NZ Politics Daily - 9 August 2018
9 August 2018
Today's content
Don Brash banned from speaking on Massey campus
Chris Gallavin (RNZ): The decision to cancel Don Brash’s speaking event is ‘unequivocally wrong’
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom Pro): Time for universities to welcome radical and free speech
Grant Miller (Manawatū Standard): Massey University must act to restore its credibility
Karl du Fresne (Dominion Post): Liberal Left a howling contradiction
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Māori MPs defend Don Brash right to free speech
Danielle Clent (Stuff): Don Brash in support of peaceful protest he will face at Auckland University debate
Simon Collins (Herald): Protesters rally against Brash debate tonight at University of Auckland
Herald: Social media threats against Don Brash speaking at Massey University revealed
RNZ: Claims of threats made after reaction to Don Brash ban
1News: Massey Vice-Chancellor won’t front media after cancelling Don Brash’s speech on security grounds - and he wants an apology
George Heagney (Stuff): Peeved political protesters demonstrate against Brash ban
1News: Massey students rally to slam cancellation of Don Brash’s talk as ‘wrong' and 'unjustified'
Danielle Clent (Stuff): Don Brash free speech debate in Auckland booms on back of Massey’s ban
Michael Reddell: Don Brash and Massey revisited
Carmen Parahi (Stuff): When a person with extreme views defends free speech someone gets hurt
RNZ: MP considers cancelling uni talk in protest over Brash ban
Peter Creswell: And this is why the anti-concept of “hate speech” was invented
Point of Order: The law requires academic freedom to be preserved and enhanced – but who does the policing?
Greg Presland (The Standard): The difference between Don Brash and Southern & Molyneux
Housing
Herald Editorial: Tenants’ bank statements a step too far
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing Minister Phil Twyford speaks out against ‘KFC test’ for tenants
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Asking prospective tenants for bank statements unethical - critics
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): ’Here’s what property managers can ask for from tenants
Newshub: ’KFC test’: Calls for regulation of property managers after demands for bank statements
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): ’KFC’ test for tenants: Property managers asking for bank statements
Eva Corlett (RNZ): ’Disgusting’: Man felt racially profiled while viewing property
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Meth tests: Housing New Zealand boss wanted ‘low key’ media response
Brittany Keogh (Stuff): Crowded House: One-bedroom apartment ‘suitable for up to four people’
Ben Leahy (Stuff): Wellington tenant called a bad character for enjoying pole dancing classes
Newshub: Tenant judged by potential landlord for pole dancing classes
Simon Smith (Stuff): Auckland Council should ‘get out of the bloody way’ of social housing - Tamihere
Ben Leahy (Herald): Big jump in the number of new Auckland homes under construction: Auckland Council
Business, economy
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Business leaders, economists fear NZ economy is slowing, leading survey shows
Cameron Bagrie (Spinoff): Business confidence is bullshit. But that doesn’t mean the economy isn’t in trouble
Donal Curtin: Here’s a revolutionary idea
Liam Dann (Herald): Economy Hub: Digging down - What business confidence tells us
1News: ’Nobody is comfortable’ with NZ having worst homelessness record in OECD - Finance Minister
Cameron Bagrie (Herald): Why Steven Joyce was telling the truth about the fiscal hole
Herald: Finance Minister Grant Robertson defends Government position to grumpy business community
Point of Order: Finance Minister is gushing but some economists are less bullish
Louise Delany and Gerv Lawrie (Stuff): Why the Tax Justice Network is launching in New Zealand
Employment
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Apprentice scheme will cut unemployment - trades expert
No Right Turn: Why is NZ First opposing youth rates repeal?
Andrew Dickens (Newstalk ZB): Pay back - we’re middle class and we’re not happy
Bernard Walker (Stuff): Shooting the messenger: Alternative tactics worked so far in struggle for courier drivers
1News: Dunedin taxi drivers owed $100,000 in unpaid wages after ‘sham contracting’
Catriona MacLennan (Newsroom): Time’s Up for non-disclosure agreements
Health and disability
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): New Zealand can and should have better drug buying system - advocate Richard Vines
Karen Brown (RNZ): DHBs struggle to meet colonoscopy wait-time targets, review finds
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Govt releases review of Bowel Cancer screening rollout, following missed diagnoses
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Another positive result for bowel cancer survivor Ray Glover
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom): The $11m health watch that wasn’t
RNZ: Ministry’s new disability guidelines baffle family lawyer
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Mental health panel’s return Palmerston North meeting packed out
Paula Hulburt (Stuff): Marlborough St John unveils mental health first aid course
Sam Hurley (Herald): Auckland health board ‘doesn’t want to take any responsibility’ for brutal killing, court hears
Herald: Cure Kids’ researcher to shed light on NZ’s inflammatory bowel disease 'epidemic'
Coen Lammers (Herald): What it’s really like living with Down syndrome
RNZ: WHO urges Pacific businesses to go smoke-free
Muriel Newman: Time for More Action on FASD
Newshub: New Zealand should close borders if there’s a global pandemic - experts
Health sector employment
Katarina Williams and Thomas Manch (Stuff): Nurse union members fractured after pay deal, with many doubting it had ‘majority’ support
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): NZNO lose control of their nurse members and what it could mean for the entire NZ Union movement
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Will the new deal deliver more nurses?
