NZ Politics Daily: 8 November 2024
US ELECTION, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE
Claire Trevett (Herald): The President Donald Trump-Jacinda Ardern combo did not go well but how will PM Christopher Luxon handle a Trump charm offensive? (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): New Zealand wanted greater ‘strategic alignment’ with the US - what now? (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): The calls that Trump will take first
RNZ: What does a Donald Trump victory mean for New Zealand's economy?
Shilpy Arora (Stuff): Sir John Key ‘not surprised’ after Donald Trump’s US election victory
Post: US has ‘made choice and must live with it’, says Helen Clark (paywalled)
Geoffrey Miller (Democracy Project): Trump victory could spark New Zealand rethink at APEC in Peru
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Economic fallout trumped by climate challenge, our own democracy issues in wake of US election (paywalled)
Kelly Dennett (Post): ‘Adios amigos’: Tensions flare in the House as Trump’s US election win takes hold (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Winston Peters claims he successfully picked the US election (paywalled)
RNZ: New Zealand 'prepared' for Trump presidency, WInston Peters says
Logan Church (1News): A final US election diary, and why I'm not surprised Trump won
ODT Editorial: Uncertain times for everyone (paywalled)
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Trump tariffs risk ‘tit-for-tat’ retaliation, RBNZ says
Jonathan Mitchell (NBR): Trump presidency ‘inflationary’ but manageable, RBNZ tells MPs (paywalled)
Rebecca Howard (BusinessDesk): Exporters jittery about possible US tariffs (paywalled)
Roeland van den Bergh (Post): Trump’s win has made us all richer (paywalled)
Liam Dann (Herald): The Trump bump boosts our KiwiSaver ... but a big market showdown looms (paywalled)
Susan Edmunds (RNZ): How Trump win could affect your bank balance
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): Front Page: What a Trump win means for NZ: ‘The devil will be in the detail’
Gregor Thompson (BusinessDesk): New Zealand business reacts to Donald Trump's victory
Chris Keall (Herald): Tech Insider: Trump 2.0 - Tech winners and losers as Republican returns (paywalled)
Paddy Gower (Stuff): The US election makes me thankful New Zealand has MMP
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Adam Pearse (Herald): Foreign Minister Winston Peters promotes different approach to Govt’s Indian free trade deal promise
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ’s low-cost, low-risk bid for UN Security Council seat
Terence Wood (DevPolicyBlog): Line-by-line: is New Zealand aid set to decline?
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): The risk of NZ becoming a criminal safe haven
Max Harris (Post): A glimpse of life in Lebanon, and what more NZ should do (paywalled)
TREATY PRINCIPLES BILL, MĀORI-CROWN RELATIONS
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): Treaty Principles Bill: Seymour’s first step in normalising idea
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Stage set for Treaty Principles Bill showdown
Herald: Treaty Principles Bill: David Seymour criticises Chris Luxon’s fear of ‘hard issues’ after refusing support
Russell Palmer (RNZ): The Treaty Principles Bill has been released: Here's what's in it
Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): Revealed: the full text of David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill
Ella Stewart (RNZ): Launching the waka: The Māori activists rallying a year of protest
1News: Treaty Principles Bill introduced to Parliament
Julia Gabel (Herald): Treaty Principles Bill: Senior leaders of Ngāti Toa iwi walk out of public gallery in protest
RNZ: Treaty Principles Bill protest lands on David Seymour's electoral doorstep
Daniel Perese and Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): Treaty Principles Bill: Protest grinds key Auckland road to halt
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Treaty Principles Bill revealed as protesters gather
Harriette Boucher (Post): Treaty Principles Bill revealed, activists descend on Parliament (paywalled)
Eva Corlett (Guardian): Why is a bill looking at New Zealand’s founding document causing major upset among Māori?
