NZ Politics Daily - 13 November 2017
13 November 2017
Today's content
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Trade and international relations
Audrey Young (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern's diplomacy skills set to be tested in second summit in Manila
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): The fight for multilateral trade
Audrey Young (Herald): Trump's war of words over Asia Pacific
Newshub: What Donald Trump's Asia-Pacific 'dream' means for NZ
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters talks Chinese fugitives with China's foreign minister
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters backs corruption drive, avoids criticism during China meeting
Vernon Small (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern passes Apec test
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Exporters welcome revamped TPP, critics have doubts
RNZ: TPP critics unmoved by new negotiation wins
1News: Labour-led Government strongly defends controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership deal
Richard Harman (Politik): Labour Party on side with new TPP - so far
Ric Stevens (Press) Editorial: CPTPP a shadow of its former TPP self
Herald Editorial: So near yet so far on TPP
Jane Kelsey (Daily Blog): Labour largely endorses National’s TPPA, but it’s not all over. What now?
Lynn Prentice (Standard): TPP: A slight improvement but deservedly still a zombie
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern to talk tough at East Asia Summit
Patrick O’Meara (RNZ): Rebranded TPP still on track to be concluded
Vernon Small (Stuff): Renamed TPP 'a damned sight better', could be in place in a few months
Audrey Young (Herald): Ardern's Apec a mix of highly political and deeply personal
Audrey Young (Herald): TPP not dead but needs more work – PM
Vernon Small (Stuff): Trans-Pacific Partnership: 11 trade ministers reach deal to keep deal alive
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern helps keep TPP alive
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): New TPP text brings change, outstanding issues
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): New name, hope for TPP after Canada returns to talks
1News: Jacinda Ardern says TPP
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Why is the Trans Pacific Partnerhip Agreement back on the table?
RNZ: TPP deal revived once more, 20 provisions suspended
Jonathan Milne (SST): Is it alive? Is it dead? The TPP has become the zombie trade deal
Greg Presland (Standard): The TPP11 negotiations: ISDS provisions are gone – almost
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Jacinda dodges a TPPA bullet – elites search for next economic trigger to sabotage new Government
Steven Cowan (Against the current): Jane Kelsey: The TPP deal remains toxic
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern snapped with Donald Trump at Apec as leaders don blue shirts
Stuff: TPP nations 'have made good progress' on deal, no-show 'a misunderstanding'
Herald: TPP deal has not sunk yet: Core elements of deal agreed, more work to be done
Herald: 'Life will go on without TPP' David Parker says
Audrey Young (Herald): 'Silly shirts' and Kiwi wine at Apec dinner
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern, Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump together at Apec
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern shakes Donald Trump's hand
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Winston Peters meets Vladimir Putin
Branko Marcetic (Spinoff): The TPP v climate change: are they compatible?
Alan Bollard (Asia Media Centre): Anti-globalisation, digital trade among challenges for APEC
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Final-stage stutter an ill omen for TPP
Patrick O’Meara (RNZ): No one ever said trade deals were easy
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): No TPP glory for Trump
Vernon Small (Stuff): Trans-Pacific Partnership talks collapse after Canada pulls out of trade deal
Audrey Young (Herald): No deal: How the TPP talks collapsed
Audrey Young (Herald): Trans-Pacific Partnership hitch: TPP talks 'postponed' after Canada no-show
Audrey Young (Herald): The TPP done deal that turned out not to be
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): TPP talks collapse at final hurdle
Herald:TPP agreement ends in 'misunderstanding'
Herald: Bill English: Govt should keep trying for TPP
RNZ: Beef and Lamb confident TPP will get tick
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): TPP11 looks to be a go
Vernon Small (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern appears to be in fine form despite Apec's frenetic pace
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Ardern changes NZ tone on foreign stage
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern: It's my responsibility to lead on climate change
Stuff: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's surprise gift from Vietnam
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Facebook boss' feminist gift for Ardern
Lisa Owen (BBC): Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand's female PM takes on Apec
Herald: Ardern breaks the Apec mould - young, liberal, gay-friendly
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): New Zealand wins WTO appeal for profitable beef access in Indonesia
RNZ: Indonesia to drop NZ import restrictions
Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): Why New Zealand Is REALLY Under Pressure Over Russian Trade From Atlanticists With An Agenda
Parliament
Claire Trevett (Herald): Mallard's worst slip his wardrobe malfunction
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Lighter moments mask dark beginnings at Parliament's mad tea party
Southland Times Editorial: Mallard making decisions above his pray grade
Matthew Whitehead (Standard): The House’s Man
Stuff: Parliament prayer changes - no more Queen or Jesus
Herald: Politicians look at dropping God from Parliament's opening prayer
Jo Moir (Stuff): The new government has failed to get the basics right
Peter McKenzie (Newsroom): One big step for a female-friendly Parliament
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Red faces all around for Labour
Stuff: Below the Beltway: Who's up and who's down in politics this week?
Philip Matthews (Stuff): Week in review: putting women and children first
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How National destroy the new Government through Select Committees over the next 3 years
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Greenpeace says only lobbyists they like should be allowed swipe cards
Herald: Top Wellington restaurant Logan Brown coming to Beehive in catering contract
Child welfare
Simon Collins (Herald): Reducing child poverty: How will Jacinda Ardern do it?
