NZ Politics Daily - 8 August 2018
8 August 2018
Today's content
Don Brash banned from speaking on Massey campus
Dominion Post Editorial: Massey wrong on Brash ban
Jimmy Ellingham (Manawatū Standard): Editorial: Massey University’s suppression of free speech can’t go uncontested
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Why Massey’s security concern about Don Brash speech is ridiculous
David Farrar: Massey VC kills off free speech on campus
Herald: The Don Brash speech Massey University stopped him giving
Newshub: Don Brash ‘optimistic’ about New Zealand after free-speech row
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Don Brash to speak about ‘PC culture’ at Auckland Uni
Newstalk ZB: Massey University defends barring Don Brash (audio)
1News: An overreaction ‘ – MPs from across the House critical of Don Brash’s cancelled university talk
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Massey University decision on Brash speech roundly condemned by MPs
Newshub: Cancelling Don Brash speaking event an ‘overreaction’ - Jacinda Ardern
Newshub: Paula Bennett calls out ‘over-sensitive’ New Zealanders amid free-speech furore
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Don Brash denies supporting far-right Canadians Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux
1News: Don Brash slams Massey Uni Vice Chancellor’s ‘disgraceful contradiction' after talk cancelled
Herald: Massey University vice chancellor stands her ground after banning Don Brash from speaking at event
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Massey University bans Don Brash from speaking
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Don Brash’s talk to Massey students canned
Lucy Bennett (Herald): ACT calls for Massey vice chancellor to resign after Don Brash ban
Newshub: Don Brash ‘uninvited’ from Massey University speaking event
No Right Turn: A paranoid’s veto
Michael Reddell: Massey Vice-Chancellor bans Don Brash
Stephen Franks: Massey University breaks the law
Don Franks: Massey university compromises free speech
Pete George: Massey’s Brash ban may help free speech
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): By banning Don Brash, the Woke Left strike another blow for recruiting fascists
Greg Presland (The Standard): Let him speak
Ele Ludemann: Thugs’ veto working
The Spinoff: Don Brash made a martyr? On the Massey University ban decision
Southern and Molyneux and free speech
Tim Watkin (Pundit): ’Good’ is a conversation… what NZ’s weekend of division should teach us
Patrick Gower (Newshub): I was not ‘destroyed’ by Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux
Business, economy, trade
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Will the first victim of business confidence be the lack of inquiry into the banks?
Gordon Campbell: On why worrying about business confidence is a wasted effort
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Government can’t ignore business confidence
John Anthony (Stuff): Business confidence hit by local and global factors, Finance Minister says
1News: Jacinda Ardern defends state of economy as business confidence falls
Hamish Rutherford and Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Prime Minister doubles down on business confidence, says ‘no grounds’ for uncertainty
Herald:Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pushes back on flagging business confidence
1News: Watch: Jacinda Ardern says it’s a ‘damn shame’ that Simon Bridges wants to ‘diss our economy' as pair clash over business confidence
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern’s return marked with fierce questions over economy
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Majority of business sector believes activity will improve - PM
1News: Jacinda Ardern acknowledges low business confidence in New Zealand, says she wants ‘to confront that head on’
MIchael Reddell: Disconnected thoughts on the economy
Jane Kelsey (Daily Blog): Trade for All is a lie
Newshub: NZ needs to prepare for ‘ticking trade time bomb’ - Stephen Jacobi
Madison Reidy (RNZ): US trade spat takes toll on major export pricings
RNZ: NZ leading companies lag behind world in digital innovation
Employment
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Ditching youth rates on the back burner for govt
Newshub: Bunnings agrees to pay staff the living wage
Cameron Smith (Herald): NZ workers will ‘expect’ salary hikes
Rob MItchell (Stuff): The four-day working week: Build it and they will hum
Susan Hornsby-Geluk (Stuff): Workers who take employers to court fear hurting future job prospects
