NZ Politics Daily - 10 January 2018
10 January 2018
Today's content
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Jim Anderton
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Jim Anderton's political legacy... & his final win
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Jim Anderton
Brian Rudman (Herald): Dogged battler was prepared to risk a loss
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Jim Anderton's legacy according to Helen Clark and Laila Harre
John and Josie Pagani (Herald): Jim was tough, courageous and caring
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Dignitaries to attend service for political veteran Jim Anderton
Piripi Taylor (Maori TV): Jim Anderton worked like a trojan and was tough as nails - Matt McCarten
Philip Ferguson (Redline): Jim Anderton 1938-2018: New Zealand’s last social democrat?
Brendon Burns (Stuff): Jim Anderton leaves lasting legacy in Marlborough
The Press: Editorial – Jim Anderton, 'the People's Mayor', especially mourned in Christchurch
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Reflecting on Jim Anderton
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Jim’s legacy – what can we learn from his vision now?
Keith Locke (Daily Blog): Jim Anderton played a critical role in changing our electoral system
Fred Frederikse (Wanganui Chronicle): Kiwibank Anderton's legacy
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Jim Anderton remembered fondly by primary sector for contribution
Drugs
Helen King (Stuff): Synthetic drugs being produced in liquid form for e-cigarettes, decreasing chance of detection
Frances Cook (Herald): Go to Health podcast: What would medical marijuana do to our health system?
Herald: Peter Dunne says the Govt's medicinal cannabis bill will bring not immediate relief to patients
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Outspoken - Medicinal Cannabis
Tori Catherwood (Wakeup NZ): Medicinal Cannabis laws don’t go far enough
Gender issues
NZ Herald editorial: Stars in black highlight movies' shame
Herald: 'Glittery march for consent' planned after Rhythm & Vines 'glitter boobs' grope
The Listener: How #MeToo is causing a profound change in public consciousness
Shomi Yoon (International socialist organization): Abortion should come out of the Crimes Act
Employment
Christie Hall and William Fussey (Herald): Ten top employment law changes for 2018
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Wages set to rise amid worker shortage - Trade Me
Kevin O'Sullivan (Herald): Contractors should not be able to bid on lower wages
Ethnicity and race issues
Paul Little (North & South): Monumental blunders: Should NZ get rid of its controversial statues?
Gabrielle Baker (The Spinoff): Summer health series: what comes next for Māori health?
Herald: Native Affairs newsreader Oriini Kaipara identified as 'full-blooded Maori' via DNA test
Heta Gardiner (Maori TV): Solve Māori inequality with pan-Māori not iwi organisations – Peters
Justice and policing
Sarah Cowie (Herald): Incentives for good driving could work a treat
Julie Timmins (The Spinoff): Blind justice: reimagining a mana wāhine legal system
Sam Price and Tom Peters (World socialist website): New Zealand police refuse to prosecute over Christchurch building collapse
Sam Hurley (Herald): Trending down but police still hit by thousands of misconduct allegations
Migration issues
Herald: Kiwis kicked out of Australia at the rate of two a day
Newshub: New Zealand Government accused of abandoning Kiwi detainees
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Immigration NZ accepts assessments were flawed
Stuff: How migration compares with NZ's natural population increase
Te Mata Peak track
Herald: Alternative Te Mata walking track proposed after decision to remove old track
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Environmental group not happy with decision to seek alternative Te Mata peak track
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Winery and iwi look to develop alternative to controversial Te Mata Peak walking track
Environment
Rachel Stewart (Herald): I got the end-of-humanity blues
David Hall (Herald): Government's billion trees should include natives
Jamie Morton (Herald): How healthy are New Zealand's lakes?
Steve Cranston (Stuff): Agriculture is not the villain when it comes to New Zealand's emissions
Upcoming year in parliamentary politics
Greg Presland (The Standard): What will 2018 hold for Labour?
Kiwifirewalker: Our predictions for politics in 2018 (using occult methods)
Mei Heron (RNZ): Outspoken: Small Parties on surviving the government
Waka jumping bill
Keith Locke (Herald): Party-hopping bill is a restraint on MPs' freedom of speech
Dominion Post: Editorial – Waka-jumping bill gives too much power to party leaders
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Dom Post opposes waka jumping bill
Media
Damien Venuto (Herald): Bauer cans Paperboy, the young Auckland magazine
John Drinnan (Zagzigger): Bauer’s Paperboy Falls Over
Stuff: TVNZ's Jessica Mutch engaged to political bodyguard
Other
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Lorde: Turning The Green Light Red
RNZ: Winston Peters reaffirms New Zealand's bond with Cook Islands
Rachel Dunne (Herald): Foreign investment laws need reform
Jack Havill (Herald): Euthanasia would not harm doctors asked to assist
Zaryd Wilson (Wanganui Chronicle): Editorial: David Clark needs to deliver for Patea
Russell Garbutt (ODT): Forget Trump, NZ has had its share of liars