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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Tracey Watkins (Stuff):Jacinda Ardern wins fans as she appears on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern goes for last laugh on US talk show
RNZ: Checkpoint: Jacinda Ardern cracks jokes on Stephen Colbert’s show (video)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern charms, plugs tourism on Colbert appearance
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern discusses Trump handshake strategy on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern appears on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Late Show’s Stephen Colbert grills Jacinda Ardern about whether she laughed at Trump
Daniel Rutledge (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern officially offers Stephen Colbert Hobbiton citizenship on the Late Show
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern appears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert in New York
Stuff: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives Flight of the Conchords ‘open invitation’ to dine
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern ramps up NZ climate change pledge
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern attacks ‘extreme positions’ on climate change
1News: In CPTPP talk with Justin Trudeau, Jacinda Ardern points to downside of globalisation
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Ardern trumpets trade, but ‘social licence’ needed
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern, Canada and Chile leaders talk trade at UN
Claire Trevett (Herald):United front on trade from PM Jacinda Ardern, Canada’s Justin Trudeau and Chile’s Sebastian Pinera
Zoe Madden-Smith (Vice): Jacinda Ardern At The UN, Featuring Baby Neve and Clarke: The Greatest Hits
Spinoff: Jacindamania goes global (video)
Derek Handley CTO controversy
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): Long read: Anatomy of a disaster
RNZ: Derek Handley says he holds no hard feelings towards Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern
Stuff: Derek Handley refuses to confirm or deny links to former National Party president Michelle Boag
Andrea Vance (Stuff): ’No bias’ in Derek Handley recruitment as chief technology officer, report concludes
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Derek Handley allegedly advised by former National Party president
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Derek Handley met with Labour Party president and spoke with PM’s chief of staff ahead of job offer
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Derek Handley files reveal PM Jacinda Ardern’s close interest in process
RNZ: Paula Bennett challenges transparency in Ardern-Handley saga
Lucy Bennett (Herald): Jacinda Ardern and staff involved in Derek Handley process, National claims
Anna Whyte (1News): Released: Read the emails and messages Clare Curran exchanged with Derek Handley
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Revealed: Govt releases emails, WhatsApp messages on Derek Handley
RNZ: Govt releases all communications relating to Derek Handley
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Last night Derek Handley gave a talk called ‘Making bold moves for your career’
Meka Whaitiri
Audrey Young (Herald): Parliament is a bullying workplace, just like all the others says Green MP Jan Logie
Audrey Young (Herald): Govt ministers close ranks around sacked minister Meka Whaitiri after leaked report reveals evidence about bruising
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Another week, another leak: Whaitiri joins Bridges in the spotlight
1News: ’Hugely disappointed’ Jacinda Ardern announces investigation in Meka Whaitiri leak
Herald: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern reveals inquiry into Meka Whaitiri report leak
Stuff: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirms investigation into Meka Whaitiri leak
Newshub: Probe launched into leaked Meka Whaitiri report
RNZ: Jacinda Ardern announces investigation into how draft Meka Whaitiri report was leaked
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): PM announces investigation into leak of draft Whaitiri report
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Whaitiri draft report leaked
No Right Turn: Meka Whaitiri’s workplace bullying
David Farrar: Bruised by Minister because of missed photo op
Waka jumping bil passes
Anna Whyte (1News): As waka-jumping bill passes, what is it and why does it matter?
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Waka-jumping bill passes into law after heated debate
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Waka jumping bill finally passes, with begrudging support of Green Party
David Farrar: Waka jumping amendments the Greens voted against
Government
Herald Editorial: Govt’s greater transparency vow nowhere to be seen
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): No rules for ministers’ private emails
Jane Clifton (Listener): Winston Peters’ theatrics play a big role in the Government’s disunity
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Why Jacinda Ardern really is like Donald Trump
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Govt again caught on the back foot
Parliament, NZ politics
Max Rashbrooke (Herald): How to build governments which work
Jason Walls (Herald): Speaker of the House Trevor Mallard cracks down on ‘personal reflections’ in Parliament
Health and disability
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Campaigner unimpressed by family care system review move
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): ’Discriminatory’ disability law to be repealed, family care policy changed – Government
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): ‘We have been optimistic before and been let down’ – families hopeful but cautious over carer law change