Isaac Gunson (Te Ao Māori News): Protest organiser says Treaty Principles Bill date change ‘absolutely deliberate’
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): Kotahitanga for Te Tiriti: Diverse voices unite against Treaty Principles Bill
PUBLIC SERVICE, GOVERNMENT
Rob Campbell (Herald): The Public Service Commissioner must be free from political interference
Azaria Howell (Herald): Andrew Coster expected to front ‘hard conversations’ around funding as new Social Investment boss (paywalled)
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): More job cuts locked in at Kāinga Ora
RNZ: Kāinga Ora job losses hit 540 as it confirms plans to shed another 310 roles
Kate Green (RNZ): DOC asking for donations to fund work
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Government deficit and debt higher than expected in new financial year (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Post): Government to bump up Crown-owned company directors’ fees (paywalled)
PARLIAMENT, WEEK IN POLITICS
Richard Harman (Politik): Curbing the power of the Beehive (paywalled)
Eric Frykberg (Listener): The real power list: NZ’s Prime Ministers rated (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Trump 2.0, Treaty bill tweaks and a media brickbat (paywalled)
Greg Dixon (Listener): US Voters to World - Drop Dead (paywalled)
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House - Harmony and discord in Parliament's inconstant chamber
Phil Smith (RNZ): The House - Photo essay: Fighting the wind to fly the flag
EDUCATION
Isaac Davison (Herald): Who is getting into medical school and health courses? Study shows affirmative action’s successes and failures
Matthew Littlewood (ODT): Socio-economic barriers remain to entering medical school (paywalled)
John Lewis (ODT): Deep-fake video of prof pushes potentially dangerous advice (paywalled)
HEALTH, DISABILITY
Russell Palmer (RNZ): 'Money's their priority': Nurses beg government to honour Dunedin Hospital promise
RNZ: Poor care for dying children in most regions, report shows
Rachel Thomas (Post): $120m private hospital poised for Mount Cook (paywalled)
Ian Powell: From thriving to surviving: ‘Poster Child’ general practice struggle symbolises primary care crisis
Tim Tenbensel (The Conversation): Ethnicity is a useful shortcut for identifying need – without it, targeting public services will get harder
Mariné Lourens (Press/Post): South Island’s growing Pacific population ‘matched with increased need’ for mental health services (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (Post): Children’s charity StarJam to start liquidation proceedings (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENT
Eloise Gibson (RNZ): COP29: Audit shows NZ has strong climate laws, but lacks clarity on farming and energy emissions
Jamie Morton (Herald): Climate Change: New report card reveals gaps in NZ policy ahead of UN summit
Christina Persico (RNZ): Explainer: What you need to know about COP29 in Azerbaijan
Brent Edwards (NBR): The Auditor-General’s score card on NZ’s climate change response (paywalled)
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): Tracking of climate change finance not good enough: Auditor-General (paywalled)
Will Mace (NBR): Cost and opportunity as first climate reports roll in - Deloitte (paywalled)
No Right Turn: Climate Change: Raising the bar
Riley Kennedy (BusinessDesk): Gene editing debate: T&G CEO calls for calm conversation (paywalled)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THREE WATERS
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Water reforms won't stave off council ratings downgrades (paywalled)
Nicolas Boyack (Post): Upper Hutt says yes to regional water entity (paywalled)
Nicolas Boyack (Post): New $42m bridge safeguards Wellington’s drinking water (paywalled)
Harriet Laughton (Post): Tensions rising around Wellington City Council cuts (paywalled)
Ashleigh McCaull (RNZ): Calls for hiatus on Golden Mile work as Wellington council mulls Long Term Plan
Imogen Wells (Stuff): Much-needed Wellington Zoo upgrades under threat
Justin Wong (Post): Bee poo triggers proposed animal bylaw changes in Porirua (paywalled)
Alka Prasad (Post): Green light for rich lister’s upscale Ōtara development (paywalled)
Maia Ingoe (RNZ): Auckland Anniversary floods: Capped fund will allow some homeowners to begin repairs
Rob Stock (Post): Auckland homeowners trapped in landslip limbo shed tears as councillors OK $5m repair scheme
BANKS
David Hargreaves (Interest): BNZ makes flat $1.5 billion profit for the year
RNZ: BNZ sustains near record profits
