NZ Politics Daily - 13 August 2018
13 August 2017
Today's content
Plastic bag ban
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): The politics of plastic
Philip Matthews (Press Editorial): Ban on single-use plastic shopping bags worth celebrating
Greg Roughan (RNZ): Ardern drops ‘c-bomb’ in plastic bag ban: Compulsory
Christine Rose (Daily Blog): Plastic pollution? (Almost) Business as Usual – why the plastic bag ban is barely a victory
Nick Morrison (Stuff): Banning plastic bags is the right move, but New Zealand needs more to be an environmental leader
Mei Heron (1News): NZ behind international pace despite ban on plastic bags, expert warns
RNZ: Plastic ban just first step towards sustainable shopping - experts
Ellie Hooper (Noted): Banning plastic bags in NZ just the tip of the iceberg
Ewan Sargent (Stuff): Single-use bags have been hit, but many other plastic targets remain
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Plastic bag ban could lead to job losses - union
Stuff: Why the Government is planning to ban plastic bags
Kate Lyons (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand will ban plastic bags
RNZ: Government pledges mandatory phase-out of plastic bags
Talisa Kupenga (RNZ): Govt to phase-out single-use plastic bags
Carla Penman (Herald): Plastic bag phase-out: What about dog poo and bin liners?
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Saying bye to plastic: What Kiwi shops say about Government’s plan to ban single-use plastic bags
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Plastic bags ban anticipated well by the retail sector: expert
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Single-use plastic bags will be phased out over the next year, says Jacinda Ardern
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Single-use plastic bags to be phased out by the Government
Paul Little (Herald): Why plastic can actually be good for the environment
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Life a little more inconvenient without our beloved plastic bags
Eric Crampton: Bag Ban
Environment and conservation
Richard Harman (Politik): Greens threaten agreement on Maori water rights
1News: NZ authorities to consider putting ingredient in Roundup weed killer on hazardous substances list
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Sage to ask EPA to look at Roundup after jury award
RNZ: Minister to ask EPA to consider Roundup on hazardous list
Herald: Roundup called into question after US court finding
Laine Moger (Stuff): MPI’s warnings over kauri dieback revealed in documents
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Giants under threat: Bleak warnings over kauri dieback revealed
David Williams (Newsroom): In a national park, an avalanche of opposition
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Like it or lump it: farmer forced to give access
Wanganui Chronicle: Anti-1080 protesters converge on Whanganui
RNZ: Great Barrier locals protest onboard DOC boat
Alice Angeloni (Stuff): NZ’s ‘blind eye’ to shipping fumes prompts Sounds residents to test the air
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Toxic algal blooms still flourishing despite the cold
Pat Baskett (Newsroom): It’s not too late to avert an impending crisis
Jamie Morton (Herald): Climate change: Extreme fire risk may double
Emma Hatton (Herlad): Call for complete ban on ivory trade in New Zealand
Kymberlee Fernandes (Stuff): Call to end domestic ivory trade in New Zealand
Newshub: New Zealand’s little-known contribution to the ivory trade
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Native NZ wildlife could live in cities if country commits to investing in suitable environment - study
Primary Industries
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Inside MPI’s $2.5m fishing investigation
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): Some regional councils failing to enforce dairy effluent rules - report
Gerald Piddock and Chris Hutching (Stuff): Waikato Council slams Forest & Bird over effluent report - but admits it made the error
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Businessman challenges Hawke’s Bay council on ‘damaging’ feedlots
Emma Cropper (Newshub): Tolaga Bay locals fuming over forestry waste clogging favourite beach
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Fonterra offers a flimsy excuse for its failures
David Hargreaves (Interest): Fonterra’s broken
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Fonterra shareholders ‘frustrated’ and concerned
RNZ: Fonterra to electrify Waikato site
RNZ: Mānuka honey seller warns of ‘loopholes’ in industry
Guy Trafford (Interest): Why a clear strategy towards water is required
Andrea Fox (Herald): Oyster farmers still waiting for MPI compensation
Business, economy
Dan Satherley (Newshub): National to blame for strikes, falling GDP - Finance Minister Grant Robertson
Jason Walls (Interest): The Government and the Governor – the twin engines of the new economy
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Government v. The Business Community: Playing Chicken Over Employment Law Reform
Paul Buchanan: Debunking business “confidence.”
David Chatson (Interest): Confidence in the economy is wavering, and there are at least five key reasons
1News: Simon Bridges says unchanged OCR shows Reserve Bank Governor’s shaken faith in the economy
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Will it be Ardern who blinks first, or business?
