NZ Politics Daily - 22 January 2018
22 January 2018
Today's content
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Jacinda Ardern pregnancy
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda is showing us how to do it
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern may well be a superwoman
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern's list of firsts, not just as a woman
Dominion Post Editorial: The PM's baby is also good news for working families everywhere
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): This is our royal baby
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Ardern's baby is the bump we needed
Weekend Herald editorial: Jacinda Ardern to prove women can have a child and career
Tim Watkin (RNZ): Another step for NZ's trail-blazing women in leadership
Finlay Macdonald (RNZ): PM's baby: No need for a public poster-child for perfect parenting
Grant Duncan (Voxy) Opinion: PM's baby news sends message on gender equality
Sarah Harris (Herald): Dr Jackie Blue says Ardern pregnancy will help reduce gender inequality
John Lewis (ODT): Lecturer sees implications for NZ’s future social policy
Laura Walters (Stuff): PM and partner will help normalise what it means to be a modern family
Ellen Read (Stuff): PM's baby news a timely reminder about pay equity
RNZ: PM broke news to Peters over tea and sammies
Henry Cooke (Stuff): How Winston Peters will govern while Jacinda Ardern has her child
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern pregnancy: Winston Peters gets his chance as Prime Minister
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Jacinda Ardern’s personal becomes political
Steve Maharey (Pundit): Imagine - Ardern, Gayford, motherhood and work
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern: My grandmother might have said 'you can't do both'
Audrey Young (Herald): Ardern says she will donate part of parental leave pay to Plunket in remarks at family-friendly Labour caucus
Cherie Howie (Herald): 'Jacindamania will now spread to the rest of the world'
Britt Mann, Emma Chamberlain and Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern's power pregnancy: Another landmark for women's rights in NZ
Duncan Garner (Stuff): An open letter to Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford
Kate Hawkesby (Herald): Good luck Jacinda Ardern - a baby's bloody exhausting
Liz Gordon (Daily Blog): Let’s do this
Liam Hehir: First thoughts on Ardern’s baby news…
Tom Sainsbury (Spinoff): Kiwis of Snapchat: Jacinda Ardern, pregnant PM
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): Why this historic moment is beautifully understated
Michelle Duff (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern; an inspiration for a generation
Anna Connell (Newsroom): Ardern: Symbol of generational clash
Eleanor Black (Stuff): Why our PM's pregnancy is good news
Spinoff: Congratulations Jacinda! Love, Emily Writes
Steven Cowan: Baby Talk
Liam Hehir: Wait? Why am I supposed to be mad at Jacinda Ardern?
Spinoff: The PM’s baby: all the worst takes so far
Stephanie Rodgers (RNZ): Baby busy-bodies: The same old sexist story
Brodie Kane (Herald): Sorry sexists, Jacinda Ardern's made for motherhood and being PM
Kevin Norquay (Stuff): Jacinda probes draw pregnant pause from cricket commentator Mark Richardson
Stuff: Mark Richardson speaks out on PM Jacinda Ardern's pregnancy: 'I'm happy for them'
Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): On Pregnancy-Induced Irrationality & Mood-Swings In The Nation’s Electorate
Brigitte Morten (RNZ): Did the PM just win the next election?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The shrill scream that chills the blood you are hearing are National strategists throwing all their new year attack plans against the wall
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): Time to value parenting, a job in its own right
Nadine Higgins (Stuff): Jacinda goes from MP to PM to mum and empowers the rest of us
Don Franks (Redline): Lifting children out of capitalism
Susanne Kemp (Redline): Hold the news! First-ever First World, white, middle class couple to have a baby – and it’s in NZ
Ruwani Perera (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's pregnancy a hit overseas and in NZ
Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern pregnancy seen as a positive by politicians, expert
Audrey Malone, Adam Dudding and Craig Hoyle (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern puts her money where her heart is with Plunket donation
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern's pregnancy: What was happening on October 13, when she found out
Herald: Private joy, public face: Jacinda Ardern spent day at Diwali the day after pregnancy news
Laura Walters (Stuff): Ardern-Gayford baby due before extended paid parental leave takes effect
Corazon Miller (Herald): It's a secret: Jacinda Ardern keeping mum on baby gender
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern 'lucky' to conceive naturally without IVF
PM’s pregnancy – announcement and interviews
Herald: Baby, burgers and flowers: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern celebrates pregnancy
