This is our morning round-up of the key political and government links this morning from other sites, including RNZ, NZ Herald, Stuff, TVNZ, Newshub and various blog sites.
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Capital gains tax
Nikki Mandow (BusinessDesk): Closing the gap: How a capital gains tax could raise $100M
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Capital gains tax debate not over, Grant Robertson suggests
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Capital gains tax in doubt, decision seen too political for tax working group
Herald: Capital gains tax in doubt, says accounting expert
Judith Collins (Herald): Capital gains tax will hit the vulnerable
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): National Party crows as capital gains tax seen to be in doubt
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Property investors: Capital gains tax wouldn’t work
No Right Turn: We’ve been had
Government, Clare Curran resignation
RNZ: Lessons to be learned from Curran controversy – Ardern
Newstalk ZB: PM gives MP ‘stern call’ over ZB interview
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): New MP Greg O’Connor grilled after criticising Jacinda Ardern’s handling of Clare Curran saga
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Political Roundup: Liability or lynching – Does Clare Curran deserve any sympathy?
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Clare Curran saga reflects poorly on Jacinda Ardern’s leadership
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Clare Curran saga shows PM Jacinda Ardern lacks backbone
Paul Gorman (ODT): No place for destroying minister in NZ
RNZ: Simon Bridges: ‘Let us see the Gmails’
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern showing ‘real weakness’ over Clare Curran – Simon Bridges
David Farrar: The edited transcript
Point of Order: More fallout from the Curran affair could follow inspection of her G-mail account
Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): Here’s what the NY Times didn’t tell you about life in Jacinda Ardern’s New Zealand
David Cormack (Herald): Is Jacinda Ardern a weak leader?
Herald: Police minister hits out at late airport staff following delays
Jennifer Dann (Herald): 12 questions with Golriz Ghahraman: ‘They hate it when you’ve achieved something’
Employment
Richard Harman (Politik): Is Winston is about to have another go at Labour?
1News: ’Things change when you become a coalition’ – Labour hits a wall over scrapping youth rates
Jock Lawrie (ODT): Anti-Meca message a sophisticated dog whistle
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): BusinessNZ considering an international challenge to labour law changes
Liam Dann (Herald): Workplace law changes a ‘smack in the face’ – business group
Susan Strongman (RNZ): The reality of life on the minimum wage in NZ
RNZ: IRD staff call off industrial action after reaching agreement
Dennis Maga (Stuff): Where’s the Workers Advisory Council?
Business
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Small businesses doing well despite low business confidence
Cas Carter (Stuff): Nike working hard to look ‘woke’
Housing
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Comment: Our landed Parliament
Simon Collins (Herald): Banks queue to lend to first KiwiBuild home buyers in Papakura
Newshub: The ballot for first block of KiwiBuild homes is open
Henry Cooke (Stuff): KiwiBuild ballot officially opens for first 18 homes in South Auckland
1News: Ballot opens for first KiwiBuild homes
Catherine Hutton (Stuff): Landlord group embarks on alternative to rental WOF
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Wellington City Council issues three rental WOFs in a year
No Right Turn: Of course we need rental warrants-of-fitness
Health and disability
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Plunket proposal: ‘Potential for clients to fall through the gaps’
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Canterbury DHB $142.9m outsource move unavoidable – union head
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Capacity constraints see Canterbury DHB spend $143m on private surgeries
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): ACC should cover sickness and disability, says Sir Geoffrey Palmer
Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Māori TV): Ministers’ lack of interest a barrier for Whānau Ora
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Changes needed before Pacific can enter aged care sector – NZACA
Zane Small (Newshub): Disability advocate Esther Woodbury condemns sale of disabled parking permits
RNZ: Fepulea’i Margie Apa first Samoan to lead a District Health Board in New Zealand
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): Wanaka midwife faces going it alone when interim locums’ contracts end
Anna Marie May (RNZ): Study reveals link between domestic violence and suicide attempts
Abby Hartley has died
Herald: New Zealander Abby Hartley has died in Bali hospital: report
Newshub: Sick New Zealand woman Abby Hartley stuck in Bali has died
1News: Kiwi woman Abby Hartley who fell ill while holidaying in Bali dies
Crown-Māori Partnership Office planned
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern announces plans for Crown-Māori Partnership Office
Henry Cooke (Stuff): New Treaty office suggested, likely to be established
Audrey Young (Herald): Activist Titewhai Harawira joins Jacinda Ardern to hail Crown-Māori partnership
