20 August 2017
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Election - Donations
Michael Wright and Catrin Owen (Stuff): Four out of every five dollars donated to big parties in secret, sparking new push for transparency
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): MPs arrive with best of intentions; we must constantly remind them of need for openness
Michael Wright, Brad Flahive and James Pasley (Stuff): Artworks used to funnel secret donors' contributions to the Labour Party
Catrin Owen (Stuff): Show us the money: Donors bankrolling Greens lead way in fronting up to public
Election – UMR poll
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour's polling closes gap on National
Vernon Small (Stuff): More good news for Labour as Jacinda Ardern prepares for campaign launch
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Election tightens as National drops 3 percent in new poll
Newshub: 'Let's not celebrate too much' about poll surge - ex-Labour member
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): New UMR Poll – National 40%, Labour 37%, Green 8%, NZ First 9%
Election
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Launch buttons prepped – the race for power in 2017 set to be anything but predictable
Alex Tarrant (Interest): NZ's political fishing season begins
Brittany Keogh (Herald): Ad experts tell politicians how their billboards should really look to sell their party
Max Towle, John Lake and Lucy Smith (RNZ): Beyond the Beehive: Rodney
Nicholas Jones (Herald): National voters, wider public back cannabis law reform: poll
Newshub: Support for cannabis reform getting higher
Kim Knight (Herald): First interview: Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and partner Clarke Gayford
Tara Shaskey (Stuff): On the trail with Paula Bennett: business, innovation and ponytails
The Standard: National’s Record On The Environment – Abysmal
Herald: 'No Maori seats, no deal' - Gareth Morgan's bottom line
TVNZ: 'People in need deserve a champion' – Hone Harawira determined to claim back Te Tai Tokerau
Tony Wall (Stuff): Maori Party selects Wendy Biddle despite past financial scrutiny
Brenda Harwood (ODT): Young voters ‘missing’
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Why this election is rubbish
Paul Little (Herald): Election time and the ideas just keep coming
Michele A'Court & Jeremy Elwood (Stuff): Why taxes aren't so bad after all
Caitln McGee (Newshub): Immigration Nation
Election – Greens
Jehan Casinader (Stuff): Anatomy of a Meti-crisis: Green leader James Shaw's candid account of 'the longest week of all time'
Clare de Lore (Listener): The Greens' James Shaw on Metiria, the election and meeting his dad a third time
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): It’s A Question Of Values, My Friends: What The Greens Must Do To Survive
Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): One Day Out with Green Team #5
Election – Health
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): National's hospital news bent the rules - Winston Peters
TVNZ:'Complete rebuild' of Dunedin Hospital announced by PM, costing over $1 billion
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): PM Bill English rushed away from protesters at $1b Dunedin Hospital rebuild announcement
Herald: PM caught up in protest after new $1.2b Dunedin Hospital announced
RNZ: National pledges to spend $1.2bn on Dunedin Hospital rebuild
Election – Water
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Something slimy in the water, and it's not eels
Michael Coote (NZCPR): Will water flow to Maori?
John Roughan (Herald): Why would we selectively tax bottled water?
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): The Water Debate
NZ-Australia citizenship spat
Toby Manhire (Guardian): Has the friendly rivalry between New Zealand and Australia been fatally injured?
Rodney Hide (Herald): This isn't Labour MP Chris Hipkins' fault
Immigration
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Report reveals farm conditions faced by Filipino workers
Housing
Lisa Owen (Newshub): The Housing Debate
RNZ: National says drop in social housing being addressed
Nadine Higgins (Stuff): I got a house by the skin of my teeth - other young people need the same opportunity
Environment
Jeffrey Kitt (Stuff): Survey finds residents support plastic bag levy, but will likely still use them
Rebecca Macfie (Listener): The man behind a Maori bid to tackle climate change
Other
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): Losing independence
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Broadcasters warned over mining social media
Jarred Williamson (Stuff): South Auckland police cases twice as likely to fall short of prosecution
Sharon Stephenson (North & South): On the record: Parliament's Hansard turns 150
Peter Aranyi (The Paepae): ‘Dirty Politics’ – two worthwhile retrospectives & some new developments
Rachel Clayton (Stuff): Half a million hungry Kiwi kids being fed by Eat My Lunch
Leighton Keith (Taranaki Daily News): Step Up video project featuring John Key ends asset rich but cash poor
Chloe Winter (Stuff): Lack of diversity present on higher fee-paying boards, new figures show
Alison Mau (Stuff): Fundamentalist pastors, councillors, bigotry – and don't forget shambolic Julie Bishop