NZ Politics Daily - 23 July 2018
23 July 2018
Today's content
Poverty and Inequality
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): New Zealanders hungry and cold in their own homes this winter
Dan Satherley and Mariam Harris (Newshub): Poor Kiwis are using ovens for heating instead of cooking - Salvation Army
RNZ: Salvation Army survey reveals some NZers using oven to heat homes this winter
Isaac Davison (Herald): Charity reports unprecedented demand for beds as families of up to six share a single bed
Isaac Davison (Herald): Hardship in NZ: After bills paid, family has $1.68 a fortnight
Emma Russell (Herald): Doctors’ horror: Kids with maggots in scalps and pre-schoolers with rotting teeth
Newshub: Maggot-infested scalps and rotting teeth - medical impact of New Zealand’s shocking child poverty problem revealed
Māori TV: Medical magazine reveals poor health causes for children
Zoe Hunter (Bay of Plenty Times): Children’s charity launches first campaign to help desperate children through the winter
Health and disability
Herald Editorial: New thinking needed for mental health
Emma Russell (Herald): Government announces $10.5m mental health pilot for 18-25-year-olds
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Intellectually disabled man forced to spend two nights in a police cell due to lack of facilities
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Support for less meat, better planet
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Dunedin man’s long ACC battle set to pay off with law change
Brad Flahive (Stuff): ACC researcher says Complex Regional Pain Syndrome sufferers caught in red tape
Carolyne Meng-Yee (Herald): Family of eight in 3-bed house: Massive renovations for sick 4yo’s home
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): High patient numbers contribute to Hawke’s Bay DHB’s deficit of $6.7million
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Christchurch mental health unit staff on ACC leave following assaults in ‘dangerous’ unit
Amanda Saxton (Stuff): Tasered father-to-be Alo Ngata’s ‘very scary, very sad’ final days
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): New resource on how to talk about suicide with youth
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): Maui’s Hook movie encouraging kōrero around suicide
Stuff: Some regions have more students with cavities than others
Lisa Davies (1News): Chief coroner speaks out as cot deaths rise: ‘Every sleep should be a safe sleep’
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Exclusive: Bay of Plenty DHB target of 10 cyber-attacks per second
Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): Iwi buys struggling community medical practice
Stuff: ’Modernised’ health care model expected to benefit patients and medical staff
Mere McLean (Māori TV): Marae in Rotorua benefiting from workshops on P
Mei Heron (1News): ’Stoned smurf’ - number of teens trying e-cigarettes soaring as market continues to go unregulated - research
Point of Order: Let’s not just make it an option – let’s give rongoā Māori a cancer trial
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): Seasonal bases possible for rescue choppers in tourist hotspots
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Stealth in health undermining Government – politics the overriding protocol
Kevin Dew (Newsroom): The problem with new drugs on the market
Olivia Caldwell (Stuff): Blind gold medallist Mary Fisher wants better accessibility written into disabilities law
Environment and conservation
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Officials suggested crowd funding for US TV star Matt Lauer’s land access
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Controversial TV star expects millions to give public access to South Island station
Rewa Harriman (Newshub): When Māori land isn’t actually Māori land
1News: Conservation Minister signals ban on single-use plastic bags
Dan Satherley and Simon Shepherd (Newshub): Stopping climate change will make us richer than doing nothing - Shaw
Jamie Morton (Herald): NZ companies, councils, not ‘walking talk’ on climate risk
Newstalk ZB: National MP warns over climate change policies
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Concern over social cost of Zero Carbon Bill
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Fed Farmers cautions against costly climate change measures
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Forest owners caught between safety and climate change policies
Alice Angeloni (Stuff): ’Abysmal’ Kiwis could learn from Australia’s ‘whole suite’ of marine protections
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Anti-1080 protesters arrested following confrontation with police in Auckland
Laine Moger, Hannah Martin (North Shore Times): Anti-1080 protest leads to arrests in Auckland
RNZ: Anti-1080 group stopped from crossing Auckland Harbour Bridge
Lois Williams (RNZ): Council approves Whangārei Harbour dredge for oil ships, despite community opposition
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): Native plants put under microscope for E coli and effluent treatment
Gavin Evans (Newsroom): Greenpeace activists’ ‘offence’ enacted only recently
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Greenpeace activists oil ship protest was just ‘low level disobedience’
Doug Laing (Hawke’s Bay Today): Judge ponders convictions in ocean protest case
MIchael Hayward (Stuff): New West Coast Great Walk - the Paparoa Track - a thank you and an opportunity
Māori TV: Iwi helping to save freshwater mussels
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV) Kākahi cleaning the waterways
Alice Angeloni (Stuff): ’Impressed’ PM Jacinda Ardern thanks students for ‘fantastic’ work
