NZ Politics Daily - 13 September 2017
13 September 2017
Today's content
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Newshub poll and forecasts
Herald: Vote 2017: Herald Election Forecast has it very tight in race to form next government
Patrick Leyland (The Progress Report): Election Forecast updated – more bad news for the Greens
Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Patrick Gower (Newshub): National could govern alone in latest Newshub poll
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Greens out of Parliament on latest Newshub poll
Newshub: Bill English NZ's preferred PM on latest Newshub poll
Vernon Small (Stuff): Jacinda-effect checked and reversed as National jumps into big lead
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Voters punish uncertainty, and Jacinda Ardern's left enough of it for National's attacks to work
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Politically correct: National surges ahead in new poll
Audrey Young: Bill English gets his wish as Jacinda Ardern 'stardust' appears to settle in new poll
Charlotte Greenfield (Reuters): Ruling Nationals recover support in jittery New Zealand election campaign
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): BOOM – TV3 Poll destroys Labour Hopes
Herald: New poll: National rebounds as Jacinda effect slows
Toby Manhire (The Spinoff): Dramatic? Yes, it bloody is: National surge into big lead in new Paddy-poll
RNZ: Newshub poll puts National out in front
1News: National out to a shock 10 point lead over Labour in latest Newshub poll
Election
Graham Adams (Noted): Election 2017: When campaigns go rogue
Audrey Young (Herald): Small parties' race to coalition contention far from over
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Tax plans become early voter election battleground
Janine Hayward (ODT): MMP: What you need to know
Kate Newton (RNZ): A brief history of voting quirks from ghost votes to political animals
Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Dispatches from my twitter feed; or I salute your nerdery
Gia Garrick (Newstalk ZB): Maori Party candidate Wetex Kang cleared of bribery by Electoral Commission
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Almost 40,000 people voted on Monday
Brian Rudman (Herald): Want excitement? Try late voting
Jacob McSweeny (RNZ): Party support gap closing in business poll
Vernon Small (Stuff): National still top with small businesses, but Ardern factor shifts votes towards Labour
Laura Walters (Stuff): Is National really better than Labour with the Government books? Well, not really
Russell Brown (Hard News): Campaign 2017: Buy a journalist a drink today
Ruby Macandrew (Stuff): Wellington actor providing comedic relief from the political chaos
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): ‘I’m incredibly unpopular’: meet the wrestlers fighting as ‘The Young Nats’
Water taxes and farming
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On the politics of fear and neglect
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Don't feel sorry for farmers
Newshub: One farmer can use as much water as 30,000 city dwellers – economist
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Labour's water tax plan doesn't go far enough: Economists
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Pressure on Labour's water tax
Jemma Brackebush (RNZ): Focus on sustainable farming could bridge 'chasm' – professor
Terry Heiler (Newsroom): The problem with taxing water
Tim Miller (ODT): Parker grilled on Labour's water policy
National
Mark Jennings and Melanie Reid (Newsroom): Newsroom Investigation: National MP trained by Chinese spies
Isaac Davison (Herald):'We are just running on reality, on the facts': Bill English sees fear of change in rural NZ
Isaac Davison (Herald): Bill English challenged by farmers over stopping Labour and its proposed water tax
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): 'They don't notice you': Bill English finds his supporters in the heartland
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Bill English will early vote for himself tomorrow morning before he changes his mind
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett backs Coastal Pacific Trail
Herald: Paula Bennett falls for Labour voter troll, plays along
Labour
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour leader Jacinda Ardern takes a swing at National's campaign of 'fear and lying'
Nicholas Jones (Herald): 'Let's tax this': National goes negative in new campaign ad
Audrey Young (Herald): Bill English scoffs at Jacinda Ardern's tax and trade policies
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Taxation never far from the political debate
Gerald Piddock (Stuff): Farmers to protest in Jacinda Ardern's hometown of Morrinsville
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): RNZ cash comes with expectations
Russell Brown (Public Address): Labour’s RNZ + plan: largely coherent
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Labour is starting a new TV channel – so why won’t it sell TVNZ?
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): If neoliberalism has failed, what would Labour replace it with?
Giovanni Tiso (Bat Bean Beam): The neoliberalism question: notes on the Ardern/Espiner interview
Cass Mason (Newsroom): The promise of an oncoming storm
Richard Harman (Politik): Phil Twyford and his surprising enthusiasm for the private sector
Greens
Matt Burrows (Newshub): Greens' dramatic slump 'a dream scenario' for National - Patrick Gower
Newshub: Greens will get back into Parliament - James Shaw
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Poll fallout: Jacinda Ardern rules out deal to save the Greens
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): Greens anger at Labour seeps out in attack on ‘petty’, ‘half-arsed’ climate policy
NZ First
Audrey Young (Herald): Herald poll: Who should Winston Peters go with?
Matthew Brockett (Bloomberg): The Maverick Who Could Anoint New Zealand's Prime Minister
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Peters keeps up criticism of Labour: 'Can we please have all the other details'
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Winston Peters pledges to set-up elite police 'flying squad'
Herald: Peters says regional airport network 'at risk'
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): The legacy of Winston Peters and the future of Auckland’s port
Nicholas Jones (Herald):No prostate check, no tax refund? Winston wants changes
Herald: Listen: Winston Peters says New Zealand First a 'barrier' to extremism
TOP
Herald: Gareth Morgan's Opportunities Party launches attack on Winston Peters
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Major campaign shift for TOP, with new strategy to win seats - and stop Winston Peters
Catrin Owen (Stuff): TOP candidate to walk down the aisle on election eve to promote marriage equality
ACT
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Parenting classes, fines, benefit restrictions for parents of truants: Act Party policy
RNZ: Parents of truants should face tougher penalties – Act
Housing
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Who will build the houses?
Mark Lister (Herald): Why a capital gains tax won't be a game changer for first home buyers
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Who Owns NZ Now?
Duncan Greive (Herald): Why this NZoA-funded doco should never have been made
Education
Simon Collins (Herald): Kiwi students pay seventh-highest fees in OECD
Donna Eden (Spinoff): A kindy teacher’s guide to voting for your child’s education
Lester Flockton (ODT): Nothing wrong with having standards but . . .
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Call to teach NZ history to combat rising racism
RNZ: Donations flood in after decile school lunchbox comparisons
Electorate contests
Martin van Beynen (Press): Personality or policy - the Kingswood Election Tour seeks answers
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Raf Manji’s Ilam gamble
David Fisher (Herald): New faces for National and Labour in New Lynn battleground
Mike Watson (Stuff): Strong support for New Plymouth Labour candidate Corie Haddock
Policy comparisons
Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): Justice policies lack inspiration
Maanya Tandon (The Co-op): A Policy A Day: Gender and Ethnicity Income Equity
Police
RNZ: Te reo on police cars: 'We need to translate everything'
Heath Moore (Herald): 'It's tokenism': Brand expert calls for more te reo police cars
Monuments
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Changes proposed to Marmaduke Nixon monument
Tom O'Connor (Waikato Times): The true story of Rangiaowhia
Other
James Paul (Stuff): NZ's underbelly of forced sex trade involves Kiwis as young as 12, researcher says
Rawiri Taonui (Stuff): Declaration just the beginning for indigenous communities