NZ Politics Daily - 22 December 2017

22 December 2017

Today's content

Below are the links to the items online. The full text of these items are contained in the PDF file (click to download).
 

Israel

Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Zealand votes against US and Israel at UN

Herald: NZ votes against US over declaring Jerusalem as capital of Israel

Stuff: Jacinda Ardern vows NZ will take independent stance on UN Jerusalem vote

RNZ: NZ won't be bullied on Israel vote - Ardern

Emma Hurley (Newshub): New Zealand won't bow to United States over Jerusalem - Prime Minister

Herald: NZ likely to vote against Trump and the US in UN vote on Jerusalem tomorrow

Stuff: Lorde rethinks Israel concert after backlash

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The nasty BDS crowd target Lorde

John Drinnan: Lordy Lordy Lorde

End of year reviews

Toby Manhire (Herald): Walking in a Winston Wonderland

RNZ: The Public Address word of the year is ...

1News: 'Friends don't let friends torture refugees' - Golriz Ghahraman reflects on baptism into 'mad world of politics'

1News: 'These things are supposed to be funny' - Chloe Swarbrick wraps up first five weeks as MP, says colleagues offered to laugh at her jokes

Kiwifirewalker: Post election fallout contaminates TOP, the Maori Party and National

Government

Simon Wilson (The Spinoff): It's not easy being Jacinda: the challenges ahead

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Long Live The Sun Queen!

Gwyn Compton (Libertas digital): Clare Curran seemingly in breach of Cabinet Manual again

ODT: Editorial - Matching words with deeds

Stuff: Jacinda Ardern refuses to sing Mariah Carey Christmas song on The Edge

Minimum wage and employment

Sophie Boot (Herald): Minimum wage to rise in April, says government

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Minimum wage boost delivers 75 cent hike for lowest paid workers

Mitchell Alexander and Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Pay rise for all Kiwis on the minimum wage

1News: 'People should have the right to earn decent wages' - Government officially announces increase to minimum wage

Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Minimum wage increase good but we need to protect margins for skill and service

Aimee Shaw (Herald): Wage by age: Average weekly earnings announced

Drug law reform

1News: New medicinal cannabis bill should include chronic pain sufferers - Green Party

Paul Charman (Herald): Prohibition not a complete failure

Media

Mike Hosking (Herald): Election debate my highlight of the year - even though I signed petition demanding I be removed

Mark Jennings (Newsroom): TV news teams look for a hangover cure

Colin Peacock (RNZ): Publishers' paid content 'deliberately designed to deceive' - watchdog

RNZ: Tony Veitch leaves Newstalk ZB, goes it alone

Ethnicity and Maori politics

Joshua Hitchcock (The Spinoff): Moana Jackson and Joe Williams: two tōtara of Māori justice

Herald: Mt Taranaki will be granted special legal status similar to Te Urewera and the Whanganui River

Simon Pound (The Spinoff): Why hiring tangata whenua should be a priority for all businesses

Megan Gattey (Stuff): Dame Susan Devoy to Flava radio: 'Why target Māori people?' 

Sean Hogan (1News): Legal action looms over Te Mata Peak walking track as angry iwi say sacred hillside 'scribbled on'

Economy

Liam Dann (Herald): Poor Bill English - GDP revisions paint rosier picture of economy than we thought

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Statistics NZ recalculation adds $8 billion to size of NZ economy

RNZ: OIO decision on UDC Finance 'inconsistent' - Chinese buyer

Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): OIO concerns justified over ANZ rejected bid, journalist says 

National Party

Stuff: Appeal grounds revealed in Eminem copyright case against National Party

Newshub: Winston Peters predicts the next leader of the National Party

1News: Winston Peters swaps politics for comedy, leaves MPs from both sides in stitches after racing odds speech

Health

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Former health boss, now top private sector consultant, made acting director-general of health

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Mental Health review could take close to a year, Parliament committee told

Environment

Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Defence Minister plots a war on climate change

Rosalee Jenkin (Herald): In response to Mike Hosking on climate change, I say bring it on

No Right Turn: Nick Smith strikes again!

Tax working group

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Tax Working Group members

Enzo Giordani (The Standard): Tumbleweeds from National on the Tax Working Group

Employment

Willie Jackson (Daily Blog): I'm not playing National's game on employment

Henry Cooke (Stuff): Regional unemployment scheme probably won't have sanctions

Jian Yang MP

Matt Nippert (Herald): Jian Yang case divides Chinese community

Greg Presland (The Standard): Jian Yang wanted to help the SIS with recruitment

Other

Wendi Wicks (Herald): Justice committee members all voted for Seymour's bill

Collette Devlin (Stuff): Dozens of Wellington buildings still haven't done urgent earthquake strengthening

Simon Maude (Stuff): PM makes donation appeal for Auckland needy  

Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Salisbury saved: Minister announces end of closure process for Richmond-based school

Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing NZ's new meth policy still months away, but for now they are softening up

Temitope Egbelakin (Stuff): Provincial New Zealand towns face abandoned town centres, loss of heritage

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): TV review: Kim Dotcom - Caught in the Web

Matt Stewart (Stuff): Kent Boyd gets $750 compo after seeking $30,000 over John Key dinner fiasco

1News: 'It's a bunch of people who found the lolly bag' - Fired up English takes aim at government's 'moral awesomeness'

Adam Goodall (Pantograph punch): The One-Day Spin: A Chat With Sarah and Catherine Delahunty

Justine Whitfield (Pantograph punch): The Silent Killing Ground: Abortion in Aotearoa

Emma Hurley (Newshub): Labour MP Willow-Jean Prime stands up for breastfeeding mothers

Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Civil Defence review set for January release

Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Stories of beneficiaries' lives delivered to Parliament