NZ Politics Daily - 8 October 2017
8 October 2017
Today's content
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Special votes and official election results
Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters on talks: no bias or set minds
Audrey Young (Herald): Game on! PM Jacinda Ardern now a 'real possibility' after final election count
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Latest election results strip National of its advantage
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Game on for Labour-Greens Government
1News: Watch: Corin Dann gives his analysis as special votes set up a 'knife-edge' five days in Parliament
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): The special votes swing left – here’s how the votes fell and what they mean
Andrew Geddis (RNZ): Final election results potentially game-changing
Richard Harman (Politik): NZ has swung to the left. Now it is up to Winston.
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Comment: Boost for Labour in race for Winston’s affections
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Of one thing, we're certain – the government is a 50/50 call
Jonathan Milne (Herald on Sunday): Winston weighs up baubles and vendettas against public good
Toby Manhire (The Spinoff): After specials, it’s closer than ever – but what do Winston’s voters want?
Jo Moir, Tracy Watkins and Amanda Saxon (Stuff): What Winston wants: It's crunch time as coalition talks get under way in Wellington
RNZ: NZ First to meet National and Labour today
Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Election 2017: the no threshold hypothesis
Gwynn Compton (Libertas digital): Final count: Electorate party vote winners and losers
1News: Special vote breakdown: The highest number ever saw Labour rise from past slump
Caleb Morgan (Cut your hair): Special votes are increasingly turning towards Labour, away from National
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How the specials went
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Final 2017 election results
Audrey Young (Herald): Election 2017: Labour-Greens bloc picks up two seats, National lose 2 seats after special vote count
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Labour, Greens gain in final election result
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Special votes: Left wins two seats, National loses two in the final count
RNZ: National drops 2 seats, Greens/Labour pick up 2
RNZ: Election results: what you need to know
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand election: full results give Labour boost and nation its first refugee MP
David Cormack (RNZ): Winston and the predictable, boring, no clearer, very dull specials
Greg Presland (Standard): And the final result is …
Election satire
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Winston Peters said nothing in talks with National, just walked around room with a box cutter
Steve Braunias' (Herald): Secret Dairy of ... the coalition talks
David Slack (Herald): How we vote in New Zealand
Special votes - Mandates
Herald: Election 2017: Bill English, Jacinda Ardern both claim mandate after final votes counted
Anna Bracewell-Worall (Newshub): Special votes: A mandate for change or clear backing for National?
Sam Sachdeva and Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Ardern claims mandate for change after final election results
RNZ: 'We have a strengthened mandate' – Ardern
1News: Jacinda Ardern: 'We have a strengthened mandate' to form government
Herald: Bill English: Results say National is 'significantly' largest party after special vote count
RNZ: National still 'significantly the largest party'
1News: Bill English: 'Let's get on and form a government'
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Fourth term government votes
Special votes - MPs
Herald: Meet Golriz Ghahraman, the Green Party's newest Member of Parliament
Simon Maude (Stuff): Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman ‘humbled and excited’ after special vote win
TVNZ: Meet NZ's newest MPs: Green's Golriz Ghahraman and Labour's Angie Warren-Clark
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): NZ Election 2017 special votes: The winners and the losers
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Nicola Willis says dream to represent National in Parliament not over yet
Opinion polls
Grumpollie: How did the polls do (final outcome?)
Newshub: NZ Election 2017: Newshub's poll predicted election winner
Pre announcement
Audrey Young (Herald): Labour has the edge if the Left's seat count rises
Laura Walters (Stuff): Now the real fun begins: Official election results due Saturday
Claire Trevett (Herald): Special votes: Labour, Greens expected to gain at National's expense
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Decision 17: What to expect when special votes are released
Newshub: Greens, Labour eagerly await special vote results
Coalition negotiations
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Can Winston Peters really form a govt in five days?
Finlay Macdonald (RNZ): Which Winston will step up for coalition talks?
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Has Winston got a final trick up his sleeve?
Barry Soper (Herald): The moral mandate doesn't exist under MMP
Liam Dann (Herald): Enjoy the political vacuum while it lasts
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): After days of drumming fingers everyone is ready for some action
Corin Dann (TVNZ): Bottom lines can be worked around, expects 'crazy and intense' five days if centre-left pick up more seats
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Adults In The Room?
