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 emailed to them every morning. Just email pro@newsroom to be put on the Newsroom Pro Monitor list.
National Party, political finance
MIchael Macaulay (Stuff): Line between political access and political influence is porous
Simon Chapple (The Conversation): New Zealand politics: foreign donations and political influence
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Chinese donor’s up-and-comers made JPs
1News: Seven Sharp: How much influence do foreign donors have in Kiwi politics?
John Anthony (Stuff): Police approach Electoral Commission following Jami-Lee Ross complaint
Laura Walters (Newsroom): What’s wrong with our electoral laws?
Herald Editorial: Complete public funding of parties would be a big step
RNZ: Greens urge political donation reform
David Farrar: Danger – Labour wants you all to fund their party
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Isn’t it time to seriously consider making Political Parties taxpayer funded?
No Right Turn: A reason to support public funding of political parties
Nicky Hager (Spinoff): Dirty Politics, 2018:Nicky Hager assesses the Jami-Lee Ross saga
David Fisher (Herald): National’s leader Simon Bridges rings Dirty Politics blogger to talk Jami-Lee Ross
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern thinks MPs can ‘shift the dial’ – but is it too late?
Southland Times Editorial: Another issue arises from the Ross case
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Could the Spinoff be possibly wrong about JLR? Maybe?
Gordon Campbell: On what the polls say about National’s leadership
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): National Party has to take a serious look at its leadership
Herald: Simon Bridges: Jami-Lee Ross ‘no longer my problem’
RNZ: Simon Bridges defends leadership: ‘I’ve come through the fire stronger’
Michael Daly (Stuff): Bridges says he’s doing a good job as leader, despite poll drop
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Senior National MP sets ultimatum for Simon Bridges
Point of Order: Down but not out – Bridges can take heart from Jim Bolger’s poll experience
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Simon Bridges needs to call the hazmat team and order a full scale clean-out
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): National Party meltdown
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand’s scandal-hit National party to investigate safety of female workers
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): How Parliament can put pressure on MPs’ mental health
Herald: New Zealand’s rules for detaining someone mentally unwell against their will
Zane Small (Newshub): Simon Bridges dodges queries over National involvement in Jami-Lee Ross’ sectioning
1News: Simon Bridges insists there’s been no ‘weaponising’ of Jami-Lee Ross infidelity allegations
Moana Makapelu Lee (Māori TV): Former independent MP’s advice for Jami-Lee Ross
Fuel taxes and petrol prices
Richard Harman (Politik): Beleaguered Bridges revels in Ardern backdown
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Leadership locked into a single issue
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Jacinda Ardern’s fuel tax moment delights National’s Bridges, surprise for Shane Jones
Emma Hatton (RNZ): ’There will be no other regional fuel taxes while I am Prime Minister’
Alice Webb-LIddall (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern promises no more fuel taxes while she’s Prime Minister
Thomas Manch and Collette Devlin (Stuff): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern rules out more regional fuel taxes
Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Ardern rules out regional fuel taxes beyond Auckland while she’s PM
Jason Walls (Herald): National hits back at Prime Minister for making up ‘policy on the hoof’
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Government slams ‘mischief-making’, ‘desperate’ Simon Bridges over fuel tax claims
Melanie Earley, Todd Niall and Dileepa Fonsenka (Stuff): Regional fuel tax wouldn’t work outside Auckland, AA says
Herald: No regional fuel tax for Wellington, council says
Zane Small (Newshub): Wellington could be next in line for regional fuel tax
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Law change clears way for Commerce Commission probe into fuel prices
Jason Walls and Derek Cheng (Herald): New law means competition regulator can now investigate fuel companies
1News: Poll: Rising petrol costs causing Kiwis to cut back on driving and essential spending
