NZ Politics Daily - 26 July 2018
26 July 2018
Today's content
Government
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Budgetary restraint is a legacy NZ’s lucky to have
Richard Harman (Politik): Twyford goes to the private sector (and Kiwibuild buyers) for cash
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): That elephant? It’s still refusing to leave the room
Brent Edwards (NBR): What is driving the government’s economic restraint? (paywalled)
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Who is most hopeless? The Minister of Health? Minister of Welfare or the Carbon Neutral Bill?
Employment
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Domestic violence bill: Nats on wrong side of history - Greens
Newshub: Bill allowing leave for domestic violence victims passed, but there is still a ways to go - Jan Logie
1News: New law sees victims of domestic violence given 10 days paid leave from work
RNZ: Domestic violence paid leave bill passes in Parliament
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Bill allowing leave for domestic violence victims passes third reading
Laura Walters (Stuff): Domestic violence victims able to take a new form of leave
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): New Zealand passes Bill giving 10 days’ leave to domestic violence victims
RNZ: Mental health support workers to receive pay increase
Stuff: Health Minister David Clark signs pay equity agreement
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Mental health workers set to receive pay rise
1News: Nurses Organisation recommends members accept revised pay offer from DHBs
Ben Leahy (Herald): New Zealand nurses expected to give thumbs-up to new pay offer from the nation’s DHBs
RNZ: Nurses’ union recommends DHBs’ latest offer
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Nurses to vote on revised pay offer with ‘significant improvements’
Newshub: Nurses to vote on revised DHB offer
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Teachers vote on moving to a full day strike
Damian George (Stuff): Councillors finally vow to help resolve ongoing dispute between Tranzit and Tramways Union
Jarrod Haar (Stuff): Working four-day weeks for five days’ pay? Research shows it pays off
Cannabis law
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Cannabis bill more politics than policy
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Medicinal cannabis bill
Dan Satherley (Newshub): National’s U-turn on medical marijuana gets cautious approval from experts
Chloe Swarbrick (Herald): Evidence should end the war on drugs
Audrey Young (Herald): Parties accuse National of playing politics on medicinal cannabis bill but reserve judgment
1News: Watch: Simon Bridges denies National’s medicinal cannabis bill is a ‘stunt' after tough question
Henry Cooke (Stuff): National cannabis bill would not allow any smoking
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): National puts up rival cannabis bill that would keep loose leaf illegal
Audrey Young (Herald): National Party leader Simon Bridges sets out alternative bill on medicinal cannabis
Jo Moir (Stuff): National reveals details of medicinal cannabis bill
1News: National pulls support for Government’s medicinal cannabis bill it says ‘utterly fails’, puts forward own member's bill
1News: Watch: Winston Peters accuses National of 'silly politics' and being 'leaderless rabble' after criticism of medicinal cannabis bill
Te Karere: Medicinal cannabis bill brings Health Select Committee to deadlock
No Right Turn: Reported back
Russell Brown (Public Address): Reassure Me: cannabis, polling and deliberative democracy
Defence Force
RNZ: Waiouru Military Camp’s misconduct allegations: Army chief ‘bitterly disappointed'
David Fisher (Herald): Allegations of sexual contact between recruits and instructors at NZ Defence Force training centre
Paula Penfold (Stuff): ’Highly sensitive’ army investigation includes recruit sex claims
1News: NZDF stands down seven staff as investigation launched into allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour at Waiouru camp
Newshub: Army leaders stood down in sexual contact probe
RNZ: Military staff stood down amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour
Matt Lauer land access row
Charlie MItchell (Stuff): Matt Lauer is just doing it the Kiwi way
Press Editorial: Victims and violins in a high country row
Logan Church (RNZ): Hunter Valley access not as easy as Matt Lauer suggests - tramper
RNZ: Hunter Valley access dispute: Matt Lauer ‘doesn’t want money’ - lawyer
Mike Hosking : There’s no downside to Matt Lauer deal
Southern, Molyneux and free speech
Todd Niall (Stuff): Right-wing Canadian speakers’ visit canned, legal action on back burner
Herald: Right-wing speakers Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux cancel NZ trip
RNZ: Free Speech Coalition withdraws urgent legal action over Goff’s Southern Molyneux decision
Newshub: Controversial Canadian speakers cancel NZ event
No Right Turn: If this is “victory”, what would defeat look like?
John Drinnan: Update: Free Speech Coalition Withdraws Goff Complaint
John Drinnan: Free Speech Coalition Challenges Morning Report: Was Brash Choice RNZ Payback Time?
