NZ Politics Daily - 8 March 2018

8 March 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).
 

Canterbury earthquake
Patrick Gower (Newshub): $180k of taxpayer money used to spy on Kiwis after Christchurch earthquakes
Conan Young (RNZ): Southern Response spy target accuses agency of intimidation
Michael Wright, Nick Truebridge and Liz McDonald (Stuff): Crown insurer Southern Response met with private investigator, police over claimant
RNZ: State Services Commission investigates Southern Response
Stuff: State Service Commission to investigate claims Southern Response used private investigators to spy on Christchurch quake claimants
Herald: State Services Commissioner Peter Hughes unveils inquiry into handling of Canterbury earthquake claims
RNZ: EQC Chch scopes 'weren't 100% accurate'
RNZ: Badly done repairs difficult to examine - inspector head
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): When the NZ State is spying on earthquake victims – when do you as citizens finally stand up?
No Right Turn: The business geniuses in the National Party

Environment
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): 'High time' for New Zealand's act for climate change
Jamie Morton (Herald): New watchdog backs bolder action on climate
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Environment watchdog wants UK-style Climate Commission
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Environmental Commissioner Simon Upton makes recommendations for Zero Carbon Act
No Right Turn: Climate change: The PCE on a climate commission
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Fracking reducing interest in NZ oil exploration
Ian Telfer (RNZ): Otago marine reserves planning has 'failed'
Jamie Morton (Herald): Govt eyes new South Island marine reserves
No Right Turn: Another failure of “collaboration"

Employment
Laura Walters (Stuff): No job, no qualification, no dream - migrant exploitation in NZ
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Government and business leaders join forces on combating modern slavery, human trafficking
Madison Reidy (Stuff): Government tells multinationals to search for slavery as Australia enacts audit law
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Out of the Goodness of the Employers’ Big, Generous Hearts
Laura Walters (Stuff): Immigration minister Iain Lees-Galloway urges migrant workers to join unions
Hamish Fletcher (Herald): Number of Kiwi women in top jobs sinks to 18 per cent, hits lowest point since 2004
RNZ: Number of businesswomen in leadership roles drops to 14-year low
Amanda Reilly (Newsroom): Quotas for women at the top, and the bottom

Census 
Megan Gattey and Maddison Northcote (Stuff): Census complaints: Vague questions, delays in paperwork
Michael Daly (Stuff): Why did the census ask that? New questions covered travel to education to house mould
Herald: Mouldy housing and internet access Census questions 'important social accounting exercise'

Foreign affairs and trade
Henry Cooke (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern announces pension portability for Cook Islanders, Tokeulauns and Niueans
RNZ: NZ commits a further $10m to Gita-hit Tonga
Mei Heron (RNZ): Damage to Tonga 'devastating', Ardern says
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom):Tonga takes stock after Gita devastation
Mei Heron (RNZ): Govt reviews pension rules for Niue and Cook Islands
Jim Rose (Herald): Without US, the TPP is a poor deal
RNZ: Global trading system in danger, warns Mike Moore
RNZ: New working holiday deal for some Kiwis
Sam Hurley (Herald): NZ embassy incident in Washington DC raises questions of international law
Stuff: Man charged for offending inside the New Zealand Embassy in Washington

Russell McVeagh, law school culture, sexual harassment
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Victoria University says it 'confronted' Russell McVeagh leaders over sex claims
Newsroom: Bazley to head inquiry into ‘sexual harassment’
Stuff: Dame Margaret Bazley to head review into law firm Russell McVeagh
RNZ: Dame Margaret Bazley to head Russell McVeagh review
Rosemary McLeod (Dominion Post): Time's up for male legal bosses to front-foot abuse response
Victoria Crockford (Spinoff): ‘Things might go better for you if you slept with the boss’: #MeToo and the NZ tech industry

National
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On the departure of Steven Joyce
Herald Editorial: Every government needs a Joyce 
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Steven Joyce's hissy fit not surprising
Richard Harman (Politik): Bridges calls for a fresh policy start
Claire Trevett (Herald): National leader Simon Bridges to frontload his front bench with women
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Joyce's departure puts spotlight on National's generation gap
Newshub: National MPs 'climbing over me' for new roles - Steven Joyce
Newshub: Steven Joyce on who's behind Winston Peters' super leak
Scott Yeoman (Herald): Amy Adams' appointment not the reason Steven Joyce retired: Simon Bridges
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): National leader Simon Bridges appoints Amy Adams to finance portfolio
Claire Trevett (Herald):Amy Adams appointed as National's new finance spokeswoman
1News: Simon Bridges not expecting anymore National Party resignations soon but there could be more 'over time'
Lucy Swinnen (Stuff): List MP Nicola Willis from Wellington to replace Steven Joyce in parliament

Parliament and integrity 
ODT Editorial: Green Party transparency welcomed
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Public sector PR staff numbers grew 15 per cent in National's final days
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Defending GJ
Herald: Parliamentary petitions can now be made online
Bill Sutton (Hawke’s Bay Today): Politics have changed for the worse

Euthanasia 
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Seymour’s bill ‘woefully inadequate’: Disability Rights Commissioner
Herald: Euthanasia bill poses risks for disabled people with incurable conditions, warns Disability Rights Commissioner
Laura Walters (Stuff): Disability Rights Commissioner opposes assisted dying bill
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): End of Life Choice Bill alarmingly ambiguous for disabled people - Kylee Black

Women’s Day and suffrage event
India Hendrikse (Vice): New Zealand's Rich List and the Mysterious Case of the Invisible Women
Anna Connell (Newsroom): Women’s Day is a day of shame and anger
Patsy Reddy (Spinoff): The spirit of Kate Sheppard demands we raise our voices in 2018
Emile Donovan (RNZ): Women kick off nine months celebrating 125 years of suffrage
Tess Nichol (Herald): Former PM Helen Clark tells women to 'kick the door in' at International Women's Day talk
Jessica Long (Stuff): #metoo has exposed 'very unpleasant side of life in NZ', says Helen Clark
1News: Helen Clark on Jacinda Ardern's baby, Hillary Clinton and the #MeToo movement

Housing
Imran Ali (Herald): Northlanders living in cars as housing crisis hits hard
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): BusinessDesk: Severe worker shortage could derail Kiwibuild

Local government
RNZ: Wellington Council looks to widen proposed bed tax
Todd Niall (RNZ): Groups call for minimal Auckland wharf extensions

Tax
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Drawing the line on multinational tax avoidance
Simon Louisson (Standard): Cullen says 2020 election effectively a referendum on tax

Justice
Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): Talk is easy, reform is hard: the politics of prisons
Frances Cook (Herald): Inmate voting ban 'fundamental assault' on rights, Supreme Court told
Stuff: Prisoners right to vote in the public interest, Supreme Court hears

Other
Peter Thompson (Newsroom): One small step for public media funding
Sally Murphy (RNZ): Cancer sufferers want Oz treatments: 'I want to live'
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): The creep of CCTV: Are cameras invading our privacy or keeping us safe?
Emile Donovan (RNZ): Govt too upbeat about AI – expert
RNZ: OIO to take over forestry registration
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Young Nats complain to Human Rights Commission over Nelson O-week rejection