NZ Politics Daily: 18 November 2024

TREATY OF WAITANGI
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): NZ's populist moment
Jason Walls (Newstalk ZB): The haka haunting the Prime Minister, half a world from home
Jenna Lynch (Stuff): Treaty Principles Bill’s introduction extraordinary, but what did anyone expect?
Claire Trevett (Herald): National spooked as Te Pāti Māori’s parliament haka delivers more grist to Act’s David Seymour (paywalled)
Janet Wilson (Post): Treaty bill promises National a torrid ride on the frenemy see-saw (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Politik): National’s support base is wobbling (paywalled)
RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill ‘inviting civil war', Jenny Shipley says
RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill: Paul Goldsmith responds to Christopher Finlayson's comments
Dan Brunskill (Interest): David Seymour got the Treaty Principles debate he wanted but is he winning it?
Grant Duncan: How the Left loses again. And which parties will suffer most from the Treaty Principles Bill
Ian Taylor (Stuff): Why I think it’s time for a debate about the Treaty
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: National and Labour have failed to read the room on hīkoi and Middle NZ reaction (paywalled)
Shane Te Pou (Herald): ‘Cowardly’ Christopher Luxon outplayed by Act’s Seymour (paywalled)
Helmut Modlik (SST): Treaty Principles Bill would burn down NZ’s constitutional origins (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): My thoughts on the chaos in the House
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): The political winners and losers from a bombastic day in the House
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): Of treaties, cabbages and kings
Donna Miles (Post): Time to tell the real story on ACT’s divisive bill (paywalled)
Tureiti Moxon (Herald): Hīkoi to Parliament: It’s about rights, not race
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Giles Dexter (RNZ): Treaty Principles Bill: Te Pāti Māori, ACT both claim victory over response to haka in Parliament
Bridie Witton (Stuff): David Seymour has been here ‘many times before’ as ACT pursues Treaty Principles Bill
Bill Hickman (RNZ): Treaty Principles Bill: Seymour's allegations around students taking part in hīkoi 'inflammatory'
David Seymour (SST): What does our founding document say about our future? (paywalled)
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (SST): Te Tiriti is forever, because mana is forever (paywalled)
Tamatha Paul (SST): Do not try and tutu with our Treaty or there will be a reckoning (paywalled)
Raphael Franks & Kelly Makiha (Herald): Senior Māori MPs Rawiri Waititi, Shane Jones trade blows on haka, pornography after Treaty bill row
Herald: Treaty Principles Bill: Lorde throws support behind Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke and MPs’ haka in Parliament
RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill haka: MPs must uphold standards of Parliament, Luxon says
1News: Jackson sticks to attack on Seymour that saw him ejected from Parliament
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House: Ignoring ACT, targeting National: The lead-up to the Treaty bill
Phil Smith (RNZ) The House: Treaty Principles Bill: The speeches
Law Fuel: The KCs Supporting The David Seymour Treaty Principles Bill
Robert MacCulloch: NZ's King's Counsels Don't Know Constitutional Law
Robert MacCulloch: Kings Counsels just Snuffed NZ's Economy by declaring Sovereignty actually lies with their Judge Mates
Steven Cowan: Defending the Treaty of Waitangi cannot mean defending neoliberalism
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. Hana
1News: Treaty Principles Bill debate: How the world reacted
RNZ: How the world reacted to the Treaty Principles Bill debate
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Mildred Armah (Stuff): Hīkoi leader Eru Kapa-Kingi: ‘They had no shoes, no lunches, but I wanted to know why’
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Ka tuku te rākau: Handing over the baton of protest to a new generation
Virginia Fallon (SST): Waking the taniwha: A new generation rises, and fights, for Te Tiriti (paywalled)
RNZ: Māori Queen to join te hīkoi mō te Tiriti
Herald: Māori Queen calls for unity before Hīkoi mō te Tiriti reaches Parliament on Tuesday
Herald Editorial: Wellington braces for the unknown as protesters spend day preparing (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Police expecting up to 30,000 people on the hīkoi mō te Tiriti when it arrives at Parliament on Tuesday
Ava Whitworth (Stuff): Wellingtonians told to prepare for disruption ahead of Hīkoi mō te Tiriti
RNZ: Hīkoi mō te Tiriti: Significant disruption expected when thousands converge on capital
Alecia Rousseau (Manawatū Standard): ‘I’m proud of you all’: Thousands greet hīkoi as it travels down Aotearoa
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Non-Māori lend their voices of support to the Hīkoi mō te Tiriti
Karanama Ruru and Mildred Armah (Stuff): Hīkoi swells to 10,000 in Rotorua, Sydney to join the movement
Kelly Makiha (Rotorua Daily Post): Hīkoi to Parliament: 10,000-strong Rotorua crowd marches to ‘kill’ Treaty Principles Bill
RNZ: Thousands gather as Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi passes through Hastings in rain
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): Whangārei councillor under fire after leaving ‘racist’ comment on hīkoi post
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): In photos: Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti so far, as the march gains momentum
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): Toitū te Tiriti hīkoi fits: Savage style for seasoned steezers
28th Māori Battalion’s sacrifices made were meant to forge a path toward better treatment back home
Ethan Oneroa (Te Karere): The most consequential week for te ao Māori in a generation
Kelvin McDonald (Te Ao Māori News): Professor’s unique ‘shout out’ to the Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti
Lucy Rogers (The Blue Review): Postmodernism and the Treaty

