NZ Politics Daily: 19 August 2024

PARLIAMENT, LOBBYING, POLITICAL INTEGRITY
1News: Q+A: NZ's political lobbying, donations rules need tightening - think tank
Derek Cheng (Herald): Political corruption, donations and lobbying in New Zealand: New report from the Helen Clark Foundation on rules in need of overhaul (paywalled)
RNZ: Tougher rules needed to combat risk of political corruption - Helen Clark Foundation
1News: Te Pāti Māori MP to amend electoral return over branded van
Chris Trotter (interest): Can the Left assemble a winning coalition?
The Standard: Is a Transformational Left-Wing Leadership of the NZ Labour Party Possible?
Anne Salmond (Newsroom): Our Govt policies are ‘weird’ too
Louis Collins (RNZ): The House: Being Māori at Parliament
Peter Wilson (RNZ): Week in Politics: At last, some good news for the government
Greg Dixon (Listener): Political news stories we’d like to read (paywalled)
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): 'The prime minister is dying': 50 years since Norman Kirk's last public appearance
Harriette Boucher (Post): A brief history of the meanest things said in Parliament (paywalled)
Sarah Catherall (Post): A hāngi in the backyard: Governor-general puts on a special hākari (paywalled)

TREATY PRINCIPLES, HOBOSON’S PLEDGE AD, KORONEIHANA
Amelia Wade (Post): 'Unhappy compromise': Coalition still at odds over contentious treaty bill (paywalled)
Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Waitangi Tribunal calls for Treaty Principles Bill to be abandoned in scathing report
Caren Fox (E-Tangata): Waitangi Tribunal: Treaty bill should be abandoned
Chris Trotter (Law News): The Waitangi Tribunal’s constitutional over-reach
Damien Grant (Stuff): Looking back to 1987 to understand Treaty of Waitangi principles debate
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira and Pokere Paewai (RNZ): Waitangi Tribunal claimant says Treaty Principles Bill 'a solution to a problem that does not exist'
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Seymour does not know what he is talking about’ - Labour on Waitangi Tribunal’s report
RNZ: David Seymour welcomes critical Waitangi Tribunal report
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): David Seymour challenges Waitangi Tribunal’s critique of Treaty
No Right Turn: The government should listen to the Waitangi Tribunal
Felix Desmarais (1News): 'Take a stand, Christopher': Calls for PM to kill Treaty Principles Bill
Daniel Perese (Te Ao Māori News): Greens, Te Pati Māori call for Prime Minister to halt Treaty Principles Bill
Jo Moir (RNZ): Politicians of all stripes to attend Māori King's Koroneihana - with one notable absence
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): PM, Opposition to meet with Māori King at Koroneihana
Catherine Hutton (Open Justice Reporting): High Court rejects iwi’s request to intervene in government changes to customary rights
Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira (RNZ): The Detail: Truth, lies, or something in between?
Don Brash: Who is misleading the public?
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. the Herald
Aotearoa Independent Monitoring Mechanism (E-Tangata): ‘The most overtly racist government in decades’
Janhavi Gosavi (Re:News): Racism impacts health, wellbeing and identity of rangatahi
Centrist: Is constantly fretting over Māori outcomes a form of racism?
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Welcome to the world of Māori, VP Kamala Harris
Ripu Bhatia (Stuff): Document showing earliest attempt by settlers to purchase land in Aotearoa acquired by Auckland Museum

