NZ Politics Daily: 5 November 2024

HEALTH
1News: Ministry official criticises advice used to justify HTP tax cut
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): Political Roundup: Waikato Med School – National’s zombie "pet project" won’t die
Jimmy Ellingham (RNZ): Mental Health Foundation calls for action on hundreds of unfilled vacancies
Herald Editorial: A hangover for mental health, and not the punchline former comedian Mike King wanted (paywalled)
RNZ: Southern hospital: Mayors head to capital to hand over petition
Giles Dexter (RNZ): Blood cancer patients call on National to honour commitment
Kate Green (RNZ): Taranaki farmer with terminal cancer fought two years to get compensation
Ruth Hill (RNZ): Nurses accuse Te Whatu Ora of putting costs ahead of safe staffing levels
Mike Hunter (ODT): We must do better for our nurses
Zoe Madden-Smith (Re: News): The true cost of NZ's poor record of dental care revealed
RNZ: Man dies after patient notes go missing at Southland Hospital
Tim Scott (ODT): WellSouth buys into struggling urgent medical centre (paywalled)
Craig Kapitan (Herald): Trial begins for Destiny Church founder Brian Tamaki, accused of organising illegal Covid-19 protests
RNZ: Brian Tamaki faces trial over alleged Covid-19 rule breaches
Public Health Communications Centre: The case for a NZ-Australia Pandemic Cooperation Agreement
Craig Shrive, Ayesha Goel, Lucy Adams (Russell Mcveagh): Prescription for change: New Medical Products Bill expected

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Stephen Ward (Waikato Times/Post): Harris victory ‘better for New Zealand’ (paywalled)
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Todd McClay, trade, and the spectre of Trump
Anan Zaki (RNZ): Why New Zealand should worry about trade, regardless of who wins the US election
Claire Trevett (Herald): Former US Ambassador Mark Gilbert fires back at Sir John Key’s pick of Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): What will the US election mean for your KiwiSaver?
Charles Finny (BusinessDesk): Dark global economic headwinds looming (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): If Kamala Harris wins: The climate action we could have (paywalled)
Tim Watkin (Pundit): It’s Not (Just) About The Economy, Stupid.
Andrew Paterson (Newsroom): NZ exporters nervously await US election result
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): When will we know the US presidential election results in New Zealand?
Jack Horsnell (1News): Explainer: How do the US elections actually work?
Post: Andrea Vance’s ultimate guide to watching the US election (paywalled)
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Foreign affairs boss makes privacy complaint against Israel group
Karen Scott (The Conversation): NZ must step up to protect its own oceans to match international commitments made at Commonwealth leaders’ meeting

TAX, ECONOMY
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Capital gains tax: A timeline of politicians ruling it in and out
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How you're already paying tax on KiwiSaver
Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): Time’s up on tax secrecy (paywalled)
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Why unemployment is expected to rise to 5%
Dan Brunskill (Interest): RBNZ warns of geopolitical risks to financial stability
John Anthony (BusinessDesk): RBNZ conference attracts global interest with more than 80 papers on monetary policy (paywalled)

BOOT CAMPS, LAW AND ORDER
Jamie Ensor (Herald): Boot camps: Children’s Minister Karen Chhour admits risks of allowing providers to use force against children in leaked document
ODT Editorial: The fresh eyes of jurors (paywalled)
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Ōpōtiki Mongrel Mob raids: Kuia says she was strip-searched, mothers tell how kids ‘traumatised’ by armed police
David Harvey: Hate Crimes?

GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, PUBLIC SERVICE
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Luxon's corporate speak is not a big deal
David Farrar: Does the TPM Secretary know he could face jail time?
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): Institute of Environmental Science and Research proposes to cut 51 jobs
David Farrar: Did we pay for Debbie Ngarewa-Packer to go to Hawaii?
Jo Lines-MacKenzie (Waikato Times/Post): Meet Parliament’s first non-binary member (paywalled)
Tom Raynel (Herald): Government cracking down on late invoice payments through digitisation (paywalled)

CROWN-MĀORI RELATIONS
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): What is the Nelson Tenths case and why is it important?
Post: Supreme Court hears major marine and coastal titles case (paywalled)

BUILDING REGULATIONS, HOUSING
RNZ: The Detail: Concerns over new, streamlined building consent process
Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): Most submitters oppose extending consents for Rotorua's emergency housing motels
RNZ: Millennials most pessimistic about chances of home ownership, survey finds
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Nelson Tasman Housing Trust builds six new houses to help meet 'very high' demand
David Hargreaves (Interest): Over half of the country's mortgage pile getting an interest rate reset within six months

