NZ Politics Daily - 25 June 2018
25 June 2018
Today's content
Jacinda Ardern’s baby
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Labour’s baby present? Let Jacinda be a mum for six weeks
Hindustan Times: Jacinda Ardern to Benazir Bhutto: A tale of two pregnancies in power
Tom Sainsbury (Spinoff): Kiwis of Snapchat: Paula Bennett welcomes the First Baby
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diary of the Birth
John Armstrong (1News): There are moments in a country’s history which transcend the ordinary
John Roughan (Herald): The public would not respond well to baby’s political exploitation
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Mothers in Parliament: The women who paved the way for Jacinda Ardern
1News: People ‘need full context’ of radio interview after comments on PM's baby - Simon Bridges
Dan Satherley (Newshub): No apology from Simon Bridges over ‘pinko’ baby comments
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Ardern baby comments were ‘lighthearted’, Bridges says
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Simon Bridges has some apologising to do
Stuff: Simon Bridges says PM’s baby ‘won’t do much for my poll ratings'
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Simon Bridges plans to convert ‘pinko’ Ardern baby
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s baby could be a National voter, Simon Bridges says
Laura Walters (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern gets firsthand experience of ‘value’ of healthcare workforce
Bryan Gould: Welcome, little Neve Te Aroha
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Welcome to the village, wee one – you’ve already made it a nicer place
Jane Bowron: First Whanau steal a march on media
Jess Berentson-Shaw (RNZ): Welcome, our little mokopuna
Steven Cowan: Jacinda Ardern and the feminism of the one percent
Binoy Kampmark (Scoop): Infant Armour: Jacinda Ardern, Baby Madness and Myth
Herald: Helen Clark: Ardern and Gayford sending ‘very powerful’ statement to the world on gender equality
Claire Trevett (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s breakfast and the meanings of Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford’s name
Herald: Meet Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford: Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford introduce their daughter
Naaman Zhou and Charles Anderson (Guardian): Neve Te Aroha: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern reveals name of baby daughter
RNZ: PM’s baby named: Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford
RNZ: Watch: PM Jacinda Ardern leaves hospital with ‘Neve Te Aroha’
Anna Loren and Catrin Owen (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern introduces baby daughter, Neve Te Aroha Ardern Gayford
1News: How did Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford decide on the name Neve for their first born?
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s baby name ‘Neve’ picked to surge in popularity
Laura Walters (Stuff): Clarke Gayford gears up for stay-at-home dad role with the perfect cardigan
Herald: What a dag: Clarke Gayford’s op shop ‘dad’ cardigan
Cherie Howie (Herald): First baby’s first day: Social media and a new book, but no name
1News: ’They’re going to be the most wonderful parents’ - Grant Robertson's kind words for new parents Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford
Charles Anderson (Guardian): ’That’s 4.2 million godparents’: New Zealand basks in ‘first baby’ glow
Greg Presland (The Standard): New Zealand basks in the birth of the Prime Minature
Stuff: NZSO records bi-lingual lullaby for Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford’s baby
Stuff: ’Hold her close to your heart’: Neil and Liam Finn send lullaby to PM’s First Baby
Cherie Howie (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford’s baby girl hears new lullaby from Kiwi musicians Neil and Liam Finn
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): She’s not just a baby, she’s a global news event
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): First baby of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford renews interest in New Zealand
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Google pays tribute to PM Jacinda Ardern’s baby
RNZ: Queen congratulates Ardern, Gayford on baby
Stuff: PM Jacinda Ardern: A private congratulations from the Queen
Herald: Flowers for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern from Saudi Arabia ‘too big’ for hospital room
RNZ: Prime Minister’s baby wrapped up warm in gifts from family, public
