NZ Politics Daily - 24 July 2018
24 July 2018
Today's content
Government
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Govt can spend more: economists
Jason Walls (Interest): Acting PM says there is scope to loosen budget responsibility rules
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Peters wary of land sale idea
Richard Harman (Politik): NZ First: When winning means losing
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Tax tobacco, tax unhealthy foods, Winston Peters says
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Tobacco excise tax leading to murders and assaults at dairies, says Winston Peters
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Greens release ministerial meetings
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Green Party releases ministerial diaries
Esme Hall (Critic): Chlöe Swarbrick wants to “make politics cool”
Poverty, inequality, welfare
TImaru Herald Editorial: Kiwis shouldn’t freeze to eat, starve to heat
Isaac Davison (Herald): Families in hardship: Rugby fees and a second pair of shoes out of reach of Manurewa family
Isaac Davison (Herald): Kiwis moved by solo mother's story sponsor another 25 children in hardship
1News: Shocking new Salvation Army survey finds nearly half of New Zealanders have gone without heating, 37 per cent have skipped a meal as winter costs bite
Mere McLean (Māori TV): Pensioner would rather face winter chill than power bill
Colleen Hawkes (Stuff): Your oven is about as expensive to run as a heater - and a lot less safe
Newshub: Poverty campaigners urge Simon Bridges to go to WINZ and meet beneficiaries
Isaac Davison (Herald): Ministry for Women report says mothers on welfare should be able to earn more without being penalised
Newshub: Supporting beneficiary mums the ‘most sustainable way to improve lives’ - Govt report
1News: Simon Bridges says ‘we should expect more’ of Kiwis on a benefit, who aren’t sanctioned enough by government
Rob Stock (Stuff): Eat My Lunch back-pedals on claim that 290,000 children go to school without lunch every day
Rob Stock (Stuff): Do-good businesses must prove their heart
1News: Are mobile truck shops preying on vulnerable people in South Auckland?
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Kiwi supermarket chain cuts cost of sanitary products in effort to tackle period poverty
Newshub: Countdown cuts costs of in-house sanitary items to tackle New Zealand’s period poverty
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Countdown lowers prices of sanitary products to reduce period poverty
Housing and homelessness
Matt Shand (Stuff): National Party leader says Tauranga council ‘far too soft’ on homeless
1News: ’We’ll keep supporting them’ says Employment Minister as psychologist worries homeless people can’t get jobs
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Rotorua homeless shelter to re-open despite no consent
Amanda Saxton (Stuff): Bridge dwellers: a homemade toilet and semi-pet rats
Tim Miller (ODT): Thousands of Otago home buyers register for Kiwi Build
Alex Braae (Spinoff): How accessible will the new Kiwibuild homes be?
Health and disability
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Ministry of Health dismissed concerns meth test levels should be relaxed
Simon Collins (Herald): Dr Lance O’Sullivan’s remote healthcare service goes national
Mike Yardley (Press): Smoking the government’s dirty little addiction
Matt Stewart (Stuff): Police recruits get just eight hours training for dealing with mental health callouts
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government pilot offering free counselling for all 18-25 year olds
Warren Gamble (Stuff): Teenager to continue mental health campaign after minister refuses to meet
Aaron Leaman and Libby Wilson (Stuff): Final expenses of Waikato DHB boss Waikato DHB boss revealed
Nikki Preston (Herald): Former Waikato DHB boss spent $350 in taxi fares in last month on the job
Herald: Timaru-based health board condemned after ex-patient dies
Matt Lauer land access row
Jono Edwards and Tim Brown (ODT/RNZ): Peters leaps into Hawea access debate
RNZ: Winston Peters: Overseas Investment Office ‘didn’t do its job' over Matt Lauer sale
Tim Brown (RNZ): Peters on row over US TV personality’s land: ‘We do not envisage sales like this’
RNZ: Row over US TV personality Matt Lauer’s land: ‘He’s holding the country to ransom’
Newshub: Disgraced US TV host Matt Lauer embroiled in dispute over central Otago property
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Former NBC host Matt Lauer in fight with New Zealand hikers over access to land
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): Mountains, lakes and sea, we must not relinquish our kids’ access to NZ’s jewels
Environment and conservation
Jo Moir (Stuff): Winston Peters confident of Kermadec Marine Sanctuary deal by end of year
Kim Webby (Māori TV): Mixed views on water bottling expansion
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): Polluted waterways lead to plea for independent commissioner
Tom Kitchin (ODT): 1080 drop to kill rabbits
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Hazardous waste day pulls 800kg of poisons out of garden sheds
Cannabis reform
Herald: Public should decide on decriminalisation of cannabis use, Winston Peters says
Audrey Young (Herald): New poll shows big jump in support for cannabis reform, especially for medicinal use
Newshub: Support for legalising cannabis getting higher - NZ Drug Foundation
Stuff: Growing number of Kiwis want cannabis law reform
Daniel Rutledge (Newshub): Patrick Gower documentary The High Road to examine pros and cons of legalising cannabis
Police, crime, justice
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Haumaha inquiry won’t answer key questions
Newshub: National MP Chris Bishop slams Haumaha inquiry
David Farrar: Is Kingi independent enough?
