NZ Politics Daily - 30 July 2018
30 July 2018
Today's content
National Party
Richard Harman (Politik): The Nats’ difficult road to 2020
Simon Wilson (Herald): National’s Old Zealand problem
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): A change comes over the National Party
Jason Walls (Interest): With no new policies to fall back on, National has become trapped in an endless cycle of just opposing anything the Government says
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern gatecrashes Simon Bridges’ party
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Bridges and Ardern in battle of the babies
Claire Trevett (Herald): National Party conference a bride short of a wedding
Audrey Young (Herald): National leader Simon Bridges needs to handle his legacy with care
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): After being forced into opposition, National is rolling out the big guns
Jessica Mutch (1News): Simon Bridges rallies the troops at his first National Party conference as leader (video)
1News: Simon Bridges uses National Party conference to lay out his plans for change
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Bridges hero-worships Howard’s run
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Nats have nothing to panic about; they’re riding high and well
Ben Thomas (Spinoff): Simon Bridges’ big conference speech: did he drum up a new National vision?
Brigette Morten (RNZ): Bridges meeting the needs of party faithful and new breed
Jo Moir (RNZ): Simon Bridges: 30 charter schools would be ‘fantastic’
Jason Walls (Interest): National leader Simon Bridges focuses on education, crime and beneficiaries in annual conference speech
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): National “hasn’t done well enough” previously for Māori vote - Bridges
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Bennett tries being a stateswoman
Isaac Davison (Herald): Women should not be automatically entitled to senior roles because of their gender, Paula Bennett tells party conference
Jane Patterson (RNZ): ’We will not let them divide us’ - Bennett
Dan Satherley (Newshub): ’Jackals’ will come for Bennett and Bridges - Peters
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): National’s class size target still unformed
1News: Could NZ First work with National in 2020? Winston Peters issues warning to Party president after 'whiskey-swilling' jibe
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Battle lines drawn at National Party conference
Herald: Winston Peters: ‘Simon Bridges won’t last long’
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Fresh hostilities erupt between Winston Peters and National
Claire Trevett (Herald): National Party President Peter Goodfellow: National dodged a ‘whisky-swilling’ bullet in Winston Peters
Jo Moir (RNZ): Bridges tells National conference: ‘We've got to get our pupils educated'
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): More teachers and smaller classes promised by National
Jo Moir (RNZ): National to reinstate charter schools if re-elected
Emma Cropper (Newshub): National Party vows to reinstate charter schools
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Simon Bridges pitches old Labour class size idea
Jo Moir (RNZ): More teachers, smaller classes - Bridges makes first conference speech as leader
1News: ’I’m backing New Zealanders and I'm starting with our children' - Simon Bridges addresses party faithful in National conference
Isaac Davison (Herald): National will cut primary school class sizes if it gets into Govt, Simon Bridges tells conference
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Smaller class sizes under Nats, says Simon Bridges in major speech
Stacey Kirk: National set to stoke flames of Anzac competition in search of ‘lightning rod’
David Farrar: National pledges smaller class sizes
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): John Key delivers stark warning on the economy, endorses Simon Bridges as leader
Herald: Sir John Key warns of economic downturn, says NZ Govt not the ones to fix a downturn
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Labour Government ‘not the right party’ to handle economic downturn - Sir John Key
Claire Trevett (Herald): Sir John Key downplays Simon Bridges’ polling ahead of National Party conference
1News: Watch: ‘I’ll be a National person until the day I die' – former PM John Key talks life after politics
Jane Patterson (RNZ): National’s election loss ‘unjust and unfair’ - John Howard
Newshub: National’s 2017 election loss ‘disappointing and unjust’ - former Australian PM John Howard