Jordan Williams (Kiwiblog): Free speech: a relationship between citizen and state
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Crypto-Fascists 1 New Zealand 0
Health and disability
Newshub: Dr Lance O’Sullivan slams Ministry of Health over handling of vaccinations
1News: ’Shock increases’ on cigarette tax ineffective, says ASH - ‘there was no plan'
Boyd Broughton (Spinoff): What works to get Māori women to quit
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Investigation continues into top Ministry of Health official
Herald: Senior Auckland nurse reprimanded over millions taken by someone else on her watch
RNZ: Quarter of injured patients in EDs had been drinking - study
Morgan Godfery (Māui St): Whānau Ora commissioning model could go as Review Panel calls for submissions
Emma Russell (Herald): A New Zealand first: reviewing your doctor online
Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): Coronial inquest into Samoan toddlers’ vaccination deaths begins
Alice Wilkins (Newshub): New in-pharmacy Hepatitis C finger prick test being trialed
Housing
Jason Walls (Interest): Cabinet denies Twyford power to adjust KiwiBuild price cap
Joel Ineson (Stuff): She insulated her Christchurch council flat - now she says she’ll be asked to remove it when she goes
Catholic priest Michael Shirres’ child abuse
Mick Hall and Meghan Lawrence (Herald): Family of paedophile Catholic priest Michael Shirres ‘absolutely shocked’ by revelation
John Boynton and Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Victim of Catholic priest asks others to come forward
Newshub: Former Kiwi Catholic priest Michael Shirres exposed as self-confessed paedophile
Poverty, inequality, welfare
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Hardship in NZ: Winter bites hard for single mum struggling to stay warm and make ends meet
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Bias in govt agencies a barrier to Māori single mums
Retirement
Rob Stock (Stuff): NZ Super isn’t enough for ‘no frills’ lifestyle, but Kiwis are bridging the gap
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Hoping to rely on the pension? You’re out of luck
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Retirees spending more than what they get from NZ Super: research
RNZ: Living and retiring in debt
Police, crime, justice
Chester Borrows (Daily Blog): Prison in the 21st Century
Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): Borrows to lead investigation into justice system reform
John Tamihere (Herald): Give Haumaha a fair go
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Attorney-General restarts recruitment for Family Court head
Jennifer Eder (Stuff): Convicted rapist to serve jail time in hospital until he loses weight
Danielle Clent and Nicole Lawton (Stuff): Auckland Prison in lockdown after prisoners drink homebrew
1News: Anger after five kids allegedly left in car for hours during their mum’s arrest - ‘I wouldn’t leave my dogs like that'
Leah Te Whata (Māori TV): Police dispute claims they left kids in car while locking mother up
Newshub: Claim children left in car by Whakatane police after mum arrested
Piers Fuller (Stuff): Bill aims to beef-up penalties for illegally owning sawn-off shotguns
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Corrections forced to apologise for banning offenders from course
Sam Hurley (Herald): Witness C’s lawyer: Roberto Harris’ lies ‘had no impact’ on Tamihere jury
Ray Avery infant incubator project
Herald: Eden Park concert decision ‘not looking good’ - Sir Ray Avery
Jamie Morton (Herald): Naysayers shock Sir Ray Avery
1News: Concerns Sir Ray Avery hasn’t been clear in fundraising for baby incubators project
Herald: Sir Ray Avery faces questions over pods ahead of concert decision
Isaac Davison and Jamie Morton (Herald): No backdown: Helen Clark’s latest shot at Sir Ray Avery as he faces questions over pods ahead of concert decision
Primary and extractive industries
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): A month on, and cow abuse investigation ongoing
Lynley Tulloch (Stuff): Farrowing crates a form of torture
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Meat alternatives: Cheaper production could diversify NZ market
Annette Lambly (Stuff): Tegel Foods calls for hearings on Kaipara’s mega chicken farm plans to be suspended
Laura Tupou (Newshub): Tegel stalls controversial consent hearing
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Tegel suspends plans to build mega chicken farm
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Beekeepers smarting over proposed ‘tax on honey’
Regional development
Kevin Hague (Newsroom): West Coasters about much more than mining
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom): Retro vision won’t make regions great again
Claire Trevett (Herald): Trying to derail the $3 billlion man
Mere McLean (Māori TV): Cell phone access brings world to Minginui
Foreign affairs and trade
Andrew Little (Spinoff): Sometimes calling out your best mate is the right thing to do
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): NZers suffering disproportionately in Aus immigration detention
