NZ Politics Daily - 30 August 2017
30 August 2017
Today's content
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Winston Peters superannuation leak
Richard Harman (Politik): How the Government politicised its "no surprises" policy
Claire Trevett (Herald): Winston Peters calls in the lawyers, claiming character assassination attempt
Audrey Young (Herald): Only one winner possible in privacy row between Peters and National ... and it won't be National
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): The election campaign that just keeps getting bigger
David Slack (RNZ): Winston Peters: The indistinct, the enigma, shapeless as fog
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Bill English knew nothing of Winston Peters paying back money
Ben Thomas (The Spinoff): No alarm? How the ‘no surprises’ policy blights everyone it touches
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Winston Peters and MSD
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Whatever happened to 'no surprises'?
Stacey Kirk (Stuff) ‘It just didn't happen' - Paula Bennett rejects Peters leak came from National
No Right Turn: An unbelievable denial
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Why did so many people need to know about Peters' pension saga?
RNZ: Beehive, National not behind Peters leak – PM
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Peters leaves door open for National despite leak claims
Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): WTF – [W]inston’s Pension; [T]he #MotherOfAllScandals; and [F]ilthy Politics in 2017
Cameron Slater: Someone is getting axed today for sure
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): So, who knew about Winston?
Claire Trevett and Audrey Young (Herald): Peters' super information too personal for ministers to know, says Bill English
Jo Moir, Stacey Kirk and Tracy Watkins (Stuff): It would have been better not to tell ministers of Peters' pension info - Prime Minister
Corin Dann (1News): 'You've got a political party exposed all the way to the Prime Minister' - Winston slams Nats as English says Ministers knew super details
Herald: Winston Peters says National MPs knew of his super overpayment before he did
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Winston Peters accuses National of 'filth and dirt'
Newstalk ZB: Peters' super leak: "It certainly wasn't from us" says Bennett
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): So who altered the form?
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Peters too hot to handle
Cameron Slater: It seems the mother of all political scandals is stuck at Legal
1News: 'People can make mistakes': Bill English goes into bat for possible coalition mate Winston Peters
The Standard: WINZ and Super Scandals
Māori electorates and Māori vote
Māori TV: Howie Tamati scores first hit against Labour
Aroha Awarau (Māori TV): Māori without landline reason for low rating – Labour MP
Heeni Brown (Māori TV): Te Tai Hauāuru reaction to Te Tai Hauāuru poll
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: The Candidates - Te Tai Hauāuru
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: Te Tai Hauāuru candidates debate race relations, employment and the environment
Māori TV: Fox chasing tough odds
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: The Candidates - Ikaroa Rāwhiti
Māori TV: Election Aotearoa: Ikaroa Rāwhiti candidates debate major issues impacting their region
Māori TV: Whaitiri defends Māori seat MPs decision to come off Labour Party list
Māori TV: Turei's last stand
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): It's all on - polling for three Māori electorates released
Michael Daly (Stuff): Te Tai Hauāuru and Ikaroa-Rāwhiti candidates in Maori TV live debate
Stuff: Election Aotearoa: Māori seat candidates go head-to-head
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Major boil over in Māori Politics – Can Māori Party finally work with Labour?
Rawiri Taonui (Scoop): The Maori Election
Kashka Tunstall (Stuff): Hone Harawira's comeback chance? A tight Te Tai Tokerau campaign race beckons
Mei Heron (RNZ): Homelessness and poverty on Tāmaki Makaurau voters' minds
National
David Fisher (Herald): Bill English fought to have his police statement over Todd Barclay affair withheld
Stuff: PM's office sought to have his Todd Barclay police statement withheld
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Wait, what? Bill English tried to hide his involvement in the Todd Barclay fiasco?
