NZ Politics Daily - 25 January 2018
25 January 2018
Today's content
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TPP
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern's win win on TPP
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters has done the right thing on TPP
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Labour PMs merit salute for trade deal
Stephen Jacobi (Spinoff): The reborn TPP shows progressive trade policy has real currency
Jane Kelsey (Spinoff): Labour has shown a lack of political backbone on so-called ‘progressive’ TPPA
Jane Kelsey (Daily Blog): The zombie TPPA is back!
Tim Watkin (Pundit): How Donald Trump helped save the trade deal and enabled Ardern's realism
John Boyton and Mei Heron (RNZ): 'Are we going to give away our Treaty rights ... to sell sheep?'
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Govt needs National support to get TPP over line
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): New TPP deal: why now and who wins?
Mei Heron (RNZ): Govt expects TPP to spark interest from UK
TVNZ: 'It hasn't been easy' - revived CPTPP trade deal set for signing in March
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern hails breakthrough in revised TPP, Canada agrees to stay in
TVNZ: Watch: Greens 'disagree' with new TPP deal but NZ First is on board
Newstalk ZB: Winston supports TPP but Greens still holding out
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Business groups say CPTPPA 'not a moment too soon' with NZ exporters missing out
RNZ: Red meat industry relieved TPP deal done
TVNZ: From flying dildos to Donald Trump – a look back on the history of the TPP
Stephanie Rodgers (Boots Theory): Has Labour kept its promise on the TPPA?
Steven Cowan: An exercise in rebranding
The Standard: The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership
No Right Turn: Meh
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ First to support TPP
Ratana
Claire Trevett (Herald): Winds of political change sweep through powhiri
Wanganui Chronicle: Prime Minister warmly welcomed at Ratana Pa
Laura Walters (Stuff): Rātana offers support, special speaking rights, and a name for Jacinda Ardern's baby
Alexander Robertson (Herald): Local Focus: Rātana roundup
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Jacinda Ardern rides on Rātana’s positive vibes
Claire Trevett (Herald): Ratana church gifts Jacinda Ardern a name for her baby
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Ardern gifted a name for her baby at Rātana
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Jacinda Ardern's significant gift
Herald: Winston Peters notes absence of 'cat man' at Ratana Pa
Claire Trevett (Herald): Bill English given tongue lashing at Ratana for te reo Maori comment
Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Rātana uses political visit to gear up for 100-year anniversary
Claire Trevett (Herald): Jacinda Ardern arrives at Ratana Pa in first visit by Labour PM since Clark
Anna Bracewell-Ward (Newshub): Māori set example for the kind of government we want to be - Jacinda Ardern
TVNZ: Watch: Rousing haka welcomes Jacinda Ardern, political leaders to Ratana
TVNZ: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will be received at Ratana today.
Mental Health
Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Govt has achieved more for mental health than National ever did – campaigner
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): A new approach to addiction
Herald Editorial: Government's mental heath inquiry brief too broad
TVNZ: Ministerial inquiry a chance to 're-boot our approach' to mental health, says foundation
CPAG: Child poverty should be a key focus for Inquiry into Mental Health and Addictions
Regan Paranihi (Maori TV): Strong support for Govt's mental health inquiry
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Olympic coach's suicide: 'Ben was badly let down'
Dubby Henry (Hearld): DHB admits failings over elderly mental health patient's death while in care
Health
George Thomson, Louise Delany, Janet Hoek and Richard Edwards (Dominon Post): Tax hikes work, let's not stop there
Press Editorial: Christchurch's water safety move is vital but why the delay?
RNZ: South Island councils consider chlorinating
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Should NZ follow the UK and ban sale of energy drinks to under-16s?
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Disgraced former Waikato District Health Board CEO Nigel Murray not first pick for the job
Shani Williams (Central Leader): Thousands of Aucklanders fined every year for parking in disabled parking spaces
Employment
Derek Cheng (Herald): Will the Govt changes strengthen collective bargaining and lift wages?
Derek Cheng (Herald): 90-day trials to be all but axed in first stage of employment law reforms
Henry Cooke (Stuff): 90-day trials to be severely restricted
RNZ: Govt to announce employment law changes
Emile Donovan (RNZ): NZ an attractive place to work - global survey
Paula O’Kane (ODT): Businesses must cater for diverse, flexible staff
Government
Mike Williams (Noted): What 2018 has in store for Jacinda Ardern
Audrey Malone (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern on what it's like as a first-time prime minister
Jennifer Curtin (Herald): Jacinda Ardern makes motherhood in politics normal
Stephanie Rodgers (Boots Theory): Do Good Thursday: #KnitforJacinda and Little Sprouts
Stuff: #KnitForJacinda movement is more than booties and hats
Housing
Imran Ali (Herald): $4000 a month on temporary accommodation as Northland rents soar
Mahvash Ali (Stuff): Homeless mum relieved she will finally get a Housing NZ home
Rob Stock (Stuff): Property downturn sees more homeowners cashing out with losses
Catherine Harris (Stuff): What was behind Auckland's huge house price surge?
TVNZ: Tiny houses not taking off in New Zealand despite need for smaller living options
Education
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Education pay war heating up
Robin Martin (RNZ): Secondary school scraps voluntary fees
RNZ: Novopay chases teachers over historic over-payments
Brad Olsen and Shaun Twaddle (Infometrics): Education 101: It’s time for a plan
Economy
Liam Dann (Herald): Interest rates tipped to rise as rock-star economy keeps singing
Brian Easton (Pundit): How Economically Radical Will Today’s Labour-led Government Be?
Journalism and media
Karl du Fresne: 50 years as a print hack
Joanna Wane (North & South): Cartoonist Tom Scott on the art of a good skewering
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): TV is tough: Mediaworks
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Will Labour end up killing off private TV news?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): I don’t remember the CEO of Mediaworks complaining when National bailed them out with mates rate loans (but criticism aimed at RNZ is legit
Animal welfare
Sophia Duckor-Jones (RNZ): Push for Trade Me to ban sale of pets online
Michael Laws (Herald): Rodeo's critics ignore findings that it's not cruel
Environment
RNZ: Businesses should pay for their pollution – poll
TVNZ: Kiwis take steps to sustainability as top concerns range from violence to plastic
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Kiwis are actively making their lifestyles more sustainable, forcing business to adapt
RNZ: DoC considers tourist levies
Primary industries
Newshub: Forestry Minister Shane Jones 'extremely disappointed' by proposed job losses
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Farms vs waterways: There’s got to be a better way
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Fishing company and skippers charged with failing to protect seabirds
Transport and road safety
Miri Schroeter (Manawatu Standard): More slips come down in the Manawatū Gorge
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Consumer NZ calls for 'closer look' at insurance sold via car dealers
America’s Cup
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Government backdown on America's Cup bases in Auckland?
Michael Goldwater (Herald): Council agency should accept tank farm site for America's Cup
Other
Dominion Post Editorial: Anzac disagreements are not just about the boat people
Jacques Steenkamp (Stuff): Aspiring doctor's dreams shattered by visa decision
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Māori Battalion exhibition reveals voices from the past
Herald: Tributes flow after death of West Auckland politician Denise Yates
Ken Orr (ODT): Adoption promoted as the loving option