Tax
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Tax Working Group warned off recommending new environmental taxes
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Inheritance tax good economics, and the politics may be better than they seem
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Self-employed hiding 20pc of their income from tax, says Inland Revenue
Health and disability
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Bowel cancer screening hampered by relationship ‘breakdown’: Review
John Campbell (RNZ): Checkpoint: ’Survival of the richest’: Rich access drugs Pharmac won’t fund
Stuff: Pharmac takes three years to review brand-new cancer drugs and Kiwis are missing out
Newshub: Duncan Garner’s desperate plea to Jacinda Ardern over cancer funding
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Families appalled at ministry’s attempts to follow court’s direction
John MIchael-Swannix (Newshub): Pharmac widens access to ‘revolutionary’ HIV-prevention drug
Herald: Organ donation should not be mandatory, PM says
RNZ: Surgical mesh registry on way, no temporary ban
1News: South Aucklanders shedding weight and improving mental health with innovative pilot programme - ‘Feeling blessed’
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Crisis point for mental health services
Health sector employment
Sarah Murphy (RNZ): Nurses latest pay offer accept: What you need to know
ODT Editorial: Pay equity versus performance pay
Karen Brown (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern and David Clark welcome nurse pay settlement
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern: Nurses’ settlement ‘historic’ but more work ahead
Frances Cook (Herald): Nurses accept fifth pay offer, ending a year of negotiations
Katarina Williams (Stuff): Nurses agree to DHB pay offer, putting an end to strike action threat
Newshub: Nurses vote to accept DHB pay offer
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Government rejects aged care fears
Katarina Williams and Tom Hunt (Stuff): Aged care sector may struggle to keep staff following nurses’ pay deal
Newshub: Fears nurses’ settlement will afflict other sectors
No Right Turn: There’s an easy solution for that
Animal welfare
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Let’s have more understanding of animal attacks
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Deaths of five greyhounds ‘completely unacceptable’, SPCA says
Danielle Clent (Stuff): Cow which was put down was only following a natural maternal instinct, animal activists say
RNZ: Auckland Council investigating Totora Park cow attack
Newshub: SPCA investigating video of Christchurch teens torturing, killing cat
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Education providers hit by drop in new Chinese students
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Changes to international student post-study work rights imminent
Anita Mortlock (Newshub): Opinion: Time to overhaul early childhood education
Newshub: Patrick Gower lashes out at ‘clickbait crap’ column on parenting
Angela Cuming (Spinoff): My sons’ childcare centre is our other home
Lincoln Tan (Herald): A teacher’s fight to prove her English is good enough to meet Education Council’s ‘absurd’ requirement
Newshub: 30 years of Life Education Trust
MItch McCann (Newshub): Opinion: Canned Joseph Parker speech a missed opportunity
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): A knockout blow for acceptable racism
1News: Whanganui High School opens Joseph Parker visit to ‘entire school’ after boxer’s camp threatens to pull out
Tema Hemi (Māori TV): Parker looks forward to “more inclusive” event
Duncan Johnstone (Stuff): Joseph Parker’s Whanganui school visit back on after ‘misunderstandings’
Newshub: Kids shouldn’t be encouraged to box - Russel Norman
Missy Morton (Newsroom): An inclusive society begins at school
Jenny Ritchie and Sophie Alcock (Newsroom): Let kids bond with nature while there’s still time
Martin Johnston (Herald): Hamilton students to Government: Sexual-consent education should be mandatory
Northland Age: Northland College student defends teacher from assault
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Victoria University staff among late-arriving opponents to proposed name change
Che Baker (Stuff): Southern Institute of Technology should not be ‘punished or disadvantaged’
Elena McPhee (ODT): Uni shooting threat traced to Colombia
Teacher pay negotiations
Simon Collins (RNZ): High school teachers ask for $100 pw rental housing allowance in Auckland, Tauranga, Queenstown
