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
Grant Duncan (Stuff): Three-part harmony a challenge for coalition government
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): No Substance To Her Stardust: Has Jacinda Lost The Magic?
Liam Hehir (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s ability to lead dependent on coalition partners
David Hall (Stuff): How Jacinda Ardern embodies the spirit of republicanism
RNZ: PM Jacinda Ardern: No cracks in coalition
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Government to proactively release Cabinet papers from next year
David Hargreaves (Interest): ‘This is about being an open and accountable Govt’
Michael Reddell: A bouquet for the Government
No Right Turn: Proactive release
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Tax and meth reports out this week
Michael Reddell: Having read the Our Plan speech
PM’s GDP comments
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Prime Minister’s mix-up could have led to a much more brutal economics lesson
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Ardern error was ‘economically dangerous’
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): PM forced to backtrack about ‘hint’ over unreleased GDP numbers
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Stats NZ says not even Jacinda Ardern gets sneak preview at GDP data
Newshub: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s office admits mistake over GDP comments
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Prime Minister’s office admits mistake over Ardern’s economic growth ‘hint’ claim
1News: Did ‘distracted’ Jacinda Ardern’s radio remarks cause the NZ dollar to rise?
BusinessDesk: Dollar gains on Ardern’s mistaken comments
Derek Handley and CTO role
RNZ: Govt told to front up with personal emails between Curran and Handley
Lucy Bennett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern admits getting text message from Derek Handley about CTO role
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern apologises over Derek Handley recruitment process
Vaughan Rowsell (Idealog): A CTO versus a tech taskforce – which one does New Zealand need?
NZ in Iraq and Afghanistan
Gordon Campbell: On our military roles in Iraq and Afghanistan
Zane Small (Newshub): Winston Peters slams media for calling hypocrisy on Iraq troop extension
Zane Small (Newshub): Keeping New Zealand troops in Iraq beyond June 2019 a ‘possibility’ – Jacinda Ardern
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ’s ‘mission creep’ in Iraq creeps on
Emma Hurley (Newshub):James Shaw grills Defence Minister over Iraq, Afghanistan deployments
David Farrar: Hypocrisy but the right decision on Iraq
Thompson & Clark
Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold (Stuff): Thompson & Clark hosted oil industry meeting in ‘bunker’ underneath Beehive
Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold (Stuff): Concern over surveillance links between police and Thompson & Clark
Māori Crown relations agency
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters endorses new ‘bridge’ between Māori and the Crown
Audrey Young (Herald): Government announces new Māori Crown relations agency – Māori Crown Relations: Te Arawhiti
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Labour finally gets Crown Maori agency over the line
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): New agency created to help public service ‘better engage with Māori’
1News: Details of new Māori Crown agency released
1080
Finn Hogan and John-MIchael Swannix (Newshub): ’Uncaring governance’ fueling 1080 pushback – author
Laurel Stowell (Whanganui Chronicle): Whanganui 1080 whistleblower now supports use of the poison
1News: Eight cattle die after 1080 drop in Waikato as DOC work to increase numbers of endangered kokāko
Newsroom: Cows die on farm after 1080 drop
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): DoC investigating possible 1080 cow deaths
RNZ: Cattle deaths after 1080 drop being investigated
Environment and conservation
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): At least 16 foreign investors have bought NZ sensitive land illegally
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Overseas billionaire’s anonymity necessary ‘to protect his commercial position’
Gerald Piddock (Waikato Times): Waikato polluters paying only 4 per cent of the maximum fine under law
Ryan Dunlop (Herald): New Zealand Defence Force and Department of Conservation team up to count whales in subantarctic islands
1News: Photos: NZDF spot over 100 whales during census of NZ’s southern right whales
Holly Carran (Newshub): Urgent cull of South Island’s Himalayan tahr population ordered by Conservation Minister
Suzi Kerr (The Conversation): Why NZ’s emissions trading scheme should have an auction reserve price
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): NZ lags behind on microplastic research, but scientists hopes $12.5m boost could help
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): Over 9000 New Zealanders have their say on binning plastic bags
Suffrage, feminism, gender
Martin Johnston (Herald):H Files: Wheeling and dealing at Parliament couldn’t kill historic women’s suffrage bill
Raewyn Dalziel (The Conversation):125 years of women’s suffrage: A small country leading the world?