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern lays out her new plans: An historic first baby
Herald: Interview: Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford sit down to discuss their pregnancy
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern opens up about her excitement for motherhood
Stuff: Ardern vows pregnancy won't stop her from getting on with the job
Damien Venuto (Herald): Ardern's social media masterclass
Jenny Noyes (Stuff): Intriguing image Jacinda Ardern used to announce pregnancy has deeper meaning
TVNZ: WATCH: The First baby: Winston, morning sickness and how Clarke found out
TVNZ: 'I am not the first woman to multitask' - Jacinda Ardern talks being PM and a mother
Laura Walters (Stuff): NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern: Pregnancy 'unexpected but exciting'
RNZ: At a glance: PM's baby press conference
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Jacinda and Clarke, the family-focused First Couple of NZ
RNZ: Ardern formed govt while dealing with morning sickness
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Baby in the House: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern set to combine parenting with politics
PM’s pregnancy – stay-at-home dads
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): I'm a great dad! How the new politics will turn parenting perceptions on their head
Isaac Davison (Herald): Welcome to the club, Clarke
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): 'Thumbs up' for the stay-at-home dads
Damien Grant (Stuff): As motherhood approaches, let's not forget the man at the centre of this
Simon Collins (Herald): Clarke Gayford gets his first parent group invitation
PM’s pregnancy – Parliament
RNZ: Jacinda Ardern pregnant: Politicians past and present lend their support
Derek Cheng (Herald): Politicians congratulate Jacinda Ardern on pregnancy news
Herald: Party leaders congratulate PM on baby news
Herald: Parliament's new parents Willow-Jean Prime and Kiri Allan pass on congratulations to PM and partner
Danica MacLean (Northern Advocate): Willow-Jean Prime ready to offer baby in Parliament advice - if PM wants it
Audrey Malone (Stuff): Ardern's baby already has friends in high places
Hiwa-i-te-rangi Allan-Coates (Spinoff): Calling an extraordinary general meeting of the Parly Kids’ Caucus
Herald: Presence of MPs' children now actively encouraged by Speaker's Office
PM’s pregnancy – national and international precedents
Stuff: The women, and some men, who have held power and had children as well
Esme Hall (Critic): Jacinda Ardern is Pregnant. Mark Richardson was still wrong.
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern and Benazir Bhutto: A tale of two Prime Ministers
Jihee Junn (Spinoff): ‘The next day I was back on the job’: the last time a woman PM gave birth in office
Manvash Ali (Stuff): I grew up under a pregnant prime minister; she was a role model and an inspiration
PM’s pregnancy - International reaction and coverage
Guardian Editorial: Jacinda Ardern: pregnant with meaning
Ruby Hamad (Guardian): 'It's what ladies do.' Of course Jacinda Ardern can be 'prime minister and a mum'
Caroline Davies and Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern: 'New Zealand will help us raise our child'
Liz Jones (Daily Mail): A pregnant PM isn't feminism... it's betraying your voters
Kerri Sackville: Why Jacinda Ardern's pregnancy news is a big deal
Nicole Manison (Stuff): Senior Aussie politician and mum of two offers pregnant Ardern advice
Caitlin Gibson (Washington Post): New Zealand's prime minister is pregnant. The Internet reacted predictably
RNZ: International media deliver opinions on Ardern
Herald: World reacts to news of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's pregnancy
TVNZ: News of Jacinda Ardern's pregnancy makes headlines around the world
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern baby news makes headlines around the world
Labour Party
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Labour looks ahead to the next 300 days
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern: The first 100 days
Mei Heron (RNZ): Govt still to put in place some first 100-day goals
Newshub: Prime Minister discusses 100-day plan
Newstalk ZB: Govt 100-day plan: What's left on the to-do list?
Kirsty Wynn (Herald): Baby on agenda: Labour's three day caucus retreat
Herald on Sunday editorial: PM's political 'aunt' stepped aside for her
Lee Umbers (Herald): Dame Annette King: Her life in and out of politics
Inequality
Herald: Oxfam report - Huge wealth gap in New Zealand where richest 1% own 30% of wealth
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Rich man, poor man: inequality gap grew in 2017, Oxfam report reveals
RNZ: One percent of the population, 30 percent of the wealth
Susan St John and Dr Gerry Cotterell: Our social security safety net has unraveled
Year ahead in politics
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Previewing 2018: National
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Foreign policy challenges ahead for Ardern government
Richard Prebble (Listener): Jacinda Ardern will face the tyranny of events
Andrew Gunn (Press): Should PM send Winston Peters to winter over at Scott Base?
