NZ Politics Daily - 28 September 2017
28 September 2017
Today's content
Below are the links to the items online. The full text of these items are contained in the PDF file (click to download).
Winston Peters’ press conference
Claire Trevett (Herald): Behind the bombast we did learn something about how NZ First leader Winston Peters will approach the coalition talks
Vernon Small (Stuff): The game is everything Winston Peters wanted
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Winston Peters: The only authority is MMP
Issac Davison (Herald): Attack on media, some insults and stonewalling: Winston Peters comes out firing in press conference
Jo Moir (Stuff): Make no mistake, Winston Peters is calling the shots
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters makes the most of the limelight
Laura Walters (Stuff): Winston Peters returns to Wellington to remind the kingdom who's boss
Stacey Kirk and Laura Walters (Stuff): Winston Peters launches tirade on media, stays mum on coalition talks
Andrea Vance (TVNZ): 'Political pantomime and bluster' - Winston Peters' extraordinary news conference gives little away
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Winston Peters holds press conference to hit out at media's 'speculative drivel'
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Winston Peters says there are 9 possible outcomes based on election night and will wait until 7 October special votes are in before further comments
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Winston Peters once again the ringmaster
Newshub: NZ First members to direct coalition talks – Peters
Winston Peters and coalition options
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Exclusive: Winston weighs up which way to go
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): Which way will New Zealand First jump?
Mark Sainsbury (Newshub): No one should be surprised Winston holds the cards
Mike Hosking (Herald): Is opposition better for Jacinda Ardern than govelling to Winston Peters?
Liam Hehir (Medium): Walk away, Bill
Rob Ogilvie (Stephen Franks blog): Why just Kingmaker? Why not King?
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): The price of pleasing Peters
Grant McLachlan (Herald): The 'kingmaker' should not prop up another declining reign
Scott Hamilton (Reading the Maps): Winston? Really?
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Enter the Winston-whisperer
Dan Satherley (Newshub): 'Pathetic' negotiations a 'ghastly rerun of 1996' - Peter Dunne
RNZ: Winston wins the web
Hamish McNicol and Catherine Harris (Stuff): Kingmaker Winston Peters' Ports of Auckland policy would cost
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): Peters won’t let Yang ‘allegations’ slide
Herald: Steven Joyce waits for Winston - on the plane
Māori seats and representation
Dubby Henry (Herald): Winston Peters hints a Maori seats referendum not a deal-breaker
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Peters appears to shift on Māori seat referendum
Stuff: Winston Peters on Māori seats
Matt Burrows (Newshub): Winston Peters hints at U-turn on Māori seat referendum
Robin Martin (RNZ): Māori seats decision 'should be for Māori to say'
John Armstrong (TVNZ): Talk about guilt-tripping someone something awful
Dan Satherley (Newshub): National-NZ First coalition could cause 'a lot of damage' - Marama Fox
Laura Walters (Stuff): Māori Party's Marama Fox to build 60k affordable houses
Shane Te Pou (Stuff): Coalition presents challenges for Māori and their MPs
Willie Jackson (Daily Blog): Maoridom have spoken
National-Green coalition
Simon Collins (Herald): Grassroots petition calls for National-Green coalition
Pete George (Your NZ): National-Green government?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why the National-Green Government idea is a desperate joke
Election and MMP
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): Election shows rural-urban divide shrinking, not growing
Jenna Raeburn (Spinoff):Inside the campaigns: how National took the migrant and rural vote
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Bill English defeats Jacinda Ardern in the Facebook election
RNZ: TOP staffer's 'two tops' tweet under investigation
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Eagle has flown
Herald: No doubt in my mind, says Ardern
Pii-Tuulia Nikula (The Conversation): New Zealand’s first-past-the-post ‘hangover’ could limit coalition options
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): MMP With FPP Characteristics: New Zealand’s DIY Electoral System
ODT Editorial: MMP: delivering for New Zealand?
No Right Turn: This is MMP working, not failing
Robert Reid (Daily Blog): MMP election provides many roads to progress
Richard Shaw (Herald): We've elected fewer parties than ever under MMP
Mike Hosking (Herald): For heaven's sake don't drop the MMP threshold
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): You didn’t listen
Rosemary McLeod (Dominion Post): Love in a time of coalitions
John Minto (Daily Blog): A victory for lies, media thuggery and lazy prejudice
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Blame Labour’s low polling where it deserves to be blamed – on the mainstream media
Henry Cooke (Stuff): The new 32 MPs arrive for their first day of Parliament’
Steven Cowan (Against the current): Another successful election for the Did Not Vote party!
