NZ Politics Daily - 2 February 2018
2 February 2018
Today's content
Below are the links to the items online. The full text of these items are contained in the PDF file (click to download).
Government
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Six months of good sleeps
Herald Editorial: The Government will be tested by the unexpected
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Why Winston Peters is the real power behind the throne
Liam Hehir: Yes, New Zealand First is in serious trouble
Chris Tooley: Maori need a choice between Labour and an independent voice
TVNZ: Marama Davidson in box-seat for Green Party co-leadership as nominations open - Bryce Edwards
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): All bets are off in race to replace Metiria Turei as Green Party co-leader
Herald: Greens promise to behave on Intelligence and Security committee
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Greens betray principles for Winston, don't even get a t-shirt
Child welfare
Press Editorial: We have a responsibility to remember abuses in state care
David Cohen (RNZ): State abuse inquiry a 'long time coming'
Aaron Smale (RNZ): Abuse inquiry: 'The government has got it right'
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government announces inquiry into historical state abuse
Herald: Call for longer timeline of Royal Commission of Inquiry into state abuse of children
Derek Cheng (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to unveil inquiry into state care abuse
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Church schools face Royal Commission scrutiny
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): What a Royal Commission could mean for the system
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand announces major inquiry into child abuse in state care
Andy Fyers (Stuff): Truth or fable: Fact-checking the PM's child poverty speech
Katie Kenny (Stuff): Children's Ministry boss says she underestimated the intensity of public interest in the agency
Waitangi
Jo Moir (Stuff): Government not expecting all smooth sailing as it heads north to Waitangi
Claire Trevett (Herald): Iwi leaders prepare for first meeting with PM Jacinda Ardern
RNZ: PM to meet with iwi leaders in Northland today
Raniera Harrison (Māori TV): Recent politics no surprise to Iwi leader
Northern Advocate: Picnic with families, marae visit part of PM Jacinda Ardern's Waitangi visit
Bayley Moor (Stuff): Treaty grounds all set for Waitangi Festival
National Party
John Armstrong (TVNZ): Bill English represents National's past, not its future. That is simply a fact of life.
Medicinal cannabis legislation
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Medicinal cannabis: National MPs' last-minute backtrack
Emily Heyward (Stuff): Kaikōura MP Stuart Smith votes for and against medicinal cannabis bills
Matt Zwartz (Metro): High time: How a prohibition and punishment approach to drugs isn't working
Kyle MacDonald (Herald): Why cannabis is a gateway drug in the right direction
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Member's Bill aims to crack down on synthetic drugs
Economy and trade
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): What 2019’s ‘Wellbeing Budget’ might look like
Liam Dann (Herald): Govt plans, worker shortage and dip in dairy prices set to slow economy
Listener: Why the CPTPP is important for New Zealand
Lorde’s Tel Aviv cancellation
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Can Israel really make New Zealanders pay damages for expressing their opinion?
Laura Tupou (RNZ): No summons to Israeli 'harm' case - NZ activists
Stuff: Israeli group suing Kiwis over Lorde boycott hasn't contacted them
RNZ: NZ activists sued over Lorde concert cancellations
Environment
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Dramatic maps released showing state of crisis in nation's wetlands
Jamie Morton (Herald): New Zealand's wetlands wipe-out: 'We must protect the last 10%'
Brian Fallow (Herald): Shaw's bid to combat climate change
RNZ: Toxic foam feared linked to illnesses
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Canterbury rivers restored to original Māori names
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Greenpeace protesters 'pretty stoked' with delaying Amazon Warrior's supply vessel
Melanie Mark-Shadbolt and James Ataria (Spinoff): Why aren’t people listening? Māori scientists on why rāhui are important
Housing
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public housing waitlist still growing - and has a new name
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Wellington rental crisis 'a perfect storm'
RNZ: Wellington Universities look at housing more students
Anne Gibson (Herald): Anti-foreign home buyer law harsher than Aussie and will discourage building, say experts
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): New housing laws are a mistake and xenophobia is to blame
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Landlord: I won't increase rent just because I can
International relations
Laura Walters (Stuff): Govt to review aid strategy and spending, after NGOs call for NZ to step up
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Budget battle begins with push for MFAT boost
Audrey Young (Herald): No ministers, no speeches by NZ at embassies' national day events
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): MFAT denies ‘snub’ over national day policy
Emma Hurley (Newshub): New Zealand not alerted about Australian security leak
Newstalk ZB: Ardern urges de-escalation in Korea
Chelsea Boyle (Herald): Mum's plea to NZ ministry for son detained in Cambodia
Education
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Student visa moves prompt pushback: They feel 'conned'
Stuff: How many new students are taking out a student loan in NZ?
Health
David Seymour (Newsroom): Assisted dying bill doesn’t need a white knight
Dubby Henry (Herald): New Zealand survey finds stopping smoking main reason to start vaping
Rachel Thomas (Stuff): Central region gets overhaul of alcohol and drug addiction services
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Sugar taxes - NZIER's advice
Mary Barnao (Newsroom): Mental health team will need to dig deep
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Government MPs call anti-fluoridation activists “experts”
Media
Sophie Duckor-Jones (RNZ): Veteran journalist always 'hunted down the truth’
Karl Puschmann (TVNZ): TVNZ's Seven Sharp gamble with Jeremy Wells and Hilary Barry may pay off with millennials
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Who the hell is Jeremy Wells and what right has he to replace Mike Hosking?
Katie Parker (The Wireless): Hilary and Jeremy: please don’t make her be his mum
Other
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Moves to close damaged vehicle import loophole
Derek Cheng (Herald): Boosted Govt aid prompts more dairy owners to fight thieves with fog