Employment
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Minister says campaign against labour law reform is ‘deliberately misleading’
Newshub: Minister hits back at business leaders over ‘misleading’ campaign
ODT Editorial: Strikes pressuring the Government
1News: 1 NEWS learns some disabled people being paid as little as 89 cents an hour to work in NZ - and it’s legal
RNZ: Wellington bus network overhaul: Ministry admits role in securing jobs for unemployed
Joel Ineson (Stuff): Work to close the $2.6b income gap for Māori begins
Kirk Hope (Herald): Addressing the low-wage myth
Kirk Hope (Stuff): New Zealand has issues, but the idea it is a ‘low-wage economy’ is a myth
Herald: New Zealand educators to vote on pushing strike to full day to send ‘strongest possible message’
Aidan Mac Guill (Guardian): Should we work a four-day week? Results from a trial in New Zealand
Zac Fleming (RNZ Checkpoint): Family labels Toll’s treatment of workplace death ‘inhumane’
Catherine Harris (Stuff): MBIE/IRD staff due to strike again Monday afternoon, Wellington bus drivers take action
RNZ: Govt employees prepare for more strike action - PSA
Newshub: Auckland tradesman gets $22,000 payout after flirting accusations
RNZ: Govt employees prepare for more strike action - PSA
1News: 1 NEWS Community: Anonymous Nurse Florence giving Kiwi nurses a voice - ‘I’ve related to most of these stories, felt the pain in their words’
RNZ: NZ nurses will be in demand around the world
Government
Patrick O’Meara (RNZ): Govt urged to scrap self-imposed spending cap
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Winston Peters is proving he’s a safe pair of hands
Audrey Young (Herald): Andrew Little may be one of Ardern’s strongest ministers but he has his vulnerabilities
The Standard: Government with a plan
Stuff: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern named in Fortune’s ’40 under 40’
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern named as one of Fortune magazine’s 40 most influential people under 40-years-old
RNZ: Prime Minister makes 40 under 40 list
Zane Small (Newshub): Clarke Gayford’s humble response to Jacinda Ardern’s ’40 Under 40’ honour
1News: Jacinda Ardern joins Mark Zuckerberg, Rihanna, on Fortune’s most influential people under 40 list
Alliance: Stop Saying “There’s Not Enough Money”
Greg Presland (Standard): Scrap the spending cap
Natalie Ritchie: PM Jacinda Ardern urged by Aussie journalist to 'lead like a woman'
Herald Editorial: PM will be a good role model for working mothers
Kirsty Wynn (Herald): Go part-time Jacinda - Aussie author urges
Newshub: Aussie author urges Jacinda Ardern to go part-time to look after baby
NZ First
John Armstrong (1News): Will 25 years of Winston Peters’ mischief, mishaps and mayhem as NZ First leader have a swansong beyond 2020?
Henry Cooke (Stuff): At 25, NZ First is still fighting the battles of its youth. Can that work without Peters at the helm?
Heather du Plessis-Alla (Herald): Happy 25th New Zealand First - now grow up
Newshub: Will NZ First outlive Winston Peters?
Police, crime, justice
Dan Satherley (Newshub): The ex-National MP who wants to cut NZ prison numbers in half
Jared Savage and Phil Kitchin (Herald): Police Commissioner Mike Bush warned of Wally Haumaha’s history, sources claim
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Bridges backs Peter Ellis over wrongful conviction claim
1News: Peter Ellis case NZ’s biggest miscarriage of justice - Simon Bridges
Jeremy Rose (RNZ): Insight: Money Laundering in NZ
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Police forget firearm parts taken after search
1News: United Nations slams treatment of woman in NZ Family Court system as ‘shocking’
Audrey Young (Herald): Human rights commissioner Jackie Blue backs call for special UN probe into violence against women in NZ and Family Court response
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Sobering accounts of domestic violence by Judge Phil Connell and victim Mereana Love
1News: Changes made to Christchurch Men’s Prison’s intervention support unit after damning report - ‘so far out of touch'
Liz Gordon (Daily Blog): What it is like in prison
Deena Coster (Stuff): Ex-top cop joins forces with former victim advocate to set up new justice lobby group
Zane Small (Newshub): ’Date rape drug’ GHB not commonly used in drink spiking cases
Robb Kidd (ODT): Judges go against the norm
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Exclusive: Suspected serial sex attacker stalking Wellington streets
Kirsty Johnston (Herald):'Scream and I'll kill you': How one brave victim escaped a possible serial sex stalker
Ollie Ritchie (Newshub): Doubts over police handling of Wellington sex attacks
RNZ: In Dark Places: The real cost of Teina Pora’s story
Greg Bruce (Herald): It’s a crime: The horrific case of Teina Pora in TV drama
Glen McConnell (Stuff): This should make you angry: Teina Pora miscarriage of justice told in Dark Places
Southern and Molyneux and free speech
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Media Watch: Free speech debate goes full noise
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Don’t give Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux attention, Iain Lees-Galloway says
1News: Immigration Minister says views of far-right Canadian speakers are ‘morally repugnant’, as they're granted NZ work visas
Stephen Franks: Minister Lees-Galloway shows Rule of Law in action
Stephen Franks: Auckland freedom of speech court case will get world attention
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Southern and Molyneux good test for our free speech tolerance
John Minto (Daily Blog): Free speech? – give us a break!
