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.
It is broken down by portfolio and topic for ease of scanning and is designed specifically for those in Government relations, media relations, corporate relations, business development and executive teams. Newsroom Pro subscribers can have it directly email to them every morning. Just email bernard.hickey@newsroom to be put on the Newsroom Pro Monitor list.
Government
John Armstrong (1News): ‘Labour has been outsmarted and outmanoeuvred’ by Winston Peters
Richard Harman (Politik): Who is in charge?
Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): Jacinda and the Winston dilemma: do nothing or take the nuclear option
Chris Trotter: NZ First’s Radical Conservatism Must Triumph Before Labour-Greens’ Radical Progressivism Can Succeed
Matthew Hooton (Herald): No new Prime Minister has had an easier ride than Jacinda Ardern
ODT Editorial: Time to wrest back control
Bryan Gould: Coalition government working as it should
Point of Order: Labour is reminded it must toe the NZ First line to remain in office
Lucy Bennett (Herald): NZ First leader Winston Peters denies cracks looming in coalition Government
Winston Peters (Herald): MPs should be bound to the party that got them elected
1News: Winston Peters admits he got it wrong over MP contract with $300k clause – ‘It was my memory’
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Peters wrong on NZ First MPs’ good behaviour contract
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Winston Peters now says no NZ First MPs signed clause for $300,000 resignation liability
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Paula Bennett claims leaks from Māori caucus say Meka Whaitiri’s job safe
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Bennett claims Whaitiri inquiry info leaked by Labour’s Māori Caucus
Point of Order: How the Govt’s IT girl and her email secrets left Chris Hipkins floundering
Employment law reform
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): When does collective Cabinet responsibility kick in?
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): A stupid missed opportunity that will hurt workers rights
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Winston Peters signals agreement on labour law, as National put up amendments
Audrey Young (Herald): National challenges NZ First to support more changes to workplace bill
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Farm safety would go ‘out the window’ with proposed laws
Kirk Hope (Stuff): lack of change to employment bill deeply disappointing
Point of Order: Bleating unions need to adjust to the way employment laws are passed in the MMP era
Fonterra
Simon Louisson (The Standard): What does it take for bosses not to get their bonus?
John Anthony (Stuff): Fonterra loss reminiscent of a failed All Blacks World Cup campaign
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Counting the cost of Fonterra’s loss
Gyles Beckford (RNZ):Analysis: Crying over Fonterra’s spilt milk
David Hargreaves (Interest): Fonterra’s long way back
Andrea Fox (Herald): Fonterra needs a clean-out and to get back to basics: Shane Jones
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Spierings walks away with another $8m after Fonterra posts $196m loss
RNZ: Fonterra’s big loss: ‘A worrying pattern has developed’
1News: Fonterra’s interim CEO admits performance must improve as $196 million loss announced today
AAP: Fonterra faces major overhaul after posting historic deficit
Simon Hartley (ODT): Fonterra apologies, fix-it plan after first loss
Newshub: ’They simply must do better’ – farming group on Fonterra loss
Christina Persico (Taranaki Daily News): Taranaki farmers told ‘don’t lose sleep’ over Fonterra’s $196m loss
David Hargreaves (Interest): Fonterra to review business after losses
RNZ: Fonterra announces $196m loss
Hamish Fletcher (Herald): Departing Fonterra CEO Theo Spierings paid another $8 million
ODT: 6000 Fonterra staff earn over $100k
1080
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): ’It was an act of theatre’ – 1080 activist on dead birds at Parliament
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Speaker: Rare birds in 1080 protest ‘bludgeoned to death’
Herald: Speaker lays complaint with police after dead birds left on steps of Parliament
RNZ: Police complaint laid after dead native birds used in 1080 protest
1News: Speaker lays complaint after kererū left at Parliament appears to be ‘killed by bludgeoning’
1News: Green Party co-leader’s 1080 comments put ‘spoke in the wheel’ of conversation effort – National
Herald: National Party claims Greens are split on 1080
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): The dead birds 1080 protesters put on Parliament steps were killed with blunt force
Lois Williams (RNZ): 1080 drop over Russell forest to go ahead in the next few days
Parliament
Jane Clifton (Listener): Winston Peters and Simon Bridges are the architects of their own misfortunes
No Right Turn: Why does Parliamentary Services need spies?
Newshub: ’Moronic abyss’: Winston Peters cuts up Paula Bennett in brutal Question Time
David Farrar: Nuk says Maori representation doesn’t need Maori seats
Jonathan Guildford (Press): Jacinda Ardern pays homage to suffragettes at sold out Christchurch event
Power prices
Rob Stock (Stuff): Calls to ban electricity ‘prompt payment discounts’
David Farrar: So when did power prices increase?
