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Posted on February 22, 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 22 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 22 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.

Today’s content

Capital gains tax
John Armstrong (1News): Failure to deliver capital gains tax would see Ardern reduced to a laughing stock
Audrey Young (Herald): Michael Cullen has given the Government exactly the kind of report it needed
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Michael Cullen’s Capital Gapital Gains Tax is dead on arrival
Max Rashbrooke (RNZ): Capital gains tax: A test of our national myths and Labour’s mettle
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Govt’s tax trepidation opens field for attacks
Richard Harman: The political ifs and buts of a capital gains tax
Brian Fallow (Herald): Capital gains tax could worsen NZ’s economic problems
Liam Dann (Herald): Capital gains tax proposal sparks chorus of concerns
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Sir Michael Cullen recommends the type of tax he never dared try himself
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Sir Michael Cullen’s tax reform
Chris Keall (Herald): Peter Beck slams Capital Gains Tax, but other entrepreneurs see positives
Liam Dann (Herald): The Government’s Capital Gains Tax masterstroke
1News: New Zealanders divided over possible capital gains tax, but majority could be swayed, poll finds
1News: Winston Peters says not just ‘selfish egotistical’ people with ‘vested interest in property’ to have say on capital gains tax
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Capital gains debate’s dirty little secrets
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Complex capital gains tax ‘a lot of cost for no gain’
Herald: Editorial: Capital gains tax taking good shape
Jason Walls (Herald): Capital Gains Tax will hit older Kiwis with savings the hardest
Susan Edmunds and Andy Fyers (Stuff): What would Tax Working Group’s proposals mean for you?
Duncan Garner (Newshub): The rich pricks are in Cullen’s sights
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): The Tax Working Group recommendations: What it means for you
Kirk Hope (Stuff): Capital gains tax not supported by business
Terry Baucher (The Spinoff): Beyond Capital Gains: other good stuff from the Tax Working Group report
Audrey Young (Herald): House price slump will sweeten Capital Gains Tax plan
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Capital Gains Tax – now it’s a numbers game
David Farrar: 19 details to look out for in the capital gains tax proposal
No Right Turn: For a capital gains tax
Zane Small (Stuff): Capital gains tax proposal: How it compares to the rest of the world
The Spinoff: Five commentators weigh in on the Tax Working Group’s recommendations
Herald: Environmentalists welcome new tax proposals
Herald: NZX says Capital Gains Tax would stunt market and economy
Jamie Gray (Herald): Rural sector gives thumbs down to capital gains tax
Laura Wiltshire (Hawkes Bay Today): Capital gains tax will make it harder for renters, man who owns 80 Hawke’s Bay homes warns
Stuff: Capital gains tax: Business, unions, accountants and anti-poverty campaigners weigh in
Michael Reddell: Capital gains taxes: some thoughts
Megan Harvey (Herald): Kiwis roast Simon Bridges on social media for his ‘Kiwi way of life’
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): No cash limit on ‘family home’ for tax purposes, tax working group decides
Jason Walls (Herald): NZ First Leader Winston Peters is sticking to the same script as the Prime Minister over CGT
Liam Dann (Herald): Capital gains tax proposal sparks chorus of concerns
Hayden Donnell (The Spinoff): Once more unto the beach house: Simon Bridges and the Kiwi way of life
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Capital gains tax would ‘have a big impact on mum and dad investors’
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Michael Cullen’s bob each way on KiwiSaver
Maria Slade (The Spinoff): The most nuclear takes on the proposed new capital gains tax
Henry Cooke and Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Government cautious on capital gains tax recommendation
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Capital gains tax – what the dissenters said
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Capital gains tax will lead to overcrowding, property investor warns
Pattrick Smellie (Herald): Tax cut recommended for low and middle income earners
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Capital gains tax on businesses ‘unfair’ says solicitor
Jason Walls (Herald): Tax Working Group recommends capital gains tax: what it means for you
Herald: Big tax shakeup: What you need to know
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): The Tax Working Group unveils final report, recommends a capital gains tax
David Farrar: Cullen’s terrible tax proposal
David Hargreaves (Interest): Is it a dog, a rat, a monster, or merely offensive?
Jason Walls (Herald): National Leader Simon Bridges said the recommended capital gains tax was an ‘attack on the Kiwi way of life’
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Capital gains tax an ‘assault on the Kiwi way of life’, says Simon Bridges
John Cuthbertson (Stuff): Capital gains tax would be hard work for taxpayers and legislators alike
1News: Tax Working Group recommends keeping an eye on how charities are spending their tax savings
1News: Simon Bridges says Tax Working Group findings a ‘declaration of war’ against farmers
1News: Jacinda Ardern not ‘ruling anything in or out’ after capital gains tax recommended by Working Group
Marc Greenhill (Stuff): Small business owners rail against capital gains tax proposal
Matthew Whitehead (The Standard): In defense of taxing the family home
RNZ: Robin Oliver spoke to Lisa Owen about the tax working group’s final report

China-NZ relations
The Listener: Editorial – China-New Zealand relations aren’t in crisis – no thanks to Winston
RNZ: UK says ‘no problems’ with Huawei technology found, Andrew Little responds
RNZ: Dame Jenny article in Chinese publication ‘based on earlier interview’
John Anthony (Stuff): People’s Daily admits Dame Jenny Shipley did not write opinion piece praising China
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): 5 truths about China hysteria the NZ media are not covering
Amanda Cropp (Herald): International visitor spending hits $11b and highlights importance of China market
John Anthony (Stuff): State-backed Chinese TV station NCTV pulled from Freeview due to ‘outstanding debts’

Australian PM in NZ
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison jets in for first official visit
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits New Zealand
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern urged to talk about detention centres with Aussie PM
AAP: China’s influence set to be talking point as Scott Morrison meets Jacinda Ardern on New Zealand visit
Herald: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in New Zealand for talks tomorrow

Health
Isaac Davison (Herald): Risks of legal cannabis in New Zealand understated, Massey University researchers say
Lucy Bennett (Herald): DHB financial performance data shows big projected deficit
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Health Minister lays out expectations for district health boards
Stacey Kirk and Oliver Lewis and Cate Broughton (Stuff): District Health Boards careening to a full house of red as deficit tops $200m
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Ministry called to aid SDHB
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Waikato DHB boss recruitment cost $73k – but there’s no new chief executive
Melanie Earley (Stuff): Breast Cancer Foundation calls for unlimited free doctors’ visits for terminal cancer patients
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Mental health inquiry: Demand for services overwhelming

Auditor General on Maggie Barry’s office
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Auditor-General steps put of inquiry into claims against National MP Maggie Barry
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Investigation into Maggie Barry claims recommended by auditor-general
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Auditor-General recommends investigation into Maggie Barry’s alleged use of parliamentary staff for party purposes
Jo Moir (RNZ): Calls for further probe into National MP’s alleged misuse of funding

Jordan Peterson
Simon Wilson (Herald): Speaking clearly with Jordan Peterson
Simon Wilson (Herald): Jordan Peterson and the suffering of men
Kyle MacDonald (Herald): The problem with Jordan Peterson’s advice for young men
Verity Johnson (Stuff): Why Jordan Peterson is a sign of our very scary times
Shomi Yoon (International socialists): Why we protested Jordan Peterson

Transport
Simon Wilson (Herald): How dare Auckland Transport pit schoolkids against cyclists
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Bus and train driver shortage: ‘We’re leaving people stranded’
No Right Turn: Their own fault
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Auckland Light Rail plan questioned by National MP
Virginia Fallon (Stuff): NZTA dumps ‘death trap’ plans to narrow bridge for cycleway, confirms clip-ons
Mandy Te (Stuff): Lime has one-day deadline to explain safety glitch to Auckland Council

Other
Simon Chapple (Newsroom): The fast food culture of the State Services Commission
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Government by worthy sentiment
Mike Hosking (Herald): Govt’s wellbeing budget a looming disaster
Tim Brown (RNZ): Pike River mine re-entry reminds Kaitangata of another disaster
1News: ‘Share our stories respectfully’ – Māori and European experiences will be honoured in Cook 250 commemorations
Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): Signing declaration won’t stop climate change, Hamilton mayor says
1News: ‘Let those animals die’: Doc Martin star Martin Clunes slams NZ zoos
1News: Rental agent says prejudice common among landlords after Māori woman’s discrimination experience
RNZ: Plan to have 1 million people speaking te reo Māori by 2040
Ann David (Stuff): Euthanasia debate: Why are we forcing Kiwis to die horrible, painful deaths?
Lucy Bennett (Herald): National MP Nick Smith avoids further discipline over comments
Michael Reddell: Terms and conditions surely?
Pete George: Identity politics and dignity
Matthew Littlewood (Stuff): Timaru council discusses more than a quarter of agenda items behind closed doors
RNZ: Auckland councillors in bid to overturn Santa Parade decision
Katie Fitzgerald (Stuff): ‘Academics’ behind parole decisions don’t understand victims – advocate
Vanita Prasad (Newsroom): Councillors to fight for Auckland Santa Parade
Jacqueline Beggs (Newsroom): Why we should celebrate NZ’s latest fruit fly detection
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Hope is not a biodiversity strategy
Alan Johnson (Daily blog): A radical mandate is required to address Maori – non-Maori inequality
Eloise Gibson (Newsroom): Speed up, cow gas researchers urged
Colin James (Newsroom): Making corporations fit for purpose
Bruce Kohn (Herald): Large-scale importer would not get building materials cheaper
Katy Jones (Stuff): System failing at-risk school children, Government says
Simon Collins (Herald): Primary school teachers plan stopworks, may have new pay offer

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 21, 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 21 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 21 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.

Today’s content

China-NZ relations
David Belgrave (The Conversation): Huawei or the highway? The rising costs of New Zealand’s relationship with China
Jade Gray (Herald): NZ on edge of historic fallout with China
Henry Cooke (Stuff): China foreign affairs spokesman: We should ‘rise above disturbances’
Audrey Young (Herald): Spy chief Andrew Hampton says damage to NZ relations with China plays no part in decision-making
Tova O’Brien and Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): ‘Be vigilant’: Govt grills SIS, GCSB over election interference concerns
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand former PM denies writing glowing pro-China piece for Beijing paper
Chris Keall (Herald): Spark can hit its 5G targets without Huawei, Simon Moutter says
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Dame Jenny Shipley denies writing pro-China opinion piece
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Shipley refuses to clear air on comments in disputed China-praising opinion piece
John Anthony (Stuff): Dame Jenny Shipley’s name appears on opinion piece urging the world to listen to China
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): China expert downplays risk of tourism boycott
Audrey Young (Herald): GCSB spy says no Five Eyes pressure in decision to block Huawei
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): New Zealand’s spy agency says no outside factors in decision to block Huawaei
Jane Patterson (RNZ): GCSB reports increase in cyber attacks from foreign governments
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s brief meeting with Chinese ambassador
RNZ: Anne-Marie Brady says Jenny Shipley made a ‘mistake’ in talking to Chinese state media
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): GCSB: No pressure on Huawei decision
Bethan Greener (The Spinoff): The dangers of over-reading the tea leaves on China

Housing and KiwiBuild
1News: Phil Twyford adamant that KiwiBuild can reach long-term target of 100,000 homes
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Judith Collins accuses Housing New Zealand of crowding out home buyers
Herald: KiwiBuild partnership with developer Mike Greer to build 104 homes in West Auckland, Canterbury
Torika Tokalau (Stuff): First KiwiBuild homes to built in Canterbury, says Housing Minister Phil Twyford
RNZ: Residential developer Mike Greer to help build 104 new Kiwibuild homes
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Nick Smith kicked out for saying Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern was ‘lying’
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern’s fierce rebuttal to Simon Bridges in Parliament over KiwiBuild
Alan Kenyon (1News): Watch: Jacinda Ardern says she ‘relishes’ Simon Bridges’ ‘pesky’ queries over housing
Bob Edlin: Phil was full of his housing accomplishments – but see how the demand has burgeoned
Frances Cook (Herald): Cooking the Books podcast: Should first-home buyers wait for the market to crash?
Jo Moir (RNZ): National says Housing NZ forcing first-home buyers from market
Katarina Williams (Stuff): ‘Rat hole’ motel investigation sparks emergency housing shakeup
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Trade Me: More Kiwis looking for homes in regional NZ
Michael Reddell: KiwiBuild: the Reserve Bank and crowding out
Ben Strang (RNZ): State housing waitlist jumps by 5000 in a year
Ben Leahy (Interest): First-home buyers paid average of $856,467 for Auckland homes last year, analysts say
Caroline Fleming (Herald): Renters still battling to find homes as new university brings influx of students
Imogen Neale (Stuff): Government department gags Auckland ‘swamp house’ couple over tenancy dispute
Ben Leahy (Herald): $950 a week for 30 years: First-home buyers face crushing mortgages
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Kiwi house buyers being ‘ripped off’ by real estate agents, says real estate agent
Blair Voorend (Hawkes Bay Today): Locking themselves in motel rooms: Hawke’s Bay’s hidden homeless wave
Imran Ali (Northern Advocate): More than 400 Northlanders on the social housing register

Tax reform and capital gains tax
Jason Walls (Herald): The Tax Working Group will today reveal details of any capital gains tax recommendations
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Biggest tax shake-up for a generation
Barry Soper (Herald): Will today’s report be the coalition’s biggest challenge yet?
Jane Patterson (RNZ): The Tax Working Group to release findings on tax review: What to expect
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Accountants the winners out of capital gains tax – David Seymour
Jason Walls (Herald): More than half of all New Zealanders wouldn’t support a capital gains tax, according to a poll
No Right Turn: A vested interest
Pete Burdon: My Capital Gains Tax Media Advice
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Is it time for charity-owned businesses to start paying tax?

