NZ Politics Daily - 31 May 2018
31 May 2018
Today's content
Today’s content
Meth report
Ross Bell (Stuff): Meth myth was allowed to go on for too long
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Top scientist explains how we got meth testing so wrong
Philip Matthews (Press Editorial): The science and myths of meth
ODT Editorial: Debunking the meth myth
Southland Times Editorial: Testing standards were a hot meth
Anne Gibson (Herald): Standards NZ 'happy to engage' on meth change debate: chief
RNZ: Paula Bennett: HNZ too cautious on meth testing
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Meth clean-up industry knew houses were safe, now the game's up
Herald: Social housing providers hope private housing numbers will rise following meth report
1News: Social housing left empty due to meth contamination set to be made available to Christchurch tenants
Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Landlords won't get compensation for following incorrect meth standards
Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): Lack of official guidance played in to meth hysteria, say agents
Evan Harding (Stuff): Meth house stress could have been avoided, landlord says
RNZ: Meth contamination evictions: 'It's a form of abuse’
Emma Russell (Herald): Meth report no joy for mother forced to leave 'P rental' and told to ditch possessions
Justice
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Exclusive: Govt to repeal three strikes law in two weeks
1News: Government set to make decision on future of three strikes law in two weeks
Stuff: Beginning of the end for three strikes law
Herald: Three-Strikes law repeal to go before Cabinet next week
RNZ: Three strikes for controversial law
Newshub: New Zealand First urged to stop Government prison reform
Johnny Moore (Stuff): A tale of luck and privilege: The kid I grew up over the fence from just shot someone
Tommy Livingston (Stuff): Teina Pora movie could mean Malcolm Rewa does not get fair trail - lawyer
Health
Nicholas Jones (Herald): 'We promised he'd be looked after': Family's anguish at rest home horror
Mava Enoka (The Wireless): Investigation: The suicides, sackings and stressed staff
RNZ: Bay of Plenty DHB's full statement on bullying allegations
Jaqueline Cumming (Newsroom): Breaking down the Government’s health spend
Karoline Tuckey (Stuff): Cost of staying smokefree may be too high for dairy promoting World Smokefree Day
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Illegal sex workers access million-dollar taxpayer-funded health programme
Logan Church (RNZ): Security guard not enough to protect us, hospital staff say
John Boynton (RNZ): Psychology 'very cold, robotic' for Māori
1News: Eight pregnant Northland women referred to P treatment course in less than three months
Nurses' pay
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Knowing what a great nurses' pay offer looks like
Richard Harman (Politik): Nurses pay offer sparks pay explosion fears
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Nurse pay negotiations are two sided - unions can't claim media monopoly
Police
Meghan Lawrence (Herald): Fear of consequences, impulsiveness and goading behind teens fleeing from police
RNZ: Kids fleeing police like they’ve got nothing left to lose
Herald: Growing number of youth involved in police pursuits: Five months of crime and the tragic consequences
Mark Hanna: NZ Police pursuits keep killing people
Mycoplasma bovis and MPI
David Williams (Newsroom): Zero tolerance bites for cattle farmers
Newshub: Farmers need to trust Government's Mycoplasma bovis eradication plan - Federated Farmers
Lynn Grieveson (Newsroom): M. bovis a ‘wake-up call’ for rural lenders
Patrick O’Meara (RNZ): RBNZ warns M bovis could hurt financial system
Andrea Fox (Herald): Banks could take a hit from cattle disease M.bovis: report
Herald: Dairy exporter says cattle disease prompting food safety inquiries
John Boynton (RNZ): East Coast farmers dealt double blow: 'It could be devastating’
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): MPI says procedures changed since under-reported catch found
No Right Turn: Pervasive criminality III
Housing
Eva Corlett (RNZ): 'Lose-lose situation' - Benefit increase negatively affects housing eligibility
Emma Hatton (RNZ): We were worried about the welfare of the kids'
Douglas Fairgray (Herald): Eligibility for KiwiBuild houses should include an income limit
Rob Stock (Stuff): Reserve Bank says 8 per cent of households owe 40 per cent of all mortgage debt
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Home lending restrictions could ease again by year end: economist
Lynn Grieveson (Newsroom): Angst holds Orr back from easing lending restrictions
Northcote by-election
Newstalk ZB: Polls suggest Northcote by-election is close
Simon Wilson (Herald): Rebel without the yell: the Greens' Northcote candidate
Newshub:ACT's Northcote by-election candidate Stephen Berry wants six-lane motorway through North Shore
Foreign affairs and trade
Edward Gay (RNZ): 'Inhumane' to hold NZ boy in Australian detention centre
Laura Walters (Stuff): NZ 'soft underbelly' for China infiltration of intelligence network - Canadian report
