NZ Politics Daily - 19 October 2018
19 October 2018
Today's content
National Party
David Fisher (Herald): National candidate speaks out over harassment by rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): National officials must answer for Ross ‘cover-up’
Herald: Harassed woman allegedly signed confidentiality agreement in Jami-Lee Ross case
RNZ: Checkpoint: National aware of Jami-Lee Ross grievances for years
Dan Satherley (Newshub): MPs too ‘busy’ to figure out what Jami-Lee Ross was doing - Judith Collins
Collette Devlin and Henry Cooke (Stuff): National Party president Peter Goodfellow ‘signed confidentiality agreement’ with woman
Herald: Paula Bennett says ‘incredibly brave’ women spoke out on National Party MP Jami-Lee Ross
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Women claim senior MP abused them in MeToo moment for New Zealand politics
1News: Simon Bridges speaks out on Jami-Lee Ross bullying allegations - ‘gutted about this story and everything that it’s about'
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Bridges on fresh allegations against Ross: ‘I’m gutted’
Newsroom: National MPs shocked by women’s Ross allegations
Lucy Bennett (Herald): National MPs ‘shocked’ at Jami-Lee Ross’ behaviour, still back Simon Bridges
Morgan Tait (Spinoff): In NZ politics, do expenses leaks matter more than sexual harassment?
Andrew Geddis (RNZ): Ross v Bridges: Nothing to be won, and a whole lot to be lost
Tze Ming Mok (Herald): Here is the big deal about Bridges’ ‘Chinese' donations
Branko Marcetic (Spinoff): The Ross v Bridges affair is a kick up the arse on Chinese state influence in NZ
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Calls for inquiry into foreign influence
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Soooooooo about China trying to, you know, buy 2 MPs
David Hargreaves (Interest): If we want to get something positive out of this week’s National Party meltdown, we should urgently consider changes to the way our political parties are funded
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): The Jami-Lee Ross saga - what happens next?
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Simon Bridges could have avoided the mire that National finds itself in
David Farrar: What if there had been no leak inquiry?
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Bridges and team put on a show, but it’s not agricultural or pastoral
ODT Editorial: Rural resolve could tame circus
Jane Clifton (Listener): Jami-Lee Ross’ deeply ugly practice of taping could still snare Simon Bridges
Graham Adams (Noted): National’s extraordinary anniversary gift to the government
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Losers abound in a bad week for NZ politics
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jami-Lee Ross saga will continue with more planned releases and serious allegations levelled against him
Matthew Hooton (Herald): No evidence of wobbly Simon Bridges
Jason Walls (Herald): Deputy PM Winston Peters says he has ‘never seen a meltdown like this’ in his political career
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): Hell has no fury like a comb-back spurned and kicked out of caucus
Newshub: ’Like Netflix on meth’: Tau Henare gives his thoughts on Bridges v Ross
Simon Louisson: No smoking gun but plenty of sunlight from Bridges tape
Luke Kirkness (Herald): Media expert suggests Simon Bridges could sue Jami-Lee Ross for damages
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Texts between Jami-Lee Ross and Greg Hamilton revealed
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Jami-Lee Ross releases ‘donation’ text messages between him and National Party general manager Greg Hamilton
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jami-Lee Ross releases text message exchange with National Party’s Greg Hamilton
Newshub: Read Jami-Lee Ross’ texts to Greg Hamilton about $100,000 donation
Newsroom: Ross releases donation texts with National
David Farrar: An even bigger fizzer
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Ross recording exposes ‘cash for candidacy’ policy - Peters
Derek Cheng (Herald): National Party denies cash-for-candidates policy
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Wanna choose a National Party MP? This 'auction' is for you
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Who is Zhang Yikun, the alleged donor of $100,000 to National?
Blair Ensor and Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Chinese businessman Yukin Zhang ‘disappointed’ in being named in Jami-Lee Ross scandal
Herald: Chinese millionaire Yikun Zhang ‘disappointed’ at being thrust into Jami-Lee Ross scandal
1News: Chinese businessman at centre of National Party $100k donation controversy ‘disappointed’ with situation
RIchard Harman (Politik): National moves to counter ethnic backlash
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Indian Association demands apology from Simon Bridges for ‘Indian vs Chinese’ comments
Arvind Kumar, Marlene Singh and Imogen Neale (Stuff): Jami-Lee Ross’ comments about Indians go ‘against the very core of multi ethnic society’
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): National’s Asian MPs defend Simon Bridges’ comments
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): National MPs address Bridges’ race-based comments
Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): One Indian Worth More Than Bridges’ & Ross’ Brainpower Combined
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): How many Maureen Pughs is one Chinese worth?