Education
Simon Collins (Herald): Government agency Education NZ fears polytechnic reform may scare off international students
Simon Collins (Herald): Rangitoto College accused of ‘sexist’ dress code banning low tops and coloured fingernails
Kate Hawkesby (Herald): Memo to Rangitoto College students: Stop whining over ripped jeans
Karyn Henger (Stuff): Auckland secondary school accused of rape culture for telling female students they’re distracting male teachers
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Early childhood sector split by move for mandatory qualifications
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Early childhood educators will be forced to get qualified
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Home-based child care industry reacts to mandatory qualification rule
Colin Henry (Stuff): Schools’ afro and braid ban forces kids to deny and suppress their ethnicity

Environment, biosecurity and conservation
The Press – Editorial: Climate change is too important for politics
No Right Turn: Climate change: Local governments in denial
Lois Williams (RNZ): New Zealand children to follow lead of world movement on climate
Janine Rankin (Stuff): Solar-powered rubbish bins crush the trash
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Thousands of NZ cruise ship tourists going unchecked by MPI
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): Why the Thames-Coromandel Mayor won’t sign climate agreement
Hamish MacLean (ODT): Mayor: climate change declaration unimportant

Government
1News: Govt’s $3b Provincial Growth Fund generates 560 jobs – ‘good start’ towards 10k promise?
Claire Trevett (Herald): Tax and pies get Greens’ dags rattling again
Collette Devlin (Stuff): New Crown Entity set up to deal with infrastructure deficit
Jason Walls (Herald): Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones launches the New Zealand Infrastructure Commission
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): ‘Back to square one’: National accuses Government of Budget botch-up
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Is a life worth $4.7 million?
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): The Art of Manipulation

Whānau Ora
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Whānau Ora overwhelmed by demand, review says
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Whānau Ora review report released
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Whānau Ora Minister’s concern over lack of knowledge of services
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): ‘Expand and develop’ Whānau Ora – panel delivers glowing review for programme

Jordan Peterson
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): ‘Nasty views’: Sean Plunket calls out Victoria University lecturer over Jordan Peterson criticism
Genevieve McClean (Daily Blog): Virtue Signalling Jordan Peterson
Donna Miles (Daily Blog): Open letter to Jordan Peterson

Health
John Tamihere (Herald): New Zealand’s healthcare fit for museum, not hospital
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Canterbury District Health Board estimates deficit of close to $100 million in 2018/19 year
Cate Broughton (Stuff): Call for cross-party political leadership on mental health fails
David Williams (Newsroom): A sector on the edge pleads for help

Electricity price review
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Electricity Price Review proposes help for struggling households
Greg Ninness (Interest): A government-appointed panel has suggested a wide range of options to help reduce power bills
BusinessDesk: Prompt payment discounts unfair, power panel says

Transport
RNZ: Lime told to prove safety of e-scooters, or remove them
Stuff: Auckland Transport boss says Lime must prove e-scooters are safe by Friday
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Reviewer defends his report into NZTA’s regulatory functions
Amy Williams (RNZ): Homeowners claim Auckland motorway works damaged properties
Amber-Leigh Woolf and Damian George (Stuff): Train services canned and bus cancellations to continue amid ‘unprecedented’ driver shortage
Chris Hutching (Stuff): KiwiRail shakes off ‘Kaikoura effect’ with big jump in freight

Pike River Mine
Rebecca Macfie (The Spinoff): Why the missing Pike River evidence really matters
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Defunct Department of Labour cops criticism over Pike River evidence flaws
Conan Young (RNZ): Pike River mine: Early police work described as ‘diabolical’

Justice and corrections
David Williams (Newsroom): ‘Blood on their hands’
Tommy Livingston (Stuff): Sex offender gets criminal record cleared so he can work in care home
Andrea Vance (Stuff): $1.1m bonus for private prison company Serco, for keeping people out of jail
Duncan Garner (Newshub): Paul Wilson should die in prison

Public service
Simon Chapple (Newsroom): The fast food culture of the State Services Commission
Mike Hosking (Herald): Government departments need to butt out of politics
Georgia Forrester (Stuff): Statistics NZ forced to apologise after sexual orientation blunder in report

Building safety
RNZ: CTV quake victims’ families angry over prosecution rule change
Tom Kitchin (Stuff): Upset CTV families ‘cynically manipulated’ over ‘one year, one day’ rule change
Laura James (1News): NZ’s heritage buildings receive extra funding for earthquake strengthening

Employment
Benedict Collins (1News): Government aims to scrap scheme in which some disabled workers paid 89 cents per hour
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Carmel Sepuloni looking into raising pay for workers with disabilities
Michael Reddell: Terms and conditions surely?

Kapa haha traffic lights in Wellington
Herald: Wellington ‘haka lantern’ traffic lights get a kapa haka buzz
1News: Haka-themed pedestrian crossings light the way in Wellington
Felix Desmarais (Stuff): Wellington crossing lights changed to kapa haka figures to honour Te Matatini festival

Local government
Katie Townshend (Stuff): Wellington Town Hall budget blow-out a symptom of inaction
Todd Niall (Stuff): Eden Park supporters get political in their fight on behalf of the stadium
Virginia Fallon (Stuff): At least 16 years of leaks revealed for Kāpiti library now closed due to mould
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Auckland Council Event Agency pulls out of funding Santa Parade

Other
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Immigration appeals: surge in decisions overturned last year
ODT: Editorial – Future of pastoral leases
John Edwards (The Spinoff): Transgender self-identification: why it’s a human right
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The Woke scream hatred at transphobic chocolate – how is this a news story?
Nicola Gavey (Newsroom): NZ Cricket’s silent message to NZ women
Steve Baron (Stuff): Referendums provide balance in a democracy
Jonathan Boston: Questioning referenda
George Heagney (Stuff): Young thinkers experiment with solving social problems
1News: Breakfast hosts react to criticism of Whittaker’s ‘gender stereotype reinforcing’ chocolates – ‘A silly thing to get upset about’
Charlie Gates (Stuff): Christchurch rest home evictees scramble for new places as calls grow for new laws
Joel MacManus (Stuff): Air New Zealand flight turned back by Iran due to lack of clearance
Jason Walls (Herald): Shane Jones rejects an invitation to appear in a new Air NZ nude body paint safety video
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand university students offered free drug-testing in ‘harm-prevention’ first
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Nuclear weapons, tobacco, big oil? New tool lets you check your KiwiSaver’s investments
Marianne Elliott (Newsroom): Twitter’s ‘huge fail’ on online abuse
John Moore (liberation): Critical politics alternative analysis – Political poll, UK Labour split, Huawei OK in UK

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 20, 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 20 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 20 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.

Today’s content

China-NZ relations
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Jacinda Ardern or Winston Peters – Who’s handling China?
Richard Harman: Secret agreement might solve Huawei problem
Audrey Young (Herald): Foreign Minister Winston Peters slams former Prime Minister Jenny Shipley after China Daily article appears
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern confirms that David Parker is set to attend Belt and Road conference in Beijing
Gordon Campbell: On the alleged crisis over our relations with China
Barry Soper (Herald): Chinese whispers – Donald Trump looms large in NZ’s cooling relationship
Jo Moir (RNZ): China invites New Zealand to attend infrastructure forum
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Trade Minister mulls invite to Belt and Road conference in China
Michael Daly (Stuff): Ardern: No final Huawei 5G decision yet
Chris Keall (Herald): Door still open to Huawei, Ardern says
RNZ: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Huawei: UK and US won’t influence New Zealand decisions
Hamish Rutherford (Herald): Chinese ambassador says New Zealand and China must ‘firmly hold the rudder’
RNZ: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Huawei: UK and US won’t influence New Zealand decisions
Bryan Bruce (Daily Blog): Spy vs Spy

Capital gains tax and Tax Working Group
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Revealed: Majority of Kiwi voters oppose capital gains tax
Branko Marcetic (Newsroom): Capital gains tax – a vested interest
Jason Walls (Herald): National Leader Simon Bridges says a capital gains tax would lead to Kiwis leaving NZ for Australia
Jane Patterson (RNZ): National Party on offense ahead of capital gains tax report less than a minute ago
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Bridges fails to answer questions about the fairness and effectiveness of the tax system
Duncan Garner (Newshub): Winston Peters could kill off capital gains tax
No Right Turn: They can’t take it with them when they go
Point of order: Gunning for the “rich pricks” through tax changes brings the risk of an electoral recoil

Digital sales tax
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Digital services tax ‘right thing to do’ – Jacinda Ardern
Zoe Madden-Smith (Vice): New Zealand finally wants to tax internet giants – but not very much
Duncan Greive (The Spinoff): The day of digital reckoning is drawing near
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Explainer: How Government’s digital services tax will effect offshore tech giants

Jordan Peterson
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Critics’ hate speech making sure guru will stay popular
Alex Penk (Stuff): Why we need to have ‘anti-fragile’ conversations
Simon Wilson (Herald): An interview with controversial celeb psychologist Jordan Peterson
1News: Jordan Peterson says young men attend his talks not for political reasons, but to turn their lives around
Stuff: Jordan Peterson, author of 12 Rules of Life, says men struggle because of active discouragement

Environment and conservation
Jason Walls (Herald): The Government’s ban on oil and gas exploration could cost up to $30b by 2050, NZIER say
Benedict Collins (1News): Government’s oil and gas ban could cost country $28b, new economic analysis finds
Mike Hosking (Herald): Government’s economic sabotage with oil, gas exploration ban
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): 23 councils refuse to sign climate change commitment
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): Climate change declaration ‘politically charged’ – Thames-Coromandel mayor Sandra Goudie
Juha Saarinen (Herald): How batteries will transform the power grid
Dominion Post: Editorial: 1080 or not 1080, that is the (eventual) question
David Farrar: The anti-science Government
Jesse Mulligan (Newshub): We just lost another species to extinction – it must be the last
Ellen O’Dwyer (Stuff): Department of Conservation lodges submission against Kaimai wind farm
Southland Times: Editorial – Here, puss-puss-puss…
Anna Campbell (ODT): Transformational science poses some questions
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): MPI to investigate death of eels after Hawke’s Bay Regional Council work in Tutaekuri River

Housing
Katie Fitzgerald and Heather McCarron (Newshub): Action, not ‘rhetoric’ needed from Government on housing – poverty campaigner
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Public housing waitlist cracks 10,000, with more families waiting for longer for housing
Scott Palmer (Newshub): More than 10,000 Kiwi households on public housing waiting list
Isaac Davison (Herald): Wait list for social housing tops 10,000
Katarina Williams (Stuff): Government to perform stocktake of emergency housing in wake of Auckland ‘rat hole’ motel revelations
Matt Shand (Stuff): Māori student had rules laid out after potential landlord found out her ethnicity
Victoria University Of Wellington (Newsroom): ‘New solutions’ to housing crisis

Health
Lucy Bennett (Herald): DHBs still waiting for annual plans to be signed off
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Ministry of Health using old Census data to work out DHB funding
Isaac Davison (Herald): ‘It will come back to bite them’: Funding cut for elderly day programmes
Sandra Conchie (Bay of Plenty Times): Thousand-plus appointments, surgeries delayed in Bay of Plenty as junior doctor strikes continue
Herald: Waikato DHB puts brakes on recruiting new CEO due to ‘challenges’
Stuff: ‘Challenges’ pause Waikato DHB search for boss
RNZ: Waikato DHB forced to halt recruitment of CEO citing ‘challenges’
Cliff Taylor (Stuff): Anti-vaxxers’ claim that Northland kids ‘mass vaccinated’ is slammed by DHB
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Hospital sterilisation units are not audited by the Health Ministry but may be after Hawke’s Bay incident
Samesh Mohanlall (Stuff): Community health, education and care is key to Maori nursing graduates

Drugs, and law reform
Paul Manning (Herald): Doctors, not officials, should decide who gets medical cannabis- Paul Manning
Russell Brown (Public address): Always asking the wrong questions about cannabis
Charlie O’Mannin (The Spinoff): Drug testing on the menu at Otago University O-Week
Bob McCoskrie: Students get green light for dangerous drug use
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Students can check their drugs at Otago Orientation
Judith Harvey (Stuff): Medicinal cannabis in Australia changed my life, NZ needs to wake up
Stuff: Methamphetamine sentencing review planned in Court of Appeal

State sector
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Polling probe may reveal public service did not know it had a political problem
Herald: State Services Commissioner looking into Inland Revenue political poll question
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): State Services Commission to examine political polling by government departments
RNZ: Public servants warned after IRD survey asks political questions

Local government
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Should he stay or should he go
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): ‘Challenging’ Wellington Town Hall project delayed as budget hits $112.4m with further costs expected
Laura Dooney (RNZ): From $43m to $112m: Wellington town hall project balloons further

Media
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Digital services tax unlikely to be used to bail out local media businesses
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): NZ Herald owner NZME plans to have online paywall by end of June
BusinessDesk: NZME targets profits from paywall by 2021
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Another brick in the Herald paywall
Herald: Media council upholds inaccuracy claim against writer’s Herald column

Education
Simon Collins (Herald): Compulsory qualifications planned for home-based early childhood education and childcare
Christina Persico (Stuff): Green School New Zealand to be built in Oakura and open in 2020
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Parents vent on Tomorrow’s Schools plan
John Lewis (ODT): NZQA hires UK company to provide online marking

Employment
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Pay equity bill puts teachers’ case at risk – PPTA
Chris Keall (Herald): ‘Climate of fear’ sees only three Chorus subcontractors charged
Shelley Knowles (Stuff): How Pacific workers help New Zealand businesses to thrive
Carmen Hall Want a job? (Bay of Plenty Times): Kiwifruit industry launches campaign to attract thousands of workers

