NZ Politics Daily - 12 December 2018
12 December 2018
Today's content
‘Every Four Minutes’ Report on family violence, justice, name suppression
Derek Cheng (Herald): New Zealand lacks comprehensive strategy to counter family violence - new report
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): ’Every 4 minutes’ report on domestic violence prevention presented to Government
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Protecting children from family violence will prevent them perpetrating it later - report
Jo Moir (RNZ): Domestic violence found in all communities - report
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Colonisation trauma linked to family violence - Report
Andy Fyers (Stuff): Most victims of violent crime in New Zealand are women
Michele A’Court (RNZ): The things we do to keep ourselves safe
Liam Martin (Herald): Prison numbers are dropping but home detention is too harsh
Derek Cheng (Herald): Grace Millane case: Justice Minister Andrew Little calls for international media to stop naming murder-accused
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Andrew Little’s plea to British media
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Breaching Grace Millane murder accused’s name suppression could mean her killer walks free - Justice Minister
Jamie Ensor (Stuff): Grace Millane: PM Jacinda Ardern won’t support Millane’s alleged killer being granted secrecy
Derek Cheng (Herald): PM: Name suppression laws not about to change
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Justice Minister Andrew Little urges British media to ensure justice for Grace Millane
Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Name suppression appeals
Deena Coster (Stuff): Talks underway to bring iwi justice panels to Taranaki
Sam Hurley (Herald): Mystery doctor gives evidence in inquest into Kiwi’s Samoan prison death
Sam Hurley (Herald): Samoan Government refuses to disclose evidence over Kiwi’s prison death, but NZ doctor had documents
Anneke Smith (RNZ): NZer found dead in Samoan jail may have been forced into drum
Child welfare, state care, poverty
David Fisher (Herald): No change to law protecting children despite coroner’s urging to close ‘loophole’
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Police inquiry into teacher-student relationship deficient - IPCA
Jamie Ensor and Michael Morrah (Newshub): Police investigation into inappropriate teacher-student relationship ‘flawed’ - IPCA
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): IPCA finds investigation deficient
Herald: Children’s Commissioner Andrew Becroft says porn most concerning issue for young people
No Right Turn: A convenient failure
RNZ: Child poverty reduction bill will help cut number of deprived children - PM
Ian Shirley (Briefing Papers): At last – A fundamental shift in social policy
MIchelle Duff (Stuff): 10,000 child removal orders in five years: Is this system working?
MIchelle Duff (Stuff): The number of newborn babies removed from their parents is rising
MIchelle Duff (Stuff): Catherine loves her kids, but they will never be in her custody again
MIchelle Duff (Stuff): They learn to recognise the whiff of a p-house: Life as a social worker
MIchelle Duff (Stuff): Jess, Gabriel and Dad
Medicinal cannabis bill passed
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Medicinal cannabis law great for drug dealers and Helen Kelly
Anna Whyte (1News): People in palliative care will have legal defence for using marijuana after Parliament passes medicinal cannabis bill
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Medicinal cannabis bill passes, with regulated market promised within a year and a legal defence until then
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Parliament passes medicinal cannabis Bill, promises regulated market and legal defence
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Medicinal cannabis bill passes third reading
RNZ: Medicinal cannabis bill passes final hurdle in Parliament
Eleaor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand passes laws to make medical marijuana widely available
Nic Beets (Newsroom): Cannabis: make it legal, don’t make it pay
Health
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Communities in $40m obesity prevention scheme ‘not doing any better’
Lois Williams (RNZ): 5000 people vaccinated in Northland for men-W
Herald: Consumer NZ report shows most sunscreens not living up to label claims
Southland Times Editorial: Dementia village an answer to mounting need
Astrid Austin (Hawkes Bay Today): Mental health nurse remains off work after Hawke’s Bay choking incident at Hawke’s Bay Hospital
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Funding hospitals limits early suicide prevention (interview)
ODT: Swift action wanted on GP shortage
Alice Angeloni (Stuff): Man refused hip surgery told to talk to iwi - look at retraining, come back in a year
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Georgie Ferris’ weight dropped to 33kg - now she wants to help other EDS sufferers avoid the factitious disorder label
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Napier’s dirty water blamed on maintenance work
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Innovative cancer research gets a $600k leg up from Kiwi Freemasons
Ben Strang (RNZ): Former cop left waiting for months for post-traumatic stress payout
Yvonne O’Hara (ODT): Mental health services access key
1News: Grateful heart transplant recipient pleads for Kiwis to have the ‘donor’ chat with their families this Christmas
