NZ Politics Daily - 10 March 2020
10 March 2020
Today's content
Coronavirus
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Questions remain over Govt’s coronavirus response
RNZ: Covid-19: NZ must ramp up containment, professor says
1News: 'Now's the time for maximum action' - Health expert calls for ramp up of containment against coronavirus
John Gibb (ODT): Virus managed well in NZ: professor
Jason Walls (Herald): 'Weather the storm': PM Jacinda Ardern announces new Covid-19 coronavirus quarantine powers for officials
Zane Small (Newshub): Medical officers given power to quarantine ships as travel restrictions extended
Stuff: Medical officers given power to quarantine entire vessels, aircraft
1News: 'Let's pool the resources' - Ardern asks National Party to cooperate in tackling coronavirus challenges
Jason Walls (Herald): 'Drive-through' Covid-19 clinics being considered by Govt
Brittney Deguara (Stuff): Coronavirus: Lab workers planning strike, despite Ministry of Health promising to up testing
Jason Walls (Herald): Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield 'disappointed' Apex union is leveraging Covid-19
Lana Andelane (Newshub): APEX union lab workers to strike in labs testing for COVID-19, Ministry of Health 'disappointed'
Jason Walls (Herald): 54 hospital staff in self-isolation after contact with 'probable' case
RNZ: Checkpoint: Lance O'Sullivan pushes for container clinics to fight Covid-19
Leigh-Marama McLachlan, (RNZ): Mixed feelings on marae as quarantine area in Covid-19 outbreak
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Yvette McCullough (RNZ): Businesses call for speed, clarity on Covid-19 assistance
Richard Harman (Politik): Robertson’s one two economic punch
RNZ: Coronavirus response: 'It is important to get the details right'
Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): Virality and Globalisation: The case of Covid-19
Michael Reddell (Spinoff): The case for a sharp GST cut to counter the impact of Covid-19
Dan Satherley (Newshub): What the Govt has in store to protect the economy
Zane Small (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern rules out delaying minimum wage increase amid COVID-19 economic pressure
BusinessDesk: Wage subsidies and tax support help on the cards in covid-19 package
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government will introduce wage subsidies to help businesses keep staff on
1News: Stand-down period removed for welfare benefits during coronavirus outbreak, Ardern confirms
Chris Keall (Herald): Coronavirus and privacy law: Can I tell my employees if a fellow staffer might have Covid-19? (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (1News): Jacinda Ardern hopeful fuel will cost less in NZ as crude oil prices plummet due to coronavirus
Liam Dann (Herald): Oil price crash could be coronavirus GFC moment (paywalled)
Alex Braae (Spinoff): Why the oil price is crashing, and what it will mean for New Zealand
Melanie Carroll (Stuff): Coronavirus worries oil producers, but Kiwi motorists are missing out on petrol price cuts
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Recession likely, and there's nothing we can do to stop it, BNZ says
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): BNZ warns a recession is now likely as turmoil hits market
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest):BNZ economists warn of recession; ANZ economists call for $60b increase in govt debt
Angie Skerrett (Newshub): Forestry industry 'in crisis'
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): Not entitled to paid sick leave - Uber driver says he will work unless 'very ill' despite coronavirus outbreak
Benedict Collins (1News): National MP 'was wrong' to encourage coronavirus panic buying - Simon Bridges
No Right Turn: Parliament and the pandemic
RNZ: Checkpoint: Covid-19: Staff redundancies not ruled out - Air NZ boss
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Air NZ chief executive takes $250,000 pay cut as bookings tumble due to coronavirus
1News:Air New Zealand slashes flights, cuts CEO's salary amid coronavirus travel slump
RNZ: Air NZ boss takes pay cut , suspends earnings forecast, amid uncertainty
Grant Bradley (Herald): Coronavirus and Air New Zealand: The good, the bad and the ugly (paywalled)
Grant Bradley (Herald): Air New Zealand's Greg Foran on coronavirus - bringing out a whole new playbook
National party economic plan
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): National announces economic policy again in response to coronavirus challenge
Southland Times Editorial: Does Bridges have a permit for that bonfire?
