NZ Politics Daily - 10 October 2017
10 October 2017
Today's content
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Coalition negotiations
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Why it is extremely unlikely that Winston Peters will become Prime Minister
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Clearing the bad blood between Winston Peters and Greens
RNZ: Ardern maintains 'separate' negotiations
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Major change coming no matter who is in power: Winston Peters
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Coalition talks picking up pace
Claire Trevett (Herald): NZ First leader Winston Peters pushing in talks for ban on land and asset sales to foreigners
Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Foreign ownership discussed in negotiations
Richard Harman (Politik): What the presence of Tabuteau at the talks tells us
Barry Soper (NewstalkZB): Bill English doing little to endear himself to Winston Peters
Tim Watkin (Pundit): This much we know: It's a different kind of drag race
Wayne Mapp (Spinoff): How coalitions are made (and destroyed)
Simon Wilson (Spinoff): We’re looking at a Greens-National deal from the wrong direction
NZ Herald editorial: Winston Peters offers a strange smorgasbord
Chris Trotter (Stuff): 'Dear Winston' - an open letter to the leader of NZ First
Mike Smith (Standard): Politics or Policy?
Mitch Harris (Newshub): Common purpose more important than just 'wins'
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Why my heart wants Winston to choose Labour
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How do minor parties do in Government?
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Political haggling starts in earnest
1News: 'I know it's frustrating'- James Shaw leaves media without answers following Labour talks
1News: Greens begin negotiations with Labour, bat away swipes from National for not talking to both sides
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Politically Correct: Secrecy surrounds coalition talks
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern slams David Seymour over Winston Peters remarks
Stuff: David Seymour says Winston Peters will become prime minister
David Seymour (Newshub): Winston Peters a 'likable rogue' who's 'done a lot of damage'
Herald: David Seymour: NZ First government a 'train wreck' in waiting
Asher Emanuel, Ollie Neas & Stella Blake-Kelly (Spinoff): What NZ First voters really want and four other blinding insights from the Policy data
RNZ: 'Shuddering halt' would follow drastic migrant cut – EMA
Herald: Rewi McLay and Nathan Judd write Winston Peters ‘kingmaker’ song
MMP
Colin James (ODT): This is the world of MMP - get used to it
Steve Maharey (Pundit): Relax - Winston Peters, Negotiations and getting the best from MMP
No Right Turn: A weird way to do electoral reform
Special votes and final election results
Claire Trevett (Herald): NZ First cops it in Maori seats, held up by regions
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): National's most and least valuable electorates
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Electorate Seats under MMP
Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Special votes turn Palmerston North into a Labour electorate twice over
Torika Tokalau-Chandra and Mahvash Ali (Western Leader):Labour takes back party vote in New Lynn and Te Atatū
Liam Hehir (Stuff): ACT stronghold on Epsom due to far more than National goodwill
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How the pollsters did in 2017
Environment
Stuff: Which New Zealand rivers have the worst clarity?
Russel Norman (Stuff):'Business as usual' will no longer wash on the environment
David Hall (Newsroom): Emissions, not migration, the climate change issue
Stuff: How much is NZ spending on research to benefit the environment?
Tom O'Connor (Stuff): There is no escaping climate change
Dene Mackenzie (ODT):Inquiry will help frame climate-change debate: users group
Ton Bührs (Briefing Papers): The interrelatedness of environmental problem
Immigration
Andy Fyers and Brad Flahive (Stuff): Fact check: New Zealand has the fastest growing population in OECD
Stuff: Duncan Garner horrified at being labelled 'racist', 'white supremacist' after immigration column
Susan Devoy (Stuff): Inflammatory racist language doesn't belong here
Keith Ng (Public Address): An Indian, a Pakistani & a Broadcaster Walk into a Kmart
Steven Cowan (Against the current): The anguish and pain of Duncan Garner
Housing
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): Real estate agents linking up with mortgage brokers
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): We're realising a capital gains tax is the way forward, experts say
Dan Satherley (Newshub): BNZ chief calls for capital gains tax to fight the 'big gap between rich and poor'
John Boynton (RNZ): Te Puea Marae signs with private sector to support homeless
Anne Gibson Herald): NZ tenants want pets after sweeping reforms in Victoria
Police
RNZ: Police tweet: 'We got it completely wrong'
Herald: New Zealand Police delete offensive tweet
Employment
Alexa Cook (RNZ): One in five farmers ignoring safety regs – WorkSafe
Alexa Cook (RNZ): Fall in farm worker deaths 'encouraging'
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Union takes IRD to court over personality testing
RNZ: NZ jobs vital for evacuated seasonal workers on Vanuatu's Ambae island
Ged Cann (Stuff): Wellington conference explores how workers can future-proof themselves
Defence, Industry and National Security Forum
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Peace Action blockades Westpac Stadium arms industry forum
Herald: Protesters block entrances to 'weapons expo' in Wellington
Health
University of Otago: New research shows NZ children are surrounded by junk food ads
Tom Furley (RNZ): Research highlights undetected eye problems in children
Russell Brown (Public Address): Out of sight, out of mind: how we forgot about synthetics
Herald: Counties Manukau mental health service criticised over death of patient
Other
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Government investigating fuel tax hike
Gabrielle Stuart (Christchurch Star): Christ Church Cathedral: Cost to ratepayers revealed
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Court: No ACC for bringing up child