Primary and extractive industries
Whanganui Chronicle: Trans-Tasman Resources is not giving up its effort to mine iron-sand
Sharon Reece (ODT): Corporate farms get blame for pollution
Ilona Hanne (Herald): Cruel day as M.bovis eradication effort hits young Taranaki farmer
Katy Jones (Nelson Mail): Forestry company addresses industry practices
Newshub: Kaupapa approach used to curb forestry deaths
Stardust and Substance: the New Zealand General Election of 2017
Bill English: ’Confident but paranoid’: reflections on election 2017 – exerpt
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Election polling data should worry left bloc
Environment and conservation
Matt Stewart (Stuff): Tradies fear for health after asbestos-laden dust thought to be from Lower Hutt industrial fire settles on ute bonnet
Ben Strang (RNZ): Dust coating cars in a Lower Hutt suburb contains asbestos
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Further testing being done to determine how far contamination has spread
RNZ: Plastic in NZ waters: ‘We can only control a segment of it’
David Williams (Newsroom): DOC takes lessons from mining
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Concerns aquifer replenishing technology ‘untested’
RNZ: Dog owner comes forward after seal attack footage released
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Horrific footage of dog attack on fur seal outrages DoC
Robert Steven (Stuff): ’Ban swimming in the rapids’, coroner says in wake of woman’s drowning
Welfare, financial hardship
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Councillor tells of Work and Income humiliation
Shabnam Dastgheib (Stuff): Auckland pensioners turning to food banks, flatmates to get by
RNZ: Minimum wage: The mum spending all her pay on rent (audio)
Tax
Geoff Simmons (Interest): Tax Working Group should take capital gains tax off the table… and replace it with an equity tax
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): IRD chases students while speculators go free
John Anthony (Stuff): Rich Lister Eric Watson holidays in Europe instead of giving evidence in tax case
No Right Turn: Priorities
Te Reo Māori
Eden More (RNZ): Māori youth labelled ‘plastic’: ‘I’m not Māori enough but I’m not white’
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Brownlee admits he hasn’t spoken te reo in 20 years
Alice Neville (Metro): Why making te reo Māori a core subject is not as simple as it seems
Herald: The big debate: should te reo Māori be compulsory in schools?
Alice Neville (Metro): Do we need to make te reo Māori compulsory?
Rawinia Higgins (Stuff): Language as ‘our precious’: Why Gollum is relevant to te reo Māori
Jesse King (Whanganui Chronicle): Carlton School principal frustrated about lack of support from Ministry of Education to promote te reo curriculum
Jo Lines-Mackenzie (Stuff): The use of Māori language accelerating in newspapers
Mānia Clarke (Māori TV): McDs serves a reo happy meal
Mathew Dallas (Manawatū Standard): Te reo takes nothing from Pākehā, so why are we so defensive?
David Farrar: We have had a PM that could speak Maori – the last one
John Boynton (RNZ): Thousands march in hikoi for Te wiki o te reo Māori
Tema Hemi (Māori TV): Marches demonstrate increasing support for te reo
1News: Thousands march through central Auckland celebrating Māori language week
Michael Neilson (Herald): Positive reactions to speaking more te reo Māori
Gerry Brownlee
Colin Williscroft (Press): MP defends behaviour, says lack of detail about steel mesh class action ‘irresponsible’
RNZ: Gerry Brownlee denies ‘bullying’ phone call to law firm
Local government
Dominic Harris (Press): Last government under fire as council seeks to throw off shackles to change district plan
John Minto (Daily Blog): Protest today at Council Meeting – a travesty of democracy is in the making
RNZ: Christchurch stadium: Green light to use government funds
1News: Christchurch City Council gives $220 million covered multi-use arena the green light
Newsroom: Green light for Christchurch Stadium with $220 million funding approval
RNZ: Council to allow work on coastal properties
Mike Yardley (Stuff): First priority is relief for beleaguered residents
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Plastic destined for the rubbish heap as Christchurch embraces green revolution
Tina Law (Press): Prostitutes Collective gets $40,000 from Christchurch City Council to help sex workers
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland’s first Chinese councillor
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Ardern keeping tabs on unpopular town centre upgrade in her Mt Albert electorate
David Kidd (Idealog): Auckland was ranked 13th on WSP’s Global Cities Index. Here’s why – and what it needs to do to move up the list
Ryan Dunlop (Herald): Youth council follows Swarbrick’s lead by creating videos to reach and educate youths
Nikki Preston (Herald): Hamilton City Council snaps up first properties as part of $7m Victoria St buy-up plan
Mary-Jo Tohill (Southland Times): Council planning department ‘adequately’ staffed, leader says
Kiwisaver
Nicole Lawton (Stuff): Man with Down syndrome appeals for law change so he can access KiwiSaver funds
Kate Hawkesby (Newstalk ZB): Can’t this Government show some compassion for one KiwiSaver?
Housing
Simon Wilson (Herald): What if only young people were allowed to vote?