Jared Savage (Herald): Dr Pauline Kingi to chair inquiry into appointment of deputy commissioner Wally Haumaha
1News: Dr Pauline Kingi to head inquiry into Deputy Police Commissioner Willy Haumaha’s appointment
RNZ: Head of inquiry into the appointment of police deputy commissioner named
Herald: Wally Haumaha terms of reference for inquiry released
Stuff: Wally Haumaha terms of reference for inquiry released
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Delayed review into pressured Family Court to get underway
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Police emergency call handlers’ rosters adding to job stress
Garth McVicar (Stuff): Family breakdown is behind our high prison numbers
Susan Strongman (The Wireless): The life and death of David Cerven
Employment
John Holt (Stuff): It’s time for business to take responsibility for low wages
MIchael Reddell: A low wage, low productivity (advanced) economy
Don Franks: Business New Zealand at war with the poor
BusinessDesk: Smiths City commits to living wage after previously underpaying staff
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): Smiths City says living wage offer is unrelated to negative Employment Court ruling over unpaid meetings
Madison Reidy (RNZ): Lack of labourers could force Auckland construction firms to seek offshore workers
Simon Bennett (Herald): Get it right and all benefit from ‘gig economy’
Virginia Nicholls (ODT): ERA changes would be a step back
George Heagney (Stuff): Full-day strike a possibility for primary school teachers
Kaitlin Ruddock (1News): ’Your pay systems are 1990s relics!’ PSA tells striking public servants
John Gibb (ODT): Volunteer service makes most of strike time
RNZ: Hutt Valley bus drivers could continue industrial action for weeks - union
Newstalk ZB: Deadly lung disease striking Australina tradies may come to NZ, union keeping watch
Newshub: FIRST Union calls The Warehouse restructuring ‘worst in decades’
Chloe Winter (Stuff): Former Matrix Homes workers unsure where next pay cheque will come from
Free speech
Graham Adams (Noted): Lauren Southern, Israel Folau and the problem with criticising religion
Karl du Fresne (Listener): Where should we draw the line between free speech and hate speech?
Karl du Fresne (Listener): Is New Zealand a tolerant society?
Foreign affairs and trade
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: The dying Australia-New Zealand relationship
ODT Editorial: Australia deserved its scolding
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Winston Peters rejects Peter Dutton’s ‘heavy lifting’ claim on border patrol
Louise Delany, Louise Signal, George Thomson (Stuff): ’Common good’ aims tend to lose out to business interests in trade treaties
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Winston Peters’ calls fake news on Donald Trump’s Twitter feed
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Acting PM Winston Peters would fire officials for monitoring Donald Trump’s tweets
Education
Jessica Long (Stuff): Falling out of love with NCEA as stresses mount on New Zealand students
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Top Māori experts meet govt to develop education initiatives
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Reo experts begin work on govt’s Māori education programmes
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Govt seeks advice on how to get more teachers using te reo Māori at school
Cherie Chu (Newsroom): Let’s not pass the buck on Pasifika education
Kate Melhop (Stuff): NCEA is fixing the wrong thing
Matthew Tso (Stuff): Pilot project connects students at a low decile Hutt school to wifi
Kymberlee Fernandes (Stuff): Fewer suspensions for students found with drugs
RNZ: Don’t pick on Samoa - Tuilaepa to child rights experts
Herald: Commissioner appointed at Unitec to address financial difficulties and potential $19m shortfall
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Victoria University of Wellington scraps casual GP visits for students
Newshub: Victoria University Students’ Association welcomes new mental health initiative
Elena McPhee (ODT): ’Bullying’ oversight for Selwyn College
RNZ: Parkland shooting survivors arrive in Christchurch
Insurance
Rob Stock (Stuff): Premium rises of ‘around $1000’ for some AMI and State house insurance policyholders
Jamie Gray (Herald): AMI, State hike home insurance premiums for riskier areas
Local government
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Grassroots vs MPs over 2019 Auckland mayoral race
Todd Niall (Stuff): Boundary changes proposed for Auckland Council wards
Simon Wilson (Herald): Auckland City Rail Link to be bigger and more expensive
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Auckland mayor seeks rail expansion due to ‘rocketing’ demand
Anne Gibson (Herald): Auckland’s built heritage: campaigner slams ‘facadism’, council defends development
Joel Ineson (Stuff): Christchurch council said it couldn’t insulate its flat - so Lynda McKenzie got it done herself
Samantha Motion (Bay of Plenty Times): Tauranga City Council agrees to make offer on Bella Vista homes
Primary and extractive industries
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Foresty industry told to grow, instead of cut trees for profit
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Fishing company and skipper fined for failing to protect seabirds
1News: Thousands of West Coasters protest against Government’s ‘anti-mining' position
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): NZ govt to consider imposing mānuka honey export criteria on local market
RNZ: Local mānuka honey may face naming challenges
Northern Advocate: Infested stock food unloaded at Timaru as well as Northport
Other
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Another NZDF deployment extension approved
Shane Te Pou (Newsroom): What’s good for politicians isn’t good for the regions
Barbara Dreaver (1News): Family members caring for elderly Pasifika at end of life not getting help - study
1News: Older customers say they’re being marginalised by NZ Post as post-boxes removed
Raniera Harrison (Māori TV): Calls for new leadership at Te Rūnanga Ā Iwi o Ngāpuhi
Tim Hazledine (Herald): History teaches hope and job is what we need
Newshub: Should NZ drivers have to keep their headlights on 24/7?
Charlie Gates (Press): ’Veil of secrecy’ fear as trust readies for Christ Church Cathedral restoration
Newshub: European Commission regrets ‘offensive’ haka exercise video
Newshub: Decision on Eden Park Life Pod charity concert resource consent to be released soon
Herald: Eden Park Trust to make decision on Million Babies charity concert this week
Grant Bradley (Herald): Tourist groups flex their muscles on planned visitor tax
David Cormack (Herald): Numbers show National under Bridges ‘starting to hurt’
Katie Doyle (RNZ): Banks refusing to give sex workers bank accounts: ‘It’s ridiculous’