Herald: Revealed: Where Jacinda Ardern’s baby’s hat, blanket came from
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern and Clarke Gayford’s baby wears clothes gifted to her for first photo
Stuff: New parent Jacinda Ardern’s sleepless - and cheesy - start to motherhood
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern shares second photo of her baby
Herald: First baby poses in new Instagram snap with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and midwife
Cherie Howie (Herald): First Baby: ‘Looks more like her father,’ says grandmother Laurell Ardern
Stuff: PM Jacinda Ardern’s mother Laurell meets granddaughter for first time
Stuff: ’It brought tears to my eyes’: Jacinda Ardern’s parents talk about their growing whānau
Herald: Jacinda Ardern’s parents share excitement of their new granddaughter
Newshub: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s parents open up about new baby granddaughter
Zizi Sparks (Rotorua Daily Post): Jacinda Ardern organised, engaged and focused from age 5, says long-serving teacher
Zizi Sparks (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua psychologist talks about effect of spotlight on Ardern’s baby
State Sector
RNZ: Thompson and Clark inquiry to bring change: Bridges
Phil Pennington (RNZ): MBIE under-reported spending on contractors and consultants by $38m
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Public service staff number caps dumped by Government
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Hipkins raises costly cap
No Right Turn: Uncapped
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Govt bids to end ‘over-reliance’ on expensive govt contractors
Labour Party
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour MP Stuart Nash pulls out of his own fundraiser citing attacks on Labour by friend and right-wing lobbyist Matthew Hooton
Jonathan Milne (SST): Let me save you $1000
The Standard: The Stuart Nash fundraiser
Newsroom: Labour Party chief resigns
RNZ: Andrew Kirton steps down as Labour Party general secretary
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Labour Party boss resigns
Jo Moir (Stuff):Labour’s general secretary leaving to take new job with Air NZ
Herald: Labour’s General Secretary Andrew Kirton steps down for new job at Air NZ
Koro Wētere dies
Richard Harman (Politik): How Koro Wetere survived David Lange and Winston Peters
Ruby Nyika (Stuff): Mourners pay respects to former Labour MP Koro Wetere
RNZ: Former Māori Affairs minister Koro Wētere dies
Taroi Black (Māori TV): ”My ambition was to create change” - Late Hon. Koro Wetere
Māori TV: Koro Wetere passes
Newshub: Former Māori Affairs Minister and Labour MP Koro Wētere has died
1News: ’Highly respected across the divide of politics’ - Winston Peters pays tribute after former Māori Affairs Minister Koro Wētere dies aged 83
1News: ’He showed people like me could be a Member of Parliament’ - Simon Bridges says distant relative Koro Wētere was an inspiration
Herald: Tributes flow for former Māori Affairs Minister Koro Wētere, who has died aged 83
Phillipa Yalden (Stuff): Former Labour minister Koro Wētere dies surrounded by family at Te Kuiti hospital
Housing and foreign buyers
Herald Editorial: Affordable homes top list of priorities
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Prefabs won’t make KiwiBuild homes cheaper - Twyford
Dan Satherley and Lisa Owen (Newshub): KiwiBuild promise may rely on prefabs - Phil Twyford
Laura Walters (Stuff): NZ and overseas companies asked to ramp up prefab ops for Kiwibuild
Finn Hogan and Lisa Owen (Newshub): Interview: Phil Twyford (video)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Housing Minister Phil Twyford looks overseas for KiwiBuild prefab house builders
RNZ: KiwiBuild: Govt signals interest in prefab manufacturing
Ella Prendergast, Dan Satherley (Newshub):Judith Collins’ advice to Housing Minister Phil Twyford on KiwiBuild
Eric Crampton (Interest): If New Zealand is to crack the problems of unaffordable housing, government here must look to parts of America
Greg Ninness (Interest): Benefits for both the Govt & developers in buying off the plans scheme
Mihingarangi Forbes (Newshub): The human cost of Housing NZ’s meth-testing debacle
Anne Gibson (Herald): Housing: Auckland getting 23,600 new residences on state-owned land
Mei Heron (1News); Concerns Government kept in the dark about dramatic changes to the way some homes are insured
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Disingenuous information from an insurer or ignorant media?
Amanda Saxton (Auckland Now): They fight, take drugs, and sleep rough: can the chronically homeless be saved?