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Winston's wants not so way out
Bernard Lagan (Listener): Australia is quietly excited about Winston Peters' return to power
John Roughan (Herald): A fourth election victory is truly historic
The Standard: The Green Party’s coalition process
Māori Party and Māori MPs
Claire Trevett (Herald): Dr Lance O' Sullivan to breathe life into the Maori Party
Jo Moir (Stuff): Labour's Māori MPs could be the biggest losers in any Winston Peters government
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): Tāmati Coffey, the man who won the battle but may lose the war
Marama Fox (Stuff): Enough political talk, let's build houses! I'm throwing my hat in the ring ...
Election and parliament
I'm no fox: The problem isn’t just MMP, but how we use it.
Rodney Hide (Herald): MMP gives too much power to one man
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): Proportional Representation – Disproportional Influence
Gwynn Compton (Liberats Digital): Post-election social media blues (sort of)
Faisal Halabi (Spinoff): Through the eras: assessing the diversity of our parliamentary cabinets
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Why voting shouldn't be a matter of choice
Pete George (Your NZ): Compulsory voting isn’t a solution
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Below the beltway: Who starred and who stumbled in politics this week
Pike River
Press Editorial: A ray of hope for Pike River families
Herald: Labour would create Pike River re-entry minister role
Mei Heron (RNZ): Pike River robot exploration on track
Rebecca Macfie (Listener): Families of Pike River mine victims make case in final forum for appeal
Environment
Rod Oram (Newsroom): Chief Scientist concerned about EPA
Newshub: New Zealand farming a 'broken model' - water scientist
Jemma Brackebush (RNZ): Unfenced streams major source of water contamination
Herald Editorial: Russel Norman's protest trial full of intrigue
Elena Di Palma (RNZ): Bag ban tip of the plastic iceberg
Ellie Hooper (Noted): Greenpeace calls on New World to match Countdown's plastic bag ban
Kerre McIvor (Newstalk ZB): At last an end to single-use plastic bags
Jamie Morton (Herald): Conservation groups hail huge new Niue reserve
Madison Reidy (Stuff): Kiwi consumers are voting green with our wallets
Health
RNZ: NZ eliminates NZ-origin measles
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Measles and rubella officially eliminated from NZ
Florence Kerr and Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Waikato DHB chairman refuses to resign
RNZ: Waikato DHB chair was warned about CEO
Newshub: Call for dedicated men's health strategy in New Zealand
Angela Woods (Herald): Petition for mental health inquiry gets 21,000 signatures in four days
Education
Andy Fyers (Stuff): Truth or fable: Is there a teacher shortage? Are they underpaid?
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): The list that wasn't: Two-year battle over 'withheld' shoddy school names finally over
Oliver Lewis (Stuff): Brian Tamaki appearance prompts school to review hiring policy
John Gerritsen (RNZ): MIT repays money following investigation
Local government
Todd Niall (RNZ): Slow start to Goff mayoralty
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Executive salary costs rise 89% at Auckland Council agency
RNZ: Goff tells ATEED to take 'a hard look' at its focus
Colette Devlin (Dominion Post): After 12 months Wellington City Councillors are starting to find their voice
Damian George (Stuff): Low income Wellington families choosing between food and public transport
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): #Buttgate: Top official at Wellington City Council slams 'stupid and wasteful' bylaw
Justice
Edward Gay (RNZ); Boy, 13, spent night in cells with adults
RNZ: Cells 'should never be an option' for children
Other
Julie Iles (Stuff): What are New Zealand's most overworked jobs?
Brad Flahive (Stuff): MSD investigators 'not well equipped to make sound decisions'
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Dear NZ, how do we want to look in 20 years?
RNZ: Minister confident Cooks can cope with status upgrade
Jessica Long (Stuff): Flashback - The beginning of GST and radical financial changes for Kiwis
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Lender asks: What's going on with Kiwibank?
Damien Grant (Stuff): Why involve the government when we go to tie the knot?