NZ Politics Daily - 25 September 2017
25 September 2017
Today's content
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Winston Peters and coalition negotiations
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On the election result, and likely road ahead
Newshub: 'No such thing' as moral majority - politics professor
Jane Clifton (Listener): This post-election business is anything but usual
Colin James: English on top but facing a stronger Labour
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, don't rule it out
Mark Sainsbury (Newshub): Bad blood makes National-NZ First deal unlikely
NZ Herald editorial: Winston Peters should not hold clear winner to ransom
Herald on Sunday editorial: Peters needs to note Nationals achievement
Richard Harman (Politik): English faces uphill battle
Audrey Young (Herald): Several paths to form new Government
Simon Collins (Herald): Vote 2017: Winston Peters has aces to play
Mike Hosking (Herald): Election 2017: New Zealand First are hostage-takers
Herald: Winston Peters says NZ First will deal with decision responsibly
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Which way will Winston go?
Audrey Young (Herald): Election 17: NZ First leader Winston Peters in no hurry to get coalition negotiations underway
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): National single-minded about its only option
Branko Marcetic (Spinoff): What will Winston do? The lessons of ’96 tell us he might go with Ardern
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Bill and Jacinda on call waiting
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): What Winston wants: Simple courtesy, past wrongs righted and a few legacy policies might do the trick
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): How long will Winston Peters keep us guessing?
TVNZ: 'A more complex negotiation' - Bill English says he's ready to find common ground with Winston
TVNZ: All eyes on Winston Peters as coalition negotiations kick off after most extraordinary election
David Fisher (Herald): Election 17: Refuge where Winston Peters' values were forged
Duncan Garner (Newshub): Welcome to your election hangover
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): Voters cannot, and will not, tolerate Winston abusing his kingmaker position
RNZ: 'Reasonable' to spend weeks on negotiations – English
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Bill English expecting call with Winston Peters
Adam Dudding (Stuff): Bill English: I'm ready to talk to Winston
RNZ: Parties poised for negotiations
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters faces tight coalition timetable
Herald: The wait begins: Govt negotiations could take weeks
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Election: Bill English wants a quick deal with Winston Peters, but Jacinda Ardern prefers to wait
Vernon Small and Laura Walters (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern gives Winston Peters the time he needs, with special votes the key
Newshub: Winston Peters mum on coalition, but voters make preferences clear
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Market sees National in box seat, but 'fundamental' differences with NZ First remain
TVNZ: Winston Peters: 'I always knew this was going to be one rough campaign'
Jo Moir (Stuff): Winston Peters returns to Northland, as he gears up to consult caucus about coalitions
Jo Moir (Stuff): He's lost Northland but Winston Peters has bigger fish to fry - choosing the next government
Michael Daly (Stuff): Winston Peters toys with media, gives no clues about next government
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Outgoing MP criticises Winston Peters: He has always been Machiavellian
Herald: Richard Prosser says Winston Peters 'will go left if he possibly can'
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Outgoing NZ First MP Richard Prosser says Winston Peters will go left
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Working with Winston: it's not that difficult, says Labour's Annette King
RNZ: Which way, Winston?
Stuff: Clarke Gayford's fishing advice for Winston
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): People calling for National to be the Government because they got most Party vote don’t understand MMP
Pete George (Your NZ): Election – governing possibilities
Election
Finlay Macdonald (RNZ): Mixed-member proportional and the 2017 election
David Slack (RNZ): Winston in box seat as 'youthquake' fails to fire
Grant Duncan (The Conversation): New Zealand votes for conservatism and the status quo
Ben Thomas (RNZ): Support partners gone, National's courting of Winston begins
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): 10 things we learned last night
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Everyone’s a winner!
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Challenges ahead for each party
Greg Presland (The Standard): The election result
Kelly Dennett (Herald): Vote 2017: Key election moments rewind
Andrew Alderson (Herald): Vote 2017: Doing the hard yards
National
John Armstrong (Herald): English keeps National juggernaut rolling
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Bill makes history before heading into the Winston maze
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): English: “We know we have to give ground”
Claire Trevett (Herald): Vote 2017: Bill English can blow his own trumpet
Liam Hehir (Newsroom): National’s result a reset to 2008
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): The method in National’s madness
Herald: Sir John Key: 'Emphatic' result and victory for Bill English
John Roughan (Herald): Election result vindicates my decision to step down, says former PM Sir John Key
Michelle Duff and Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): Bill, breakfast eggs and beef farmers: English bunkers down to broker a fourth term
Labour
Dan Satherley (Newshub): 'It's not enough': Why Chris Trotter believes Jacinda Ardern won't be the next Prime Minister
Amanda Jane Robinson (Newshub): Phil Twyford calls out Bill English for 'overreaching'
Wayne Mapp (Spinoff): Four reasons why Labour could be better off in opposition
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): The good news and the bad news for Labour
Phil Quin (Newsroom): Inside the National-Labour chasm
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Jacinda stumbled into a $520bn minefield
Amamda Jane Robinson (Newshub): Labour's Phil Twyford 'can't rule out' dumping Māori seats in NZ First negotiations
Rachel Smalley: What positives can the left take from election?