Newstalk ZB: Why National's 'common sense test' faces challenges - Ben Thomas
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): I welcome National's regulation plan - but where's the good stuff?
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): National details what will go in its Trump-inspired regulatory bonfire
Craig McCullough (RNZ): Rental regulations among first National would scrap, Bridges says
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): National says cutting red tape will bolster businesses facing Covid-19 threat
Jason Walls (Herald): National leader Simon Bridges unveils details of the party's 'regulation bonfire' plan
Zane Small (Newshub): National leader Simon Bridges would light a 'bonfire of regulations' if elected PM
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): National promises to scrap 'unfit for purpose' regulations if elected
Jacob McSweeny (ODT): Land, material costs the relevant issue
Political donations
Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): The rot may be so deep we need a wholly new generation of political leaders
Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): The two-step solution to fixing our donations mess
John Tamihere
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Power play: Māori Party strategy already undermined by Tamihere
1News: As Tamihere enters contest, Tāmaki Makaurau electorate battle will be 'better than Game of Thrones'
Waatea News: High profile contest good for Labour - Kelvin Davis
Waatea News: Tamihere strategy missed opportunity for Maori Party - Sandra Lee
Shane Jones
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Shane Jones is having a whale of a time, with Winston Peters' blessing
Teuila Fuatai (Herald): Shane Jones' controversial comments overshadow important questions over immigration (paywalled)
Alexander Gillespie (Herald): Shane Jones' views should be tested in court
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Shane Jones' comments about Indian community out of tune (paywalled)
Police
Jared Savage (Herald): Analysis: Why Andy Coster has been touted as a future Police Commissioner for years (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): New Police Commissioner Andrew Coster chosen over veteran frontrunner who was under investigation
Jamie Ensor and Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Incoming Police Commissioner Andrew Coster's experience outside police 'important' - Chris Cahill
Thomas Manch (Stuff): High-ranking police officer Andy Coster appointed commissioner of police
Amelia Wade (Herald): New Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
RNZ: Andrew Coster named as New Zealand's new police commissioner
Zane Small (Newshub): Andrew Coster announced as new Police Commissioner
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Māori Council threatens injunction against Clement
No Right Turn:Secrecy and the police
Environment and conservation
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Environment watchdog has never brought a prosecution
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): NZ’s toxic substance system plagued with problems
Rachel Thomas (RNZ): Government's predator free plan shy on gene editing technologies
RNZ: Government outlines plan to make New Zealand predator free by 2050
Mia Sutherland (Stuff): Leaving politicians to sort out climate change won't work
No Right Turn: Climate Change: Polluters on trial
Todd Niall (Stuff): Climate Change: Young and diverse voices seize debate in Auckland
Laura Smith (ODT): Cost for biodiversity
Blair Jackson (Stuff): Forest and Bird concerned about Southland vegetation as council tackles proposed policy
Ben Leahy (Herald): Round the Bays: Tonnes of fun and mountains of plastic, campaigners say
Christchurch mosque attacks
Stuff: Islamic Women's Council say police and spy agencies 'failed' to protect Muslims
RNZ: Call for stronger focus on breaking down sense of isolation
Kurt Bayer (Herald): The Ripple Effect: Chaos and courage - the frontline heroes of the Christchurch mosque shootings
RNZ: Mosque attack victims memorial service confirmed as going ahead
Health
Jo Moir (RNZ): Quit Group charity still paying board members five years after shutting down
Elspeth McLean (ODT): Patient flow indictment on system, prof says
ODT Editorial: Progress for ED patients overdue
Newshub: Paramedics throwing weight behind bill aiming to imprison people for assaulting first responders
1News: Paramedic who was violently assaulted on first day back from maternity leave calls for law change
Lois Williams (RNZ): West Coast DHB defends monitoring of suicide cases in community care
Louisa Steyl (Stuff): Southern DHB is still looking for some to steer its maternity plan
RNZ: Hutt Hospital attack report details poor communication, confusing alarms and lax security
Katarina Williams (Stuff): New Plymouth rest home 'too busy' to provide humane care to terminally-ill woman
1News: Rest home blasted after failing to administer medication to resident who later died\
Kendall Hutt (Stuff): Foodstuffs, Woolworths take fight with alcohol body over Auckland policy to court
Media
Gavin Ellis: Shell-shocked by RNZ barrage
Michael Andrew (Spinoff): TVNZ and RNZ might soon become siblings. Ireland has some advice
Transport
Deena Coster (Stuff):Iwi get cash payment of $7.7m in deal done over $200m Taranaki road project
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Buller District Council worried it can't pay for road to Karamea
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff): Government looks at speed limits for e-scooters, as pedestrians take upper hand in battle for the footpath
1News: Government investigating 15km/h speed limit on footpaths for e-scooters
RNZ: Cycling on footpaths may be allowed under planned rule changes
Education
Emma Stanford and Dan Sathelry (Newshub): Could this be the system that replaces school decile rankings?