RNZ: Visa rule changes urged to attract overseas nurses
RNZ: ’We’ve already started recruiting' - DHB spokesperson
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Kiwi nurse in Aussie wants to return home but pay cut would be massive
International students
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Iain Lees-Galloway: ‘We do not want low quality providers here’
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Education sector welcomes easing of visa restrictions
Herald: Government tightens rules for foreign students
1News: Change to international students’ post-study work rights announced
Emma Joliff (Newshub): International student numbers set to drop under Government’s changes to work rights
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Revealed: The Government’s first immigration changes to ‘help’ students
Zac Fleming (RNZ): Students ‘totally broken’ after NZQA withholds results
Newshub: International students threaten hunger strike
Education
John Boynton (RNZ): Te Whāriki Takapou ‘appalled’ by $18m ACC sex-ed programme
Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): Sex education experts slam $18m cost for ACC’s Mates & Dates programme to go nationwide
Mark Blackham: Whanganui High racism hurts Maori/PI
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): A friendly reminder that reverse racism is still not a real thing
RNZ: School hires security guard after attack on student and teacher
RNZ: All students in fatal Taranaki bus crash discharged
RNZ: Driver dead in Taranaki school bus crash
Jane Matthews and Stephanie MItchell (Stuff): School bus crashes into ditch in Taranaki, killing driver
RNZ: Gisborne Boys High School features in New York Times
Michelle Duff (Stuff): Victoria University lecturer: no pathway for sexual misconduct victims
Education sector employment
RNZ: ’It could be the difference between leaving and staying’ - teacher
RNZ: Principals support union’s claim for housing allowance
Newshub: Government faces further public sector pay demands (video)
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Strike action not ruled out as secondary teachers’ union start talks with Government
Emily Writes (Spinoff): Why are teachers striking? It’s about a lot more than money
Jessica Long (Stuff): Ministry of Education advertises NZ as having ‘the Indian Ocean on its doorstep’
Environment and conservation
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Sage approved Chinese bottler despite arsenic claims
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Firefighting foam: Shell contaminates groundwater in New Plymouth
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Eels found to be contaminated with firefighting foam
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): Who has rights to freshwater?
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): This native fish may soon be extinct, scientists warn
Nicholas Boyack and Piers (Stuff): Wellington’s drinking water supply could be in a for a big shake-up
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Pure water for a quarter of Christchurch as spectre of longer treatment looms elsewhere
Liz McDonald (Stuff): First buy the beach, now buy the South Island high country station
Kate Fitzgerald (Newshub): No need to kill cats, owners should be responsible - Wellington Mayor Justin Lester
Newshub: New Zealand needs to kill the cats to go predator-free - Duncan Garner
Ben Irwin (Newshub): Make Wellington cat-free to reintroduce kiwis - Eugenie Sage
Frances Cook (Herald): Wellington aims to be the world’s first predator-free capital
Ben Strang (RNZ): Predator-free goal brings to life dreams of kiwi roaming capital
1NEWS: Four teenagers identified as those allegedly behind ‘cruel’ leopard seal shooting at a Northland beach
Government
Claire Trevett (Herald): Andrew Little caught in uncompromising position
Rachel Graham (RNZ): Appointments to trust too political - former Chch mayor
No Right Turn: More cronyism
Winston Peters super leak
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Robbing Winston Peters to pay Paula Bennett
1News: Winston Peters’ legal action over super leak has already cost taxpayers thousands - and the costs could continue to rise
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government will pay legal fees of MPs in Winston Peters super leak
Jo Moir (RNZ): Taxpayers to fork out $20k to defend Peters’ lawsuit
Greens
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): As the planet melts – The Greens decide to ‘reclaim’ the C-word
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): MPs label Marama Davidson’s use of C-word ‘disgusting’, ‘appalling’
Newstalk ZB: Marama Davidson defends calls to reclaim ‘c-word’
Newshub: Green MP Golriz Ghahraman shares ‘touching’ hate mail
National
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): How far down this slippery slope will Judith Collins lead National?
