NZ Politics Daily - 31 July 2019
31 July 2019
Today's content
State care of children, Oranga Tamariki
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Not ‘all the white man’s fault’: Winston Peters on Māori grievances over tamariki care
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Dr Lance O’Sullivan ‘traumatised’ by death of abused baby under his care
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): A ‘vacuum’ for a Māori voice in Parliament?
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV): Community lays down wero - “There is a better life than drugs and alcohol, whānau”
1News: Former minister defends Oranga Tamariki as protest organisers explain push behind today’s hikoi
Tema Hemi (Māori TV): Marchers call for uplift halt - effective immediately
RNZ: Hundreds rally to call for change at Oranga Tamariki
Vita Molyneux and Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Marama Davidson condemns Oranga Tamariki uplifts as ‘trauma and abuse’
Newshub: Dame Tariana Turia opens up about her experience as a child taken by Oranga Tamariki, says restructure is vital
Thomas Coughlan and Damian George (Stuff): Oranga Tamariki- Ministry for Childen needs to stop child ‘uplifts’ right now, says Dame Tariana Turia
1News: ’Our babies are taken’ - hundreds protest outside Parliament calling for end to Oranga Tamariki uplifts of Māori children
Cleo Fraser and Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Crowds converge on Parliament calling for change at Oranga Tamariki
Herald: Not one baby more: Protesters at Parliament demand end to uplifts
Bonnie Sumner (Newsroom): ’Tears of our tupuna’ as Māori meet for change
John Gibb (ODT): Marchers call for family support first
Reuters: New Zealand’s indigenous Maori protest over ‘stolen children’
Indira Stewart (RNZ): First up: ’Bullying, harassment and illegal practices’ used to describe Oranga Tamariki
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Anna Leask (Herald): The death of Malcolm Bell: concerns raised, and a triple killer in the family (paywalled)
Anna Leask (Herald): Toddler murder: Oranga Tamariki contacted about Malcolm Bell’s welfare shortly before death (paywalled)
Ihumātao
Māori TV: Te Ao with Moana: Ihumātao - ‘The Crown will play divide and rule’, Dr Margaret Mutu
Māori TV: Te Ao with Moana: Ihumātao - ‘Don’t forget, the Crown caused this problem’, Moana Jackson
Māori TV: Te Ao with Moana: Ihumātao - ‘The system favours Pākehā outcomes’, Kingi Snelgar
Brian Rudman (Herald): Ihumātao solution staring us in the face (paywalled)
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Dear Ministers, Here’s A Solution For Ihumatao
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Ihumātao protest: Winston Peters critical of ‘imposters’ protesting
1News: Winston Peters hits back at ‘balderdash’ idea of strained relationship between Govt, Māori
1News: ’Get on and build some houses’ - Simon Bridges slams PM as interfering with Ihumātao progress
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Ihumātao: Protesters saddened Jacinda Ardern didn’t visit them
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Ihumātao reflects the zeitgeist of 2019 (paywalled)
Kendall Hutt and Ryan Anderson (Stuff): Ihumātao: Cook Islands royalty visits disputed site
Herald: Battle for Ihumātao: The key players involved as struggle enters second week
Matthew Rosenberg (Stuff): Ihumātao eviction protest: An occupation 150 years in the making
Tapu Misa (Herald): Who is Pania Newton? SOUL protest leader explains why she opposes Fletcher Building housing project at Ihumātao in Māngere
John Moore: Ihumātao – a rallying cry for disaffected Māori
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Ihumātao fiasco proves there’s no point in a Māori Party return
David Farrar: Ben Thomas on Ihumātao
National Party
Audrey Young (Herald): Bridges snubbed Todd Muller last time but could not ignore him in latest reshuffle (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Todd Muller promoted in National Party reshuffle, but climate change demoted
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Is Todd Muller's job promotion a climate demotion?
