NZ Politics Daily - 12 October 2017
12 October 2017
Today's content
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Coalition negotiations
Vernon Small (Stuff): Secrecy, forelock-tugging making a mockery of all sides in coalition talks
Tim Watkin (Pundit): While we wait, a few lessons from the caretaker days
Nicholas Jones and Claire Trevett (Herald): Crunch time: Negotiations for Government contenders close today
Claire Trevett (Herald): Peters puts National and Labour to teabag test
Claire Trevett (Herald): When it comes to the Greens size does matter to Winston Peters
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Greens hold key to next Government
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Swallowing 'tough pill' of Opposition better than 'dead rats' - ex-Green MPs
Nandor Tanczos (Monkeywrenching): Which way Winston, and what’s in it for the Greens?
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Meet the people who will agree upon the next Government
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): NZ First board membership closely guarded
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Winston Peters says he's going to change New Zealand - where is his mandate?
Jo Moir (Stuff): Housing, education, health and 'first world wages and jobs' the focus for Winston Peters
Radio Waatea: Interview: NZ First leader Winston Peters
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): History repeats itself - Winston keeps NZ waiting
Henry Cooke (Stuff): What NZ First voters actually want
Karl du Fresne: Pardon me, but this is all arse-about-face
Mike Hosking (Herald): Reading the coalition tea leaves
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): These coalition talks
Claire Trevett (Herald): NZ First's final day of coalitions talks with National, Labour
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Coalition talks to be done by tonight
1News: 'We're doing the best we can' - Coalition talks to go on, but little hope of a decision today
Herald: NZ First's final day of coalitions talks with National, Labour
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Winston Peters says he wants a high majority of NZ First's board and caucus to approve whichever deal the party accepts
Derek Cheng (Herald): Winston Peters says 'serious consensus' with NZ First board needed before making choice
Stacey Kirk and Jo Moir (Stuff): Winston Peters will take both options to the NZ First board after Thursday night
Stacey Kirk (Stuff):A 'Labour Greens' Government a 'gross misrepresentation', says Winston Peters
Herald: Rub of the Greens: Winston Peters heaps scorn on Labour's partner
1 News: 'Never said something bad about him' - Peters insists there's no bad blood between him and Shaw
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): James Shaw trusts Labour to bring back fair deal from Winston Peters
Herald: Birds of a feather flock together? Jacinda Ardern spotted at Winston Peters' favourite haunt
Jane Patterson (RNZ): 'Huge progress' on coalition talks – Peters
Mei Heron (RNZ): NZ First leader says huge progress made in coalition talks
Herald: Coalition talks: NZ First, National 'making huge progress'
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Winston now says not Thursday
Laura Walters (Stuff): New Zealand doesn't know what waiting is
Herald: Two days to go: Fresh urgency for coalition talks
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Winston Peters says we're now in compromise territory; National wasn't a fan of the Auckland Port to Whangarei move, but something has to be shifted up there
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Peters says we need to consider if NZ needs a deposit guarantee scheme like in Australia
Michael Reddell (Newsroom): Why deposit insurance makes sense for NZ
Matt Shand (Stuff): Regional mayors expect Winston Peters to make good on GST promise
Waatea News: Portfolio-less Seymour wants ministerial cut
Election results
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Labour's most and least valuable seats
Herald: Green vote highest in central cities, lowest in south Auckland
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Best and worst seats for the Greens
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Best and worst seats for NZ First
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): NZ First's most and least valuable electorates
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Which National MPs did best and worst compared to their party vote
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Northern iwi have numbers
Joshua Hitchcock (Spinoff): Where to now for Whānau Ora and Te Ture Whenua?
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): NZ lacks systems to check political parties' promises, think tank says
Keith Rankin (Daily Blog):Election Reflection
Health
Te Aniwa Hurihanganui (RNZ): One third of secondary students self harm – study
1News: A cry for help: Why is self-harm a growing problem among Kiwi teens? Brave Bella tells her story
Frances Cook (Herald): Police systems overhauled to stop mentally ill people being locked up
Frances Cook (Herald): Police mental health threatened by under-resourcing
Kyle MacDonald (Herald): The problem with Mental Health Awareness Week
Tom Hunt (Stuff): New Zealand retains bronze in OECD obesity stakes
Ryan Bridge (Newshub): Police block medicinal marijuana for 2000 illegal users
Madison Reidy (Stuff): Call to ban alcohol in supermarkets after cameras reveal over-exposure to children
Luke Kirkness (Herald): Jacinda Ardern donates her bra to help create chandelier artwork
Education
Katie Kenny and Andy Fyers (Stuff): Truth or fable: Are teachers underpaid? We unpick the figures on both sides
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Talks under way to pilot appeals panel for school boards of trustees' decisions
Simon Collins and Luke Kirkness (Herald): Principal apologises to students for poor teaching after accreditation withdrawn
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): University of Otago job loss numbers to be known this week
Road toll
Clive Matthew-Wilson (Stuff): Our roads are death-traps, says safety campaigner
Tim Brown (RNZ): Speed cameras missing in most of NZ
Housing
Luke Kirkeby (Stuff): Renters squeezed by South Waikato housing pressures
RNZ: Nationwide housing affordability improves
Colleen Hawkes (Stuff): Tenants' pets will be a 'right' in Victoria, but what about NZ?
Matt Stewart (Dominion Post): Big Issue-style street magazine for Wellington's homeless to launch next month
Environment
Stuff: The biggest users of New Zealand water
Stuff: How much nitrogen leaches from the soil in New Zealand?
Dominion Post Editorial: Plastic bags and the move to a greener economy
Rachel Clayton (Stuff): Local councils still want government levy on plastic bags
University of Otago: Climate change and extreme weather driving migration
Basil Sharp (Newsroom): Time for Auckland to harness renewable energy
Herald: Bird of the Year contest rocked by scandal as fraudulent votes logged for heron
1 News: Scandal rocks Bird of the Year competition after white-faced heron collects fraudulent votes
IRD and psychometric tests
Tamsyn Parker (Herald):Inland Revenue to hold off on using personality testing info
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Inland Revenue puts psychometric tests on hold ahead of legal challenge
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How is psychometric testing a Treaty breach?
Local government
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Wellington lobbies Government for special powers
Northern Advocate: Ex-MP Clendon seeks council seat in Far North byelection
Manawatu Gorge
Miri Schroeter (Stuff): Manawatū Gorge shortlist of alternative routes revealed
RNZ: Gorge road shortlist released
Christine McKay (Hawke’s Bay Today): Timeframe for new route around Manawatu Gorge comes as shock
Other
Dan Satherley (Newshub): IMF calls for higher taxes on the wealthy
Richard Harman (Politik): The Reserve Bank error that slowed economic growth
Heather Roy (Herald): Even Mike Hosking has the right to complain
Herald: BSA member Sean Plunket's controversial Weinstein tweet
RNZ: New census iwi standards 'a more inclusive approach'
Ged Cann (Stuff): Protesters at Tuesday's defence forum in Wellington make accusations of police brutality
RNZ: 'I survived by stopping trying to cope'
Jenesa Jeram (Spinoff): KiwiSaver is ‘nudge’ theory in action, but is it a nudge too far?
RNZ: More revelations on NZ role in Tokelau suspensions
RNZ: Akl airport: All international flights delayed last night
Stuff: Police fight to seize fraudster Joanne Harrison's KiwiSaver money
Sela Jane Hopgood and Sara Vui-Talitu (RNZ): Growing Fijian population in NZ highlights need for language week
University of Auckland (Newsroom): Māori research wins big at awards