Health
TVNZ: New Zealanders vote overwhelmingly in support of free dental care in 1 NEWS poll
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): ED doctor calls for cost sharing discussion on alcohol health expense
Sophia Duckor-Jones (RNZ): 'Why was everybody so sure it was botulism’
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Hodgson welcomes role in new hospital
Alice Guy (Herald): End of Life Choice Bill sparks debate about euthanasia and Maori values
Environment
Lynley Tulloch (Stuff): Teaching our kids to kill in name of conservation
Ged Cann (Stuff): Kiwis need to realise 100 per cent pure is 100 per cent propaganda
David Williams (Newsroom): Mackenzie divisions as wide as ever
Yvonne O’Hara (ODT): Impact of emissions seen in oceans
Herald Editorial: Trash talk can help us move huge mountain
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): E-waste a 'priority issue' promises associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage
Jamie Morton (Herald): Thousands snubbing Waitakere Ranges rahui despite reminders by park rangers
RNZ: MPI prosecutions against fishers takes a dive
Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Government short on land for 1 billion trees promise
Yvonne O’Hara (ODT): Maori knowledge brought to bear on problem
Treaty settlements and Māori land
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Govt walking a tightrope as Māori relations set to trip
Tony Wall and Carmen Parahi (Stuff): Ngāi Tahu and Tainui receive $370 million in Treaty payment top-ups, with more to come
Kate Pereyra Garcia (RNZ): Govt pays extra $370m in treaty settlements
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Millions spent on controversial Māori land bill
Greens
Paul Buchanan (Kiwipolitico): Do the Greens have a candidate vetting problem?
Kelly Dennett (Herald): Silence over Metiria Turei's alleged benefit fraud investigation irks
Herald: Former MP: Life in parliament is like 'walking with crocodiles'
Education
Simon Collins (Herald): Students favouring health, engineering and IT over accounting, teaching
Weekend Herald editorial: Ridiculous rules against physical restraint must change
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Kids left to trash school property: Hipkins says restraint balance 'not quite right'
Fiona Barber (Stuff): The best schools for our kids aren't always 'private' or 'high decile'
Felicity Barnes (Newsroom): Why we need to know more about our own history
Housing
Anne Gibson (Herald): Tauranga beats Auckland as NZ's least affordable for housing: Global study
Sally Murphy (RNZ): Tauranga, Auckland 'way above' severely unaffordable
Stuff: Tauranga out-ranks Auckland as NZ's most unaffordable city for housing
Samantha Motion (Bay of Plenty Times): 'Where's the affordable housing for young families?'
RNZ: Robertson asks students to dob in dodgy landlords
Te reo Māori
RNZ: Outspoken: Te Reo in Broadcasting
Stacey Morrison (Herald): Time to give Maori language respect it deserves
Mike Hosking (Herald): The trouble with te reo Maori is a lack of relevance
Paula Bennett
Herald: Paula Bennett reveals she has undergone gastric bypass
Newshub: Paula Bennett gets gastric bypass
Stuff: Former deputy PM Paula Bennett undergoes gastric bypass surgery: 'Haters can hate'
Local government
Jimmy Ellingham (Manawatū Standard): Māori ward opponents 'didn't think' about telling us who they are
Richard Mays (Manawatū Standard): Māori ward opponents bring brash to town
Nicholas Boyack (Dominion Post): Nobody knows how many pre-1900 building there are in Wellington
#MeToo
Deborah Hill Cone (Herald): This feminist moment is too bitchy for me. Hashtag youtoo?
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Our normal is broken
Other
Emile Donovan and Tim Brown (RNZ): 'Without a doubt' road toll linked to cuts
Brian Easton (Pundit): Contingency and Jim (1938-2018)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Government close to securing new site for America's Cup bases in Auckland
Jo Moir (Stuff): Government takes first steps towards abortion law reform
Herald: Kim Dotcom: I'm suing NZ Govt for billions
Press: Kim Dotcom announces on his wedding day plans to sue the NZ Government
Heta Gardiner (Māori TV): Fox eyes up Tāmaki electorate
Nelson Mail: 'Offensive behaviour' charges laid over Nick Smith rat poison protest
Dan Sathereley (Newshub): Twyford and Collins bicker over 'pork-barrel' roads and 'trolleys'
Anan Zaki (Stuff): Government plans to 'regionalise' migration away from Auckland – minister
Kurt Bayer (Herald): NZ's elite SAS soldiers get rugged new army vehicles
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Editorial changes at The Spinoff