NZ Politics Daily - 7 September 2017
7 September 2017
Today's content
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National
John Armstrong (TVNZ): Joyce looks a proper fool, but it won't stop National throwing everything it can at Ardern
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): On The Myth Of Conservative Economic Competence
Vernon Small (Stuff): There's no fiscal black hole, just an incredibly tight squeeze. Can we move on now?
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Even without a black hole, Labour may have fiscal problem
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Steven Joyce reminds journalists that everyone said Copernicus was wrong, too
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Three terms and a Hail Mary
Bronwyn Hayward (RNZ): Fiscal hole? Hit the havoc button
No Right Turn: Steven Joyce is a serial liar
Newshub: Grant Robertson accuses Steven Joyce of 'fake news' over 'fiscal hole'
Newshub: Paula Bennett denies 'mistake' in false claim about Labour's budget
Herald: Multi-party debate: Paula Bennett says error on human rights a moment of confusion
Isobel Ewing (Newshub): Decision 17: Bill English stands by Oreti River swim comments
Labour
Richard Prebble (Herald): The Jacinda tidal wave can be stopped
Newshub: Jacinda Ardern's partner Clarke Gayford hits out at 'scaremongering dino' Richard Prebble
Herald: Labour leader Jacinda Ardern's partner Clarke Gayford stands up for her
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern's partner Clarke Gayford hits out at 'rubbish' written about her
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Trust and Taxes: How National Intends To Derail The “Jacinda Train”
Anne Salmond (Herald): Election is a seismic shift in the nation's psyche
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Labour goes wood first: NZ timber would be used in all Government builds
Herald: Labour wants more wood processing done onshore, says Ardern
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern reaches for common ground - and centre ground - as she fronts to the sceptics
TVNZ: 'Yep!' -Jacinda Ardern readily admits she still encounters sexism in her role today
Newshub: 'Jacinda, do it for all of us' - Jeremy Corbyn
Rebekah Holt (Spinoff): Has Jacindamania crossed the ditch? A purely unscientific poll of Kiwi voters in Melbourne
TOP
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): The hardest job of an election campaign
Dan Satherley (Newshub): TVNZ 'nuts' to exclude TOP from debate - Gareth Morgan
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Gareth Morgan taking TVNZ to court
Newstalk ZB: Getting into debate crucial for Morgan, says commentator
Herald: Gareth Morgan going to court over The Opportunities Party's exclusion from debates
Jacob McSweeny (RNZ): Who's voting for The Opportunities Party?
Clare de Lore (Listener): TOP leader Gareth Morgan on authenticity, popularity and ‘lipstick on a pig’
Māori electorates
Jo Moir (Stuff): A first-time Maori Party MP may end up being kingmaker and a minister
Mei Heron (RNZ): Tough battle for the Waiariki seat under way
Tax
Isaac Davison (Herald): New poll: Kiwis divided about capital gains tax
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Labour’s self-inflicted vulnerability
Jane Patterson and Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Labour clarifies land tax position
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Jacinda Ardern rules out land tax on family home
RNZ: Fact or Fiction: The $1000 question
Immigration
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Jacinda Ardern takes offence at being compared to Donald Trump
Stuff: Jacinda Ardern calls Wall Street Journal comments offensive
Lloyd Burr and Patrick Gower (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern rejects Trump comparison in Wall Street Journal
Richard Harman (Politik): Labour has to defend its immigration policies
Election debates
Brian Edwards: Just a Crazy Thought
David Cohen (RNZ): NZ's growing appetite for duelling leaders
Duncan Greive (Spinoff): The very best of The Spinoff Great Debate
Stuff: How to watch the Stuff election debate on your telly
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Mainland debate’s history of decisive moments
Barnaby Bennett (Spinoff): The questions that need to be answered at tonight’s leaders’ debate in Christchurch
Stuff: Leaders Debate promises to 'test the mettle' of main party leaders
Kevin Norquay and Olivia Caldwell (Stuff): Good sports? Bill English and Jacinda Ardern go head-to-head in Stuff Stadium
Hunter Calder (Herald): Local Focus: 'Give a shit' about politics tonight in Hamilton
Dileepa Fonseka and Hannah Martin (Stuff):Fact-checking Waterview Tunnel claims
Ella Prendergast (Newshub): Michelle Boag hits out at 'stupid' Leaders Debate question
