NZ Politics Daily - 3 August 2018
3 August 2018
Today's content
Jacinda Ardern returns from maternity leave
Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): A year on, why Jacinda Ardern was the right leader at the right time
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Jacinda returns: Baby under one arm, political capital under the other. How will she spend it?
Herald Editorial: Jacinda Ardern has to hit ground running
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Political media respect boundaries
RNZ Checkpoint: Jacinda Ardern on returning from maternity leave
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern, Neve and the elephant makes three
Jessica Mutch (1News): Republic ‘not a priority’ for New Zealand, says Jacinda Ardern
Tova O’Brien and Emma Hurley (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to donate ‘several thousand dollars’ to Plunket
Claire Trevett (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks on motherhood, baby Neve and returning to work
Claire Trevett (Herald): Back to business for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Alison Mau (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern: ‘I have to shake off parenting judgment like I do political judgment’
1News: Jacinda Ardern returns as Prime Minister after taking maternity leave to spend time with baby Neve
Zane Small and Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern’s daughter Neve Te Aroha will travel to United Nations
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern is going to the UN, and she’s taking baby Neve
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Take a day off Jacinda, we won’t criticise - Judith Collins
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern wants ‘balance’ on daughter’s privacy
Herald: Media warned not to film or take photos of PM Ardern’s daughter Neve
Newshub: Speaker threatens to kick journalists out of Parliament over PM baby privacy
Stuff: Warning to journalists who take unauthorised photos of returning Jacinda Ardern’s daughter Neve
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern, Neve storm world media
Aziz Al-Sa’afin (Newshub): Social snapshot: World goes gaga for Neve
Charles Anderson (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern returns to work as New Zealand PM six weeks after giving birth
Channel NewsAsia: New Zealand PM’s maternity leave over, baby-friendly parliament beckons
Newshub: Clarke Gayford the ‘most important’ stay-at-home dad in the world - daddy blogger
Newshub: PM Jacinda Ardern reveals her Game of Thrones-inspired nickname
Michelle Duff (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern is going back to work. Other women don’t have to
1News: Jacinda Ardern - PM and new mum - will give the world an important lesson, says working mothers’ coach
Government
Peter Dunne (Interest): Peters’ performance has reinforced his importance to the Government
Gordon Campbell: On the nurses dispute, and our timidity over Iran
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Early election if waka-jumping law not passed
Newstalk ZB: Greens vote in favour of waka jumping bill
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Regional Economic Development Minister Shane Jones launches guide to Provincial Growth Fund
National Party
John Armstrong (1News): Opinion: Lashing of Winston Peters by ‘no mates National’ is stupid
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): National needs to make up its mind on NZ First pronto
1News: Simon Bridges’ ‘cool’ video, the return of Sir John Key and how National’s conference stacked-up (video)
Treaty of Waitangi, water rights
Andy Fyers (Stuff): The amount allocated to Treaty settlements is tiny, compared with other Government spending
Jo Moir (RNZ): Rights to fresh water to be discussed as govt meets iwi leaders
Hauraki treaty settlement
Oriini Kaipara (Māori TV): PM says Hauraki settlement an “issue between iwi
Lynette Amoroa (Māori TV): Protests rock parliament as Hauraki settlement signed
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Signing ‘great relief’ for Pare Hauraki
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Hauraki settlement signed despite opposition
Leigh-Marama McLachlan and Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Angry scenes as Hauraki iwi arrive for settlement signing
Samantha Motion (Bay of Plenty Times): Clashes outside Parliament as Ngāi Te Rangi protest Hauraki signing
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Protests kick off at Parliament over Hauraki treaty settlement signing
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Tauranga Moana in Parliament vigil as Pare Hauraki settlement signed
RNZ: Ngāi Te Rangi kaumātua recovering after bus crash
Alex Baird (Newshub): Multiple injuries as protest bus rolls in Manawatu
Karoline Tuckey and Paul MItchell (Stuff): Bus crashes in Manawatū, 19 people injured
RNZ: Bus carrying iwi from Parliament rolls down bank into ditch
Justice, crime, police
Alison Mau and Jonathan Milne (Stuff): Law Society super-injunction overturned, allowing disclosure of sexual harassment case
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Law Society apologise after confidential info sent to wrong person
RNZ: Reforms aim to make Family Court less traumatic
Rob Kidd (ODT): Judge admits bailing teen was wrong
Philip Matthews (Press Editorial): The police and the links effect
RNZ: Police chase ending in death justified - IPCA
Chelsea Boyle (Herald): Police chase that led to death of Morocco Tai cleared by independent review
Tracy Neal (RNZ): 3D guns ‘more of a risk to the person trying to assemble’ them
Housing
Isaac Davison (Herald): Huge rise in New Zealanders being housed in motels as wait list for state houses grows
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Over 8700 Kiwi families waiting 137 days for a public house
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): More than 8700 NZ families waiting for state housing
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Chronic homelessness in New Zealand can be fixed by Housing First, expert says
Simon Smith (Stuff): Slum culture has a solution to Auckland’s housing crises, researcher says
Child abuse in Catholic Church
ODT Editorial: The stain of sexual abuse
Chris Morris (ODT): Church could defrock paedophile priest after all
Child welfare
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Oranga Tamariki accused of failing to protect vulnerable Hutt Valley children
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Hutt Valley Oranga Tamariki under fire over suspected delays
Newshub: Demand growing for KidsCan’s help
Business, economy
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): The elephant yet to leave the room
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): PM says her agenda works ‘hand in hand’ with business, but can she explain it?
