NZ Politics Daily - 27 November 2017
27 November 2017
Today's content
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Tax Review
Dominion Post Editorial: Michael Cullen is not an independent tax expert
RNZ: Tax review head Cullen has 'huge integrity'
David Hargreaves (Interest): The Tax Working Group may yet surprise us, but its brief appears to be a disappointingly shallow and aimed at achieving narrowly-defined outcomes
Ellen Read (Stuff): Tax is a subject close to all our hearts - here's what I hope the tax review will do
John Minto (Daily Blog): Michael Cullen and New Zealand workers
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Tax working group a 'load of bollocks' - Judith Collins
RNZ: Farmers want say in government's tax review
Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): “It’s Not Hypocrisy When We Do It” – The National Party’s All-Out Attack On Michael Cullen Chairing Labour’s Tax Working Group
Government
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Kiwis left in dark over secret document
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Get over the silly gossip, there's work to be done
Claire Trevett (Herald): One month in: How are Labour and Jacinda Ardern tracking?
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): How the Government's tracking on its 100-day plan
Claire Trevett (Herald): Helen Clark, Michael Cullen and cries of 'nanny state' return
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Criticise Jacinda Ardern at your peril
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Telling Apec tale of Trump's Trudeau confusion won't harm Ardern in long run
RNZ: Kiwis optimistic as Aussies down in the dumps
Jo Moir (Stuff): Labour's campaign manager on how party turned things around in just eight weeks
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): First with the Goss
Anthony Hubbard (Stuff): National Portrait: Kelvin Davis - Minister of Sunshine
Stuff: Below the Beltway: The week in politics
National
Jo Moir (Stuff): Bill English needs to be more visible if he's serious about staying on as leader
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Simon Bridges winning race to be next National leader
Newshub: Is Judith Collins plotting to roll Bill English?
Ryan Bridge (Newshub):'Life goes on': Bill English not crying over election results
Newsub: Nick Smith claims National won the election
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Nonsense story
Stuff: National Party hopes all is not lost with Lose Yourself, as it files appeal
Katie Bradford (1News): National Party appeals verdict in 'EminemEsque' music case
Philip Chandler (Mountain Scene): Former MP Todd Barclay returns to resort
Pike River
NZ Herald editorial: Dropping Pike River charges was a disgrace
John Armstrong (Herald): Andrew Little's real Pike River role is to let the families down gently
1News: 'Chequebook justice' not OK in NZ, says Pike River lawyer
Housing
Michael Daly (Stuff): Housing review will show what needs to be targeted, Jacinda Ardern says
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Housing stocktake just smoke and mirrors – Nats
Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): Housing Minister Phil Twyford commissions housing crisis report
1News: Government asks outside experts to assess New Zealand's housing issue
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Flat to falling market means commissioned housing report not needed: National
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Opposition slams 'independent' housing review as a panel to justify 'radical' housing policy
Economy
RNZ: Workers' share of national income shrinks
Press Editorial: The winds of economic change are blowing
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): For third year in a row, New Zealanders spending more than they earn
Parliament
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): National burying Parliament in 'spam' – Hipkins
Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Questions, but no answers, with thanks to David Simon for opening my eyes
Nicholas Jones (Herald): National denies questions are 'Parliamentary spam mail'
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Labour promised transparency in Government, but they seem to be buckling on that early
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Crying a river over Parliamentary written questions
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Hipkins crying over what he used to do
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): National single-handedly lifting parliamentary productivity
Greg Presland (Standard): National spams the Beehive
Damien Grant (Stuff): Waka jumpers should be free to take the leap
1News: 'Who are you praying to?' - Decision to remove Jesus from parliamentary prayer proves divisive
Immigration and refugees
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): The immigration tightrope – a U-turn is risky, pressing on riskier for Government
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Would-be migrants with skills needed in the regions targeted
Paul Taylor (ODT): Hundreds march to support family
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): Queenstown rallies in support of family facing deportation to Sri Lanka
Rachel Graham (RNZ): Family facing deportation overwhelmed by community support
Rachel Smalley (Herald): NZ's immigration policy - you're welcome, until you get sick
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reaffirms pledge to take Manus Island refugees
1News: Watch: Jacinda Adern insists Australia's approval imperative before taking Manus Island refugees
1News: Watch: 'We are broken, terrified' – Manus Island refugees plead for New Zealand's help
Herald: Pauline Hanson takes a swipe at Jacinda Ardern over Manus Island
No Right Turn: Manus needs a rescue flotilla
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): Decision on whether to extradite alleged people-smuggler at crux of refugee debate
Employment
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Biggest labour law changes in generation
RNZ: Tank blast death: 'I hope this never happens to another family'
Joanna Mathers (Herald): Praise for tackling gender pay gap
Catherine Harris (Stuff): NZ law ill-prepared for gig economy, professor says
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Restraint reporting too detailed, but vital – teachers
