NZ Politics Daily - 31 August 2017
31 August 2017
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TVNZ Leaders debate
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Chance for leaders to stamp their mark
TVNZ: 'They have to bring out personality' - Corin Dann on what to look for in tonight's leaders debate
Audrey Young (Herald): TV debate a crucial test for Ardern
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Hoopla aside, Ardern faces toughest test in election leaders' debate
Jon Johansson (RNZ): Relentlessly positive vs relentlessly dissatisfied
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digitial): Jacinda Ardern could eat a kitten and still win the first debate
Raybon Kan (Herald): Houston we have a visitor and other news
Herald: Jacinda Ardern on Mike Hosking's outfit question: 'Are you asking Bill that too?'
TVNZ: English and Ardern go head-to-head: Tune in tonight to first TVNZ election leaders debate
Herald: TVNZ accepts petition but won't remove Mike Hosking as debate moderator
Paul Little (North and South): The best-ever New Zealand election leaders' debates
Gwynn Compton (LIbertas Digital): 1News Poll Prediction - 31 August 2017
Winston Peters Port Pledge
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Winston Peters' pledge: 'The days of the Ports of Auckland as a container port and car yard are numbered
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Port plan: NZ First leader Winston Peters gets powerful backing
Nicholas Jones (Herald): NZ First port pledge 'bit of a red herring', Bill English says
Stuff: Winston Peters promises shift of Auckland port to Northland
Newshub: Winston Peters commits to move Auckland port
Anne Gibson (Herald): Port boss vs Winston Peters: Carbon emission spike cited
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Northport zone?
Winston Peters superannuation leak
Vernon Small (Stuff): Peters' pension saga delivers embarrassed Government: No surprises there
John Armstrong (TVNZ): Leaker didn't think through how Winston Peters would gain from super 'scandal'
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Shane Jones takes aim at social development boss: 'Writing's on the wall'
Michael Fallow (Stuff): Bennett not frowning at Hughes
Lynn Williams (Te Whare Whero): In Place of Fear
Rob Stock (Stuff): There are many ways to fall into NZ Super debt
Phil Duncan (Redline): Winston Peters’ Super – the real scandal
The Standard: “All I can do … is tell the Truth”
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The letter Winston would have received seven times
The Standard: Dear Winston.
Tim Murphy and Melanie Reid (Newsroom): Peters’ supersized super - the missing letters
Election
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Politics in crisis and trust issues: How Kiwis feel about how the country is run
Grant Duncan (Stuff): Dealing with disasters, public health or radical change - what are voters looking for?
Adrian Field (Dovetail): What if disaffection was a political party?
Pete George (Your NZ): Is our democracy in crisis?
Maria Bargh (RNZ): 'Red wash' in Māori electorates nothing new
Helena Bethune (Spasifika): Who has got your vote for a kaupapa Maori voice in Parliament?
Alex Tarrant (Interest): The election campaign proper starts today
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Nearly 250,000 young Kiwis yet to enroll
Hunter Calder (Herald): Local Focus: On a mission to enrol more youth
Newshub: NZ's surge in youth voter enrolments
Ben Flood (Stuff): Civic education 'silver bullet' in getting youth to vote
Lee Suckling (Herald): Are you 'woke' enough?
Cleo Fraser (Newshub): Decision 17: Shelters encouraging homeless to vote
Pete George (Your NZ): Vote for Policies survey
Richard Shaw (Stuff): The new normal in our election? Don't bet on it
Stuff: Long-time MP Peter Dunne calls political landscape 'superficial'
Rosemary McLeod (Dominion Post): Money for rich men's yacht races yet healthcare goes short
Māori TV: Police resources exhausted on dealing with mental health issues
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Tales From A Possible Future: The Mother Of All Scandals Breaks
Newstalk ZB: Poll: National loses voters to Labour
Horizon Poll: Ardern drives vote switch: nett 10% leave National for Labour
Horizon Poll: New Zealand First voters equally split over coalition options
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): What new horizon poll should tell the Greens – hold the line on poverty!
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Confirmed: 534 candidates gear up for the election
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Who is an MP on current public polls
Shane Cowlishaw and Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Election 2017 Live: It’s Ardern vs English (round one)
Stacey Kirk and Vernon Small (Stuff): Politically Correct: A day of major policy announcements
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Politically Correct: Sticking with what's tried and true
Herald Editorial: Bidding war dangerously uneconomic
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Political performance: White Man Behind A Desk turns monologues into theatre
Newshub: New Zealand has a 'moral obligation' to monitor Japanese whaling with navy – Greens
Ash Stanley-Ryan (The Co-op): A Policy A Day: New Zealand’s Role in Asia
Environment
Stuff: What will political parties do to help reduce your carbon footprint?