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HEALTH, DISABILITY
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Faster cancer treatment progress slips - Health NZ commissioner Lester Levy says patients ‘need and deserve better’ (paywalled)
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Health NZ unable to tell if $42m winter health plan was effective
RNZ: Whangārei in desperate need of new hospital after 'Code Black', mayor says
Ruth Hill and Kate Green (RNZ): Whangārei Hospital ED hits 'Code Black'
Sanda Arambepola (Stuff): 'Code Black' for Whangārei Hospital after hitting over 150% ED capacity
Nicole Bremner (1News): 'Pray for me' - Health NZ Commissioner says as he faces resistance
Nicole Bremner (1News): Senior doctors cautiously back proposals from Commissioner
Mountain Tui: Lester Levy asks audience to pray for him as he says Health NZ needs painful, significant changes
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Down the drain: Millions spent on fixing hospital pipes, and more to come
Ellen O’Dwyer (RNZ): ‘In tears daily’: Calls for more rural medical training ramps up
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): More than 350 Kiwis training to become doctors in Australia (paywalled)
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Corporates stepping in as more GPs sell practices (paywalled)
Rachel Thomas (Post): GP owner describes the ‘horrible’ moves she must make to avoid selling out (paywalled)
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): Telehealth a ‘fantastic tool’, but not a solution for struggling GPs (paywalled)
Zoe Irvine (Post): An increase in telehealth is inevitable. But we can and should expect better (paywalled)
Jean Edwards (RNZ): Breast cancer patients waiting years for reconstruction surgery: 'It destroyed me'
RNZ: Hospital MRI and nuclear medicine technologists strike for four days
RNZ: Covid-19 will be with us forever - flu expert
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Robyn Hunt (Spinoff): Disabled people deserve a meaningful place of our own. Whaikaha has been shafted
RNZ: 'We don't know what is coming next': Disability Rights Commissioner Prudence Walker on Whaikaha changes
Maddy Croad (Press/Post): ‘Surprise’ residential care admission freeze another blow for disabled community (paywalled)
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Concerns raised over Māori and Pasifika disability support in Whaikaha's restructure
RNZ: 'Lord have mercy' - Blind man asked for driver's licence for identification
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Amelia Wade (SST): No new mental health beds since new government took office (paywalled)
RNZ: Fund to boost mental health services unobtainable to most - provider

HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, RACE RELATIONS COMMISSIONERS
Glenn McConnell and Emma Stanford (Stuff): New human rights chief says comments on ‘trans agenda’ and Israel-Gaza war won’t be an issue
Steven Cowan: New Zealand’s new Human Rights Commissioner is a Zionist
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Can you be a human rights commissioner and transphobic at the same time?
Cherie Howie (Herald): New chief Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow’s pro-Israel Facebook posts, ‘transphobia’ accusations
RNZ: New leadership announced for Human Rights Commission
David Farrar: Three great appointments by Goldsmith

FIREARMS
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Should a former Act gun lobbyist be in charge of gun control reforms?
Justin Hu (1News): Q+A: Firearms Minister grilled on Govt's reforms and her record
Shane Te Pou (Herald): Firearms reform: Why the Government must shoot down Nicole McKee’s AR-15 agenda (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: Firearms Minister Nicole McKee refuses to speak to the Police Association- Satire. (paywalled)
Jared Savage (Herald): Gun City staff charged with fraud after allegedly helping divert firearms to black market (paywalled)

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE
Luke Malpass (Post): New Zealand’s place in the world again up for debate (paywalled)
Laura Walters (Newsroom): NZ and Oz ‘in lockstep’ – almost always
Richard Harman (Politik): Where she goes, we go; where she stands, we stand (paywalled)
K Gurunathan (Post): It’s American power we should be wary of (paywalled)
Te Aniwaniwa Paterson (Te Ao Māori News): Aukus: Breach of Te Tiriti and unaligned with Māori values, advocacy group says
Centrist: AUKUS debate: Is New Zealand’s foreign policy being swayed by foreign interests?
Jason Walls (Herald): ‘Safety of Australians’ trumps Christopher Luxon’s calls for fairness on 501 deportation debate
RNZ: Christopher Luxon and Anthony Albanese discuss cybersecurity, 501s and AUKUS pillar two
Sam Smith (Stuff): ‘Our ties are older than our democracies’: Christopher Luxon and Anthony Albanese praise relationship
Jason Walls (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon goes off foreign affairs script - OCR cuts, Raygun
Standard: Luxon’s Support for AUKUS 2 is Against Our Interests
James Nokise (Post): The ongoing US influence on a specific Pacific neighbour (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Antarctica science in foreign affairs ‘trade-offs’ due within months (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Post): ‘America dodged a bullet’: How NZ intelligence officials reacted to Trump shooting (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern heads to Chicago for Democratic National Convention
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern to speak at US Democratic National Convention
RNZ: Jacinda Ardern to speak at US Democratic National Convention
Centrist: Should Australia’s Māori diaspora be allowed to build a marae despite the protests of Indigenous people there?
Anna Whyte (Post): How the Defence Force puts a gender lens on military operations (paywalled)

