NZ Politics Daily - 11 October 2017

11 October 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).
 

Coalition negotiations

Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters can't expect the top job

Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): Is Winston Peters our best current defence against market extremism?

Dominion Post Editorial: Winston Peters' bark is much scarier than his bite

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Winston knows how to drive a hard bargain

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Winston Peters wish list has sensitive topics

Newshub: Greens could be 'stumbling block' to Labour victory - Patrick Gower

Steve Maharey (Herald): Coalition negotiations - my advice to Jacinda Ardern

Richard Prebble (Herald): Bill English should step up and show some leadership

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Hallelujah Song

NZ Herald editorial: MMP needs a rule giving one party precedence

Gia Garrick (Newstalk ZB): What it's like waiting for Winston Peters

Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Peters tight-lipped on coalition timeframe

Audrey Young (Herald): Winston Peters says 'logistical things' reason for deadline extension

1News: Watch: Jim Bolger tells brilliant story about how he found out Winston Peters had picked National in 1996

RNZ: No government announcement by Thursday

Claire Trevett (Herald): Winston Peters to delay decision until Friday

1News: The long wait continues: Winston says coalition deal announcement 'as soon as possible after Thursday night'

Newshub: Close to crunch time for coalition talks

Newshub: Winston Peters: 'Nothing's changed' on negotiation dates

Derek Cheng (Herald): Winston Peters feeling the pressure of coalition negotiations

RNZ: Coalition negotiations continue into evening

Derek Cheng (Herald): Winston Peters dismisses idea of meeting with Greens

Alex Tarrant (Interest): Winston Peters indicates he's treating Labour and the Greens as one party in response to question on why he won't meet with James Shaw

Lloyd Burr: Greens are getting shafted – again

Corin Dann (1News): Labour reveals talks focusing on social, economic 'progress' but parties silent in 'critical' attempt to build trust

1News: 'It's quite possible we'll announce whatever we're going to do on TV1 to teach you guys a lesson' - Winston Peters teases reporter

Jo Moir and Henry Cooke (Stuff): Day 3 of negotiations: Winston Peters talks NZ dollar

Election results and parliament

Claire Trevett (Herald): Election Eye: Hiccups in Nelson but party vote shows Labour reclaiming its traditional turf

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Party Demographics

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Biggest and smallest majorities

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Where did TOP do best and worst?

Newshub: Decision 17: What are MPs doing right now?

Piers Fuller (Stuff): Labour's youngest and newest caucus member has natural flair for politics

Environment

Rachel Stewart (Herald): Trying to make sense of a world that is changing

Jamie Morton (Herald): Bycatch 'key driver' in NZ sea lion decline – study

Stuff: NZ Pure cans its plan to take 6.9 million litres of water a day from Blue Spring

Brian Rudman (Herald): Plastic bag ban can't come soon enough

Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Bags not: Supermarkets' ban just a drop in the ocean

Rachel Clayton (Stuff): New World matches Countdown to go plastic bag free by 2018

Herald: New World to go plastic bag free, giving away 2 million reusable bags

RNZ: New World adopts single-use plastic free goal

Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): A researcher responds to Reddell on emissions and immigration

James Pasley (Central Leader): Youth engagement could result in biggest ever Conservation Week

Housing

Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Auckland's homeless urge govt to act

Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Church overwhelmed homeless as demand soars

Joseph Nunweek (Spinoff): Victoria is planning to revolutionise rights for renters. Why isn’t NZ doing the same?

Todd Niall (RNZ): Auckland Housing Accord 'dismal failure' on affordability

Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Fewer than 100 'affordable' houses built under Auckland Housing Accord

No Right Turn: A dismal failure

Stuff: Media Take: 'Moral panic' over meth contamination in houses

Health

Frances Cook (Herald): Mother's tearful plea: 'Nobody helped us'

Newshub: Grieving parents take call for mental health inquiry to Parliament

Newshub: New Zealand students self-harming in droves – study

Gregor Coster (Stuff): New Zealand has far too many DHBs

Dave Macpherson (Daily Blog): Open letter to Waikato DHB Member to Chair regarding handling of CEO’s expenses

Immigration

Michael Morrah (Newshub): Seriously disabled man faces deportation despite no support network

1News: Migrants' stories of abuse working in Queenstown 'tarnishing' top tourist town's reputation

Jess Berentson-Shaw (Spinoff): Forget Garner’s undies: What works when it comes to immigration policy?

Graham Cameron (First we take Manhattan): Subject to Garner’s Gaze: racial determinism out here on the edge

Economy

Pattrick Smellie (Business Desk): On whose watch does the rock star economy give up?

Peter Lyons (ODT): Changes needed, but care essential lest truth emerge

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Election uncertainty pushes New Zealand dollar to four-month low

International relations

Robert Ayson (Spinoff): What will New Zealand do if Trump attacks North Korea?

Bryan Gould (Herald): China's political and business culture is not like ours

NZ Defence Industry Association forum

RNZ: Nine arrests during 'weapons expo' protest

Stuff: Palmerston North protesters make their voices heard at 'weapons expo'

Matt Stewart (Stuff): What is the New Zealand Defence Industry Association forum?

Stuff: Green MP Chloe Swarbrick shows support at arms industry forum blockade

Earthquakes and civil defence

Liz McDonald (Press): Housing on the cards for Christchurch red zone land

No Right Turn: This stinks

Herald: Statistics House to be demolished after Kaikoura quake

Julie Iles (Stuff): Call for Stats House floor hangers to be banned

Lisa Benoit (Newswire): Franz Josef village looks at moving away from alpine fault to avoid earthquake risk

RNZ: New Otago tsunami maps show evacuation zones

Australian parliamentary citizenship hearings

1 News: Barnaby Joyce 'didn't know' father was a Kiwi, Australia's High Court hears

RNZ/ABC: Australian parliamentary citizenship hearings begin

Other

Lois Williams  (RNZ): Kaipara mayor's resignation shocks colleagues

Laura Tupou (RNZ): Fuel tax increase considered for Akl transport

Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): NZ’s leap into the space race

Mike Hosking (Herald): Dullards, whingers, time wasters - time to scrap complaint watchdogs

Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Chief Justice: ‘We need to be careful’

Teuila Fuatai and Melanie Reid (Newsroom): Sisters stage online protest against Family Court

Ric Stevens (Press) Editorial: Road toll rising again after three decades of improvements

Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand: Pike River mine disaster families make Supreme Court appeal

Adriana Weber (RNZ): Furniture rules could halve death rate – Firefighters

John Boynton (RNZ): Push for Māori to step into IT industry

Jessie Chiang (RNZ): Fraudster confronts past demons

Herald: Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki says protesters are ‘jealous'