Herald: Suffrage 125: Cartoons celebrate long fight for rights
Rachel Stewart (Herald)): Women must unite against hard-line patriarchy
Fiona Kidman (Herald): The freedom of control over fertility
Sinead Corcoran (Stuff): What Women Want: Margaret Sparrow on reproductive equality
Kim Knight (Herald): The hilarity and horror of the struggle
Judy McGregor (Herald): Allison Roe’s double blow for feminism in troubled arena
Cherie Howie (Herald): In photos: The women of New Zealand 125 years after suffrage gave women the right to vote
Kim Knight (Herald): Suffrage 125: Jenny Shipley, Helen Clark and Jacinda Ardern make photographic history
Stuff: A conversation with Helen Clark and Jacinda Ardern
Claire Trevett (Herald): Suffrage 125: The women of Parliament – The woman’s way is the right way
Jacinda Ardern (Herald): Within the ordinary sits the extraordinary
Liz McDonald (Press): Female power base reflects Christchurch’s leadership history
Press: The day NZ’s ‘shrieking sisterhood’ forced the vote on ‘womenly women’
Stacey Morrison (Herald): Mana wāhine embedded in Māori world view
Matt Heath (Herald): A reflection on masculinity
Herald Editorial: Suffrage 125 – United we stand
Claire Trevett (Herald): Women’s suffrage: NZ Herald marks 125 years of speaking up
Dominion Post: Editorial: Sheppard’s first great steps
Jessica Long (Stuff): New Zealand’s divide over women’s rights to vote led to a historic world moment
Jonathan Guildford (Stuff): Government could buy Kate Sheppard’s historic Christchurch home
RNZ: Kate Sheppard’s former house up for sale
Charles Anderson (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern to guest edit New Zealand newspaper on anniversary of suffrage
Hannah Martin (Stuff): If women have to act like men to lead, that’s the ‘ultimate defeat’ – Dame Anne Salmond
Britt Mann (Stuff): Women of Influence Forum: Who else is sick of inspirational women?
Linda Herrick (Listener): Are We There Yet? is the exhibition marking 125 years of women’s suffrage in NZ
Matt Brown (Stuff): Age no barrier to progress for older signatory
Julie Iles (Dominion Post): The legacy of a suffragist lives on in Petone
Media
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Netsafe washes its hands of Avery ‘harm’ complaint
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Netsafe won’t pursue Sir Ray Avery’s complaint over media website
No Right Turn: Netsafe defends freedom of the press
Economy, tax, business
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Tax Inefficiencies only tell half the story
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff):Inland Revenue slams Oxfam claim drugs firms cheating NZ out of $21m in tax
Gill Bonnett (RNZ): Oxfam claims NZ among countries hit by tax-shifting drug companies
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Boardroom still a battle site for equality
Michael Neilson (Herald): Donna Awatere Huata secures top job as Māori Climate Commissioner
Foreign affairs and trade
Andy Fyers (Stuff): What comes of New Zealand’s Pacific aid money?
Mandy Te (Stuff): Australian authorities return 14 detainees to New Zealand
Herald: Fourteen individuals flown back to New Zealand by Australian authorities
Emma Joliff (Newshub): US-China trade war could catch New Zealand in the middle – expert
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff):NZ fears for world trade rise in wake of Trump’s fresh tariffs on China
Parliament
1News: Government takes first step to freeze MPs’ pay
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom): Stardust and Substance – how international observers view the 2017 election
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Trevor Mallard, Simon Bridges in bizarre grammar debate in Parliament
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Andrew Little mocks rival politicians in hilarious spoof video
Matthew Rosenberg (Stuff): Shaming images, hateful attacks and death threats: Politicians open up on abuse
Employment
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Labour and NZ First’s disagreement over industrial law changes is meaningless
Richard Harman (Politik): Agreeing to disagree – or not
RNZ: Whistleblower exposed exploitation of migrant workers
RNZ: Minimum wage: ‘I couldn’t go to my own brother’s tangi’ (video)
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Ngāi Tahu Tourism invest in their workers
Health and disability
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Disability law labelled ‘shame on society’ a step closer to repeal
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): New legal bid in disability funding battle
MItchell Alexander (Newshub): Revealed: Government ignored advice that midwives are worth five times what they make now
Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): Tribunal hearing to address Māori health inequity
Andre Chumko (Stuff): DHB defends $16k cost to prevent school from selling alcohol at fundraiser
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Doctors telling men not to get tested for prostate cancer seems illogical
Nicole Lawton (Stuff): Number of Year 10 students vaping doubles, but it’s not all bad news
Christina Persico (Stuff): Programme combating obesity earns Woman of Influence nomination