Simon Collins (Herald): Labour will lift benefits to highest level in real terms for at least 37 years
Herald Editorial: Poor children need more than money
Herald: Welfare should be viewed through 'child impact lens' – Minister
Brian Easton (Pundit): How to Have More Coherent and Directed Child Policy and Support Services
RNZ: Govt should apologise to state care abuse victims – minister
Government
John Roughan (Herald): Why Jacinda Ardern won't be fooling herself
Derek Cheng (Herald): Gangs, disability and beating cancer shape new MP's views
Jo Moir (Stuff): Nanaia Mahuta: First Māori woman to be Māori development minister but 'won't be the last'
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): A Government of Controversy
Duncan Garner (Stuff): New Government places pragmatism over principles - fair play
Kerre McIvor (Herald): More time for parents, babies is good for everybody
RNZ: Peters case 'can be described as heavy handed'
Alister Browne (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern's Mona Lisa makeover
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): The mysteriously silent Jacinda Ardern Twitter account
Washington Post story on govt
Michael Daly (Stuff): Washington Post contributor says in NZ 'real power lies with the far right'
David Slack (Stuff): That's not a tiki torch, it's a tiki
Greg Presland (Standard): Can Ben Mack please make his mind up
Manus Island refugee crisis
RNZ: Robertson: 'we can help' in Manus
Vernon Small (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern steps up pressure on Malcolm Turnbull over refugee offer
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Anzac relations strained over Manus crisis
RNZ: PM wants another meeting with Turnbull over Manus
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern lashes Australia over treatment of Manus Island refugees
Jo Moir (Stuff): Gerry Brownlee warns PM to have a 'degree of respect' for Australia's predicament
Abbas Nazari (Spinoff): As a Tampa refugee, I have seen first-hand the impact when NZ takes moral leadership
Anna Cody and Maria Nawaz (The Conversation): UN slams Australia’s human rights record
Environment
Herald: Delay in monitoring won't see more dead dolphins – Minister
RNZ: Delay in plan to fit cameras on fishing boats
RNZ: Nitrates stored in rocks 'nail in coffin' for artificial fertilizers
RNZ: Livestock to blame for 19% of global warming – study
Laura Walters (Stuff): Ministers meet with Pope to discuss climate change in the Pacific
Rob Stock (Stuff): Oil on the fire: How the oil and mining debate turned into a slagging match
Employment
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Answering right-wing dogmas against increasing the minimum wage
Brent Edwards (RNZ): 'Hobbit law' change vindication for late union leader
Belinda McCammon (RNZ): Insight: NZ's tourism workforce - imported or homegrown?
Paddles
Herald: One final tweet as Paddles, First Cat of New Zealand, becomes 'stardust'
Herald Editorial: The First Cat of NZ will be missed
Greens
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Greens announce contest to elect new co-leader in new year
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Who will be Greens female co-leader?
1News: Green MP Chloe Swarbrick nabs hefty education portfolio
Media
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Reconsidering the rights and wrongs of copying
RNZ: Govt to look into TVNZ chief exec's pay bump
RNZ: Pay rise for TVNZ CEO called 'unconscionable'
Matthew Theunissen (Herald): TVNZ boss gets big pay bump despite profit fall
Stuff: TVNZ boss gets big bonus as broadcaster reveals its figures
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Putting NZ TV online: When is a target not a target?
Transport and road safety
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Sweden model could reduce NZ road deaths – researcher
RNZ: Three hundred police pursuits a month – review
Felicity Reid (North Shore Times): Increases in both public transport trips and car ownership in Auckland
Phillipa Yalden (Stuff): Government addresses concerns of transport industry
Health
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Clean air, but we can’t breathe
David Fisher (Herald): Break The Silence: New Health Minister pledges change on youth suicide
David Fisher (Herald): New Health Minister David Clark on youth suicide: We have a problem and we need to talk about it
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): First concerns about Nigel Murray's expenses raised 19 months before investigation
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Nigel Murray spent taxpayer money championing an American virtual health model
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): State Services Commission launches high-level probe into former Waikato DHB chief's expenses
Stuff: State Services Commission to investigate ex-Waikato DHB boss Nigel Murray
RNZ: Kids barely venturing from home – study
John Boynton (RNZ): Data sovereignty: New global guidelines for indigenous health
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Rotten teeth extractions reveal growth in child poverty, dentists say
Mike Hosking (Herald): Macca's doesn't deserve the treatment it's getting
Priyanca Radhakrishnan mugged
RNZ: Newly elected MP mugged in broad daylight
Harrison Christian and Amanda Saxton (Stuff): Labour MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan mugged in broad daylight in Auckland
Education
Simon Collins (Herald): Mid-life adults join teens in rush for free tertiary education
Martine Udahemuka (Spinoff): How the new education minister can treat school leaders fairly
TOP
Don Rowe (Spinoff): ‘Another day where it feels embarrassing to be associated with TOP’: the email which enraged Morgan
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): Moggy mugger Gareth Morgan ponders TOP's election failure
Herald: Candidate resigns as 'flippant and brutal' email from TOP leader sent to more candidates
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Gareth bites candidate
Nadine Higgins (Stuff): Gareth Morgan has a Twitter cat-astrophe
Jane Bowron (Stuff): Putting the wind up Gareth Morgan after ill-timed Paddles the cat comments
Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of the PM and that guy from TOP
Data collection and privacy
No Right Turn: More good riddance
Jan Logie (Green Blog): Hooray – a victory for privacy!
Newswire: National warns Government not to scrap it's data collection policy
Other
Jo Moir (Stuff): Marama Fox and Te Ururoa Flavell remain co-leaders of the Māori Party, for now
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): Last chance for redemption
Johnny Moore (Stuff): Watch out, tax-dodging Queen, the revolution is coming
Paul McBeth (Herald): SFO ends four-year Zespri investigation with no charges
Rowan Simpson (Spinoff): The problem with the way government backs business in 2017