NZ Politics Daily - 17 July 2018
17 July 2018
Today's content
Housing
Ryan Boswell (1News): People struggle to find affordable homes as pressure builds on state’s short-term accommodation programme
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Govt shares Dr O’Sullivan’s concerns for state of public homes
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Dr Lance O’Sullivan issues challenge to Housing Minister over ‘third world’ Auckland homes
Ben Leahy (Herald): Leading doctor Lance O’Sullivan starts Facebook page calling for healthier state housing
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Dr Lance O’Sullivan challenges Minister of Housing after visiting appalling state home
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Lance O’Sullivan takes on NZ’s poor housing
Newshub: Govt could halve number of children admitted to hospital by fixing housing - expert
Ben Leahy and Isaac Davison (Herald): Life after more than two decades on the streets: ‘It blows me away just to see how far I’ve come’
Greg Ninness (Interest): The amount of equity borrowers have in their homes has increased significantly since LVRs were introduced
Anne Gibson (Herald): Auckland apartment boom won’t last, according to new report
Health
Chris Reed (Herald): Mental health inquiry says ‘ here was some rage’ as it acknowledges public frustration but remains confident of delivering blueprint for change to Government
Timaru Herald Editorial: Pressing ahead with pilot could provide valuable data
1News: ’It is a crisis’ - Police Association laments loss of funding mental health crisis initiative
Newshub: ’No doubt’ rising Canterbury suicide rates due to earthquakes - police
RNZ: Police mismanagement of mental health ‘put me in a downward spiral’
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Auckland, Northland hospital computer systems within minutes of failing - report
Emma Russell (Herald): Rest home resident dies from heart attack, nurse makes no attempt to save him
RNZ: New jet aircraft for Pacific air ambulance
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Auckland researchers trial a self-screening smear test to overcome cultural taboos
John McKenzie (1News): Invercargill practice calls in doctors from other regions to see patients
Free speech and Southern and Molyneux venue ban
Jan Thomas (Herald): Free speech is welcome at universities, hate speech is not
Liam Hehir (Stuff): Donald Trump’s ‘fake news’ cries are far from the only threats over who says what
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): An Inconvenient Truth About Free Speech Denialism
Ali Shakir (Spinoff): To ban, or not to ban: an (agnostic) Muslim’s view
John Minto (Daily Blog): Free speech for racist or religious hatred?
Sam Hurley (Herald): Free speech group hires QC, confirms court fight against Auckland Council over speakers’ ban
Todd Niall (Stuff): Free Speech coalition ‘clarifying’ Goff stance before filing legal action
Greg Presland (Standard): Free Speech Coalition’s litigation strikes a major snag
Local government
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Should we devolve taxes to councils? Not yet
David Hargreaves (Interest): Other things need to happen first before we consider giving local government more decentralised power
Point of Order: The LGNZ power grab: some matters should be surrendered to central govt
1News: Calls for local government to have more power so ‘communities have more say’
1News: Mayor Phil Goff wants to spend GST component of Auckland rates on city’s infrastructure
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland Council and QV in stoush, thousands of property rates valuations affected
Elton Rikihana Smallman (Waikato Times): Hamilton to spend $1m in order to save $94m
Papatūānuku landmark for Bastion Point
Nick Truebridge and Todd Niall (Stuff): ’Pay for it yourselves’: NZ First MP Shane Jones savages hapū’s Papatūānuku proposal
1News: Shane Jones dismisses ‘pretentious’ hapū proposal for 30 metre-plus Auckland statue: ‘Pay for it yourselves'
Newshub: New Zealand First MP Shane Jones rips into Bastion Point statue proposal
Leah Te Whata (Māori TV): Tourists want more Māori landmarks
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Video shows first images of Auckland’s ‘Statue of Liberty
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Council backs local iwi to build statue on Bastion Point
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Auckland Papatūānuku Earth Mother statue a giant waste of money
Employment
Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): Find the money to pay nurses what they deserve
Stuff: Nurses back at the bargaining table with DHBs
RNZ: DHBs ask nurses to discuss revised pay offer tomorrow
Newshub: Nurses and DHBs set to meet on Tuesday
Newshub: ’Truly pathetic’: Duncan Garner blasts Simon Bridges for David Clark comments
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Fears nurses’ pay rise will sideline health and addiction workers
Herald: ACC senior doctors to strike, ‘they’ve had a gutsful’
Newshub: ACC staff to strike as nurses go back to negotiating table
Dani McDonald (Stuff): Scientists urge Te Papa to invest in collections research rather than strip them of staff
Environment and conservation
David Williams (Newsroom): Insiders pan DOC’s corporate embrace
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Freshwater groups folded as Govt pushes ahead
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Forest and Bird wants to clear up ‘misinformation’ over water orders
Jamie Morton (Herald): Researchers air criticisms of NZ’s 2050 pest wipe-out mission
Newshub: NZ’s ‘impossible’ Predator Free 2050 goal blasted by academics
RNZ: Scientists question govt’s predator-free by 2050 goal
Stuff: Nearly all Kiwi receive drinking water that meets chemical standards
Dominic Harris (Press): Making councils identify climate change risks could protect them, local government boss says
Jamie Morton (Herald): Doctors urged to back fresh effort on climate change
Grant Bradley (Herald): KiwiRail accused of ‘green-washing’ by union
Pat Baskett (Herald): Okura developer’s appeal puts residents to unfair expense
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Work underway to tackle recycling and waste problems in Aotearoa
Jenny Ling (Stuff): Iwi to build fences on Ninety Mile Beach
Tracy Neal (RNZ): NZ among krill harvesters to agree to stop fishing in parts of Antarctic
International relations and trade
RNZ: Winston Peters suspects Russia meddling in US election but awaits proof
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Trump’s Putin comments a matter for the US, Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says
Herald: Kiwi teen released from Australian detention
RNZ: NZ teen held in Aus immigration detention released
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Deportations: Concern over review of Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal powers
Claire Trevett (Herald): ’Soft Power’ index says PM Jacinda Ardern a factor in NZ’s international sway
RNZ: NZ’s increased Pacific aid given focus
Government
Newstak ZB: Peters: ‘You shouldn’t throw your political weight around in this environment’
Herald: Acting PM Winston Peters on foreign affairs, nurses strike
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Winston Peters compares multiculturalism to ‘rising up mushrooms’
Richard Harman (Politik): How much clout has Peters got
Sophie Bateman (Newhub): Jacindamania helped NZ’s global influence, index reveals
Northern Advocate: Whangarei’s Great Plate Auction gets endorsement from Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
State sector
Jo Moir (RNZ): Panel to look at Human Rights Commission candidates
Waatea News: Little tries to take politics out of human rights picks
Madison Reidy (RNZ): ’Not out of the woods on data issues just yet’ - Privacy Commissioner
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Ministry of Social Development boss to step down
Education
Daniel Couch (Spinoff): Should this big global company be part of a billion-dollar NZ research fund?