Jamie Morton (Herald): Election policy series: The battle over our rivers
Stuff: Water, water everywhere - but how do we manage it?
Ged Cann (Stuff): Water policy will have an effect on expensive cabbages and wine
Amanda Cropp (Stuff): Environment Election 2017: Is 100% Pure New Zealand a big lie?
Finance debate
Jo Moir (Stuff): Winston Peters calls for heads to roll over superannuation overpayment leak
Herald: New Zealand First leader Winston Peters calls for big scalps over super leak
Herald: Super saga: Leak of Winston Peters' info addressed at heated election debate
Jo Moir (Stuff): Winston Peters and David Seymour let it rip at debate
Newshub: David Seymour to Winston Peters on pension scandal: 'Give them the file'
Newshub: Female candidates a sticking point at ASB Great Debate
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The Finance Leaders Political Debate – James Shaw clear winner
Leader profiles
Clare de Lore (Listener): PM Bill English on plot twists, happy endings and the election
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Winston Peters - New Zealand First
Clare de Lore (Listener): Winston Peters on Churchill, international relations and his advice for Trump
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Te Ururoa Flavell - Māori Party
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Jacinda Ardern - Labour Party
Clare de Lore (Listener): The Greens' James Shaw on Metiria, the election and meeting his dad a third time
Toby Morris (RNZ): Follow the Leader: James Shaw – Greens
Maori Party
RNZ: Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox takes top list spot
Herald: Marama Fox takes top spot, Te Ururoa Flavell at 2 on Maori Party list
Māori TV: Fox tops Māori Party list
Newshub: Marama Fox takes out top spot on Māori Party's list
Labour
Richard Prebble (Herald): Jacinda tsunami is looking very hard to halt
Zaryd Wilson (Wanganui Chronicle): Decision to step aside for Ardern has been vindicated, says Little
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Election 2017: Labour's votes should be earned, not bought
TVNZ: National says Labour's free tertiary education policy unaffordable
National
Claire Trevet (Herald): Government pledges $27 million for Auckland City Mission
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Government pledges two funding boosts to combat homelessness
Newshub: Decision 17: Bill English puts hand up for leadership during destruction of Earth
Brian Edwards: Common Sense Dancing
Mitchell Alexander (Newshub): Decision 17: Biking up a hill with National's Bill English
Herald: Election 2017: Bill English buoyed by support in rural heartland
Jenesa Jeram (Stuff): National is literally paying people to make babies
Michelle Duff (Stuff): Don't say sorry to me, Bill. Say sorry to the kids
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): National to increase paid parental leave again
NZ in Afghanistan
Eugene Bingham and Paula Penfold (Stuff):NZDF poised to return fire on The Valley, but holds back on fronting up
Paula Penfold and Eugene Bingham (Stuff): The Valley: NZDF disputes accusations bodies of dead Afghan fighters were mistreated
Inequality and poverty
Susan St John (Herald): Opinion: Poverty researchers right to ignore $25 benefit increase
No Right Turn: The cost of National: third-world diseases and dead kids
Housing
David Rutherford (Interest): Chief Human Rights Commissioner says we need to work together to ensure everyone in New Zealand has an adequate home to live in. 'We must leave nobody behind'
Shamubeel Eaqub (Interest): Local authorities are not the only ones responsible for the housing crisis, but they can do a lot
Education
Shabnam Dastgheib (Stuff): High school principals demand action from the Government on teacher crisis
Vivien Maidaborn (Stuff): New Zealand needs to give kids the best education possible
Gender Pay gap
Hannah Martin (Stuff): Auckland tradie tackles gender pay gap by giving female customers 12 per cent discount
Jim Rose (Herald): Pay gap widest in top professions
Police
David Fisher (Herald): 'Hundreds' of bank records obtained unlawfully by police using Privacy Act exploit – lawyer
No Right Turn: We need more oversight on police spying
Media
Herald: TVNZ profit plunges 89 per cent to $1.4 million
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): TVNZ profit takes nose dive on Disney contract write-down
Herald: NZME creates new digital unit