Herald: New Zealand targeted by China for desirable position in the Pacific and to influence Five Eyes
Newshub: Struggling Kiwis left without safety net in Australia plead for Govt help
Maori TV: Peters dishes out more funding to help Pacific
Financial hardship
Herald: Budgeting support worker Darryl Evans takes aim at Mike Hosking for "working poor” claims
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): I still say if you earn $100,000 you're not poor, just poor with money
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Earning up to $10k a month, mum says 'unfair' to say she's rich
Water
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Big changes ahead in fight for water quality
Jo Moir (Stuff): NZ's water infrastructure under pressure but Cabinet yet to decide how to fix it
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Overhaul of water system in the pipeline
Isaac Davison (Herald): Water changes signalled in wake of Hawke's Bay contamination
Talisa Kupenga (Maori TV): Minister Mahuta wants new 'three waters’ system
BusinessDesk: Government floats water service mergers
Local government
Nick Truebridge (Press): Council tried to keep multimillion-dollar Christchurch Town Hall budget blowout quiet
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Push to prioritise community voice on liquor laws
Newshub: Auckland Council set to give green light to fuel tax
Dileepa Fonseka (Auckland Now): We are literally bracing ourselves': D-Day for Auckland Regional Fuel Tax
Anna Whyte (1News): Maori Ward polls: 'Discriminatory' or a 'democratic process' - a look at both sides of the argument
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Auckland Airbnb hosts sound warning on tax
Alice Wilkins (Newshub): Auckland Mayor Phil Goff to introduce Airbnb 'bed tax'
Conan Young (RNZ): Small Canterbury community facing complete eviction
Banking sector
Lynn Grieveson (Newsroom): Banks going to ‘the edge of the law’
Rob Stock (Stuff): FMA, Reserve Bank tell MPs: No banking commission needed here
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): So far no evidence of systemic misconduct by NZ banks
Law profession sexual misconduct
Janika ter Ellen and Emma Hurley (Newshub): 'Totally untrue' Law Society was unaware of sexual misconduct - lawyer
Alison Mau (Stuff): The legal profession's 'dirty secret' exposed
Emma Hurley (Newshub): One third of female lawyers sexually harassed at work - survey
Education
Herald: Smartphone use should be managed in schools rather than banned: industry figures
Evan Harding and Che Baker (Stuff): Southland school bans beanies - even on frosty mornings
Newshub: Southland school enforces beanie ban as winter approaches
Environment
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): NZ's recycling system fundamentally broken - report
James Russell (Newsroom): Predator Free NZ closer to reality
RNZ: Taranaki project aims to create first predator-free province
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Government announces $11m plan to eradicate predators in Taranaki
Consumer law
BusinessDesk: Apple misleading customers over faulty goods
RNZ: Apple warned by ComCom for misleading customers
Media and broadcasting
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Healthier MediaWorks cautions Government over media policy
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Radio feels MediaWorks’ love
1News: TVNZ secures exclusive broadcast rights to 2021 America's Cup
RNZ: MediaWorks drops Roseanne show from on-demand service
Dani McDonald (Stuff): NZ's Three cuts Roseanne from screens following racist Twitter attacks
Jacinda Ardern’s baby
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Country prepares for the First Baby
Felicity Reid (Stuff): Pregnant PM taking a breather, staying closer to home, as due date looms
Claire Trevett (Herald): Countdown to Baby O'Clock for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Stuff: PM Jacinda Ardern speaks candidly about pregnancy, baby names
RNZ: Ardern 'taking a breather' as birth date nears
Other
Graham Adams (Noted): Judith Collins: The media's darling
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Can the Human Rights Commission be fixed?
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Union receives almost 2000 complaints after Smith City ruling
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Curran: Google, Facebook ‘experimenting’ on us
RNZ: Finance companies fined $720k for 'cynical' repo tactics
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): I shouldn't have to shut up just because I'm 'male, pale and stale’
Mitchell Alexander (Stuff): When is a life a life? That's what abortion comes down to
James Croot (Stuff): Avatar: Maori academic believes 'space haka' could be cringey, but not cultural appropriation
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Kiwi loan sharks fined $720k for exploiting vulnerable clients
Alex Baird (Newshub): Over-55s losing millions to financial scammers - Govt
RNZ: Family calls for inquest into Gloriavale teen's death
Thomas Manch (Stuff); 'Absolutely' no guidance for businesses on catering for trans community
RNZ: Electric cars out of stingy buyers' price range