NZ Politics Daily - 30 November 2017
30 November 2017
Today's content
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Golriz Ghahraman
Grant Chapman (Newshub): Greens MP Golriz Ghahraman defends Iraq war claims
Keith Locke (Daily Blog): Golriz Ghahraman has answered her critics well
Herald Editorial: Greens should have been candid at the outset
Alex Perrottet (RNZ): Golriz and the politics of perception
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Green Party Lesson No. 1: Anticipating The Direction Of Political Sniper Fire
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Five times Golriz Ghahraman was open about her defence work
Mei Heron (RNZ): Green Party reviews MPs' website bios
Newshub: Greens ask Guardian for Golriz Ghahraman correction after AM Show interview
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Shaw lied about Ghahraman
Herald: Green MP Golriz Ghahraman defended senior Rwandan Hutu man in extradition case
Phil Quin: The plane crash theory was always bogus
Shanti Ahluwalia (Herald): In defence of Green MP Golriz Ghahraman
Jordan Williams (Herald): Golriz Ghahraman saga reveals Greens in-fighting
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand's first refugee MP in controversy over legal defence of war criminals
Mass surveillance
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Today’s big NZ story that you probably missed, aka a victory for bullshit and delay
Newshub: Edward Snowden alleges 'cover up' over mass surveillance in New Zealand
No Right Turn: Key lied about mass-surveillance
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Revisiting the Moment of Truth and the realisation we were lied to
Steven Cowan (Against the current): Letting John Key get away with it
Coalition documents and open government
Jane Patterson (RNZ): No government is innocent of these tactics
Claire Trevett (Herald): A new verb but no goal in hunt for Secret Document
No Right Turn: The Minister for Open Government
Housing
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Enthusiasm running low for housing market
Liz McDonald (Stuff): New mortgage rules a boost for some first-time buyers
Todd Niall (RNZ): Rising rents, shrinking sections
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Homes still not being built as fast as they were pre-crisis
Defence
Richard Harman (Politik): Not fake news Steven
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Govt accuses National of leaving $20bn hole
Laine Moger (North Shore Times): Defence Minister Ron Mark's first visit to Auckland's Naval Base in Devonport
Overseas land sales and investment
Richard Harman (Politik): The Government gets tough on overseas farm sales --- while NZ First embraces foreign investment
David Williams (Newsroom): Fears OIO changes will hit lifestyle blocks
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Govt thinking on foreign investment at odds with Maori leaders
Herald: Parker says middle New Zealand restrictions will ease type of backlash that led to Brexit, Trump
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Government tightens foreign land sales
RNZ: Foreign buyer moves likely to sink farm values
RNZ: Foreign buyer changes: Seymour 'absolutely' outraged
Mike Hosking (Herald): Restricting overseas land sales great until hits your back pocket
Media
Māori TV: Herald columnist says ODT opinion piece was hateful
Gordon McLauchlan (Herald): A columnist should be the last to silence other views
Newshub: Don Brash's scathing statement on Te Reo usage
Steve Maharey (Pundit): Why does Don Brash think it is so important that we are one people?
Stuff: Introducing Stuff's National Correspondents team
Rosemary McLeod (Press): Sky's the limit on ignorance and offensiveness
Winston Peters legal action
Herald: Union urges Winston Peters to drop action against journalists
Newshub: Winston Peters told to stop harassing journalists
Environment
Chris Perley (Herald): Federated Farmers need a bit of radical thinking
David Williams (Newsroom): ECan’s $3000 charge for water information
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): New govt a factor in firming carbon prices – trader
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Time for action on climate change - business group
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Science deniers lurking on NZ internet - environmental watchdog
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Watchdog sounds science denial warning
RNZ: Atomic test era tomb leaking in to the Pacific
Jamie Morton (Herald): Council mulls Waitakeres closure over kauri crisis
Employment
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Bickering continues on paid parental leave
Zac Fleming (RNZ): Wendy's illegally refused staff public holiday entitlements
Herald: Wellington rail workers to strike again to keep employment conditions
Education
1News: Education Minister claims not in 'public interest' to reveal charter school closures
Simon Collins (Herald): Massey University staff cuts backfire as top scientists look to quit
Health
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Pharmac warns minister of the impact of interim drug fund and the motives of Big Pharma
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Waikato DHB tightens processes around expenses after Nigel Murray scandal
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Concerns over CEO's absence from US conference did not ring alarm bells
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Jet-setting health boss Nigel Murray slammed in Audit NZ report
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Almost 50 per cent of Kiwi adults don't go to a dentist. What's going on?
RNZ: Virtual medical clinic gets funding boost
Susan Strongman (The Wireless): 'I really don't want this to happen to anyone else'
Tax
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Tax breaks for small employers need careful examination
The Standard: Can a Labour led Government win the tax debate?
Immigration
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Immigration advisers claim secret crackdown on visas
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Indians bearing brunt of immigration crackdown, advisors say
Local government
Todd Niall (RNZ): Auckland ratepayers could face 6.2 percent hike
Bernard Orsman (Herald): There's no such thing as a free lunch in Auckland
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Mayor Phil Goff opts for a petrol tax to fix congestion, housing and environment
Simon Maude (Stuff): Auckland Mayor Phil Goff's $24 billion budget for a 'world class city'
Mike Lee (Daily Blog): ‘Fear and Loathing’ – Auckland Transport and the Super City
Graham Cameron (Spinoff): How Hobson’s Pledge is taking aim at Māori wards in Tauranga
Other
Te Ahua Maitland and Thomas Manch (Stuff): Experts deconstruct Sir William Gallagher's Treaty of Waitangi claims
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Sinclair slides out as London’s man in Wellington
Frances Cook (Herald): Man sues for unjustified arrest after John Key would not pay his dinner bill
Stuff: John Key's security men deny force used on diner looking for a handout
Herald: PM responds to Ed Sheeran's citizenship 'request': what are pineapple lumps and jandals?
Stuff: Maurice Williamson is now a gay icon in Japan, and he's a bit bemused