Herald: National Party conference kicks off with nod for Simon Bridges from former Australian PM John Howard
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Pushed into politics by crime: Nat leader Simon Bridges is the sum of his parts
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Simon Bridges boosts personal brand with video showing off drum skills
1News: Simon Bridges rocks out on the drums in National Party slogan launch promo
Greg Presland (Standard): Bridges and his cheerleaders
Claire Trevett (Herald): Amy Adams’ heartbreak over losing mother
Greens to support waka-jumping bill
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Why the Greens threw their integrity overboard
John Armstrong (1News): Greens ‘swallowing a dead rat’ to vote for waka jumping law no great surprise
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson on Waka Jumping Bill: We have to compromise
Point of Order: Greens should turn shocking pink from deep embarrassment over waka-jumping position
Ele Ludemann: Principles pay price of power
Steven Cowan: The Green Party surrender its princples again
Heather Roy: The Price of Principle and Political Prizes
Government
1News: Winston Peters tells Q+A’s Corin Dann Jacinda Ardern likely to take back reigns as PM this Thursday
Corin Dann (TVNZ): Full interview: Q+A with Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters
1News: NZ First ‘lost the argument’ in coalition deals over slashing immigration, says Winston Peters (video)
Newshub: Interview: Winston Peters (video)
Dan Satherley (Newshub): I’m nothing like Donald Trump, insists Winston Peters
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks about being a week out from her return to Parliament
1News: Watch: Jacinda Ardern rocks baby Neve as she gives update ahead of return to Parliament
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Glimpses of Neve as Jacinda Ardern shares ‘new appreciation’ for mums
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): PM Jacinda Ardern teases employment announcement upon return to work
Anna Loren (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks about her return to work
Brian Rudman (Pundit): What Should the Government Be Doing?
Michael Reddell: Debating the Reserve Bank bill
Liz Gordon (Daily Blog): Oh the happy joys of Government!
John Roughan (Herald): A year on from Andrew Little’s game-changing decision
Mark Patterson (Southland Times): Of racing and the Provincial Growth Fund
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): Bond’s new Māori henchman is …
Fonterra
John Anthony (Stuff): Here’s why all New Zealanders should pay attention to who’s in charge at Fonterra
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Why the appointment of Monaghan is a controversial choice
Russel Norman (Stuff): Next Fonterra chairman must realise dirty dairying is a sunset industry
Gerald Piddock and John Anthony (Stuff): Fonterra’s new chairman should select a Kiwi as next CEO, MP Shane Jones says
Andrea Fox (Herald): Shane Jones urges new Fonterra chairman to get ‘right CEO’
Jason Walls (Interest): Fonterra critic Shane Jones has a few words of advice for new chairman John Monaghan
Rebecca Stevenson (Stuff): Criticism of new Fonterra chairman: A ‘yes man’ who won’t improve performance
Gerald Piddock and Gerard Hutching (Stuff): DIRA Act reform the biggest issue for new Fonterra chairman
Jamie Gray (Herald): Fonterra’s Wilson was ‘dealt some tough hands’ - Federated Farmers
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Fonterra chairman John Wilson strong, committed leader
Tamsyn Parker and Andrea Fox (Herald):Fonterra chair John Wilson’s exit comes as shock to shareholder boss
RNZ: Fonterra chairman John Wilson to stand down after recent serious health scare
Tina Morrison (BusinessDesk): Fonterra chair John Wilson replaced by John Monaghan
Ele Ludemann: John Wilson stands down as Fonterra chair
Primary industries
MIchael Morrah (Newshub): Calls for commercial fishing to be banned in Hauraki Gulf
Julie Iles (Stuff): Conditions at Tegel chicken farm shockingly normal, as video of ‘deformed’ chicks surfaces
Rob Stock (Stuff): Former MP Sue Kedgely tears into ‘watered down’ country of origin food labelling
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Palm kernel imports hit record level despite higher price
Esther Taunton (Stuff): ’Blood’ in Air NZ’s meatless burger gets nod
Environment and conservation
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): ’Extinction on demand’: Is it acceptable to wipe a species off the face of the Earth?
