NZ Politics Daily - 15 January 2018
15 January 2018
Today's content
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Government
Wayne Mapp (The Spinoff): Jacinda Ardern is no radical, but the 21st-century face of Blair’s Third Way
Brian Easton (Pundit): Is Jacinda a Marxist?
Dan Satherley (Newshub): 100-day deadline looms for Jacinda Ardern
Stephanie Rodgers: Generational change
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Immigration lessons from Brexit country
International relations
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): The international year ahead: What international trips could be on the prime minister's radar?
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Roadblocks ahead for Russia FTA
Siah Hwee Ang (Stuff): Asia's trending growth and NZ's engagement
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Donald Trump's s**thole comments 'hugely offensive' - Ardern
Herald: Jacinda Arden: Countries 'rightly offended' by Trump's 'shithole' comment
Harrison Christian and Hannah Martin (Stuff): Criminal who has never set foot in New Zealand to be deported here from Australia
The Press: Editorial: New Zealand, Australia's junior Anzac partner
Jim Anderton
John Armstrong (1News): Jacinda Ardern has positioned Labour closer to social democratic values Jim Anderton espoused, than other leaders
John Roughan (Herald): Under Jim Anderton our history would have been different
Diana Worthy (Stuff): Waiheke Island's Onetangi cemetery last resting place for Jim Anderton
Herald: Family say final goodbyes to Jim Anderton at Waiheke burial
Matt Robson (Evening Report): Eulogy for former deputy Prime Minister Jim Anderton – Sacred Heart Church Christchurch
Matt Robson (The Spinoff): ‘He built his footpaths where the people walked’
Race and ethnicity issues
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): Not caring what causes offence to others is a form of racism too
Newshub: Anti-Māori ward petition 'redundant' - Labour MP
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Petition launched over Whakatāne Māori ward
Todd Niall (RNZ): Outspoken - Auckland Issues
Thomas Heaton and Adele Redmond (Stuff): Support for Bamboozle's 'racist' menu sad indictment on NZ: Advocate
Thomas Heaton (Stuff): What readers have to say about Christchurch restaurant Bamboozle's 'insensitive' menu
Victoria White (Hawke's Bay Today): Former Te Mata Park chairman: On hindsight track 'completely inappropriate'
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Call for Maori voice on cannabis
Gender issues
Alison Mau (Stuff): It's time to come clean on how big the pay gap really is
Eleanor Wenman and Audrey Malone (Stuff): Broadcasters silent on pay equity, as Stats NZ plan to measure gender gap
Nadine Higgins (Stuff): Men, you're not being attacked, you're being recruited
Alice Snedden (Stuff): Why Oprah's speech could go down in history
David Farrar: It’s about revenue
Pete George: Spotlight on gender pay gap
Newshub: James Shaw blames New Zealanders' 'silly answers' for ruining LGBT census
Monarchy and republicanism
Anthony Hubbard (Stuff): Monarchy or republic? The debate for NZ's head of state rages on
Peter FitzSimons (Stuff): Of course New Zealand should become a republic
Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): The Queen is welcome in Whangamomona, New Zealand's only republic
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): 'Damn … I missed': the incredible story of the day the Queen was nearly shot
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): The Snowman and the Queen: The story of a Kiwi teen terrorist and would-be assassin
Education
Simon Collins (Herald): Monolingual no more: Kiwi kids take up diverse languages
Simon Collins (Herald): Bill sparks debate on languages in schools
David Farrar: Fisking Jacinda and Winston on charter schools
Alcohol consumption
Karl du Fresne: Resolutely po-faced
RNZ: Young drinkers consuming more alcohol than ever
Luke Appleby (1News): Auckland's Denizen magazine removes 'wine pong' post expert says could encourage women to binge drink
Law and justice
Shani Williams (Stuff): Hundreds of teachers with criminal convictions in our classrooms
Bevan Marten (The Spinoff): And Justice For All: The lawyer offering to fight a baby name ban – for free
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Censor receives complaints about non-existent film depicting Christ as gay
Environment
Oliver Lewis and Julian Lee (Stuff): From uranium to nuclear plants: New Zealand's 'secret' nuclear past
Listener: The tide is turning on plastic bag use
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Shaw wants Crown fleet all-electric
Deena Coster (Stuff): Green light given by EPA for Shell Taranaki to carry out testing on suspended wells
Newswire: Poor and uneducated Kiwis don't visit rivers, study finds
Jamie Morton (Herald): 50 questions about the environment: Our rivers
Parliamentary politics
Richard Harman (Politik): What National needs to do to win 2020
David Farrar: The real reason Winston wants the ability to expel MPs
Laura Walters (Stuff): Staunchly private MP Louise Upston overcomes obstacles to change lives
Other
NZ Herald editorial: Growth vital as power tilts back to labour
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Just listening to the tweets of the birds
David Slack (Stuff): Cavemen with keyboards
David Farrar: Support for requiring ID to vote
Damien Grant (Stuff): State intervention in child care should be a last resort
Pete George: Official Information Act – reform, or just compliance?
David Chaston (Interest): How do we get our stubbornly low pay rates up so they compare better with those in Australia?
1News: Government's goal of smokefree NZ by 2025 now being described as unrealistic
Nicole Lawton (Stuff): NZ rodeo advocates defend calf-riding event amid outrage over 'distressing' video
Derek Cheng (Herald): America's Cup resource consent process begins as Government looks into alternatives
Derek Cheng (Herald): Govt report says access to weather data is restricted and costly, stifling innovation
Emma Hatton (RNZ): NZ unions protest treatment of Fiji airport workers
Allison Stewart (Stuff): Lorde is only the latest: How touring in Israel thrusts musicians into controversy
The Standard: Is it time to Nationalise Auckland?
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): 'Financial irregularities' spark Waitangi inquiry
Matt Nippert (Herald): 'Financial irregularities' at Waitangi National Trust Board, SFO called in