NZ Politics Daily - 20 November 2017
20 November 2017
Today's content
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Manus Island and refugees
Richard Harman (Politik): Ardern’s risky new foreign policy
RNZ: NZ, Aus officials have had 'conversations' over Manus
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Not Quite An Act Of War: Analysing Australia’s Push-Back Against Jacinda’s Manus Island Outreach
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Best mates don't pick fights
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Why Australia makes us look good
1News: Manus Island: 'It's as simple as doing the right thing'– PM
Laura Walters (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern: It's more important to do what's right than what's popular
Herald: Ardern 'not dissuaded' on Manus stand, despite upsetting Australia
RNZ: Immigration NZ backs vetting over Manus resettlement
RNZ: Manus refugees reject allegations of criminal activities
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): New Zealand's dangerous moral high ground on Manus Island
John Roughan (Herald): Manus Island: Kiwis are not busybodies
Mei Heron (RNZ): NZ refugee offer stands, despite new allegations
Benjamin Robinson-Drawbridge (RNZ): Australia accused of medical negligence on Manus Island
Newshub: New Zealand refugee offer a future possibility - Malcolm Turnbull
1News: 'It's a possibility' - Aussie PM changes harsh tune on NZ's Manus Island refugee offer
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): A leak and a warning: Australia's bloody diplomacy
Herald: Australia says NZ offer over Manus Island refugees a 'waste of money'
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Activists occupy Jacinda Ardern's office over Manus Island refugee crisis
Corin Dann (1News): 'There's an enormous need' – NZ following 'diplomatic channels' on Myanmar crisis
Craig Hoyle (Stuff): Accused in the deaths of 353 asylum seekers, Maythem Radhi faces extradition
International relations
Ella Prendergast (Newshub): NZ ready to step in over North Korea - Jacinda Ardern
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: North Korea is a 'real threat'
Corin Dann (1News): Full video: Jacinda Ardern returns from first trip as PM having raised contentious issues
Corin Dann (1News): 'Yes I do take a different perspective' – Jacinda Ardern on being a young leader on the international stage
Newshub: New Zealand can do more on nuclear issue - Jacinda Ardern
Robert Patman (Noted): How should New Zealand tackle rising tensions in Asia-Pacific and Europe?
Laura Walters (Stuff): US Ambassador Scott Brown on representing the US, Donald Trump, and life in NZ
Newshub: NZ Govt stepped in over Peru's military jet flyover
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern retorts to Donald Trump: 'No one marched when I was elected'
Don Franks (Redline): Marching for Jacinda
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern's war stories from APEC with Donald Trump and Winston Peters
Newshub: Did Donald Trump really think Jacinda Ardern was Justin Trudeau's wife?
Herald: Did Trump mistake Jacinda for Justin Trudeau's wife?
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): ‘You’ve done well for yourself’: Did Trump mistake Jacinda Ardern for Trudeau’s wife?
Newshub: Trump thought Jacinda Ardern was Justin Trudeau's wife - Tom Sainsbury
John Drinnan (ZagZigger): NZ “Asleep At Wheel” over Chinese Whispers
Government
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): A report card on Labour’s first month
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Genter, Little & Twyford follow Jacinda’s leadership – so why am I still nervous about new Government?
Jo Moir (Stuff): Labour has a problem - the trainwreck of acting prime minister Kelvin Davis
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Kelvin trainwreck
Claire Trevett (Herald): Return of Jacinda Ardern a relief for Coalition Red
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Talk is cheap in Opposition - walking the walk can be costly
Herald: Greens seeking concessions is 'no big deal' – Shaw
Claire Trevett (Herald): Andrew Little: The Renaissance Man
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Settling In: How Was The Last Labour-Led Government Doing Two Months Out From Election Day?
Herald: Raymond Huo says he was falsely accused of corruption & criminal record
Parliament
Stuff: Below the Beltway: Who's up and who's down in politics this week?