Alison Mau (Stuff): Landlords need to wake up and smell the mould
Mike Bain (Stuff): Rental market prices force Beverly Bartlett on to social housing waiting list
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Foreign buyer ban changes ‘go too far’
Lois Williams (RNZ): Iwi wants US billionaire exempt from foreign speculators ban
Health and disability
Herald: University of Otago researchers call for re-think on prescription charges
RNZ: Pasifika in NZ twice as likely to die of breast cancer than Pākehā
Lee Umbers (Herald): Why does booze do this to me? Jordan Luck tells of battle with the booze as Alcoholics Anonymous celebrates 70th anniversary in NZ
Liz Garton (RNZ): Govt told to consider adding calorie counts to menus
1News: Kiwi doctor says NZ should follow UK and ban sale of energy drinks to kids
Nikki MacDonald (Stuff): ’Appalling’ mental health crisis: 13 hours in ED; five hours in a police cell
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Wellington rest homes being investigated after claims of abuse of elderly patients
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Foam investigation: Wastewater discharge permit 'on hold'
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Firefighting foam chemicals in water could be too high - US study
LInday Laird (Northern Advocate): Whangārei Hospital looks into complaints of food theft and illicit drugs
Brittany Keogh (Herald): Shortage of maternity beds at Middlemore Hospital when new mum broke leg hours after giving birth, report finds
Krystal Abey-Leenders (RNZ): ’Breast implant illness’: So many people don’t believe what we’re saying’ - Young NZ woman
Brittany Keogh (Herald): Push to change ‘unfair’ ACC compensation law around loss of potential earnings
Jamie Morton (Herald): Number of stroke sufferers could skyrocket in next decade
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Number of strokes set to soar 40 percent in next decade
RNZ: More LGBTQI content needed at medical schools - survey
Andrew Chumko (Stuff): Growing up trans in regional New Zealand
Newshub: Quarry dust poses no health risks for public, health officials say
Employment
RNZ: Pay equity settlement extended to mental health workers
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government announces pay equity deal for mental health workers
Herald: Pay equity extended to mental health and addiction support workers
1News: Nurses return to mediation in another attempt to avoid impending strikes
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Health boards and nurses to continue mediation to try and avoid strikes
Tess Nichol (Herald): Sexually harassed and scared to speak up: The problem in medicine
Tess Nichol (Herald): Young female doctors speak about sexual harassment in New Zealand hospitals
Tim Miller (ODT): Pressure to work: employees
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Employers have part to play in staff health, study says
Paul Spoonley (ODT): Chamber urged to proactively address skills, labour issues
Bryan Gould: The living wage
Kim Campbell (Herald): ‘Them’ and ‘us' no good for industrial relations
Justice and police
Anne Marie May (RNZ): Relaxing bail laws: How risky is it?
John Campbell (RNZ): How to stop youth offenders from ending up in jail
Laura Tupou (Newshub): Exclusive: Gang violence decreasing across NZ
Joel Ineson (Stuff): Backlash and backdowns: Scrutinised sex offender reintegration up for review
Phil Taylor (Herald): Behind bars with Arthur Taylor - one of NZ’s longest serving prisoners
Finn Hogan and Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Justice Minister ‘uncomfortable’ with use of jailhouse informants
Rebekah Ferretti and Lisa Owen (Newshub): Jailhouse lawyer to jailhouse informants: ‘I might come for you’
Finn Hogan and Lisa Owen (Newshub): Interview: Arthur Taylor (video)
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): We all want to reduce the prison population but at what cost
David Fisher (Herald): Sensible Sentencing Trust’s Garth McVicar ‘failed dismally’ in plan to handle questions over board member’s exit
Point of Order: McVicar rejects “loopy” tag – and he may bridle at being called an “expert” too
Newshub: Destiny Church’s Brian Tamaki slams Government over prisons
Newshub: Baby rescued from police chase in Porirua
Jonathan Guildford (Press): Murderer demands $10,000 in compensation - after being banned from sparring in prison
Julia Fyers (Stuff): Five good reasons to decriminalise drugs
State care of children
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): High-profile offender compensation approved
Joel Ineson (Stuff): Sex abuse survivor releases book about attacks suffered in care
Christine L Ammunson (Spinoff): These brave survivors are the New Zealanders of the Year a million times over
Racing industry
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Officials warned against racing tax breaks