Greg Presland (Standard): Where did Labour gain its extra votes?
Steven Cowan (Against the current): Labour fails yet again
Māori Party and Māori electorates
Mike Watson (Stuff): Independent Māori voice now lost from Parliament, says Maori Party candidate Howie Tamati
Emma Espiner (Newsroom): The death of the Māori Party
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): The Māori Party meltdown
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Video key to Tamati Coffey’s win
Claire Trevett (Herald): Maori Party starts on long road to try rebuilding by 2020 after being booted out of Parliament
Stuff: Māori have 'gone back like a beaten wife to the abuser', defiant Marama Fox says
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Māori Party demise signals end to Flavell's career
Laura Dooney and Lucy Swinnen (Stuff): Fox vows Māori Party will fight on, after Labour's clean sweep of Māori seats
Claire Trevett (Herald): Maori Party leader Te Ururoa Flavell leaving politics
Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): Te Ururoa Flavell won't be part of a Māori Party revival
Herald: Tears as Maori Party wiped from parliament
Greens
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Greens 'unlikely' to back Labour-NZ First from outside the tent
Mei Heron (RNZ): Greens involvement needed to ensure next government 'lasts the distance' – Shaw
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): James Shaw: 'everything is on the table' in negotiations with Winston Peters
Isaac Davison (Herald): Green Party leader James Shaw rules out contacting National
TVNZ: 'Why would I do that?' - Greens leader James Shaw uninterested in forming coalition with National
Herald: Green Party leader James Shaw says voters have shown they want change
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): The Greens, bruised but unbroken, face a return to the sidelines
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Greens’ survival only the first hurdle
Amy Wiggins (Herald): Metiria Turei's career likely over, has no regrets
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): Turei loses contest but content with voters’ choice
RNZ: Chloe Swarbrick to be youngest MP in 42 years
Isaac Davison (Herald): Chloe Swarbrick: 'Too early' in career to be Green Party co-leader
The Standard: Where to now for the Greens?
ACT
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): ACT's David Seymour cut adrift by Bill English ahead of negotiations with Winston Peters
Matthew Theunissen (Herald): Vote 2017: Bitter-sweet night for Act Party
TVNZ: 'Every minor party got hammered' – ACT Party leader David Seymour justifies dismal party vote
Minor parties
Herald: Minor parties take stock after brutal election
TVNZ: Minor parties suffer on election night, as National and Labour soak up bulk of party vote
Special votes
Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Election 2017: the Special Votes
Chuan-Zheng Lee (The Co-op): Projection of special votes for 2017
Vernon Small (Stuff): Special votes could be key to how Winston Peters considers Labour option
Herald: Special votes: What you need to know
Pete George (Your NZ):Don’t rule out all Special Vote possibilities
Results
Stephen Beban (Spinoff): A better visual breakdown of the 2017 election results
Herald: Election 2017: Results at a glance
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): The party vote: who makes the cut
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): The morning after the night before
Pete George (Your NZ): Total votes and turnout
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Parliamentary Demographics 2017
Youth vote
Laura O'Connell Rapira (RNZ): Triggering the youth landslide vote
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): Queues across the quad were no red windfall
Election night and coverage
Audrey Young (Herald): Election 2017: Rating last night's speeches
Jane Bowron (Stuff): Peters off fishing again to see what he can reel in
James Elliott (Newsroom): Election TV puts captive audience through hell
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Meet a NZ Herald staff writer
Regional results
Michael Wright (Stuff): The one city where Labour won big on election night
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Capital leans left as the country ticks blue
RNZ: How the battleground seats fell
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Nick Smith wins Nelson seat, electors see red for party vote
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The electorate battles
International coverage
Michael Daly (Stuff): How to explain Winston Peters - overseas reporting on the New Zealand election
Herald: World reacts to New Zealand election result
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand election: 'positive' Jacinda Ardern vows to fight on
Amelia Langford (RNZ): MMP and Jacindamania prove international curiosities
By-elections
Ruby MacAndrew (Stuff): Just when you thought it was safe to relax ... it's back to the polls in Wellington and Hastings