Bob McCoskrie: Overwhelming Opposition Confirmed On Assisted Suicide Bill
Salvation Army State of our Communities report
RNZ: Towns throughout NZ worried about drugs and housing crisis
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Salvation Army report reveals ‘massive issues’ with drugs, racial tensions
Government
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Treasury concerned over Shane Jones’ spending, but he signed off millions anyway
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Shane Jones ‘handing out cash’ like Pablo Escobar - National
Jason Walls (Herald): Ministers ordered to cut low-priority spending in preparation for next year’s Budget
Point of Order: The reports are coming in – and they bring fresh challenges for the Ardern Govt
Waitara Lands Bill
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Long-running land dispute at Waitara close to resolution
Taranaki Maori Women’s Network: To: Members of the New Zealand Parliament: Re: The New Plymouth District Council (Waitara Lands) Bill
Housing
RNZ: Checkpoint: MSD ordered to wipe debt of seriously ill beneficiary
RNZ: Twyford: KiwiBuild boss’ absence an unwelcome distraction
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Housing Minister Phil Twyford confirms KiwiBuild head hasn’t been at work for weeks
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Twyford refuses to comment further on KiwiBuild boss Stephen Barclay
1News: Public deserves to know what’s going on as Kiwibuild boss remains absent from work – Simon Bridges
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Letting fees come to an end
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Officials warn tenants could take impact of end of tax breaks for landlords
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Letting fee ban could make renting more expensive
Foreign affairs and trade
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): US warning to New Zealand on China
Don McKinnon (Herald): Huawei ban shows limits of China’s influence
Stephen Hoadley (Stuff): Could the South China Sea be a flashpoint that could ignite a US-China war?
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): China looms large ahead of Peters’ US trip
Jason Walls (Herald): Foreign Minister Winston Peters to meet with US Vice President Mike Pence this week
Michael Reddell: Human rights, Helen Clark, and the PRC
Dominion Post Editorial: A safer route for migrants could be a risky one for politicians
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): If you’re afraid of the United Nations, you’re afraid of ghosts
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Government decision on signing United Nations migration pact delayed further
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): Should New Zealand sign a new international agreement on migration?
Environment and conservation
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): ’We speak out at our peril’: Science on water quality has been ignored, scientist says
Steve Urlich (Stuff): A shot of cash can help save our natural capital
Paul Callister, Deirdre Kent and Robert McLachlan (Stuff): There’s no easy way to cut aviation emissions, except by flying less
David Williams (Newsroom): What Canterbury’s water-bottling case tells us
Paul Gorman (Stuff): Court decides industrial consents not to be used for water bottling
Katie Todd (RNZ): Court victory for opponents of water bottling plant in Christchurch
RNZ: Community group loses appeal against poison drop
Tom Furley (RNZ): Iconic Waitakere track may reopen this summer
Jenny Suo (1News): Upgrades made to West Auckland track will handle walkers without spreading kauri dieback - council
Jennifer Eder (Stuff): Yealands Wines founder Peter Yealands pleads guilty to polluting stream
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Waimea Dam to aid eels on journey to Pacific - scientist
Andrew McRae (RNZ): Pet dogs trained to sniff out invasive fish species
Education
Peter Lyons (ODT): Education reforms chance to bring back fairness to system
Adele Redmond (Stuff): 800 overseas teachers ready for schools to hire for 2019, Ministry of Education says
Dennis Slade (Stuff): St Kentigern College lacks ethics in sporting arms race
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Bill proposes one of 10 ‘priority’ languages be taught in primary schools
Henry Cooke (Stuff):Labour will support National bill on language classes at primary school
Jason Walls (Herald): NZ First will be the only party in Parliament to oppose National’s ‘own’ language policy
Zane Small (Newshub): Should schools reinforce second languages? New Zealand First doesn't think so
David Farrar: Government to support Kaye bill on second languages
Audrey Young (Herald): Asia NZ Foundation welcomes chance for NZ to make decisions about language learning
Brian Rudman (Herald): Christmas issues strike our schools
Geoff Lewis (Stuff): Wintec’s central Hamilton site ripe for redevelopment
George Block (ODT): Scarfies buy Starters Bar
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Otago University Students’ Association buys Dunedin pub
Transport, roading
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Time to change NZTA review
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Trucks, buses also drawn into dodgy WOF saga
Katie Fitzgerald (Newsroom): Auckland Transport gets approval for 30km/h speed limits, but AA isn’t happy
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Car regos: the winners and the losers from ACC change
1News: Rego costs will change from mid-2019 - will you pay more or less?
