NZ POLITICS DAILY: August 23
NZ POLITICS DAILY: August 23 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'
Corin Dann (TVNZ): Minister calls for change in language used for special needs learning
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
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Gastro probe to seek lessons for NZ
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Gastro outbreak shows water testing can fail through 'sheer dumb luck'
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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: Robertson’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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