NZ Politics Daily – 24 October 2023

LABOUR, GREENS
Andrea Vance (Post): ‘We didn’t help ourselves’: Labour’s ‘woeful’ campaign laid bare (paywalled)
Simon Wilson (Herald): Why didn’t Labour do more? (paywalled)
Max Rashbrooke (Post): After the defeat a reckoning must follow (paywalled)
Ollie Neas (Spinoff): The Greens’ Labour problem
Erin Gourley (Post): How the Greens’ new strategy won over Wellingtonians on the doorstep (paywalled)
Shaneel Lal (Herald): Vote splitting was death knell for Labour as government
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why Labour lost, why Māori Party won and why Greens must step up
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Labour’s soul searching begins as drums beat for David Parker challenge (paywalled)
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Cautionary tales for Labour now the tide has gone out
Luke Malpass (Post): Jacinda-mania gets a big rebuke and farewell (paywalled)
Simon Shepherd and Molly Swift (Newshub): Newshub Nation: Carmel Sepuloni reveals what happened in Labour caucus meeting after catastrophic election defeat
Shane Te Pou (Herald): Labour’s visionless, dull managerialism shut voters out (paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: The Sunday Session: Labour’s future: No obvious replacement leader and future repositioning (paywalled)
Jo Moir (Newsroom): How one man quitting changed Labour’s trajectory
Claire Trevett (Herald): Andrew Little on his exit, Labour’s chances of avoiding an implosion in Opposition, why it lost the election and his Jacinda Ardern handover (paywalled)
Thomas Manch (Post): Andrew Little’s one regret (paywalled)
Tom Hunt (Post): Greg O’Connor: A winning loser (paywalled)
David Williams (Herald): Former Labour MP Kiri Allan opens up about life post politics, plans to write book
Newshub: Former Labour Cabinet Minister Kiri Allan opens up about her family, plans for future
Tom Peters (World Sociaists): Why the working class turned against Labour in New Zealand’s election
Victor Billot (Newsroom): An Ode to .. the vanquished

NATIONAL, INCOMING GOVERNMENT
Andrea Vance (Post): ‘Minds, not hearts.’ How the National Party won the biggest swing in election history (paywalled)
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): The new Government wants to reveal the skeletons in the old Government’s closet (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of … the prime minister elect, Christopher Luxon (paywalled)
Sarah Maguire (Spinoff): How to survive in the hive
Steven Joyce (Herald): ‘Winning in one’ – National’s monumental achievement (paywalled)
Mike White (Post): The secrets behind NZ’s most successful election advertising team (paywalled)
Gray Gibson (Newshub): Newshub Nation: Fresh National Party MPs share excitement and first-day jitters
Susana Suisuiki (RNZ): The Detail: Pacific MPs in short supply for this government
Lydia Lewis (RNZ): Cook Islands MP-elect has eye on Pacific peoples portfolio
Chris Tobin (Timaru Herald): New bridge, restoring live animal exports among aims of new Waitaki, Rangitata MPs

COALITION NEGOTIATIONS
Gray Gibson (Newshub): Newshub Nation: Important values for Winston Peters during coalition negotiations revealed by former NZ First MP Ron Mark
Seni Iasona (Newshub): ACT leader David Seymour has ‘no problem’ releasing coalition agreement, remains tight-lipped on talks
Derek Cheng (Herald): Post-election deals – Priorities and bottom lines, and where National might be pushed (paywaled)
Anna Murray (1News): The National policies Winston Peters might block in a coalition
Dileepa Fonseka and Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): Luxon and Peters have talked (paywalled)
Jo Moir (Newsroom): Winston Peters now on Luxon’s speed dial
Tracy Watkins (Post): ACT’s treaty referendum a poisoned chalice for new Government (paywalled)
Eugene Bingham (Post): Anatomy of a hot potato: David Seymour and his Treaty referendum policy (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Debate about Treaty of Waitangi principles is not going to stop (paywalled)
Grant Duncan: Mysteries of government formation
Damien Venuto (Herald): The Front Page: What Christopher Luxon and David Seymour have said about negotiations, taxes and bipartisanship
Dileepa Fonseka (Newsroom): Morrison’s ‘teal’ backlash, a cautionary tale (paywalled)
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Why blue and green should be seen