HOUSING
Bridie Witton (Stuff): The government celebrates more than ‘1000 children no longer growing up in motels’ - but can’t say where they have gone
John Campbell (1News): How well does the law protect tenants from 'bad' landlords?
Rami Alrudaini (SST): New housing policies risk creating another homeless generation (paywalled)
Ben Leahy (Herald): Housing affordability: The income Kiwi families need to comfortably buy a new house (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Financial ‘discomfort’ among people with mortgages spikes
Jennifer Eder (Local Democracy Reporting): Near-100 house Blenheim development fast-tracked
Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): Rotorua woman's home sale thwarted by extension of emergency housing motel contracts
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Mouldy military housing needs fixing, but money is short, government says
Christopher Whitehead (Conversation): Some New Zealand homes are becoming uninsurable because of natural disasters - but all may not be lost

WELFARE, POVERTY
Press Editorial (Post): Hurting our most vulnerable (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. Louise Upston
Good Ideas: Are the government’s welfare reforms evidence-based?
Teuila Fuatai (E-Tangata): Administering poverty
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Sickness beneficiaries worried about potential for sanctions

TRANSPORT
Andrea Vance (SST): Congestion charging: Good policy, bad politics? (paywalled)
Todd Valster (Herald): Interislander ferry replacement: The colossal cost to economy of ferries with no rail capacity (paywalled)
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Former KiwiRail chair David McLean’s swipe at Nicola Willis over ferries and why trust was a problem (paywalled)
Michael Morrah (Herald): Whistleblowers warn CAA’s new approach could lead to more aviation accidents in New Zealand (paywalled)
Stewart Bowman-Lund (Spinoff): The road to driver drug testing is paved with complexities
1News: Govt announces crackdown on dangerous drivers with $1.3b programme (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): New drug driving tests, and 200,000 extra breath tests, on the way
RNZ: Government announces $1.3 billion crackdown on drink drivers
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Are we there yet? Is New Zealand ready for bilingual road signs?
Kevin Norquay (Post): Train drain: numbers on Wellington trains collapse (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Calls to resurrect Wellington to Auckland night train (paywalled)
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): Cyclists still feel unsafe in Tasman District despite new cycleways
RNZ: Student drives 500km to sit full licence due to long wait times locally

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Minister rejects call for exemption over Māori ward poll
Diane McCarthy (Local Democracy Reporting): Whakatāne council to seek legal advice on refusing Māori wards poll
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): Why these councils opted out of Māori wards
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Ruapehu councillors clear on backing Māori ward
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): NZ ‘city deals’ seek the world’s investment in its small, forgotten corners
Thomas Manch (Post): Another problem coming to your rates bill: Climate adaptation and managed retreat (paywalled)
Brendon McMahon (Local Democracy Reporting): Road may be abandoned as part of managed retreat
Kevin Norquay (Post): A Tale of Two Cities: here’s your chance to be a council CEO (paywalled)
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Six-figure salaries for Tauranga’s new council
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Tauranga’s Māori ward councillor on leave until 2025
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘No democracy, no rates’: Tauranga resident’s rates revolt
Nicholas Boyack (Post): Upper Hutt council restructures, 24 roles to go (paywalled)
Lois Williams (Local Democracy Reporting): $6m for Waiho stopbanks, but $4m more needed
Grant Miller (ODT): Gloomy outlook for Dunedin’s water (paywalled)
Grant Miller (ODT): Rule changes to better protect buildings on cards (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: The win for local communities in the battle over booze (paywalled)
Jonathan Killick (SST): Auckland man gives council a taste of ‘draconian enforcement’ (paywalled)
Wayne Brown (SST): Auckland’s diverse population presents rich opportunities (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): Tītahi Bay sewage pump the leakiest in Porirua (paywalled)
Brooke Black (Stuff): TDHL negotiates further extension with Showgrounds developer

