NZ Politics Daily - 2 May 2018
2 May 2018
Today's content
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Government
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Does the Government have any money for this budget? Yes
Dominion Post Editorial: Your doctor will see you now ... or maybe later
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom): Labour's great and dangerous expectations
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Caught in the mainstream
Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): Judith Collins is right: Jacinda Arden is an inveterate virtue-signaller
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Election promises shaky ahead of Govt's first Budget
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Why Labour isn't about to fall for the 'spend more' honey trap
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Peters the real power behind the throne
Brad Olsen (Infometrics): Government set to dampen Budget expectations
1News: 'Critical public services' to see boost in Budget 2018, with promised surplus – Robertson
Emma Hurley (Newshub): How much of the Government's $8b health boost will be delivered in its first Budget?
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Majority want big changes to the tax system, says Tax Working Group
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Govt has freed up $700m in Budget - Minister
Jason Walls (Interest): The scale of New Zealand’s infrastructure deficit is 'massive'
RNZ: National rubbishes claims it neglected govt books
Richard Harman (Politik): Speaker surprised at Curran decision
Clarke Gayford
David Fisher (Herald): False Clarke Gayford rumours: Police and PM Jacinda Ardern respond to widely circulated fake slurs
Julia Llewellyn Smith (The Telegraph): Meet New Zealand's 'First Bloke': the man who'll become a stay-at-home dad when his PM partner gives birth
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern was another man's date the first time she met Clarke Gayford
Newshub: Clarke Gayford shares how he met Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
GST online
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Up to half of sites may avoid ‘Amazon tax’
Emma Hatton and Katie Scotcher (RNZ): GST change: Retailers rejoice, consumers divided
Paul Brislen (RNZ): Choice beats out GST for internet shoppers
Jihee Junn (The Spinoff): What is the ‘Amazon tax’ and why does it matter?
Lucy Bennet and Ryan Dunlop (Herald): Amazon tax: What it means
Aimee Shaw (Herald): 'Amazon tax' not a magic bullet for retail sector: expert
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Kiwis to pay GST on all online shopping from next year
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Amazon tax could be all the difference
RNZ: Govt announces 'Amazon tax' to apply GST to online goods
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Amazon tax will be accepted as 'fair play', minister forecasts
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Amazon tax: What it means for online shopping
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Explainer: How will GST on online purchases affect me?
Jason Walls (Interest): The Revenue Minister has the go-ahead from the Tax Working Group to require overseas businesses to collect
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Kiwi retailers pleased with GST on overseas online sellers
BP petrol pricing and transport
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Petrol industry antics shows the Auckland regional fuel tax could descend into farce
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern having trouble trusting fuel companies after leaked
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): BP not alone in price 'cross-subsidisation'
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Planning needs to start now for driverless future, say experts
Newshub: Auckland fuel tax 'not as good as I want' - Phil Goff
Kelly Tantau (Stuff):Politicians unlock doors to New Zealand's first underground train station
Justice
Ryan Boswell (1News): Inmates at numerous New Zealand prisons accuse jail staff of sexual abuse and serious assaults
Ryan Dunlop (Herald): Corrections Department reviewing complaints process
Hannah Bartlett (Nelson Mail): Nelson's young crims with nowhere to go face prospect of hard time in police cells
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Report shows Family Court systems are failing
Health
Jo Moir (Stuff): More DHB chair turnover but Health Minister says it's not political
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On health promises, BP, and the White House correspondents furore
Pete George:More from Minister of Health on GP fees promise
1News: 'Middlemore was just the tip of the iceberg' - Jacinda Ardern hits back at National after criticism of possible delay in cheaper GP visits
Northcote by-election and electoral roll
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): New Zealand First not standing in Northcote by-election
Isaac Davison (Herald): Winston Peters says NZ First wants no part in 'needless' $1m Northcote byelection
Laura Walters (Stuff): NZ First will not stand a candidate in the Northcote by-election