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Secondary teachers want 15% pay rise, housing allowance
1News: Secondary teachers want 15 per cent pay rise and housing allowance
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Secondary teachers’ union and Ministry of Education begin negotiating, support specialists have strike vote
RNZ: Secondary teachers begin pay talks
John Lewis (ODT): Secondary teachers’ union not ruling out strike action
Jessica Long (Stuff): Education Minister Chris Hipkins urging primary schools union to negotiate, not strike
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Pay good teachers more than bad ones
Child welfare
Edward O’Driscoll (Newshub): More than 1000 caregivers unused as children shifted around dozens of foster homes
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Oranga Tamariki ignoring safety report, grandmother says
Lucy Bennett (Herald): New law will protect minors from forced marriage in New Zealand
Housing
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Landlords and property managers demand to see bank statements
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): A bank statement provides a terrifying glimpse at who you are
Rob Stock (Stuff): Housing crisis needs fresh thinking, retirement commissioner Diane Maxwell says
Stuff: House insurance increases highest in four years
Chris Harrowell (Manukau Courier): Concerns raised over Auckland Council’s first homelessness count on September 17
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Anglican Care announces plan to wind down retirement villages in Christchurch
Building and construction
Anne Gibson (Herald): KiwiBuild chances questioned after construction sector meltdown
RNZ: Construction crisis: Ministers and industry leaders discuss solutions
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Dodgy products getting through NZ’s building product tests, industry says
Judith Collins’ fake news story
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Collins on fake news tweet: ‘I don’t believe in censorship’
1News: ’I don’t believe in censorship’ – Judith Collins stands firm over tweeting from ‘fake news’ site
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Judith Collins digs in heels on fake news story
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern would make MPs delete fake news tweets
Anna Connell (RNZ): Collins’ fake news blunder a Bridges fail
Foreign affairs
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): EU diplomat hails ‘exceptional year’ for NZ relations
Audrey Young (Herald): EU’s top diplomat Federica Mogherini talks trade and Pacific in first visit to New Zealand
Gia Garrick (RNZ): EU backs NZ’s renewed approach in Pacific
Stuff: EU diplomat takes aim at Donald Trump from New Zealand
1News: Feuding Aussie and NZ ministers brought together in Lombok earthquake
Claire Trevett (Herald): Andrew Little ‘clears air’ over deportations with Australia Immigration Minister Dutton
Matt Hayes: New Zealand Should Recognise the Armenian Genocide
Police, crime, justice
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters says the Police asked him to speak at marae celebration for Wally Haumaha
Alex Baird and Emma Hurley (Newshub): LA street style gangs surging in New Zealand prisons
Alex Baird and Emma Hurley (Newshub): Gang numbers at never before seen levels in New Zealand prisons
Kelly Mahika (Rotorua Daily Post): Gang ban may have saved Israel Jack’s life, says father and calls for New Zealand to follow Australia in gang ban
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Christchurch Prison manager has use of work car, $100k+ salary, 15 months after he was placed on leave
Matt Stewart (Stuff): Concerns over bullying in the force revealed in letters to police magazine
Welfare and inequality
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Beneficiary contraceptive scheme ends on Monday
1News: Drug Foundation wants sanctions ditched for beneficiaries who fail pre-employment drug tests
Isaac Davison (Herald): Auckland City Mission distributes highest number of food parcels in its 98-year history
Local government
Andre Chumko (Dominion Post): Councillor votes against pay rise because council staff are not paid the living wage
Herald: Auckland Mayor Phil Goff receives pay rise, taking his salary to nearly $280,000
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland mayor salary nears $280,000 after rise
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland's Airbnb rate, pot of gold or problem?
