NZ POLITICS DAILY: September 7
NZ POLITICS DAILY: September 7 2016
Hot Topic
EARNINGS
© All content copyright NBR. Do not reproduce in any form without permission, even if you have a paid subscription.
Today’s content
All items are contained in the attached PDF. Below are the links to the items online.
Housing
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): The Lotto ticket that's become a political hot potato
Corin Dann (TVNZ): Auckland housing's new $1m average a blow to Government
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): PM wouldn't mind Auckland house prices dropping
Patrick Collinson (Guardian): New Zealand tops world house price list
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Auckland housing 'out of control' but no changes needed – Smith
Lachlan Forsyth (Newshub): Auckland the 'world's most laughable city'
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf):On housing illusions…
Demelza Leslie (RNZ): Housing measures no scramble, says govt
Michael Allan (Newstalk ZB): Seymour: $180k salary not enough to buy me a home in Auckland
Isaac Davison (Herald): Further limits on housing demand possible – Key
Isaac Davison (Herald): Govt targets land-bankers with urgent changes
Sam Sachdeva (Stuff): Special housing areas law change 'patch-up job', Labour says
Ben Clark (Standard): #ParkUpForGovernment
No Right Turn: Why are we paying Nick Smith a Ministerial salary?
Employment
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Kiwis don't work because they're badly paid, not lazy – union
Barry Soper (Herald): Why won't our young work?
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): To suggest a Government doesn't care is just plain silly
Eleanor Roy (Guardian): New Zealand needs migrants as some Kiwis are lazy and on drugs, says PM
The Ruminator: Erewhon: Where everyone is lazy and does drugs
Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Low Times
Laura Walters (Stuff): Labour would review 'mismatched' immigration system
David Chaston (Interest): We fact-check the claim that high migration levels are depressing average wage growth
Vernon Small (Stuff): Minister surprised after stats show 170,000 lack written work agreement
Jane Patterson (RNZ): One in 10 NZers working without employment contract
Damian George (Stuff): Victoria University defends job advertisement offering higher wage for non-union members
Charles McGuinness (RNZ): A rod for Victoria Uni's back?
Liz Burke (Herald): Gender pay gap: Women less likely to get a pay rise when they ask, study
Colin Craig defamation trial
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Man tells of feeling 'sick to the stomach' in Colin Craig case
Grace Cabell and Adam Hollingworth (Newshub): Explicit texts allegedly from Colin Craig to staffer read in court
Anna Leask (Herald): Colin Craig defamation trial: explosive sex harassment claims emerge
Anna Leask (Herald): Colin Craig defamation trial: Craig wanted to kiss press secretary 'a lot'
Anna Leask (Herald): Former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig's letter to press secretary: 'Love you Rach oooox"
Grace Cabell (Newshub): Colin Craig's defamation case gets underway
Yvonne Tahana (TVNZ): Details of explicit text allegedly sent by former Conservative Party leader Colin Craig read in court
Chris Keall (NBR): High Court hears Colin Craig's alleged 'sext' messages
Kelly Dennett (Stuff): Colin Craig's alleged love letters read aloud to court
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The Colin Craig case I can’t comment on much
Local Government
Newshub: Key: Govt could re-think law changes
Brian Rudman (Herald): Local body politics, aka life in the firing line
Sally Lindsay (NBR): How many voters will front up? Not many, based on stats and failed campaigns (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Light rail a priority for Auckland mayoral candidate Phil Gof
Matthew Hutching (Newshub): Auckland mayoral candidates' policies compared
Katie Parker (Spinoff): Let me be your ruler: The impatient ambition of Chloe Swarbrick
Helen Kelly (Standard): Take the power back
David Loughrey (ODT): Mayoral Profile: Scout
Chris Morris (ODT): Mayoral Profile: Aaron Hawkins
Labour Party
Claire Trevett (Herald): Andrew Little: nothing wrong with taxpayers footing the bill for his Auckland guru Matt McCarten
Liz Wylie (Wanganui Chronicle): Naked Little portrait: What the artist was thinking
John Key overseas
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): John Key to have showdown with Russia over Helen Clark
Newshub: Key to push Clark's UN bid at summit
Audrey Young (Herald): John Key jets off for top-level meetings at East Asia Summit
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Key to meet controversial Philippines president
NZ First
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Peters confirms donation was made
Mike Dinsdale (Northern Advocate): Shane Reti not bothered by Winston Peters
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Peters believes it’s his time
NZ republic poll
Lewis Holden (Spinoff): The mood for a NZ republic is growing. Let’s do this better than the flag scrap
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Changing views on next NZ Head of State
No Right Turn: Good news for the republic
Ngapuhi treaty claim
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Ngāpuhi another step closer to settlement
Media
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Fairfax to take 41 per cent of enlarged NZME as well as $55m cash in planned merger
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Special ed breaching international law - report
Don Brash (Herald): Well-run partnership school outclasses others
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Is funding flexibility really such a bad thing for schools?
Martyn Bradbury (Herald): NZ Health Minister denies snorting fake cocaine
Other
Toby Manhire and Toby Morris (RNZ): Toby & Toby on ... a crisis in Havelock North and NZ's water problem
Pete George (Your NZ): Radicalisation of the Greens and Labour
Eric Crampton (Offsetting behaviour): Otago is a funny place
Richard Harman (Politik): One year on and still no answers on Saudi sheep deal
Tim Hunter (NBR): Strong support for tougher law on bribery
Isaac Davison (Herald): Air NZ cuts made MP job harder – Hague
Dominion Post Editorial: New party welcome to try for Parliament, but the task will be difficult
Gehan Gunasekara (Herald): Spy bill lacking some robust privacy protection
Rawiri Taonui (Herald): Inaccuracies fail Maori commitment
Newshub: Old laws on the chopping block
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Māori Land Act review 'dysfunctional' – Labour
Newshub: NZ's elite SAS get vehicle upgrade
No Right Turn: Open Government: The PSA's view
Imran Ali (Northern Advocate): Power reform proposal could cost Northlanders $15.5m
Paul McBeth (NBR): Squeezing more from existing trade deals may require domestic policy tweaks, McClay says
Click the hamburger symbol top right of our homepage to access the Rich List 2016 and other sections.
© All content copyright NBR. Do not reproduce in any form without permission, even if you have a paid subscription.
Free News Alerts
Sign up to get the latest stories and insights delivered to your inbox – free, every day.
NZ POLITICS DAILY: September 7
61443