NZ Politics Daily - 23 August 2017
23 August 2017
Today's content
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Election
Jack Vowles, Jennifer Curtin and Hilde Coffe (Newsroom): A more equal election on the cards
Spinoff: The bumper Spinoff guide to watching the NZ election 2017: the debates and the big night
Jack van Beynen (Stuff): Five things we want to see in the televised election debates
Newshub: Decision 17: Election will be 'battle of the bribes' - Patrick Gower
Anna Campbell (ODT): Vote because, in New Zealand, it counts
ODT: Editorial – Election: expect the unexpected
Thulacksha Thayarooban (Stuff): There is no perfect political party, but your vote still counts
Russell Brown (Public Address): Where are all the polls at?
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Ardern v English: Is this the time of transformation?
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): The political drama is real this time as National faces stiff challenge for power
Andrew Dickens (Herald): Ardern, policy, and the hyenas waiting to strip her bones
Timaru Herald Editorial: Make sure policy promise matches appeal of personality
Herald: Jacinda Ardern vs Bill English: Relentless dissatisfaction vs bloody-minded positivity
RNZ: Pasifika seen as pivotal force in NZ election
Sapna Samant (Spinoff): Asian New Zealanders deserve better than Asian MPs chosen by Pākehā bosses
Liz Gordon (Daily Blog): No hope for equality for women in next Parliament
Simon Collins (Herald): Election Policy series: can we trust the teachers?
Brittany Baker (Taranaki Daily News): Labour, Greens and National talk education and funding at Taranaki Kindergarten House
Ric Stevens (Press): Editorial: Road versus rail not as simple as National versus Labour
Nicholas Jones (Herald): NZ First delivers blunt message to business: 'sell your Contact shares now'
Stuff: 'If you've got shares in Contact, get rid of them now': NZ First
Jason Armishaw (The Co-op): A Policy A Day: Fiscal Drag
Danielle Clent (Nor-west News): Helensville candidates discuss transport and housing woes
Grumpollie: Analytics and the upcoming election
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Hauraki-Waikato voters weigh their options
Virginia Fallon (Stuff): Houses, coats and shoes: kids pressure parents to vote for the important things
David Fisher (Herald): Heartbeat: Ahipara, where not much has changed since the GFC stopped the boom-town talk
Jono Galuszla (Stuff): Labour and National announce Palmerston North housing policies
Max Towle, John Lake and Lucy Smith (RNZ): Beyond the Beehive: Tauranga
Emma Hurley (Newshub): The Outdoors Party wants to get into Parliament
Anna Loren (Stuff): Political candidates enjoy beer and banter at Auckland couple's housewarming party
Susan Strongman (RNZ): Classic New Zealand
Labour
Rachel Stewart (Herald): Jacinda Ardern an oasis in NZ's political desert
Patrick Gower and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): What is the Ardern agenda?
Suze Wilson (Stuff): We expect perfection from leaders when they are imperfect humans
Simon Collins (Herald): Labour says its student visa crackdown will cost $130 million
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Watch for the ‘no policy’ sexist attack on Jacinda by the right in the election
Herald: Jacinda Ardern in The PM Job Interview: 'It's time to talk about a republic'
No Right Turn: Ardern wants a republic
Jess Berentson-Shaw (Spinoff): Please Jacinda, don’t take the Blackadder approach to tax reform
Herald: Ardern's 'captain's call' to not rule out capital gains tax
TVNZ: Jacinda Ardern's apparent 'captain's call' leaves door open to a capital gains tax
Anthony Robins (Standard): Ardern cautious on capital gains tax
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour’s secret tax policy
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Ardern on TPP bottomline: 'Happy to be called bloody-minded'
Cecile Meier (Stuff): Is Labour's promise to boost mental health support in schools a win for Canterbury?
Herald: Ardern unfazed by rise of 'personality politics'
Cherie Lacey (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern and the scene of the selfie
TVNZ: Watch Labour's new campaign ad featuring Jacinda Ardern, a hair cut, and a fish and chip shop
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Take a look at Labour's new 'positive' campaign ad
Henry Cooke (Stuff): National goes after Labour in new attack ads - but not Ardern
Herald: Labour releases new campaign ad; National launches attack
TVNZ: 'I have to work with what voters deliver' – Jacinda Ardern deflects TOP question
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Will Jacindamania follow the boom and bust of Schulzomania?
