NZ Politics Daily - 18 October 2017
18 October 2017
Today's content
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Coalition negotiations
Audrey Young (Herald): One offer good, two offers can get complicated
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Coalition talks gather pace with secret meetings
1News: Talks prove to be complex and messy with no guarantee of decision today, says Corin Dann
1News: Analysis: 'These talks are proving far more complex'– 1 NEWS' Corin Dann on ongoing NZ First talks
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Winston's never far from conspiracy
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Winston's 22 best 'sick burns' on National
1News: 'I predict he will be deputy PM' – 1 NEWS' Katie Bradford on the 'big moves' for NZ First
Richard Harman (Poltik): Are we there yet?
Herald: D-day? NZ First 'getting closer' to decision
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Is Winston Peters a Very Hungry Caterpillar?
Simon Wiilson (Spinoff): Four big reasons why National should not lead the next government. And four why it should
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): It’s Winston’s tea party and we’re all invited
Timaru Herald: Is it time for a limit, or perhaps an extension?
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Jacinda Ardern better be hoping Winston Peters and James Shaw enjoy those surprise make-over shows
RNZ: Greens will wait for Winston's choice – Ardern
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Watching NZ First's bizarre behaviour
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Taxpayers deserve better than Winston
Mike Hosking (Herald): Time to ditch MMP after this shambles
Claire Trevett and Nicholas Jones (Herald): Winston Peters' secret talks with Labour's Jacinda Ardern and National's Bill English
Laura Walters, Jo Moir and Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Secret Beehive meetings to thrash out government deal
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters holding late night one-on-one meetings
1News: One-on-one talks likely to centre around ministerial portfolios
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Winston Peters: Further talks with National, Labour
Claire Trevett (Herald): Winston Peters emerges from talks: There's still work to be done
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Caucus to finalise finer points with Labour and National; Board still needed for final decision
Laura Walters (Stuff): Peter Dunne says a government built on vanity is doomed to fail
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Peter Dunne hits out at 'absurd' negotiation process
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): NZ First has 'inbuilt self-destruct' mechanism – Dunne
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Debate debased
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How Winston could use MMP for NZ First and put New Zealand second
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): New Zealand election limbo continues as kingmaker talks end with indecision
Election and Parliament
Dominion Post Editorial: Peters is right to push for a lower parliamentary threshold
Claire Trevett (Herald):Interactive: 'Jacinda effect' and poll turnout helps Labour
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Where National gained and lost votes
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): Refugee MP Golriz Ghahraman on love, loathing and entering New Zealand politics
Bill English police interview audio
Herald: Police release Bill English audio tape as Winston Peters weighs his options
RNZ: Bill English police interview released
Environment
Jamie Morton (Herald): Pesticide traces in NZ honey surprises researcher
RNZ: Fiji continues push for 1.5 degree climate target
Maja Burry (RNZ): West Coast coal mine case heard
Volker Kuntzsch (Stuff): NZ needs a Ministry for the Oceans to protect our huge marine resource
Housing
Corazon Miller (Herald): Glen Innes beneficiary to be evicted tomorrow
Liam Dann (Herald): Housing warning for new Government in inflation stats
Brian Rudman (Herald): Nick Smith's laxative fails on blockage
Cadbury closure
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): Questions over Mondelez motives
ODT:Cadbury production moving to Australia
RNZ: Cadbury classics to be made in Australia
Health
Virginia Larson (North and South): Call the midwife? But she's 100km away
Samantha Gee (Nelson Mail): Medicinal cannabis campaigner Rose Renton facing cannabis charges
Eva Corlett (RNZ): Pharmacists lobby against codeine prescription move
Sally Murphy (RNZ): Auckland Hospital staff shortage hits midwives
ODT Editorial: The health future of the region
Michael Morrah (Newshub): 'Epidemic' as diabetes rates soar in the Pacific
Newshub: Beaches in Auckland set to become smokefree
Employment
Richard Harman (Politik): Why public servants should be paid less
Newshub: Criticism over 'unjustified' $1.2m civil servant pay
Stuff: Where New Zealand's biggest incomes are
Emile Donovan (RNZ): ERA chides Defence over refusal to bargain pay
Daily Blog: 2 chain* – Happy Labour Day (except at Talley’s)
Peter Cullen (Stuff): Determining redundancies with psychometric testing
Newshub: Why new Kiwi fathers fear taking parental leave – study
Media
NZ Herald editorial: Death of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia a blow for press freedom
BusinessDesk (Newsroom): Reduced StuffMe viewpoints not ComCom’s concern
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Media merger wouldn't change NZ reporting, Fairfax and NZME say in appeal
Melissa Nightingale (Herald): Potato chip shortage brought up in NZME Fairfax merger appeal in High Court
Aimee Shaw (Herald): Vodafone and Sky TV team up for Vodafone TV
Richard McManus (Stuff): How Twitter went from banal to brutal
Education
Stuart Middleton (Herald): NEETs curse must be tackled, it harms all of us
Newshub: Teacher calls on government to fund registration fees
Jack Close (Spinoff): Forget cancelling student fees. Let’s focus instead on fixing student welfare
Brigid Quirke (Salient): Salient and VUW tussle over Official Information Act requests
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): More AUSA referenda
Urewera raids
Tom O'Connor (Waikato Times): Never again can this happen
Cameron Walker (Spinoff): A decade after Urewera the Terrorism Suppression Act remains a threat to civil liberties
Other
Lois Williams (RNZ): Citizens Advice Bureau calls for help for beneficiaries
Jess Berentson-Shaw (Newsroom): Measuring poverty: don’t miss the point
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Active monetary policy exists because unemployment matters
Rachel Stewart (Herald) Kiwi drivers' attitude let loose behind the wheel with deadly results
Sadie Beckman (Horowhenua Chronicle): 'Unauthorised' person writing official emails for Horowhenua mayor
Herald: North Korea missile capable of hitting New Zealand, say experts
Herald: Giant Australian navy ship HMAS Choules to call at Napier
Herald: Mexican governor took New Zealand cows meant for farmers
RNZ: NZ Orion searching large area for missing Kiribati fishermen