NZ Politics Daily - 21 December 2017
21 December 2017
Today's content
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Year in review
Russell Brown (Public Address): Jacindamania: Word famous in New Zealand
Jane Clifton (Listener): Politician of the Year Awards 2017: And the winner is...
Laura McQuillan (RNZ): The top 12 political shockers of 2017
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Newshub 2017 Politician of the Year - Jacinda Ardern
Barry Soper (Herald): Best and worst politician of the year
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): 2017 Kiwiblog Awards winners
Emma Espiner (Newsroom): Māori of the year awards
Brent Edwards (RNZ): True MMP: Ardern as PM, English as deputy
Medicinal cannabis bill
Dominion Post: Editorial - Govt's 'halfway house' of cannabis law
RNZ: Medicinal cannabis users disappointed at legislation
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Medicinal cannabis legislation introduced to 'ease suffering'
Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Government rules terminally ill people allowed to smoke cannabis
Peter Dunne (RNZ): New law a half-baked cure
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government's cannabis plans include legal defence for terminal patients who use
Russell Brown (Public Address): The new medical cannabis law is quite a bit more than nothing
RNZ: Campaigner wants more than 'tinkering' with medicinal cannabis law
1News: Double up on medicinal cannabis bills in parliament shows cracks in government - Bill English
Government
Herald: Editorial: New Government's 100-day plan should not sacrifice quality for haste
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): How the Government's tracking on its 100-day plan
Andrea Vance (1News): Concerns about 'cowboy cops' as Labour floats idea of volunteer rural constabulary
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): Damien O'Connor to table holding bill on dairy restructuring to allow deeper review
Guardian: Jacinda Ardern takes part in New Zealand's nationwide Secret Santa
Jim Childerstone (ODT): Govt on right track but must not move too fast
Steven Cowan (Against the current): As Labour backtracks, its supporters say nothing
Pete George (Your NZ): The tail wagging the dog and pup?
Jamie Morton (Herald): Forest and Bird accuses MPI of sitting on dieback documents
Parliament
Jo Moir (Stuff): Politicians adjourn with recollections of a campaign that nobody expected
Claire Trevett (Herald): Beware the Christmas tree and other cautionary tales
Herald: It's a wrap - barbs fly as Parliament takes break
Charlie Gates (Stuff): Christ Church Cathedral restoration bill passes in Parliament
Herald: PM pays tribute to Andrew Little as Parliament rises
Education
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Rush to start free tertiary study comes with 'gaming' risk
Jo Moir (Stuff): Education Minister and predecessor go head-to-head over Government policy
Herald: Questions over 'honesty system' for tertiary fees-free students
Julie Iles (Stuff): Fewer students are taking out bigger loans
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Student loan debtor arrested at border, more warrants sought
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Old school reports: Education Minister Chris Hipkins v former minister Nikki Kaye
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Principal refuses to discuss expense allegations
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Ministry demands explainer over school spending
Housing and foreign house buyer ban
Alastair Paulin (Stuff): Government's move to end mass state house sell-off honours long-standing social contract
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government announces end to state home selloff
Herald: Govt stops Canterbury state house sales
Benedict Collins (RNZ):Rush for foreign buyer law labelled a 'sham'
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Foreign buyer rule change may have unintended consequences
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Homeless in New Zealand: 'They're shy and they feel shame'
Mike Hosking and Maori Party mistake
Mike Hosking (Herald): The real reason I left Seven Sharp
Mike Hosking (Herald): 'Pontificating' Broadcasting Standards Authority humourless earnest clipboarders
RNZ: Mike Hosking apology for Maori Party comments 'flippant'
Stuff: Mike Hosking hits back at BSA, calls them humourless time wasters
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Mike Hosking: You do the crime, you do the time
Marama Fox (The Spinoff): Dear Santa, I'm writing on behalf of Mike Hosking
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why Mike Hosking is wrong and why I still don't think he understands MMP
Tax working group
Laura Walters (Stuff): Government reveals who it's asking to overhaul NZ's tax system
Newswire: Government's tax working group announced: includes former Finance Minister, head of Air NZ insurance
Andrea Black (Let's talk about tax): The last post
Health
Jessie Chiang (Stuff): ACC claimants losing millions under tax system - lawyer
Herald: Injured New Zealanders stung by huge tax bills after receiving ACC back-payments
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Auditor-General to investigate Waikato DHB's SmartHealth project
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): DHB app purchase under scrutiny
RNZ: Inquiry launched into DHB's use of HealthTap app
Herald: Nigel Murray was head of Canadian health authority when 84 patients died from infection
Herald: Senior doctor at Dunedin Hospital leaves with $408,000 payout
Maori politics and issues
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Crown 'dishonoured its obligations' - govt apology to iwi
Jo Moir (Stuff): Government Ministers' attack on iwi leaders slammed by National
Dougal McNeill (International socialist organisation): There are no white people
Dave Witherow (NZCPR): Could You Say That Again Please – In English?
Lorde to play in Israel
Nadia Abu-Shanab and Justine Sachs (The Spinoff): Dear Lorde, here’s why we’re urging you not to play Israel
Herald: Pressure mounts on Lorde to cancel Tel Aviv concert
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Dear Lorde - don't play Apartheid Israel
Stuff: Fans call Lorde to boycott Israel after she announces her show in Tel Aviv
Pike River Recovery Agency
Laura Walters (Stuff): Former army chief Major General Dave Gawn to head Pike River Recovery Agency
Herald: Major General Dave Gawn to head Pike River agency
Ellen Read (Stuff): Pike River families come first, Rob Fyfe says
Environment
Ged Cann (Stuff): Government calls for end of fossil fuel subsidies globally, but what are the plans to end them here?
Greg Presland (The Standard): The new government's approach to climate change
Joanna Mossop (Newsroom): A rare chance to help our oceans
Jian Yang MP
Matt Nippert (Herald): Winston Peters calls for investigation into Yang saga on security vetting
Stuff: Jian Yang denies asking Ministers to overturn security clearance block
Jamie Smith (Financial Times): New Zealand urged to probe lobbying by China-born MP
Greyhound industry report
Nicholas Jones (Herald): 'Disturbing' greyhound death rate revealed: Industry under fire
Stuff: Greyhound report disturbing and deeply disappointing - Winston Peters
RNZ: Greyhound euthanasia numbers 'unacceptably high’
Other
Tim Watkin (Pundit): A snaking line of humanity that NZ can be proud of
Stuff: Cross appeal filed in National Party's appeal against Eminem rip-off
Keith Rankin (Evening Report): The Next Economic Correction
Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Thinking about Capitalism
Matthew Theunissen (Herald): A third of NZ cyber attacks state-sponsored: GCSB
Tommy Livingston (Stuff): Destiny Church to fight Charities Commission in High Court
Stuff: Corrections might get off lightly in prisoner compensation cases
Mary-Rose Leversedge (Stuff): Of course we should offer euthanasia to those who want it
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Buyer found for Christchurch publishers of Trans Tasman newsletter
Gwyn Compton (Libertas digital): Andrew Little borrows from North Korea's playbook
Herald: Big immigration drop likely in 2018
The Standard: Germany and New Zealand Redux
1News: 'Get off the couch and do some real work' - National MP accuses Shane Jones of laziness
David Slack (RNZ): 2017: The nature of people
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): $1 billion price tag put on shifting vehicle imports from Auckland port