NZ Politics Daily - 26 August 2017
26 August 2017
Today's content
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General election
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diary of the election campaign
Tim Watkin (Pundit): TV debate time: Election 17 gets the boost it needs
Simon Wilson (The Spinoff): If Labour and National both get 40%, who gets into parliament?
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Political leaders are in the wrong parties
Jason Thomas and Simon Maude (Stuff): What election hoardings can learn from the commercial world
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Five questions to get you through the next week on the campaign trail
Steve Maharey (Pundit): Tax and Spend - isn't that what all politicians do?
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Seymour labels Peters a 'charismatic crook'
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Gareth Morgan lashes out at 'femo-fascists'
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Harawira, Fox don't care how much feeding the kids costs
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Decision '17: Who can work with who
Weekend Herald editorial: Labour's late change has made this a great race
John Roughan (Herald): We're still waiting to see if more cash made a difference
Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour MP Nanaia Mahuta: Kingitanga at risk after Maori Party endorsement
Oliver Chan (Impolitikal): Hard work versus the bank of mum & dad
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Hoping for Jacinda effect
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Rethink business ties: Maori Party
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Below the beltway: Who starred and who stumbled this week in politics
Pete George (Your NZ): Social media on election day
Labour Party
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Transparently Opaque: What, exactly, is the “this” Jacinda is inviting us to do?
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Come clean on tax? Let's do that
Audrey Young (Herald): With 28 days to go, National waits for 'stardust' to settle
John Armstrong (Herald): That ain't lipstick - it's war paint
Steve Braunias (Herald): The great political ping-pong tournament: Jacinda Ardern proves a good sport
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern bats off health rumours: 'I am robust enough'
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): Child poverty 'unfinished business'
Herald: Jacinda draws crowds in South Auckland, Otara markets give warm welcome
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Half of New Zealanders to pay $8 or less for doctor under Labour policy
1News: Jacinda Ardern announces Labour will cut GP visits by a further $10
Adam Jacobson and Jo Moir (Stuff): Labour announces $30m boost for Auckland's SkyPath
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Labour to fund SkyPath cycleway across Auckland Harbour Bridge
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour’s tax agenda getting clearer
National Party
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): The National Party In Gumboots
Duncan Garner (Stuff): After nine years in power, why is National's report card so full of fails?
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): A pre-election Tweetstorm bounces around the Beehive
Ryan Bridge (Newshub): At Home With Bill: An intimate interview with Prime Minister English
Newshub: Jono and Ben's awkward take on Newshub's Bill English interview
Newshub: Treasury did not break election rules by using National slogan – State Services Commission
RNZ: SSC clears National over use of campaign slogan
Jo Moir (Stuff): Nikki Kaye's health scare and not running against Jacinda has changed her campaign
Hayden Donnell (The Spinoff): Wait, that National Party campaign tune does sound a lot like this Bob Dylan song
Kate Nicol-Williams (1News): 'Definitely help with my student loan' - cash grant for new teachers to be extended to all Auckland schools
Mike Hosking and TV leaders debates
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Bill English and Jacinda Ardern set to face off
Stuff: The Mike Hosking effect: Are controversial statements likely to tarnish or raise TVNZ's brand?
Brad Flahive (Stuff): Māori Party want sponsors to pull out of Seven Sharp after Mike Hosking's 'rubbish' comments
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Call to boycott Seven Sharp sponsor over Hosking's comments
Dani McDonald (Stuff): Mike Hosking's views and attitude dangerous to TVNZ's integrity
Brad Flahive (Stuff): How accurate was Mike Hosking's clarification?
Greens
Claire Trevett (Herald): Metiria Turei still hopeful of two ticks from voters
Vernon Small (Stuff): It's the environment election but the Greens are wilting
Pete George (Your NZ): Campaigning for electorate and mission Metiria
David Kennedy (Local bodies): Paddy Gower makes stuff up again
Ryan Boswell (1News): 'Pick policies over leadership' - Green Party fights for traction after horror start to campaign
Dunedin hospital rebuild promises
Isaac Davison (Herald): National goes user pays, while Labour rules out PPPs
Andrea Vance (1News): Labour matches National's promise of new Dunedin hospital - fully funded by the taxpayer
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Labour promises new Dunedin Hospital
Mei Heron (RNZ): Ardern raises stakes over Dunedin hospital
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Cheese rolls, cold student flats, and a new hospital - Labour's Jacinda Ardern visits Dunedin
Electorate contests
Claire Trevett (Herald): The Maori battlegrounds
Laura Dooney (Stuff): What does Peter Dunne's resignation mean for Ohariu, after 33 years?