Timaru Herald Editorial: Social media has permanently changed politics
Jesse Mulligan (Newshub): Judith Collins’ fake news tweet is harmful and she must delete it
Building and construction
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Banks and the construction industry – time for a look?
Phil Pennington (RNZ): The long, wide view on building things differently
Banking and finance
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): A dashboard for fairness
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Life insurer accused of mis-selling to Aboriginal people sidesteps questions about its rapid growth in New Zealand
BusinessDesk: Union praises ANZ’s bonus changes
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): ANZ to remove ‘stressful’ sales targets for frontline staff
Herald: ANZ removes retail sales incentives after customer concerns
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Open banking is coming, but what is it?
Foreign affairs and trade
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): China’s Pacific aid dominance overstated
Laura Walters (Stuff): China’s Pacific aid dominance is ‘overstated’ but growing
John Tamihere (Herald): We are not mates with Australia
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Words that clouded Tim Groser’s departure
Patrick O’Meara (RNZ): US stance on Iran won’t apply to NZ - David Parker
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): How Donald Trump’s trade threats to Iran could affect New Zealand
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): NZ exporters compare Brexit offer to divorced couple
Bryan Gould: Professionals do it best
Andre Chumko (Stuff): Polish President Andrzej Duda to visit New Zealand for first time
Media and broadcasting
Glen McConnell (Stuff): Lisa Owen tipped as John Campbell replacement on RNZ’s Checkpoint
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Māori Television staff strike
RNZ: Māori TV union members go on strike
Herald: Māori TV union workers go on strike
Stuff: Māori TV union members on strike for 24 hours
Justice, gangs, crime
Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): Chance to rethink the criminal justice system to good to turn down
Alex Baird and Emma Hurley (Newshub): The gangs making up New Zealand’s soaring prison population
RNZ: Taranaki Black Power president’s daughter fined for suppression breach
Mitch McCann (Newshub): NZ Police’s surprising advice on how to deter robbers from dairies
Welfare, poverty, inequality
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The new Government are failing to stop the war on beneficiaries and the poor
Michael Neilson (Herald): New Zealand Māori Council launches drive to tackle social, environmental trials facing Māori
Māori TV: Call for tax relief for poorest living in Auckland
Māori TV: Auckland City Mission breaks own food parcel record
Local government
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): Holiday home owners may launch legal battle over Auckland rates
Dave Cull (Press): Let’s get the facts straight about waste
Primary industries
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): MPI ‘really dropped the ball’ on biosecurity, say fruit-growers
1News: Protestors tell Tegel to ‘cluck off’ over controversial Northland chicken mega-factory
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Nearly 80 protest Tegel’s mega chicken farm
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Protest today against Tegel’s mega chicken factory
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Fonterra returns to India
Forced marriage
Newshub: Judges will need training to spot forced marriage - charity
Newshub: Forced marriage law will help minority communities - MP
Melissa Davies (Newshub): Parliament passes Bill to protect teens from forced marriage
Transport
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Wellington new bus services to change following complaints
Bernard Orsman (Herald): More cars on the road after Auckland Transport axes school buses
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Almost half of Kiwis would consider buying an EV in next two years, says survey
Mitchell Alexander (Newshub): Revealed: The number of people caught using a phone once plane doors close
Gay conversion therapy
Anna Whyte (1News): MPs meet campaigners demanding ban to ‘crazy’ conversion therapy - ‘We’ve got a long way to go’
RNZ: Petitions to ban gay conversion therapy handed to parliament
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Petition to ban gay conversion therapy presented to Parliament
Other
Herald: Census chaos: Field workers skipped hard-to-reach houses in remote areas
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Govt sets goal to have a million kiwis speaking basic reo by 2040
Helen Castles (1News): Court action could be on the cards as tensions boil over between Ngāphui leaders
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): It’s a fact of life - those who have the power make the rules
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Sugar: to label or not to label
Newshub: ’This isn’t comedy hour!’: Simon Bridges apologises after yelling at Prime Minister in Parliament
Lois Williams (RNZ): Whangārei ‘on a roll’ as work starts on Hundertwasser centre
Saraid Cameron (Spinoff): The feminist who roared: Donna Awatere Huata on her legacy
Florence Kerr (Stuff): Estranged wife’s explosive child-sex claims against Awanui Black and friends questioned
John Darroch: Working to dismantle racism in social work
Steven Cowan: Cornel West in New Zealand