NZ Politics Daily - 24 January 2018
24 January 2018
Today's content
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Mental Health
Derek Cheng (Herald): Nothing off the table for Govt's extensive mental health inquiry to be headed by former Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Patterson
RNZ: Mental health inquiry: How will it work?
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Mental health review to look at services and equity of access – Govt
RNZ: Govt names head of mental health inquiry
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Mental health inquiry a blueprint for the future
Dave Macpherson (Daily Blog): Mental Health Inquiry – Will it deliver?
Mei Heron (RNZ): Mother whose son died on suicide watch welcomes mental health inquiry
Herald: Nicky Stevens' family welcome ministerial inquiry into mental health
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): We're all affected by mental health at some stage
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Mental health inquiry 'classic political stall'
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Mental health review must break new ground, say advocates
Derek Cheng (Herald): Govt expected to announce mental health inquiry today
Ruby Nyika (Stuff): Ageing, lonely and paying prostitutes for cuddles
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): Rural residents 'entitled' to same mental health support as city dwellers – coroner
Health
RNZ: Waikato DHB spent $106,000 to hire Nigel Murray
ODT Editorial: Taxing sugar-sweetened drinks
Tess Nichol (Herald): Kiwi supermarkets to keep selling under-16s energy drinks despite UK ban
Frances Cook (Herald): Go to Health Podcast: Why vaccination isn't a 'personal choice' at all
Gabrielle Baker (Spinoff): Summer health series: Treaty partnership and decision making
Jamie McAulay (Newsroom): Editing science for Māori health
Ratana, Waitangi and Māori-Crown relationships
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Political year gears up at Rātana
Laura Walters (Stuff): Māori-Crown issues come to the forefront as political year kicks off
Laura Stowell (Wanganui Chronicle): A church, a movement, a new Prime Minister at Ratana Pa this year
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern set to be feted at Ratana
Heta Gardiner (Māori TV): MWWL President to Government – It’s time for them to step back
RNZ: Wide support for Waitangi changes - Pita Paraone
Ella Henry (RNZ): 'Northern tribes will have much to say'
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): PM at Waitangi: A step ahead, but untested
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Ardern expected to speak at Waitangi
Annabelle Lee (Spinoff): Why Jacinda Ardern’s decision to spend five days at Waitangi is a really big deal
Mikaela Collins (Northern Advocate): Cabinet ministers to cook food for public at Prime Minister's Waitangi Day breakfast
RNZ: Honeymoon period between Māori and govt could be short-lived – English
Greg Presland (Standard): Jacinda to attend Waitangi day ceremony at Waitangi
The Standard: What should happen at Waitangi
Joshua Hitchcock (Spinoff): Why Ngāi Tahu and Tainui’s Treaty payment top-ups are fair and legal
Alvina Edwards (Daily Blog): Fairfax manipulated my story for racist clickbait
Trade
Audrey Young (Herald): Revised TPP on track to be signed by 11 countries in March
RNZ: 'Hallelujah' moment: Revised TPP to be signed in March
Henry Cooke (Stuff): New-look TPP to be signed in March
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Trade agreements and the new TPP
Manus Island
NZ Herald editorial: What is our policy if boat people arrive?
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): What's the motivation behind the latest lot of Australian intelligence leaks?
Derek Cheng (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern: blame 'parasite' people smugglers, not Labour
RNZ: People smugglers are 'parasites' – PM
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern denies report that asylum offer led to surge in people smuggling
Derek Cheng (Herald): PM warned to ease up on asylum seeker talk
TVNZ: Bill English accuses Jacinda Ardern of 'antagonising' Australia over stance on Manus Island refugees
Tess Nichol (Herald): Manus asylum seeker to Ardern: 'They cannot take your kindness - just keep going'
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Australian intelligence leaks blame boat arrivals on Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
RNZ: 58 Manus refugees bound for US
Employment law
Richard Harman (Politik): Government "fiddles" with employment law
Dominion Post Editorial: Time for a level playing field on employment law
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Smokos, bargaining safe under new Government
Aimee Shaw (Herald): New Zealand trailblazing a path towards equal pay for women
Derek Cheng (Herald): New laws for pay equity by middle of the year
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Joint working group starts on new round of pay equity laws
Government
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern: Merit in target system, but Labour will set its own
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Grant Robertson's unrepeatable words for Treasury Secretary
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Bill English slams Government for getting rid of public service targets
No Right Turn: Open Government: A progress report
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Hard to get good advice
Ben Aulakh (Timaru Herald): Lees-Galloway hits back at Falloon's panning of Labour's immigration plans
Jacinda Ardern pregnancy
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On the selling out of the Kurds and Prime Parenting
Brian Rudman (Herald): Show will go on in PM's absence
Brenda Boyer (Herald): Why PM's pregnancy isn't good news for women
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Media shies away from asking obvious questions of the prime minister
Mava Enoka (Wireless): Why the PM’s baby news is a reminder that NZ can to do better for families, especially dads
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): #knitforJacinda: New Zealanders join forces to make baby clothes for the needy
Sarah Stewart (Spinoff): Working mothers make great employees
Yvette Cooper (Guardian): Like Jacinda Ardern, I rewrote the rules on having a baby in office
Water quality
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Council warned to chlorinate water or risk illness
RNZ: Chch water safe to drink – council
Dominic Harris (Press): Christchurch's water should be temporarily treated after report finds drinking wells 'may be susceptible to contamination'
Housing
Stuff: Chart: Half a million people spend a quarter or more of their income on housing
Alexandra Saunders (Spinoff): Eight rentals in eight years: What unstable housing is like for children
RNZ: Tauranga's appeal to retirees driving up house prices
Bay of Plenty Times: Unaffordable houses takes gloss off Tauranga lifestyle advantages
Shane Martin and David Norman (Interest): Auckland Council's economists argue land use regulation is unlikely to be the main culprit for house price rises
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Low mortgage rates the new norm – economist
TVNZ: Complaints flood in about landlords exploiting student allowance increase by raising rents
TVNZ: Wellington students hit with 'really unfair' rent rises as demand continues to rise
Education
RNZ: NCEA assessment 'not good practice’
Tom Furley (RNZ): Loan sharks target back-to-school families: It's 'appalling'
Herald: Future of Hato Petera College in balance - Commissioner to be appointed
RNZ: Commissioner appointed to govern Hato Petera College
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Council staff in favour putting kura on protected productive plains land
Te reo Māori
Laura Walters (Stuff): Can Te Mātāwai save te reo? First regional funding round underway
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Te Reo isn't someone else's language
Newswire: Bill English stands by Te Reo comments
Primary industries
Steve Carden (Herald): farming has reached its economic, social environmental limits
Brittany Baker (Stuff): Reclassification of export mānuka honey may breach Treaty of Waitangi
Freedom camping
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): Central Otago mayor calls for 0800 number to report 'undesirable' campers
Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): $662,800 in fines for freedom campers
Robin Martin (RNZ): Freedom campers puts reserve under pressure
Other
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): No need to fear us: RNZ
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Snotty-nosed, pimply-faced little males racing at rocket speeds drive me mad
Katarina Williams (Stuff): Police Association president backs driver saliva drug testing
Todd Niall (RNZ): Govt plan for America's Cup still up in the air
Todd Niall (RNZ): America's Cup village alternative under discussion today
RNZ: Rates rebel vows to fight
Kurt Bayer (Herald): New Zealand Army wants multi-skilled light fighting
Max Towle (RNZ): An oral history of the world’s first gay rugby match
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Boardroom artwork to celebrate 125th anniversary of women's suffrage