NZ Politics Daily - 29 August 2017
29 August 2017
Today's content
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Winston Peters superannuation leak
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): 'Zero tolerance' over Winston Peters' superannuation leak, says public service boss
Herald: Inland Revenue, MSD investigating if Winston Peters' superannuation was leaked
Audrey Young (Herald): Peters' case highlights an abuse of the 'no surprises' policy
Claire Trevett and Audrey Young (Herald): Beehive knew of Winston Peters' super payments two weeks ago
Jo Moir, Stacey Kirk and Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Winston Peters warned he was being 'taken down' by National
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Beehive knowledge of Peters' pension problem is explosive
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Winston Peters, scandal and a recipe for revenge
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Who didn't know about Winston's superannuation overpayments?
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Bill English's office told about Winston Peters' superannuation overpayment
Jo Moir (Stuff): Winston Peters has investigators working on who leaked info about his pension overpayment
Anusha Bradley (Journalist): Investigations over pension leak as Peters plans complaint
Richard Harman (Politik): Peters on the campaign trail looking for answers to super leak
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Dear National – If you come for Winston, you best take him out with the first shot – using a Lloyd Burr just won’t do
No Right Turn: Muldoonism at its worst
Judy Callingham (Brian Edwards Media): Winston Peters – another perspective
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Winston Peters super saga: I smell a rat
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Overpayment to Peters 'has been resolved' – MSD
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Winston’s Latest “Scandal”: Bureaucratic Bungle, or “Political Hit-Job”?
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Politically Correct: How Winston Peters could benefit from superannuation scandal
Southland Times Editorial: Winston needs to waive privacy
ODT Editorial: Winston's super conundrum
Ric Stevens (Press) Editorial: Winston Peters' superannuation overpayment adds yet another twist to election
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Comparing Winston, Metiria and Paula Bennett – Why? Why? Why?
Ben Thomas (Herald): Jacinda Ardern, Bill English in game of chicken over Winston Peters
Pete George (Your NZ): ‘Mother of all scandals’ a wind up?
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Peters: overpaid and under pressure
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Winston Peters and the real mother of all scandals
Labour
Vernon Small and Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Big boost for education, tertiary study as Labour unveils spending plan
Claire Trevett (Herald):Labour unveils $2 billion sweeters for students
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Labour announces $50 boost to student allowances
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Election Live 2017: Labour hunts youth vote with student sweeteners
RNZ: Labour pledges $50-a-week student allowance boost
Interest: Labour releases updated fiscals after Prefu, Brings forward 3-years' free tertiary education policy
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Labour tertiary education policy a total yawnfest
Vernon Small (Stuff): Labour poised to splash the cash on tertiary education as it 'opens the books' on spending plans
Herald: Jacinda Ardern on NZ Herald Focus
Rotorua Daily Post: Labour tourism package to be funded by visitor levy to help boost infrastructure
Vernon Small (Stuff): Labour plans $25 charge on international visitors to pay for tourism facilities
Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Labour would charge tourists $25 entry levy
Isaac Davison (Herald): Majority of Kiwis back water tax even if they face higher costs, new poll shows
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff):Princess Leia, Wonder Woman and . . . Jacinda Ardern
Martin Gregory (ISO): Jacindamania!
National
Colin James (ODT): A hard place and the 'rock'
Anna Bracewell-Worrall and Karen Rutherford (Newshub): National's second language guarantee based on one hour of learning a week
Adele Redmond (Stuff): Will National's plan to teach second languages to primary schoolers translate?
John Lewis (ODT): Government 'out of touch' on education needs
NZ Herald editorial: Te reo should be first choice on National's list
Graham Cameron (First we take Manhattan): National’s second language policy is an attack on te reo Māori
Thomas Manch (Stuff): Hamilton social service providers dispute PM's 'almost' no homeless claim
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The NZ National Party’s teal-clothed runners ad, explained
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): Why every Maori should be outraged by how racist National's Bootcamps really are
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): Tasman mayor welcomes plan for freedom camping crackdown
Electorate contests
Jo Moir (Stuff): Northland candidates go head-to-head as Winston Peters fights to retain the seat
Craig Hoyle (Stuff): North Shore polling booth is New Zealand's Ohio, picking a winner every time
James Pasley (Stuff): Auckland's Maungakiekie electorate could become bellwether
James Pasley (Stuff): Auckland central electorate very different to last election
Shabnam Dastgheib (Stuff): Who do Aucklanders trust to fix their city ahead of the election?