Newshub: New map reveals where New Zealand’s exports go
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): How sentiment in Latin America could help NZ trade
RNZ: NZ records largest June trade deficit in a decade
RNZ: NZ farmers dismayed at US farm bailout as trade war deepens
Reuters: Pompeo says Pacific would choose US over China
1News: Government promises nearly $11 million to Red Cross for disaster response in Pacific and across the world
David Williams (Newsroom): Fire report exposes Scott Base’s flaws
Immigration, refugees
RNZ: NZ to review Pacific migration
RNZ: Acting PM dismisses letter from refugees on Nauru seeking asylum
Paula Hulburt (Stuff): Wife wins last-minute reprieve over immigration deportation fears
Environment and conservation
Jamie Morton (Herald): Forest & Bird angered at opening of new mining areas
Herald Editorial: Government should lead way on environment
Jamie Morton (Herald): Shaw calls for joint Pacific push on climate threat
Jim Rose (Stuff): Zero-carbon economy may not be worth the cost
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): New high country reserve for poorly hopping grasshopper that avoids grass
Doug Laing (Herald): Clock ticking on Hastings air quality
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Kiwis may think their milk cartons are recyclable but not in NZ
Thomas Mead (Newshub): Native American tribe’s ‘spiritual’ search for endangered salmon in Canterbury river
Education
Jacob Hattersley (Stuff): Our youth are financially illiterate
Jenny Ling (Stuff): Number of kids being homeschooled in the Far North in decline
RNZ: Tragedies bring students together for tree planting ceremony in Christchurch
Sam Clarke (1News): Survivors of Florida school mass shooting meet with Kiwi peers in Christchurch
Flag
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Stop copying New Zealand’s flag, Winston Peters tells Australia
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Winston Peters says Australia stole New Zealand’s flag - but did they?
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Winston Peters tells Australia to stop copying NZ’s flag
Anti-abortion protest
Hamish Cardwell (RNZ): Anti-abortion protest delivers thousands of baby booties to Parliament
Emma Jolliff (Newshub): Pro-lifers cover Parliament’s lawn with babies’ booties
Herald: Both sides of abortion debate meet at Parliament
Local government
Mitchell Alexander (Newshub): Government handing out fuel tax tips to councils
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Māori advisor position ‘not a substitute’ for Māori ward
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Treaty claimant groups call on Crown to replace Hawke’s Bay Regional Council with commissioners
Todd Niall (Stuff): Power of Auckland mayor’s office curbed after lashing by ombudsman
RNZ: Ombudsman asks Auckland Council to apologise to RNZ
Todd Niall (Stuff): Ombudsman tells Auckland Council to apologise over delay releasing report
Marika Hill (Western Leader): The struggle to improve Auckland’s ‘Third World suburb’
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): No Grenfell Tower on my watch, says Mayor
Alice Guy (Rotorua Daily Post): Rotorua mayor hits back at claims of ‘heartless’ council
Newshub: Claim Gisborne Councillor said ‘not enough’ Māori were killed
RNZ: Christchurch City Council spends $54k on rebranding project
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Resident says increasing dump fees will hinder the battle against illegal dumping
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Cost blow out as further faults found at Nelson community centre
Al Williams (Timaru Herald): Internet accommodation providers to be targeted in compliance campaign
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Orchardist’s ‘heavy pruning’ of trees on public land opens debate of public ownership versus private right
RNZ: Kāpiti councillor appeals indecent assault conviction
Building industry and standards
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Govt suspends certificates for combustible cladding like that found in Grenfell Tower
Patrick O’Meara (RNZ): Pre-fab housing firm receivership offers lessons for industry
Marta Steeman (Stuff): Few of our office buildings reach high energy efficiency grades
Tourism
Lincoln Tan (Herald): $10 to visit Mission Bay: China tourists get fleeced instead of a bargain from rogue tour operators
Dave Nicoll (Southland Times): Stewart Island levy a shining example for tourism
Te Papa
Michael Rudge and Lionel Carter (Dominion Post): Is Te Papa properly managing its collections?
Allison Ballance (RNZ): Scientist worried for Te Papa’s biological collections
Other
1News: Families of Erebus disaster victims’ views sought for national memorial
Michael Field (Spinoff): Did a Māori cabinet minister cover his political embarrassment with Niuean bodies?
Max Towle (The Wireless): The battle over Wellington’s ‘ugliest building’
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Scammers target home buyer deposits through lawyers, real estate agents
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Complaint against lawyer who ‘always fancied my own hareem’