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Doorknocking through the most interesting electorate in the country
Philip Matthews (Stuff): Unfinished business in Christchurch's Wigram electorate
Kirsty Lawrence (Stuff): Housing issues focal point at Rangitikei candidates' meeting
Election policy debate
1News: Health the most important issue for voters according to 1 NEWS Vote Compass survey
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Who should I vote for? Poverty policy at a glance
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Who should I vote for? Affordable housing at a glance
John Hartevelt (Stuff): NZ Election 2017: The environment election
Stuff: NZ Election 2017: The one issue almost everyone is worried about
Abbie Reynolds (The Spinoff): Leave no New Zealander behind – a Sustainable Business Election Manifesto
Claire Black (The Co-op): A Policy A Day: Trans Rights
Vivien Maidaborn (Stuff): In the voting booth, remember 9 children, 23 adults killed every year through family violence
Voting and non-voting
Michael Wright (Stuff): New Zealand's growing non-voting problem
Jeremy Lawry (Newshub): Decision 17: Why you should bother to vote
Tracy Hicks (Stuff): Our right to vote - don't take it lightly
Gareth Morgan and TOP
Beck Eleven (Stuff): Gareth Morgan knows best (and he'll keep telling you that)
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A day in the life of Gareth Morgan
Pete George (Your NZ): TOPling?
New Zealand First
Jono Galuszka (Stuff):Darroch Ball keen for second term at Winston's school of politics
Pete George (Your NZ): Where’s Winston?
NZ military and Afghanistan
Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold (Stuff): Baghak: The village New Zealand troops left behind
Bevan Hurley (Stuff): Calls grow for a public inquiry into Afghanistan war
David Fisher (Herald): NZSAS seeking six women to set up specialist unit for 'female engagement'
Weekend Herald editorial: Who said danger is no place for women?
Audrey Young (Herald): Jacinda Ardern on campaign trail: 'We'll 'reassess our role in Afghanistan'
Reuters: Afghanistan: New Zealand boosts army commitment, by three
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Government announces boost to Afghanistan deployment
New Zealander of the year awards
Herald: Metiria Turei and Barnaby Joyce lead nominations for NZer of the Year
Stuff: Metiria Turei has most nominations for 2018 New Zealander of the Year
Susan Strongman (The Wireless): Barnaby Joyce: New Zealander of the Year?
Housing
Brian Gaynor (Herald): Building, the industry that got left behind
Imran Ali (Northern Advocate): Govt considers buying Northland motels for struggling families
John Tookey (The Spinoff): House construction in New Zealand is a disaster – but it can be fixed
Alexia Russell (Newsroom): Stuck in a building rules Catch-22
Health
Cate Broughton (Stuff): $117m deficit for Kiwi health boards more than double original forecast
RNZ: Coleman reveals $117m national DHB deficit
Teuila Fuatai (Newsroom): Auckland DHBs drop disability reps from advisory committees
Transport
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Greens plan light rail to Wellington Airport by 2027
Brian McDonnell (Herald): Light rail from CBD to airport ill-conceived
State surveillance and Dotcom
David Fisher (Herald): GCSB found to have illegally spied on others in new Megaupload twist
RNZ: Spy agency's Dotcom surveillance illegal, court rules
Other
Tim Watkin (RNZ): 9th Floor book: 'We're all in this together'
Gwynn Compton (Libertas digital): John Key was Emmanuel Macron before it was cool
The Standard: Political Statues
Lyn Prentice (The Standard): A personal view of a decade of The Standard 2.0
Jeremy Elwood & Michele A'Court (Stuff): Why 7 Days should never be silenced
ODT: Editorial – More jam tomorrow
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ’s labour force participation rate
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): School delivers one-two punch
Philip Matthews (Stuff): Week in review: Billion dollar dreams
Geoffrey Palmer (Herald): Wrong to hold Barnaby Joyce's problem against a formal constitution
Eric Crampton (The Spinoff): Outside the Asylum: chapter five of an epic essay in praise of New Zealand