Mark Fowler (Herald): Why things aren’t that bad for Kiwi businesses
Jason Walls (Interest): Govt steps up its business charm offensive, again
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Directors under pressure with escalating workload and risks
Newshub: 42 percent of New Zealand company directors want more pay
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Manufacturing figures show slowing growth
Free speech
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Southern discomfort
Bill Ralston (Listener): Our aversion to extreme-right dogma is giving rise to an alarming intolerance
Dominion Post: Speech: What it costs to be free
Chester Borrows (Herald):I wouldn’t cross the street to hear Don Brash’s views
Wanganui Chronicle Editorial: Massey University vice-chancellor Jan Thomas eats her own words with Don Brash ban
Herald: Massey University staff face less than civil feedback over Don Brash speech cancellation
Tom O’Connor (Waikato Times): All have a right to speak
1News: ’It’s ridiculous' - Government 'need to send a message' after Don Brash talk cancelled, says Simon Bridges
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Massey should rectify ‘mistake’ and invite Brash back, says Bridges
Merania Karauria (Herald): Simon Bridges calls for Massey University to invite Don Brash back to speak
RNZ: National MP will speak at Massey despite Brash ban
Simon Wilson (Herald): The free speech debate with Don Brash
Greg Presland (The Standard): About freedom of speech
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): Why Don Brash’s views are strangely comforting
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): And the winner is: Don Brash, by a mile
Alice Snedden (Stuff): Free speech is not an absolute right
Leonie Pihama: Hate speech is not Free speech
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Why can’t I escape Don Brash?
1News: Brash speech protesters speak out’ -‘Ideas are a thing of the past'
RNZ: ’Im glad Brash got to speak’ - free speech debate organiser
Point of Order: The shouting down of Don Brash shows decolonised democracy in action
Nicole Lawton and Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Uni students tell us what they really think about free speech
Diana Wichtel (Listener): For once, the media left Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux rattled
1News: Controversial Aussie politician Pauline Hanson invited to NZ to discuss free speech
Newshub: Group invites Phil Goff to debate free speech with Pauline Hanson at a council-owned venue
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): Free speech ‘not an absolute right’
Government
Graeme Edgeler: Last call on the Electoral (Integrity) Bill: A plea for Labour, New Zealand First and Green MPs to consider some minor amendments
Brian Easton (Pundit): Winning Winston
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Greens need louder voice in government
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Let’s be as charitable as we can about Marama’s crusade to reclaim the C word
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern: ‘Having a baby around changes the tone a little bit’
1News: ’Can I be a good politician while also being a good mum?’ Jacinda Ardern opens up about her balancing act
Herald: TVNZ under fire for posting video of PM breastfeeding
Police
Jared Savage (Herald): Haumaha inquiry: Police refuse to release bugged Operation Austin phone call which mentions Wally Haumaha
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern takes charge of Wally Haumaha inquiry fiasco
Jared Savage Herald): Mary Scholtens QC to lead inquiry into deputy police commissioner Wally Haumaha
RNZ: Wally Haumaha inquiry head appointed
RNZ: Haumaha ‘disrespects and bullies women’ - Louise Nicholas
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government appoints replacement to beleaguered Wally Haumaha inquiry
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Haumaha inquiry: Government appoints new chair for Wally Haumaha inquiry
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Why Wally Haumaha should resign
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Police apologise for ‘mistake’ that caused miscarriage of justice against Damien Gifkins
Justice
David Fisher (Herald): Departing Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias warns of ‘civic disorder’
David Fisher (Herald): Chief Justice Dame Sian Elias warns New Zealand's constitution is 'vulnerable'
Samantha Gee (Stuff): Missing out on civil legal aid a justice issue, lawyers say
Tony Wall and Blair Ensor (Stuff): Corrections Minister slams lack of information sharing that led to sex offender being housed near children
Caley Callahan (Newshub): Taxpayers could save millions if foreign prisoners deported instantly
Deena Coster (Stuff): Law commission review of DNA law will look at use of genealogical websites
Health
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Dialysis for NZ patients ‘rationed’ as ineligible immigrants treated
Ollie Neas (Stuff): Big Tobacco poised to enter the vaping market in New Zealand
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Dr Clark, this is life or death, please help
Ruby McAndrew (Stuff): With months to live and no options left in NZ, Carol Armstrong found cancer hope overseas
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Medical dean appointed to health review
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Māori and Pasifika families face discrimination, lack of support in health system – research
Libby Wilson (Stuff): Health contract signed two years late, ‘strained relationship’ with former boss part of the problem
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Māori mental health concerns aired before govt inquiry panel
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Axed funding leaves 23 mentally unwell three months to find new homes
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Canterbury DHB seeks more funding to address shortfall for secure unit
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): ‘Extremely concerning' break-out in mental health facility prompts door upgrade
Southland Times: Lumsden Maternity Centre loses its battle
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Lumsden Birthing Centre closure prompts community anger
RNZ: Lumsden Birthing Centre in Southland to close
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): Hundreds prescribed ‘revolutionary’ HIV-prevention drug
Simon Smith (Stuff): Auckland’s 980 liquor outlets: providing choice or causing harm?
