NZ Politics Daily - 2 March 2018
2 March 2018
Today's content
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Foreign affairs and trade
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Big issues on the table for trans-Tasman talks
Tracy Watkins (Stuff):Jacinda Ardern and Malcolm Turnbull's date a toast to trans-Tasman tradition
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern arrives in Australia ahead of talks with Aussie PM
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Jacinda Ardern pressing the flesh of Malcolm Turnbull
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): PM angling for business deal in Australia
RNZ: PM will raise Australian deportation issues
Newshub: Ardern to discuss treatment of Kiwi prisoners in Australia
Herald: Malcolm Turnbull's night with Jacinda Ardern
Audrey Young (Herald): 'We don't want Arderned crims' insists Aussies as NZ PM arrives in Sydney
Audrey Young (Herald): Malcolm Turnbull to host Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford to dinner at home
Michelle Grattan (The Conversation): Politics podcast: Jacinda Ardern on her political life
Stuff: Aussies take the mickey out of awkward Jacinda interview
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters plans ‘Pacific reset’
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): NZ to increase aid to the Pacific – Peters
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): New Zealand and the PRC: links and questions
John Cousins (Bay of Plenty Times): China backlash feared
Edward Miller (Newsroom): Opinion: Can Labour bring labour rights to RCEP?
Jo Moir (Stuff): Former ministers doing a great job of turning select committee into theatre
Kirk Hope (Stuff): CPTPP 'levels the playing field' in Japan
Jonathan Guildford (Press): Anti-TPPA protesters lock themselves to railway track in Christchurch
Bill English leaves Parliament
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): English leaves the front page, for good
Tess Nichol (Herald): Tearful Bill English bids farewell to Parliament after 27 years in politics
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Goodbye Bill: Parliament's southern gentleman, Bill English, bows out of politics
RNZ: English bids farewell, talks of privilege of public service
1News: 'Give me $200 cash' – how Bill English almost didn't make it into parliament
Newstalk ZB: Bill English: It's taught me Humility
Brad Flahive (Stuff): Wellington cartoonist Walt Hamer, 12, says Bill English had a good 'walk-run' as leader
National Party
Graham Adams (Noted): Bridges and Bennett: National's B-Team
Wayne Mapp (Spinoff): How Simon Bridges can scrap his way to becoming PM in 2020
Leonie Hayden (Spinoff): How to tell if you’re Māori
Dan Satherley (Newstalk ZB): Judith Collins happy to take on Labour 'without even getting paid'
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Making Of A National Party Leader
John Minto (Daily Blog): Simon Bridges and Maggie Thatcher
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Simon & Paula’s Māori Blood percentage: Watching Identity Politics eat itself
Jason Walls (Interest): New National leader Simon Bridges is making no apologies for what he calls his ‘firm but fair’ approach
Jamie Mackay (Herald): Listen: Simon Bridges - 'I am very farmer friendly'
Amy Diamond (Bay of Plenty Times): What do you want to see Simon Bridges tackle first?
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): National hopes Simon Bridges will broaden its appeal to other young, Māori former Cabinet ministers
Justice and prisoner rights
Gordon Campbell: On why prison inmates should be allowed to vote
Anna Loren (Stuff): Wig-wearing murderer Phillip John Smith has no rights to hairpiece, court rules
No Right Turn: Missing the obvious
Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): The bizarre case of the NZ court case hidden from public and media scrutiny
Sam Hurley (Herald): Cancelled passport and classified information reason behind secret court hearing
Stuff: Secret court hearing in Wellington for passport case, top judge confirms
Laura Walters (Stuff): Huge rise in female prison population 'a problem': Corrections boss
Education
Jack Boyle (Herald): Teachers' pay has fallen too low to recruit enough people
Camilla Highfield (Newsroom): How our teacher shortage affects everyone
Jared Nicoll (Stuff): Survey reveals primary school principals are overworked and struggling to sleep
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Axed private school scholarships 'made the impossible possible' - solo mother
Stuff: Education Ministry to asses whether Tuturumuri school in rural Wairarapa with low enrolment should close
RNZ: Polytechnic mergers not ruled out – Hipkins
Herald: Education Minister says change is coming for polytechs: 'Status quo is not an option'
Herald: Chris Hipkins: 'Bureaucratic' competitive tertiary funding model expelled
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Govt acts as polytechs face 'financial crisis'
Jim Tucker (Taranaki Daily News): Happy reforming, Minister Hipkins
Richard Shaw (Stuff): Stop bagging the Bachelor of Arts