Melanie Reid (Newsroom): Shooting of protected seal no surprise
RNZ: Sea Shepherd offers reward for Leopard seal killer
Melanie Reid (Newsroom): Video: Protected leopard seal shot at beach
RNZ: Leopard seal shot dead in ‘senseless act’
Newshub:Leopard seal shot on Dargaville beach
Samantha Gee (Stuff): Land across Nelson and Marlborough open for mining prospect offers
RNZ: Alarm raised over prospect of new mining permits on DOC land
No Right Turn: NZPAM vs the government
Wanganui Chronicle: Third round of testing near Ohakea finds ponds and streams contaminated
Stuff: Horizons Regional Council makes three prosecutions
RNZ: Whanganui Council pleads guilty to human waste discharge into stream
Jamie Morton (Herald): One-two 1080 punch promising weapon in war on pests
Jo Lines-Mackenzie (Stuff): Open-pit mines being transformed into lakes and wetlands
Matthew Hall (The Conversation): Lord of the forest: New Zealand’s most sacred tree is under threat from disease, but response is slow
Eva Corlett (RNZ): 'Devastated': Kauri dieback found in North Shore park
1News: Kauri dieback spreads to Auckland’s North Shore
1News: New Zealand’s largest native grasshopper 'jumping for joy' as home becomes conservation land
1News: ‘Not all plastic is evil’ - plastic bags may be more environmentally friendly than some alternatives
Newshub: Canterbury real estate agents took crayfish from Akaroa reserve for office party
RNZ: Lyttelton Port criticised over impact of pile driving on Hector’s dolphins
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): People with selfie sticks are harming endangered yellow-eyed penguins
RNZ: Strong case for Stewart Island Dark Sky Sanctuary bid
Herald Editorial: Error of red tape
Mandy Te (Stuff): Department of Conservation removes ivory key tops on family’s heirloom piano
Jamie Morton (Herald): How much longer will Southern Ocean slow climate change?
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Wishful thinking about what can be recycled is an expensive mistake
Medicinal cannabis, drug laws
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Medicinal marijuana debate continues to infuriate
1News: National’s medicinal cannabis decisions ‘hard to see as more than a stunt’ – 1 NEWS political team (video)
Simon Bridges (Spinoff): Our medicinal cannabis bill is no stunt, but it is miles better
Mike Williams Hawke’s Bay Today): Simon Bridges sniffs marijuana change in the air
Newshub: National missed its chance to lead on marijuana - Labour MP Michael Wood
Greg Presland (The Standard): National is jamming cannabis law reform
Robin Martin (RNZ): Father of two with terminal cancer ‘breaking the law’ to make cannabis oil
Damien Grant (Stuff): I want my drugs the way I like my porn - self-regulated
Zoe Hunter (Bay of Plenty Times): Medical cannabis industry aims to match the billion-dollar kiwifruit sector
Newshub: Could kiwifruit growers switch to cannabis?
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Govt slammed for ‘indifference’ after synthetic drugs kill up to 45 people
Jonathan MItchell (RNZ): Punishment should be harsher over synthetic drugs - National
Newshub: What does it take to quit a meth addiction?