Max Christoffersen (Waikato Times): Opinion: Free speech and an opportunity lost
Philippa McLoughlin (Spinoff): Why we need to stop indulging the far-right martyr complex on free speech
Oscar Kightley (Herald): This free speech victory tastes a little strange
Dan Page (Stuff): Let’s listen to controversial Canadian, then judge
John Roughan (Herald): Forceful speech is not always hate speech
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Māori Party vice president says far right Canadian pair should not speak in Aotearoa
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Alt-right speakers Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern anger NZ Muslims
Ben Leahy (Herald): Violent threats made against peace group opposing visit of controversial Canadian pair, Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux
1News: Peace campaigner receives death threats over opposition to far-right Canadian speakers granted NZ work visas
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Explainer: What do far-right Canadian speakers Stefan Molyneux and Lauren Southern believe?
Immigration and refugees
Jared Savage (Herald): Victim deported after reporting serious crime granted visa
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Nauru refugees write letter seeking to resettle in NZ
Karoline Tuckey (Stuff): Humanists conference organisers shocked at Immigration NZ denials for ‘hero’ members
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Government ‘backtracking’ on refugee quota promise, National claims
No Right Turn: Labour lied on refugees
RNZ: Academic calls for review of Samoan Quota ballot
ODT: MP hails improvement in visa processing
Housing
Dileepa Fonseka and Maddison Northcott (Stuff): Shock finding: Shoddy wiring put vulnerable Housing NZ tenants at risk of dying in fire
Hannah Martin (Manukau Courier): New Manukau bus station could be used as homeless shelter on winter nights
Alice Wilkins (Newshub): Homeless to spend winter nights in Manukau bus station
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Safety behind ‘inhumane’ homeless shelter closure, Rotorua Lakes Council says
Newshub: Auckland woman’s mission to help the homeless by handing out blankets and ponchos
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Rents in some Auckland suburbs dropping, rental bonds data shows
Newshub: First-home buyers shouldn’t rely on KiwiBuild - expert
RNZ: ’We just want it over and done with’ - Bella Vista owner
Paul Taylor (ODT): ’Co-op village’ plan to build cheaper homes
Brenda Harwood (ODT): Trust welcomes new govt heating grants
Welfare
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Sanctions motivate beneficiaries to get jobs - Simon Bridges
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Is Working for Families contributing to poverty in New Zealand?
Eric Crampton: Working for Families as employer subsidy?
Susan St John (Daily Blog): If Working For Families is ‘communism by stealth’, Matthew Hooton is neoliberalism by creep
Parliament and democracy
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Māori Option set to close in two weeks’ time
Kate Robertson (Stuff): Stan Walker shares video encouraging Māori to choose their electoral roll
Colin James: The wisdom of crowds vs the madness of crowds
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Democracy’s very public midlife crisis
Jamie Tahana (RNZ): Gin and beer it: Parliament’s boozy past
Guy Williams (Stuff): What really motivates our politicians?
Foreign affairs and trade
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Peter Dutton vows to continue deportations following criticism from Andrew Little
RNZ: UK’s interest in NZ trade deal sparks call for better visa access
Dan Satherley (Newshub): James Shaw’s epic burn on Donald Trump
Simon Draper (Stuff): Exporters in the regions are getting to grips with Asia
Defence
Carmen Parahi (Stuff): Emotional Ron Mark has misgivings about defence force treatment of injured Nepata brothers
Laura Walters (Stuff): NZ and US navy have very different takes on climate change
RNZ: Kiwi troops march in Belgian National Day military parade
Laura Walters (Stuff): A look inside the sub-hunting planes
Economy and business
Jason Walls (Interest): Winston was right about the economy
Liam Dann: Dumbing down - New Zealand economy not getting smarter
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Minister says nothing ruled out after tech body voices ‘critical concerns’ over R&D
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Small businesses pessimistic, expecting more regulation - survey
Education and childhood
Simon Collins (Herald): Schools embrace learning by play after national standards abolished
Simon Collins (Herald): Anglicans and Catholics may open joint Māori boarding school on Hato Petera College site in Northcote
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Hato Petera supporters protest parliament, lodge Treaty claim
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Second wave of mental health workers to help plug gap in Canterbury schools
Newshub: Do we need a school holiday shake-up?