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Air New Zealand strikes extended to three days before Christmas
Newshub: Air New Zealand strike extends to three days in the lead up to Christmas
RNZ: Air NZ engineers vote to strike for three days next week
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): Industry welcomes resignation of NZ Transport Agency boss
No Right Turn: Accountability
Alex Loo (Stuff): Route for Ōtaki to north of Levin expressway revealed
Gary Farrow (Stuff): Extension of expressway from Cambridge to Piarere won’t happen within a decade
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Who says we all want more cycle ways?
RNZ: Major disruptions to Auckland train services today
David Farrar: How much the Government gets for you to fill up your car
KiwiSaver
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Minister Kris Faafoi seeks advice on KiwiSaver changes for people with life-shortening conditions
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Government looks to right ‘unfairness’ highlighted by Down syndrome KiwiSaver
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): KiwiSaver providers field self-harm threats from those who want early access to their money
Local government
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Lower Hutt pool stayed open despite quake risk
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Council kept Lower Hutt pool open for months knowing it was a quake risk
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Iwi gutted council snubs them for homeless contract
Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Water quality whitewash? Auckland mayor under fire over clean beaches claim
Stuff: Horizons chairman Bruce Gordon hits out at his own council
Virginia Fallon (Stuff): Debt-laden Kāpiti council’s investment plan ‘unusual’, auditor-general cautions
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Rotorua flooding: Serious council oversights highlighted
Logan Church (RNZ): Some Kaikōura residents ‘disgusted’ at decision to move properties
Parliament
Victoria University of Wellington (Newsroom): Women MPs reveal death threats, bullying and harassment
Bill Ralston (Listener): The bullying allegations show that Parliament needs transparency
Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): Parliament’s collaborative committees
Year in review
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Environment, Facebook, free speech among big issues of 2018
Russell Brown: Public Address Word of the Year 2018
Ngāpuhi Treaty claims
Mikaela Collins (Herald): Hapū reject evolved Ngāpuhi mandate but still have concerns
RNZ: Wahine to have greater role in Ngāpuhi negotiations
Primary industries
Angie Skerrett (Newshub): Call for national plan for improved water storage
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Needle found in strawberry in Timaru supermarket
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Fonterra to reward and punish farmers over animal welfare and environment
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Farmers want to cut emissions but don’t know how, report finds
Angie Skerrett (Newshub): Banking survey shows more farmers feel under financial pressure
Angie Skerrett (Newshub): ‘Like a cup of cold sick': Nathan Guy's attack on suggested farmers tax
Christmas
1News: ’Māori Santa’ set to appear at Wellington Christmas event after crowdfunding effort
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): More than 3000 people interested in bringing Māori Santa to Wellington
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Christmas glitter, tinsel and ‘pointless plastic’ an environmental danger
1News: Christchurch SPCA urgently needs your help to house animals during busy Christmas period
Herald: The Grinch who stole Christmas: Auckland Council ban pair from selling Christmas trees
Fireworks petition
1News: Should private fireworks be banned? Petition with 18k signatures presented
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Petition to ban private sale of fireworks presented to parliament
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Nearly 18,000 people sign private fireworks ban petition
Media
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Stuff: the media monster no one wants to own
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): NZ inquiry needed into Google and Facebook
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Health Promotion Agency spends big on Facebook
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): News media should be a champion of free and open debate
Other
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Statistics NZ pushes Census 2018 deadline further as issues continue
Chris Hutching (Stuff): No let up in foreign investment despite tighter rules
ODT Editorial: Out of touch educated elites
Sarah Templeton (Newshub): Kiwi woman launches ‘safe dating’ forum for women
David Farrar: NZ still top for freedom
Jane Bowron (Stuff): The joys of being young again, now that I’ve changed my identity
Tracy Neal (RNZ): A step too far: Great Walks fall out of favour with overseas tourists
Māori TV: Ngāi Tahu tourism boss receives PM’s award
RNZ: Gondola proposed as a traffic solution for Queenstown
Steve Hepburn (ODT): Lack of paid admin adds to club pressures: survey
Gavin Evans (BusinessDesk): Greater transparency sought in gas sector
Colin Williscroft (Stuff): Steel and rubble removal to kick-start Christ Church Cathedral rebuild
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Call for law society resignations after members veto sale
1News: Government allocates $600,000 to racecourses nationwide to improve safety
ODT: Funds boost safety of race tracks in South
Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): New bottle shop proposal could take Rangiora’s off-licence tally to 11