ELECTION RESULTS, PORT WAIKATO BY-ELECTION, VOTING BREAKDOWNS
Rebecca Wright and Molly Swift (Newshub): Newshub Nation: Peter Dunne says official election results should take days, not weeks to count
Herald Editorial: Government left in limbo for too long (paywalled)
Philip Crump: Gen Z in Da House
Sam Smith (Stuff): Labour will not stand candidate in ‘unwinnable’ Port Waikato by-election
1News: Labour won’t contest ‘unwinnable’ Port Waikato by-election
RNZ: Port Waikato by-election: Labour won’t stand a candidate in ‘unwinnable’ by-election
Rachel Thomas (Post): Andy Foster’s political comeback (paywalled)
Adam Dudding (Post): Watch out Wellington: Auckland’s newest MPs have got some things to say (paywalled)
Grant Robertson (Post): Wellington Central – the opposite of loneliness (paywalled)
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Turnout in the South down across the board (paywalled)
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Prisoners voting habits revealed

WEEK IN POLITICS
Vernon Small (Post): We may have voted but nothing will happen until further notice (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Beehive Diaries: Old hands set up Luxon’s Beehive office, Labour’s nervous wait (paywalled)
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Election results in a clear winner, a clear loser, a complex path to power
Janet Wison (Post): The ominous messages voters sent National and Labour (paywalled)
Peter Wilson (RNZ): Week in Politics: The ‘multiple reasons’ why Labour lost so badly
Damien Venuto (Herald): The Front Page: Election aftermath shines spotlight on Labour’s loss, coalition talks, tax cuts, gangs and more
Audrey Young (Herald): Nervous wait for National candidates as special votes threaten to tip balance (paywalled)
Newsroom: Raw Politics: Haere Ra to all that

TE PĀTI MĀORI, MAORI SEATS
Michael Neilson (Herald): Māori Party’s Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and Tākuta Ferris on their big upsets, Parliament aspirations
Jamie Tahana (E-Tangata): The kōhanga reo generation is here
Eva Corlett (Guardian): ‘A lot on the line’: New Zealand’s youngest MP looks to Māori ancestors to build new future
Moana Maniapoto (E-Tangata): Nanaia Mahuta: Forward we must go

PUBLIC SERVICE
Julie Jacobson (Post): Public servants on tenterhooks as job cuts loom (paywalled)
Jem Traylen (BusinessDesk): Act’s proposal for chief executive bonuses alarms experts (paywalled)
1News: Q+A: Public service cuts risk leaving NZ vulnerable, expert warns
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): Public service’s contractor army banks the skills without the ‘politics’ (paywalled)
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The real difference between Labour and National: Are the Unions ready for the privatisation blitzkrieg?
Cameron Bagrie (BusinessDesk): Wanted: meaty advice for a new government (paywalled)

MEDIA
Chris Trotter (BFD): The Curious Demise of NZ’s MSM
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Mediawatch: Take me to your leader
Karl du Fresne: Suddenly, the media are unimportant – and it hurts
Farah Hancock (RNZ): The campaign for social media supremacy in Election 2023: Who the parties targeted and their key messages
Izzy Renton (The Big Q): Is social media spending driving elections in New Zealand?
Gavin Ellis: We need journalists: Here’s proof
David Fisher and Katie Harris (Herald): Inside story: The journalist who quit TVNZ after his ‘off the record’ interview was used to undermine a victim of sexual offending (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Tamatha Paul shouldn’t pick and choose
Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): Newsgroups reassess their relationship with X (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herad): MediaWorks finances: ‘Material uncertainty’ – concern over MediaWorks’ future as a going concern – auditors (paywalled)
RNZ: MediaWorks faces ‘significant doubt’ about operating beyond 2025 – PwC
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): ‘Material uncertainty’ about future of MediaWorks, report reveals