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Parliament's weird first week
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Select Committee memberships
Health
Stacey Kirk and Laura Walters (Stuff): More than $150,0000 spent on mysterious 'Election 2017 project' by drug lobby group
RNZ: Nearly a third of adult NZers now considered obese
Press Editorial: NZ smoking less, but getting fatter and sadder
Warwick Brunton (ODT): Put people’s health above party politics
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Rising depression and anxiety among Kiwi youths
Ella Prendergast (Newshub): New Zealand's suicide rates will rise - Mike King
Kelly Dennett (Herald): Coroner criticises Ministry after teen let down by carers
RNZ: Weedkiller chemicals linked to antibiotic resistance
Herald Editorial: DHB boss must explain himself
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): DHB boss spent half the year travelling on taxpayers
RNZ: Nearly $150k spent on Waikato DHB investigation
Herald: Former PM Helen Clark asks if dental care should be a basic right
Cherie Howie (Herald): Youth smoking rates plummet - Ministry of Health figures
RNZ: Huge drop in number of NZ teens smoking
RNZ: Push for respite facilities to have trained doctors
Herald: Pricing floor for alcohol would punish responsible drinkers – Govt
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): False UV protection claims not good enough for sunbathers
Lucy Swinnen (Stuff): Terminally ill Kiwis to have their say on euthanasia
Graham Adams (Noted): Euthanasia referendum: Are opponents afraid of what the public might decide?
Housing
Jessica Mutch (1News): Watch: 'We inherited a mess' – Phil Twyford outlines how Labour-led govt will build 27 houses a day
Laura Walters (Stuff): Housing Minister Phil Twyford doubles Labour's pre-election promise of extra state houses
Herald: Phil Twyford wants to double number of state homes Govt has promised to build
1News: Waiting list for state houses continues to grow, hitting 7300
Liam Dann (Herald): Good news, there's a property slump!
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): The debt that banking owes the housing market
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): House valuations are out this week and everyone's a winner, right?
Mike Hosking (Herald): Paying rates based on the value of our house is insane
Lydia Lewis (Newshub): Auckland's housing problem puts pressure on rural towns
Herald Editorial: Next move on housing hard call for Govt
RNZ: Foreign buyer ban 'not going to be the panacea'
RNZ: Twyford not worried about Chinese real estate promo
Julie Iles (Stuff): Chinese website pushes NZ house sales ahead of Government crackdown
Ged Cann (Stuff): Wellington could be heading for its worst rental crisis ever, property experts warn
Dianna Vezich (Newshub): Auckland homeowners may have rates rise as property values skyrocket
Todd Niall (RNZ): Revaluations set to rock Goff's rates rhetoric
Environment
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Fonterra’s climate change fudge
The Economist: Dairy farming is polluting New Zealand’s water
RNZ: Economist blames cows for state of NZ's rivers and lakes
Nathan Ross (Newsroom): Climate migrants will need more than ‘dignity’
Newshub: NZ eyes climate refugee visa
Herald: Shaw to UN conference: NZ now a leader in climate change
Laura Walters (Stuff): New Zealand tells the world of its plan to join the fight against climate change
RNZ: Greenpeace issues warning to seismic survey ship
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Greenpeace wants to increase global emissions
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Predator Free 2050 goal needs 'reality check' - Conservation Minister
Paid Parental Leave
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern 'likes' National's shared parental leave policy
Herald: Paid parental leave for fathers likely next year – Ardern
Dominion Post Editorial: Labour should accept National's parental leave idea
Emile Donovan (RNZ): Calls for partner-specific paid parental leave
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Pathetic, petty and poor form, Labour. Dads matter too
Narelle Henson (Waikato Times): Opportunity missed to recognise value of fathers
Education
Jonathon Howe (Stuff): School's free education stance hinges on a political promise
