NZ Politics Daily - 22 March 2018
22 March 2018
Today's content
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Shane Jones criticises Air NZ
Press Editorial: Jones doing his job - advocating for regions
RNZ: Regional mayors support Shane Jones' Air NZ callout
Andrew Geddis (Spinoff): Does Shane Jones want Air New Zealand to break the law?
Lloyd Burr (Newstalk ZB): Air NZ boss wants to lead National
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Government should front up and say if Shane Jones' Air NZ crusade is all talk
Grant Bradley (Herald): Why Air NZ is the politicians' favourite whipping boy
Nick Leggett (Stuff): Jones-Air NZ spat a chance for Govt to rethink how it uses its slice of airline
Mike Hosking (Herald): Shane Jones' Air New Zealand attack overflew the mark
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): Jones told to face economic facts following broadside attacking Air NZ
Derek Cheng (Herald): PM reprimands Shane Jones for calling for Air NZ sackings
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Jones' Air NZ comments 'a step too far' – PM
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom):Jones rebuked over Air NZ attacks
Newshub: Minister Shane Jones wants heads to roll over Air New Zealand flight feud
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Shane Jones accepted Air New Zealand hospitality, say Nats
1News: Shane Jones to attend Air NZ's Obama dinner, despite blasting the airline
Derek Cheng (Herald): National to Shane Jones: Stop bullying Air NZ
Kate Hawkesby (Herald): Shane Jones' bully boy Air NZ tactics fly in the face of good governance
Environment
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Future mining permits a delicate balance for government
Alexander Gillespie (Stuff): Oil and gas question a litmus test for PM on commitment to climate change
1News: 'Most of that question was incorrect' – Jacinda Ardern snaps back at Simon Bridges' energy question
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom): No action on rising seas without law change
Newstalk ZB: Charities board denies Greenpeace charity status
Primary Industries
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Report reveals illegal Kaikoura fishing activity
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Forestry industry ‘tick’ belies a different standard
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Battle of the barns
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Spierings: Some good initiatives but farmers say he never 'got' them
David Hargreaves (Interest): Fonterra's orchestration of the announcement of CEO Theo Spierings departure was symphony-like
RNZ: Fonterra boss Theo Spierings to step down
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Fonterra profit tumbles on writedowns
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Fonterra CEO going after big loss
Lois Williams (RNZ): Avocado growers' water take divides Northland communities
Government
Richard Harman (Politik): Tensions at the top
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised intervention, but is delivering uncertainty
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: The logic of the Greens' question-time giveaway
Tax and economy
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Why a land tax is the best tax reform
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): No need for 'sledgehammer' tax avoidance rules – Westpac
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): How future governments' policies and spending priorities will be shaped by both wellbeing and GDP being factored into their decision-making
Obama visit
Michael Daly and Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Should Barack Obama get red-carpet treatment for his private NZ trip?