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Horowhenua Mayor’s funding allocations questioned
Lois Williams (RNZ): Supreme Court rejects Mangawhai Ratepayers’ illegal rates battle
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): Townies to share pest burden with rural residents
Lombok quake
Laura Walters (Stuff): ’Lucky to be alive’: Justice Minister Andrew Little relives moment Lombok earthquake struck
RNZ: Lombok quake: New Zealander says thousands are stuck
Transport
RNZ: Wellington’s trolley buses get new lease of life
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Wellington council to hold meetings for fed-up bus commuters
Brian Rudman (Herald): Auckland Transport just needs to fast-track bus improvements
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Government pumps another $3.9 million into electric vehicle projects
Northland Age: MP: Foreign drivers ‘not the big problem’
Treaty of Waitangi
Andy Fyers (Stuff): How Don Brash’s Orewa speech changed way governments talk about Treaty of Waitangi
Tony Wall (Stuff): ’There’s a lot of anger’: A Crown negotiator in Treaty of Waitangi settlements explains how they unfold
Amanda Saxton (Stuff): The Treaty and Me: The Treaty of Waitangi ‘makes New Zealand unique’
Ruby McAndrew (Stuff): The Treaty and Me: The ‘broken deal’ in Wellington’s past
Leonie Hayden (Spinoff): Te Tiriti o Waitangi: the comic book
Primary industries
RNZ: MPI prosecution: Fishermen want to ‘re-set’ relationship
Lisette Reymer (Newshub): Kiwifruit growers hit back at Government’s Psa appeal
RNZ: Kiwifruit growers launch cross appeal alongside Crown’s challenge
John Hart (Spinoff): Why ignoring plant proteins and hoping for the best isn’t an option for NZ farmers
Anna Campbell (ODT): Who cares about farmers? NZ needs them around
Environment and conservation
Richard Harman (Politik):A political tangle; Parker, the environment and Maori.
Jo Moir (RNZ): Iwi leaders say they will go to court over Māori freshwater rights
David Williams (Newsroo,): Controversial sewage pond work gets extension
1News: New study finds Earth is halfway towards a climate ‘tipping point’
Jamie Morton (Herald): Scientists: risk of Earth entering ‘hothouse’ climate
Blake Foden (Stuff): ’Many parts of Earth could become uninhabitable’: Study’s grim warning
Michael Reddell: Net-zero carbon emissions: a “massive economic boost”?
Logan Church (RNZ): Chch water chlorination timetable under pressure
Newshub: Darfield couple blame DoC for pet kea death
Stuff: Over $3m in funding to help Wellington achieve dream of being predator free
Newshub: Wellington receives $3.2 million to become predator free
Immigration and refugees
Zane Small (Newshub): NZ’s refugee quota ‘could go up further’, says activist Philippe Legrain
Hye Ji ‘Erica’ Lee (The Wireless): The 1.5 generation
Defence
Herald: NZDF civilian staff to get the living wage by 2019
1News: Defence Force to pay living wage for civilian employees by 2019, Ron Mark says
Point of Order: Air Force men take top Defence jobs as decision time looms for Hercules replacement
Other
Martin van Baynen (Stuff): Rata Foundation: MP partners appointed to charity board
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): You need a firm hand on the tiller, but isn’t it time we look a little closer to home?
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Faafoi will step in on watered down food origin bill
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Kiwibank’s new boss Steve Jurkovich sets out ‘to win in a uniquely kiwi way’ as he takes the reins at the state owned bank
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Reaching the top in an Aussie-dominated field
Charles Anderson (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern says daughter will be raised speaking Māori language and English
Jane Clifton (Listener): The waka-jumping bill brouhaha is not as clear-cut as it seems
Edward Willis: Electoral integrity
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Green co-leader Marama Davidson says New Zealand must reclaim the ‘C-word’
Tim Miller (ODT): Support for Easter trading falling, submissions show
Amy Ridout (Stuff): ’Lazy Māori’ comment prompts young woman to speak against racism
Pacific Media Centre: NZ Pacific journalists ‘appalled’ by Nauru ban on ABC at Forum
1News: Twenty thousand-strong petition to ban gay conversion therapy in NZ to be presented to Parliament
Newshub: Petition to ban gay conversion therapy to be presented to Parliament on Wednesday
Peter Davis (Herald): Ageing ‘Ponzi’ scheme needs to change fast