Pete George: Electoral Commission ineffective again after advertising breach
Point of Order: Peters has horse people crowing but he takes his whip to a chicken company
Environment and conservation
Andrea Vance (Stuff): David vs Goliath: Tiny hapū battles government for marine protection
Newshub: Fight over fishing’s future
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom):Zero carbon will have ‘confronting economic costs’
RNZ: Iwi to build predator-free fence from coast-to-coast
Laura Macdonald (Newshub): Northland iwi plan $1.2m Jurassic Park-style anti-pest fence
Nicholas Jones (Herald): First step to make Auckland Island predator-free
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Govt launches largest ever pest control op
RNZ: Govt to spend $2m on ridding Auckland Island of pests
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Great Walk’s Xmas hut bookings prove too popular
Elise Vollweiler (Stuff): Monumental mind shift needed to arrest consumers’ plastic complacency
RNZ: NZ needs to ban single-use plastics - environmentalist
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Wellington manufacturers admit spilling plastic beads down storm water drains
Newshub: Frustration mounts over thousands of plastic ‘nurdles’ at Wellington beach
Newshub: Countdown is moving dozens of its bakery and delicatessen items to locally sourced packaging
Primary industries
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Plan to install cameras on commercial fishing boats to goes to Cabinet
Kelly Dennett (Stuff): From traffic law to human rights: How an Auckland woman is fighting for justice for 30 fishermen
Pat Baskett (Newsroom): A curious anomaly in the Mackenzie Basin
Martin Taylor (Stuff): Speed up clean rivers - blunt Fieldays take home message
Keith Woodford (Interest): Mycoplasma bovis can transfer to sheep, goats, deer, pigs and poultry
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): M bovis outbreak: Four new South Island farms infected
Newshub: M bovis: Boss in charge of animal tracing system resigns
Rachael Kelly and Dave Nicoll (Southland Times): MPI to notify farmers if their neighbours have Mycoplasma bovis
RNZ: Farmers to be told of neighbouring Mycoplasma bovis
Newshub: MPI to dob in Mycoplasma bovis affected farms to their neighbours
Herald: Biosecurity Minister Damien O’Connor announces stronger rules for cattle tracing in M. bovis battle
Foreign affairs and trade
Jim Rolfe (Politik): Is China interfering in NZ politics?
Harrison Christian (Stuff): No place to hide: Political dissidents fear China’s influence
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Brown in tune with Trump after first year
Audrey Young (Herald): This was a week to demonstrate NZ’s independent voice
Mandy Te (Auckland Now): Kiwis protest Trump’s family separation policy at US Consulate General
RNZ: US detention camps: Protest outside Wellington embassy
Clare de Lore (Listener): The UK’s top diplomat in NZ has a personal reason for wanting to work here
Laura Walters (Stuff): NZ would be ‘very welcome’ to join Eurovision, EU trade commissioner says
Claire Trevett (Herald): Trade talks spark talk of New Zealand getting into Eurovision
RNZ: Rotuma group looks to build connections through NZ
RNZ: Polynesian nations to consider membership
Refugees and migration
Audrey Malone (Stuff): Government set to greenlight skilled foreign workers for construction sector
Sarah Murphy (RNZ): Govt told to honour promise to investigate student deportations
Newshub: ’Crap’ accounting course under investigation
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Visa applicants referred to govt’s profiling branch fall by three-quarters
Herald: ’We sailed over corpses to get to NZ’: Refugee’s important message to fellow Kiwis, Trump
Hunter Calder (Herald): Local Focus: Afghani-Kiwi interpreters get NZ citizenship
Gary Farrow (Waikato Times): Afghan interpreter wants to bring family to safety
Newshub: Two migrants arrive in NZ for every departure - Statistics NZ
RNZ: Net migration continues to decline
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Māori elder’s immigration battle: Visa declined because couple didn’t provide letters of support from dead parents
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Insight: Examining Tomorrow’s Schools
Stuff: Younger kids facing exclusion and suspension from school
Stuff: Number of students on the rise, but fewer suitable teachers
Newshub: Teachers flown in to cover ‘worst’ shortage
Laura Tupou (Newshub): High school Samoan language relief teachers ‘more like babysitters’, student says
Economy
1News: Poor NZ business confidence ‘an issue around perception’ not reality, says Finance Minister
1News: ’It’s a lead indicator of what's coming' – business confidence drop 'concerning', says National's Simon Bridges
Brian Easton (Pundit): How’s the Government Doing?
Liam Dann (Herald): How does this Government score on growth?
