NZ Politics Daily - 4 May 2018
4 May 2018
Today's content
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Government
Brian Fallow (Herald): Debt - don't dig deeper
Richard Wagstaff (Newsub): Opinion: The Government must harness the power of tax
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Ardern addresses ‘the elephant in the room’
Michael Reddell: Is vapid rhetoric all our leaders can offer?
Interest: The Prime Minister is challenging businesses to take a look at New Zealand’s strong economic position, as business confidence remains low
BP petrol pricing and transport
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Energy minister says BP email is a sign that petrol market is 'broken'
Teresa Cowie (RNZ): Petrol industry 'broken' - Energy Minister
Lucy Bennett (Herald): 'Broken market': Energy Minister Megan Woods not convinced by BP on petrol prices
1News: Energy Minister accuses fuel companies in NZ of 'cynical behaviour' says millions going from pockets of ordinary Kiwis due to inflated prices
RNZ: Energy minister 'still not convinced' by BP execs
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Energy Minister Megan Woods meets BP execs over petrol prices
Donal Curtin: Patrolling the petrol market
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Slippery slope chasing outrage and scandal
Simon Wilson (Herald): Why won't National support the regional fuel tax?
The Listener: No pain, no gain: Why the regional fuel tax is Auckland’s best shot
Jo Lines MacKenzie (Stuff): NZ Transport Agency has spent millions on a highway upgrade that's stalled
RNZ:Govt to spend $820k on cycle trail maintenance
International relations and trade
RNZ:'It's also unclear how real the exemptions are' - Trade Minister
Isaac Davison (Herald):NZ Government won't rule out WTO action against USA over steel tariffs
RNZ: TPP opponents keep fighting as MPs scrutinise deal
Sam Hurley (Herald): Revealed: NZ Commodore Alfred Keating accused of indecent filming in Washington embassy
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Senior New Zealand naval officer charged with making intimate recordings
Laura Walters (Stuff): UAE foreign minister meets with Jacinda Ardern in Wellington
Health
John Campbell (RNZ): Ministry told cash-strapped DHB what to tell ministers
Oliver Lewis (Stuff):'We couldn't believe he could do that': Former CDHB chair's funding letter revealed
1News: 'We have heard them' – Health Minister says Budget 2018 will contain support for struggling midwives after march on Parliament
RNZ: Midwives march: 'I've never seen such a level of hopelessness'
Stuff: Midwives march around the country for better funding
Herald: 1000 midwives and supporters march on Parliament for pay equity
Herald: Families shocked by increasing rates of type 2 diabetes in children
Jamie Morton (Herald): Doctors overwhelmingly support vaccination, 'New Zealand Medical Journal' study finds
Dylan Cleaver (Herald): Study highlights link between Pasifika boxers and dementia
Michelle Duff (Stuff): Medical Council criticised for lengthy investigation into Wellington doctor
Alison Mau (Stuff): The troubling allegations against a trusted GP
Marty Sharpe (Stuff):Medical Council won't say why long-serving Napier GP was suspended from practicing
Waka-jumping bill
Richard Harman (Politik): Waka jumping bill is a Peters bottom line
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Waka jumping bill
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Public against waka-jumping bill - Nick Smith
Audrey Young (Herald): Former Greens co-leader 'deeply distressed' by party's support for waka jumping ban
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jeanette Fitzsimons says Greens could reject waka jumping bill - and it won't bring down the Government
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Waka-jumping bill a question of integrity - Jeanette Fitzsimons
Jeanette Fitzsimons: The waka-jumping bill: a bad solution to a non-existent problem
Employment
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern announces Future of Work Forum, bringing together government, unions, and business
Herald: Jacinda Ardern' announces tripartite forum in pre-Budget speech to Wellington business
RNZ: Ardern speech aims to soothe businesses
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Government to work with business, trade union groups on future of work
Parliament
Herald: Parliament to consider entrenching Maori seats - ball in NZ First's court
John Boynton (RNZ): Bill to protect Māori seats selected
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Parliament to decide whether to give Māori seats equal protection
Laura Walters (Stuff): New bill would stop gang members having guns and widen police search and seizure powers
Isaac Davison (Herald): Parliament to vote on National MP's bill which will allow random, roadside testing for drugs
RNZ: Saliva testing bill drawn from parliamentary ballot
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): More Maori opting to change to general roll
Banking industry
The Press Editorial: It's time for a banking inquiry
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): NZ bank tactics: 'They made it as difficult as they could'
Dave Kennedy: Banks Behaving Badly
Justice
RNZ: Fears poor prison conditions could spark riot
RNZ: Report criticises long lock-up times at Waikeria prison
1News: Inspection report reveals distressing insight into Waikeria Prison with inmates locked in cells for up to 26 hours at a time
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Top detective: 'I think the system isn't serving our victims well'
Herald: Victim advocate Louise Nicholas on unresolved sex crimes: 'How do we close these gaps?'