Government
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Government’s wellbeing indicators to be released next month, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirms
Jo Moir (RNZ): Govt’s Wellbeing Budget labelled ‘nonsense’

National Party
Jason Walls (Herald): Senior National MP Judith Collins has again faced questions over her leadership ambitions
1News: Watch: National Party MPs stand behind Simon Bridges as poll results show big drop

Other
Tom Kitchin (Stuff): Police admit chain of evidence for Pike River mine ‘diabolical’
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Should Government give everyone free cash?
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Jami-Lee Ross uses first question to ask about political donations
Graham Adams (Noted): National’s high-risk gamble on marijuana and euthanasia
Karl Du Fresne (Stuff): Cultural appropriation a minefield for image-conscious and risk-averse companies
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): ‘Huge concern’ over rushed Hauraki settlement
1News: Breakfast hosts react to criticism of Whittaker’s ‘gender stereotype reinforcing’ chocolates – ‘A silly thing to get upset about’
No Right Turn: “More ambitious”?
1News: Whānau horrified after revered ancestor depicted bare-breasted and with nipple rings in painting
Maria Slade (The Spinoff): Salvation Army marches in with an ethical shopping truck for South Auckland
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Commerce minister pushes to stop ticket scalping, says current events law can’t
Laura Wiltshire (Hawkes Bay Today): New Zealand’s fruit bowl would benefit from EU trade agreement
1News: David Parker denies telling EU commissioner NZ farmers allow cows ‘to s*** in our rivers’
1News: New Zealand contributes $500K humanitarian funding to the Venezuela crisis
RNZ: Public watchdog toughens stance on detention of the vulnerable
Herald: State of emergency extended for another week in the Nelson-Tasman region
Matthew Whitehead (The Standard): Pollwatch: Colmar Brunton 18/02/2019
David Kennedy: A Green New Deal for Aotearoa
George Block (ODT): Miniature horse dies after stabbing attack
1News: Death ship or cause for celebration – how should we remember Captain Cook 250 years after he landed in NZ?
Zoe Madden-Smith (Vice): NZ Government Is Not Doing Enough To Protect Kiwis From Online Hate, Says Report
1News: Student Volunteer Army scheme hits secondary schools
Sarah Williams (Idealog): Diversity and inclusion in action: Why Spark gets behind the Pride community
Ben Strang (RNZ): NZ justice system is ‘an ambulance at the bottom of a cliff’ – MPs hear from public
David Williams (Newsroom): Tenure review’s lucky eight
Keri Mills (Briefing papers): A day at Waitangi, and at the beach
Paul Cully (Stuff): New Zealand Cricket has damaged its standing with Kiwi women over Scott Kuggeleijn, say academics
Chris Keall and Luke Kirkness (Herald): Auckland Council demands more transparency from Lime scooters on malfunction issues

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 19, 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 19 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 19 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.

Today’s content

China-NZ relations
Audrey Young (Herald): Ambassador Madam Wu says differences between China and NZ have to be properly handled
Herald: Editorial: Govt needs to take another look at GCSB’s Huawei decision
Richard Harman: After weekend negotiations, peace breaks out between Beijing and Wellington
Dave Armstrong (Stuff): I can’t find any noble democratic sentiments behind our 5G decision
Keith Locke (The Spinoff): NZ cannot afford to be a US lapdog in its new cold war against China
1News: Jacinda Ardern pushes back on claims NZ’s relationship with China is worsening
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Huawei ‘never were not’ allowed to run 5G network – Jacinda Ardern
Reuters: Government to assess if it can ‘mitigate’ risk from Huawei 5G network
Chris Keall (Herald): Headache for Ardern, Little as UK government clears Huawei
Paul Buchanan: Interest, values, trade and security
Harrison Christian (Stuff): New Zealand-China relationship: What’s at stake for trade, tourism, students?
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): PM moves to assuage fears over ‘weakening’ China relationship
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern disputes reports of diplomatic tensions with China
Henry Cooke (Stuff): UK reportedly clears Huawei is a ‘manageable risk’ – challenging NZ conclusion
Glenda Korporaal (The Australian): Beijing puts chill on ties with NZ
RNZ: Chinese student enrolments drop blamed on work right changes, NCEA review
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Slowing Chinese visitor numbers could be costly

Digital sales tax
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Google’s tax bill could double under new rules
Jason Walls (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has told Google and Facebook its time they pay their fair share of tax
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): National worried a NZ tax on Facebook, Uber, Google could lead to retaliation
Jason Walls (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s tax on digitalised companies will be easier to swallow than a CGT
Katie Fitzgerald and Heather McCarron (Newshub): New Zealand digital tax could be great, but hard to implement – expert
Barry Soper (Herald): We might pay for a tax on internet giants
Matt Nippert, Barry Soper, Jason Walls (Herald): Google, Facebook among internet giants facing surprise tax
Liam Dann (Herald): Tax move timely but cautious as tech giants face global pressure
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): NZ needs to seek the safety of the pack in changing the rules of international taxation
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Facebook and Google could face higher tax rates in New Zealand
Scott Palmer and Juliet Speedy (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern announces plans for new digital service tax
RNZ: Move to introduce digital tax for foreign companies profiting online
1News: Multinational online companies set to face tax – boosting NZ coffers by $30-$80m

Capital gains tax and Tax Working Group
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Just like “Rogernomics”, a capital gains tax would traumatize the New Zealand economy
Geoff Simmons (The Spinoff): Hey renters – don’t fall for the capital gains tax fantasy
Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): Investors waiting to see what capital gains tax means for NZ
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Tax plan more ‘silver lining’ than cloud for most KiwiSavers
Simon Hartley (ODT): All eyes on Tax Working Group report

1News political poll
Kate Hawkesby (Herald): Bad poll for Simon Bridges, National must be thinking about pulling the pin
Mike Hosking (Herald): Another bad poll, maybe Judith Collins would get more traction as National’s leader
1News: Labour jumps ahead of National, Ardern support surges in 1 NEWS poll
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern flies high in poll but Simon Bridges on perilous seesaw
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Labour ahead of National in another poll
Herald: Latest 1News Colmar Brunton Poll: More bad news for Simon Bridges

Environment, conservation and 1080
Lynn Grieveson (Newsroom): Political dead rat a win for 1080 protesters?
No Right Turn: The 1080 referendum question
Jason Walls (Herald): The Government will spend $20 million through the Provincial Growth Fund to bolster pest control tech to limit 1080 use
Scott Palmer (Newshub): NZ First hails Government’s $19.5m ‘significant shift’ away from 1080
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Government commits $20m to research 1080 alternatives
RNZ: Regional New Zealand the big winner with new $20m pest eradication fund
RNZ: Government announces $19.5m will be spent on predator control
RNZ: Time to crack down on electronic waste?
Vera Alves (Herald): Why New Zealand’s obsession with lawns needs to end
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): Fluffy, you need to be home by 10pm
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): The NZ council leading the way in determining how, when, where and who pays for climate change
No Right Turn: Climate change: The threat of methane
Matthew Littlewood (Stuff): Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage backs Mackenzie Basin drylands heritage park proposal
Pike River mine
Southland Times: Editorial – No magic, much mystery, about Pike River’s disappearing cabinet cover
Thomas Mead (Newshub): ‘Tell the truth’: Six key pieces of Pike River evidence unaccounted for, families claim
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Did an electrical box go missing from the Pike River mine?
1News: Nine pieces of evidence unaccounted for from deadly Pike River mine disaster, family spokesman claims
Jo Moir (RNZ): Pike River: Door likely stashed somewhere safe – Little
Rhonwyn Newson (Newshub): Pike River ‘cover-up’: Families want the truth
1News: Police investigate whether Pike River evidence is missing

Education
Elizabeth Rata (Newsroom): NZ’s knowledge blind spot
Simon Collins (Herald): Tomorrow’s Schools meeting: Teachers speak out against Bali Haque’s plan to make them ‘numbers in a spreadsheet’
Josephine Franks (Stuff): Experts say top schools’ policy banning Afros and braids is ‘institutional racism’
Simon Collins (Herald): NZEI survey points to possible improvement in teacher shortage
Caroline Fleming (Herald): Early childhood centre numbers in Tauranga soar, as teacher shortage bites
Virginia Nicholls (ODT): Training changes plan needs rethink
Florence Kerr (Stuff): Wintec scandal: Former CEO’s conflict over junior female staffer revealed
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Waikato University plans three-term year

Housing
David Hargreaves (Interest): The Government should broaden its line of attack in the fight against the country’s housing problems
Ben Leahy (Herald): Rental squeeze grips country as rents climb to record highs in Wellington and Auckland
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): PM: Auckland ‘rat hole’ concerning, but hotel emergency housing still better than cars
Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): Wellington City Council scolded for claiming ‘frivolous’ damages from tenants
Catherine Healy (Stuff): Sex-for-rent landlords: Dame Catherine Healy says ‘be it on their head if they overstep’
Amy Ridout (Stuff): Shrinking section puts family’s dream home out of reach

Justice, corrections
Sam Hurley (Herald): Supreme Court dismisses Māori jurisdiction challenge over driving infringements
Moana Makapelu Lee (Maori TV): Corrections dept apologises for Māori nationalist group comments
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Backlash after ‘Māori nationalists’ labelled threat by Corrections group
David Farrar: Yet another manifestly unjust
Duncan Garner (Newshub): Support needed for David White

Local government
Mike Hosking (Herald): Game over – don’t waste any more money on fixing up Eden Park
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Council boss says forget about downtown stadium and prop up Eden Park
Dylan Cleaver (Herald): Auckland councillors should look to San Francisco to see the giant effect a downtown stadium can have
Todd Niall (Stuff): Eden Park’s future: ‘Residents’ army’ to hold a rally

National Party
David Cormack (Herald): National coming around to the idea of not having Simon Bridges as leader
RNZ: Simon Bridges tight-lipped on Judith Collins’ leadership conversation
RNZ: National’s Simon Bridges: ‘I’m the leader and I’ll stay the leader’
Phoebe Watt (Next): Paula Bennett: My new look and life 12 months after gastric bypass surgery

Jordan Peterson
Danyl Mclauchlan (The Spinoff): The subtle art of not giving a fuck about Jordan B Peterson
Sean Plunket (Newshub): Twelve rules for dealing with Jordan Peterson’s visit to NZ
Emily Writes (The Spinoff): Some of the thousands of people you should interview before Jordan Peterson

Gender and sexual politics
Herald: Unisex toilets in schools leaving female students too afraid to use loo
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): ‘1950 wants its ad back’: Backlash over Whittaker’s Plunket-themed chocolate
Imogen Wells (1News): Whittaker’s latest sweet treat faces backlash over claims of ‘toxic masculinity’
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Objectifying women is worse than objectifying men

Media
Herald: NZME financial result: Profit of $11.6m, paywall on the way
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): MediaRoom: D-Day for NZME
Next: A day in the life of political journalist Jessica Mutch McKay

Other
Rob Mitchell (Stuff): It’s tough at the TOP – no room for the new guys
Pete George: Returning to first-past-the-post mentality?
Jason Walls (Herald): The Labour Party has begun the process of reviewing the Budget Responsibility Rules
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): ‘Marginal’ open govt progress under National
Janine Rankin (Stuff): Mayor Smith asks for urgent release of decisions made in private
Susan St John (Newsroom): State failure to right clear wrongs
Rob Stock (Stuff): Inflation is flat – so why does it feel like life is getting more and more expensive?
Justin Stevenson (Stuff): New Zealand’s great Universal Basic Income experiment
Liam Hehir (Stuff): Rosy future for Left-wing, socialist United States
Glen Herud (Stuff): Rodeos are an advert for farmers treating animals poorly
Corin Dann (1News): Feta, Edam and Parmesan cheese names could be off Kiwi producers’ labels
Deena Coster (Stuff): ‘Unique’ role created through partnership between iwi and Department of Conservation
Michael Alexander (Stuff): NZ needs to acknowledge its history to move forward as one
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Kiwi host demands apology from Immigration NZ after friend denied entry, put on return flight
David Winter (The Spinoff): Te Papa must decide if it still wants to be a natural history museum
Steven Cowan: Climate change minister congratulates the Warehouse for its greenwashing
Herald: Poverty Bay adopts new dual name of Tūranganui-a-Kiwa/Poverty Bay
RNZ: Tasman fire: Government announces more aid for clean-up
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Governor Adrian Orr says the RBNZ’s proposals to increase banks’ capital come from the perspective of society’s risk appetite
Michael Hayward (Stuff): ‘Quake Outcasts’ finally paid for uninsured red zoned homes
John Darroch (Re-imagining social work in Aotearoa NZ): Understanding the implications of the SOP
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Cannabis clash: Chloe Swarbrick takes on Duncan Garner
Katie Fitzgerald and Heather McCarron (Newshub): More robust regulations needed for medicinal cannabis – ESR
Keri Mills (Briefing papers): A day at Waitangi, and at the beach
Julie Iles (Stuff): US Coast Guard ice cutter docks in Wellington following voyage to Antarctica
Georgia May (Hawkes Bay Today): Tension among beekeepers over new levy as price of honey drops
Luke Kirkness (Herald): More than half-a-million-dollars of ACC money paid out following electric scooter incidents
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Auckland dad suffers broken jaw after Lime sends him flying
Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): Scientists’ association deplores Te Papa’s axing of two experts
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Treasury warns scrapping tenure review could cost the Government more

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 18, 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 18 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 18 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.