ECONOMY
Tracy Watkins (SST): We love a good political soap opera - but not when it comes time to vote (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): RBNZ: Economy travelling in better direction, but it’s still the same car (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): May’s hawkish stance hinged partly on incorrect GDP forecast, RBNZ Deputy Governor tells the Of Interest podcast
David Hargreaves (Interest): The 'Future OCR' - when having too much information might not be a good thing
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Deputy governor Hawkesby defends RBNZ's move (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Put on your dancing shoes Christopher Luxon, the rock star economy is back for an encore (paywalled
Vernon Small (SST): Government celebrates OCR, but even better times ahead (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): As the curtain falls on Covid economics ... a new dawn for Luxon and Willis? (paywalled)
Esther Taunton (Stuff): The OCR has finally been cut, so what might happen next?
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): On The Money and Orr The Money (paywalled)
RNZ: Economy: Light at the end of the tunnel as inflation and interest rates ease
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Isn't more unemployment what the Reserve Bank wanted?
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Borrowers and savers to feel the effects of an OCR cut relatively quickly – Reserve Bank deputy (paywalled)
Michael Reddell: $35m per annum and this is the sort of “engagement” we get?
Mike Jones (Newsroom): The economy in 10 pics

IMMIGRATION, MIGRANT EXPLOITATION
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): Human Rights Commission demands immediate action after damning exploitation report
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Immigration accreditated employer scheme ‘enables potential human trafficking and modern slavery’: report
1News: Q+A: 'We have to wake up': Commissioner on NZ's migrant exploitation shame
RNZ: Human Rights Commission calls for reform of work visa scheme to address human trafficking concerns
Gisborne Herald: Horticulture NZ welcomes RSE changes
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Immigration Minister brushes off Palestinian special visa request
Dileepa Fonseka (BusinessDesk): When Fletcher shares rose in price and the politics of immigration (paywalled)

ENERGY
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): Govt will have to interfere in electricity market to avoid further damage (paywalled)
Janet Wilson (Post): Energy crisis fits the definition of a banana republic (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Government told to reduce household gas usage to save industry
Jonathan Hill (SST): Happy when it rains (paywalled)
Andrew Gunn (Post): Hear me out: let’s nationalise the electricity system (paywalled)
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Energy crunch: can the same three cards be played again? (paywalled)
Duncan Garner (Listener): Is it about to be lights out, New Zealand? (paywalled)
Robin Martin (RNZ): Study to better understand impact of wind turbines on marine mammals

ENVIRONMENT
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Fonterra accused of 'greenwashing' to impress big foreign buyers keen on 'regenerative agriculture'
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): If you milk cows, you need be responsible for their effluent - judge
Laura Mills (Greymouth Star): Application made for new goldmine on Ngāi Tahu forestry land (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): Progress on climate adaptation lacking – Commission
John Leathwick and Amy Whitehead (Newsroom): Towards a more balanced conservation plan
ODT Editorial: GE or not GE no longer the question (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): Pink bras, corn and the intriguing political history of genetic engineering (paywalled)

ORANGA TAMARIKI
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Special investigation: Apology after autistic mum's baby taken - but it's too late to get him back (paywalled)
Anaru Eketone (ODT): Removing Treaty accountability, obligations could harm generations (paywalled)
Maia Ingoe (RNZ): Families 'devastated' as Oranga Tamariki cuts off funding to 190 social service providers
Amy Ridout (Stuff): ‘Sometimes a person can’t do it on their own’: Protests against Oranga Tamariki cuts
Greg Presland (Standard): Chhour needs to go

EDUCATION
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): Schools say Govt needs to address learning support gap amid changes
Audrey Young (Herald): Erica Stanford’s mini-revolution as Education Minister (paywalled)
RNZ: Erica Stanford slams education ministry over Wellington Girls' College quake saga
Herald Editorial: Education/school curriculum – NZ needs a long-term bipartisan approach (paywalled)
Lisa Te Morenga (Post): Selling school lunches to the lowest bidder (paywalled)
George Heagney (Stuff): Schools work to level the playing field as cost of living bites
David Farrar: Death of NZUSA
Hugh Askerud (Critic): Student Presidents Unite at National Conference

EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Lack of workplace health and safety slammed in new report, workers twice as likely to die in NZ than in Australia
RNZ: Cost of workplace accidents rises to $4.4b a year - report
Samantha Gee (RNZ): 'Supermarkets have got to lift their game' - Customers respond to price errors
Rob Stock (Post): Public tells ministry about plague of unsafe products (paywalled)
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Manufacturing figures 'a little bit less dreadful' but sector still in contraction
Alka Prasad (Post): Gender discrimination ‘taking a toll’ on Kiwi business leaders (paywalled)

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