NZ Politics Daily - 25 July 2018
25 July 2018
Today's content
Government
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Robertson could easily borrow $35 billion
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): The Green Party needs to speak up
Liam Hehir (Stuff): The leaseholder, the young student and the bad boy
1News: ’Jack, Jack, stop trying to be a Philadelphia lawyer’ – Winston Peters jibes with Jack Tame over NZ flag and cannabis referendums
Claire Trevett (Herald): Calls for Labour ministers to follow suit after Greens release details of ministerial meetings
No Right Turn: Transparency from the Greens
Newshub: Author behind opinion piece on Jacinda Ardern’s parenting says she was misunderstood
Smokefree strategy
Newshub: Smoking excise tax should stay, but more needs to be done to help people quit - expert
Laura Walter (Stuff): Government divided over national smokefree target
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): How Māori Party hopes went up in smokes
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Tobacco tax, smokefree target on the table in review
RNZ: Tobacco tax: ‘Take a breath, have a review’ - ASH
Leah Te Whata (Māori TV): Tobacco tax turmoil
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ Checkpoint): Dairy owners want tobacco price rises to stop
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Simon Bridges says tobacco tax not to blame for dairy robberies
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Winston is right about tobacco
Catholic priest Michael Shirres’ child abuse
Mick Hall (Herald): The fallen father: Paedophile Catholic priest Michael Shirres 'abused children for decades'
Mick Hall (Herald): The fallen father: Church sex abuse in NZ ‘still not exposed’ - expert
Mick Hall (Herald): The fallen father: Safe Network calls for end to secrecy over institutional sex abuse
RNZ: Catholic priest Michael Shirres exposed as paedophile
Employment
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): National questions poor disclosure of Defence Force nurses used in strikes
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Defence Minister confirms 17 NZDF nurses worked in hospitals during strike
Laura Walters (Stuff): NZDF sent 17 nurses to help during the strike
1News: Defence Force nurses deployed as cover in recent nationwide strikes
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Defence Force nurses called in for strikes
Newstalk ZB: Military nurses called in during nurses strike
Lucy Bennett (Herald):$173m pay settlement for mental health and addiction support workers signed today
RNZ: ACC senior doctors to walk off the job again today
Simon Hartley (ODT): Smiths City to pay staff living wage
BusinessDesk: Smiths City commits to living wage
1News: Smiths City to pay staff 2018 living wage as company celebrates 100-year centenary
John Farrow (ODT): Employment Court rulings define what is paid work
Emma Hatton RNZ): Tit-for-tat continues between Wellington union and bus company
Brad Olsen (Infometrics): Striking while the iron’s hot
Poverty, inequality, welfare
Isaac Davison (Herald): Hardship in NZ: West Auckland family endure cold homes and weekly GP visits
Sophia Duckor-Jones (RNZ): The welfare system is confusing for solo mums - Julie Anne Genter
Chris Harrowell (Stuff): Government report details barriers for single mums returning to work
1News: Kids inspire single mums to return to work and training but barriers make it difficult - report
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Report: benefit system complex, say mums
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Single mums to benefit after release of new govt report
1News: Watch: Winston Peters has House laughing saying he’s concerned Jacinda Ardern will call and say ‘this job looks too easy’ during exchange with Simon Bridges
Audrey Young (Herald): Simon Bridges and Winston Peters clash over the decline in beneficiaries being sanctioned
1News: Carmel Sepuloni hits back at National’s Simon Bridges over claims Government loosening beneficiary sanctions, says ‘he’s a little bit confused’
1News: ’Some girls now take the pill to stop their bleeding’ - charity says ‘period poverty' forcing Kiwi girls to take desperate sanitary measures
Katie Doyle (RNZ): Countdown drops prices for some tampons, pads and liners
RNZ: Supermarket drops price of sanitary products
Miranda Hitchings and Jacinta Gulasekharam (Stuff): Countdown is showing business can take the lead on social issues
SFO searches office of Māori King
Matt Nippert (Herald): SFO raid on Māori King's office focused on alleged financial misappropriation
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Tribe should have mandate if fraud proven - Tuku Morgan
Māori TV: Exclusive update: SFO raid on Māori King’s Office
Māori TV: Exclusive update: SFO swoops on Māori King’s office
Māori TV: Breaking: SFO swoops on Māori King’s office
Matt Nippert (Herald): Serious Fraud Office raids office of Māori King
John Anthony (Stuff): Māori King’s office raided by Serious Fraud Office
RNZ: SFO searches office of the Māori King
Newshub: Serious Fraud Office raids Māori King’s office
Police, crime, justice
1News: Andrew Little rejects UN women’s committee call for Royal Commission into New Zealand Family Court
Herald Editorial: Warning should have been heeded over Wally Haumaha affair
Jimmy Ellingham (Manawatū Standard): Editorial: Mike Bush’s judgment not suited to role of modern police boss
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Police should front up over Haumaha appointment
RNZ: Police failed to record firearm information before fatal shooting - IPCA
Tommy Livingston (Stuff): Hate crime victim claims police failed to solve case because he’s gay - police disagree
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Second possible serial sex attack victim speaks: ‘If I had known I never would have walked there’
Business
Zane Small (Newshub): Justice Minister Andrew Little fronts Govt campaign to thwart money laundering
Duncan Webb (Interest): The case for criminalising cartels
Immigration, refugees and migrant exploitation
Madison Reidy (RNZ): Immigration NZ plans to rise cost of work visa to stem $43m deficit
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): NZ must protect trafficking victims
Sally Rae (ODT): Couple ‘thrilled’: Deportation off for at least a year
RNZ: NZ leader pours cold water on refugee plea
Health and disability
1News: Counties Manuakau DHB chief executive cleared by State Services Commissioner
Jo Moir (RNZ): DHB chief executive cleared by commissioner
Nicki Harper (Hawke’s Bay Today): Hawke’s Bay DHB plunged into $6m deficit after challenging year
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): $100m for mental health - was it there or was it not?