Today’s content

China-NZ relations
Simon Collins (Herald): China chill hits New Zealand schools: Student downturn may hits Kiwi parents in pockets
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): China will keep squeezing NZ
Audrey Young (Herald): China is proving to be a real test of Jacinda Ardern’s political skills
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Plenty on the menu for Winston Peters’ dinner date
Liam Dann (Herald): Focus on NZ diplomatic independence crucial
1News: Bridges accuses Ardern of not taking ownership of ‘cowboy-like’ Winston Peters amid strained NZ-China relationship
Dan Satherley (Newshub): ‘Grounds to be concerned’ about NZ-China relationship – expert
1News: ‘China-NZ relations developing healthily with stability’ says Chinese ministry amid worrying signals
RNZ: Chinese foreign ministry addresses NZ-China relationship
Derek Cheng (Herald): National MP Mark Mitchell heads to Hong Kong amid cooling NZ-China relations
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Chinese tourism numbers ‘could halve’ if relations go sour
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Fork in the road – dead ahead – in NZ-China relationship
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newsroom): New Zealand-China rift: Is it really that bad?
Herald: Editorial: Big powers mustn’t dip their toes in our politics
Bryan Gould: The Chinese “message”
Damien Venuto (Herald): New Zealand faces big fight winning back Chinese hearts and minds: academic
1News: Tourism Industry Aotearoa tries to quell fears of boycott of New Zealand by Chinese travellers
Grant Bradley (Herald): How to repair damage to 2019 China-New Zealand Year of Tourism
David Farrar: The empire strikes back again
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Explainer: Why NZ can’t afford to mess with China
Paul Buchanan: Spare a thought for Anne-Marie
Chris Trotter: Mixed Messages
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Huawei ban: Chinese state media claims tourists avoiding New Zealand
Peter Wilson (RNZ): The Week in Politics: China, the government’s elephant in the room
Gia Garrick and Tess Brunton (RNZ): Chinese tourism numbers ‘could halve’ if relations go sour
Michael Reddell: Unfit to govern
1News: ‘China-NZ relations developing healthily with stability’ says Chinese ministry amid worrying signals
RNZ: New Zealand goods still clearing Chinese border – Ministry for Primary Industries
Li Xuanmin (Global Times): Chinese travelers wary of NZ as strains increase
Sandeep Singh (Indian Weekender): After China, NZ government found dozing on relations with India

KiwiBuild and housing
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Is KiwiBuild broken beyond repair?
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): KiwiBuild: the solution you come up with when you don’t want to fix the problem
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Labour Minister Kris Faafoi hints $1000 KiwiSaver kickstart may be coming back
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Government ‘arrogant’ for thinking people want KiwiBuild houses in Te Kauwhata – Judith Collins
ODT: Editorial – Housing shortages will change city
Richard Meadows (Stuff): Budget Buster: The case against homeownership
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Priced out: Home buyers who can’t afford provincial cities are heading to these hot spots
John Braddock (World socialist website): New Zealand housing crisis intensifies under Labour government
Paul Mitchell (Stuff): Manawatū-Whanganui house prices driven to new heights by frustrated house hunters
Alexis Carey (OneRoof): China’s rush to buy Aussie homes could boost NZ house prices
Katarina Williams and Nick Truebridge (Stuff): A rat hole not worth a dollar: The Auckland motel ‘profiting’ off the housing crisis
Point of order: In four months, zero applications for Kiwibuild homes in the Waikato
Greg Ninness (Interest): Contracts to sell thousands of KiwiBuild homes could be available to real estate agents
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): South Auckland housing development protesters remain resolute
Amanda Saxton (Stuff): Sex for rent adverts placing women at risk as dark side of housing crisis exposed

Polytechnic reform
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Shock, apprehension and hope: Can the radical plan to fix New Zealand’s polytechnics work?
John Bassett (The Spinoff): What the future might look like for New Zealand’s polytechnics
Kerre McIvor (Herald): Polytech shakeup is long overdue
Janine Rankin (Stuff): Palmerston North mayor keen to grab another education coup
Stuff: ‘Crying need’ for wholesale change in polytechnic sector – MP
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Hipkins sits on political dynamite
Chris Hipkins (Stuff): The country is facing skills shortages
Matt Brown (Stuff): Proposals to fix the ‘broken’ education sector shakes top-of-the-south
Logan Savory (Stuff): Southern Institute of Technology battle, why Southlanders should care

Wintec education scandal
Florence Kerr (Stuff): Wintec employees risked a lot to get story out
Richard Swainson (Stuff): Wintec shambles shows if you pay millions you can still get monkeys
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): A long road to the truth in Wintec case

Parliament and parties
Colin Peacock (RNZ): TV political poll hype hits new heights
Damien Grant (Stuff): Polls are as effective as chicken entrails to divining the will of the people
Henry Cooke (Stuff): The Greens are looking forward to 2020 already, and the possibility of a world without Winston
Steven Cowan: Why the Green Party won’t propose a Green New Deal for New Zealand
Ryan Jones (RNZ): Another reason to lose faith in democracy
Stuff: Below the beltway

Land tenure review abolished
The Press: Editorial – Ending the ‘tragedy’ of high country land sales
Matthew Littlewood (Stuff): Uncertainty ahead after tenure review process axed
Richard Harman: Questions about Sage ending the South Island high country freehold rort
Michael Hayward (Stuff): Government wants to stop privatisation of ‘iconic’ Kiwi landscapes
No Right Turn: Not one hectare more!
Greg Presland (The Standard): The end of tenure review
Herald: Tenure review changes: Public feedback sought on pastoral land leases
RNZ: Eugenie Sage slams the selling of Crown land to farmers under tenure review
Pat Deavoll (Stuff): Molesworth Station: What’s next for our biggest farm?

Justice, corrections
Keri Morris (Herald): Family justice puts children first
David Fisher (Herald): Corrections notes claim ‘Māori nationalist groups’ threaten from behind prison walls
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Government strategy to reduce Māori prison numbers gets wary response
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Report spells out overcrowding and security risks at country’s busiest court
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Victims of crime urged to have say on fixing ‘broken’ criminal justice system
RNZ: Crime victims’ views on criminal justice system to be surveyed
Luke Duane Oldfield: Arthur Taylor has a point on prisons, however
RNZ: Man’s criminal information illegally passed to ex-partner

Drugs, and law reform
Jack Tame (Herald): Protect kids from cannabis – legalise it
Tom O’Connor (Stuff): No more poachers turned gamekeepers thanks
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Strong dose of regulation needed with medicinal cannabis, ESR warns
Deena Coster (Stuff): Taranaki’s medical cannabis crowdfunder raises $1.8 million
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Could mushrooms be the next drug to be decriminalised?
Sam Hurley (Herald): Film director and cannabis campaigner escapes conviction over drug charges

Corporate environmentalism
Zane Small and Lisette Reymer (Newshub): James Shaw praises The Warehouse for achieving carbon neutrality
Catherine Harris (Stuff): The Warehouse says it’s now carbon neutral, but it’s not perfect on plastic and packaging
RNZ: Warehouse announces ‘carbon neutral’ certification but how green has it gone?
Newshub: Warehouse’s carbon neutral status just ‘creative accounting’ – critic
Grant Leach (Herald): Eight rules for making better eco-choices in the supermarket

Environment, conservation and biosecurity
Mitchell Alexander (Newshub): Govt blocking breakthrough technology that could make New Zealand predator-free
Jim Salinger (Herald): Q&A: Why we must hasten action on climate change
Elisabeth Ellis (ODT): Joining global effort on climate change rational choice for NZ
Leighton Smith (Herald): Climate change alarmists push their barrow over fires
Will Harvie (Stuff): Climate change will move New Zealand weeds
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Weedkiller ban busting Christchurch’s budget for pest plant eradication
Sean Nugent (ODT): Hydrogen fuel seen as new industry
Newshub: Claws out over proposed Southland cat ban
RNZ: Cat lover says plan to ban felines was hidden by Southland council
Katie Bradford (1News): Growing pressure on Government to prosecute litterbugs
1News: Latest Auckland fruit fly incursion expected to cost at least $1 million
Lucy Warhurst (Newshub): Response to fruit fly in Devonport too slow says North Shore MP Maggie Barry
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Fruit fly find: Upset shop owner faces loss for dumped stock

Health
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Political Sadism, Or Moral Inertia? Explaining David Clark
Jihee Junn (The Spinoff): The Health Star Ratings are set for a major shake-up, but how much is changing?
Moana Makapelu Lee (Maori TV): Husband demands inquiry into Pharmac costs for life saving cancer drugs
Mei Heron (1News): Fears Government has dropped the ball on rheumatic fever as cases rise
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): 40 weeks pregnant woman sent home twice by Auckland Hospital instead of being induced
Jendy Harper (1News): Hanmer Springs kicks off first-of-a-kind smoking and vaping ban – but not all are convinced
Michelle Dickinson (Herald): Should breast cancer screening start at 35?
Tom Dillane (Herald): German spine surgeon warned it’s illegal to practice in NZ, after dining with Kiwi patients in Auckland
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Top health executive leaves Ministry, investigation continues into procurement
Dale Husband (E-tangata): Owen Sinclair: Fighting the racism in our health system

Pike River mine
Newshub: Pike River ‘cover-up’: Missing cabinet sparks police enquiry
Herald: Police investigate new discovery which may hold clue to Pike River mine explosion
Stuff: Pike River families claim ‘vital’ evidence from mine explosion has been lost
John Campbell (1News): Former chief mines inspector says missing piece of evidence could point to cause of Pike River Mine disaster
RNZ: Vital evidence in Pike River mine disaster missing, say families

Capital gains tax
John Roughan (Herald): All taxpayers might be in for good news this week
Anne Gibson (Herald): Capital gains tax debate heating up: final recommendations out on Thursday
RNZ: James Shaw: Capital gains tax key to fixing wealth gap
OneRoof: The tax that could upend NZ’s property market

Transport and NZTA
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): E tū union official questions whether former Chorus boss Mark Ratcliffe ‘right person’ to reform NZTA
Phil Pennington (RNZ): NZTA says it will be tougher on garages, certifiers from now on
Stuff: Hamilton WOF inspector let unauthorised people use his credentials
Bob Edlin: Genter stalls on question about NZTA safety campaign costs – so what does this tell us about her performance?
Damian George (Stuff): More disruption for Wellington rail commuters as rush hour trains are delayed

Local government
Dave Cull (Herald): Moving local voting online will help Govt too
Bill Ralston (Listener): It’s time to empower the mayor and make Auckland liveable again
Stephen Forbes (Interest): Auditor General notes growing debts and rising costs at councils
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Eden Park seeks ‘$100m bailout’ to keep hosting All Blacks and major events
David Loughrey (ODT): A decade on, stadium scars remain
RNZ: New Plymouth councillor stepping down after remarks on te reo
Deena Coster (Stuff): Maverick councillor Murray Chong resigns chairmanship role ahead of crunch meeting
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Former mayor reveals $20,000 legal bill to fight defamation case
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland rate rises: If 2.5 per cent is the answer, what is the question?

National Party
John Armstrong (1News): Media script requires Bridges to end up as dog tucker
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diary of Simon Bridges
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): It’s time for the nuclear option
RNZ: Simon Bridges tight-lipped on Judith Collins’ leadership conversation
David Fisher (Herald): Sarah Dowie and the text message inquiry – what the police won’t tell you
The Standard: The NZ National Party is the Wizard of Oz

National’s KiwiBuild advertisement
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Make no mistake, National’s BBQ attack ad is sexist
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: National’s deliberate ‘woke-provoking’ ad
Newstalk ZB: People outraged over ‘sexist’ National attack ad have ‘fallen into trap’
Damien Venuto (Herald): The mistake National keeps making in its terrible ads

Government
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Six months after 12 priorities launched, Government still working on indicators for progress
Christopher Bishop (The Spinoff): The Fyre Festival was just like this Labour government – all smoke, no fyre
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Be bold to thrive in a changing world
Jason Walls (Herald): National says the Government needs to front up with details of its $50m in loans to businesses
Doug Laing (Hawkes Bay Today): PM on the other side in Art Deco Parade
Herald: PM Jacinda Ardern at Napier Art Deco Festival, a favourite of John Key’s
Doug Laing (Hawkes Bay Today): PM Jacinda Ardern at Hawke’s Bay’s Art Deco Festival: I’ll be back
Brad Flahive and Jacques Steenkamp (Stuff): PM Jacinda Ardern sends heartfelt note to grieving family after death

Employment
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Health Minister David Clark vetoing DHB pay agreements, union claims
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Law to punish firms that exploit workers hurts migrants, advocates say
Paula Hulburt (Stuff): Senior doctors get $500 an hour, or $4000 a shift, for strike cover
Don Franks (Redline): “How many are coming from your job?”: notes on the Wellington Trades Council
No Right Turn: Why is Labour subsidising bad employers?
Sam Kelway (1News): Government accused of failing to address labour shortage as kiwifruit harvest nears
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Frustrated paramedics deface ambulances
Andrew Mcfarlane (1News): Ambulances left needing repair work after St John staff write slogans on them during pay dispute

Banking and financial sector
Cameron Bagrie (Herald): Kiwi banks heading for big changes
Bruce Cotterill (Stuff): Imagine a world where the banks actually helped us
ODT: Money laundering regulations proving cumbersome

Jordan Peterson
Herald: Editorial: Jordan Peterson shows speakers of ‘far right’ views not all denied an Auckland Council platform
Kirsty Wynn (Herald): Canadian psychologist and ’12 Rules of Life’ author Jordan Peterson visiting New Zealand
Newshub: Watch: Sean Plunket takes on Shane Te Pou over Jordan Peterson
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Jordan Peterson labels New Zealand activist interview ‘more painful’ than other ridiculed videos

Hit and Run inquiry and defence forces
Alison Mau (Stuff): Op Burnham inquiry secrecy conflicts with these Camp Taji photos
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Former Defence Minister Wayne Mapp will give evidence to public ‘Hit & Run’ hearing
Stuff: New Zealand Defence Force staff face drug charges

Media and information
Leroy Beckett (The Spinoff): The internet is the new public square. And it’s flowing with raw sewage
Matt Rilkoff (Stuff): The problem with the pace of modern outrage
Mihingarangi Forbes (E-tangata): Our future is in collaboration
Atakohu Middleton (E-tangata): Māori media revamp: Where’s the focus on quality journalism?
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Media big and small step up to keep fires covered
Colin Peacock (RNZ): TVNZ hints at bold digital moves

Cameron Slater defamation trial
David Fisher (Herald): Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater loses defamation case and gets told: ‘Your day will come’
Matthew Blomfield (Daily Blog): High Court lifts suppression on strike out of Whale Oil defamation defence
Greg Presland (The Standard): Blomfield beats Slater
Pete George: How many victims of Slater and Nottingham?