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Anna Whyte (Post): Christopher Luxon walking into a ‘hornet’s nest’ on Apec summit return (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Top 5 takeaways from Christopher Luxon’s first Apec summit
Jo Moir (RNZ): Xi Jinping tells Luxon face-to-face that New Zealand should see China as a partner not a threat
Jo Moir (RNZ): China's potential response to NZ joining AUKUS 'not a consideration' - Luxon
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Luxon to ‘push on’ with Trump amid tariff concerns
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): China plays for power as Luxon manages differences
1News: APEC closes in Peru with Chinese President Xi front and centre
1News: China's Xi Jinping offers words of encouragement to Luxon
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Luxon rounds off Apec and departs Peru to an awaiting hīkoi
Anna Whyte (Stuff): Luxon’s eye on the international stage, while Treaty Principles division spreads
Jason Walls (Newstalk ZB): Luxon bids farewell to Biden; question marks remain over Trump’s approach to NZ
Liam Dann (Herald): Year of the Dragon - Luxon uses conference to prepare for China charm offensive (paywalled)
RNZ: Watch: Christopher Luxon meets with China's Xi Jinping
Anna Whyte (Stuff): PM Christopher Luxon says first meeting with China President Xi Jinping, ‘productive, positive and constructive’
Jo Moir (RNZ): NZ puts best foot forward ahead of Trump taking office
RNZ: Prime Minister Christopher Luxon speaks from APEC
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Christopher Luxon faces Apec challenges as Donald Trump disrupts global trade (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Apec’s ‘elephant in the room’
Anna Whyte (Stuff): APEC: What is it, why should I care, and what does it mean for New Zealand?
Jason Walls (Newstalk ZB): PM Christopher Luxon maximises Apec meetings as he eyes Presidents Xi and Biden with ‘new energy’
Stuff: Luxon’s day in Lima meeting world leaders: In pictures
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Phil Pennington (RNZ): Bill to stop foreign interference 'undermining core New Zealand interests' introduced to Parliament
Jane Kelsey (The Conversation): Trump’s tariffs are nothing new – NZ’s real problem is the failing free trade system itself
Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Nerves and uncertainty over Donald Trump's tariff plans
Marcus Musson (Herald): Trump, tariffs, and NZ's forestry industry
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): NZ signs trade deal with Costa Rica, Iceland and Switzerland
RNZ: New Zealand inks 'sustainable' trade deal with Switzerland, Costa Rica and Iceland
Steven Joyce (Herald): Trump 2.0: The political lessons to be learned from the US election (paywalled)

ABUSE IN CARE
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): The one govt action on abuse in state care that could trigger seismic shockwaves (paywalled)
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the folly of making apologies in a social vacuum
Laura Walters (Newsroom): Survivors say torture widespread, Govt says that’s unlikely
Press Editorial (Post): Saying sorry and moving on (paywalled)
Hayden Donnell (RNZ): Abuse in care: Journalist barred from accountability event for holding people accountable
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Looking forward to confronting the past (paywalled)
Keith Wiffin, Fa’afete Taito, Tu Chapman (Newsroom): Crown apology: Three voices from NZ’s shameful recent past

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