Migrant exploitation, employment
MIchael Morrah (Newshub): ’Abuse of power’: Immigration Minister fumes over overseas students’ treatment
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Migrant worker exploitation rampant across hospitality industry – Union
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): ’We still have some old, inherited cultures of power’
Government
Jane Patterson (RNZ): One Year On: Rating the government’s performance
Leigh-Marama McLachlan (RNZ): One Year On: Māori remain optimistic under Labour-led Government
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Coalition has held together and prospered
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern on Clarke Gayford going back to work: ‘We’re just making it work’
Newshub: ’We’re making it work’: Jacinda Ardern discusses Clarke Gayford’s return to work
Parliament
Talisa Kupenga (Māori TV): Parliament workplace culture needs “tidy-up” – CultureSafe
Laura Wiltshire (Hawkes Bay Today): Claims of voter suppression in Flaxmere go to Parliament
Bryce Edwards (Newsroom): Former politicians spend $1.1m on travel
Will Harvie (Stuff): The mysteries contained in the Government’s official newspaper
Daniela Maoate-Cox (RNZ): 100 years of Parliament’s debating chamber
OIA
David Fisher (Herald): OIA inquiry launched after lobby group exposed using false names to get information
No Right Turn: Looking into it II
Refugees
RNZ: NZ confirms refugee offer is 150 each year
Herlad: Nauru refugees would be screened before coming to NZ
Foreign affairs, defence
Nina Hall (Stuff): Seeking a broader debate on New Zealand’s role in the world
Philip Matthew (Stuff): Give the peace unit a chance
Tara Leota-Seiuli, Torisse Laulu, and David Tokiharu Mayeda (Newsroom): A history lesson in Pacific ‘leeching’
Herald: Defence Ministers of US, Russia, Japan and New Zealand respond to the ‘scourge of terrorism’
Primary industries
Stuff: New Zealand’s chicken industry in six graphs
Cecile Meier (Stuff): Is free-range chicken worth the extra cost?
RNZ: Mycoplasma bovis eradication cost split still undecided
Guy Trafford (Interest): How our current struggle with mycoplasma bovis compares with how others have tackled major animal disease outbreaks
RNZ: NZ patrols find no serious fisheries offending
1News: Over keen fishers stung with $4000 in fines after taking undersized fish
Mike Chapman (Newshub): Horticulture on a roll
Environment and conservation
Dominic Harris (Stuff): $3500 bill for every household in small-town New Zealand to fix ageing wastewater plants
Gavin Evans (Newsroom): Costs of improved waste treatment
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): ’Perfect storm’ of climate change and growing conflict
Victoria University of Wellington (Newsroom): Why NZ vineyards are resting on climate change laurels
Sarah Mead (Newsroom): Court decision on greenhouse gas emissions a warning for NZ
RNZ: Carbon neutral project in Southland wins government funding
Māori TV: Landmark court decision to protect Westport Water Conservation Reserve
RNZ: Fixing Te Mata Peak’s contentious track could cost $1m
Chris Harrowell (Stuff): Water quality alert at south Auckland’s Weymouth Beach lifted after 18 years
Dave De Lorean and Leith Huffadine (Stuff): We’re interrupting dolphins’ downtime, and it’s wearing them out
Luke Appleby (1News): DOC investigating after leopard seal found dead with suspected gunshot wound near Bluff
Treaty claims
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): ’It’s theft’: Government faces decade in court over Māori water rights
David Rankin (Herald): Ngāpuhi will never settle Treaty claims on today’s procedure
Health
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Median length of stay in a rest home for someone receiving govt funding is just 1.7 years
Nicholas Jones (Herald): ’Through the cracks’: 11-year-old loses sight waiting for treatment
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Anonymous letter reopens inquest into medical student’s death nine years later
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Calls for Pharmac review after funds made available to offset wage settlements
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Hep C drug delay confirmed
Katy Jones (Stuff): Mental health nurse says return of attacker shows victims’ rights ignored
Rachael Kelly (Stuff):Southland anaesthetic technicians give notice of strike action
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Study links glyphosate to antibiotic resistance