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Sir Peter Jackson, Sir John Key dine with Barack Obama at The Landing
Claire Trevett (Herald): A President, a former Prime Minister and a peacock
Madison Reidy and Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Obama's dinner guest list is a who's who of business and politics
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Obama watch - the guest list that really counts
Herald: Mayors, Members of Parliament marked to dine with former US president Barack Obama
1News: John Key reveals he was the 'bait' that lured Barack Obama to New Zealand after many years of private text messages
Zizi Sparks (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua women to meet Obama at exclusive Auckland brunch
Māori TV: Wāhine Toa group to meet Obama
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Obama and Key tee off during fleeting NZ visit
Herald: ‘'Team NZ won': Barack Obama lost his first golf game, John Key says
Steven Kilgallon (Stuff): Where Barack Obama and John Key could have played: A tale of two golf courses
Peter de Graaf (Northern Advocate): Barack Obama breezes through Northland for 24-hour visit
Claire Trevett (Herald): The verdict: Former US President Barack Obama's first impressions
Herald: Former US President Barack Obama's first taste of New Zealand
Sam Hurley (Herald): Chief High Court Justice rules against Barack Obama subpoena in Kim Dotcom case
The Listener: What US presidents thought about New Zealand
Privacy Bill
Derek Cheng (Herald): All companies to report privacy breaches under new bill but no big penalties if firms own up
No Right Turn: Replacing the Privacy Act
Justice
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Human rights law change ‘repugnant’
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Family Court’s handling of violence under scrutiny
Nigel Murray and Waikato DHB
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Half of health boss Nigel Murray's claims for travel and accommodation unjustified - State Services Commissioner
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Details of Nigel Murray's spending of taxpayer money made public
Aaron Leaman and Florence Kerr (Stuff): SSC investigation finds Waikato health boss Nigel Murray, DHB wanting
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Nigel Murray claimed a large relocation expense once before
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Renewed focus on health boss Nigel Murray's track record
Dan Satherley and Brooke Hobson (Newshub): More than half of former Waikato DHB CEO Nigel Murray's spending unjustified – report
Health
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Hospital buildings full of rot and mould
Stuff: 'Health rationing' possible in the face of looming diabetes rates
Rob Beaglehole (Stuff): We can’t trust Big Soda to look after our kids
Olly Munro (Stuff): New Zealand Beverage Council: 'We know we're part of the problem'
Rachel Thomas (Stuff): The Sugar Fix: Pre-schoolers get free education through sugar tax
Rachel Thomas (Stuff): Berkeley's sugar tax saves school gardens and launches 'health parties'
Simon Maude (Stuff): 'Deep concerns' over ministry's bowel cancer response
RNZ: Bowel screening review head appointed
Cecile Meier (Stuff): Typist spends six days in Christchurch Hospital waiting for 'urgent' thumb surgery, only to be told she doesn't need it
SIS
Audrey Young (Herald): New Zealand's terror-risk watch list remains steady at 30 to 40, spy chief tells MPs
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): SIS boss: Some Islamic State extremists grow up, marry, move on
RNZ: Foreign states attempt to access sensitive NZ information
Drugs
Matt Stewart (Stuff): Cannabis should be decriminalised and taxed to pay for synthetics and meth treatment, says justice advocate
Derek Cheng (Herald): Bill to toughen penalty for supplying synthetic drugs passes first reading
Local government
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Economy or business-class? Auckland Council set to decide
John Tamihere (Herald): Where do our rates go? With the council, you never know
Robin Martin (RNZ): New Plymouth water supply upgrade to cost millions
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Hamilton City Councillors smell a rat in allegations of preferential treatment by CEO
RNZ: Barking mad? Pets welcomed on Wgtn's public transport
Defence
Herald: NZDF staff asked to 'tell the truth' after alleged SAS operation cover-up
No Right Turn: Pointed criticism
Andrew McRae (RNZ):RNZAF to unveil flying boat monument in Fiji
Education
Karoline Tuckey (Manawatū Standard): Academic says schools should be open about how they spend public money
Jai Breitnauer (North & South): The curious incident of the boy in the headlines
Helen King (Stuff): Government announces extra funding for teacher refresher courses after original money snapped up
Julia Batchelor-Smith (Stuff): Universal free lunches mean poor, hungry kids aren't stigmatized
Cambridge Analytica
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Facebook investigations gain another follower
Stuff: Will Easton runs Facebook Australia and New Zealand, and he's staying quiet
Damien Venuto (Herald): Controversial data firm Cambridge Analytica linked with The Warehouse
RNZ: Explainer: Why you should care about Cambridge Analytica
Other
Newshub: Rodeo is illegal, report from lawyer group claims
Rosemary McLeod (Dominion Post): You can't make too big a thing of the Young Labour camp misconduct
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Govt open to adding Māori representative to Public Media Advisory Board
RNZ: More claims of spying by Thompson and Clark
Newshub: Pike river re-entry 'genuinely possible' - Govt advisor