Other
Carly Gooch (Stuff): ‘Offensive’ painting of Māori hero taken from gallery
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Maori TV): Dual name for Tūranganui-a-Kiwa / Poverty Bay approved
Doug Laing (Hawke’s Bay Today): ‘Significant and irreversible prejudice’: Urgent Waitangi tribunal hearing to settle Napier claim issues
Hannah Martin (Stuff): New research presented to law makers in abortion reform debate
Bruce Munro (ODT): Looking out for each other
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Farmers’ confidence at lowest point in a decade
Stuff: Falloon implores Minister to refund road charges
Scott Palmer and Juliet Speedy (Newshub): Government refuses to refund truckies delivering Tasman farm aid
Matt Shand (Stuff): Second ‘flame-resistant’ product found to be of lower quality
Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): Where are the Pasifika and Māori skilled tradies?
1News: Ministry for Children forced to apologise after social worker tries to access private medical records
Carla Penman (1News): More allegations of bullying at the Ministry for Children
Max Rashbrooke: 2019: The prospects for fairness and openness
Jenny Ruth (BusinessDesk): NZ’s net migration falls in 2018
Rodney Dickens (Interest): There are still issues with new migration numbers even after some major revisions
Katie Fitzgerald and Lauren Paddy (Newshub): Protesters to demonstrate outside Waikato rodeo
Grant Shimmin (Stuff): ‘Average Kiwi bloke who snapped’ narrative can get in the sea
Andy Glenie (Stuff): Business law revamp could have far-reaching consequences
Philip Matthews (Stuff): Rod Carr’s hard yards
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Sir John Jeffries: From school failure to career overachiever
Paul Gorman (Stuff): National Portrait: Margaret Austin – Shining a light on darkness
Richard Griffin (Stuff): Setting the stage for the mid term
Rod Emmerson (Herald): What lies ahead for political cartoonists
Syd Keepa (Daily Blog): This is what colonisation in 2019 looks like
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Why Scott Kuggeleijn shouldn’t be playing cricket
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newsroom): Auckland Pride Festival: Organisers already planning for 2020
John Moore (liberation): Polytechnic reform; Islamophobia in Dunedin; media crackdown in Philippines
Mikaela Collins (Northern Advocate): Northland principals: More truancy prosecutions needed

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 15, 2019

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: National’s deliberate “woke-provoking” ad

Political Roundup: National’s deliberate “woke-provoking” ad

by Dr Bryce Edwards

Is the National Party’s latest online advert deliberately designed to provoke a backlash from liberal opponents? And is National trying to feed the fire of a growing culture war in New Zealand? It’s seems so, and the party’s desired result is being achieved.

The National Party’s teal-coloured boozer character.

The taxpayer-funded 30-second video was launched on social media on Wednesday. You can see the ad about KiwiBuild here on Twitter: They’re all sizzle, no sausage. So far, it’s had 48,800 views on this single tweet.

The piece of advertising propaganda was immediately attacked by opponents as being sexist, particularly because it incorporated some backward gender stereotypes, with a young woman being lectured to about the failures of KiwiBuild by a young man being condescending. Some labelled it “man-splaining”.

Most prominently, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern correctly pointed out that the ads looked like they came from the 1970s, referring to their backward nature. But she was careful not to take too much of the bait, saying “I think if people see the ad they can make their own judgement on it”.

Others have been readier to express condemnation and even outrage. For example, the Minister of Women’s Affairs, Julie-Anne Genter attacked it as a portrayal of a gullible woman being mansplained to by two patronising males.

Plenty of other commentators have condemned the ad – today the Herald’s Damien Venuto wrote about how the woman in the ad was “the literal embodiment of every dated blonde joke ever told” – see: The mistake National keeps making in its terrible ads. He warns the party that they are stepping “into a giant advertising turd by belittling a large portion of the voting public: namely women.”

Venuto predicts that the ads will backfire, giving Labour an electoral advantage: “These ads reinforce the notion that National is the old, rich party, looking to maintain the power dynamics that have long existed in New Zealand society. If anything, it gives Labour further impetus to reinvigorate the smart unifying message delivered in its previous election campaign.”

There has been widespread criticism. Linda Clark tweeted sarcastically, “Policy is complicated. I needed a man to help me understand it”. Another posted: “I am actually in furious tears over how sexist that National ad is. Blatantly, explicitly, intentionally sexist. How are we meant to move away from a culture of violence towards women when our political rhetoric expressly permits this?” – see: National Party’s KiwiBuild attack ad comes under fire as sexist and incorrect.

But was all this negative reaction actually exactly what the National Party was seeking? Commentator Danyl Mclauchlan admits that it might be a “grand conspiracy theory”, but that this is “exactly what they wanted to happen”. He wrote an article yesterday arguing “Progressives are actually the primary target for this ad and it is designed to offend them. Offense and controversy makes things newsworthy and earns you coverage in the mainstream media, thus potentially reaching a far greater number of viewers” – see: Notes towards a grand unified theory of the terrible National Party sausage ad.

Quite clearly the strategy has worked, with National’s ad gaining huge amounts of media coverage. In this regard, Mclauchlan argues that it’s a clever attack advertising strategy, which has some parallels with the operating style of the US President: “This is Trump’s great innovation in political marketing: you don’t need to pay for advertising you just repeatedly outrage progressives, especially those who work in the media, and they’ll give you all the free coverage you could hope for.”

Mclauchlan concludes: “Presumably there will be more: maybe the next shocking thing will be the next National Party ad, giving online progressives the chance to spend the whole year furiously amplifying National’s talking points.”

Could National’s strategy actually therefore be primarily designed – not just to get more attention, as Mclaughlan argues – but also to push the party’s liberal opponents into furthering their reputation as being obsessed by being “politically correct” or “woke”?

This is what I argued this morning on Newstalk ZB, saying “Most supporters of National will just see this ad and think ‘oh National is criticising KiwiBuild’, whereas National’s opponents read much more into it, they’ve seen it and been provoked by it and fallen into the trap” – see: People outraged over ‘sexist’ National attack ad have ‘fallen into trap’.

Essentially National’s strategy is a highly cynical attempt at a type of “reverse dog whistle politics” – because their own base and the voters they are trying to win over don’t pick up on any underlying offensiveness of the advertisement, but opponents do and they react accordingly. As I explain on Newstalk ZB, “Many others fell into the trap, gave it publicity and called it out and for a lot of New Zealanders they would have seen the ad and thought it just seems like a silly ad and thought the complaints about it… were a bit over the top.”

Therefore, a “cringe-worthy and clumsy” ad manages to feed into, and thrive off, the growing culture wars in New Zealand. Because the context in which National has launched this ad is one of 1) heightened sensitivity towards social justice, sexism, and gender politics, and 2) a reaction against such “woke” politics, with a lot of frustration and abhorrence at social justice progressives and their outrage.

Hence, National Party deputy leader, Paula Bennett has been able to come out and defend the ads, strongly positioning her party as in opposition to “outrage culture”. She has been reported as saying that “it’s easy to find offence if you’re looking for it”, and people need to “lighten up”.

On RNZ, Bennett “was asked if she thought young, blonde women need government policy explained to them by men” and she responded: “Oh, no more than fat brown ones or any other male that I might know or anyone else. It’s got nothing to do with gender it’s got nothing to do with hair colour it’s got nothing to do with any of that sort of thing” – see: Paula Bennett defends ‘no sausage’ mansplaining ad on KiwiBuild.

This article also points out that National’s male MPs were being put under pressure in Parliament and by the media, essentially being quizzed as to whether they are sexist and whether they “mansplained”. National was probably quite happy about this narrative of their MPs being under attack.

And if they were any doubt that this “woke-provoking” strategy was being used, then it’s worth noting that National’s pollster David Farrar blogged to say: “National will be delighted that woke activists on Twitter are so stupid they managed to get all this free publicity for the advertisement” – see: Woke activists fall into trap.

Newstalk ZB’s political editor Barry Soper has also viewed National’s ad as being designed to provoke a strong reaction from opponents: “Today it’s the talk of the town, mainly because these days everyone’s so politically sensitive, careful about what they say for fear of causing offence and National knows it. Which is why the ad’s had the impact it has” – see: National’s Kiwibuild ad the talk of the town. On National’s strategy, Soper says “It’s brilliant and it’s had the desired effect: getting everyone fired up and the public talking.”

Also at Newstalk ZB, Heather du Plessis-Allan has come out strongly against the ad, saying “it’s a clever ad. But it’s disappointing” – see: Make no mistake, National’s BBQ attack ad is sexist.

Not only does du Plessis-Allan draw attention to the backward gender stereotypes in the ad and the “mansplaining”, but also to the apparent use of sausages in the ad as a putdown of the Labour Party and Jacinda Ardern: “The sausage is a phallic symbol FYI. If that sounds too conspiratorial to you, you’re being naive. This is an effective political ad and effective political ads almost always contain some sort of subtle dog-whistle. And very little in such an ad is an accident. The sausage is deliberate.”

Nonetheless, the impact seems to be working – with a backlash building against the advert complainants. The Herald reports the following readers’ comments with examples of people cheering on the ads: “PC gone mad”, “Bloody brilliant” and “People need to get over themselves” – see: ‘People need to get over themselves’: Swell of support for National’s ‘sexist’ BBQ ad.

Finally, National’s attack conjures up memories of other attack ads run by the party in the past, and the classic to watch is their 1975 Dancing Cossacks video.

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 15, 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 15 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.

Today’s content

China-NZ relations
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Warnings to Chinese tourists spark further questions
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Chinese tourists backing out of trips to ‘back-stabbing’ New Zealand
Richard Harman: And now, Chinese tourists are cancelling
1News: Some Chinese travellers ‘dumping plans to travel to New Zealand’ amid strained relationship between Wellington and Beijing
Paul G Buchanan (RNZ): Trade vs security: New Zealand’s Huawei dilemma
The Press: Editorial – Fence-sitting over China has got harder
Herald: New Zealand’s tourism industry is facing backlash following rocky relationship with China
Liam Dann (Herald): Economy Hub: China rift – ‘They now feel they cannot trust us’
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters rejects suggestions that NZ exporters are facing delays at Chinese ports
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: The Story of the Chinese blowback against New Zealand
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): NZTE sees nothing to prove China is taking revenge on exporters
Grant Bradley (Herald): Hong Kong Airlines pulls out of Auckland dealing blow to travel industry
John Anthony (Stuff): Hong Kong Airlines pulls out of New Zealand from May

National Party “sexist” advert
Danyl Mclauchlan (The Spinoff): Notes towards a grand unified theory of the terrible National Party sausage ad
Barry Soper (Herald): National’s Kiwibuild ad the talk of the town
RNZ: Paula Bennett defends ‘no sausage’ mansplaining ad on KiwiBuild
Herald: Government Ministers are slamming a National Party KiwiBuild attack ad as sexist
Newstalk ZB: National’s attack ad labelled as sexist
Stuff: National Party’s KiwiBuild attack ad comes under fire as sexist and incorrect
1News: Jacinda Ardern says National attack ad accused of ‘mansplaining’ is straight from ‘1970s era’
1News: Paula Bennett defends National’s ad attacking KiwiBuild – labelled ‘sexist’ by some – as ‘just a bit of humour’

KiwiBuild and housing
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Revealed: No one entered KiwiBuild ballot for Waikato development
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Reserve Bank predicts KiwiBuild will crowd out private building, progress slowly
Deena Coster (Stuff): New Plymouth’s $23m KiwiBuild project a potential boon for local industry
BusinessDesk: KiwiBuild will crowd out as much as 75% of other home building: RBNZ
Simon Collins (Herald): New overseas teachers staying with school principal because of Auckland’s housing crisis
RNZ: Co-housing the key to closed property markets?
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Auckland house buyers increasingly confident prices won’t rise
Greg Ninness (Interest): House buying optimism hits five-and-a-half year high in ASB Housing Confidence Survey
Anne Gibson (Herald): Auckland’s median house price drops $20,000
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Tenants feel Wellington rent crunch: ‘We were so devastated’
1News: Wellington rent prices ‘explode’, tenants paying $45 more than Auckland
Anne Gibson (Herald): Auckland’s median house price drops $20,000
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): RSE workers have little impact on rental market, report says

Polytechnic reform
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Timeline tight for critical skills education reform
John Gerritsen (RNZ): The devil is in the details for the new ‘mega-polytechnic’
George Heagney and Janine Rankin (Stuff): Polytech restructure could strengthen Palmerston North’s education role
Max Christoffersen (Stuff): Something’s rotten in the state of Wintec

Land tenure review abolished
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): The slow, sorry end of tenure review
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): The multimillion dollar public land sales scheme, tenure review, will be stopped
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Controversial tenure review leaves devastating legacy for South Island environment – researchers
Guy Williams (ODT): Differences on replacement for tenure review
RNZ: Eugenie Sage slams the selling of Crown land to farmers under tenure review
Derek Cheng (Herald): Tenure review axed to save high country landscapes and native habitat
1News: Govt to scrap controversial process for selling off South Island high country land
No Right Turn: The end of tenure review?