Jo Moir (Stuff): Previous government left $37.5m teacher shortage 'funding hole', education minister says
John Gerritsen (RNZ): English schools fear loss of work visas for students
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): International student industry 'not a tap that can be easily turned on and off'
Child welfare
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Children’s Commissioner: NZ’s second chance for Māori
RNZ: Former foster children demand Royal Commission of Inquiry
Newshub: Al Jazeera reports on NZ's 'quiet genocide'
Inequality and poverty
Brian Easton (Pundit): Reducing Child Poverty
Ged Cann (Stuff): Growing demand for food parcels shows poverty is on the rise, Salvation Army says
Dominic Harris (Press): Rise in working people relying on charities for food as living costs soar
Tess Nichol (Herald): Christmas a financial burden for too many struggling Kiwis, Salvation Army says
Business and economy
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Politically biased business confidence
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): A ‘goldilocks’ economy for 2018
Brian Fallow (Herald): Nothing radical, we're the RBNZ
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Amazon tax a swamp for all
Taroi Black (Māori TV): PM Jacinda Ardern says Labour wants to fulfill Māori economic aspirations
Ngāpuhi treaty settlement
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Ngāpuhi stand-off: Little changes could yield big results
RNZ: Hundreds of Ngāpuhi turn out for hui with Little
RNZ: Little hopeful of Ngāpuhi progress by Waitangi Day
Farming
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Whangarei poultry farm under investigation after animal activists expose 'shocking' treatment of hens
Gemma Coombe (Newshub): Activists' disturbing footage from chicken farm break-in
Ryan Dunlop (Stuff): Further 1000 Mycoplasma Bovis cattle to be culled in South Canterbury
Road toll
Philippa Tolley (RNZ): Insight: Death on the Roads
Laura Walters (Stuff): Government considers fixing local roads to tackle an escalating road toll
Newshub: Road safety a priority for new government
Adam Hollingworth (Newshub): Crisis meeting as road toll hits a grim milestone
RNZ: Fatal crash means 2017 road toll now tops last year's total
Mitch McCann (Newshub): Road safety classes combat deadly road toll
Pike River
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern accepts Pike River re-entry danger
Michael Daly (Stuff): Risk could scupper re-entering Pike River mine
RNZ: Pike River families get keys to mine gate on 7th anniversary
Laura Walters (Stuff): Minister hands Pike River families the key to the mine access road
Herald: Pike River families to be given keys to mine gate
Claire Trevett (Herald): Andrew Little: No 'absolute guarantee' of Pike River Mine re-entry
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Mining personal grief for political ends
TOP
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): Never mind Donald Trump – Gareth Morgan is NZ's own 'grumpy grandpa'
Newshub: The Opportunities Party to remain a 'rowdy disruptor'
NZ Music Awards
Tom Sainsbury (Spinoff): Cindy, Ella and me: Paula Bennett on her turn at the New Zealand Music Awards
Hussein Moses (Wireless): Lorde and Jacinda Ardern gave us the defining moment of the NZ Music Awards
Other
Mei Heron (RNZ): America's Cup bases short-listed to three
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): 'On $20 an hour, I'd be the happiest woman in the world'
Dan Satherley (Newshub): New Zealand 'high-risk' for almost every natural disaster possible
RNZ: Revealed: Five Auckland high-rises found to have combustible cladding
David Chaston (Interest): Can behavioural economics explain our change of direction? New Gallup data points to a possible reason; the proportion of the country 'struggling' has been on the rise
Ian Telfer (RNZ): Flat-rate $2 bus fares a Queenstown 'game-changer'
Herald Editorial: Malcolm Turnbull is failing to give Australians a sense of direction
John Boynton (RNZ): Iwi backs water bottling industry for Murupara
Leah Damm (RNZ): Shock, horror: Into Ōtāhuhu revelry with a toddler
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Science funding too unpredictable - GNS head
Ellen Read (Stuff): Whistleblowers are cool, we need more of them
Paul Little (Herald): If you want a conversation, forget Twitter, try talking