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Titewhai Harawira’s ‘wow’ moment
Parliament
Nuk Korako (Stuff): Māori succeeding in Parliament just fine without need to entrench seats
Ruben Toa Kearney-Parata (Salient): Meeting Our Māori MPs
Phil Smith (RNZ): How to shout at MPs on TV: the rules of political scrums
Environment and conservation
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Foam contamination found in streams around Palmerston North airport
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Testing shows surface water and soil contaminated near Palmerston North Airport
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Dog proposal at National Park sparks fury and debate
Charlie Dreaver (RNZ): Habitat loss, pollution drive significant drop in fish
Jo McKenzie-McLean (Stuff): Wanaka landowner ordered to remediate land after removing protected plants
Piers Fuller (Stuff): 1080 operation in northern Remutakas continues despite nationwide protests
Timaru Herald Editorial: The evidence says it’s the best control we have
Lisette Reymer (Newshub): 1080 dump in Hunua Ranges puts human health at risk, lawyer argues
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Brakes put on 1080 programme in Hunua Ranges
Te Reo Māori
Herald Editorial: Until te reo is in the core curriculum, progress will be slow
Tova O’Brien (Newshub): Mass confusion over Government’s Te Reo Māori in school policy
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Māori a ‘core subject’ by 2025 – but still not compulsory
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern says not learning te reo Māori one of her ‘great regrets’
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): High School with compulsory te reo Māori classes welcomes PM
1News: Te Tari: Labour’s Peeni Henare on being a teen dad and why te reo shouldn’t be compulsory (video)
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Mahuta urges NZ to take part in Māori Language Week
1News: ’It is a taonga’ – Green Party renew calls for compulsory Te Reo Māori in school by 2025
RNZ: Watch: Dame Naida Glavish on Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
Katarina Williams (Stuff): Resourcing and teacher shortage could impact on plans for more te reo in schools
1News: Singing taniwha helping children around the country learn te reo during Māori Language Week
Mark Dawson (Whanganui Chronicle): Wanganui Chronicle changes name to Whanganui Chronicle
Laura Macdonald (Newshub): NZ’s oldest newspaper adds key letter for Māori Language Week
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): Mixed emotions as newspaper adopts Māori spelling
Herald: NZME embraces Te Wiki o Te Reo
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Te Wiki o te reo Māori: Day one with Guyon Espiner (video)
Patrick Gower (Newshub): My woeful Māori pronunciation means I owe Tūhoe an apology
Ripeka Timutimu (Māori TV): Disability no obstacle to learning te reo Māori
Lee Kenny (Stuff): She’s Pākehā, but raising her children with te reo Māori
Michael Neilson (Herald): Pākehā need to get over politics and embrace te reo
Michael Neilson (Herald): Māori Language Week: New arrivals to Aotearoa embrace te reo Māori
Deena Coster (Stuff): Māori Language Week 2018: Taking on the wero of learning te reo in adulthood
1News: Hundreds take part in Wellington hīkoi, celebrating Te Reo Māori
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Thousands march in Wellington for Māori Language Week
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Wellington turns out for Te wiki o te reo Māori
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Research shows more Māori ‘loan words’ being used
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): New te reo road sign welcomes motorists to Rotorua
Foreign Affairs and trade
AAP: NZ joins Australia in rejecting push for Japanese commercial whaling
RNZ: PM reinforces condemnation of Russia after Novichok suspects named
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Winston Peters belatedly condemns Russia for Salisbury attack
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): National calls on harsher condemnation of Russia over Salisbury attacks
Audrey Young (Herald): National condemns Govt for ‘embarrassing’ statement on Salisbury findings
RNZ: Ulu o Tokelau visits Wellington
Victoria University: NZ’s trade opportunity with India
Justice, corrections, police
Edward O’Driscoll (Newshub): Revealed: The ‘significant’ increase in police misconduct allegations in 2018
Sam Hurley (Herald): Hours after losing High Court defamation case, police employee receives ‘termination letter’
1News: Simon Bridges criticises Labour for $800k over-budget Justice Summit he labels a ‘PR’ exercise
Kelly Phillips (Spinoff): How Terri Friesen, convicted of killing her baby, finally cleared her name
Kim Dotcom
Melissa NIghtingale (Herald): Kim Dotcom’s ‘vexatious’ information request appealed in High Court
Ben Strang (RNZ): Attorney-General appeals Dotcom privacy win
Education
David Cohen (RNZ): ’Uni of NZ’ idea opens new chapter for academic rationing
John McGowan (Herald): Teacher shortage really is a crisis – Schools are growing and not enough teachers are being trained
Zane Small (Newshub): One in three school principals show signs of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder – survey
Andre Chumko (Stuff): Small school won’t sell beer and wine at fundraiser after ‘bullying’ from DHB
Doug Laing (Hawke’s Bay Today): Opposition to alcohol at Hawke’s Bay school food and music festival
