NZ Politics Daily - 29 September 2017
29 September 2017
Today's content
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Winston Peters and coalition negotiations
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Winston’s awful start
Graham Adams (Noted): Bill English: A gambling man
Richard Harman (Politik): Party to English - Hold the line
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Winston Peters' super leak 'great gossip' I couldn't use against him - Paula Bennett
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Paula Bennett: Winston's superannuation info 'great gossip'
Toby Manhire (Herald): Will Winston reel in blue cod or a red snapper?
Tim Watkin (RNZ): Coalition negotiations, THAT press conference & the supermarket dash
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): A No. 8 Wire Constitution - That Works.
Laura Walters (Stuff): Post-election madness a return to 'bizarre situation' of 1996, but that's MMP for you
Claire Trevett (Herald): What National can, can't do while NZ waits for Winston Peters' decision
Claire Trevett (Herald): Aussie media outlet gave first hint referendum on Maori seats no deal-breaker for Winston Peters
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): 'Never promise a tax before election': Winston Peters blames Labour for National's high results
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Caught between a rock and a hard place on Maori seats
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): What if Winston, Bill, or Jacinda can’t go on?
Listener: Winston Peters has 7% support yet 100% of the power – that feels wrong
Brian Fallow (Herald): Looking for common ground with Winston
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Jim Anderton’s time as Industry and Regional Development Minister might well provide a valuable road map to how Winston Peters will be courted
Claire Trevett (Herald):A 'mellow' Shane Jones returns to Parliament to play 'Winston Says'
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): If NZ First go with National it’s a suicide note for their party
Claire Trevett (Herald): Super Fund payments could be part of NZF-National coalition talks
Dan Satherley (Newshub): With Winston Peters as kingmaker, could the anti-smacking law be overturned?
Bruce Howe (Herald): Peters should not decide where a port should be
Janine Starks (Stuff): Winston Peters, go blue for KiwiSavers
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): What types of Government are possible
Jack Vowles (Newsroom): Push-pull government could end in chaos
Election results
Laura Walters (Stuff): Election: Why do we have to wait so long for the special votes?
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Bill and Winston almost owe Colin Craig a beer... almost
Laura Wiltshire (Stuff): What would our Parliament look like if we still voted using FPP?
Newshub: Meet New Zealand's most popular electorate MPs
Janna Sherman (Hokitika Guardian): Ban 1080 Party considers future
Māori Party and Māori seats
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): Maori Party punished & Labour rewarded
Willie Jackson (Daily Blog): Māori have spoken and cried ‘Labour’
Herald: Marama Fox: Maori Party to build houses 'up and down the nation'
Narelle Henson (Stuff): Māori seats a hot topic yet again
National-Greens deal
Mary-Margaret Slack (The Wireless): Could a National-Greens coalition work?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): What could the Greens get if they went with National not Winston?
David Hay (Seriously green): The National-Green coalition fantasy
The Standard: National the anti-environmental party
Not a Fox: What are the Greens’ options?
Craig McCulloch (RNZ):'Snowball's chance in hell' of a Green-National deal
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How the Greens could massively increase their leverage
Laura Walters (Stuff): National wants conversation with Greens, official talks yet to begin
Cut Your Hair: Blue-Green is not going to happen, and it’s not the Greens’ fault
Geoff Neal (Stuff): Why can’t the Greens be more green?
Life as an MP and ex-MP
Dan Satherley (Newshub): MPs' massive pay rises unveiled
Isaac Davison (Herald): Former MPs and their perks - salary, free travel and taxpayer-funded cars
The Herald: MPs awarded a pay rise: What they'll get
Herald: What will Marama Fox do next? Ousted MPs reveal their plans after politics
Deborah Coddington (Stuff): The unofficial advice to surviving as a first-time MP
Southland Times: MPs can't be House-bound
Education
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): Teacher exodus: ‘You have cause to be worried’
Mike Taylor (Newsroom): Political engagement starts at school
Mike Hosking (Herald): Forget uni - just work hard
Local government
Todd Niall (RNZ): Auckland Council Māori seat not a done deal yet
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): Phil Goff: ‘A referendum would rip our community apart’
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): Māori ward debate
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Auckland Council looking at a Maori ward
Farming
Press Editorial: Are angry farmers just a convenient myth?
Herald: Naked anti-wool campaign mystifies NZ farmer
Tax
Stuff: What the Government takes from a single person's pay packet
Stuff: Government expects an extra $20 billion in tax by 2021
Other
Simon Collins (Herald): Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy calls for new Govt to open probe into state care abuse
RNZ: Party policies at odds over Dunedin hospital rebuild
Susan St John (Newsroom): Time to scrap unfair spouse pension rule
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Do we need an honest discussion on abortion in NZ?
Peter Lyons (ODT): These are strange economics, strange politics, strange times indeed
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Be careful what you wish for in monetary policy
Graeme Hall (Herald): Will Winston Peters add impetus to privacy reform?
Michael Reddell (Newsroom): Productivity growth still missing in action
Michelle Duff: Would Kate Sheppard be proud of today's women?
Stuff: State services commissioner should consider MSD chief's position, says lawyer
Steven Price (Media law journal): BSA and ASA to political parties: “sure, lie all you like”