Health and disability
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Weekend Herald exclusive: Inquiry asks to see damning report on mental health care
Tracy Neal (RNZ): 2500 new melanoma cases diagnosed in NZ each year - study
Libby Wilson (Stuff): Half of New Zealand adults aren’t active enough: new report
Karoline Tuckey (Manawatū Standard): Thousands of kids missing out on annual dental checks and hundreds need general anaesthetic
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Free prescriptions, competition shakes up pharmacy industry
Wilhelmina Shrimpton (Newshub): St John dealing with multiple callouts for the same synthetic cannabis patients
Dave De Lorean (Stuff): Rate your doctor website ‘completely inappropriate’
1News: Medical specialists’ association calls for doctor review website to be shut down
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): GP shortage leaves long wait times
RNZ: Warning that GPs are burning out
Isaac Davison (Herald):#MeToo and more generous support for sexual abuse survivors lead to spike in people seeking help
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): SDHB falls silent over Lumsden Maternity future
Robin Martin (RNZ): More drinking fountains needed in Taranaki - Medical Officer of Health
Mitch McCann (Newshub): Short-sighted vision an ‘epidemic’ for Kiwi kids
Paul Little (Herald): Smoking isn’t just bad for your health
RNZ: Funding boost for NZ breast cancer researchers
Newshub: New study to focus on reducing whooping cough in babies
Juliet McGhie (Stuff): Former Methodist minister’s ‘desperate’ support for the End of Life Choice Bill
Poverty and inequality, consumer finance
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): Govt minister reveals how high-interest loans hurt his close family and their kids
Matthew Rosenberg and Rob Stock (Stuff): ’Easy money to get, very expensive to pay back’: loan victim speaks out
Carly Gooch (Stuff): Call for tougher lending rules to protect vulnerable borrowers
Peter McKenzie (Newsroom):It’s time to talk about NZ’s racial wealth gap
Aaron Hendry (Spinoff): Sunday morning stickup: How tithing exploits the poor
Housing
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Evicted state tenants warned of ‘grubby little deals’ after Housing New Zealand releases expected report
Laura Wiltshire (Herald): Torched Hawke’s Bay HNZ home in disrepair for 7 months after no builders interested in fixing it
Anne Gibson (Herald): The Interview: KiwiBuild CEO Stephen Barclay ready for his next challenge
Gordon Buswell (Stuff): Kiwibuild, the industry’s chance for a great leap foward
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Foreign buyers snap up homes in central Auckland
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Non-kiwis buy 2.8% of homes in 2Q
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Over 8500 eligible households waiting for public housing
RNZ: Whangārei Mayor wants businesses to support new centre for homeless
Laura Tupou (Newshub): Elderly Parakai campground residents told to get out
RNZ: Govt confirms $50m loans to Queenstown council
Rob Stock (Stuff): Tenants of slack landlords one year away from ‘free’ $4000
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Do tenants deserve decent homes? Take our quiz!
Foreign affairs and trade
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Australian immigration officials forced to backtrack on plan to deport criminal Adam Carey to New Zealand
Trevor Marshallsea (BBC): Is Australia and New Zealand’s ‘mateship' in trouble?
Binoy Kampmark (Independent Australia): Dutton’s ‘venal’ policies turn on closest neighbour, New Zealand
Finn Hogan (Newshub): Winston Peters suggests ‘a big kangaroo’ for new Australian flag
Herald: Winston Peters suggests new Aussie flag: a big kangaroo
Stuff: Australian flag debate: Winston Peters suggests kangaroo flag
1News: Winston Peters’ off-hand Kiwi flag ‘copied by Australia’ jibe ignites world media - are they taking him too seriously?
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): It’s a war, and we should be prepared
Liam Dann (Herald): Economy Hub: Will China slowdown hurt NZ?
Liam Dann (Herald): Trump farm policy is pure socialism
Sian Hwee Ang (Stuff): Small countries suffer when behemoths collide
Herald: Scottish Secretary David Mundell in New Zealand this week to promote trade, diplomacy
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Market access key in Pacific Alliance talks - David Parker
RNZ: Pacific voice aims to drive global climate concensus
Gia Garrick (RNZ): NZ ordered not to grant visas to Russians blacklisted by allies
Charlie Gates (Stuff): Dear Rob: Thatcher’s archive reveals how Kiwi friendship turned to nuclear fury
RNZ: Cambodians gather at Parliament to protest ‘sham election’
Police, crime and justice
Finn Hogan (Newshub):’Three strikes doesn’t work’ - Winston Peters
Laura Walters (Stuff): Is New Zealand’s attitude towards law and order changing?