Parliament
Matthew Hooton (Herald): One poll not enough to unseat Simon Bridges
No Right Turn: “The most transparent government ever” – again
Edward Willis: Politics, select committees, cricket
David Farrar: Well done Trevor
David Farrar: A pox on both their houses
Phil Smith (RNZ): Two break-ups for Valentines – Parliament’s votes of confidence
RNZ: Select committee cancellation ‘partisan politics’ harming real people – submitter
1News: Winston Peters apologises to ‘all woodwork teachers’ after gibe at Gerry Brownlee’s expense
1News: Winston Peters’ defamation case has cost Kiwi taxpayers $80k, more expenses likely

Justice, corrections
1News: Government’s focus on community policy, organised crime ‘has nothing to do’ with drop in crimes in 2018 – criminologist
Chester Borrows (Stuff): Rethinking justice means we all must have our say
Anke Richter (The Spinoff): K Road naked protester: ‘I was feeling the violence towards all women’
RNZ: Fewer victims of crime last year, according to new Government data
1News: Victims of crime fell by 2.7 per cent last year
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Corrections ‘ripping off’ prisoners with expensive rental TVs
Melanie Earley (Stuff): Could youth mentoring be the key to keeping young people out of jail?
Newshub: The man taking on NZ’s shameful family violence rates

Reserve Bank and economy
Brian Fallow (Herald): Staff wanted, so where are the pay rises?
RNZ: New structure announced for Reserve Bank
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Reducing the risk of the Governor ‘going feral’

Agriculture
Michael Morrah (Newshub): ‘Just abysmal’: Farmers furious at MPI’s ‘shambles’ response to M bovis
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): M bovis disease may have been in NZ in 2004: official report
Herald: MPI receives 188 submissions for dairy industry review

Health
The Listener – Editorial: Youth mental health is in crisis and NZ is failing to keep up
Kyro Selket (The Spinoff): Why fining parents for smoking in cars isn’t the answer
ODT: Editorial – Stubbing out smoking in cars
Herald: Mike King calls Waikato DHB ‘clowns’ after call for new coroner inquest into Nicky Stevens’ death
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Was the unit that sterilises surgical equipment in Hawke’s Bay turned on?
RNZ: Junior doctors to ballot for fifth strike: ‘This campaign is not a flash in the pan’
Herald: Ombudsman launches twin investigations into care, deaths of intellectually disabled
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Chief Ombudsman launches investigations into intellectual disability services

Transport
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Faulty airbags: ‘Some don’t see just how important it really is’
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): NZTA mulls law change as 17,300 cars remain unchecked
Todd Niall (Stuff): NZ Super Fund’s bid to build light rail in Auckland under Government review
RNZ: Wellington to get six-month e-scooter trial
Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): ‘A bomb is going to be dropped on the footpath’, warns councillor as e-scooters get Wellington green light
Damian George (Stuff): Commuter chaos again in Wellington as 28 peak-hour bus services cancelled

Commercial fisheries, environment, conservation
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Duncan Garner slams Stuart Nash over lack of cameras on fishing boats
Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): Amberley residents concerned about clam trawler operating metres from shore
Matt Brown (Stuff): Molesworth 1080 by-kill survey completed ‘within a month’
RNZ: Ban on cats under debate at Southland council meeting

Media
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): TVNZ searching for solution to boost its digital news, no comment on a Stuff purchase
Derek Cheng (Herald): TVNZ not ruling out buying Stuff or merging with Radio NZ
BusinessDesk: TVNZ has a keen interest in Stuff assets

Jordan Peterson
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Jordan Peterson weighs in on New Zealand gender topics, Julie-Anne Genter’s ‘old white men’ comments
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): New Zealand ‘woke left’ needs to understand Jordan Peterson’s mainstream support – Sean Plunket

Drugs, and law reform
Damien Venuto (Herald): Cannabis investors take care: Risks go with enticing returns
Herald: Editorial: Sallies find P a growing scourge in our society
1News: Current cannabis law ‘a deterrent to young people getting treatment’ for drug’s negative affects – expert
RNZ: Complex chemicals: The trouble with detecting synthetic drugs

Pike River Mine
RNZ: Pike River: Drift must be entirely accessible before police enter
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Pike River re-entry: Police will not be among first into mine drift
RNZ: Assistant Police Commissioner says staff won’t enter mine yet

Other
Peter Dunne (Newsroom: Ditch the lolly jar and start listening
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Agriculture no block to NZ-EU trade deal – Hogan
Simon Wilson (Herald): Taking the Salvation Army welfare challenge
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Quake-prone building owners fear ‘destruction by legislation’
Anne Gibson (Herald): SkyCity convention centre had Grenfell Tower-like cladding: $25m to remove
Levi Joule (Herald): Parade organisers missed the meaning of pride
No Right Turn: The law means nothing
1News: Auckland café’s Valentine’s Day blackboard message called offensive toward women
Leah Tebbutt (Herald): Calls to amend Prostitution Bylaw made at Rotorua committee meeting by New Zealand Prostitutes’ Collective
Winston Aldworth (Herald): NZ Cricket needs to front up on Scott Kuggeleijn
Jamie Wall (RNZ): NZ Cricket’s silence on Scott Kuggeleijn just another head in the sand
Newshub: Grant Robertson’s message to Aziz Al-Sa’afin on ‘gay-bashing’
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Nelson bush fire: PM announces extra $100,000 for mayoral relief fund
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Colmar Brunton survey shows Kiwis care more about personal data safety
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Immigration NZ says sorry, assures mum little Zara won’t be deported
Bruce Munro (ODT): Global Insight: The Japan-NZ relationship
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): NZ banks slash branch numbers
Nikki Macdonald (Stuff): Axed Te Papa scientists granted temporary stay of execution

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 14, 2019

Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: The Story of the Chinese blowback against New Zealand

Political Roundup: The Story of the Chinese blowback against New Zealand

by Dr Bryce Edwards

This week might come to be seen as a turning point in New Zealand’s complex trading and political relations with China. Suddenly there is a very strong awareness of the deteriorating relations between the capitals of Wellington and Beijing. And although there is plenty of confusion and contention about the details, it’s clear that the Chinese Government has initiated a type of political blowback against New Zealand. This is based on what the Beijing government see as a betrayal by its formerly-close trading partner.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and New Zealand’s former Prime Minister John Key (L) meet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 19 March 2014.

Three factors have been discussed this week as signalling that China has initiated a campaign of retaliation against New Zealand: 1) the sudden announcement that China is postponing the long-planned launch of tourism initiative in Wellington next week, 2) the mysterious turning back of an Air New Zealand flight to Shanghai in the weekend, and 3) the long-running inability of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to arrange a diplomatic visit to China.

The story about the postponement of the tourism launch was broken by Barry Soper on the frontpage of the Herald on Tuesday, explaining that: “The 2019 China-New Zealand Year of Tourism was meant to be launched with great fanfare at Wellington’s Te Papa museum next week, but that has been postponed by China” – see: China, New Zealand links sink to new low: PM Jacinda Ardern’s visit on hold, tourism project postponed.

In a second piece on Tuesday, Soper points out that the diplomatic explanations for the postponement aren’t credible: “the lame excuse from Wellington officials that there was a change of schedule. Given the Year was announced two years ago by the Key Government when the Chinese Premier visited here, Beijing’s had plenty of time to schedule it in” – see: NZ feeling the heat of the Chinese dragon.

This article also delves into the long-running difficulties that Ardern is having in getting an official visit agreed to by Beijing. Soper says: “The invitation for Jacinda Ardern to visit Beijing early this year’s been put on ice and all her talk at the end of last year about neither side being able to coordinate their diaries was baloney.”

In addition, Soper points to the third issue – the “turning back of the new Air New Zealand plane over the weekend, which was half way to Shanghai, because it wasn’t registered”. These three incidents illustrate, according to Soper that “New Zealand is feeling the heat of the Chinese dragon’s breath and if we’re not careful it could incinerate us.” He reports that “word from the Chinese capital is that retaliation is being worked on.”

And Soper points out that it’s easy to understand why the Chinese have become upset with New Zealand, after the Government here essentially decided late last year to ban the Chinese company Huawei from being involved in the new 5G telecommunications network.

I covered this at the time in my column, Huawei decision is the price of being in Five Eyes, pointing out that the decision was widely seen as fulfilling a US Government request to help it its geopolitical battle against China and Huawei. I predicted, “There is certainly going to be a cost for the ban… this country’s economic and diplomatic ties with the superpower of China will now be strained as a result.”

Of course, it wasn’t just the Huawei decision that soured relations with China – Wellington has been edging away from a close friendship with Beijing for a few years. This is all explained in a must-read column today by Victoria University of Wellington’s strategic studies specialist, Robert Ayson, who goes through the deterioration of the Wellington-Beijing relationship, saying that even under John Key “New Zealand was raising concerns about China’s behaviour in the South China Sea” and in return received some messages “suggesting that Wellington should stay quiet if it wanted an FTA upgrade” – see: New Zealand and China: time for clarity in a hall of mirrors.

According to Ayson, New Zealand’s criticisms of China have been increasing, especially with Ron Mark as Minister of Defence, and with the Government “calling out” China “for nefarious cyber activities”.

The Labour-led Government is still denying, or at least downplaying, the serious pushback that is now coming from Beijing. For the most recent examples of this, see Jo Moir’s news report, Winston Peters dismisses claims govt visits to China stalling.

The best quote in this story is from Shane Jones who declares: “I don’t think I’m one of these losery politicians that’s apparently not allowed to go to China, in fact I’m very popular with the Chinese – I think they see a kindred industrial spirit.” And David Parker is also reported as having visited China and seen no signs of trouble in the relationship.

But there’s clearly now a consensus amongst political commentators and journalists that the political blowback from China is real, many of who are complaining that the Prime Minister and Government are either failing to be upfront or else simply being delusional about the relationship.

Veteran political journalist Richard Harman reports that “the foreign affairs community” is certainly asking questions about China’s retaliation against New Zealand, and says diplomats and officials even see the incident with the Air New Zealand flight as evidence that the relationship has soured – see his column, Why was the AirNZ plane turned back?.

The suggestion is made that China is now cracking down “on technical infringements of its laws” when it comes to New Zealand exporters or the national carrier. In this regard he reports that Victoria University’s David Capie “suggested that what the incident showed was that New Zealand no longer had a special relationship with China. In other words, all things being equal previously, China would have found a way to let the plane land.”

China is prone to using this type of ambiguous retaliation, according to Newsroom’s Sam Sachdeva: “China has a history of operating with plausible deniability when it comes to meting out punishments” – see: NZ-China ‘scheduling issues‘ cause for concern.

Sachdeva reports, “One observer noted that blowback often begins with tourism numbers, moving onto international education before spreading to the wider trade and economic relationship – a script into which the postponement of the Year of Tourism launch sits uneasily.”

The problem, according to the New Zealand Herald, is that New Zealand appears to have chosen sides in the growing US-China rivalry – see the editorial: Has our govt antagonised China?. It points out that “it is not hard to see why China would have the impression this country is not the friend it used to be. The new Government’s ‘reset’ of policy towards the Pacific Islands is strongly tinged with support for the US and suspicion of China’s interests in the region.”

New Zealand observers in Beijing are also commenting on what’s going on. The most interesting is businessman David Mahon, who is interviewed by Liam Dann, saying that the decision to ban Huawei was “seen as a Five Eyes stitch up” and “a breach of trust” – see: NZ/China relationship: ‘We have a big problem’.

Mahon suggests that New Zealand had been building a much closer relationship with China for the last four decades, with the Chinese having huge respect for this country, but “In the last 12 months or so that has almost reversed. So there is now a very different view, almost an opposite view of New Zealand.”

There are real dangers of the China-NZ relationship getting much worse. Geopolitical and security analyst Paul Buchanan says that he’s now warning his clients against going to China due to risks to their safety as a result of what’s going on at the governmental level. On Newstalk ZB, Buchanan said “if you are a New Zealand resident in China, you need to be cognisant of the fact that there could be a knock on your door and you could be taken away on corruption charges or turpitude charges” – see: Kiwis warned over ‘hostage diplomacy’ from China.

Slowly but surely, the current government has engineered a major reorientation of foreign policy according to Audrey Young, who labels the Relationship with China a diplomatic mess. She complains that this “was never foreshadowed before the last election”.

The shift appears to lie with New Zealand First and Winston Peters: “Peters has been an irritant. A year ago Peters framed his Pacific Reset in terms of a response to counter China’s growing influence in the region, and he challenged China’s most important foreign policy strategy, the Belt and Road initiative. He ended the year with a speech in Washington, almost a love-letter to America, practically begging them to get more involved in the Pacific to counter China’s influence. A National Party Foreign Minister could not have made such a speech without being accused of wanting to rejoin Anzus.”

According to Young, the onus is now on the Government, and the Prime Minister, to fix the deterioration. They need to “to take a lot more care in preserving the relationship New Zealand had and to be less cavalier.”

Similarly, the Prime Minister needs to sort out her long-promised trip to Beijing, according to economics journalist Hamish Rutherford – see: Until Jacinda Ardern visits China, questions about the relationship will only deepen.

Rutherford discusses the on-again-off-again trip: “Ardern is left trotting out the line that this is a scheduling issue, and the only thing keeping her from an official visit is scheduling clashes. This has been the case for some time; journalists were asked to prepare for a trip in December, however this was abruptly cancelled. The longer the situation goes on, the more it appears that the excuse that the problems are caused by scheduling issues are simply a subtle diplomatic slap. For weeks there have been rumours that officials at the Chinese Embassy have warned the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade that the trip is not happening until other issues are resolved, something Mfat denies.”