1News: Winston Peters’ verbal jab at National’s Maureen Pugh in Parliament was ‘not an offensive comment,' Speaker says
Colin Williscroft (Stuff): The woman behind the headlines: Who is National MP Maureen Pugh?
Lee Scanlon (RNZ): ’Bridges was pretty distraught about the whole episode’ - Maureen Pugh
1News: MP responds to National leader after he called her ‘f*****g useless’ in secret recording
Point of Order: Who’s Pugh? An MP who graciously responds to disparagement and has a mum to champion her
Emily Writes (Spinoff): Maureen Pugh’s mum and the power of unconditional love
Matt Brown (Stuff): Leading questions in Jami-Lee Ross’s secret recording shows ‘endgame’ plan - MP
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Jami-Lee Ross scandal tops even the worst of Australian politics - David Farrar
David Farrar: The terrible personal cost
Michael Neilson (Herald): ’It’s a real shame’: Botany voters drop support for Jami-Lee Ross following allegations
1News: Jami-Lee Ross saga makes headlines overseas
RNZ: National bombshell allegations make headlines across world
Alice Webb-LIddall (Newshub): National Party meltdown makes international headlines
Financial Times: China donations claims throw NZ politics into turmoil
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Opinion: All of this is why I chose not to have any other MPs
Newshub: Gerry Brownlee’s top spring gardening tips revealed
Education and child welfare
Phil Pennington (RNZ): No report by Catholic college into abuse claims
Tess Brunton (RNZ): School name has ‘huge effect psychologically’
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Education bill passing signals end of ‘privatisation and deregulation’
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Principals worried by teacher shortage forecast
RNZ: Secondary school teacher shortage looks set to get worse
Simon Collins (Herald): Auckland high schools face 10% teacher shortfall within seven years
Simon Collins (Herald): McAuley High School principal hires employment lawyer as school waits for ministry decision
Simon Collins (Herald): University of Auckland Vice-Chancellor Stuart McCutcheon to step down
Blanton Smith adn Leighton Keith (Stuff): International students killed in crash mourned at tertiary institutes
MSD under review
Newshub: Ministry of Social Development’s ‘cruel’ investigations under review
Sarah Robson (RNZ): MSD reviews how it investigates benefit fraud
Housing
Derek Cheng (Herald): Rise in hardship benefits due to lack of cheap housing
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): More New Zealanders receiving hardship assistance
Joanne Holden (Stuff): New state house opened in Timaru as part of state home project
Astrid Austin (Hawkes Bay Today): New, but empty: Napier Housing NZ home needed 24-7 security guard
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): First-home buyers: You’ve actually got it pretty good
DOC rangers killed in crash
RNZ: Wanaka crash: DOC workers ‘pioneers’ in conservation
ODT: ’We just lost so much’: Tribute to Doc ranger killed in crash
ODT: Wanaka, Doc stunned by crash ‘tragedy’
Stuff: DOC ranger Paul Hondelink killed in Wanaka helicopter crash
RNZ: DOC staff killed in helicopter crash near Wanaka Airport
1News: ’Our hearts go out to the families,’ says DOC after triple-fatal Wanaka helicopter crash
Environment and conservation
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Water samples toxic at auckland airbase
Amy Baker (Stuff): Testing shows water contamination near Whenuapai air base
Jamie Morton (Herald): Home fires, exhaust fumes, blight NZ’s air quality
RNZ: NZ air pollution report: Heat sources a persistent problem
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Wood-burners key pollutant new air pollution report finds
RNZ: Unwanted walking track carved on sacred pā site
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): 20-metre path carved through historical Māori pā site in Auckland
Michael Daly (Stuff): Department of Conservation hits out at ‘fake news’ around use of 1080 poison
Skara Bohny (Stuff): Last minute petition against the Waimea dam an ‘act of desperation’ says organiser
Annette Lambly (Stuff): Northland soaring wild pig population causing major conservation concerns
Skara Bohny (Stuff): Citizen scientists called on to help protect endangered dolphins in top of the south
Farah Hancock (Stuff): Billion trees drive could threaten mānuka industry
Logan Savory (ODT): Residents rally to oppose cat ban
Tax
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Michael Cullen says legislate capital gains tax before election
BusinessDesk: Govt raises GST threshold for online shopping
RNZ: Tax change to soften online GST price impact
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Trade Me forced into new role as tax collector for its foreign sellers
Employment
Gordon Campbell: On Labour’s backdown over the Hobbit law (and Jami-Lee Ross)
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Revealed: How much NZ’s top bosses are paid
Business Advisory Council named
John Anthony (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern names Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council members
RNZ: Business advisory body experts named
1News: Diverse group of leaders named to advise Government on pumping up the economy
Petrol prices
Brian Fallow (Herald): How petrol prices will hit home
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Low cost petrol stations’ expansion south to Wellington welcomed by transport industry
Health
Herald: ’Socially irresponsible’ - advertising authority rules against anti-vax billboard
Danielle Clent (Stuff): 146 complaints about anti-vaccination billboard upheld by advertising watchdog
Newshub: Anti-vaccination advert should never have gone up - billboard company
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): Should public spaces be smoke-free?