Brad Flahive (Stuff): Kiwi girls outperform boys according to OECD study
RNZ: PM rejects criticism of student allowance policy
Herald: Trump's Kiwi adviser Chris Liddell donates $450,000 to Auckland University
RNZ: Taranaki polytech expects $2.4 million deficit
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Med students want new govt to lift loan cap
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Free tertiary study with allowance increase: recipe for a rort, warns National
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Higher student allowances and free study easy money for unemployed – National
John Roughan (Herald): Free tuition is a recipe for academic decline
Ged Cann (Stuff): Almost half of Victoria University students have poor emotional wellbeing
Environment
Andrew Wright (Stuff): Fact checking Greenpeace and the oil industry on seismic surveys
RNZ: Greenpeace wants PM to stop exploration off Taranaki coast
Newshub: Greenpeace calls on Govt to stop oil ship
Sally Rae (ODT): EPA chief scientist says irrigation good for environment
Maja Burry (RNZ): Hoiho population falls to record low
Grant Bradley (Herald): Air New Zealand to take lead in tree planting programme to offset carbon
No Right Turn: Climate change: A good question
Health
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Chairman admits DHB failures on expenses
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Pressure mounts for Waikato DHB chairman to step down
Karen Brown (RNZ): Audit reveals extent of former DHB boss' travel spend
RNZ: 'Action' threatened if DHB spending report not released
No Right Turn: There's a word for this
RNZ: More than 500 failures in hospitals in the past year
Lee Umbers (Herald): Plans for Ronald McDonald House at Middlemore reviewed
Herald on Sunday Editorial: DHBs give too much say to health ideologues - Herald on Sunday
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): HoS on public health officials
Narelle Henson (Waikato Times): No such thing as a free lunch, or dental care
ODT Editorial: Healthy progress for men
Poverty and inequality
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern to seek National's support on child poverty law
Newstalk ZB: Labour and National clash on child poverty
Greg Presland (Standard): Labour to seek consensus over child poverty
Spinoff: Energy poverty is real in New Zealand. I’ve been there.
Media
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): RNZ TV like the sweater grandma knitted you for Xmas
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Outcry foils Tony Veitch's TV comeback
Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of Jack Tame
Te Reo Māori
Shannon Haunui-Thompson (RNZ): Kia ora from RNZ
Emma Espiner (Newsroom): The threat of Te Reo
RNZ: South Island iwi up for Māori Language Award
Dave Witherow (ODT): Haere mai? Everything is far from ka pai!
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Paper responds to 'racist' te reo column complaints
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Free speech matters, in any language
Megan Gattey (Stuff): 'This is New Zealand, get used to it': Dame Susan Devoy
Glen MConnell (Stuff): How to know if you're racist: Hot tip, saying 'native' is a good sign you are
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): All praise the defenders of te reo
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): We’ve found it: the worst column of 2017
Auckland and America’s Cup
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): No free lunch when putting on a sports event
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Jacinda Ardern says in 'everyone's best interest' next America's Cup is held in NZ
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): Whatever happened to ‘not one more metre’? Council approves huge wharf extensions
Todd Niall (RNZ: Dual Auckland wharf decisions hope to create jobs
Transport
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Energy Minister demands fuel study findings 'as soon as possible'
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Rail has saved New Zealand $1.5 billion a year, study shows
RNZ: Report places value of rail at $1.5bn
International relations and trade
Richard Harman (Politik): Another test of the trans Tasman relationship
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Kiwis' access to the UK won't worsen after Brexit: Fox
Nicholas Jones (Herald): UK trade secretary Liam Fox to visit NZ
Philip Matthews (Stuff): Academic Anne-Marie Brady confronts the power of China
Leslie Bravery (Daily Blog): Is Winston changing tack?
White Ribbon and Destiny Church
Anna Leask (Herald): White Ribbon unapologetic for refusal to support Destiny Church rally
Craig Hoyle (Stuff): White Ribbon campaign moves to stamp out Destiny Church influence
RNZ: Destiny Church leader 'hijacked' White Ribbon day
Herald: Brian Tamaki leads march despite controversy
Craig Hoyle (Stuff): Destiny Church marches in Auckland amid White Ribbon clash
Local government
John Cousins (Bay of Plenty Times): Don Brash hits out at Maori seats decision
Lee Scanlon (RNZ): West Coast sinks one district plan
RNZ: Explicit message breached Hamilton council's code of conduct
Alison Mau (Stuff): Hamilton, you deserve better than 'frat house' council
Richard Swainson (Stuff): A councillor, a freelance writer and an off-colour joke
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): A spate of councillors behaving badly
Other
David Williams (Newsroom): Officials probe foreign land sale
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): Unlock the door and throw away the key
Jessica Mutch (1News): Youth, social issues and Afghanistan controversy on the agenda for new defence minister
Adam Dudding (Stuff): The little voices in Thomas Sainsbury's head
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Justice and democracy are stuck in last century with paper-based communications
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Criticism of fire rule changes warrants attention
Mike Mather and Aaron Leaan (Stuff): Sir William Gallagher claims Treaty of Waitangi cover-up
John Boynton (RNZ): Ngāi Tahu hold biennial hui
Liz McDonald (Press): Metro sports centre plans up in air after long delays and blown budgets
Herald: Green MP Golriz Ghahraman on a life-changing year in Rwanda