Richard Harman (Politik): Bridges promotes rival
Jason Walls (Herald): National’s Todd Muller given Nathan Guy’s primary sector portfolios, loses climate change
1News: Nathan Guy announces retirement from politics; fourth National MP this year
Jason Walls (Herald): Former Minister of Primary Industries and senior National MP Nathan Guy to step down
Henry Cooke (Stuff): National MP Nathan Guy retiring at next election
RNZ: National’s Ōtaki MP Nathan Guy to retire at next election
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): National’s Nathan Guy announces retirement from politics at 2020 election
David Farrar: Guy retires
No Right Turn: Good riddance
Q+A: Simon Bridges interviewed by Jack Tame (transcript)
Greens
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Green MP Marama Davidson’s pointless protests at Ihumātao, Oranga Tamariki child uplifts
1News: Q+A: National ‘pretty desperate’ for coalition partners, Greens co-leader James Shaw says
Q+A: James Shaw and Marama Davidson interviewed by Jack Tame (transcript)
Euthanasia
Graeme Edgeler: An unserious approach to law-making
Boris Jancic (Herald): Assisted dying bill returns to Parliament with uncertain future
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): David Seymour’s euthanasia bill back before Parliament today
1News: Strong support for legalising euthanasia in 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton Poll, as MPs set to thrash out details
Alex Braae (Spinoff): Cheat Sheet: David Seymour’s big push to get the numbers for euthanasia
David Farrar: End of Life amendments
Education
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Universities get a lesson in democratic freedom
Jason Walls (Herald): Universities have a ‘responsibility’ to encourage free speech: Education Minister Chris Hipkins
RNZ: AUT denies cancelling Tiananmen event over China govt pressure
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Hong Kong dispute over China’s extradition bill gets physical on University of Auckland campus
Lana Andelane (Newshub):Student scuffle breaks out at University of Auckland over controversial Hong Kong extradition bill
1News: Female activist knocked to the ground as Hong Kong, China tensions spill over at University of Auckland
Harrison Christian (Stuff): Scuffle at Auckland University over Hong Kong extradition bill
Samuel Mann (ODT): Disruptive innovation the name of the game
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Victoria University’s council ignores ‘name change by stealth’ criticism
Critic: Former OUSA Presidents Hit Up Harlene for CV References
Josephine Franks (Stuff): Teachers aren’t getting $1500 lump sum they expected
Josephine Franks (Stuff): Students and parents asked to wear green to support school principals
Stuart Smith and Priyanca Radhakrishnan (Stuff): Teacher training still lacking silver bullet
John Weekes (Stuff): Mum of child abuse victim backs bill to alert schools when sex offenders released
Foreign affairs and trade
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Simon Bridges won’t back down on part-time Prime Minister comments
Jo Moir (RNZ): Labour hits back at Bridges over Tokelau criticism
Henry Cooke (Stuff): ’Part-time PM’ attack from Simon Bridges ‘desperate Australian dirty politics’, says Grant Robertson
1News: Bridges ‘desperate and disrespectful’ after labelling Ardern 'part-time PM' - Robertson
Derek Cheng (Herald): Grant Robertson suggests Bridges’ PM criticism has ‘sexist overtone’
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Simon Bridges accused of ‘disrespectful’, ‘sexist’ remarks over Jacinda Ardern’s Tokelau visit
Newstalk ZB: Bridges accused of ‘sexist undertone’ after ‘part time PM' jab
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Bridges sexist for calling out PM? I don't think so
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Simon Bridges weird attack on Jacinda suggests the Right wing of NZ has no comprehension of the Realm of NZ
1News: Simon Bridges unloads on Jacinda Ardern, calls her a ‘part-time PM’ for visiting Tokelau during Ihumātao protests
Derek Cheng (Herald): ’Part-time PM’: Simon Bridges attacks Jacinda Ardern over Tokelau trip
RNZ: Ihumātao: Simon Bridges slams PM for timing of Tokelau trip
Mike Hosking (Herald): Why has Jacinda Ardern gone overseas yet again?
1News: Jacinda Ardern joins in traditional dance as she is farewelled from Tokelau
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Winston Peters says a NZ-US free trade agreement is step closer to becoming a reality as US understands the ‘theatre’ playing out in the Pacific
Point of Order: The omens are promising for a US-NZ free trade agreement – but our PM must meet with Trump
RNZ: Australia looks to further tighten visa requirements
Referendums Framework Bill
Derek Cheng (Herald): National says transfer of power from Parliament to Ministers ‘outrageous’
No Right Turn: The referendum bill
Primary and extractive industries
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Oil giant OMV urged to consider ‘obligations to humanity’ before drilling off NZ coast
Jono Edwards (ODT): Hearings a farce, environmentalists say
RNZ: Protesters want climate change raised at OMV resource consent hearing
Glen Bennett (Stuff): Renewable goal a useful tool to wean off coal and gas
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Cows in mud: Images stir up cropping concerns once more
Brent Melville (ODT): Warning sounded over Nait data
Geoff Gwyn (Herald): Eradicate: A tough call on M.bovis
Brent Melville (ODT): Removing pesticide products would cost billions: report
Brent Melville (ODT): Horticulture NZ wants EPA to streamline the pesticide approval process
Laura Mills (Greymouth Star):Injunction bid against Westland Milk Chinese buyout
Bill Bennett (Herald): Target: One Billion Trees
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Danone to cut carbon emissions at Balclutha plant to zero
Environment and conservation
Boris Jancic (Herald): Conversation needed about genetic engineering: Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor
Evan Harding (Southland Times): Environment Southland ‘neglected’ Waituna Lagoon, says Forest & Bird
Eric Crampton (Newroom): Stopping our plastic going on an OE
Danielle Clent (Suff): Auckland Council won’t prosecute after waste dumped down drain at Sephora opening
Jennifer Eder (Stuff): Long marine farm consent terms queried in Marlborough Sounds
Luke Kirkness (Herald): Plastic bag ban: Number of complaints about illegal usage revealed (paywalled)