RMA, ENVIRONMENT, PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Kate MacNamara (Herald): The cost of successive resource management reform will easily top a quarter of a billion dollars, but will it go higher still? (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): MPI questions Climate Commission’s native planting targets
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): NZ Steel loses $13m emissions subsidy
Monique Steele (RNZ): Growers warn vege prices will soar if production not priority in freshwater reform (paywalled)

NATURAL DISASTERS
Russell Palmer(RNZ): Government tightens payout criteria for on-sold quake homes
Herald: Government tightens payout criteria for on-sold Christchurch quake homes
Jamie Morton (Herald): Hidden risk: What scientists just discovered about NZ’s coastal flooding danger (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Residents hand over keys to Auckland Council and say goodbye to red-stickered, flood-damaged homes (paywalled)
RNZ: Dunedin suburb's flood risk analysed
John Lewis (ODT): ‘Significant’ flood risk prompts investigation (paywalled)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS
Ruby Shaw (ODT): City ‘can be proud of’ Dunedin version of Monopoly (paywalled)
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): The long read: How to reform local government
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): Why can't we ever agree on how to fix local government?
Gwynn Compton (Local Aotearoa): Local government finances reaching crisis point
Maia Hart (Local Democracy Reporting): Marlborough to explore water delivery with Buller and Tasman
Emily Ireland (Local Democracy Reporting): Council takes action on dodgy pipes
Natalia Albert: Green Doesn’t Have To Be Left: Navigating Political Complexity in Wellington
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): ‘Twerps’ or trailblazers? Youth council stays resilient
Mark Thomas (Newsroom): Auckland’s risk of becoming becalmed

EDUCATION
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Govt announces $2m funding for trial of catch-up maths lessons
Thomas Manch (Post): Government announces $2m intensive maths trial for students (paywalled)
Paula Penfold (Stuff): NZQA ‘confident’ enough exam supervisors despite ‘delays and bugs’
Hanna McCallum (Post): Sky Stadium to host school NCEA exams for the next month (paywalled)
Dave Armstrong (Post): The pitfalls of a big-is-best approach to school lunches (paywalled)
Bryan Bruce: Scrooge Mc Seymour And His Miserly School Lunch Programme
Herald: Ministry of Education to appoint Commissioner after Onewhero Area School board fires teacher, members step down
Natalie Akoorie (RNZ): Commissioner to be appointed after school board steps down in wake of teacher sacking
Mary Argue (RNZ): Scientists concerned about delays to critical report
Karanama Ruru (Stuff): Māori academics take aim at Royal Society Te Apārangi in open letter

TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Tom Hunt (Post): EV owners 'subsidy' alleged in $98k Island Bay electric car chargers (paywalled)
Brent Melville (NBR): Fare deal: users need to pay more, Auckland Transport says (paywalled)
Robin Martin (RNZ): Mt Messenger delays: Public Works Act needs overhaul, mayor says
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Is it possible to travel without damaging the climate? Yes
Nicholas Boyack (Post): Wellington shared cycle path and seawall reaches milestone (paywalled)

BANKS
Brent Edwards (NBR): Treasury advises how to raise capital for Kiwibank (paywalled)
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Westpac NZ annual profit rises 16%; sees a quarter of fixed home loan customers on lower rates by year's end
RNZ: Westpac profit up 10% as lending steadies, bad debts fall
Rob Stock (Post): Westpac posts 10% rise in profit, topping a billion dollars (paywalled)
Rob Stock (Post): Westpac says NZ customer fraud losses down, but not by how much (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Westpac’s profit jumps 10% as its income rises and impairment costs fall (paywalled)
Jenny Ruth: Are the big four banks trying to downplay their profitability? (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Post): Climate activists to call ANZ to account over fossil fuel funding at AGM (paywalled)

MEDIA, ARTS
Julia Craig (Ensemble): We need to get better at defending the arts
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): Paul Goldsmith buys a book in Queenstown
Gavin Ellis: Latest canary in coalmine littered with dead birds
Nicholas Pointon (NBR): Regional news website Crux enters ‘hibernation’ (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Post): Could Rupert Murdoch interests be eyeing up return to NZ? (paywalled)

OTHER
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Proposed NZ Post changes may mean no more mail to your letterbox, union says
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): Another power price warning
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Overseas investors in forestry to pay $1.6m for failing to declare purchases
Moana Ellis (Local Democracy Reporting): Te Ara Mangawhero cycle trail opens on Ruapehu

Cartoons

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