Lucy Swinnen (Stuff): Wonks and water pistols: Keeping pollies on track at Aro Valley meet the candidates
Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Thomas Nash brings positivity to Palmerston North political campaign
Mahvash Ali (Western Leader): A change of heart for a new politician
Mahvash Ali (Western Leader): Allow light smacks, but leave the face - Conservative candidate
NZ First
Clare de Lore (Listener): Winston Peters on Churchill, international relations and his advice for Trump
Jo Moir (Stuff): Winston Peters and NZ First president at odds over Shane Jones' list ranking
RNZ: Shane Jones placed 9th in list ranking
Election
Shaun Bamber (Stuff): We've done the analysis and, it's true, Mike Hosking isn't a biased moderator
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Backing Bill rallies against Jacindamania
Herald: Election 2017: The Great Together podcast - It's a clear choice, and a hard choice
Max Towle, John Lake and Lucy Smith (RNZ): Beyond the Beehive: Wellington
Max Towle, John Lake and Lucy Smith (RNZ): Beyond the Beehive: Wairoa
Melanie Bracewell (Spinoff): Make Me Tick: Voting – why even bother?
Cas Carter (Stuff): No excuse for young voters not to have their say
Isaac Davison (Herald): Fact or fiction: Auckland's $1 million houses
Cherie Sivignon (Stuff): PM to face questions at Nelson Grey Power election meetings
Baz Macdonald (Newsroom): Water a dangerous flashpoint for National and Labour
Ben Tan (The Co-op): A Policy A Day: A Vision for The Arts
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Who should I vote for? Drug policy at a glance
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Gareth Morgan adds new deputy co-leader of TOP, releases party list
Tom O'Connor (Waikato Times): Jacinda Ardern's gracious response sets her apart
Health
Amy Wiggins (Herald): Election 2017: What our health system needs
Newshub: Govt needs to step up suicide prevention fight - Mike King
Amanda Jane Robinson and Alex Baird (Newshub): 579 shoes begin journey to Parliament
Katy Gosset (RNZ): Pressure on clinical services impacting community providers – DHB
Jess McAllen (RNZ): How the discussion around suicide ignores crucial voices
Graham Cameron (First we take Manhattan): Losing our people to society’s illness: anomie and suicide
Paul Hutchison (Herald): Next PM should pick up child health plan agreed by all parties
Nicholas Jones (Herald): New School of Rural Medicine to deliver 60 doctors a year
Employment
Jamie Morton (Herald): Sexism driving gender pay gap – study
Susan Edmunds (Stuff): Report says women paid less even when as productive
Jess Berentson-Shaw (Spinoff): The new evidence that proves, beyond a doubt, the NZ gender pay gap is real
Carmen Hall (Herald): Audits for all kiwifruit contractors after worker exploitation concerns
Other
Liam Hehir (Stuff): New Zealand prime ministers didn't find life in the top job easy
Julie Scott (Spinoff): Unsettled: holding on to the housing dream in Queenstown
Amber-Leigh Woolf (Stuff):$5000 rebate to encourage first-home buyers to build
Julian Lee (Press): Fewer women to be jailed under new Government strategy to curb growth in crime
Frances Cook (Herald): Public health and transport experts make plea for Wellington officials to invest in light rail
Jono Galuszka (Stuff): Councils ask political parties to keep Capital Connection train
Phil Pennington (RNZ): Building regulator looks overseas for help
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): StuffMe partner keeps its secrets
Stephen Jacobi (Spinoff): The TPP’s not dead – here’s why