Jack Foster (Salient): The Trauma of the Non-Voter
Voting and regional results
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Decision 17: Why it takes so long to count special votes
Michael Fallow (Stuff): And then there were four
Richard Davidson (Southland Times): New Invercargill MP Dr Liz Craig remains focused on health, housing
Mary-Jo Tohill (Southland Times): South Island's only NZ First MP shown ropes at Parliament
RNZ: Clutha-Southland 'happy with National'
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): Dunedin voters flock back to Labour; both MPs back
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Damien O'Connor secures West Coast-Tasman seat
Julian Lee and Michael Wright (Press): Labour MP Duncan Webb - the new kid on the block in Christchurch Central
Michael Wright (Stuff): Raf Manji fancies another tilt at government: 'The road to 2020 starts now'
Charlie Gates (Press): Green Party MP Mojo Mathers sad and relieved to lose seat
Nelson Mail: Nelson MP Nick Smith weathers the storm for another win
Jared Nicoll (Stuff): Housing and health care are top priorities for re-elected Labour MP Kris Faafoi
Katarina Williams (Stuff): Lower Hutt gets 3-for-1 deal as Bishop, Andersen and Mallard all head to Parliament
Colin Williams (Stuff): Hipkins takes Rimutaka in his stride and increases party vote
Illya McLellan (Stuff): Wairarapa stays with National's Alastair Scott but cuts his majority significantly
Laura Dooney (Stuff): Tukituki has a new MP, but one with a familiar face
Miri Schroeter (Manawatu Standard): Labour plummets in small towns in Ōtaki electorate as people vote blue
Alister Browne (Manawatu Standard): Palmerston North an island of red in an ocean of blue
Jono Galuszka (Manawatu Standard): Palmerston North voters divided along economic lines
Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Manawatū election results show Labour did quite well, NZ First improved
Sam Kilmister (Manawatu Standard): Rural-urban divide evident from Rangitīkei polling booths
Jonathon Howe (Manawatu Standard): Manawatū-Whanganui electorate voters stick to their guns on election night
Alice Guy (Rotorua Daily Post): Tamati Coffey ready for busy week ahead as new Waiariki MP
Mike Watson (Stuff): ACT candidate keen to go another election campaign round
Angela Woods (Bay of Plenty Times): Tauranga candidate Jason Jobsis questions his low voting tally
Amy Baker (North Harbour News): No change for the country's newest electorate
Nigel Moffiet (Stuff): Judith Collins 'delighted' with result after fuel crisis grinds campaign to a halt
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Find the toilets, then get to work: Chloe Swarbrick is undaunted by job ahead
North Shore Times: Familiar faces elected on Auckland's North Shore
Jay Boreham (Rodney Times): Three Rodney election candidates head to parliament
Matthew Cattin (Rodney Times): Rodney MP Mark Mitchell wins third term in landslide
Rose Davis (Auckland Now): Labour favoured on Waiheke and Great Barrier islands
Rose Davis (Auckland Now): Green MP Denise Roche looking for a new way to change the world
Mikaela Collins (Herald): Te Tai Tokerau MP Kelvin Davis says the people have spoken
Farming and Fonterra
Herald Editorial: Fonterra chief's pay is hard to justify
Raybon Kan (Herald): Dancing in dairy aisles at immigrant success story
Jim Rose (Herald): Share markets say whether CEOs are worth their pay
Belinda Feek (Herald): Allegations rich lister bought farm at under-valued price
Local government
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Wellington Deputy Mayor Paul Eagle says emotional goodbye to council
Peter de Graaf (Northern Advocate): Byelection to fill vacancy triggered by Willow-Jean Prime's election
Todd Niall (RNZ): Auckland Council Māori seat put to vote
Other
Shoshana Maasland (Newsroom): Bigger classrooms, bigger problems
John Edens (RNZ): Immigration NZ, MBIE use fake social media profiles
Michael Barnett (Herald): You don't have to own a property for it to be a home
Nigel Moffiet (Stuff): Workers without employment contracts on the rise, Citizens Advice Bureau warn
Stuff: GST's been with us for nearly 31 years - how much do we pay?
Carly Gooch (Stuff): Woman who sold car to fund a colonoscopy off to Australia as National keeps control of health purse-strings