Herald business editor Fran O’Sullivan is also calling for the Government to quickly fix the problems – see: Chinese relations must get back on track. Her suggestion, however, is that the “postponed” tourism event needs to be sorted out by the Minister of Tourism Kelvin Davis getting “on the first plane up to China to sort out the debacle”.

But perhaps it’s the Minister of Foreign Affairs that needs to be sorted out. Richard Harman suggests that this might already be happening: “The Prime Minister appeared yesterday to deliver a subtle message to Foreign Minister Winston Peters telling him, she, not him, ran foreign policy. This contrasts with her admission last year that she had not read a speech he gave in Washington directly criticising China and calling for more American involvement in the Pacific” – see: Ardern takes the lead on China.

Could Peters even be shifted on from his portfolio, in order to satisfy the Chinese? It seems unlikely, but that’s the hint that security specialist Robert Ayson is making when he says that fixing the NZ-China relations “may also mean a change in the pecking order within the politburo in Wellington.”

Ayson’s column, cited above, also has plenty of other suggestions for how the mess might be fixed – and these include providing the Chinese government with greater clarity about the Huawei decision, showing that New Zealand is not simply “a willing member of a new Cold War”, stop cosying up to the US, and pull back from Winston Peters’ anti-China Pacific Reset strategy.

Finally, last month Matthew Hooton wrote an important and prescient column about New Zealand’s changing relationship with China and US, and this is well worth reading as background for what is happening now – see: Is Jacinda Ardern on board with the Winston Peters Reset?.

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 14, 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 14 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.

Today’s content

China-NZ relations
Robert Ayson (The Spinoff): New Zealand and China: time for clarity in a hall of mirrors
Barry Soper (Herald): Souring relationship with China will do no harm
Liam Dann (Herald): NZ/China relationship: ‘We have a big problem’
Jo Moir (RNZ): Winston Peters dismisses claims govt visits to China stalling
Richard Harman (Politik): Ardern takes the lead on China
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern responds to National claims that five ministers are awaiting permission to go to China
1News: Huawei ban could see New Zealand-China relationship ‘deteriorating’ – expert
Bobby Hellard (IT Pro): Huawei tries to compare itself to the All Blacks to champion 5G tech
RNZ: Huawei ad hits back at NZ govt’s 5G decision
Jane Patterson (RNZ): In Parliament: PM defends relationship with China, admits ‘challenges’
Tess Brunton (RNZ): China-New Zealand Year of Tourism: Ministry, operators dampen politics worries
Point of Order: China and NZ foreign policy: Peters knows choices must be made
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Is the National Party’s anger over China self interested?
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Imperial nostalgia and manifest hypocrisy: New Zealand’s increasingly unlikeable “friends”

Anne-Marie Brady police investigation
Matt Nippert (Herald): Brady case: Police dead-end labelled ‘diplomatic or cowardly’
Matt Nippert (Herald): Police fail to crack case of burgled China scholar Anne-Marie Brady
Rachel Graham (RNZ): Minister says GCSB not involved in Anne-Marie Brady investigation
Stuff: Police investigation into incidents against Christchurch-based China expert stalls
RNZ: Anne-Marie Brady break-ins: Police investigation hits dead end

Education and polytechnic reform
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Bipartisanship would be valuable for Govt’s big education plans
Dominion Post: Editorial – Joining together to save polytechs
Herald: Editorial: Industries will no longer set training standards
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Sir Tim Shadbolt slams proposed polytechnic merger as devastating for Invercargill
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Industry training organisations say students will suffer under polytech merger
Simon Collins (Herald): Rescue plan for polytechnics becomes huge upheaval for apprentices and industry training too
Simon Collins (Herald): Training shakeup: How will it affect you?
Simon Collins (Herald): Polytechnic mega-merger will take over apprentices and industry trainees
John Gerritsen (RNZ): ‘NZ Institute of Skills and Technology’: 16 polytechs to merge under government proposal
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Scepticism at polytech plans
1News: All polytechnics, technology institutes to be unified, under new Government proposal
RNZ: ‘NZ Institute of Skills and Technology’: 16 polytechs to merge under government proposal
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Government proposes merging 16 polytechnics and technology institutes into single entity
Zane Small (Newshub): Government proposes merging New Zealand’s polytechnics
Duncan Garner (Newshub): Polytechnic shakeup long overdue
Rachael Kelly (Stuff): SIT critical of proposal to merge training providers
David Farrar: All polytechs to merge
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Disability support wait times rise at Ministry of Education
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Otago scarfies get an A for behaviour in annual report card

Parliament
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Trevor Mallard, Chris Hipkins clash over Government’s delayed replies
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger
Derek Cheng (Herald): Jacinda Ardern admonishes Labour MPs for being late to select committee
Jessica Mutch McKay (1News): Parliament’s top select committee called off because ‘disorganised’ Labour didn’t have the numbers
Derek Cheng (Herald): Parliament meeting collapses as National MPs walk out
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Finance committee gets political as Budget announcement canned
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Parliament finance committee collapses with Government unable to muster a quorum
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Labour v National: MPs in spat over missed Parliamentary meeting
Zane Small (Newshub): Frosty reactions to Winston Peters mocking Simon Bridges’ accent
Daniela Maoate-Cox and Phil Smith (RNZ): Parliament’s to do list: 13 Feb – A day of three halves
Claire Trevett (Herald): Would Judith Collins be National’s saviour or biggest mistake?
Mike Hosking (Herald): Seize the day Simon, get rid of your enemies
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): ‘All sizzle, no sausage’: National roasted for ‘sexist’ BBQ attack ad on Labour
1News: Another day, another round of barbs between Winston Peters and Simon Bridges in Parliament
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Greens to review self-set debt rules before 2020 election
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Green Party starts review of budget rules
Peter Dunne: The Greens position on a capital gains tax

Health
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Pharmac to review its practices following criticism of breast cancer drug funding
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Counties Manukau DHB reveals projected deficit of $53.5 million
Katie Todd (RNZ): Town’s ban on smoking and vaping on public property is a New Zealand first
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Govt to push for children to walk, scoot and bike to school
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Hanmer Springs first New Zealand town to become smoke and vapefree
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Health Minister David Clark comments on Hawke’s Bay Hospital sterilisation issue
Hawkes Bay Today: Hawke’s Bay Hospital ‘used inadequately sterilised surgical equipment’ on patients
RNZ: 55 Hawke’s Bay patients at risk of infection
1News: Up to 55 people may have been exposed to unsterilised surgical equipment in Hawke’s Bay
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): Inadequately sterilised surgical tools used at Hawke’s Bay Hospital, admits DHB
Janine Rankin (Stuff): Community support swells for trusted women’s health centre
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Hospital midwives call for better pay and conditions, prepare to march on Parliament
1News: Around 50 midwives march through Christchurch streets as rolling strikes continue
Sandra Conchie (Bay of Plenty Times): Midwives picketed outside Tauranga Hospital, junior doctors walked off the job for third time
World socialist website: New Zealand doctors, midwives strike

Salvation Army State of Nation Report; Welfare reform
John Boynton (RNZ): Suburb residents divided over social improvements under Labour
Eleanor Rarity (Stuff): Meth and housing key issues for South Canterbury, Salvation Army says
Stephen Forbes (Interest): Salvation Army notes growth of fringe and non-bank lending
Bob Edlin: The Treaty and partnership are invoked as TPK goes out to promote Māori wellbeing
Megan Thomas (Stuff): Welfare overhaul must put kids before adults

Government
Guyon Espiner (RNZ): Year of delivery begins in defensive crouch
Kate Hawkesby (Herald): When does this Government stop talking and start doing?
Jason Walls (Herald): Finance Minister Grant Robertson says the budget will be delivered on May 30 this year

Transport
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): WOFs may cost more and be harder to get following a Transport Agency shake-up
Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): Fear can’t slow e-scooter transport era in Hamilton, mayor says
Tina Law (Stuff): Lime pushes for exclusive e-scooter rights on Christchurch streets
Todd Niall (Stuff): More exemptions from Auckland regional fuel tax
Stuff: Five best uses of the Government’s EV Contestable fund

Commercial fisheries
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Fishing company pulls boat after four endangered sea lion deaths
RNZ: More endangered animals killed in commercial fishing nets
RNZ: Five sea lions killed by squid fishery off NZ in a week

Environment, conservation 
Mike Joy (Newsroom): Spinning into a freshwater grave
David Williams (Newsroom): Tenure review to be scrapped
Scott Palmer (Newshub): ‘Significant proportion’ of New Zealanders under threat of sea level rise
Katie Fitzgerald and Kethaki Masilamani (Newshub): New Zealand’s response to climate change disasters needs a rethink – expert
Todd Niall (Stuff): Long-term thinking needed on climate change – report
Aine Kelly-Costello (Newshub): From humble beginnings to a key Government pledge: The journey of the Zero Carbon Act
1News: New Zealand’s seagull population under threat with ‘unbelievable declines’
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): Coastal erosion causes old landfill sites to spill waste onto South Island beach

Animal welfare
Anuja Nadkarni (Stuff): Animal rights activists SAFE file proceedings against Government over “cruel” farrowing crates
1News: Animal lobby groups say Government not doing enough for pig welfare in NZ
Five or more dogs may have died on Cook Strait ferry say Amber-Leigh Woolf and Matthew Tso (Stuff): passengers

Mike King – New Zealander of the year
NZ Herald: New Conservative holds public meeting about the Botany electorate of Jami-Lee Ross
1News: Mike King wins the 2019 New Zealander of the Year Award
1News: New Zealander of the Year Mike King implores Kiwis to be proactive around mental health – ‘What can I do to help?’
1News: Mike King no longer ‘the bridesmaid’, he says after being crowned New Zealander of the Year
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): New Zealander of the Year Mike King blasts ‘sinking ship’ mental health system
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Mike’s turn to be king
RNZ: Mental health advocate Mike King wins New Zealander of the Year

Jordan Peterson
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Listen: Sean Plunket rips apart stunned Auckland Peace Action activist over Jordan Peterson opposition
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): What the Auckland Peace Action train wreck on Magic Talk says about the Woke Left
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Will Auckland Peace Action turn anti-free speech crusade against Jordan Peterson into the success People Against Prisons Aotearoa turned the Pride Parade?

Local government
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern breaks the first promise she made as Labour leader
Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): Councillor says some te reo street names ‘mean absolutely nothing’ to Wellington
Robin Martin (RNZ): Taranaki councillor Murray Chong unrepentant over no-show for te reo apology
Vita Molyneux (Newshub): Dog that allegedly attacked 95yo Northland man impounded

Housing
RNZ Nine to Noon: How to prepare Auckland for 2 million people
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Landlords forced to pay up over missing smoke alarms
1News: As decision on capital gains tax looms, property investors getting ‘nervous’ – expert
David Haxton (Kapiti News): Kāpiti mayor shocked at empty Housing New Zealand home
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Whanganui’s rising rents: ‘It’s diabolical’

Newshub-Reid Research poll
1News: Shane Jones and Paula Bennett philosophical about NZ First and National’s poor opinion poll results
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): National and Simon Bridges don’t need to panic about one rogue poll

Census
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Statistics New Zealand confident census data will be ready for 2020 election boundaries
Henry Cooke (Stuff): National have ‘no confidence’ in 2020 election data, call for new census
David Farrar: National calls for existing boundaries to remain for next year’s election

Justice, corrections
Rob Kidd (ODT): Arthur Taylor touches down in Dunedin
Stuff: How sport in prison could help stop reoffending

SkyCity and Grenfell-style panels
RNZ: SkyCity convention centre delay to remove aluminium panels
Anne Gibson (Herald): SkyCity convention centre had Grenfell Tower-like cladding: $25m to remove
Phil Pennington (RNZ): SkyCity replacing Grenfell-style cladding panels: ‘We just need to get on top of this’ – National
Brooke Jenner and Amy Williams (RNZ): Auckland business owners disappointed by convention centre delay
Anne Gibson (Herald): Thousands of delegates hit by SkyCity’s convention centre delays

International relations
Jo Moir (RNZ): Cancelled Saudi Arabia sheep deal no threat to government relations – Winston Peters
1News/APP: Andrew Little calls Australia’s decision to re-open Christmas Island detention centre ‘disappointing’

Other
Jo Moir (RNZ): Cancelled Saudi Arabia sheep deal no threat to government relations – Winston Peters
Bob Edlin: The plug is pulled on Saudi sheep scheme – so what is Murray McCully up to nowadays?
Merepeka Ruakawa-Tait (Rotorua Daily Post): The racists I look out for are the covert ones
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Reserve Bank says bank profits may be out of proportion to risks they face
Duncan Garner (Newshub): The referendum on cannabis worries me
Cannabis makes young people depressed, but Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): law should still change – expert
ODT – Editorial: Stop killing our children
RNZ: World renowned experts set to be made redundant by Te Papa, insider says
David Fisher (Herald): Immigration NZ attempts to deport man with valid visa
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Former RNZ chairman won’t be prosecuted over voicemail
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): ‘Absolutely crazy’ for Oranga Tamariki to oppose Bill making KiwiSaver for foster children easier – provider
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Australian feminist Clementine Ford slams Otago Daily Times for ‘sympathetic’ rapist article
Cecile Meier (Stuff): Accountancy firm removes ‘sexist’, ‘appalling’ newsletter after complaints
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Christchurch accountancy firm blasted for ‘offensive’, ‘sexist’ newsletter
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): New Zealand is not safe, not when people are attacked for who they are
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): Duncan Garner calls out Herald for description of Aziz Al-Sa’afin after ‘gay-bashing’ attack
Sam Brooks (The Spinoff): No country for queer men: Where is all the great New Zealand LGBTQI+ theatre?
Jo Cribb (Stuff): How bosses can help ease the summer holiday burden
Stuff: Your chance to be a British High Commissioner for one day only
Caroline Botting (Stuff): Inside Maggie Barry’s sea front home
John Moore (liberation): Ardern statement; China-NZ blowback; Iran revolution anniversary

MIL OSI – Source: Evening Report Arts and Media

Posted on February 13, 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 13 2019

Newsletter: New Zealand Politics Daily – February 13 2019

Editor’s Note: Here below is a list of the main issues currently under discussion in New Zealand and links to media coverage.

