NZ Politics Daily - 27 September 2017
27 September 2017
Today's content
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Winston Peters and NZ First
Richard Harman (Politik): Who are NZ First?
Vernon Small (Stuff): The political is personal when it comes to talking coalitions with Winston Peters
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Winston Peters behaves like conquering hero
Herald: Meet the Kingmaker's caucus: Who are New Zealand First's MPs?
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Winston’s Little Black Book
RNZ: Dunne predicts 'blood on the floor'
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Parties gather for first post-election caucus
Keith Locke (Daily Blog): Pitfalls for the Greens and NZ First in coalition discussions
Aelx Tarrant (Interest): National leader Bill English not giving much away ahead of talks with New Zealand First 'to show the respect to Mr Peters'; Plays down Super saga leak speculation
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Potential economic sticking points between National and NZ First
Alex Tarrant (Interest): How some of National and Labour's policies fit with NZ First's
Herald: Kiwis turn to Google: Will Winston Peters go with Labour or National?
Jo Moir (Stuff): Winston Peters getting flooded with messages to pick a Labour-led government
Rachel Stewart (Herald): I'm not afraid of big bad Winston
Laila Harré (Spinoff): Why the left must seize this moment
Bryan Gould: Not just a numbers game
Newshub: Winston Peters may be in the worst position of all - Patrick Gower
Newshub: Winston Peters hits back at leak claiming 'revenge' plans
Audrey Young (Herald): Time to move on from fake news over who Winston Peters will choose
Herald: Revenge claims 'barefaced lies', says Winston Peters
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Winston Peters wants utu from Steven Joyce
Grant Chapman (Newshub): Who will survive Winston Peters' negotiation 'hit list'?
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): 'Fat cats' in Peters' sights
Brian Rudman (Herald): Auckland port heist should be ruled out quite clearly
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): What If? Some Random Thoughts about The Next Three Weeks
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): 10 reasons why there will be a Labour-NZ First-Green Government and why it will take a month
Negotiation teams
Audrey Young (Herald): 'Blood brother' likely to assist Winston Peters' negotiations
Claire Trevett (Herald): Jacinda Ardern plays an ace for deal with Winston Peters
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Politically Correct - Who is at the top table in NZ First negotiations?
RNZ: Ardern and Davis to lead Labour negotiating team
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern, Kelvin Davis to lead Labour's coalition negotiation team
Laura Walters (Stuff): Green Party announces coalition negotiating team
Herald: Greens confirm coalition negotiation team
Calls for a National-Greens coalition
Stuff Editorial: Grand opportunity for Greens to grow
Matt Burrows (Newshub): Thousands sign petition urging National to push for coalition with Greens
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour):For a teal coalition
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): A phone call between National and the Greens would be a short one
Labour
TVNZ: Jacinda Ardern confidently declares there's 'absolutely every chance' she’ll be NZ's next PM
Herald: Labour's Maori caucus celebrate success at first meeting
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Veteran Labour MP Annette King lands job at Auckland Council, joins Watercare board
National
Bernard Hickey and Lynn Grieveson (Newsroom): The Great Redeemer
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): What Other Things Can Steven Joyce See?
Māori party and Māori electorates
TVNZ:'Revitalise it' – Maori Party founder says party down but not out
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Why we have Māori seats
John Moore (Liberation): The Maori Brexit – Why the Maori Party has been wiped from parliament
Election result and voting
Chris McDowall (Spinoff): Interactive: mapping every booth’s votes from the 2017 general election
Andy Fyers (Stuff): Election: How the special votes have fallen in past elections
Pete George (Your NZ): How will special vote affect the result?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Was 2017 a rejection of the Government?
Andy Fyers (Stuff): Election 2017: The candidates who outshone their party
Herald: Maori MP Meka Whaitiri concerned about voting process
Joanne Black (Listener): Why people vote the way they do
MMP
Julienne Molineaux (Briefing Papers): How MMP Works: Freestyle bargaining
Julian Lee (Stuff): The election was a minor party bloodbath, so has MMP done its dash?
Finlay Macdonald (RNZ): Mixed-member proportional and the 2017 election
Joshua Drummond (Public Address): The Government lost the election
NZ Herald editorial: German voters know where all parties stand
Election
Russell Brown (Public Address): Media Take: The selling of the campaign
Stuff: Media Take: National, Labour election adverts failed to fire
Laura Walters (Stuff): Helen Clark says the democratic process has worked, it's time to respect the result
Jimmy Ellingham (Stuff): The real election victor is the big lie
Herald: Listen: Sir John Key on whether Jacinda will stick around
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Electoral Commission reviewing complaints about Sean Plunket election tweet
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Plunket to try out the other side of the Broadcasting Standards Authority
Herald: Anti-voting party 'deeply in mourning' over high voter turn out
Katie Kenny (Stuff): Let's pause to consider the losers of this election
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Vote early and vote often
Education
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Education groups pin hopes on NZ First MP
Simon Collins (Herald): NZ education 'top in world' for future skills, says British report
Stuff: Exclusion of autistic children at school a growing problem - Autism NZ
Farming
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Farming’s bankrupt, time for natural capital
Charlie Mitchell and Charlie Gates (Stuff): Canterbury struggling with water quality targets, good progress on irrigation
Herald: Fonterra CEO's massive $8.32 million makes him highest-paid executive
Herald: Theo Spierings' not the first $8m man at Fonterra
Greg Presland (Standard): Good work if you can get it
Other
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Health survey finds 15pc of prescriptions go unfilled in most deprived areas due to cost
Mahvash Ali (Western Leader): Poverty, illness and living on less than the minimum wage
Herald: Is disaster prep only for the privileged?
Jennifer Eder (Stuff): Rest home's way around equal pay
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Leaked fishing camera report 'sound', top advisor said
Stuff: Reader report: Racism to blame for aversion to compulsory te reo Māori
Matt Stewart (Stuff): Family First launches High Court appeal against being stripped of charitable status