Paul Elias (Stuff): Cancer ruling against Monsanto weed killer Roundup is upheld in US
Education
Jessica Long (Stuff): Schools not quick enough to recruit teachers, claims Education Minister Chris Hipkins
Herald: More than 2000 applications for New Zealand teaching jobs
John Lewis (ODT): Teacher shortage looming in South
Simon Collins (Herald): Ōtāhuhu College closes activity centre for at-risk teens after damning ERO report
Jessica Long (Stuff): Victoria University name change decision could be ‘legally challenged’, minister says
Media and broadcasting
Damien Venuto (Herald): TVNZ may charge Kiwis for online TV next year
Herald: NZME and Stuff won’t challenge Court of Appeal media merger decision
BusinessDesk: NZME and Stuff pull plug on merger
RNZ: NZME gives up on plans to merge with Stuff
RNZ: Reporter wins award for stories on Lake Alice mental hospital
Transport
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Auckland MP wants answers over brake test failings
Phil Pennington (RNZ): VTNZ admits using inferior brake test on Waiheke Island
Damian George (Stuff): Ōtaki to north of Levin highway gets green light following Government review
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Tranzurban asks for mediation as it seeks agreement with Wellington bus drivers
RNZ: Two injuries a day after e-scooters sent out on streets
Katie Fitzgerald (Newshub): Road or footpath? The official ruling on where Limes should be used
Cameron Smith (Herald): Auckland public sees red as concerns grow around the safety of Lime e-scooters
Police
Astrid Austin (Hawkes Bay Today): Skype a cop: The new crime-fighting technique being trialled in Waipukurau
1News: Watch: NZ Police release another big-budget recruitment ad, laden with Kiwi humour
Scott Palmer (Newshub): Watch: NZ Police release hilarious new recruitment video
Auckland
Phil Twyford (Herald): Light rail will serve Auckland commuters as well as the airport
Peter Williams (Herald): That sinking feeling about a new Auckland waterfront stadium
Geoff Cooper (Herald): Why Auckland’s growth is wavering
Trade
Jason Walls and Derek Cheng (Herald): Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal passes third reading
Collette Devlin (Stuff): CPTPP trade deal one step closer as amendment bill passes third reading
Legal profession
Tom Hunt (Stuff): New NZ Law Society president enters amid #Metoo turmoil
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): NZ Law Society elects first woman of Pacific descent as president
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Law firm offers staff extra six weeks of paid parental leave
Other
Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham (Stuff): Privacy commissioner recommends Serco could be liable for damages over missing video of beaten prisoner
ODT Editorial: Expand Royal Commission’s brief
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Employers should have to pay KiwiSaver for over 65s – academic
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Giving oxygen to hydrogen
BusinessDesk: Govt Minister Kris Faafoi tweaks legislation and protect Kiwis from bill shock
RNZ: Steel and Tube fined a record $1.9m for ‘grossly negligent’ conduct
Megan Sutherland (Newshub): Steel and Tube fined $1.8 million for misleading public over earthquake strenghtening mesh
RNZ: NZ moves up to second place on riskiest country rankings
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): ‘NZ second riskiest country for insurance’: global research
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): MBIE strongly opposed to the introduction of a comprehensive creditor licensing regime as part of government’s loan shark crackdown
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): How Kiwis get into mega debt trouble
Jo LInes-MacKenzie (Stuff): Street’s recycling dumped in rubbish truck
Katie Scotcher (RNZ): Only 1.5% of Te Papa’s collection on display
John Tamihere (Herald): Milestones that shaped our nation
RNZ: Water filter firm sold $12m of units with unsubstantiated claims
Amy Williams (RNZ): Hobson’s Pledge receives apology: ‘We are not racist and we are not anti-Māori’
Conan Young (RNZ): Quake-damaged homes a rich resource for some
RNZ: NZ investigation into needles in strawberries closes without arrest
RNZ: NZ Cycle Trail to get $770k upgrade
Mere McLean (Māori TV): Reviving the Tokelauan language
1News: Georgina Beyer follows footsteps of political giants, speaking at Oxford Union
Tracey Roxburgh (ODT): Public outcry leads to U-turn on freedom camping plans