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Canterbury DHB to pay costs after failed alcohol appeal
Logan Church (RNZ): Chch water: Council recommits to chlorine-free deadline
Robin Martin (RNZ): Taranaki iwi lashes out at coronial services decision
Health sector employment
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): Māori nurses claim on pay disparity gets Tribunal hearing
Katarina Williams (Stuff): More Kiwi nurses predicted to hop across the ditch
David Farrar: Why do unions hide vote details from their members?
Employment
John Anthony (Stuff): Pay rises coming for workers, as minimum wage nips at heels of living wage
RNZ: Calls for Mana in Mahi scheme to cover all apprenticeships
Jane Bowron (Dominion Post): Apprenticeships will mentor our young, instead of munting them
Kerre McIvor (Herald): Mana in Mahi is a grand idea
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Work for dole shoves all the risk on employers
1News: Despite thousands taking part in strike action this year, union membership continues to decrease
ACT
1News: ’Why are you relevant?’ - David Seymour grilled on Breakfast as he mulls an ACT Party rebrand
RNZ: Abolishing Māori seats ‘much more trouble than it’s worth’ - Bridges
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Removing the Māori seats: Simon Bridges asks, ‘Would it be worth it?’
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): National cautious on ACT's call to reduce MP numbers
Audrey Young (Herald): Act leader David Seymour signals old and new directions
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): David Seymour changes course
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): David Seymour’s Act Party is going nowhere
Audrey Young (Herald): David Seymour looking to take Act Party back to basics after years of failure
Laura Walters (Stuff): ACT goes back to basics after some soul searching
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): David Seymour admits stealing New Zealand First’s policy
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Seymour wants Māori seats abolished
Dan Satherley (Newshub): ACT unveils plan to cut Parliament to 100 MPs
Laura Walters (Stuff): ACT bill would see Parliament cut to 100 MPs
Herald: ACT leader David Seymour wants to slash number of MPs to 100, scrap Māori seats
Alex Braae (Spinoff): David Seymour says he wants to abolish Māori seats. Can he?
Greg Presland (The Standard): The end of ACT
Judith Collins’ fake news tweet
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Echoes of the past in Collins’ fake news row
Newshub: Judith Collins on why she won’t delete fake news tweet
Parliament
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Youthful leaders need to be saved from themselves
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Below the beltway
Mike Williams (Hawke’s Bay Today): Polls apart by some distance so pass me a grain of salt
KIwisaver
1News: Man with Down syndrome turns down donation offers, just wants early access to KiwiSaver
RNZ: Commissioner backs call to release KiwiSaver to man with Down syndrome
Tom Furley (RNZ): ’This is Tim’s money’: Call for change to KiwiSaver
Herald: Retirement Commissioner Diane Maxwell backs early access to KiwiSaver funds for Down Syndrome man Tim Fairhall
Foreign Affairs and trade
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): Australia’s immigration policies ‘profoundly discriminatory and racist’ toward Māori and Pasifika - former Human Rights Commissioner Gillian Triggs
RNZ: NZ foreign ministry shifts Pacific focus to Auckland
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Former NZ High Commissioner David Nicholson’s parting shot
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Beware the escalating trade war
Grant Bradley (Herald): The Apec squeeze: World leaders to take over Auckland
Stuff: Debt-dodging diplomat’s time in New Zealand is up, but money might yet be paid
Roger Fowler (Daily Blog): Sweden issues demands – but will Peters say anything?
Firefighting foam
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Firefighting foam: Multinational won’t release results
Laurel Stowell (Wanganui Chronicle): Ohakea group avoids contaminated water, waits for answers
Tema Hemi (Māori TV): Foam contamination found in Taranaki streams
Education
Simon Collins (Herald): School’s out: Teachers walk off the job over pay - what are they really worth?