LABOUR DAY, EMPLOYMENT, WORKPLACE SAFETY
Edward Miller and Craig Renney (Spinoff):If Luxon wants to cure New Zealand’s ‘productivity disease’, here’s an idea
Anna Murray (1News): What workers can expect under a National-led government
David Hill (Spinoff): Labouring along
ODT Editorial: Labour Day questions (paywalled)
Martyn Bradbuiry (Daily Blog): With 600 000 needing food banks each month – Labour Day is a sick sad joke of a public holiday
Esther Taunton (Stuff): Kiwi workers ditching the eight-hour day
Molly Swift (Newshub): Eight-hour workday remains commonplace in New Zealand but shift to working less – Stats NZ
Vita Molyneux (Herald): Scathing review of stevedoring industry following deaths in Auckland and Lyttleton
1News: Report finds ‘major safety issues’ after 2 port workers died in same week
RNZ: Poor safety culture at ports across NZ, report into two fatal stevedoring accidents finds
Naomii Seah (Spinoff): The future of workwear

GAZAN CONFLICT, FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Gordon Campbell: On New Zealand’s selective morality on Gaza
Alan Bollard (Newsroom): Tough decisions for new government in a volatile geopolitical world
Tom Hunt (Post): Middle East conflict a flashpoint for new Government (paywalled)
David Fisher (Herald): Outrage over Māori lecturer who lined up New Zealand colonisation with Palestine – and what the university bosses had to say (paywalled)
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): Disinformation from the Left
Phil Vine (Pundit): Humanity Lost Amidst The Violence In Israel And Gaza
Josephine Varghese (Democracy Project): What is happening to civilians in Gaza is March 15 many times over – NZ must demand an immediate ceasefire and peace process
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Post-election convention sees Government lose voice on Middle East conflict
Rayssa Alemeida (RNZ): ‘A very, very frightening situation’ – NZer working for the UN in Gaza
1News: Remember when Winston Peters visited North Korea?

TRADE
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Apec mission beckons for Christopher Luxon (paywalled)
Andrea Fox (Herald): India-NZ trade: All systems go with fresh government attention on both sides, says business council (paywalled)
Bhav Dhillon (Herald): NZ and India trade: How Christopher Luxon should approach negotiations (paywalled)

ECONOMY
Wiliam Hewett (Newshub): Cameron Bagrie warns ‘good news is bad’ as fears grow interest rates could stay higher for longer
Liam Dann (Herald): Is Christopher Luxon about to get lucky with soft economic landing? (paywalled)
RNZ: Recession likely to be avoided in New Zealand, forecaster says
Interest: Achieving fiscal surplus ‘could be challenging’ for NZ, Fitch says
Terry Baucher (Interest): Te wiki o te tāke: Have the French (and English) proven an FTT has a place?