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How Bill English won the second leaders debate and why it’s bad
Benefits
Vernon Small (Stuff): Politically Correct: National turns its sights on beneficiaries with drug problems
Lloyd Burr and Patrick Gower (Newshub): National's benefit crackdown would toughen up on beneficiaries
Emma Hurley (Newshub): National promises new sanctions for jobseekers benefits
Laura Walters (Stuff): National pledges $72m to help beneficiaries find work
Herald: National announces $72m plan to get young beneficiaries into work
No Right Turn: More weaponised poverty
Lynn Grieveson (Newsroom): Labour would restructure Work and Income
Abortion
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Abortion law is archaic - National's Nikki Kaye
Katie Kenny: Q+A: Current abortion law and proposed changes
Laura Walters (Stuff): Down Syndrome advocacy group impersonates Labour, makes false abortion claims
Greens
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): 'The party is bigger than any one person' - Greens leader James Shaw on life after Metiria
Isaac Davison (Herald): Green Party releases pay equity policy, including new responsibilities for CEOs
RNZ: Greens unveil pay equity policy
Laura Walters (Stuff): Greens promise women will be paid what they deserve
Māori Party
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Labour Deputy Leader Kelvin Davis is a 'token gesture' - Marama Fox
Oliver Chan (Impolitikal): Q&A: Carrie Stoddart-Smith on going pro with her politics
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Allegations against Maori Party candidate Wetex Kang a 'smear campaign', says Tuku Morgan
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Electoral Commission blunder hands sensitive info to inquiry subject
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Electoral Commission investigates Maori Party candidate's campaign
RNZ: Māori Party candidate's campaign investigated
Newshub: Māori Party candidate Wetex Kang accused of offering cash credits
Election
Bryan Gould: The choice before us
Raybon Kan (Herald): Child poverty, hurricanes and Trump
Stuff: More people already enrolled to vote than for the 2014 election
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Meet Damian Light, United Future's new leader
Vinesh Kumaran (Noted): If I Were Prime Minister: 41 Aucklanders on what they would do
Environment and water
Jamie Morton (Herald): Policy series: Tackling climate change
Pacific Media Centre: NZ: Where the major political parties stand on climate in general election
Jim Salinger (Herald): Jacinda's generation picking up the baton on climate
Basil Sharp (Herald): Farmers should not pay for all water pollution
John King (Stuff): How farming will change under water taxes
Policy debates
Simon Collins (Herald): Vote 2017: The Big Issues - watch a rundown of the two big parties' education policies
Jim Turrell (Southland Times): Government gets an F for education
Jenesa Jeram (Stuff): Neither party owns the solution to ending child poverty in New Zealand
The Co-op: A Policy A Day: Incarceration and Privatisation
Jess McAllen (RNZ): Does any political party have a good mental health policy?
Matthew Nicoll (Spinoff): Foreign policy: the elephant in the room in this year’s election
Voting
Emma Hart (Public Address): The Surprisingly Sincere Up Front Guide to Voting Part 1: Advance Voting
Emma Hart (Public Address): The Surprisingly Sincere Up Front Guide to Voting Part 2: Everything Else
Angella David (Spinoff): Make Me Tick: Show us your ballot box, baby!
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Overseas voting begins
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): How to vote from overseas
Talia Shadwell (Spinoff): Voting from overseas: a dummies’ guide for New Zealanders
Heather Roy: The Curse of the Wasted Vote
Public Service
Simon Louisson (Dominion Post): An inside view of the politicisation of the public service
Chris Eichbaum (Newsroom): When the ‘no surprises’ policy goes too far
Memorials
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Call for Ōtāhuhu colonial leader memorial to go
Herald: Call to move controversial memorial
Helen Clark
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): The Clark myth
Herald: Helen Clark hits back at Herald commenter
Herald: Helen Clark third most influential woman on social media
Newshub: Helen Clark ranked world's third most influential woman
Other
Charlotte Graham (Spinoff): ‘Why do I have to put up with this shit?’ Women journalists in NZ share their stories of online abuse
Michelle Duff (Stuff): Protest props and shallow slogans - the problem with activist chic
Newshub: Whangarei councillor resigns after finding she's not an NZ citizen
Emma Espiner (Newsroom): Driving Don Brash home from the marae