Primary industries and animal welfare
RNZ: Tegel evade legal action after chicken welfare concerns
Carla Penman (Herald): Tegel won’t be prosecuted over footage of dead and deformed chickens
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Care of meat chickens must improve: SPCA
1News: Increase in animal abuse complaints due to vigilant Kiwis reporting unacceptable behaviour – SPCA
Tim Mackle (Stuff): Most dairy farmers strive to do the best for their cows and the environment
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Cattle of former two-decade MP tested for M. Bovis
Pat Deavoll (Stuff): Technology puts farmers on-call to their animals
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Farm debt mediation bill needs more work
Newshub: Call for 50-year plan to boost farming confidence
Farah Hancock (Newsroom): A billion trees and a trillion weeds
Katy Jones (Nelson Mail): Fears forestry slash poses a ‘catastrophic’ risk to residents along the Maitai River
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Forestry deal shows NZ ‘open’ for investment
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Fonterra names board candidates up for election
Newshub: Fonterra board nominations open to farmers
Transport, petrol prices and road safety
Matt Rilkoff (Taranaki Daily News): Dying to get there: The avoidable deaths we must start avoiding
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Dying to get there: The sister
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Dying to get there: The dad who nearly lost a daughter
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Dying to get there: Russian Roulette on Raleigh St
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Dying to get there: The mayor who wants action
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Dying to get there: The cop
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Dying to get there: A solution in sight for a notoriously dangerous section of SH3
Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): My suggestions for how council chief can fix Wellington’s buses
Banks, finance
Nikki Mandow (Newsroom): Consumer NZ hits out at toothless financial code
Kieran McAnulty (Stuff): Banks must uphold their side of the bargain for small-town NZ
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Martinborough bank closure will hit businesses and elderly – protesters
Local government
Michael Hayward (Stuff): Christchurch stadium the big winner from council’s plans for Government funding
1News: Tim Shadbolt coy on France hotel investment idea as ratepayers give thumbs down
Bernard Orsman (Herald): John Banks takes the hand of Penny Bright and says there is no bigger fighter
Rukuwai Tipene-Allen (Māori TV): Whangarei District Council apologises to whānau after grave desecrated
Haka
Herald: ’He’s way off’: Haka expert slams Brash’s comments that it glorifies domestic violence
1News: Watch: Don Brash under fire for saying the haka ‘seems to glorify’ domestic violence
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Haka glorifies domestic violence – Don Brash
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): How did a 77-year-old white guy become the go-to media voice on Māori issues?
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Haka for Te Toiroa shows why Te Reo is so special
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to visit New Zealand
Sophie Bateman (Newshub):Revealed: Harry and Meghan’s New Zealand tour schedule
Stuff: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to visit New Zealand
1News: Dates and itinerary of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s trip to New Zealand confirmed
Herald: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle tour of New Zealand confirmed
RNZ: Dates set for Harry and Meghan’s royal visit
Other
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Cabinet to decide soon whether Iraq deployment should continue
Liz Macpherson (Stuff): ’Weapons of Math Destruction’ or a force for good?
Stuff: Experts consider Pike River Mine re-entry options
Stuff: Waitangi Tribunal finds Crown breached treaty obligations, caused harm to Te Rohe Pōtae
Logan Church (RNZ): Checkpoint: On-sold, broken home forces owner to seek help on Facebook
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Who is winning the war on synthetics?
Meriana Johnsen (RNZ): Chelsea Manning ‘still fighting the same battles’
Jennifer Eder (Stuff): Cruise industry calls for more ‘unique and authentic’ Māori tourism
Edward Gay (RNZ): Trial begins for first person charged with insider trading
Sam Clarke (1News): School lunch scheme for hungry Christchurch kids is revived
Tom McRae (Newshub): Oil companies capable of Rainbow Warrior-level sabotage – Greenpeace
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Corporate NZ lagging behind state sector for women in leadership
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Susan Peterson: Quotas need to be considered
1News: Children’s clothing company admits selling garments with incorrect fire warning tags, if any at all
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): How I got hijacked, kidnapped, tasered, cracked ribs and a fractured foot!
Newstalk ZB: Firefighters union warns lives at risk due to faulty fleet (audio)
Jack Latimore (Guardian): Another Captain Cook documentary – but do we really need it?
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): ’Bananas’ Split Over Their Identity