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Weaker economy weights on BNZ’s profitability, which remains high at $1.5 billion
Jonathan Mitchell and Lachlan Colquhoun (NBR): BNZ profit flat, margins down, business lending up (paywalled)
Jonah Franke-Bowell (BusinessDesk): BNZ posts near flat profit amid lower margins and higher expenses
Rob Stock (Post): BNZ announces $1.5b profit, reveals different C02 targets for Kiwi and Aussie dairy farms (paywalled)
EMPLOYMENT
Christina Persico (RNZ): Concern over unemployment rate for Pasifika in Aotearoa
Aimee Shaw (Post): As more people look for work, ghosting’s on the rise - here’s one man’s solution (paywalled)
Bronwyn Heenan (BusinessDesk): Employment advocates: time for regulation (paywalled)
TRANSPORT
Rachel Thomas and Thomas Manch (Post): Tunnel-gate: Simeon Brown hits back at Greens who 'just want people to ride bikes’ (paywalled)
Marc Daalder (Newsroom): NZ now 14,000 EVs short after subsidy scrapped
Sanda Arambepola (Post): Bicycle racks temporarily disabled on public buses across New Zealand (paywalled)
FIREARMS
Laura Frykberg (Stuff): Minister could reintroduce ‘dangerous’ firearms under new bill, critics say
Anneke Smith (RNZ): 'Stop treating us as criminals', gun club members tell MPs
HOUSING
Brian Fallow (Just the Business): House prices might be sustainable but they're still a worry
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua emergency housing: Residents talk of distress and anxiety
Libby Kirkby-McLeod (RNZ): Rotorua residents heard on extension of motels as emergency housing
MEDIA
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: Tears, anger at TVNZ - inside the cutbacks and whose jobs are at stake; The voice behind 350 All Black tests (paywalled)
Lucy Xia (RNZ): TVNZ proposes cuts to Breakfast, Seven Sharp roles as it aims to save $30m
Ava Whitworth and Sam Smith (Stuff): TVNZ to cut Breakfast, Seven Sharp roles amid $30m savings plan
Crux: New subscriptions allow Crux to re-launch on Substack
STATS NZ HOUSEHOLD AND FAMILIES CENSUS DATA
Ryan Anderson (Stuff): Over 100,000 NZ households ‘crowded’, median income rises by almost $25k
RNZ: More than 100,000 New Zealand households overcrowded
David Hargreaves (Interest): Stats NZ says about 100,000 kiwi households fit its definition of 'crowded'
ELECTRICITY
Nona Pelletier (RNZ): Electricity Authority concerned a lack of risk management tools for power companies could lead to high pricesn for customers
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Regulator warns electricity contract issues may pose risk to competition
Lisa Zembrodt (Post): Power supply and demand more energetic tango than a flowing waltz (paywalled)
BOM GILLIES HAS DIED
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Last surviving Māori Battalion member dies
Paula Penfold (Stuff): Tributes flow for Sir Robert "Bom" Gillies
Isaac Gunson and Whatitiri Te Wake (Te Ao Māori News): Tā Bom Gillies, last surviving member of the Māori Battalion, dies at 99
Te Karere: Last 28th Māori Battalion veteran Sir Bom Gillies dies, aged 99
Isaac Gunson and Te Rina Kowhai (Te Ao Māori News): ‘Very peaceful’ - mokopuna of Tā Bom Gillies on his final weeks
Liam Rātana (Spinoff): Last living member of the 28th Māori Battalion, Sir Robert ‘Bom’ Nairn Gillies, dies
RNZ: Sir Robert Gillies: The last surviving member of the Māori Battalion has died
OTHER
RNZ: 'An awful life': Former students of deaf schools speak out about abuse
RNZ: AI expert concerned 'no Māori with moko' used in DIA facial recognition test cleared of racial bias
RNZ: Flood of community support helps keep foodbank open until end of year
Vaimoana Mase (Herald): Dave Letele’s foodbank saved, more than $100,000 raised by generous public
Brent Edwards (NBR): SFO doesn’t just want to take on easy wins (paywalled)
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): Who does pensions and retirement planning better, Australia or NZ?
Katie Kenny (RNZ): Most offenders serve their sentence in the community. But what does community work involve?
Layla Bailey-McDowell (RNZ): New mural in Ōtautahi pays tribute to Pacific resilience during Dawn Raids
RNZ: Horse put down due to catastrophic injuries caused by fireworks
Alexia Russell (RNZ): The Detail: Pahiatua's Polish children return
Keiller MacDuff (RNZ): Emergency responders take part in major civil defence exercise
Deborah Morris (Post): More vacant office space expected for Wellington (paywalled)
Sam Sherwood (Stuff): ‘Border alert’: International Mongols gangsters barred entry to NZ ahead of major event
Andrew Bevin (Newsroom): Botched Ruapehu concession jeopardises Tūroa’s operations
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