Wanganui Chronicle Editorial: Predictable attack on Borrows by hardline law-and-order lobby
Nikki MacDonald (Stuff): Justice denied - Human Rights Tribunal claim delays balloon to two years
Bob Irvine (Nelson Mail): No winners on slow road to justice
Herald: Louise Nicholas supports police recruits being stood down on allegations of misconduct
1News: Number of women in the Armed Offenders Squad more than triples in four years
Sam Hurley (Herald): Auckland cop accused of illegally tasering woman
Laine Moger (Stuff): Auckland police officer charged with illegally Tasering woman
RNZ: Policeman charged over illegal Taser use in Auckland
Newshub: Auckland police officer charged with illegally tasering a woman
Phillipa Yalden (Stuff): Government funding available for 400 small businesses to stop robberies
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Public ‘left in the dark’ over suspected serial sex predator, rape agencies say
Sam Hurley (Herald): Former Auckland police officer escapes conviction for insurance fraud
Jo Moir (Stuff): National MP wants gang patches banned in public
1News: Ex-detective says Mongrel Mob being outlawed in Queensland makes people ‘feel safer’, even if they aren’t in reality
Chris McMahon (Gold Coast Bulletin): Queensland police put Mongrel Mob on notice
Alcohol
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Generation boozers drink their wimpy kids under the table
1News: ’Horrifying’ new findings show 23 per cent of Kiwi women drink while pregnant - ‘It's a really sensitive time for the brain development'
1News: Researchers call for Government action on alcohol harm as up to 3000 babies born with alcohol-related brain damage a year
Anneke Smith (RNZ): 23% of women drink during first trimester of pregnancy - study
Brenda Harwood (ODT): Liquor bid withdrawn as community says ‘no’
Kurt Bayer (Herald): The Big Read: Underground booze barons smuggling hard liquor into NZ
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Boutique distillers joining forces as industry grows
Employment
Rob Stock (Stuff): Government won’t use ‘positive’ sex discrimination law to hire more women
ODT Editorial: Closing the pay gap for women
1News: ’Is this exploitation?’ - pay for workers with disabilities a ‘real minefield’ for government
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Fewer sanctions, more people on the dole - Simon Bridges
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Robust labour figures anticipated
Herald: Burger King stung for underpaying staff member
Newshub: Paying below living wage ‘just exploiting people’ - union
1News: More than 55 jobs to go in Auckland as Nestle sells of range of Kiwi confectionery brands
RNZ: Nestle confirms loss of 55 South Auckland factory jobs
Kerre McIvor (Herald): New bill won’t help domestic abuse victims
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Business shouldn’t fear domestic violence act -Warehouse CEO
Tony Stevens (Daily Blog): A Healthy Workplace
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Why women should negotiate their pay based on productivity
Laine Moger (Stuff): Safer staffing levels for nurses agreed, Health Minister David Clark says
1News: Health Minister offers agreement to ensure safe staffing levels for nurses with industrial dispute still not resolved
Herald: DHBs, nurses reach agreement on staffing levels
Newshub: DHBs promise ‘safe’ staffing levels by 2021
RNZ: Minister offers new accord over nurses staffing
Martin Johnston (Herald): Health Minister steps into nurses’ row, orders hospital chiefs to honour safe-staffing
The Standard: Nurses
Retirement and Kiwisaver
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Number of hardship grants given to over-65s increases 50% in 5 years
Herald Editorial: A yawning retirement gap is opening
Matt Rilkoff (Taranaki Daily News): Editorial: A change is coming for what it means to be retired
Rob Stock (Stuff): Kiwis’ most valuable retirement asset is their job
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Falling Kiwi dollar boosts KiwiSaver fund returns
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Here’s why you should ignore this KiwiSaver report
Rob Stock (Stuff): KiwiSaver: Three money schemes rolled into one
Murray Smith (Stuff): Pensioners just want a fair deal
Economy and business
Rob Stock (Stuff): No need for ‘competition studies’ claims Business NZ
Herald: New Zealand tumbles down business confidence ranks
RNZ: Expected minimum wage rise keeps consumer confidence steady
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Small business owners feel lonely, says Business Mentors NZ chief executive
Southern and Molyneux, Pauline Hanson and free speech
Olivia Fairhurst (Herald): Australian media take a swipe at Auckland Mayor Phil Goff over decision to ban Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux
Newshub: Phil Goff accused of launching ‘fatwa’ on Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How the Woke Left lost the free speech debate and gave Southern and Molyneux a marketing victory
Karl du Fresne (Listener): Overseas efforts to criminalise ‘hate speech’ haven’t always ended well