Zane Small (Newshub): Support grows for standalone oral hygienist council to cut dental costs
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Aus anti-pollution group cautions NZ over firefighting foam
Michael Hayward (Stuff): Top Ministry of Health official Michael Hundleby on ‘gardening leave’
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Drinking culture leads to emergency department - study
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government and Opposition clash over wind down of Rural Health Alliance
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Hawke’s Bay midwives to be equipped with ‘Smokerlyzers’ to cut number of pregnant women smoking
Joanne Holden (Timaru Herald): SCDHB criticised in report investigating death of suicidal man
Moana Makapelu Lee (Maori TV): Resilience Hub website provides tools to navigate trauma
Primary and extractive industries
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Signs of a stressed-out dairy industry
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Vets block slaughter of pregnant cows in Mycoplasma bovis response
Nicole Sharp (ODT): ’M. bovis’ seen as threat to sharemilking system
Rosie Bosworth (Noted): Is fake meat really a threat to New Zealand’s economy?
Jamie Morton (Herald): NZ plant-based future foods could be ‘hero’ of dinner plate
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Crown appeals kiwifruit claim decision finding negligence
Newshub: Kiwifruit growers lash out at Govt’s inaction over vine-killing disease PSA
Newshub: Government appeals High Court decision blaming MPI for letting PSA into New Zealand
Regional development
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom Pro): Retro vision won't make regions great again
Richard Harman (Politik): The Greens battle NZ First for the Coast
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): From hydrocarbons to hydrogen - what the Govt’s investing in to help NZ transition to a low carbon economy in the wake of its oil and gas exploration ban
Matt Lauer land access row
RNZ Checkpoint: Matt Lauer: ‘I think they see me as an easy mark’
Lucy Bennett (Herald): OIO did ‘outstanding job’ on Lauer property deal, says former minister Mark Mitchell
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Blame game continues over Matt Lauer lease
Stuff: TV star Matt Lauer says groups wanting Hunter Valley Station land access are taking advantage
Simon Collins (Herald): Disgraced TV host Matt Lauer: NZ agencies see me as ‘easy mark’
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Govt finger-pointing over Matt Lauer access row
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Ministers blame previous government for access stoush over Matt Lauer’s property
Environment and conservation
Richard Harman (Politik): The Greens battle NZ First for the Coast
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): Council stands by environmental record despite community criticism
1News: Government called on to increase waste disposal levy as councils struggle to cope - ‘not one simple, quick fix’
1News: Battle on to save 2500-year-old Tāne Mahuta tree as kauri dieback nears
Foreign affairs and trade
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): This Government is right to stand up to Aussies
Gordon Campbell: On why Japan is our new best friend
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): US-NZ trade talks resume, progress on visa access
Lucy Bennett (Herald): New US business visas for Kiwis a step closer as Congress passes legislation
RNZ: New Zealand and Tahiti seeking more co-operation in agriculture and fisheries
Point of Order: Find a post for Helen Clark, by all means – but in London rather than Washington
Cannabis law
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Police Minister Stuart Nash ‘probably’ in favour of cannabis decriminalisation
Sam Tattersfield (Newshub): NZ may adopt ‘novel process’ to drug reform - Andrew Little
1News: ’It doesn’t matter what I support' - Winston Peters remains tight-lipped about personal opinion on legalising cannabis
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Exclusive: National planning its own medicinal cannabis Bill
Claire Trevett (Herald): National pulls support on medicinal marijuana bill in favour of own
1News: Ninety per cent of New Zealanders support decriminalisation of medical cannabis, says Drug Foundation
Ray Avery infant incubator project
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom): Can Ray Avery turn promises into reality?