1News: Photos: Sneak peek at the 25 new KiwiBuild homes announced today for Auckland’s Onehunga
Tom Furley (RNZ): First look at Onehunga KiwiBuild apartment plan
Herald: Construction of 25 stylish KiwiBuild apartments in Onehunga starts today
Stuff: KiwiBuild adds 25 apartments from private developer to its total
Sophie Bateman (Newshub): Phil Twyford admits embarrassing KiwiBuild blunder
RNZ: Zone changes paves way for 400 new Hawke’s Bay homes
Michael Neilson (Herald): Papakura family being evicted from ‘swamp home’ to challenge notice
Leah Te Whata (Māori TV): Mother desperate to find home as housing crisis hits Whanganui
Foreign Affairs and trade
Dominion Post Editorial: Doing what’s right, for everyone
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Retired diplomat announced NZ Ambassador to Trump’s Washington
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): New ambassador to US appointed
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): No ‘white brorocracy’: NZ announces new ambassador to the United States
1News: New Zealand new Ambassador to the US named
Education
Aaron Leaman and Adele Redmond (Stuff): Calls to make NZ Wars compulsory learning fails to find favour with Education Minister
Donna-Lee Biddle and Adele Redmond (Stuff): History teacher’s lament – students say NZ Wars too boring
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Govt plans elite mātauranga Māori school for youth
Ben Bootsma (Southland Times): Trades classes not available at Southland Girls’ High School
Elena McPhee (ODT:) Sara Cohen to get $4m rebuild
Emma Dangerfield (Stuff): $10 million upgrade announced for Oxford Area School, new classrooms promised for others
Jo Moir (Stuff): Head of two charter schools annoyed by newspaper ad
George Heagney (Manawatū Standard): Latest teacher and principal pay offer doesn’t impress
Emma McKay (Herald): Increase in struggling university students accessing hardship funds
1News: University of Otago announces new $150 million building in Christchurch
Child abuse
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Call for St Bede’s College rector to resign after teacher who confessed sex abuse continued working
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): Fine words, little action on abuse inquiry
Health
Nicholas Jones (Herald):Rest home shake-up: Advice on aged-care watchdog received
Newshub: Ministry of Health Science Advisor says Sugar Tax could benefit low income households
Eric Crampton: Not-so-sweet advice
John Boynton (RNZ): Study to examine why Māori are more likely to die from heart disease
1News: New vaccine to protect Kiwis from rheumatic fever could save hundreds of lives
Katarina Williams (Stuff): DHBs put out ‘Help Wanted’ sign, as nursing labour market tightens
Julie Iles and Ruby MacAndrew (Stuff): Proposed ban on over-the-counter codeine ruffling feathers in the industry
Fiona Connor (Newshub): ’They’re emotionally blackmailing people to donate’: Mike King hits back at Lifeline
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Lifeline turns down help offer
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Wellington Hospital medical supplies sit in quake-prone building
Christine McKay (Hawke’s Bay Today): Easier to buy tinnie in Tararua than get healthcare: Youth services manager
Stuff: Rotorua Mayor Steve Chadwick to lead new primary health group
Rachael Kelly (Southland Times): Walker tables Lumsden Maternity Centre petition with select committee
Ian Harris (ODT): Asking questions of life and death
Drugs
Zane Small (Newshub): Family First warns against cannabis reform after damning Colorado report
Transport
Damian George (Dominion Post): Government select committee to look into Wellington’s bus network
The LIstener: Wellington’s public transport was a shining example to NZ, what happened?
Gordon Campbell: On the rising cost of petrol
RNZ: Suspended engineer under more scrutiny
Media
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Prime Minister pulls out of Newshub Nation and Q+A weekend appearances
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Māori TV and union staff reach settlement
Kate Robertson (Stuff): John Campbell to present final show for RNZ
Darren Bevan (Stuff): Radio New Zealand presenter Guyon Espiner has Type One diabetes
Herald: RNZ presenter Guyon Espiner discharged from hospital following diabetic emergency
Rugby
Brad Lewis (Newshub): All Blacks: Steve Hansen clarifies call for Government funding
Gender
Chris Harrowell (Stuff): MP Louisa Wall speaks out about receiving death threats in fight for LGBTIQ rights
Action Station: More than 200 people have donated over $5,000 for pro-inclusive feminism stickers and posters in response to anti-trans messages
Other
RNZ: NZ commission wins first step in data protection case
Liam Dann (Herald): How Australia cost New Zealand $2 billion
Andrew McRae (RNZ): NZ sailors who died in the UK in the 1950s being returned home
1News: Water meters likely for all New Zealand households in the future, expert says
RNZ: Thousands of power poles suddenly become serviceable
Herald Editorial: Time to close the pay gap – before we need women-only quotas
Alice Wilkins (Newshub): New service PaySauce lets you spend your salary – before payday
AAP: Ngāpuhi iwi living in Australia to have their say on treaty negotiations
Jim Rose (Herald): Manus Island and Nauru are not prisons for asylum seekers
Point of Order: Ethnicity data to be collected for “balance” in appointments to State sector boards
Brian Fallow (Herald): US economy v NZ – why the winner isn’t who you think
Jonny Turner (ODT): Purdon slams handling of racing scandal
Herald: John Key mocks revolving door of Aussie prime ministers
RNZ: Former PM Sir John Key roasts Australia’s revolving-door leadership
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): Wally Haumaha hunger striker backs ‘my chief’
Michael Reddell: Another campaign speech from the Governor
Newshub: Greg O’Connor to accept petition asking New Zealand to give Julian Assange asylum
Dan Satherley (Newshub): The world’s angriest and saddest countries, ranked
Pete George: Most peaceful countries 2018