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Young people waiting months for mental health appointments
Caroline Williams (Stuff): Woman ‘devastated’ after crisis line tells her to call back next day
Chloe Blommerde (Stuff): Over 40’s more likely to access telephone helpline
RNZ: Coroner recommends police fully record information on suicidal people
Libby Wilson (Stuff): National Oracle Solution works for us: Waikato DHB
Building safety
Collette Devlin (Dominion Post): 112 buildings in Wellington clad in aluminium panelling linked to Grenfell tower disaster
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Nearly 50 buildings with Grenfell-like cladding identified
Herald: Te Papa museum has panels similar to Grenfell Tower
Housing
Benedict Collins (1News): Some KiwiBuild apartments redesigned after being too small for banks to lend on
RNZ: Twyford ‘regrets’ Chinese NZers felt unfairly targeted by 2015 survey
RNZ: ’I didn’t want to go out wearing my mayoral robes’
Zane Small (Newshub): ’It’s a hell of an existence’: Phil Goff’s night with Auckland’s homeless
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Hundreds help to count homeless in Auckland
Māori TV: Volunteers survey rough sleepers in Auckland
Jessica Tyson (RNZ): New research about homeless programme at Te Puea Marae
Chris Harrowell (Manukau Courier): Auckland Housing NZ tenant says her cold home is making her daughter sick
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Ambassador wants better deal for Filipino students
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Chris Hipkins announces takeover of Whitireia and WelTec
Jessica Long (Stuff): Education Minister Chris Hipkins moves to appoint commissioner to two Wellington-based polytechnics
Ruby McAndrew (Stuff): Focus on mental health education in schools after ‘concerning’ health survey
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Charter schools to become state integrated
Mike Mather (Stuff): The paedophile at Pukete Neighbourhood House: Fears raised 10 years ago
David Farrar: Massey lying over cancellation of Brash speech
Judy McGregor (Spinoff): The struggle for gender equality in tertiary education is a glass half-full story
Listener: Jennifer Curtin: feminist political scientist mixing rugby with politics
Police and Justice
Jared Savage (Herald): Wally Haumaha inquiry: QC to share evidence with IPCA investigation into alleged bullying
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Police reject claims of bias in pursuits
Paul Little (North & South): The case for closing prisons
Primary and extractive industries
Bernard HIckey (Newsroom): Is it time to carve up Fonterra and sell it?
Taranaki Daily News: Government urged to hold hearings on oil and gas changes in Taranaki
RNZ: Some fish stocks re-certified as sustainably caught
Treaty settlements
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Top Court opens door to tikanga principles
Rebecca Howard and Michael Neilson (BusinessDesk/Herald): Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust wins right to appeal Auckland land claims
Māori Cultural and Intellectual Property Rights Conference
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Business leader calls for action to protect Māori culture in commerce
Kelvin McDonald (Māori TV): Jackson calls for ‘fundamental mind-shift’ on Treaty consultation
Transport
RNZ: Hawke’s Bay Airport goes morning without air traffic controller
Emma Hatton (RNZ): Wellington passengers left behind due to small buses
Local government
Whanganui Chronicle: Iwi ‘sidelined’ in sale of Whanganui District Council forestry land
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Un-microchipped cat cull needs to wait – SPCA
Imogen Neale (Stuff): Council member’s email war against police Eagle helicopter
RNZ: Rising gang numbers in Gore part of a ‘planned effort by the Mongrel Mob’
Other
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Record profit turns around fears of decline for banks
ODT Editorial: The goal of affordable electricity
1News: Should New Zealand increase its refugee quota? A decision is ‘imminent’ says Ardern
RNZ: Pokie machines not the way to fund community groups – councillor
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Cyber security agency Cert NZ touts its successes
Michael Hayward (Stuff): Research finds cash settlements better for economic recovery following Christchurch earthquakes
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Beneficiaries get less in the hand as payment scheme ends
Lucy Bennett (Herald): SIS launches recruitment campaign for spies
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Police staff could enter Pike River mine if re-entry is approved
RNZ: KiwiSaver users face ‘major barrier’ getting ethical investment advice
RNZ: Fewer than half of all Kiwis are making wills – research
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Antarctica New Zealand chief executive Peter Beggs employment yet to be terminated
Tim Brown (RNZ): Worksafe ‘satisfied’ Aurora management responsible
Matthew Theunissen (RNZ): Mainzeal directors should have known it couldn’t recoup loans, court told