Ryan Bridge (Newshub): At Home With Jacinda: Talking the talk with Labour leader Ardern
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern's family the victims of a violin swindler
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern: 'I was teased before braces'
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern's bodyguard's beard amasses fan base
Māori TV opinion poll
Māori TV: First Māori election poll reveals a red-wash
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: Coalition Options
Herald: Maori voters back Jacinda Ardern for PM: poll
Newshub: Māori voters struck by the Ardern effect
Māori TV Leaders Debate
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: First TV Debate with Political Leaders
Māori TV: Green party insists they are still "BFFs" with Labour
Māori TV: Māori Party co-leader would "struggle" to work with Winston Peters
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: Kiwis' right to own homes
Oriini Kaipara (Māori TV): Election Aotearoa: Party leaders debate tackling homelessness
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: Suicide, Drugs & High Prison Rates for Māori
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: Mental Health support in need of major boost
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: Tū Kotahi initiative praised by Harawira
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: Questions from the Audience
Stuff: Māori Television kicks off first leadership debate
Newshub: Hone Harawira trying to get in Parliament on 'Labour's mana' - Kelvin Davis
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Maori TV Leaders Debate – What new poll means, Hone Harawira + Gareth Morgan shine
Treasury opens the books
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Steven Joyce puts Labour in financial straightjacket
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Govt's books show one-off $2bn boost
Vernon Small (Stuff): Minimal extra cash for politicians' promises in Treasury update
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Treasury's pre-election fiscal update throws a curve ball at Election 2017
Herald: Treasury's books reveal tax take up but predicted growth down, incoming government warned
No Right Turn: Time to tax the rich to fix National's social deficit
Vernon Small (Stuff): Brace for the 'show me the money' moment as Treasury opens the books
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Look at govt books could give parties room to play
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Hey Bill, we've plans for surplus
Water
TVNZ:Irrigation water tax on farmers supported by majority of Kiwis - 1 NEWS Colmar Brunton poll
Dianna Vezich (Newshub): NZ farmers admit waterway protections 'not enough'
Reesh Lyon (RNZ): Farmers vowing clean rivers reject cow reduction
Peter Fowler (RNZ): Farmers' groups make swimmable water vow
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The only reason farmers suddenly care about the water is because they know Labour will win
Megan Hands (Spinoff): Counting the cost of Labour’s water tax
Philippa Tolley (RNZ): NZ's drinking water compliance totally inadequate - Water NZ
NZ First
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters prepares to hold balance of power
Oliver Lewis (Marlborough Express): Marlborough councillor Jamie Arbuckle confirmed as New Zealand First candidate
Pete George (Your NZ): The NZ First poll jump fallacy
National
Richard Harman (Politik): National starts to debate tax --- there may be more cuts on the way
Nicholas Jones (Herald): National's 'boldest-ever' trade policy just a wishlist: Labour
TVNZ: National unveils 'boldest ever' trade push in bid to reach 2.5 billion international customers
Newshub: National aims to complete TPP 11 by 2020
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Bill English doesn't want Winston Peters anywhere near NZ's monetary policy settings but can't rule him out becoming Finance Minister
Auckland Now: Leaving Auckland airport's traffic woes out of $10.5b transport package 'shocking'
Sam Kilmister (Manawatu Standard): Deputy prime minister Paula Bennett opens new Feilding Information Centre
Richard Harman (Politik): As election narrows, National hits the fund raising button with high priced dinner with PM
Peter Dunne
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Dunne retires
TVNZ: Drug Foundation fears for drug policy reform as Peter Dunne bows out
Newshub: Peter Dunne wishes he'd quit earlier
Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): Purple Rain Man: The Brief History Of Thirty Three Years Of Peter Dunne In Parliament
Greens
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Greens reaffirm capital gains tax policy, if in Government
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Top Green Party staffers move on as turmoil hits party's backroom
Herald: Top Green Party staffer resigns just weeks out from election
TVNZ: Green Party resignations continue with two senior staff standing down
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Greens facing management shake-up
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Greens in further turmoil
Act Party
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff): ACT candidate Stephen Berry defending 'hate speech' against transgender people, booed at debate
Herald: Act candidate Stephen Berry: Telling transgender they are disgusting is your right
Herald: Act candidate tells Rainbow forum hate speech is price of free country
Newshub: ACT Party candidate Stephen Berry says hate speech against trans people shouldn't be shut down
TOP
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Twitter outrage will get TOP 5%
Newshub: Gareth Morgan doubles down with 'lipstick pig' billboards
Herald: TOP leader Gareth Morgan blows up 'lipstick on pig' controversy
Housing
Rob Stock (Stuff): Renters v Landlords: The horror stories from Renters United report
Rob Stock (Stuff): Renters v Landlords: the argument for regulation
Rob Stock (Stuff): Renters United report calls for caps on annual rent rises
Todd Niall (RNZ): 'Highly successful' Auckland housing scheme offers hope - Māori board
No Right Turn: Let's lynch the landlord
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Voter Motivators 2017: Housing.
Simon Collins (Herald): Winston Peters accused of 'race-baiting' attack on Chinese air crew
Hamish McNicol (Stuff): Election uncertainty and loan-to-value restrictions put brakes on property prices
Alex Tarrant (Interest): Don't scare the horses: Incremental housing affordability improvements the name of the game
Media
Stuff: Sinead Boucher named as Stuff chief executive
RNZ: New CEO, rebrand for Fairfax NZ
Herald: Fairfax NZ renamed Stuff, new CEO appointed
Duncan Greive (The Spinoff): Eras don’t last forever: Clarkson, Hosking and the last days of the rude white dude
Other
Brad Flahive (Stuff): Another year, another high school ball drama
Alex Casey (Spinoff): ‘Get rarked up and stay rarked up’: Helen Clark on bouncing off the glass ceiling
Lane Nicholas (Herald): Paternity case: John Banks urged abortion and helped source the drugs – claim