23 March 2018
Today's content
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Health
RNZ: Nigel Murray saga: DHB board member believes more money owed
Herald: Nigel Murray lost his job in Canada before taking up CEO at Waikato DHB
Jonathan MacKenzie (Waikato Times): Chronic failure at Waikato DHB needs a cure
Mike Hosking (Herald): Murray fiasco show health system ripe for reboot
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Waikato DHB board member says Murray and Simcock should take responsibility for expenses debacle
Florence Kerr and Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Reference checks on disgraced Waikato DHB boss Nigel Murray missed 'red flag'
Natalie Akoorie and Frances Cook (Herald): Nigel Murray expenses saga: Bob Simcock says he is 'scapegoat' for inquiry
Mei Heron (RNZ): Hospital rot: Health Minister has frank words for DHB
Phil Penington and Ruth Hill (RNZ): Hospital rot: Health Minister demands answers
Phil Pennington and Ruth Hill (RNZ):Hospital buildings full of rot and mould
Amy Wiggins (Herald): Toxic black mould, fungus and bacteria growing in leaky Middlemore Hospital buildings
Newshub: Manukau DHB slammed for slow progress on rotting Middlemore Hospital buildings
Emma Espiner (Newsroom): NZ dental care: the rotten truth
Mandy Te (Stuff): District health boards funding more weight loss surgeries than Ministry of Health
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Long, 'painful' wait for change following suicides in DHB care
RNZ: DHB admits stats wrong in tense public meeting
Newshub: Smoke-free homes cut teen smoking
Stuff: Half of New Zealand children not walking or cycling to school
Newhsub: New Zealanders' health hurt by car focus – study
RNZ: 'I wish I never met Nigel Murray' - former DHB chair
Ewan Sargent (Stuff): Supermarket cancels $3.99 bottle of wine special
Shane Jones and Air NZ
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Power Play: Air NZ face-off highlights pitfalls for coalition
Chester Borrows (Herald): Air NZ can't complain about Shane Jones' withering criticism
Herald: Shane Jones defies PM, claims Air NZ boss wants to be National MP
Mark Dawson (Wanganui Chronicle): Editorial: Shane Jones delivers a few home truths about our so-called 'national carrier'
ODT Editorial: Ill advised intervention by Jones
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Flying in the face of reason
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog):The Jonesy is right about Air NZ and why NZ First’s regional investment is so important
Derek Cheng (RNZ): Opposition leader attacks Jones for slagging off Air NZ and then going to Obama dinner
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Shane Jones and the hint of hypocrisy
Jonathan Coleman resigns
Press Editorial: By-election will test both Government and Opposition
Henry Cooke (Stuff): By-Election: Labour candidate Shanan Halbert keen to run in Northcote again
Stacey Kirk and Jo Moir (Stuff): National's Jonathan Coleman calls time on Parliament, sparking a by-election in Northcote
No Right Turn: Public service for private gain
Derek Cheng (Herald): National MP Jonathan Coleman quits politics to run Acurity private hospital
RNZ: National MP Jonathan Coleman to quit politics
Emma Hurley and Lloyd Burr (Newshub): National MP Jonathan Coleman resigns from politics
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Coleman quitting politics
National
Richard Harman (Politik): National divided on tax cuts
Yvette McCullough (Newstalk ZB): Coleman won't be the last to go
Alex Braae (Spinoff): The home stretch: Odds on which National MPs won’t survive the term
Government and integrity
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Are Labour and NZ First Partners in Populism – Or Not?
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Government's tough two weeks unlikely to hit poll numbers
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On the Ardern/Bridges problems with credibility
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: The battle for trust in NZ politics
Environment
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Scientists call on EPA to ban herbicide
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Green MP accused of ministerial interference
Jacinda Ardern (Dominion Post): I lived through fast economic change in the 80s. We won't repeat that with our move to cleaner energy future
Jane Matthews (Taranaki Daily News): Petroleum protesters plan to attend country's biggest oil and gas conference in Wellington
Dan Satherley (Newshub):Where climate change will hit NZ hardest revealed in new interactive map
John Cousins (Bay of Plenty Times): New disease strain unleashed against rabbits
Animal welfare
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Head of NZ Racing 'uncomfortable' with inactivity on animal welfare
Katie Doyle (RNZ): Minister rejects rodeo ban, but 'open' to new evidence
Zac Fleming (RNZ): Rodeos breach Animal Welfare Act, report finds
Primary industries
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): The Spierings-Wilson era no great success
RNZ: 'Appalling' Fonterra result a case for NZer boss – economist
Rod Oram (Newsroom):‘Fonterra’s selective and unrealistic view’
No Right Turn: Pervasive criminality
RNZ: Another victory in case for mānuka's NZ origin
Auckland
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Phil Goff knows best when it comes to business class travel
RNZ: Akl councillors vote down 'inhumane' flight restrictions
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland councillors vote to keep business class travel for staff
Jackson Thomas (Central Leader): Auckland Council's 'wild spending' on travel needs to be tightened up, councillor says
Todd Niall (RNZ): Ombudsman probes Akl Council over report release delay
Simon Wilson (Herald): Why is council short changing the arts and sport?