Jason Walls (Interest): Amy Adams finds her mojo and she has Robertson to thank
Robert MacCulloch (Interest): Fresh approach needed to tackle inequality and low-productivity
Media
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): MediaRoom: Beyond the headlines
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Jamie Tuuta: When I go home, I’m still Boy
Māori TV: Māori TV welcomes new chairman
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Dare to stream
Brian Gaynor (Herald):It’s time for a futuristic vision from regulators
RNZ: Work starts on online TVNZ archive
RNZ: Online trolling: ‘It just makes you a mean person’
Newshub: Online trolls turn mischief-making into money
Local government
Cherie Howie (Herald): ’Love them to death’: Mayors offer advice Auckland’s Phil Goff
Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Auckland Mayor fired leaking staffer, suggests not all councillors trustworthy
Matthew Rosenberg (Stuff): Affluent Auckland seaside suburb kicks back against proposed freedom camper zone
Tina Law (Press): Christchurch City Council debt to grow 75 per cent to $2.1 billion
Dominic Harris (Press): Stemming the flow - how Christchurch’s top strategist plans to turn the tide on its water woes
Robin Martin (RNZ): Flood-prone Whanganui homeowners not impressed with council’s plan
Bay of Plenty Times: Ban puts homeless women in Tauranga at risk of abuse and worse
Dawn Picken (Bay of Plenty Times): Inside Story: The Bay’s private accommodation providers targeted
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Marlborough to be promoted as film and TV location
Defence
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Defence Force unit to fight Hit and Run claims
Damien Grant (Stuff): Hager has received his apology, perhaps he should say sorry, too
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why Damien Grant is utterly wrong on Nicky Hager
Laura Walters (Stuff): Defence Minister Ron Mark one step closer to replacing old military planes
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): Devonport Naval base report #33: Ask again later
RNZ: Housing development for Defence Force opens
Newshub: Wargames a waste of money - activists
Public holidays
Dominion Post Editorial: Some sense from Seymour
David Farrar: Seymour has a point
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why we should do the exact opposite of what David Seymour is saying about public holidays
Sexual abuse and harrassment
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Speaking secrets: Sharing stories of sexual abuse amidst #MeToo
Georgina Campbell (Herald/Newstalk ZB): Speaking Secrets: Sexual abuse services bracing for influx
Georgina Campbell (Herald/Newstalk ZB): Speaking Secrets: Law firm Russell McVeagh ‘in a dark place’
E-Tangata: My story, my shame, is tragically common
Amber-Leigh Woolf and Abbey Palmer (Stuff): ’Culture change’ needed to make Wellington NZ’s first sexual abuse free city
Transport
Stuff: New Zealanders spent $20b on transport last year
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): New Zealanders are anxious drivers - study
Herald: New study reveals more than two thirds of Kiwis anxious behind the wheel
Newshub: Auckland rail goes Te Reo
ODT: Celebrating cycleway success
Business
John Boynton (RNZ): Māori business coaching gets $10m in govt support
Juha Saarinen (Herald): Broadband wars: We were tricked, internet users complain
Other
Jo Moir (Stuff): Kelvin Davis to take new Crown/Māori partnership to Cabinet in July
Thomas Manch (Stuff): ’Social investment’ and Government’s data chop-shop to remain under Labour
Rebecca Stevenson (Spinoff): If I read one more story about regulatory failure my head is going to explode
Cecile Meier (Stuff): Home birth, cloth nappies and feminism in action on the horizon for Green minister Julie Anne Genter
RNZ: Religious survey lacks ethnic representation - academic
1News: Watch: Female kapa haka performer challenging gender roles at competitions – eventually wants to haka as a man
1News: 'Break down those barriers... kia kaha' - kapa haka performer who's challenging gender roles gets flood of support
Paul Little (Herald): Is it cultural appropriation, or just sharing?
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Bro, were we really that bad in the 1990s?
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): It’s not hip to be square
Philip Matthews (Press): Week in Review: The young and the powerless
Dionne Christian (Herald): Te reo Māori is taken to the page and stage
Michalia Arathimos (E-Tangata): The wharenui of New Zealand literature remains a gated community
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): NZ to map quarter of Earth’s seafloor in global project