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern faces mounting problem in business confidence on her return
Tax
Brian Fallow (Herald): Being wealthy isn’t too taxing, finds Inland Revenue study
Bryce Wilkinson (Interest): New Zealanders are much more heavily taxed today than in the past
Education
Māori TV: High Court sides with Toni Waho in Kōhanga Trust case
Māori TV: Toni Waho ‘overjoyed’ with High Court decision
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Trust accepts court ruling over wrongful sacking
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): The poor and low skilled are being left behind in the digital world
Raniera Harrison (Māori TV): New funding model could mean charter school job losses
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Stop messing with NCEA - our kids need to be tested
RNZ: Nine to Noon: Hacker demands $US5000 from Hawera High School
Newshub: Taranaki high school shuts down computer system after hack
Grant Guildford (Dominion Post): Why our university needs to stand proudly for Wellington
Primary teachers’ pay dispute
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Schools unable to remain open on day of teachers’ strike warn parents to make other plans
Jessica Long (Stuff): Primary teachers and principals are rallying for public support as full-day strike looms
Katarina Williams (Stuff): Principals’ Federation wants Government to ‘front up’ with better collective agreement offer
Newshub: Duncan Garner’s 5-point plan to pay teachers more
Employment
Tova O’Brien and Emma Hurley (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to announce new apprenticeship scheme
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Harmful substances kill workers at ten times the rate of accidents
Jason Walls (Interest): Union and business bosses meet with Ministers to create the ‘gold standard of work in the world’
Kirk Hope (Stuff): There’s no easy way to get Kiwis earning more
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Record high employment rates among Māori
Andrew Ashton (Hawke’s Bay Today): Hawke’s Bay unemployment drops to 4.3 per cent, with more jobs plans announced
Primary industries
Richard Harman (Politik): Government forces big farming change
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Farmers delighted three-year battle over GM-free status dropped
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): MPI staffer filmed saying fruit tree destruction was ‘not a biosecurity issue’
Pam Jones (ODT): Eight orchards affected by biosecurity scare
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Dairy industry call for ban on alternative milk labelling
Melissa Davies (Newshub): Fonterra partners with A2 milk after 17-year consumer battle
Jamie Gray (Herald): Fonterra, a2 Milk bury the hatchet
Samantha Motion and Carmen Hall (Bay of Plenty Times): Critical seasonal labour shortage may hinder kiwifruit industry growth - report
Foreign affairs and trade
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): “Who Are You Calling ‘Mate’, Mate?”
Robert Ayson (Newsroom): Where next for the Australia-NZ relationship?
John Anthony (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern welcomes US President Donald Trump’s signing of ‘Kiwi Act’
Zane Small (Newshub): Donald Trump signs new visa law for New Zealanders
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Donald Trump signs new Kiwi visa law for New Zealanders
Simon Roberts: What Does The Pacific Want?
