NZ Politics Daily - 16 February 2018
16 February 2018
Today's content
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National Party
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Lining up the contenders
Henry Cooke (Stuff): What each National Party leadership hopeful brings to the table
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Princess Stardust versus The Crusher Queen
Derek Cheng (Herald): Jami-Lee Ross counters Judith Collins' claim about public endorsements
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): National Party leadership contest gets scrappy
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Collins cries foul over Adams' MP entourage stunt
Derek Cheng (Herald): National leadership still a three-horse race, but Coleman out
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Could a dark horse be the surprise winner in National leadership contest?
Jo Moir (Stuff): Lance O'Sullivan could be a future National Party leader
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Second Coming of National’s Rough Beasts
Listener: Bill English's legacy
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): A few thoughts on National's future direction...
Government
Richard Harman (Politik): Hipkins planning radical changes to public service
Colin James: Chris Hipkins’ plans for the public service and Parliament
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): 'The anti-Trump': New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern earns nickname from Vogue
Stuff: From Vogue to Murupara: Jacinda Ardern posts mullet pic in wake of full-glamour photo shoot
Steven Cowan: Vogue. Strike a pose.
Damon Rusden (Newsroom): What the Greens needs in a co-leader
Sexual harassment
Sasha Borissenko (Newsroom): Wellington’s worst-kept secret
Melanie Reid and Sasha Borissenko (Newsroom): Former staff question law firm’s culture
The Wireless: Law firm admits 'naivety' over sexual misconduct allegations by young students
RNZ: Law interns' sexual assault complaints come to light
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Allegations against top law firm 'wake up call' for industry
Amber Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Students in law clerk programme report inappropriate sexual behavior
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Justice minister says groping scandal at the Human Rights Commission 'disturbing'
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The Human Rights Commission must show it has its own house in order on sexual harassment
Max Whitehead (Herald): Sexual allegations used as weapon
Health and disability
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): A humiliating and impenetrable system
RNZ: The cost of looking after a disabled adult child
Jim Tucker (Stuff): Plunket needs to front up with more than platitudinal waffle
RNZ: Auckland water quality: 'It bloody peeves me right off'
Housing
Press Editorial: the bright-line extension is a bright idea
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Bright-line test on house sales extended to five years
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): 5-year bright-line too much — expert
Brian Fallow (Herald): Retired & renting - the trend isn't comforting
Libby Wilson (Stuff): Privately owned state houses number about 2600, costing government about $1m a week in rent
OIA
Peter Dunne (Scoop): What to do with the OIA?
No Right Turn: Dunne on the OIA
Dan Satherley (Newshub): The most useless suggestion Jacinda Ardern's probably ever had
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): More teens getting NCEA and UE in summer holidays
RNZ: Govt moves forward with education reforms
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): One more damned thing we expect of our teachers
Roger Partridge (Stuff): Charting a different course: A lesson for the education minister and his boss
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Govt lowers penalty for fees-free fraudsters
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Zero-fees tertiary policy labelled a rort
Matt Nippert (Herald): NZ academic who made headlines researching China's influence links break-ins to her work
Environment
Ged Cann (Stuff): Aussie study backs fishing cameras as NZ suggests scrapping their introduction
Conan Young (RNZ): Fishing boat cameras: 'People were suddenly ... a lot more honest'
Newshub: Critically endangered New Zealand sea lion killed in trawl net
Herald: Calls for ocean-friendly fishing methods after sea lion death
Robin Martin (RNZ): Eels die as Taranaki streams dry up
Miri Schroeter (Manawatu Standard): Lake Horowhenua 'stuffed', Forest and Bird say
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Mangrove bill sidesteps RMA
Keri Mills (Stuff): NZ shouldn't be afraid to accept Māori have legitimate rights to freshwater
Judy Lawrence (Herald): Getting climate-change retaliation in early key to success
Primary industries
Andrea Fox (Herald): Dairy industry review under way with law change
RNZ: Report recommends moving Marlborough salmon farms
Tom Furley (RNZ): Cyclone delays arrival of Tongan fruit-pickers
RNZ: Usamate's NZ visit aims to boost Fijian RSE worker numbers
Cyclone Gita
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): RNZ: Fears over deportations to cyclone-ravaged Tonga
Koro Vaka'uta (RNZ): Tonga: 'We need to prepare ourselves to rebuild and renew'
RNZ: Cyclone Gita: Emergency shelters reach Tongan villages
RNZ: Cyclone Gita: Samoa clean-up effort making progress
Abortion
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Labour moves to legalise abortion
Derek Cheng (Herald): Abortion law needs to be updated - Andrew Little
Jo Moir (Stuff): Abortion watchdog want changes to the law but say nobody is listening
Derek Cheng (Herald): Home abortions safest, MPs told
Katie Bradford (TVNZ): Jacinda Ardern committed to abortion law reform, but National's leadership candidates all object
CTV building collapse
Michael Wright (Press): PM's reality check on CTV prosecution: 'We unfortunately don't have the power to intervene'
Logan Church (RNZ): PM holds closed-door meeting with CTV families
Lisa Davies (TVNZ): 'We don't want it to happen to anyone else' -Families of CTV building earthquake victims meeting with PM today
ACT
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Will twinkling his toes save Seymour?
Laura Walters (Stuff): ACT leader David Seymour to perform on Dancing with the Stars
Fletcher Building
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Fletcher Building's own Valentines Day Massacre
Herald Editorial: How did Fletcher Building miscalculate so badly?
Media
Colin Peacock (RNZ): NZ's news coverage shrinks as agency shuts down
Stuff: Major shake up at MediaWorks: Jay-Jay on MoreFM, Tova O'Brien replaces Gower
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Party time at MediaWorks
Phil Pennington (RNZ): TVNZ considers licensing footage to American company
Transport
Benedict Collins (RNZ): National demands drug testing answers
Simon Wilson (Herald): Is Auckland ready for March Madness traffic congestion?
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Port of Westport to close to foreign shipping
America’s Cup
Todd Niall (RNZ): Govt: Cup Village plan not a done deal
Dana Johannsen (Auckland Now): Team New Zealand face shifting battle lines in America's Cup war of the wharves
Other
Mark O’Connell (Guardian): The long read: Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): No increased risk of boat people in NZ
Laura Walters (Stuff): Marriage of minors bill would give power to courts, not parents, to stop forced marriage
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Multiple problems found at Manawatū and Akl prison – report
Herald: Almost half of Kiwis only just getting by day to day
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Euthanasia advocates deliver personal stories to Parliament
Jo Lines-Mackenzie (Stuff): Protest group plan for Waikato Rodeo
Newshub: NZ First submits Bill for English to be recognised as official language
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Tikanga Māori to be regulated throughout funeral industry
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): Govt revives plan to criminalise cartels
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Lotto warned about cultural appropriation on its Chinese New Year gaming app