (Herald): We have a deal? TPP 'agreed' as Jacinda Ardern lands for Apec
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Jacinda Ardern: TPP talks ‘down to the wire’
Corin Dann (1News): Winston Peters hits the world stage in group photo with APEC Foreign and Trade ministers in Vietnam
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf):On Ardern’s trade battles at APEC
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern's top priority at Apec will be survival of TPP
Audrey Young (Herald): Make-or-break time for TPP deal
Vernon Small (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern is putting even odds on the Trans-Pacific Partnership getting the tick
Patrick O’Meara (RNZ): 50-50 chance of TPP deal – Ardern
1News: Jacinda Ardern heads to APEC summit for first big test on international stage
Gerald McGhie (Stuff): How our diplomats can come up trumps
Parliament
John Armstrong (1News): Opinion: Ardern needed Peters at her side when National went for the jugular
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Chris Hipkins' Mistake.
Press Editorial: the prime minister's positive way forward
Toby Manhire (Herald): The minister whose homework was eaten by a dog
Jo Moir (Stuff): Question Time: Confusion, chaos and comedy as MPs face-off for first time
Claire Trevett (Herald): Speaker Trevor Mallard's left ear the hero of the Opposition
Jane Clifton (Stuff): More mirth than menace at Parliament's first Question Time
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Parliament gets off to stumbling start
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Jesus, Queen dropped from Parliament prayer
No Right Turn: Progress
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Good innovations from Speaker Mallard
Denis Welch (Opposable thumb):Real thing
Laura Walters (Stuff): Breastfeeding babies in the debating chamber becoming normalized
Holly Walker (Spinoff): I left parliament because I couldn’t be an MP and a mother. This week has given me hope
Government
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Row erupting over level of expert scrutiny on early Government decisions
Mike Hosking (Herald): This government is specialising in window-dressing, not reform
Lindy Laird (Northern Advocate): Acting PM Kelvin Davis expects a bit of stick from Tai Tokerau cousins
Washington Post article on govt
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): The shocking truth: Washington Post reveals the ‘far right agenda’ of the new Labour-led government
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): The Washington Post falls for Ben Mack
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): What Duncan Greive misses and why Ben Mack is National’s best chance of winning 2020
Pete George (Your NZ): Out of whack Mack on the ‘far right’
Winston Peters legal action
1News: Video: Deputy PM Winston Peters stonewalls journalists when grilled over pension leak legal action
Mai Chen (Stuff): No quick resolution in Winston Peters superannuation leak case
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Winston Peters 'not genuine' in coalition talks - Judith Collins
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Peters' attempts to obtain journalists' phone records over leak 'wrong'
Listener: We deserve better than Winston Peters' legal stunt
TOP
RNZ: TOP party candidate told to resign
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Gareth Morgan fires 'pain in the arse' candidate
Stuff: 'You're a pain in the arse - ka kite ano, Gareth'
Laura Walters (Stuff): Gareth Morgan calls TOP candidate 'pain in the a...', tells her to resign
National
Tom Sainsbury (Spinoff): Kiwis of Snapchat: Simon Bridges, opposition MP
Matthew Hooton (Metro): Auckland's National voters were largely immune to Jacindamania
Chris Bishop (Spinoff): Prouder, wealthier, more confident: 10 of the National government’s big achievements
Herald: Paula Bennett impersonator returns with grim 'confession' about Ardern's cat Paddles
Mitch Harris (Radio Live): National Grief Cycle
Environment
RNZ: Govt to block new mining on conservation land
Herald: Minister says no more mines on conservation land
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Mining industry caught off guard by ban
No Right Turn: Orcs not welcome
David Williams (Newsroom): NZ getting close to ‘peak cow’ says Minister
Herald: New Zealand wants to take lead on climate change, minister to tell conference
RNZ: Winter is 30 days shorter, Niwa research finds
Alexia Russell (Newstalk ZB): Peters picking a fight with Japan over whaling
No Right Turn: Are there too many farmers?
Refugees
Herald: Leading Aussies plea with PM Jacinda Ardern to save Manus refugees
RNZ: Manus Island refugees given two days to move
Herald: Amnesty pleads for medical care for about 90 sick Manus Island refugees
Donna Miles Mojab (Herald): Refugees have no need to be grateful
Employment
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Landcorp to pay 1400 workers $2.4m following seven-year pay slip up
RNZ: Working group formed for 'Hobbit law' replacement
Simon Smith (Stuff): Minister Iain Lees-Galloway says replacing Hobbit law will be 'a joint solution'
Reserve Bank and economy
Brian Fallow (Herald) : Why the long faces about the economy?
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): New Government spending will boost NZ economy, says Reserve Bank
Richard Harman (Politik): Reserve Bank doubts Labour's Kiwibuild plans
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): RBNZ wary of Robertson’s jobless target
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teachers, principals worried about restraint rules
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Teacher censured for carrying struggling child
Justin Stevenson (Stuff): Here's why removing tertiary fees will make inequality worse
John Boynton (RNZ): Māori academics gather to present research
Justice and police
Herald Editorial:Pora case strengthens argument for criminal cases review commission
RNZ: Police unveil online alert system for missing children
Housing
RNZ: Hope turns to frustration as homeless men wait for housing
Robin Martin (RNZ): Builders worried best timber sent overseas
John Boynton (RNZ): Tūhoe prepare housing plan for tribe's future
Health
Katie Kenny and Laura Walters (Stuff): Mental health inquiry in 'preliminary stages', minister says
Aaron Leaman and Florence Kerr (Stuff): Waikato DHB won't release Nigel Murray email
Don Rennie (Werewolf): Is It Time To Take ACC Back To First Principles?
Media
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): RNZ television no direct competition to commercial stations, minister says
Phil Pennington (RNZ): New Zealand's television history archive under threat
Tess Nichol (Herald): ASA rules Facebook ad implying Ardern would end child poverty with abortion misleading
Helen Clark
Laura Walters (Stuff): Helen Clark takes job at Global Commission on Drug Policy
Herald: Helen Clark appointed to Global Commission on Drug Policy
RNZ: Clark joins global drug commission
Other
Susan St John (Newsroom): A good start on tackling child poverty
Joel Ineson (Stuff): Renewed calls for Royal Commission into abuse of people in state care
Herald: Minister of Forests Shane Jones targets timber 'shysters'
Andre Chumko (Stuff): Napier City councillors vote against establishing Māori wards
Derek Cheng (Herald): Defence Minister Ron Mark requests briefing on Hit & Run issues
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Shutter buildings that miss quake deadline – investor
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): 'We are never going to let the memories of our unique tribe fade'
Deborah Coddington (Spinoff): Book of the Week: The wild life and times of ex-junkie, ex-Green MP, constant hero Sue Bradford