Building and construction
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Contractors ignore the law despite risk of jail
Anne Gibson (Herald): In a vice-grip: construction sector grasped by turmoil
Mitch McCann (Newshub): Ebert won’t be last construction company to go under - experts
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): Subbies’ law has helped sink construction companies
Jason Walls (Interest): Ebert collapse highlights need for infrastructure agency – Jones
Dan Dalgety (RNZ): Maven Interiors liquidation leaves workers, creditors in limbo
Simon Hartley (ODT): NZ contractors not able to lead hospital build
MIke Treen returns to NZ
Ben Leahy (Herald): Kiwi activist tells of alleged beating and tasering by Israeli military
Newshub: Gaza blockade: Mike Treen returns to NZ with ‘a few stories to tell’
Pacific Media Centre: Tasered, beaten, handcuffed but Mike Treen says ‘I would do it all again’
Media
Steven Price (Spinoff): What the new public interest defence really means for media and defamation
Nicky Hager (Spinoff): Book of the Week: Nicky Hager on Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh
Health and disability
Dene Mackenzie (ODT):Subsidised model suggested
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Hospital questions child on pregnancy status
Karen Brown (RNZ): Bowel cancer test kit a ‘lifesaver’
Point of Order: David Clark (it had to happen) gets something right
Amy Wiggins (Herald): Kiwi babies vaccinated against tuberculosis for first time in two years
Taroi Black (Māori TV): New Pharmac funding brings hope for heart sufferers
Kyle MacDonald (Herald): Why we need to end the ‘stranger danger’ myth
Sarah Paterson-Hamlin (Spinoff): When Chris Warner speaks, New Zealanders with Down Syndrome hear it
Local government
Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): Hamilton City Council votes Māori on to high-powered committees
Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Auckland Mayor Phil Goff risks job half-done if he decides against re-election bid
Isaac Davison (Herald): Airbnb and Bookabach owners get rates rises of up to 225 per cent as bed tax bites
Felicity Reid (Stuff): Emails suggest Auckland Transport officers misled local politicians
Simon Wilson (Herald): Walking on High St: Why don’t we do it in the road
Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): Māngere road changes also transforming residents’ lives for the better
Alice Angeloni (Stuff): ’Kick in the guts’ for pensioners as council hikes rent, tells them to sign on
Heritage
Matt Nippert (Herald): Plug pulled on Sir Peter Jackson’s war exhibit
Damian George (Stuff): Independent review into future care of Te Papa’s natural history collections
Geraint Martin (Herald): Te Papa’s role as guardian of heritage will live on
Brian Easton (Pundit): Wither Archives New Zealand and the National Library?
Environment
Jenny Suo (1News): Forest & Bird shuts bush reserves, claims lack of action from MPI in handling of kauri dieback
Matthew Dallas (Stuff): Lord of the forest: New Zealand’s most sacred tree is under threat
Stuff: Overseas buyer will not live on his pristine Canterbury high country station
Gavin Evans (Newsroom): What’s tough about the Conservation Estate mining fight
RNZ: Fruit fly larvae found in chillies at Auckland Airport
Herald: New World, PAK’nSAVE, Liquorland and others to ban plastic bags from 2019
Working for Families
Len Cook (Newsroom): Plight of families is everybody’s business
Eric Crampton:Working for Families as employer subsidy - again
Southern and Molyneux
Newshub: Phil Goff acting as Molyneux and Southern’s ‘ de-facto publicist' - historian
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Give far-right pair a primetime TV slot - Duncan Garner
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Fear controversial pair’s speech will incite racism: ‘They were mocking Aboriginal culture’
Newshub: Lauren Southern, Stefan Molyneux do ‘Māori’ pose as they arrive in Auckland
Herald: Alt-right extremists Lauren Southern and Stephan Molyneux arrive in NZ
Newshub: Molyneux and Southern: Protests planned for outside venue
Māori TV: Prisoner advocates join rally to protest Canadian speakers
1News: Groups vow to protest at far-right Canadian speakers’ Auckland event
Greg Presland (The Standard): Free speech champions?
Migration and migrant exploitation
Lois Williams (RNZ): Migrant worker fears visa rule changes could mean departure after 11 years
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Widow of drowned man to be granted a two-year work visa on instruction from Minister
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Indian widow whose husband drowned given govt respite
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Coerced sex work a significant problem in New Zealand
David Hargreaves (Interest): Has a new brain drain started?
Transport
Newshub: NZTA issues urgent audit after Mt Ruapehu bus crash
RNZ Checkpoint: Former bus driver left Ruapehu Alpine Lifts over safety concerns
Newshub: Wellington bus abandoned after driving up the wrong road
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Government outlines Southern Sky initiatives
Other
Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): Parliament calls for submissions on 2017 election
Rob Stock (Stuff): Government should set ceiling for KiwiSaver fees
Rob Stock (Stuff): Insurance changes will hit some house prices
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Why you can’t borrow as much as you thought to buy a house
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Bella Vista fight simply isn’t worth it
Michael Reddell: Women at the Reserve Bank
Newshub: How are Maori represented on-screen? (video)
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Couple say compulsory government survey an intrusion
Edward Willis: Partisanship
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Christchurch foodbank 0800 Hungry raided by frozen food thieves
Russell Brown: A cannabis moment in the Parliament