Kymberlee Fernandes (Stuff): Teacher who moved to Auckland to help shortage might leave
Brendon Anderson (Stuff): We’re teachers but we do more than just teach
Consumer rights
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Country of origin proposal scaled back
Isaac Davison (Herald): Country of origin labelling on the way - but on fewer foods
Julie Iles (Stuff): ’There was blood everywhere’: Cots and prams in NZ and Australia failing safety tests
Herald: Recalled MacLaren prams still available in NZ
Business/economy
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Inflation fears ‘holding us back’
Herald: More worrying than business confidence: Services sector drops to smallest expansion since 2012
Doug Steel (Interest): June PSI data is “more worrying from a growth perspective”
RNZ: Services sector activity cooling - survey
Jason Walls (Interest): How too many SMEs, cooperatives and immigrants are contributing to NZ’s productivity woes
Mark Lister (Herald): If business confidence is so low, why is the share market at record highs?
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): This Government has put the brakes on the economy
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Designers hopeful for greater transparency in fashion supply chain
Primary Industries
No Right Turn: Will Talleys get what they paid for?
Gareth Hughes (Stuff): Blatant abuse in NZ shows our animals need an independent protector
Ewan Sargent (Stuff): We want free range eggs right up to the point of buying them
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Orana Park vet ‘disappointed’ by ‘malicious’ complaints
John Boynton (RNZ): Wairoa set to tap into ‘hops, hemp, horticulture’ production
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Cheesemaker who fought regulations suffers stroke, dies
Defence
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Where are the protests over the Government’s new ‘submarine-killers’?
RNZ: NZ’s defence strategy risks wrath of China - Simon Bridges
RNZ: NZ’s new military planes get search and rescue “thumbs up”
Immigration and migrant workers
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Elderly parents of migrants left in limbo over visa changes
Carla Penman (Herald): 138 Chinese tradespeople to arrive over next two months to work on luxury Auckland hotel
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): Wgtn’s Ethiopian community celebrates new leader
Police, crime, corrections
Michael Allan, Chelsea Boyle and Meghan Lawrence (Herald): Police pursuits on the rise: Parents of victims question policy
Susan Strongman (The Wireless): Crime and Punishment: Will freeing more prisoners work?
Anne Marie May (RNZ): Scientists fail to keep up with ever-evolving synthetic drugs
Newshub: Aucklanders report feeling increasingly unsafe on Queen Street
Kiwisaver
Rob Stock (Stuff): Protest over the $1 billion cost of KiwiSaver default funds
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Over 400,000 KiwiSaver members missed out on $1b, warn advisers
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): Financial adviser group takes crack at default KiwiSaver
Abuse
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Include churches in state care abuse inquiry: Becroft
Māori TV: Native Affairs: Abusers no right to stand on marae
Language
Tara Colley (ODT): The language of hip-hop is politically charged
Leonie Hayden (Spinoff): Can Māori and Pacific people use the n-word?
Transport
Katarina Williams and Damian George (Dominion Post): Metlink admits several teething problems following rollout of new Wellington bus network
RNZ: Wellington bus network changes cause lengthy delays for some
Other
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Simon Bridges’ biggest problem is prominence
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Gareth Morgan willing to part with cash again, but not control
David Clarkson (Stuff): Christchurch man faces trial accused of voting multiple times in 2017 General Election
Newshub: The men making a difference in the lives of Kiwi boys (video)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Stakes rise in legal stoush over Callaghan Innovation grant
BusinessDesk: Supreme Court rejects Trends Publishing appeal
Sam Hurley (Herald): Film-maker’s defence in ‘hate speech’ case calls on historical Sir Bob Jones remarks
Bruce Bisset (Hawke’s Bay Today): NZ can’t keep selling the world a lie
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): The forgotten generation falling between cracks
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): How trolls make money from their online hate speech
Aimie Cronin (The Wireless): In defence of trolls
David Cormack (Herald): The politics of civility
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Matariki could replace Queen’s birthday - Paul Eagle
Caitlin Salter (Idealog): Matariki magic: meet the businesses embracing New Zealand’s unique New Year
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): How to tax Visa and Mastercard in NZ
ActionStation: Hopeful reading - Highlights of people power and progressive change for June 2018
Tina Wickliffe (Māori TV): Ringatū - The next generation