NZ Politics Daily - 17 January 2018
17 January 2018
Today's content
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Media
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Is it OK for ex-Green Party candidate Hayley Holt to host TVNZ's Breakfast?
Jack van Beynen (Stuff): How TVNZ's new lineup will stack up against MediaWorks rivals
Jack van Beynen (Stuff): Does Hilary Barry's Seven Sharp co-host have to be male?
Steven Cowan (Against the current): Hosking. Henry. Barry. Holt: The Names are interchangeable
Bridget Jones (Stuff): Hilary Barry will bring heart and strength to Seven Sharp
Kylie Klein-Nixon (Stuff): Don't ask why TVNZ would pick Hayley Holt - why on Earth wouldn't they?
David Farrar: Green candidate appointed as TVNZ Breakfast host
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Calm down David Farrar – Hayley Holt was barely a candidate
Pete George: A Holt to impartial Breakfast TV?
Enzo Giordani (The Standard): Is it OK for a woman with an opinion to host TVNZ’s Breakfast?
Duncan Greive (Herald): How Three launched a stealth attack on TVNZ
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Duncan Grieve’s analysis of TVNZ vs Mediaworks seems a tad optimistic
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Karyn Hay returning to Radio New Zealand with a few pictures
Karl du Fresne: If RNZ caters to all New Zealanders, why have so many given up on it?
Katie Parker (The Wireless): Hilary Barry is taking Mike Hosking’s spot on Seven Sharp!
Alex Casey (The Spinoff): The bleakest moments from the return of The AM Show
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Hilary Barry moves to Seven Sharp, replaced on Breakfast by Hayley Holt
RNZ: Karyn Hay returns to radio with late night show
Te reo Maori, and learning second languages
Newshub:Obsession with pronunciation killing te reo Māori - historian
Chris Lynch (Herald): Te Reo Maori needs relevance, not artificial feel-good factor
Newshub: 'No one's going to do a haka if you get it wrong'
Newshub: Saving Te Reo is the Maori people's responsibility - Bill English
Greg Presland (The Standard): Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori
Joanna Wane (North & South): Why North & South has decided to use Māori macrons
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): National wants to give all students access to second languages in schools
NZ Herald editorial: Parties should agree on second languages to be taught
Dominion Post: Editorial – New Zealanders need to learn more languages
Race and ethnicity issues
Gabrielle Baker (The Spinoff): Why ‘reducing inequality’ isn’t enough
Eric Crampton: Tertiary access isn't about tertiary fees
James Roque (The Spinoff): Think the racist menu is OK? Fine! Just know you’re making others feel like shit
Laura Baker (Stuff): Christchurch restaurant boasts capacity crowds after racism accusations
Callum McGillivray (Stuff): Lecturer outraged as Auckland Confederate flag flyer say 'it's part of history'
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): Golliwogs and Local Government
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Marae protocol may change if euthanasia legalised
Environment
James Renwick (Stuff): Climate change and climate sceptics
Jamie Morton (Herald): 50 questions about the environment: Our nature
Jamie Morton (Herald): Climate change – the best and worst for NZ
Jamie Morton (Herald): Fishing bosses asked Govt to keep monitoring info secret
Michael Morrah (Newshub): NZ fishing industry wants damaging videos suppressed
Newshub: Fishing industry's cover up request 'outrageous'
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Revealed: Kiwis generate 734kg of waste each per year
Government
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Generational change? Average age of Cabinet 50, down from 51 last time
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): 'Third Way' No Way To Go: A Reply To Wayne Mapp
Mike Smith (The Standard): Jac-in-da-Box
Government and business
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Beneath the slump in business confidence
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): The real reason confidence has fallen? Business simply doesn’t like Labour
Michael Cropp (1News): 'Facing uncertainty' - Government's new policies causing concern for business
Paul McBeth (Herald): NZ business confidence drops on Labour policy concerns
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Business confidence drops, with fewer expecting to hire or invest
Winston Peters and North Korea talks
Robert Ayson (Newsroom): NZ on North Korea: should we swallow a nuclear rat?
Derek Cheng (Herald): Winston Peters to attend international summit on North Korea 'crisis'
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Winston Peters to North Korea talks
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters’ plans to thwart North Korea’s nuclear aspirations
Transport
Derek Cheng (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pours cold water on National's highway projects
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Government signals road taxes could pay for rail under changes to Land Transport Fund
Henry Cooke (Stuff): National accuse Govt of 'diverting' road taxes to rail, but Transport Minister says that isn't possible
The Listener: Does anyone really know how to cut the number of deaths on our roads?
Housing
Don Rowe (The Spinoff): Going once, going twice: Wellington landlords want every cent you have
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Westpac warns house prices set for four-year drift as Government policy bites
Mahvash Ali (Stuff): Resident says MP Phil Twyford used him for pre-election 'publicity stunt'
Michael Reddell: The Reserve Bank and housing collapses
Education
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Government pledge for $150 per child may not change huge disparity in Canterbury school donations
Kirsten Warner (The Spinoff): Teachers celebrate the end of National Standards
Graeme Yule (Stuff): Kids not being taught to adapt and think creatively
Parliamentary politics
Sean Plunket (Politik): Putting the lipstick back -- how TOP can revive
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Winston Peters alone on Waka Jumping Island
Liam Hehir (Stuff): Greens risk losing ground in 2020 as Labour takes their share of votes
Heta Gardiner (Maori TV): Te Ururoa Flavell nominated for Māori Party VP
Health issues
Herald: Local iwi hosting team of dentists offering free work in Wairoa
1News: Two weeks free dental care for Wairoa sees town 'inundated' with those struggling, get a checkup
Herald: Taxpayers front $1.3 million in ACC claims for rodeo injuries over 5 years
Ruby Nyika (Stuff): Sugary drinks - NZ worse than Canada, UK and Australia, study finds
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Raise tax on alcohol, medics say
Other
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Glitterboobs, tinned tomatoes, racist menus and golliwogs – have we started the year off angry?
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): Outspoken - Gender in business
Brian Rudman (Herald): Why we should ditch the royals
Raniera Harrison (Maori TV): Warning not to by-pass Te Tii Marae
Andrew Marshall (Stuff): Prisons to close if populations drop
Don Brash (NZCPR): Is Freedom of Speech Under Threat in New Zealand?
Derek Cheng (Herald): Helen Clark pushes for drug laws to focus on treatment, not punishment
No Right Turn: The Asia New Zealand Foundation and the OIA
David Williams (Newsroom): OIO takes legal advice over egg firm sale
Stuff: 'I love you, you're like the opposite of Trump,' Carr tells Ardern
Derek Cheng (Herald): Diplomacy to stop criminal deported to NZ despite having never been here
Amanda Saxton (Stuff): 'Terrifying' offender deported to NZ, despite living in Australia since he was 1 year old
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): The Last Left-Wing Mohican
Derek Cheng (Herald): Government inquiry into child abuse will not include churches, sports clubs
Mei Heron (RNZ): Catholic Church disappointed in abuse inquiry's limits
Yael Shochat (The Spinoff): The violent threats over Lorde’s Israel cancellation only fuel a vicious cycle
Tom Peters (World socialist website): New Zealand spy agency illegally accessed immigration data
Mark Price (ODT): Declaration, check enough for then-govt
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): 'Robbing Peter to pay Paul': Christchurch gamblers drop $1.5m a week into poker machines