NZ Politics Daily - 2 September 2017
2 September 2017
Today's content
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Election
Jane Clifton (Listener): Is there anything left to shock us this election year?
Wayne Mapp (The Spinoff): NZ’s choice now: energy over experience or track record over excitement
The Press: Editorial: Now we have a real contest
Audrey Young (Herald): English in fine fettle despite prospect of second historic loss
Steve Braunias (Herald): The Great political ping-pong tournament: The sad, final chapter
John Armstrong (Herald): Black Thursday all bad news for National fans
Steve Braunias (Herald): Secret Diary of campaign trail food
Grant Duncan (Stuff): Dealing with disasters, public health or radical change - what are voters looking for?
ODT: Editorial – Labour’s new wave?
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Labour’s rise raises cabinet question
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Below the beltway: Who starred and who stumbled this week in politics
Shawn McAvinue (ODT): Debate aims to interest young people in politics
Jeremy Elwood & Michele A'Court (Stuff): How we perceive political honesty
Vernon Small (Stuff): It's the day after the night before, but it seems debates and polls are for insiders
Newswire: ACT launches campaign with education focus
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Election 2017 Live: Ardern again under gun over CGT
Newshub: Don Brash thinks Labour will win election
Jeremy Lawry (Newshub): Election for Normies - Who should you vote for?
Sally McKechnie and David Cochrane (Simpson Grierson): Did someone say "Election"? What happens now?
NZ Media and Advertising news daily: Kids ask the tough questions in NZME election campaign
Newstalk ZB: Green supporters say they want Turei back in Parliament
Bernard Hickey (Newsroom): Bill English’s Trump-like denial of a productivity problem
Labour Party
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Is Jacinda Ardern unstoppable?
John Roughan (Herald): Time feels right for change Ardern represents
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): What many mainstream media pundits are missing about Jacinda and why they are missing it
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Time For The Media To Become “Relentlessly Positive”
Tim Shadbolt:Dear Jacinda, please don't crush us
Herald: Labour leader Jacinda Ardern on tertiary study, fitness and advice
Labour’s tax policies
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Hey Jacinda Ardern, what's your secret tax plan?
RNZ: Kelvin Davis says he's clearer on the party's policies now
Pete George (Your NZ): Seeing through Labour’s tax transparency
Ben Uffundell (The Civilian): Labour’s new tax calculator lets you put in your income and creates a working group that will deliberate for two years
Eric Crampton (Offsetting behaviour): Tax Working Group?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): More Labour confusion on tax
TVNZ Leaders debate
Weekend Herald editorial: Mike Hosking rises to the challenge
Noted: Election 2017: First leaders' debate - who won and why? Readers respond
1News: Over a million Kiwis tune in for TVNZ's first live leaders debate
1News: Jacinda Ardern beat Bill English in leaders debate, Vote Compass users say
RNZ: Leaders launch themselves back on campaign trail after debate
Dan Satherley and Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Who won the first Leaders' Debate?
Electorates
Russell Harding (Stuff): Has Nelson gone full-Trump?
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): South Island heartland voters leaning to blue, but love Jacinda Ardern
Nicholas Boyack (Stuff): Only a brave punter would bet on who is going to win Hutt South
Philip Matthews (Stuff): The Port Hills are alive with democracy
Michael Wright (Stuff): The battle for Christchurch: How a quake-hit city finally became a political issue
Water and environment
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): Neighbouring suburban Christchurch water bottling plants can tap billions of litres
Jamie Small (Stuff): ECan rejects 'offensive' statue of Environment Minister Nick Smith squatting
Grant Smithies (Stuff): Election 2017: Chowder, cow-poo and Nick Smith
Zane Mirfin (Stuff): River health at a point of no return
Stuff: Greens to tax pollution to help fund sustainable farming
1News: Green Party would impose nitrate pollution levy to fund cleaner farming shift
Herald: Green Party unveils plan for healthy rivers
Graeme Martin (ODT): Back off the tax, a water-quality pathway exists
National Party
Claire Trevett (Herald): Bill English goes in search of dragons, in Northland
Newswire: Bill English heads north, as his poll ratings go south
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Homelessness the downside of 'positive' immigration story - Paula Bennett
Jo Moir (Stuff): Bill English has found a new way to relate to teenagers - talking about his own
Laura Walters (Stuff): National to set up new commission to handle public-private partnerships
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): National bent on continuing PPPs
New Zealand First
Sam Brooks (The Spinoff): A courageous journey deep into the New Zealand First party list
Phil Taylor (Herald): Winston Peters: The man who would be Kingmaker
1News: Majority of Kiwis not comfortable with Winston Peters taking senior role in government – 1 NEWS Poll
Isaac Davison (Herald): Poll shows just over half of Kiwis don't want Winston Peters in a high-ranking role
Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Peters takes to the pulpit to address his followers in Hastings
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): So who altered the form?
Election policy comparisons
Mitch McCann (Newshub): Meatworkers prefer Labour's education policy over National's tax cuts
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Who should I vote for? Tertiary education policy at a glance
Sally McKechnie (Simpson Grierson): Election briefing notes - housing
Andrew Chen (NZ Co-op): A Policy A Day: Temporary Migration and Integration
Gender pay gap
Rachel Clayton (Stuff): Gender pay gap has dropped to its lowest since 2012
RNZ: Gender pay gap shrinks, but no downward trend
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Gender pay gap drops significantly
Other
Eugene Bingham, Paula Penfold, and Toby Longbottom (Stuff): The Valley: Defence Force responds to Afghanistan investigation
RNZ: NZDF admits 'alternate possibilities' in 2012 Afghan firefight
Earl Gray, Richard Watts, Sarah Chapman (Simpson Grierson): Lose yourself FT. Eminem and the New Zealand National Party
Lynn Williams (TeWhareWhero): Will The Caged Birds Sing?
Sam Warburton (Interest): It's time to address transport funding and incentive issues
Deena Coster (Stuff): Our immigration nation: A reason to worry or a chance to welcome?
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): No money for hospital
Herald: Herald cartoonist Rod Emmerson: The satirical canvas