Jane Calderwood Norton (Newsroom): No free speech crisis in NZ
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How the Woke Left lost the free speech debate and gave Southern and Molyneux a marketing victory
Karl du Fresne: Why we should be very suspicious of claims about “hate speech”
1News: Should far-right pair Lauren Southern, Stefan Molyneux be able to speak in New Zealand? (video)
Newshub: Anti-fascists gather to oppose Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux
RNZ: Heated debate continues as Southern-Molyneux event goes ahead
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diary of Lauren Southern
Chris Reed (Herald): Pauline Hanson tipped to speak in New Zealand
Bridie Chetwin-Kelly (Newshub): Polarising Australian politician Pauline Hanson to visit New Zealand
Incubator fundraiser and Eden Park
Editorial: All is not well in the Garden of Eden
Todd Niall (Stuff): Opinion: Opponents win court battle but what about the war for Eden Park
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Millionaire funder still backs Ray Avery
1News: Sir Ray Avery asking for public’s forgiveness, promises LifePod incubators are on their way
Newshub: Eden Park residents have the blood of babies on their hands - Mark Richardson
Hunter Valley and overseas investment
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Matt Lauer offers to negotiate over access through Hunter Valley
RNZ: Access to disputed Hunter Valley track allowed with permission
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Hunter Valley: The rough road to paradise
Mike Hunter (ODT): Criticism of station managers is unfair
Education
Simon Patterson (Herald): Immigration visa changes threaten education provider MIT’s viability
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): More teachers and smaller classes promised by National
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Let’s be brutally honest about Charter Schools and Māori shall we?
Stuff: Educator pleads for Māori MPs to speak up over charter school closures
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Concerns over how NZ history is taught: ‘You Māori are lucky’
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Call to end discrimination against Māori principals by their non-Māori counterparts
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): Can polytechs survive increasing losses of money, students and staff?
Tom Furley (RNZ): Only two hurdles remain for university name change
Jessica Long (Stuff): Victoria University of Wellington closer to scrapping name, institution confirms
Matin Van Beynen (Press): Exposing tertiary cheating is its own reward
Charlie O’Mannin (Critic): Women’s+ Club Causes Controversy Over Cis Male Exclusion
Language
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Insight: Should te reo Māori be compulsory in school?
Dale Husband ( E-Tangata): Guyon Espiner I’d love a New Zealand where we all embrace te reo
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): The drive to be Māori
RNZ: The pain of not speaking Te reo Māori
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Simon Bridges could set an example by learning his language
RNZ: Cook Islands Language Week kicks off in New Zealand
Treaty negotiations
Newshub: Ngāpuhi set for biggest iwi settlement yet
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Matakana Island removed from Pare Hauraki deed
Morgan Godfery: Andrew Little is signing the Pare Hauraki deal. But at what cost?
Power prices
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Profiteering claims as stats reveal households pay more for power
Stuff: Who pays the most for power?
Welfare
ODT Editorial: Balancing benefits with obligations
Grant Shimmin (Stuff): Helping the vulnerable is preferable to punishing them because they are
Defence
RNZ: Defence Force reminds recruits of military’s expectations
RNZ: Defence has highest gender pay gap in govt
Parliament
Tony Simpson (Spinoff): Why Question Time is more than just squabbling and mud-slinging
Laura O’Connell Rapira: Why I chose to go on the Māori Roll, and why I think you should too
Technology
Jamie Morton (Herald): New call for companies to front up over data mining
John Holt (Spinoff): NZ’s public sector needs to get on board with AI, or the future is bleak
Jane Bowron (Stuff): Hectoring world of technology swallows up more and more of self
Local government and regions
Karoline Tuckey (Stuff): The future of many town and community halls remains bleak
Astrid Austin (Hawke's Bay Today): Treaty claimant groups call on Crown to replace Hawke’s Bay Regional Council with commissioners
Jimmy Ellingham (Stuff): Candidate can’t enter Horizons Regional Council chambers because of trespass order
Laurel Stowell and Simon Waters (Wanganui Chronicle): Whanganui District Council chief blasts court action by Horizons Regional Council
Dave Gooselink (Newshub): New projects show Invercargill’s future is bright
Anne Marie May (RNZ): Council refutes claims it is not consulting over environmental designations
Cameron Slater: National party candidates at local-body elections: Questions
Rob Stock (Stuff): Time to close public toilets?