Claire Trevett (Herald): Winston not the kingmaker, says English - voters are
Ella Predergast (Newshub): Winston Peters 'won't decide who the government is' - Bill English
Herald: Bill English: 'I'm hugely enjoying this job
Stuff: PM Bill English announces $270m investment to get rural NZ on ultra-fast broadband
RNZ: National would increase paid parental leave to 22 weeks
Emma Hurley (Newshub): National promises to extend parental leave to 22 weeks
Stuff: National unveils major package to increase IVF and paid parental leave
Herald: National promises to extend paid parental leave from 18 to 22 weeks
TVNZ: Bill English 'has no credibility' promising more paid parental leave says Labour's Sue Moroney
Tracy Neal (RNZ): Parental leave policy appeals as Labour cries foul
Greg Presland (Standard): National does u turn on paid parental leave
No Right Turn: Promising what they've vetoed
Megan Rich (Spinoff): Bill English says Kiwis don’t care about climate change. That’s not true for kids on the West Coast
Labour
NZ Herald editorial: Labour's free tertiary education policy should appeal
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Labour’s bold play for student vote
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern chooses a hall full of students who can'
Laura Dooney (Stuff): Labour's promises first year of tertiary education will be free for students starting in 2018
Kate Shuttleworth (Guardian): Jacinda Ardern says Labour would make tertiary education free in New Zealand
Ella Predergast (Newshub): Accessible tertiary education could lower quality - Universities NZ
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour stealing from the poor to give to the rich
David Farrar (KIwiblog): Another tax from Labour
Chris Bramwell (RNZ):Jacinda Ardern - Labour Party
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Media heavyweights rate Jacinda Ardern a chance
Herald: Annette King understands: 'I was married to a transgender person'
Electoral Commission: Statement on Campaign for Change
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Swing and a miss for David Farrar – Campaign For Change wasn’t illegal
NZ First
Jo Moir (Stuff): Shane Jones is happy at number eight in NZ First but some MPs are feeling put out
Claire Trevett (Herald): Shane Jones in eighth place as NZ First reveals its list
RNZ: New Zealand First releases party list
Pete George (Your NZ): NZ First party list announced
Media Take: Shane Jones on how to survive a scandal
Herald: Are you pulling my leg?': NZ First uses 'Fake Taxi' porn image by mistake
Election
Graham Adams (Noted): Election 2017: The politics of kindness
Stuff: Election sweeteners need to be taken with a grain of salt
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): I feel used and want to take a shower
Steve Maharey (Herald): Mainstream parties found the new centre
Madeleine Chapman (Spinoff): Politics by numbers: important data journalism from the two big party launches
Rachel Stewart: Everyone wants a water royalty except farmers
Lucy Swinnen (Stuff): Race for Ohariu warrants a prime minister's attention - for possibly the first time in 30 years
Jo Moir (Stuff): NZ First and National turn Wellsford Northland candidates meeting into a two-horse debate
Danyl Mclauchlan (Spinoff): Let’s wet together: water pistols at dusk in the Aro Valley debate
Michael Wright (Stuff): Ilam MP Gerry Brownlee skips electorate debates then subs in for colleague Nicky Wagner
Mike Dinsdale (Northern Advocate): Record number of North MPs possible after election
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Policy series: Where do the parties stand on law and order?
Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Education: The new election battleground
Jenny Sahng (The Co-op): A Policy A Day: Tertiary Education Pathways
Deborah Mahuta-Coyle (RNZ): The real humans of Parliament
Pete George (Your NZ): The mad rush of policies/bribes
Media Take: Scandals, selfies and "social"
Georgina Harris (idealog): Social media's political pulse beats hard on Zavy's election tracker
Herald: Toni Street shoots down Mike Hosking haters over election debate wrangle
Mei Heron (RNZ): Green Party announces policy for marine sanctuary '50 times' size of Lake Taupō
Teina Pora
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Recognising the time value of money
Herald: Teina Pora wins legal challenge against Government
Stuff: Teina Pora's compensation should be reconsidered for inflation, court rules
Housing and inequality
Kirsty Johnston and Chris Knox (Herald): Childhood diseases in the land of milk and poverty
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Damp, overcrowded homes bigger threat to kids than car crashes
Brian Rudman (Herald): Rental homes, like cars, should carry a warrant of fitness
Health
Bruce Munro (ODT): Insufficient funds
John Henden (Stuff): Boldness needed to tackle suicide rates
The 9th Floor
Joe Nunweek (Pantograph punch): The Whole Sorry Lot
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): Review: The potentially redundant book adaptation of prime ministerial podcast series ‘The 9th Floor’
Other
Bill Rosenberg (Interest): Low and middle-income wages have been hollowed out as higher earners experienced greater growth while those below them had to work more hours each week
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandra): Labour share of income
Brian Easton (Pundit): He’s Spent It All
Audrey Young (Herald): Dangerous new escalation: New Zealand divided over any US-led war against North Korea