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Aussie billionaire's superyacht contaminates Auckland's waterfront
Julie Iles (Stuff): Auckland's economy has topped $100 billion
Justice
RNZ: No choice but to double bunk at Arohata – Corrections
Derek Cheng (Herald): Ombudsman Peter Boshier slams Corrections over double-bunking
RNZ: Critical report spurs prison facelift
RNZ: New book challenges perceptions of 'fair' judicial system
Drugs
RNZ: Synthetic cannabis petition delivered by dead son's father
Benedict Collins (RNZ): War on drugs has failed - Helen Clark
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Helen Clark backs festival drug-testing and injecting rooms
Housing
RNZ: Rent bidding 'an unacceptable practice' - Housing Minister
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Phil Twyford introduces bill to ban letting fees
Herald: No more gouging renters as letting fees to go: Housing Minister Phil Twyford
Mark Story (Hawkes Bay Today): Editorial: Home is where the bach is
Greg Groufsky (ODT): Building homes - not just new houses
John Boyton (RNZ): Glen Innes exhibition a reminder of the past
Transport and road safety
Listener: On the misguided crusade to make bike helmets optional
Herald: Legislation for a regional fuel tax introduced to Parliament by Transport Minister Phil Twyford
Herald: Report: Lives being lost due to transport strategies in NZ cities
Karl du Fresne (Dominion Post): Signs of contempt and confusion
Education
Liz Gordon (Daily Blog): The definitive guide to NOT scrapping school deciles
Simon Collins (Herald):Cheap air fares blamed for school attendance falling to new low
RNZ: School attendence drop blamed on illness
Karoline Tuckey (Manawatū Standard): Teacher shortage threatens future of workshop classes in Manawatū
Herald: Kiwi dad's rant on 'outrageous' school uniform prices goes viral
Employment
Madison Reidy (Stuff): Bill to stop 'temp agencies' exploiting workers passes
Victoria University (Newsroom): We need to talk about workplace bullying
Sarah Dowie (Southland Times): Time running out to halt employment law changes
Obama visit
John Minto: Barack Obama – champion of the rich
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Parenting advice from Barack Obama to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
RNZ: Obama-generated publicity for NZ: 'A real coup'
Johnny Moore (Stuff): The fuss over the visit by sell-out Barack Obama is just plain yucky
Herald: Revealed: Barack Obama's speech at New Zealand's exclusive dinner party of the year
Herald: Newstalk ZB's Mike Hosking on Barack Obama's Auckland dinner: '4 out of 10'
Stuff: Garner: So close to Obama 'I could see the detail on his big gold wedding ring'
Adam Dudding (Stuff): Revealed! The REAL reason Obama came to New Zealand
RNZ: Privilege to welcome Obama – Ardern
Claire Trevett (Herald): Obama leaves today after one last glimpse of Auckland - but few got to glimpse him
Newshub:Barack Obama's advice to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Derek Cheng (Herald): Barack Obama tells National leader Simon Bridges that Sir John Key a 'terrible golf cheat'
Stuff: Barack Obama calls National's leader Simon Bridges, on John Key's phone
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Facebook scandal a slap in the face for users
Newshub: The secret file that tells you what data Facebook has on you
Media
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Political Economy of Mainstream Political Journalism
John Drinnan (Herald): Women making the news
Simon Pound (Spinoff): Alex Clark and Duncan Greive on how crowdfunding can support good journalism
Māori TV:Māori Television Board welcomes new director
Other
Lucy Bennett (Herald): SIS and GCSB reports reveal over 100 warrants in force to keep tabs on Kiwis and foreigners
Illya McLellan (Dominion Post): Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Crown take big step in $93 million settlement
RNZ: Cadbury's Dunedin factory turns out final sweets today
RNZ: Plunket criticism unfair, fundraiser says
Herald: Abortion Rights Aotearoa releases diagram that shows complexity of accessing an abortion
Brian Fallow (Herald): Tax sends the wrong message on saving
Phil Pennngton (RNZ): Cheap Chinese, Malaysian steel not dumped – Ministry
Emile Donovan (RNZ): Insurance advisers' knuckles rapped over shoddy practices
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter says old white men should 'move on' from company boards
Clare Curran (Southland Times): Census means govt makes better decisions
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Inspiring rangatahi to fly to the United Nations
1News: Dr Lance O'Sullivan now taking 12 Kiwi students to UN due to 'calibre' of applications