Danielle Clent (Stuff): Government to change ‘discriminatory’ disability law and family care policy
Newshub: Govt set to repeal ‘discriminatory’ disability law, overhaul carer policy
No Right Turn: Repealing National’s constitutional outrage
Imran Ali (Northern Advocate):Overseas tourists’ unpaid medical bill in Northland tops $250,000
Horowhenua Chronicle: Grandmother caring full-time for sick child may lose house after debt piles up
Melanie Earley (Stuff): Man with sought-after blood type barred from donating due to sexuality
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Desperate Kiwis look overseas for organs
Emma Russell (Herald): Ground-breaking New Zealand research hopes to detect rheumatic fever earlier
Jennifer Eder (The Marlborough Express): The $10m primary healthcare kitty and where it goes
Newshub: Air ambulance services agree to merge
Newshub: Abby Hartley’s family donating leftover Givealittle money to charity
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Doctors slammed with ‘unsafe’ workloads as staff shortages strain Auckland hospitals
Jonathan Mitchell (RNZ): Anaesthetic technicians to strike at two DHBs
Media, broadcasting
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Public dodges a bullet from StuffMe
Donal Curtin: As expected
Tim Murphy and Mark Jennings (Newsroom): MediaRoom: RNZ claims radio’s crown
Stuff: RNZ is reaching its largest ever audience, driven by Morning Report success
Justice, corrections
Matt Stewart (Stuff): New body for reviewing justice miscarriages will be based away from judicial sway of Auckland and Wellington
Jason Walls (Herald): Government moves on Criminal Cases Review Commission to address miscarriages of justice
Dan Satherley (Newshub): First homosexual convictions expunged
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Corrections: NZ First bill will increase prison beds
Rachael Kelly and Dave Nicoll (Stuff): Sensible Sentencing Trust against compassionate grounds release
Herald: Total bill and expenditure for Government’s Criminal Justice Summit revealed
Chelsea Boyle (Herald): Murderer Phillip Smith argues against rules imposed on prisoners after his escape
1News: All Blacks lead training session at maximum security prison in Buenos Aires
Police, crime
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Wally Haumaha phone call claims: Winston Peters says he doesn’t use landline
Newshub: New Zealand at lowest murder rate in 40 years – police
Herald: 518 people murdered in New Zealand in 11 years but rate is dropping
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Residents remain on high alert after Te Kuiti gangsters bailed back home
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): Police Association: Revised pay offer ‘fair’ and ‘significant’’
George Block (ODT): AOS callouts in Sthld twice those in Otago
Transport, motoring, road safety
Jason Walls (Herald): ACC Minister Iain Lees-Galloway not thrilled with the prospect of new petrol tax
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Minister says ACC will have to make ‘very, very’ strong case to hike petrol levy
Zane Small (Newshub): ACC proposes higher levies for motorists in New Zealand
1News: Proposed new ACC levy could see motorists hit $14 extra per year in the pocket
RNZ: Motor vehicle levy could rise 12 percent
David Hargreaves (Interest): ACC’s hefty road user levy hikes
RNZ: Risk of collision at Wellington Station remains – report
Tom Hunt and Damian George (Stuff): Regional Council says it would do little differently if it could roll out Wellington’s new bus network again
Gia Garrick (RNZ): Troubled bus network: Process was correct, officials say
Emma Jolliff (Newshub): Regional Council promises Wellington buses will be punctual within 8 weeks
Rob Maetzig (Stuff): EV drivers are bludgers costing NZ roads $7m per year
Matt Shand (Stuff): Dangerous stretch of SH2 ticks up $30,000 of fines a month
RNZ: Checkpoint: Family feel let down by GDC after daughter’s death
CHris Morris (ODT): Twyford puts focus on regional and local roads
Christina Persico (STuff): Taranaki’s $40k road in the back of beyond
Housing
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Call for reviews to stop for all state housing tenants
NIcholas Boyack (Stuff): Twyford acknowledges problems as KiwiBuild is overwhelmed by proposals
Robin Martin (RNZ): Tenants in Whanganui’s Pink Flats say they’re living in Third World conditions
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Banks get curious about funding prefabs and tiny houses
Education
Chris Morris (ODT): Teacher referred to police
RNZ: Police receive complaint related to abuse at Chch school
Kyle MacDonald (Herald): What we’ve misunderstood about the kids of Fraser High
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Auckland university drops in a second global ranking list
Newshub: No sign of New Zealand universities in latest top 200 ranking
Elena McPhee (ODT): Students’ pleas for art history ignored
Joel MacManus (ODT): Don’t Fire the Proctor, Reform the Position
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Organiser of protest against bong-taking proctor faces political fight
Elena McPhee (ODT): Students want proctor’s power’s curtailed
Charlie O’Mannin (Critic): OUSA Demands Proctor and Campus Watch Be Stripped of All Disciplinary Powers For Off-Campus Actions
Primary industries, overseas investment
Michael Morrah (Newshub): Exclusive: NZ’s biggest hoki fishery is a ‘barren wasteland’ – insider
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Hoki fishing quota reduced
Shanti Ahluwalia (Newsroom): Animal welfare the Government’s ticking time bomb
RNZ: Hoki quota cut to cost millions – fishing industry
Andrea Fox (Herald): Fonterra financials fall well short of industry merger expectations: new report
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): NZ shares fall as A2 Milk extends decline