Mike Lee (Daily Blog): Goff’s ‘Toilet Tax’ – Auckland’s ‘winter of discontent’ set to continue
RNZ: Christchurch Town Hall restoration gets boost
Neil Reid (Herald): Tax lobby has plan to slash council spending
Michael Barnett (Herald): Councils - you need to do boring much better
Libby Wilson (Stuff): Hamilton’s central city park dealings above board: Audit NZ
Media and broadcasting
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Grandstanding on the big gig stadium stoush
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Takeover terminates trans-Tasman media titan
Damien Venuto (Herald): Corin Dann’s mission to bring a ‘town square’ to prime time
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): National Portrait - Jamie Tuuta, a young kaumatua
David Farrar: 15 years of Kiwiblog
Transport
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland’s inner suburbs could get modern trams as part of a $10 billion rail package
1News: Take a computer-generated look at the proposed new alternative route to the slip-prone Manawatū Gorge
RNZ: What the Manawatū Gorge road replacement could look like
RNZ: Aucklanders pay $32.5m in traffic fines
Newshub: Auckland drivers pay $32.5m in fines
Pop-up Globe gender row
RNZ: Pop-up Globe backs down on all-male casting decision
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Pop-up Globe to include women, bringing an end to all-male Shakespeare
Herald: Pop-up Globe reverses position on all-male casts
Culture
Dani McDonald (Stuff): Royal New Zealand Ballet’s cultural adviser threatened to quit over Māori portrayal
Glen McConnell (Stuff): Singapore’s ‘fighting spirit’ haka faces backlash
History and conservation
Redmer Yska (Listener): Inside the 1981 Springbok tour
1News: Commemoration of first onshore Māori-European meeting gets $3.5 Government funding boost
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): Māori sketches provide snapshot insights into NZ history
RNZ: Urgent work for Ashburton’s derelict Chinatown
Mei Heron (RNZ): Damaging mould found on world class whale bone collection stored at Te Papa
Other
Newshub: The Opportunities Party won’t deregister, will make comeback with new leader
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): ’Genuine victims’ can no longer bank on being reimbursed for internet banking fraud
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Small insurance mistakes cost customers dearly
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Neoliberal State Defended By, Of All People, The Left
Eric Crampton: Treasury needs economists
Spinoff: Good week, bad week with Toby Manhire
Jacqui deRuiter (Newshub): Opinion: Pro-life body will not be moved over abortion debate
Renee Clayton (Stuff): Family ‘heartbroken’ after state care abuse victim Daryl Brougham dies
Newshub: Once Were Warriors star Pete Smith breaks his silence
Pacific Media Centre: Plea for help from NZ protester on board ‘hijacked’ Gaza peace boat
The Standard: A right, Left problem
Alice Snedden (Stuff): New Zealand is heaven on earth…sort of
David Slack (Stuff): Why don’t you take a hike
Stuff: Sir Bob Jones seeks vindication, not damages in defamation case
Alison Mau (Stuff): Voices of ordinary Kiwi women are being shut down online
Brad Flahive (Stuff): What the Trump? POTUS’s Kiwi supporters speak up
Leah McFall (Stuff): Ordinary Kiwi women finalists in Women of Influence awards
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Southern politicians strut their stuff at Hokonui Fashion Design Awards
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Somali family wins fight to stay in country
Nikki MacDonald (Stuff): New film captures the legacy and final days of social justice campaigner Celia Lashlie
RNZ: National MP’s stepbrother gets 25 years’ prison in US