RNZ: Māori roll decreases in first month of option
Environment, primary and extractive industries
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Help the old bomb owners this time
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Future of ‘three waters’ still unclear
Walter Breustedt (Hawke’s Bay Today): Oil and gas ban a wakeup call
Guy Trafford (Interest): Claims of importance, risks and priority ring hollow when 'new' biosecurity organisation gets unchanged funding with same staffing levels
Herald: Canterbury farmer 'wiped out' third of rare NZ plant species
RNZ: Warnings over NZ's kerbside recycling
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Flouting Waitākere ban could incur $200k fine
International relations and trade
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Water, water everywhere: NZ’s maritime security threats
Jeremy Rees (Newsroom): NZ a bus stop on China’s ‘Belt and Road’
Isaac Davison (Herald): United Arab Emirates minister has unlikely connection to NZ
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Man charged for offending inside New Zealand Embassy continues to keep identity secret
Newstalk ZB: Peters: 'Premature' to talk Peace Prize for President
Housing and construction industry
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Homeless families displaced by art deco festival
Eleanor Wenman (Stuff): No easy fix to New Zealand's shortage in tradesmen and builders
Eleanor Wenman (Stuff): NZ needs more than 50,000 construction workers by 2022 to keep up with demand
Banking industry
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Warning to NZ banks: prove you’re clean
Rob Stock (Stuff): Warning to NZ's Aussie-owned banks: Prove we can trust you
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): FMA to NZ banks: Show us you are not ripping off customers
Drugs
Shane Te Pou (Newsroom): Cannabis could cut opioid abuse off at the knees
Russell Brown (Public Address): A handful of deeply precious days: a select committee submission
Herald: P use is affecting children in every classroom in Northland: Principal
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Dannevirke vs P: Battle hits the streets
Local government
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Why the 'h' do they bother?
Jimmy Ellingham (Stuff): Livestreaming meetings and hosting petitions shouldn't be so hard
No Right Turn: In support of Māori wards
Jane Matthews (Stuff): Māori ward debate addresses ignorance and inclusion
Damian George (Stuff): 130 doctors agree Wellington's poor cycling infrastructure is 'killing' people
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Developers to meet $800m infrastructure bill
Tim Brown (RNZ): Mayor to citizen: 'Are you deaf or just stupid?’
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Hutt council to recoup $213,000 to manage popular Lower Hutt market
Education
RNZ: Ministry urges 'bold step' for Māori education
Katie Fitzpatrick (Herald): Tomorrow's Schools review by yesterday's experts
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Sticks and Stones: School bullying rates may reflect an intolerant culture - but cultures change
Imogen Neale (Stuff): Construction company ordered to pay Education Ministry $13.4 million
Chelsea Boyle (Herald): Construction company to pay millions for leaky school buildings
Jessica Long (Stuff): Victoria University looking to change name to avoid overseas confusion
Government transparency
No Right Turn: A deceitful agency
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Auckland University partially refunds 'unreasonable' costs
Michael Hayward (Stuff): EQC may release repair information to prospective home buyers under planned law changes
Race and ethnicity
Stuff: Dancing With The Stars contestant Marama Fox on the skinny, white boy comment
Dave Ward (Spinoff): A voiceover artist on being asked to deliberately mispronounce te reo
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Listings withdrawn for white supremacist rallies in Dunedin and Christchurch
Herald: White supremacist Dunedin rally advertised on EventFinda
Other
Zaryd Wilson (Wanganui Chronicle): Kelvin Davis to canvas ideas at Maori/Crown relations hui in Whanganui
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Retailers' and brands' supply chain information should be publicly available: Tearfund
Sophie Boot (BusinessDesk): Former Prime Minister Bill English appointed to ASX-listed Wesfarmers board
Murray Brewer (The Spinoff): Invest in the regions to save Auckland from itself
Karoline Tuckey (Stuff): Power and progress: Key leadership roles in Manawatū switching to women
Tina Morrison (Herald): SkyCity convention centre faces further six-month delay
Newsroom: Further delays for SkyCity convention centre
Mānia Clarke (Maori TV): Delamere calls on govt to honour promise to skilled migrants
ODT Editorial: Saving professional theatre
Madeleine Chapman (The Spinoff):I feel for Deborah Hill Cone and Kate Hawkesby
Herald: MPs labelled time-wasters over Prince Louis congratulations
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Green co-leader sings Māori waiata for Royal baby Louis in Parliament