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Shane Jones puts China on notice over New Zealand logging
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Job-saving forestry deal given the go ahead
Jamie Gray (Herald): PEP’s Manuka Health sold to South East Asian trading company
Environment and conservation
RNZ: Cows killed by 1080 in drop area, DOC confirms
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Department of Conservation’s ‘extraordinary step’ to win public over on 1080 drops
Newshub: 1080 poison dumping story was inaccurate and unbalanced
David Williams (Newsroom): Grazing in national park ‘breaks promise’
Chloe Ranford (Stuff): New Zealand waters seeing fastest rate of acidic change in 25 million years
Rotorua Daily Post: Outspoken environmental advocate Dr Mike Joy to speak in Taupō
Mark Quinlivan and Matthew LIttlewood (Stuff): Confusion surrounds South Island Himalayan Tahr cull start
Liz McDonald (Stuff): Charges filed after mass eel deaths from creek contamination
Newshub: 22,000 litres of untreated wastewater discharged at Christchurch’s Sumner Beach
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): South Island Countdowns rid of single-use plastic bags in a fortnight
Jim Tucker (Stuff): Questioning the climate change inconsistencies
Felicity Reid (Stuff): Kauri dieback threat closes more tracks on Auckland’s North Shore
Oil and gas exploration ban
Richard Harman (Politik): Government MP claims Nats want to burn the earth
Gavin Evans (Herald): Richlister Mark Dunphy suing Energy Minister Megan Woods over oil and gas decision
BusinessDesk: NZ oil co takes govt to court over exploration ban
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Company suing government over oil exploration decision
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Oil and gas company takes Govt to court over exploration ban
Christina Persico (Stuff): More time for oil companies a ‘step in the right direction’
Point of Order: Megan Woods still in the firing line over handling of energy legislation
Oranga Tamariki
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Oranga Tamariki put 12-year-old boy back in motel despite judge’s order
Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Pay deal could help Oranga Tamariki keep staff
Cost of living
John Anthony (Stuff): Fact-checking National’s claim the Government is to blame for rising living costs
Taroi Black (Māori TV): Taxpayers fuming over increased living costs
Tourism
Jason Walls (Herald):Government sets tourist tax at $35 per visitor
Tess Brunton (RNZ): Tourism levy gets green light but will it make a difference for regions?
Jessica Tyson (Māori TV): Tourists visiting NZ to pay new $35 levy fee
John Tamihere
Simon Wilson (Herald): Tamihere’s on the warpath but won’t run for mayor
Alex Braae (Spinoff): Passion and fury as John Tamihere revs up Auckland mayoral ambitions
Todd Niall (Stuff):John Tamihere lobs ‘corruption’ line into housing dispute
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): John Tamihere’s damning evidence against Goff’s vacant social housing programme
Mitch McCann (Newshub): John Tamihere hints he’ll run for Auckland Mayor
1News: John Tamihere. concerned about housing in Auckland, doesn’t rule out running for mayor
Rowan Quinn (RNZ): Council faces accusations of corruption over social housing
Ben Leahy (Herald): Should state homes be lumped into big housing estates or blended into the community?
Colin Craig, Rachel MacGregor defamation trial
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): Court of public opinion is vicious, and nobody really wins
Tommy Livingston (Stuff): Rachel MacGregor details the night she and Colin Craig kissed, says she was ‘scared’
RNZ: Rachel MacGregor: ‘I began to feel uneasy about the things he wrote to me’
Sam Hurley (Herald): ’Lines had been crossed’ – Helen Craig talks of life with Colin Craig and Rachel MacGregor
Ministry of Social Development
Stuff: Lawyer renews call for MSD chief to be investigated
No Right Turn: Not just unlawful, but a crime
Economy, business
Thomas Coughlan (Stuff):Business confidence ticks up
Gyles Beckford (RNZ):Reserve Bank holds key interest rate at 1.75%
Jamie Gray (Herald): RBNZ keeps rates on hold, little change in outlook
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): OCR to remain at 1.75% ‘through 2019 and into 2020’
Michael Reddell: More on Orr
Banks
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Banks under attack – what will Aussie scandal mean for NZ?
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Govt seeking to ‘progress open banking options for NZ consumers’
Local government
Kate Gudsell (RNZ): Rally supports Gisborne councillor who spoke out against racism
Regan Paranihi (Māori TV): Gisborne locals rally against racism
Gerald PIddock (Stuff): More Waikato Regional Council staff with six figure salaries
Joanne Carroll (Stuff): Lawyers investigating West Coast councillors after Harvard Uni jibe
Other
Graham Adams (Noted): Free speech: From Charlie Hebdo to Don Brash
ODT Editorial: Addressing child poverty
Brian Easton (Pundit): Is There Public Service in Our Public Service?
Brian Fallow (Herald): Inequality a tough target for Cullen tax review
Stuart Smith (Stuff): National opposes ‘potentially damaging’ changes to employment relations law
Te Kuru o te Marama Dewes (Māori TV):Protesters disrupt MWWL National Conference
Kali Mercier (Spinoff): The war on drugs is killing Kiwis – we must choose a different approach
Newshub: Meatworks fined $332,000 after employee’s hand cut off
Rob Stock (Stuff): Directors of Islamic KiwiSaver seek $2 million in damages from FMA
Andrea Fox (Herald): Shariah law-adhering KiwiSaver provider Amanah Ethical sues FMA
Terry Bellamak (Spinoff): New Zealand can’t congratulate itself on International Safe Abortion Day
Matthew Rosenberg (Stuff): Turf war develops between Auckland Philharmonia and NZ Symphony Orchestra