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Gender confirmation surgeries cap lifted
RNZ: ACC jobs could be at risk with new automatic system
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Christchurch Hospital plumbing audit may require pipe replacement
Sue Dudman (Herald): Whanganui Hospital ranked last in New Zealand Resident Doctors’ Association annual Hospital Review
Herald: Evidence increasing over ultra-fine particulate matter being a threat to health
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom): ’Brown haze’ making Kiwis sick
Luke Appleby (1News): Language barrier stopped refugee mum-of-three, who died suddenly, from getting mental health support
Auckland
Todd Niall (Stuff): There’s no such thing as a free stadium, however iconic its design
Simon Wilson (Herald): The best stadium proposal yet deserves the best political leadership yet
Herald Editorial: Bold stadium plan a second chance for city
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Aucklanders being asked to support a $1.8 billion stadium on the waterfront
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): $1.8 billion stadium plan revealed
Todd Niall (Stuff): Plans for $1.8 billion Auckland waterfront stadium unveiled
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Consortium reveals plans for Eden Park replacement
1News: Consortium proposing 50,000 seat stadium on Auckland’s waterfront at zero cost to tax and ratepayers
Newshub: Auckland waterfront stadium: Consortium unveils ‘exciting’, 'ambitious' new proposal
Christopher Reive (Herald): What sports will fill Auckland’s new Waterfront Stadium?
Paul Miller (Herald): Auckland needs a fast train, not a tram, to its airport
Brian Rudman (Herald): Join the dots on the bus — it’s not a pretty picture
Stuff: Sewage leak closes popular Waiheke Island beach ahead of long weekend
Local government
Sue Dudman (Whanganui Chronicle): Unrepentant Horizons chairman Bruce Gordon says his $97,000 vehicle will ultimately benefit ratepayers
Paul Mitchell (Stuff): Horizons Regional Council chairman defends having expensive official car
Tom Hunt and Thomas Manch (Stuff): Councillor’s resignation letter says Wellington mayor threatened to strip portfolios
Laura Dooney (RNZ): Council pushes ahead for $32m cycleway
Colin Williscroft (Stuff): Christchurch stadium investment not on district councils’ agendas
Samantha Motion (Bay of Plenty Times): Tauranga City councillors clash with prostitutes over home-based sex worker cap
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): By-election on the cards as councillor swaps Marlborough for Melbourne
Jono Edwards (ODT): Revealed: ORC has eye on Anzac Ave site
Other
Paul Dalziel (Stuff): Wellbeing Budget must support businesses to contribute to people’s lives
Brian Easton (Pundit): What is the Significance of a Big Government Fiscal Surplus?
Newshub: NZ First Member’s Bill would force migrants to wait 20 years before getting super
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Debt collection industry on notice about misleading tactics
Morgan Godfery: Withdraw now and wait until 2020, OTS warns Ngāpuhi hapū
Mark Jennings and Tim Murphy (Newsroom): MediaRoom: Is MediaWorks in play?
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Channel Three owner MediaWorks reportedly circled by Aussie advertising firm QMS
RNZ: Derek Handley challenged for Sky TV board re-election
Muriel Newman: The Dangers of Judicial Activism
Anthony Willy: Interventionist judges
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): New right-wing political party faces uphill battle to make its mark
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Fake news site uses Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to promote bitcoin
Damien Venuto (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s face used in Bitcoin spam
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The facts show the anti-car idealogues don’t have a clue
Northern Advocate: Coffin to provide safety reminder to motorists travelling through Whangārei this weekend
Melanie Earley (Stuff): Takanini or Takaanini? Auckland Transport’s new sign leaves commuters confused
RNZ: Wellington bus strike begins next week
1News: Civil Defence ramping up earthquake preparedness drills with Shakedown now an annual event
Māori TV: Te Arawa museum taonga shifting to storage
Brent Clothier (Stuff): Many ways for our crop growers to adapt to climate change
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Marks & Spencer weave NZ’s troubled wool into new line