1News: Families and employers prepare for teachers’ strike, as thousands set to walk off the job
Jessica Long (Stuff): Why New Zealand primary school teachers are striking for a day
Robert Steven (Stuff): More help needed in dealing with children’s behaviour issues, Taupō teachers planning to strike say
James Morris (Herald): Finest teachers needed to ensure students succeed
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Govt aims for foreign student surge despite enrolments drop
John McCaffery (Newsroom): Māori for all: He waka eke noa
Alison Mau (Stuff: Victoria University has a thing or two to learn about dealing with harassment complaints
Stuff: Victoria University student harassed by tutor: ‘University failed me’
Elena McPhee (ODT): Polytechnic $50m plan to go ahead
Alex Davies (Stuff): Are New Zealand’s universities too left wing?
Child welfare
RNZ: Systems needed to protect children from online porn, MP says
Newshub: Children’s Minister Tracey Martin plans online porn crackdown
Gambling
Colin Williscroft (Stuff): Disabled man loses $16,000 at Christchurch casino
Don Rowe (Spinoff): SkyCity’s bet on offshore online gambling lays bare the crapness of NZ’s law
Gender changes to birth certificates
Audrey Young (Herald): MPs recommend that gender changes to birth certificates be made easier for applicants
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): MPs recommend easier process to change sex on birth certificate
Stuff: Birth certificate gender changes ‘will protect trans people from being outed’
Newshub: Birth certificate gender amendment process focus of new Govt recommendations
Bridie Chetwin-Kelly (Newshub): Family First slams ‘disturbing’ birth certificate changes
Transport
RNZ: More calls to make seatbelts on buses mandatory
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): First Union slams slack bus maintenance standards
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Wellington bus passengers may refuse to pay fares in protest at new service
Housing
John Summers (North & South): The house that Norm built: The influence of Norman Kirk
Charlotte Graham-McLay (Stuff): New Zealand’s ban on foreigners buying homes set to start
1News: Economists warn Auckland housing market could suffer same price falls as some big Australian cities
Herald: Sydney house price drop: Could housing market in Auckland suffer similar hit?
Newshub: Don’t panic over falling Auckland house prices - housing expert
Dave Cull (ODT): Warm and cosy homes essential for everyone
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): The ‘shanty town’ of Wanaka
Treaty negotiations
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Ngāpuhi hui: ‘People went away feeling quite frustrated’
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Ngāpuhi hui: ‘People … want to see progress’ - Andrew Little
Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Māori TV): Ngāpuhi negotiations a priority for Little
Lois Williams (RNZ): Hapū leader warns Ngāpuhi row could be headed back to tribunal
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Ngāti Rangi settlement bill passes first reading
Local Government
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland councillors face election-year horror of setting own salaries
Sam Sherwood (Stuff):Council manager refuses random drug test over privacy concerns
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): Damian Light’s hopes for east Auckland
Building and construction
RNZ: Asian Construction Forum: ‘We wanted to bridge that gap’
1News: Foreign investors, workers look to solve NZ’s construction industry crisis
Media
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Could StuffWorks replace StuffMe
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): NZME shifts printing of Hawke’s Bay newspapers to Auckland
Haka
Peter Bills (Herald): Rugby: Is it time to blow full time on the All Black haka?
Joel Kulasingham (Herald): ‘It means a lot to this group’ - Steve Hansen defends the All Blacks haka
Newshub: RadioLIVE’s Sunday Sport discusses the relevance of the All Blacks haka
Brad Lewis (Newshub): All Blacks haka still has place in test rugby - Mils Muliaina
Other
Carmen Parahi (Stuff): Defence Force tells Minister to reject Nepata compensation claim
Rachel Graham (RNZ): Rescuing people ‘shouldn’t have a price’
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Tariana Turia: A dance and a motorbike ride
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diaries of Judith Collins and Jan Thomas
Morgan Godfery (Spinoff): The power struggle in the Māori Women’s Welfare League
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): An ode to free and responsible speech - it’s been a rough week for it
Bess Manson (Stuff): National Portrait - Ross Bell, the reformer
Māori TV: Tuku Morgan to stand down from Waikato River Authority
John Minto (Daily Blog): It’s time to regulate our big banking cartel
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Money laundering laws expanding to real estate sector
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): National MP Nicola Willis questions difference between gay conversion therapy and counselling
David Farrar: Should gay conversion therapy be banned?
Damien Grant (Stuff): What a person does with their genetic inheritance defines them
RNZ: Feedback sought on Pacific arts strategy draft