NZ Politics Daily: 15 November 2024

TREATY OF WAITANGI
Anneke Smith (RNZ): Treaty Principles Bill will greatly damage National's relationship with Māori - former minister
Laura Walters (Newsroom): A House divided, a leader nowhere in sight
Claire Trevett (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: PM Christopher Luxon claps back at Act’s David Seymour, Te Pāti Māori delivers on dramatic day in Parliament (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: A divisive and unnecessary day (paywalled)
Herald: Barry Soper condemns uproar during Treaty Principles Bill first reading
Alexander Gillespie and Claire Breen (1News): Opinion: Treaty Principles referendum still a danger
Ruby Shaw (ODT): Government, PM urged to abandon ‘evil’ Bill by top Dunedin lawyer (paywalled)
1News: Explainer: The path ahead for the Treaty Principles Bill
Lloyd Burr (Stuff): Explained: The Treaty Principles Bill
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Christopher Luxon gives scathing appraisal of Treaty Principles Bill ahead of first reading
Thomas Manch (Post): Christopher Luxon accuses David Seymour of 'not helping' the Government (paywalled)
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): Is there a worse way of discussing te Tiriti?
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Te Tiriti was a protector while the State was an abuser (paywalled)
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Anglican Church mends rift with Ngāti Toa, Parata whānau to fight Treaty Principles Bill
Justin Wong (Post): Anglican Church and Ngāti Toa say Treaty Principles Bill repeats historic mistakes (paywalled)
Murray Rae (ODT): The Treaty of Waitangi should be considered as a covenant relationship
Chris Lynch: “Kill the f****ng bill” intense scenes at Act Party meeting in Rolleston
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Tom Day (1News): Inside the House as the Treaty Principles Bill debate erupted
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Haka interrupts Parliament, MPs kicked out, as Treaty Bill arrives
Herald: Treaty Principles Bill: Parliament halted as haka disrupts voting, MP Willie Jackson kicked out
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Watch: Labour's Willie Jackson ejected from house for calling David Seymour a liar during Treaty Principles Bill reading
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill vote: How the fiery debate led to MP being suspended, another kicked out
1News: Treaty Principles Bill passes first reading amid haka interruption
Stuff: Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti arrives in Hamilton, war of words arrives in capital
Thomas Manch (Post): 'Shame': Outcry as Treaty Principles Bill debated in Parliament (paywalled)
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): David Seymour annoyed by Māori MPs’ haka
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): House suspended as haka interrupts first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): How the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill played out
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Insults, anger and a haka in New Zealand parliament as MPs debate bill on Māori rights
Post: In photos: The moment 'appallingly disrespectful’ haka interrupts Treaty bill vote

GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Anna Whyte (Post): How the Government derailed the contractor, consultant ‘gravy train’
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): Public servants 'exhausted' after job cuts, more redundancies to come
RNZ: Major parties making gains in TPU-Curia poll
Adam Pearse (Herald): New poll shows Labour at 17-month peak while National’s support recovers
Sam Smith (Stuff): Labour and National both up in latest political poll
Audrey Young (Herald): KCs join growing opposition to Treaty Principles Bill; Chris Hipkins delivers a hat-trick (paywalled)
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: It's all politics
Brent Edwards (NBR): Govt delivering the medicine you don’t like, to get better: Bayly (paywalled)
David Harvey: A Tale of Two Bills
Sam Smith (RNZ): PM Christopher Luxon slips up on maths question in podcast appearance with 8-year-old

ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, DOC
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): NZ to restart oil and gas exploration one month after COP
Richard Harman (Herald): Gold mine debate highlights what’s obvious to Blind Freddy ‘Archey’s frog’ (paywalled)
Mary Williams (ODT): Miner should pay ‘real cost of toxic waste’ (paywalled)
Don Wiseman (RNZ): NGO criticises New Zealand for blocking observers at fisheries summit
Derek Cheng (Herald): $20 to visit NZ’s most iconic places, including for Kiwis? Govt floats charging so DoC can do more than just ‘hold the line’
Kate Green (RNZ): Government considers charging more for visits to national parks, conservation areas
RNZ: Paid parking at tourist hot spots won't deter visitors, DOC says
Stuff: Paid parking to be trialled at three popular South Island tourist hotspots
David Hill (Local Democracy Reporting): Proposed Canterbury landfill faces huge opposition
Robin Martin (RNZ): Protesters call for Fonterra to phase out use of palm kernel expeller
RNZ: Potential environmental disaster from historic waste averted off Waitaki coast

HEALTH
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Option to sell outpatients
Phil Pennington (RNZ): NZ healthcare system superior to those in Sweden and Germany, TWO boss says
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Health NZ's bid to remove Milo from staff rooms could have cost it $3m - union
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Health NZ Commissioner steps in to stop staff losing Milo
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Over 4000 Hawke's Bay Health NZ staff receive $15m in holiday backpay
Peter de Graaf (RNZ): Hospital workers say patients were transferred because of lift breakdown
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): New mum in Dunedin Hospital with no hot water for three days
RNZ: Incorrect patient data found during system upgrades at Auckland's hospitals
RNZ: Covid-19 update: 1431 new cases, seven deaths

ABUSE IN CARE
Katie Kenny (RNZ): The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care: a timeline
Tu Chapman (Post): What good is an apology if it doesn’t come with redress? (paywalled)

ECONOMY, COST OF LIVING
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): What will happen with wages in the next year?
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Willis ready to take on banks to boost productivity (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Statistics NZ's Selected Price Indexes show inflationary pressures are continuing to look subdued following the big rises of the past few years
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Food prices drop 0.9% in the past month