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Outspoken #metoo lawyer barred from joining Law Society panel on misconduct
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Auckland Women Lawyers' group defends lawyer who questioned judge's domestic violence ruling
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Women lawyers blast Law Society inquiry
Ollin P. Raynaud: Is Restorative Justice Appropriate To Address the Needs of Sexual Assault Victims?
Anna Leask (Herald): Fatal SH1 shooting caught on camera, footage being 'reviewed' in three investigations
Media
Tom Frewen (Dominion Post): Opinion: Clare Curran has some explaining to do about her vision for 'public media'
BusinessDesk: How Stuff makes money from its audience
Herald: Newstalk ZB tops radio ratings, Mike Hosking retains talkback crown for ninth straight year
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Music to MediaWorks’ ears
Clarke Gayford
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Never believe political rumours
Damien Venuto (Herald): Anti social media need reining in
Newshub: National Party supporters to blame for Clarke Gayford rumours – expert
Newshub: Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater denies involvement in Clarke Gayford allegations
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The wildest takes on the Clarke Gayford rumours
Bryan Gould: Dirty Politics? Yes!
Education
Jo Moir (Stuff): Education Minister says there's a $1.1b problem facing schools nationally
Jo Moir (Stuff): School classrooms need some love if we want our education system to stay superior
RNZ: Parent rejects school's meth pamphlet explanation
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Overseas students finally get refunds from failed institute
Zizi Sparks (Rotorua Daily Post): Job cuts confirmed at Toi Ohomai Institute of Technology
Housing and building regulations
Isaac Davison and Ben Leahy (Herald): Labour-led Govt to invest $100m into tackling homelessness in Budget
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government announces $100m plan to fight homelessness
Herald: Auckland social housing boost can't come soon enough for state tenant
Katie Doyle and Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Residents in quake-prone building forced to find new homes
Katie Doyle (RNZ): First conviction for neglecting seismic work
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Govt to reconsider risk and liability for faulty building work
Local government
1News: Watch: 'Double standard' - Marama Davidson questions Government over 'discriminatory' Maori ward polls
Andrea Reeves (Auditblog): Let's talk about infrastructure
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Mushroom farm neighbours sick of 'putrid' smell
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Wellington on track to become a bilingual city with support for te reo Māori policy
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Maori food trucks and English-free signs suggested for Wellington to be Te Reo capital
Robin Martin (RNZ): New Plymouth swimmers: Don't pave over our pool
Jonathan Guildford (Press): Merivale wives outraged at city councillor Aaron Keown's 'sexist' comment
Environment and primary industries
Jamie Morton (Herald): Water crusader Mike Joy wading into NZ's freshwater woes in new role
RNZ: White heron found with plastic round neck
Ged Cann (Stuff): Over-60s up to 50 percent more likely to take their own bags to the supermarket
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Nelson homes may get too hot – report
Stuff: Breaking down NZ's greenhouse gas emissions by sector
Andrea Fox (Herald): Farmers wait for compensation as cattle disease spreads
Other
Herald: Online shoppers face import taxes of more than 50% under Govt plans
Brian Easton (Pundit): Improving the Child Poverty Reduction Bill
Sam Hurley (Herald): Air Force acknowledges victims of rapist Sergeant Robert Roper after Joychild Report
Jehan Casinader (1News): 'Groper Roper' - NZ Air Force failed to stop a serial rapist, investigation finds
RNZ: Pike River re-entry: Nitrogen plan not too difficult – Forster
Lincoln Tan (Herald): North Korean defectors find refuge in Auckland and share stories at churches
Hannah Bartlett (Stuff): History made as Nelson couple listed as 'mother' and 'mother' on birth certificate
Chelsea Boyle (Herald): Lesbian couple make history: From 'other' to 'mother'
Herald: New Zealand marriage rates are falling, Statistics NZ figures show
Jonathan Underhill and Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Icebreaker buyer used sweatshop labour