1News: New maths initiative targeting Pasifika children rolls out to dozens of schools around Auckland
Jamie Morton (Herald): Silencing science? Auckland academics challenge media policy
Brittany Keogh (Stuff): Graduate income gap: Choosing the wrong degree can cost you $30,000 a year
Local government
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): Productivity Commission recommends scrapping rates rebate scheme
Daniel Birchfield (ODT): Councils get together on water plans
Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): Water meters are never popular, but they make a lot of sense
Hannah MacLean (ODT): DCC Council staff set to grow
Lawrence Gully (Stuff):Waikato councils sink $200k into regional advocacy group, Te Waka
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): It’s not a popularity contest’: Rotorua mayor’s first 100 days
Michael Andrew (Spinoff): Cheat Sheet: The pedestrian revamp planned for Auckland’s CBD
Kiri Gillespie (Herald): Review reveals new issues for Tauranga's Harington Street Transport Hub
Karen Pasco (ODT): Gore envoy no-show at waste meet
Housing
Virginia Fallon and Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Government buys motel in bid to ease housing crisis in Wellington
Ashley Church (Herald): Was I wrong about there being no housing shortage?
Daria Kuprienko (Herald): The hardest place to find rental accommodation in NZ
Alleged homophobic attack after Wellington Pride
Kristin Hall (1News): Police Commissioner apologises to man who alleged homophobic attack after Wellington Pride Parade
1News: Man who alleged homophobic attack after Wellington Pride Parade was offered taxi, police say
1News: Following attack on gay man, Wellington's Pride Parade board says more needs to be done to stamp out homophobia
Primary industries
Amy Williams (RNZ): Wider North Island drought declarations expected as Monday's rainfall not enough
Bonnie Flaws (Stuff): Raw milk standoff eases as producers meets with Food Safety Minister
Other
Chris Trotter: Jeanette Fitzsimons: 1945-2020. An Assessment
Alex Braae (Spinoff): Every moment that mattered in the year’s first real election debate
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Leader of New Zealand neo-Nazi group discusses terror cell planning with overseas counterparts
Rawiri Taonui (Waatea News): Should Maori women speak at Waitangi?
Christine Rovoi (RNZ): As Pasifika numbers climb, claims Māori losing out in te reo courses
Phil Quin (Stuff): A PR hack's zero dollar guide to lobbying
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Health advocate urges council to halt 5G roll-out
Samantha Olley (Herlad): Employment Minister Willie Jackson unaware youth charity staff charged before he visited
Rebecca Kiddle (Stuff): Why colonisation is bad for everyone
Saralee Gore (CPAG): New Zealand's welfare system fails to recognise the dignity of our people - how can we fix it?
Newshub: The Project: Parents of children with Down syndrome don't want community targeted in abortion law reform
1News: Renae Maihi responds to Sir Bob Jones' claims about dropped defamation case
Susan Botting (RNZ): Moves to make horticultural water available to Kaikohe residents
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Gun reform the latest Labour-NZ First headache
Matthew Tso (Stuff): Liquor company accused of 'selective compassion' in supplying horse racing event
Mariné Lourens (Stuff): New Zealand an attractive target for cartels in war against meth
Georgia -May Gilbertson (Stuff): Mother heartbroken as eldest son deported from New Zealand in visa mix-up
Ben Strang (RNZ): Child abduction cases: court may take risk of harm to mother into account