ENERGY
Public Health Communications Centre: Energy poverty: The lowest-income households pay more in Aotearoa
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): A bold experiment in picking winners (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government sets aside $60m to explore ‘deep geothermal’; why former Mercury boss was cautious (paywalled)
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Manawa takeover: letter of the law or the 'vibe of the thing'

IMMIGRATION
RNZ: 'Competitive edge' needed for visa systems to run more smoothly - Auditor-General
Brent Edwards (NBR): Immigration NZ urged to focus on skilled residents (paywalled)

MEDIA, SOCIAL MEDIA
David Farrar: New media vs legacy media
RNZ: Call for Local Democracy Reporting scheme to be expanded as NZME proposes to shutter community papers
RNZ: NZ Herald owner NZME proposes axing 14 community newspapers
Alka Prasad (Post): NZME proposes cutting 14 regional papers, 30 jobs (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: TV stars in sports shake-up; Top TVNZ executive takes leave to join hīkoi; NZME’s paper cuts as Govt dithers; Podcast blooper – 8yo snags PM (paywalled)
RNZ: NZ Herald owner NZME proposes axing 14 community newspapers
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media insider: NZME proposes closing 14 community newspapers, with the loss of about 30 jobs (paywalled)
Eva Gallot (Stuff): NZME proposes to close 14 community papers, 30 jobs to be cut
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Sky TV reports ‘some softening’ in revenues, says Kiwis doing it tough (paywalled)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE
Thomas Manch (Post): Government to criminalise harming NZ for ‘foreign power’
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Dear Donald, here’s why you should cut NZ a break in the tariff torrent
Jo Moir (RNZ): Trump, tariffs and trade: What to expect from this year's APEC summit
Jason Walls (Newstalk ZB): PM Christopher Luxon maximises Apec meetings as he eyes Presidents Xi and Biden with ‘new energy’
Derek Cheng (Herald): New Zealand immigration site swamped as Americans consider exodus following Donald Trump’s victory (paywalled)
Don Wiseman (RNZ): The scramble is on over New Zealand's aid programme
John Hobbs (ODT): It’s time for the ‘Mahuta doctrine’
Sam Smith (Stuff): Kayaker ‘major factor’ in safe rescue of all crew of stricken Manawanui navy ship

BUSINESS
Nick Truebridge (Stuff): Du Val founder Kenyon Clarke asks to be charged, promises ‘biblical response’
RNZ: Du Val founders' lack of legal aid could delay FMA case
Jonah Franke-Bowell (BusinessDesk): Clarkes’ Du Val hearing postponed due to lack of legal aid (paywalled)
Hamish McNicol (NBR): Du Val founders still without lawyers, legal aid (paywalled)
NBR: Biblical Kenyon, Huljich hooked, into Orba-it, Sky TV peeves (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Number-plate recognition software firm Auror raises more than $80m to expand
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Competition watchdog’s prosecution of One NZ simply poor judgment (paywalled)
Juha Saarinen (Interest): One NZ to 'vigorously defend' Commerce Commission's criminal charges over SpaceX mobile coverage claims
Will Mace (NBR): One NZ’s sat-to-mobile ‘100%’ campaign attracts ComCom charges (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (NBR): ComCom approves Vector’s sale of gas assets to Elgas (paywalled)

HOUSING
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Rent prices jump back up with Auckland no longer the most expensive
Oliver Lewis (BusinessDesk): Political wrangling over housing plan change (paywalled)
Matthew Rosenberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Council pushes on with housing plan for Invercargill park
Maxine Jacobs (Press): Developer agreed to series of concessions to build new Selwyn subdivision (paywalled)
David Hargreaves (Interest): Debt to income ratios nudge higher but still well below limits
Greg Ninness (Interest): REINZ reports mixed results for housing market in October
RNZ: Increasing activity within the housing market
Alka Prasad (Post): October property sales ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ - REINZ (paywalled)
Thomas Scrimgeour  (Post): Finding a place for all in the housing market - even the Nimbys (paywalled)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS
Ryan Anderson (Stuff): Major leak causes Wellington school closure, no water for surrounding area
Imogen Wells (Stuff): ‘Absolute nightmare’: Wellington resident fed up with Civic Square works
RNZ: Nelson swim club is close to sinking after council 's lane price hike
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Time to dump Dunedin Railways: critic (paywalled)

OTHER
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): More accountability of critical assets needed - Infrastructure Commission
Law News: Leading KC Resigns From Criminal Cases Commission Amid Controversial Reshuffle of Membership
Rob Campbell (Post): Under-stress community sector needs a new path to survival (paywalled)
Michael Andrew (Law News): Why lay advocates need to be regulated
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): Franz Josef split over stopbank loan: ‘We can’t keep confining the river’
Jared McCulloch (1News): Southland hopes to turbocharge aquaculture, boost regional economy
Evan Harding (Southland Times): Govt loan to boost Southland’s aquaculture industry
RNZ: Southland aquaculture business hub gets regional fund loan
Amanda Gillies (RNZ): The Detail: Changes are on the way for NZ Post, and posties aren't happy
Jenny Ruth: Bank capital rules back in the spotlight (paywalled)
RNZ: Inland Revenue calls in debt collectors over overseas student debt
Paddy Gower (Stuff): Whakaari White Island victim's brother says WorkSafe investigation and trial after eruption was a waste of money
David Farrar: Marsden Fund goes even more woke

Cartoons

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