Taroi Black (Māori TV): $410 a month for Reo not enough says Puna Reo manager
Kevin Clements and Peter Matheson (ODT): Corporate culture, commercialisation driving university decision making
Brittany Keogh (Stuff): Auckland and Wellington students say they should get more student allowance than those in regions
Megan Gattey (Stuff): What is life like for teenagers in New Zealand? We asked some
National Party
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Bridges builds towards National’s second coming
Jason Walls (Interest): Bridges’ two-month charm offensive across NZ – was it worth it?
RNZ: Bridges wraps up 70 public meetings
1News: Surviving on benefits, young people leaving - Simon Bridges hears what worries Kiwis on his roadshow
Animal welfare
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Twenty-four greyhounds euthanised this year already
Newshub: Greyhound deaths likely going unreported - animal rights campaigner
Ben Irwin (Newshub): Ministry for Primary Industry tightens dog on ute law
Newshub: Cow stranded on ledge for two days above Mowhanau Beach
Regional development
ODT Editorial: Swallowing pride, accepting the cash
Point of Order: Northland is doing nicely, thank you, from project funding announced by Shane Jones
Tracy Neal (RNZ): New scenic rail service part of West Coast revitalisation plan
Media and broadcasting
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): NZ on Air’s $700,000 experiment
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): E-Tangata keeping diversity in online news media
Eden Park concert
Simon Collins (Herald): Court delay threatens Sir Ray Avery’s ‘Million Babies’ concert
David Farrar: Jacinda backs Helen despite 91% of Aucklanders wanting the concert
Papatūānuku landmark for Bastion Point
Simon Wilson (Herald): Papatūānuku and the trick of standing upright on Bastion Point
Herald Editorial: A massive Māori figure could grow on us
Simon Collins (Herald): Ngāti Whātua heads on block as leader admits ‘error’ over Bastion Point statue
Local government
Nelson Mail: Nelson City council in danger of turning into secret society
Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Chris Teo-Sherrell enters Horizons Regional Council race
Building safety
Phil Pennington (RNZ): More hospital buildings assessed as quake-prone than a year ago
Anne Marie May (RNZ): Company fined for failure to quake strengthen a NZ first
Newshub: Wellington company Allura fined $37,500 for quake-prone building
Ben Leahy (Herald): Auckland Council stresses quake prone buildings are not an imminent danger
Primary and extractive industries
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Protest against mining ban on DOC land as last rail road bridge in New Zealand closes
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Why mining has always been part of the equation for the West Coast
Laura Tupou (Newshub): Dargaville group falls short of funds to oppose Tegel factory build
Sean Hogan (1News): Gisborne going bananas over new taxpayer-funded horticulture venture - ‘Grow like topsy’
Transport
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Govt looking for safer credit options to help people buy cars
RNZ: Connecting the dots for electric car owners
Chris Harrowell (Stuff): Shifting petrol prices putting Auckland motorists under the pump
Newshub: Wellington bus strikes begin over ‘unsafe’ working hours
RNZ: Regional Council urged to step into Wgtn bus driver dispute
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Significant disruption expected for Wellington bus services during driver strike
RNZ: Tranzit rejects claims of restricting union’s access to members
RNZ: Hutt Valley bus drivers to take industrial action
Newshub: No more long days for upset Wellington bus drivers
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Veteran bus driver quits after pack attack
Technology
Katie Kenny (Stuff): Disconnected: the 1 per cent who might never get internet
RNZ: Third deep-sea cable now open to traffic
Gender
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Sexism row over Pop-up Globe’s all-male Auckland productions rumbles on
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Pop-up Globe apologises for marketing #MeToo season with all-male cast
Michelle Duff (Stuff): We don’t need men telling us how to #MeToo
Mark Quinlivan (Timaru Herald): New Zealand cricket associations have to get women or risk funding cuts
Other
Dominion Post Editorial: Bringing truth to light
RNZ: Little’s hapū remarks ‘condescending' - Ngāpuhi lawyer
Liz McDonald (Press): A matter of trust: Iwi voice in Christchurch rebuild
Indira Stewart (RNZ): South Auckland Sikh temple working to unite their community
RNZ: Unbelievabowl opposition to clubs’ liquor licence request
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Wellington bowls clubs’ liquor licence battle attracts cross-party support
David Farrar: Police lost the plot on this one
RNZ: Tourism Industry Aotearoa backs proposed border tax
E-Tangata: Koro Wetere: A paramount influencer
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Joe Harawira: Healing the world through story
International Socialists: Celebrating The Māori Organisation on Human Rights
Taroi Black (Māori TV): European Commission backs down on ‘offensive’ Haka video
Tom O’Connor (Waikato Times): Opinion: Pākehā is not an insult
Herald Editorial: Gen Z shouldering Millennials aside