Mike Watson (Stuff): A passion for tourism and nature: why there’s no such thing as a lone ranger at the Department of Conservation
Operation Burnham inquiry
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Operation Burnham inquiry: How the SAS determined Afghan targets to be killed
RNZ: Operation Burnham: List of insurgents not a kill list - NZDF
Housing
Katarina Williams (Stuff):First Wellington KiwiBuild apartments up for sale, with future developments likely
Isaac Davison (Herald): Shanty town outside Central City Library removed by council and police
1News: Wellington council’s rental property warrant of fitness a well-intentioned flop say landlords
Duncan Garner (Newshub): The Government needs a landlord strategy
RNZ: Building consents hit record high in Auckland
1News: Home consents in Auckland grow to record high level
Deena Coster (Taranaki Daily News): Influx of interest in Waitara leasehold sections - but fears some residents are being priced out
RNZ: Chop Wellington golf course for houses - mayoral candidate
1News: Canterbury man taking on the Government over tiny home classification that could see him lose property
Health
Nicholas Jones (Herald): ’The middle of the epidemic’: how New Zealand’s diabetes response failed (paywalled)
Tema Hemi (Māori TV): Deputy PM calls out National’s cancer agency proposal
Russell Willis (Stuff): Please have your say on the medicinal cannabis scheme
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): High-emitting NZ health sector urged to cut back on carbon
Michelle Glass and John Ashton (The Conversation): Potential cost to patient safety as NZ debates access to medicinal cannabis
Denise Piper (Stuff): Meningococcal disease: mother wants vaccine to be free for all
Jono Edwards (ODT): Many failings in water supply standards are technicalities: ORC
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard):Hospital investment continues despite deficit\
Georgia Forrester (Stuff): Dr Lance O’Sullivan trying to make healthcare as easy as ordering Maccas
Emma Cropper (Newshub): Drive-thru doctors to modernise ‘out of date’ NZ practices
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David Hill (ODT): Cross-party mental health group to be launched
Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): Mental health and addiction sector hopeful funding will provide change
Hannah Martin (Stuff): NZ mental health workers prepare to strike over ‘unsafe’ conditions
Emily O’Connell and Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): District Health Board psychologists begin five-week strike
Local government
Blair Ensor (Stuff): Government watchdog set to monitor troubled Westland District Council
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): High Court orders Napier City Council to stop work on $41 million pool complex
Tom Dillane (Herald): Auckland Council sends ‘concept’ proposal to Government to aid businesses facing ruin from City Rail Link construction
RNZ: City Rail Link hardship fund for businesses considered by Government
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Auckland Mayor Phil Goff flags financial help for businesses affected by Auckland’s $4.4 billion City Rail Link
Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Auckland City Rail Link: Albert St shop owners get back-up in fight for payouts
Mitch McCann (Newshub): Phil Twyford to decide whether Auckland businesses impacted by City Rail Link will receive compensation
1News: Nikki Kaye vows to keep fighting for Auckland business owners hit by City Rail Link work
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Christchurch mayor Lianne Dalziel seeks third term: ‘There is much we need to do’
Virginia Fallon (Stuff): Porirua City’s bilingual signage costs nearly $30k in consultant’s and designer’s fees
Rikihana Smallman (Waikato Times): Elected member butts heads with council staff
Tax
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Trump threat shows proposed extra tax on internet giants ‘just not worth it’
David Hargreaves (Interest): BNZ chief economist: Govt decision to can any Capital Gains Tax has not reignited investor interest in house buying
Andrea Black: Source country taxation, the environment and oil rigs
Thomas Pippos (Stuff): An inconvenient truth about tax in New Zealand
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Inland Revenue hits ‘significant milestone’ as refunds paid to 1.3 million people
Insurance
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Are banks selling us ‘junk insurance’?
Susan Edmunds and Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Insurance: What do you really need?
Firearms
1News: National wanting to stop gang members from holding firearms licences
James Fyfe (Newshub): ’Incredibly concerning’: Shocking number of guns stolen from unattended vehicles
Christchurch mosque shootings
Conan Young (RNZ):Watch: Christchurch mosque shooting victim says Mecca trip will ‘go a long way’
Cate Broughton (Press): Certainty for some Christchurch terror attack victims wanting to make NZ home
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Christchurch mosque shooting: Immigration NZ issues 200 emergency visitor visas to family members
Katie Fitzgerald and Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Councillor says Government’s help for Linwood businesses not enough
Annabelle Tukia (Newshub): New support offer to Christchurch businesses affected by attacks comes too late as owners shut their doors
Other
Reuters: Five Eyes, including New Zealand, calls for law enforcement access to encrypted data
1News: Winston Peters lashes out at ‘biased’ 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll after NZ First drops nearly two per cent
Maria Slade (Spinoff): Revealed: the regulatory hole that sees fatal truck crashes escape investigation
Collette Devlin (Stuff): More spies sees Customs seize more than $1 billion worth of drugs in six months
Andrea Fox (Herald): KiwiRail appoints new board members but doesn’t tell public (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Breaking up is hard to do
Dominion Post Editorial: Joyce not alone in struggling to make ends meet on plenty of money
Emily Brooke (Stuff): Jehan Casinader is taking his turn as Breakfast host very seriously
John Lewis (ODT): Woman has to leave NZ
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): Family of killed sky diver Tyler Nii fear no one will be held accountable
1News: Pike River Recovery Agency starts four-week process to remove barrier
Eric Crampton: Haidt comes to the Outside of the Asylum.