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Newsroom inquiry - the main points
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): A cheerleading media
Newsroom: Who is Sir Ray Avery?
Newshub: Sir Ray Avery admits underestimating opposition to Eden Park charity concert
Education
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Uneasy transition for charter schools
RNZ: Charter school decision delay leaves Auckland schools in limbo
Zizi Sparks (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua’s only partnership school, Te Rangihakahaka, to stay open
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Schools fear flu season will worsen teacher shortage
1News: Six more charter schools to become designated character schools in 2019
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Māori heading back to school to learn te reo in large numbers
Aroha Treacher (Māori TV): Flaxmere College triples student achievement
1News: Limited statutory manager appointed at prestigious Auckland girls’ school Carmel College
Lincoln Tan (Stuff): Schoolgirl plans essay contest to raise understanding of LGBTI youths
National Party
Dominion Post Editorial: Mr Nice Guy bares his teeth
Newshub: Simon Bridges’ national roadshow a fail - Tova O’Brien
Free speech
Karl du Fresne (Nelson Mail): Quick and dirty label to shut down debate
Graham Cameron (Spinoff): Whakawhanaungatanga, not censorship: A Māori perspective on ‘free speech’
Housing and homelessness
Brian Rudman (Herald): How about a downtown pad for the homeless?
Alice Guy (Rotorua Daily Post): Homeless night shelter organiser Tiny Deane lashes out at Rotorua Lakes Council
Newshub: Tauranga Mayor denies council ‘soft’ on beggars
Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): Mother who lived in rat-infested house with three kids awarded $3000 compensation
Jason Walls (Interest): The Housing Minister says if a developer is unable to sell a property at an ‘agreed upon price’ the Crown will step in and sell it for them
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Wine Marlborough says worker shortage linked to developments
Local government
Michael Neilson (Herald): ’Not enough were killed’: Gisborne councillor’s alleged comments on Māori spark conduct review
Jason Walls (Interest): Robertson wants to know why local government's costs are so high
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): City rail link could be expanded before it starts
David Farrar: Make them all single member wards
Cameron Slater: Why National oppose running National candidates at local body elections
RNZ: Audit Office declines to investigate sale of Russell Wharf
Bella Vista development
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Bella Vista: Council compo offer for botched Tauranga development ‘heartbreaking’ - residents
Bay of Plenty Times: ’It’s not easy’: Tauranga Mayor Greg Brownless defends council’s Bella Vista offer
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): It’s not right, it’s not fair, but the Bella Vista fight isn’t worth it
Samantha Motion (Bay of Plenty Times): Bella Vista homeowner disappointed to hear offer news from media before council
1News: Tauranga City Council makes offer to purchase properties at failed Bella Vista development
Matt Shand (Stuff): Tauranga Council makes offer to Bella Vista homeowners, prosecutes developer
RNZ: Bella Vista: Council sends offer to homeowners, court action possible
Media
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): TV3-owner MediaWorks raises possibility it might have to pull out of television
Herald: Spinoff TV loses nearly 90 per cent of audience after ‘graveyard’ slot shift
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Spinoff TV ratings meltdown – is it now the new Red Peak of Twitter?
Insurance
RNZ: Insurance giant raises premiums for disaster-prone areas
ODT: Premium hikes hit Dunedin
Andrew Ashton (Hawkes Bay Today): Quake risk increases home insurance in Hawke’s Bay
Other
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Thousands of bank accounts closed due to foreign information sharing law
Laura Tupou (Newshub): South Auckland girl killed while in Oranga Tamariki care
No Right Turn: Willfull blindness
David Chaston (Interest): Why is the small Conservative KiwiSaver category is growing so fast?
Raniera Harrison (Māori TV): Rāniera Tau wants $1.5bil for Ngāpuhi settlement
1News: Tensions in Parliament as James Shaw and Nick Smith clash over ‘shambles’ of a 2018 Census
1News: Watch: Phil Twyford defends the more than $1 billion extra Kiwis will pay in new fuel taxes over next three years
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Govt wrong to make an enemy of business
Tess Brunton (RNZ): International visitor numbers jump 40% in a decade
Tom Furley (RNZ): APEC 2021 needs ‘every hotel bed’ in Auckland
Florence Kerr (Stuff): Māori leader accused of being in a child sex ring to pursue defamation suit against Facebook accuser
Jami-Lee Ross (ODT): Auckland fuel tax will be felt in South as well
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Queenstown lawyer subject to complaint over ‘hareem’ comment