NZ Politics Daily - 17 April 2018
17 April 2018
Today's content
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International relations and trade
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern can count trade mission a success barring no late disasters
Claire Trevett (Herald): What PM Jacinda Ardern can learn from Germany's 'mother' - Chancellor Angela Merkel
Stacey Kirk (Stuff):Jacinda Ardern leaves firebrand mark on Paris as she gets what she came for
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Ardern hails trade 'vision', France's macron to visit NZ
1News: Jacinda Ardern begins talks for 'hugely significant' proposed NZ-European Free Trade Agreement during meeting with French President in Paris
RNZ: France supports NZ-EU trade negotiations
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Q+A: Free trade with the European Union - the holy grail almost in reach
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern speaks at prestigious Paris university
Claire Trevett (Herald): Ardern, Trudeau and Macron: The young guns share Paris in the springtime
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel to talk trade, education and visas
Stuff: When it comes to trading with the US, we buy more than we sell
Syria
Alexander Gillespie (Herald): Air strike not right response to unproven use of chemical weapons
Chris Trotter (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has a bob each way on bombing Syria
Nicolas Pirsoul (Newsroom): Some inconvenient truths about Syria
NZ Herald editorial: Has West made its message clear on chemical weapons?
ODT Editorial: A red line against chemical warfare
Herald: NZ's Russian embassy releases Syria briefing
Health
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Revealed: Hundreds more missed from bowel cancer screening
Karen Brown (RNZ): No amount of apologies will give lost eyesight back – farmer
Jo Moir (Stuff): Health Minister and DHB clash over Middlemore Hospital building issues
Audrey Young (Herald): Leaked email contradicts Health Minister's claim that he was briefed about only one leaky building at Middlemore
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Health Minister and DHB at odds over Middlemore Hospital
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Comedian Mike King praises Poppy Appeal for helping shine a light on mental health issues
1News: ‘I have sleepless nights’ – New Zealand war hero Willie Apiata opens up about his personal struggles
RNZ: National sexual harm helpline goes live
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Toxic foam: Govt admits new test to assess health impacts 'essential'
RNZ: Chef beware: 90 percent of raw chicken contaminated
Environment, primary and extractive industries, animal welfare
RNZ: Davis on oil and gas exploration ban: 'We're stepping up'
Andrew Little (Taranaki Daily News): What do we do when we can no longer rely on the black stuff?
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: A bolder and greener government
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Why the decision on oil and gas exploration was bad faith
No Right Turn: The cost of victory
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Appeal against South Taranaki mining plan begins in High Court
Stuff: Taranaki iron sand seabed mining consent reduced Māori interest to lip service, court told
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Kiwis Against Seabed Mining promises to take case to Supreme Court if necessary
John McCrone (Press): A question of mana: Why a rūnanga took a dim view of a 'lake saving’ project
David Williams (Newsroom): Agency tensions exposed
David Hall and Sam Lindsay (Stuff): We must spend more green to get more green
Richard Harman (Politik): Parker in the water wars again
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Why are we sparing crayfish but torturing rabbits?
RNZ: Rabbit killing virus kicks off in Otago
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Federated Farmers slammed by judge for blocking GMO bans
Maja Burry (RNZ):Increase in visitors could close high country walkways
Parliament
1News: National regains lead in latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll after month of controversy for Labour
1News: Honeymoon over for Jacinda Ardern as Labour drops below National in latest 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll
1News: Simon Bridges yet to appeal to voters as a potential prime minister - 1 NEWS poll
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern buoyed by latest 1 News/Colmar Brunton poll
Herald: Honeymoon over? Labour drops below National in latest poll
Laura Walters (Stuff): National overtakes Labour in latest TVNZ poll
Mike Hosking:Slippery slope for Labour as they slide in poll
Liam Hehir (Stuff): Written constitutions don't necessarily bring order and freedom
Ben Smith (ODT): No reason to limit voter choices in a stable, democratic country
Greg Presland (The Standard): The Northcote by-election
1News:Simon Bridges 'confident, but not overly confident' National's Dan Bidois will win Northcote by-election
RNZ: Northcote by-election: Meet the candidates
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Parenting more important than politics: Lotu-Iiga
Transport and road safety
Interest: Phil Twyford says there is a “great deal of interest” from private capital providers investing in New Zealand’s transport infrastructure
Lucy Bennett (Herald): We're open for business, Phil Twyford tells investors
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Twyford’s way around budget rules
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Previous govt criticised for failing to set road accident targets
Henry Cooke (Stuff): 2015 road safety report urged safety targets, higher fines
Lucy Bennett (Herald): $800m in urgent work needed on roads: Twyford
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Government looking at making wheel clamping illegal
RNZ: Watch: Minister speaks over 'bottom feeder' wheel clampers
Media
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On the prevailing media narratives about the Labour–led coalition
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Social media reaction to my US visa rejection is baffling
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Herald reporter mistaken for a pimp, threatened with a loaded gun
Housing
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Rents rise around the country as cost crunch goes on landlords
Eric Crampton (Spinoff): A policy in search of a problem: The lunacy of the foreign buyers ban
Tax
Geoff Simmons (Interest): On why we can't have a fair and efficient tax system, as well as an exemption on owner occupied housing
Public Health Expert: A public health perspective on taxing harmful products
Scoop: Fair enough? How should New Zealanders be taxed?
Immigration
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Human trafficking: Brokers lure foreign sex workers to NZ with 'half truths'
RNZ: 'They chucked me in a cold cell for a couple of days'
Herald: Associate minister Kris Faafoi set to decide fate of Mark Middleton's deportation order
Herald: Act leader David Seymour calls on Govt to intervene in Mark Middleton deportation case
No Right Turn: This is just wrong
Justice
Newsroom: ‘Repugnant’ committee pursuing female lawyer must go
Sam Hurley (Herald): Police protect judges at home from 'intimidating' Family Court protesters
Education
Elizabeth Rata (Newsroom): The basic flaw in our education system
Newshub: Tracey Martin defends Bill to restrict title of 'teacher'
Chris Morris (ODT): Independent barrister to review student law camps
Joel MacManus (Critic): Students Pay Tribute To Departing Law Dean
Esme Hall (Critic): “Stress and Uncertainty” for Uni Staff Over Job Cuts
Christchurch
Herald: Christchurch quake claimant Peter Glasson's hunger strike outside Southern Response offices
RNZ: Quake claimant goes on hunger strike: 'We've had enough'
Joel Ineson (Stuff):'Good luck with that': Departing Bishop criticises cathedral restoration in swansong sermon
RNZ: Christchurch cathedral restoration: 'People are more important than buildings'
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Chamber of Commerce urges greater pace of rebuild and 'release' of assets
RNZ: Christchurch City Council apologises to owners of menacing dogs
Auckland
Simon Wilson (Herald): The price of power in a stormy city
Russell Brown (Public Address): Paying for the storms to come
Herald: 'Hazard fatigue' may be behind severe weather warnings confusion
Herald: Activist Penny Bright's home listed for mortgagee sale over unpaid rates
TVNZ/Spark RWC deal
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Spark looks to convert Rugby World Cup try
Peter Griffin (RNZ): TVNZ/ Spark deal: Big risk but will it pay off?
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Rural communities worried about missing out on RWC
RNZ: Spark, TVNZ secure Rugby World Cup, Women's, Sevens, U-20
Other
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Sir Peter Jackson's movie museum and Wellington convention centre costs balloon to $165m
Anna Connell (Newsroom): No exclusion clauses on hate
Richard Swainson (Manawatu Standard): Delamere has already lost Folau argument by taking it seriously