NZ Politics Daily - 28 November 2017
28 November 2017
Today's content
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Government
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Government disappoints early on transparency
Richard Harman (Politik): A gap is showing
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Genuine Open Government Empowers People and politicians alike
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom): ‘Open up the Closed Government Act’
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern's hat trick on 'secret’ document
RNZ: English: Government 'ten years out of date'
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): New govt has 'no follow through' – National
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): PM rejects accusations of keeping details of deal 'secret'
Jo Moir (Stuff): Politically Correct: No secret 'official' document to see here
Jo Moir (Stuff): Government denies there's an 'official' coalition document still to be made public
Nicholas Jones (Herald): PM firm on not releasing coalition 'notes': 'We are certainly not leaving it in the shadows'
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Government insists there is no 'secret document' with NZ First
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Call for 'secret' coalition agreement to be released
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): National calls for release of 'secret' agreement
No Right Turn: Time to stand up for open government
No Right Turn: Disappointed
Liam Hehir (Medium): The new transparency had an expiration date, apparently
Pete George (Your NZ): Government not walking the transparency talk
Colin James (ODT): Ardern's choice: sticking plasters or building asset
1News: Watch: PM shares her highs and lows from first month in the job
Nicholas Jones (Herald): 'We are going in' - PM on Pike River re-entry
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Steady as she goes in Revenue Minister's approach to multinational tax rorts
National
Ben Thomas (Spinoff): 6000 stupid questions: National’s DDoS attack on the government
NZ Herald editorial: National does itself no favours with 6000 questions in month
Claire Trevett (Herald): National goes fishing for secrets
1News: 'It is pretty time-consuming' – PM says new Government being bombarded with questions from National
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf) On National’s penchant for bashing (a) students and (b) beneficiaries
Max Towle (the Wireless): Wait, so who actually won the election?
Liam Hehir (Stuff): National knows what it has to do: Kill off NZ First
Greens
Herald: PM expects Greens to support waka-jumping bill
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Did Golriz Ghahraman do anything wrong?
RNZ: Green MP under scrutiny for role in Rwandan genocide trials
Herald: Golriz Ghahraman says genocide-denier comments 'absolutely offensive'
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Political perception isn't always reality
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Ghahraman defended not prosecuted the genociders in Rwanda
Liam Hehir (Medium): Should Ghahraman resign over Rwanda? Give me a break
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): The interesting Wikipedia edits of Golriz Ghahraman
Housing
John Edens (RNZ): What next for Generation Rent?
Jenny McArthur (Spinoff): Why we can’t simply build our way out of the housing crisis
Stephen Selwood (Herald): Affordable houses are close to places of work
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Flat house prices prove there's no crisis - National housing spokesman Michael Woodhouse
Ric Stevens (Press Editorial): Solving the housing piece of homeless the best place to start
Paid Parental Leave
RNZ: Govt to legislate for shared paid parental leave
Katie Bradford (1News): Govt bows to National's pressure over simultaneous leave for both parents in Paid Parental Leave Bill
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): National raises shared Paid Parental Leave again
1News: National continues to push for law change to allow flexible paid parental leave for both parents
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): National manouevres to get paid parental leave flexibility on Parliament's agenda
Herald:Govt urged to support member's bill to split paid parental leave
International relations and trade
Patrick O’Meara (RNZ): TPP - The deal that never dies?
Jane Kelsey (Daily Blog): The latest on resisting the TPPA
Chris Trotter (Stuff): New Zealand's balancing act: China's economic power vs USA's military power
Jamie Tahana (RNZ): Anxieties abroad bring greater Australian focus to the Pacific
Education
Max Towle (The Wireless): Does our “university or bust” culture need to change?
RNZ: Sexism rife in world of science – professor
Environment
David Williams (Newsroom): NZ faces hard road to carbon-neutrality
Pat Deavoll (Stuff): Not all doom and gloom on the farming-environmental front
Simon Day (Spinoff): If the hills could sue: Jacinta Ruru on legal personality and a Māori worldview
Mike Mather (Stuff): Sir William Gallagher claims climate change a 'rort'
State care
Katie Kenny (Stuff): More children harmed in state care than previously thought, research reveals
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Disabled must be part of state abuse inquiry, activist Robert Martin says
Paora Crawford Moyle (Spinoff): Ngā Wāhine Mōrehu: putting women back in the state abuse conversation
Health
Natalie Akoorie (Herlad): Serious Fraud Office looking into spending of former Waikato District Health Board chief executive Dr Nigel Murray
David MacPherson (Daily Blog): Waikato DHB – the Nats flunky taking the organisation down with him?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): CEO expenses
Tom O'Connor (Waikato Times): Ronald McDonald House should have no place at Waikato Hospital
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Waikato DHB members debate merits of Ronald McDonald House offer
Poverty and inequality
RNZ: Govt needs to ban pokies in poor areas - Lance O'Sullivan
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Pokies 'taking food out of the mouths of children', says GP Lance O'Sullivan
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): We’re richer, but more dependent on benefits
Herald: NZ Initiative welfare report reveals failure of benefit system
Employment
Shwan McAvinue (ODT): More 65-plus work full-time
Simon Porter (Spinoff): When it comes to women’s rugby, equal pay may be a red herring
Immigration and refugees
Southland Times Editorial: A community recognises its own
Sally Blundell (Listener): Green MP Golriz Ghahraman: 'Being a refugee does make a difference'
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): Refugee Controversies and Climate Change
No Right Turn: The refugees were right all along
Te Reo Māori
ODT Editorial: Tolerance and free speech
Lydia Anderson (ODT): Racism? Don't dress it up when dressing down is required
Auckland and America’s Cup
Tim Hazledine (Herald): Economic spin-off from events is wildly miscalculated
Todd Niall (RNZ): America's Cup deal may not be signed before Christmas
Dan Satherley (Newshub): 'Of course' America's Cup regatta should be in Auckland – Ardern
Treaty of Waitangi
Te Ahua Maitland (Stuff): Sir William Gallagher's 'outdated, privileged and sad' view of history
Ellen Read, Mike Mather and Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Directors apologise for Sir William Gallagher's Treaty of Waitangi comments
Transport
Dominion Post Editorial: We need hard facts, not more words, over petrol prices
Russell Palmer (RNZ): NZTA safety manager backs zero-toll target
1News: Rail saves the country $1.5b a year, 'hidden' report reveals
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Ombudsman clears the way for whistleblower to claim compensation
Local government
RNZ: Horowhenua Mayor says he won't cave to ‘bullies'
Herald: 'Load of bollocks': Horowhenua Mayor Michael Feyen says he serves the people
Sadie Beckman (Horowhenua Chronicle): No confidence vote passed in Horowhenua mayor
Other
Phil Pennington (RNZ): More gaps exposed in NZ’s emergency centres
Newshub: NZ court cases taking too long – study
RNZ: High levels of P found in Whangarei wastewater
Stuff: Wastewater drug testing shows cocaine on the rise in Auckland, high meth use in Whangarei
Tuiloma Lina Samu (Spinoff): Our beautiful Tongan community was treated as criminal
Tony Wright (Newshub): New Zealand suffered the most during WWI - Yale history professor
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Wena Harawira — a lifetime of achievement in Māori media
RNZ: 'No tsunami' - Civil Defence clarification
Sean Connelly (Herald): Harvesting experience feeds progress
Logan Church (RNZ): Chch residents expect sex workers to return
Anne Salmond (Spinoff): How a Spinoff reviewer got it wrong about my new book
Nicholas Jones (Herald): From Pakuranga to Tokyo: Maurice's 'big gay rainbow' reaches Japan