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
David Williams (Newsroom): Concerns $42,000 port briefing not worth the paper it’s not written on
Dave Armstrong (Post): Dave’s ‘Courtenay Place alternative activation project’ (paywalled)
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): There Is No Alternative – Wellington Council edition
Erin Gourley (Post): Renovated Town Hall will not be home to council and mayor (paywalled)
Todd Niall (Stuff): The big question about how many local boards is too many for Auckland
Kiri Gillespie (Bay of Plenty Times/Herald): Tauranga City Council commission’s ‘generous’ remuneration plus expenses for 2022/23 (paywalled)
Lee Scanlon (Westport News): Buller mayor ‘flying blind’ over claims of financial mismanagement
Matthew Ronseberg (Local Democracy Reporting): Meng Foon in stoush with Gisborne council over unconsented seawall
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): Petition calls for poll over how Whangārei elects local government
RNZ: Waitomo District Council votes not to introduce Māori wards
Piers Fuler (Post): Public Service Watch: Getting dysfunctional council back on track (paywalled)
Tina Law (Post): Christchurch mayor says he has the world’s best job – four days out of five (paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: Council accused of quashing free speech after cancelling co-governance campaign event (paywalled)
1News: Invercargill Airport proposed to be named after Sir Tim Shadbolt
Max Frethey (Local Democracy Reporting): Nelson council approves $500K ‘band-aid’ fix for Stoke Library
RNZ: Mount Maunganui residents call for better air quality
Timo Neubauer (Nelson Mail): Can we intensify Nelson without a design?
Chris Tobin (Timaru Herald): Developer says not so fast with Majestic Theatre demolition plan
Stuff: Landfill report finds 17 sites of concern, $12m in remedial work recommended
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Lives in limbo in the path of Palmerston North’s industrial growth

THREE WATERS
Kate MacNamara (Newstalk ZB): The Public Purse: Turning off the three waters tap (paywalled)
Nicholas Boyack (Post): What does National’s win mean for three water reform (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): S&P warns National’s bid to ditch Three Waters could downgrade councils’ credit ratings (paywalled)
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Three Waters boss recruits staff as other executives read the writing on the wall

GANGS, LAW AND ORDER
Stuff: What is the National Party’s plan to tackle gangs?
Frances Chin (Post): Is banning gang patches actually possible? (paywalled)
Katie Harris (Herald): Mongrel Mob Wahine Toa leader fears patch ban will lead to spike in gangs getting facial tattoos
Kelly Makiha (Herald): Mongrel Mob and Black Power crackdown: Police given special search powers following simmering Ōpōtiki gang violence after woman shot
RNZ: Series of violent incidents, shootings, lead police to invoke new powers
1News: Proposed ram-raid bill ‘ineffective and detrimental’ – youth worker

CLIMATE CHANGE, FLOOD RISK
Jamie Morton (Herald): Climate Change: What will NZ droughts look like 30 years from now? (paywalled)
Alex Spence (Herald): Auckland floods: MetService admits its weather forecasting models were ‘poor’
Krystal Gibbens (RNZ): MetService on criticism: Auckland Anniversary flooding was ‘unprecedented’ and hard for models to foretell
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): ‘Petone will be underwater’: Here’s what you need to know if your home is a flood risk
Kevin Norquay (Post): Location, location, location … the new climate hazard risk on buyers’ checklists (paywalled)
Jessica Roden (1News): Westport ploughing ahead with flood protection plan
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Long wait for Nelson people who lost homes in 2022 floods
Greg Hurrell (BusinessDesk): It’s time to fix ‘dumb’ mistakes in NZ’s infrastructure, says insurance body head (paywalled)

ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION
Eugene Bingham (Post): How a noble goal to eliminate predators hit trouble – Part 1: The Wrong Track? (paywalled)
Eugene Bingham (Post): How a noble goal to eliminate predators hit trouble, Part 2:The privatisation of conservation? (paywalled)
Laura Mills (Greymouth Star): Mining sector upbeat about govt change
Doug Sail (Timaru Herald): Wilding control responsibility not solely taxpayer’s responsibility: Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
David Williams (Newsroom): ‘Financial bottomless pit’: Smoke alarms for hundreds of DoC huts
Brendon McMahon (Local Democracy Reporting): Landowners will ‘bowl over’ trees to avoid new land regulations – Greymouth mayor
Samantha Gee (RNZ): Disappearing dotterel nests: Defence Force implicated

