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NZ POLITICS DAILY: August 23
NZ POLITICS DAILY: August 23 2016
Tue, 23 Aug 2016
Today’s content
Education
John Gerritson (RNZ):
Secondary principals fear special education 'disaster'
Nicholas Jones (Herald):
'Special needs' term singles out students and will be scrapped – Government
John Gerritsen (RNZ):
Govt to phase out 'special needs'
Jo Moir (Stuff):
Special-needs funding for children over seven 'slashed' under new govt proposal
Corin Dann (TVNZ):
Minister calls for change in language used for special needs learning
Newshub:
Older special education kids face cuts in favour of younger
John Gerritsen (RNZ):
Charter school accounts scrutinised
Laura Dooney (Stuff):
Expert calls for government to act on lack of men in early childhood education
Sam Sachdeva (Stuff):
Ministry of Social Development job cut plans could shut kids out of early childhood education, providers warn
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour):
Zero Percent
Health
RNZ:
Fresh water results worst ecology professor has seen
Nicholas Jones (Herald):
Gastro probe to seek lessons for NZ
Marty Sharpe (Stuff):
Gastro outbreak shows water testing can fail through 'sheer dumb luck'
Jo Moir (Stuff):
Government announces 'wide-reaching' inquiry into Havelock North water
Benedict Collins (RNZ):
Water contamination a wakeup call on intensive agriculture – Greens
Nicholas Jones (Herald):
Criminal charges possible after Havelock North inquiry - Prime Minister John Key
Steve Braunias (Herald):
Secret Diary of Jonathan Coleman
Martin Johnston (Herald):
Funding new cancer drugs extends Kiwis' lives, keep patients out of hospital
Alan Duff (Stuff):
Capitalism is great, but selling death isn't
Local government
Herald Editorial:
Too many choices in bid for mayoralty
Bernard Orsman (Herald):
Vic Crone aims for undecided voters
John Minto (Daily Blog):
Minto for Mayor Campaign Launch
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff):
Invercargill City Council plans to crack down on marked candidate cars
Nikki Preston (Herald):
Mahuta family eyes up more Waikato seats
Oliver Lewis (Stuff):
University of Otago marketing expert ranks the slogans of Marlborough mayoral candidates
Tom Dillane (Stuff):
Quick poll of Auckland's North Shore voters reveals generational divide over issues
Herald:
Sword-wielding man storms Auckland Council candidate's launch
Shane Cowlishaw (Stuff):
Former National Party leader Don Brash confronted by sword-wielding man
Toby Manhire (Spinoff):
Live blog: Don Brash, David Rankin, and a man on P wielding a sword
Dan Satherley, John-Michael Swannix (Newshub):
Swordsman interrupts 'most unusual' campaign launch
RNZ:
Sword-wielding man threatens Don Brash, local body candidate
Housing
Maiki Sherman (Newshub):
'Regions abandoned' in state housing sell-off - Winston Peters
Andrew Little (Dom Post):
Time for excuses over, time to build houses
Cannabis law reform
RNZ:
Helen Kelly on why she uses medicinal cannabis
Keith Graves (Stuff):
Top US detective Keith Graves on what NZ can learn from US history of cannabis decriminalisation
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald):
Prohibition - it should be banned
Maori King political allegiance
Mei Heron (RNZ):
Stay 'above the ruck' of politics, Peters tells Māori King
Audrey Young (Herald):
King Tuheitia should remain above party politics says Winston Peters
Crime
Nicholas Jones (Herald):
Revealed: major police strategy to cut Maori crime statistics falling short
Daily Blog:
GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – How racist are NZ prisons?
Alexandra Nelson (Stuff):
More than half of Chinese living in New Zealand feel unsafe: survey
Media and broadcasting
Bryan Gould (Herald):
Press cannot start something then not finish it
David Farrar (Kiwiblog):
Mediaworks swaps
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog):
Key’s ties, Verity ‘slut’ shamed? and The Spinoff’s never ending budget – Not News Awards of the Week
Newshub:
Government to overhaul digital media laws
Daily Blog:
CBB applauds Minister Amy Adams (yes, it’s true)
Spying
Audrey Young (Herald):
Keeping the balance for security agencies
Kiwipolitico:
Why do the Greens hate the Squirrels so much?
RNZ:
Prime Minister 'loose as a goose' on bugging claims – Little
Rosanna Price (Stuff):
'Classic loose-as-a-goose John Key': The All Blacks bug becomes political
Other
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road):
Unionists Learn Which Words Not To Use: Ika Salon Hosts “From Strike To Like”
Jimmy Ellingham (Manawatu Standard):
Former manufacturing worker's suffering must end
Sam Sachdeva (Stuff):
John Key: No need for conscience vote on Easter Sunday trading
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog):
The Treaty Settlement Process: Neoliberalism with Maori characteristics
Liam Hehir (Stuff):
New Zealand political consensus better than some systems
Vernon Small (Stuff):
You've seen MP Nuk Korako's time-wasting lost property bill? But wait, there's more
No Right Turn:
More unconstitutional over-reach
Grant Bayldon (Spinoff):
Not ‘a big enough issue’? Why inaction on KiwiSaver and cluster bombs is a betrayal of NZ values
Jared Savage (Herald):
Citizen Yan strikes deal with police over $40m of assets
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald):
Time for action on money-laundering
Andrew Geddis (Pundit):
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds
Gavin Ellis (Herald):
NZ lacks safeguards against a disproportionate response to an act of terror
Colin James: R
obertson’s task: to build something to be proud of
Jason Walls (NBR):
NZ’s economic growth forecasts far above average ‘advanced’ economies
Brian Gaynor (Herald):
Population soars as economy surges
Donal Curtin (Briefing Papers):
Too big, too often? Mergers and competition in New Zealand
Claire Trevett (Herald):
The agnostic and the Pope - Helen Clark praises Pope Francis' 'tremendous goodness'
David Shearer (Radiolive):
NZ should be willing to break the deadlock on Nauru
Allison Hess (Herald):
Plan to mark Maori Land Wars welcomed
Tom Peters, Sam Price (WSWS):
New Zealand: WWI Home Front exhibition buries mass opposition to war
David Farrar (Kiwiblog):
The Happy Planet Index
Russell Harding (Nelson Mail):
John Key is sidestepping the real critical issue
No Right Turn:
Open Government: As little as possible
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