Dominic O’Sullivan (The Conversation): Australia could look to New Zealand to increase the number of Indigenous academics and students
Greens co-leader contest
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Green Party co-leadership debate between Marama Davidson and Julie Anne Genter
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Both Green Party leadership candidates express doubt about budget rules
The Standard: Genter and Davidson
Parliament and democracy
Chris Trotter: “A Giant Beast Called The Government”
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Talking About Their Generation
No Right Turn: Time to lower the voting age
No Right Turn: Worth an OIA: Ministerial weekly briefings
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): I vote to let kids be kids
1News: ACT leader's attempt to condemn South African govt over land expropriation blocked
Jessica Mutch (1News): List of people facing legal action from Winston Peters over privacy issues could grow
Russell McVeagh and sexual harassment
Press Editorial: Time's up for sexist legal culture
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Scathing letter from Auckland University to Russell McVeagh outlines decision to cut ties
Sasha Borissenko (Newsroom): All six law schools cut ties with Russell McVeagh
Herald: Six NZ universities cut ties with law firm Russell McVeagh in wake of sexual harassment claims
Katarina Williams and Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Russell McVeagh barred from University of Canterbury campus
Catriona MacLennan (Newsroom): When ‘ethics’ hurt careers
1News: Legal profession's current sexual harassment complaint process can 're-victimise' complainants, says Law Society
Stuff: Law Society takes action following Russell McVeagh allegations
RNZ: Law Society working group to tackle sexual harassment reporting
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Fairfax's 'Me Too' campaign tasteless, tacky and tabloid
Tess Nichol (Herald): TVNZ bosses say sexual harassment policies up to scratch
Media
Jane Patterson (RNZ): National raises questions about RNZ commentator
Thomas Coughlan (RNZ): RNZ eyes evolution rather than ‘big bang’
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): TVNZ unfazed by RNZ plans
Tom Pullar-Stecker (Stuff): No new television channel for RNZ, says chairman
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Clare Curran’s Public Media Panel feels like an enormous missed opportunity
Environment
Thomas Couglan (Newsroom): Greenhouse emissions growth slows, but so does tree-planting
Ewan McGregor (Herald): A billion extra trees needs to include pine forests
Health
Herald Editorial: New Govt under pressure to spend on health
David Menkes and Deborah Gleeson (Newsroom): Govt should move now to ban drug advertising
Rodeo and animal welfare
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government says 'no' to calls for rodeo bans
Tess Nichol (Herald): Government won't ban rodeo, animal welfare Minister says
Katie Bradford (Stuff): Government to look at use of electric prodders and tail twisting at rodeos - but doesn't want a ban
Newshub: Govt won't ban rodeos but will look into improving animal welfare
1News: SAFE say government have made a 'good start' on rodeos as animal welfare practices looked at
1News: 'Go and read the science!' – Michael Laws passionately defends rodeo's animal welfare record while firing up at Jack Tame
Inequality and poverty
Sarah Harris (Herald): Minister orders probe after Work and Income reports mum to Ministry for Children after eviction notice
Shannon Haunui-Thompson (RNZ): Te Puea puts homeless families in touch with employers
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Worried Kiwis spend work day juggling bills
Housing
Bryn Jones (Spinoff): Housing is a health issue too
Dan Satherley (Newshub): MBIE wrong about KiwiBuild costs – Twyford
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Wellington council spends up on housing
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Up to 155 new state homes for regions ready by June
Henry Cooke and Mahvash Ali (Stuff): 82 state homes replace 16 in Auckland's New Lynn
Teresa Ramsey (Stuff): Council seeks amendment to foreign buyer ban Bill
Primary industries
RNZ: Funding available for some farmers hit by Gita
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Fruit growers need to pay pickers more – Minister
Paula Hulburt (Stuff):'Politically correct' A&P Show ditches rifles for Nerf guns in possum potshot comp
Alexa Cook (RNZ): 'No one wants to see honey bees die'
Shannon Haunui-Thompson (RNZ): Protest over planned mega chicken farm
Auckland
RNZ: Commuters waste 80 hours stuck in traffic
Michael Neilson (Herald): Goff: Fuel tax 'not enough' to fix Auckland's transport woes
RNZ: Building insider says gridlock has doubled cost of deliveries
Simon Wilson (Herald): Cycle lanes will save this city
Todd Niall (RNZ): Ratepayers cover a $566 laundry bill and a $1.75 snack
Other
RNZ: Homeowners left in limbo after faulty EQC repairs
RNZ: 'Withdraw this safety video immediately' - Antarctic expert
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Racist donuts?
Romany Tasker-Poland and Shomi Yoon (ISO): A response to Erin Polaczuk