HEALTH
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): NZ’s health lab staff deserve better than failed private leadership
Ian Powell: The importance of speaking out (voice) in health systems
1News: Alcohol advertising within 500m of more than half of schools
Fiona Ellis (ODT): Colonoscopy delay nears six months
RNZ: Price of building Taranaki Cancer Centre more than doubles
Alex Spence (Herald): 150 Auckland City Hospital emergency department nurses issue warning against ‘unsafe’ conditions (paywalled)
Katherine Rich (Newstalk ZB): Dr Reti’s Prescription for Care Workers’ Claim (paywalled)
Sally Pitts-Brown & Memo Musa (Post): Government’s failure on pay equity undervalues a crucial, caring workforce (paywalled)
Dita De Boni (NBR): Tobacco giant loses bid for papers from Govt vape court case (paywalled)
Virginia Fallon (Stuff): Having nightmares is a stronger indicator of mental distress than worrying about the grocery bill
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Costs rise for Palmerston North Hospital’s children’s ED

EDUCATION
Amy Wiggins (Herald): New Zealand’s Reading Recovery uptake drops below 40 per cent of schools (paywalled)
Sapeer Mayron (Post): Kōhanga reo generation celebrates ‘a child born of prophecy’ (paywalled)
Jamie Morton (Herald): Massey scientists push back on ‘biased’ numbers behind restructure

MIGRANT WORKERS, IMMIGRATION
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Plywood shed in West Auckland backyard shanty town rented to new tenant amid investigation
Lucy Xia (RNZ): ‘Absolutely great news’: Migrant Workers’ Association welcomes arrest of immigration advisor
RNZ: Immigration advisor first to be arrested in migrant exploitation investigations
1News: Waikato dairy farmer may be forced to leave NZ after 10 years
Rayssa Alemeida (RNZ): Migrants still prohibited from sex industry, despite UN report

HOUSING
Rob Stock (Post): Some landlords will pay $110,000 less tax over 15 years under National’s tax policy (paywalled)
1News: Q+A: National’s election result sees property investor interest spike
1News: Q+A: New National MP on switching from science to property management
Siena Yates (E-Tangata): Back to the future, marae style
Laura Smith (Local Democracy Reporting): Rotorua council and police trespass homeless refusing to leave reserves
Denise Piper (Stuff): Pensioners moved to new units accuse council of trying to ‘cash in’ on Mangawhai land
Piers Fuller (Post): Wellington rents continue to track upwards (paywalled)
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Proposal for hundreds of homes in Napier to be lodged soon, two years after it was ‘fast-tracked’

TRANSPORT
Verity Johnson (Stuff): It’s not just the death of the light rail, it’s the death of hope
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): ‘He would have had a mutiny’: Luxon stands by plans to scrap Auckland light rail (paywalled)
Conor Knell (Post): What the election means for Wellington’s transport promises (paywalled)
Jemima Huston (RNZ): Better done sooner – cycle lane advocates on controversial Thorndon project
Timothy Welch (Spinoff): When the shit hits the fan, bikes will bring us back from the brink
RNZ: International airline ticket prices will be ‘much more expensive’ in 2024 – expert

BUSINESS
Miriam Bell (Post): Tourism industry wants the new government to ‘move beyond platitudes’ (paywalled)
Allan Barber (Interest): Land use change threatening livestock numbers and rural communities

OTHER
Chris Trotter (The BFD): The First Culture Wars Were Fought on the Left
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Post): US can demand data held by cloud giants in NZ, lawyer reminds clients (paywalled)
George Block (Herald): Alleged Māngere Rebels MC boss Ray Elise won legal bid to travel to France for the Rugby World Cup (paywalled)
Dale Husband (E-Tangata): Ngahuia Te Awekotuku: ‘Never give up, girl’
Lisa Davies (1News): Families pursue truth on eve of Chch mosque attack inquest
Jake Kenny (Post): ‘We need to know what happened’: Families on coronial inquest into Christchurch terror attack (paywalled)
RNZ: Tauranga hosts Te Pūtake o te Riri commemoration of New Zealand Wars
Ralph Stewart (Post): The things we need to improve about KiwiSaver – and what we need to avoid (paywalled)
Eric Frykberg (Interest): Transpower flags concerns about electricity supply next winter