The Beehive and Parliament Buildings.

Today’s content

China-NZ relations
Audrey Young (Herald): Relationship with China a diplomatic mess
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Chinese relations must get back on track
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Until Jacinda Ardern visits China, questions about the relationship will only deepen
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ-China ‘scheduling issues’ cause for concern
Scott Palmer (Newshub): China could hold New Zealanders hostage over Huawei clash – expert
Newstalk ZB: Kiwis warned over ‘hostage diplomacy’ from China
Herald Editorial: Has our govt antagonised China?
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): Business ponders postponement of Chinese tourism ‘do’
Philip Burdon (Herald): China trade is too valuable to take sides in US dispute
Mike Rehu (Spinoff): As Beijing gives NZ a cool stare, do we have to choose between the US and China?
David Farrar: NZ China relationship hits new low
Jason Walls (Herald): Government forced on the defensive over relationship with China
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Govt needs to sort out relationship with China – National
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Government accused by opposition of destroying relationship with China
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Some irony in Huawei ad campaign, says marketing professor
Jason Walls (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern is refusing to say if issues around Huawei have been raised through diplomatic channels
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): No deterioration in NZ-China relationship – Ardern
Jason Walls (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says there are challenges in NZ’s relationship with China
Hamish Rutherford and John Anthony (Stuff): Air NZ plane forced to turn around after airline forgot to remove reference to Taiwan
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Air New Zealand flight’s U-turn sparks claims of China tensions
Point of Order: NZ’s foreign policy is a key focus for two new public service chiefs

Newshub-Reid Research poll
Dominion Post Editorial: Mind the gap, Simon Bridges
Claire Trevett (Herald): Simon Bridges’ poll gives Labour sweet taste of revenge
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Is it time for National to burn Simon Bridges?
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): National would be ‘morons’ to change leaders at the moment – commentators
RNZ: Checkpoint: No leadership ‘chopping and changing like Labour’ for National: Judith Collins
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Judith Collins says she isn’t interested in ‘tough’ job of National leader, but doesn’t rule it out
Derek Cheng (Herald): Judith Collins ‘not even interested’ in National leadership
1News: Judith Collins ‘not interested’ in job of National Party leader despite NZ public preferring her to Simon Bridges
Zane Small (Newshub): Paula Bennett praises Judith Collins: ‘It’s great people love her’
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Revealed: National voters prefer Judith Collins to Simon Bridges
Gia Garrick (RNZ): MPs back Simon Bridges despite low polling
Matthew Whitehead (The Standard): Pollwatch: 11/02/2019
Steven Cowan: Statistical Noise

Parliament
Bevan Rapson (North & South): Back to reality: Ardern has a daunting list to check off
RNZ: Kiwibuild and polls provide political ammunition on first day back at Parliament
Daniela Maoate Cox (RNZ): Parliament’s to do list: the PM’s statement
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives Statement to Parliament
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Watch: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s first speech to Parliament of 2019
1News: Watch: The best of today’s one-liners and insults as Parliament returned for 2019
1News: Simon Bridges taunts Greens MPs about arrival of centrist sustainable party
1News: ‘China not Choyna’ – Simon Bridges’ accent mocked by Winston Peters in Parliament
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Watch: Simon Bridges gives fiery speech after disastrous poll result

Salvation Army State of Nation Report, wealth, inequality
Katie Fitzgerald and Miriam Harris (Newshub): Inequality still a factor in children’s wellbeing – Salvation Army
Collette Devlin (Stuff): The Salvation Army’s State of Nation Report sceptical about Government’s wellbeing agenda
Isaac Davison (Herald):State of the Nation report: Change of Govt yet to have an impact on NZ’s big social problems
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Targeted funding needed to fix ‘appalling’ Māori wellbeing – Salvation Army
CPAG: State of the Nation report shows little improvement for children
Karoline Tuckey (RNZ): Older renters cutting food to cover costs – social worker
Susan Edmunds and Debrin Foxcroft (Stuff): $100k a lot or a little: What’s wealthy in NZ in 2019?

Jami-Lee Ross
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jami-Lee Ross confident National can’t kick him out of Parliament with waka jumping law
Derek Cheng (Herald): Jami-Lee Ross’ first day back at Parliament
1News: Jami-Lee Ross returns to Parliament, takes back-handed jab at Simon Bridges
Zane Small and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Jami-Lee Ross: ‘I regret many things about last year’

IRD, tax 
Liam Dann (Herald): NZ’s lack of Capital Gains Tax unusual – global expert
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Capital gains tax ‘could blow up’ Kiwi tax system
Jason Walls (Herald): Greens co-leader James Shaw says it’s time for the Government to adopt a capital gains tax
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government must be bold enough to bring in capital gains tax, Green leader James Shaw says
Anne Gibson (Herald): Business debate: Should NZ introduce a capital gains tax?
Eric Crampton: Let’s make a polling deal

Commercial fishing
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Fishing industry under fire for killing endangered albatrosses
Derek Cheng (Herald): Critically endangered seabirds killed by longline fishing vessel
1News: Five endangered albatross killed in Bay of Plenty by longline fishing vessel

Environment, conservation
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): Hello cows, bye-bye rare beetle
Gordon Campbell: On the Nelson fire and what it says about our response to climate change
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): The rise of vegetarians: 1 in 10 New Zealanders mostly, or completely, meat-free
1News: Plastic ranks as Kiwis’ top environmental or social concern, new survey reveals
Rob Stock (Stuff): Consumers fooling themselves over their sustainability, but don’t blame them
Rob Stock (Stuff): Kiwis fear being judged as ‘odd’ or a ‘nuisance’ as they cut their environmental footprint
Matt Brown (Stuff): National Party MP unsure what’s ‘scientifically accurate’ wades into methane debate
RNZ: Avian botulism from sewage pond kills 600 birds
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Insectageddon: New Zealanders have ‘two weeks of life’ after insect apocalypse – expert

Govt axes Saudi sheep deal
David Farrar: Saudi sheep deal shorn
No Right Turn: Good riddance

Health
Herald: Breast cancer patients die while waiting for life-saving drugs
Milind Mandlik (Newsroom): Obesity and empowered choices
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Waikato DHB calls for new coroner in closed case of Nicky Stevens
Libby Wilson (Stuff): Waikato DHB challenges coroner inquest over Nicky Stevens’ death
RNZ: Nicky Stevens’ family told DHB wants new inquest: ‘We’ve never heard of a challenge like this’
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Nicky Stevens’ parents shocked by DHB’s call for second coronial inquest
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Community works to raise $250k for mother’s life-saving surgery
Daniel Birchfield (ODT: Oamaru Hospital staff feel ‘worthless’

Health sector industrial relations
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Junior doctors say mistakes happen under current rostering system
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Junior doctors strike again, while senior doctors struggle
RNZ:Junior doctors on third two-day strike
Bay of Plenty Times: Tauranga midwives on strike: ‘Your delivery for us is overdue’
Libby Wilson (Stuff): Waikato midwives on the march: pickets for pay, staff shortages

Education
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Overhaul on way for vocational education sector
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Major announcement on future of New Zealand’s polytechnics expected
Duncan Garner (Newshub): Major shakeup for polytechnics on the way
Florence Kerr (Stuff): Former Wintec chair says taxpayers got value for money
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Victoria University name change causes rift between mayor and councillors
Tim Miller (ODT): Telford job losses revealed to staff
Adele Redmond (Stuff): AgResearch to build own research facility at Lincoln Uni after joint facility plans scrapped
Brian Rudman (Herald): All students (and MPs) should study NZ’s early history at school
Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): Decile 10 Canterbury school under statutory management

Transport
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Warrant of fitness costs may rise as inspectors quit in safety clampdown
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Safety report flags systemic failures within Transport Agency
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): Report on fatal accident shows Transport Agency failed to prioritize safety
1News: Police disappointed after roadside sting in Wellington catches plenty of drivers on their cellphones
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Dunedin author wants urgent recall of Limes
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): North Shore bus strike called off

Employment
Heather Chalmers (Stuff): Minimum wage rise hits labour-intensive fruit exporters
Herald: Auckland man loses job after seizure three days into his new employment
1News: More Cantabrians with health conditions, disabilities get help to find work
Peter Cullen (Stuff): KiwiBuild former boss Stephen Barclay resignation may have been an own goal

Housing
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Housing Minister Phil Twyford knew in December Kiwibuild targets would not be met
Anne Gibson (Herald): Why affordable Wanaka KiwiBuild homes are unsold: locals explain mystery
Paul McBeth (Herald): Housing squeeze continues as affordability drops nationwide
RNZ: House prices have slowest growth in six years
Thomas Nash (Spinoff): With NZ housing still utterly borked, some are taking matters into their own hands
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Public support helps whānau with housing dilemma

Local government
Anne Gibson (Herald): Auckland Council considers avoiding $220m tax bill by transferring property ownership
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): A cemetery out of room and low on options
Jimmy Ellingham (Stuff): Timely promise to keep ratepayers informed after Toyota grant secrecy debacle
Dominic Harris (Press): Axe hangs over Regenerate Christchurch as council mulls slashing $3m off budget
Christina Persico and Leighton Keith (Taranaki Daily News): Councillor ‘ashamed’ to sing Māori version of national anthem fails to attend meeting to apologise
Sam Kilmister (Stuff): Manawatū District Council rated number two for customer experience in New Zealand
Matt Burrows (Newshub): 95yo Northland man Jim Morgan attacked by dogs again – on the same street
Brendon McMahon (ODT): Kokshoorn’s quick response saves friend

Attack on Aziz Al Sa’afin and friend
Lee Suckling (Herald): Kiwi reporter’s homophobic attack on K’Rd a wake-up call
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): ‘Gay bashing still exists in New Zealand’ says LGBT+ activist after violent attack at pride
Sean Plunket (Newshub): I now understand why gay people need pride
Herald: ‘I thought I was going to die’: Kiwi reporter ‘bashed’ in homophobic attack
Stuff: Journalist Aziz Al-Sa’afin beaten up in Auckland in homophobic attack

Te reo Māori
John Boynton (RNZ): NZ’s unique te reo tweets
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Te reo Māori going global
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Linguistic app Drops introduces te reo Māori to world audience

Cannabis
Derek Cheng (Herald): Stuart Nash backs police aerial drops to kill cannabis
Alex Ashton (RNZ): Medicinal cannabis users fear supply running out amid aerial culls

Scott Kuggeleijn
Isaac Davison (Herald): Sports Minister Grant Robertson says New Zealand Cricket needs to respond clearly to Scott Kuggeleijn concerns
Michelle Langstone (Spinoff): I adore NZ cricket. But I won’t watch until the silence on Kuggeleijn is broken

Banking
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Returning MPs ponder RBNZ land mine
Katie Fitzgerald and Delphine Herbert (Newshub): Banking sector sees massive profit increase, but uncertainty on the horizon
Gyles Beckford (RNZ): Black clouds hover over big banks’ golden run, expert warns
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Govt unperturbed by bank lobby warning of potential credit crunch

Immigration, refugees
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Immigration NZ’s threat to deport 2-year-old NZ born girl leaves family in shock
Alice Angeloni (Stuff): Concerns for rental market as refugees to be resettled in Blenheim

Justice, corrections
Alice Webb-Liddall (Newshub): The AM Show speaks to former prisoner Arthur Taylor about life inside
Brenda Midson (Spinoff): How the wording of our sexual assault laws is making it harder to convict

Other
Richard Harman (Politik): Cross party consensus to rewrite the Resource Management Act
Eric Crampton (Newsroom): Skewing procurement
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Commentary Is Free – But Facts Are Sacred
Fred Albert and Marilyn Garson (Herald): Comment: We are anti-Zionist Jews, we are not anti-semitic
Rob Berg (Herald): It is anti-semitic to oppose Israel’s right to exist
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Marae want louder voice in Civil Defence national plan
Ryan Bridge (Newshub): When racism isn’t actually racism
Herald: Mobil madness – Racist spat sparks fist fight as driver mows down man
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Auckland Peace Action denounces Jordan Peterson as threatening ‘everything of value’ ahead of tour
Aine Kelly-Costello (Newshub): Waitangi event access improved after ‘terrible’ experience last year
1News: State of emergency extended in Nelson-Tasman for another week, PM announces
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Online extra: Tame Iti interview
Kelvin McDonald (Māori TV): Dalai Lama celebrates Māori culture in India
No Right Turn: Open Government: Marginal
Astrid Austin (Hawkes Bay Today): Four teen murderers in a year: Hawke’s Bay’s soul-searching amid youth violence wave
Stuff: Retail outlook positive despite careful Christmas spend-up
Chris Keall (Herald): As Trump signs AI order, a warning about the rise of bots in NZ
Marta Steeman (Stuff): Construction work is picking up after a flat patch in 2018, new report says
Point of Order: MBIE’s job numbers raise questions about political neutrality and professional scepticism
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Facebook apologises for removing drag king’s content
Juha Saarinen (Herald): The heat is on for cheaper solar power
Jess Berentson-Shaw (Newsroom): Economics for the many not the few

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