NZ Politics Daily - 9 September 2017
9 September 2017
Today's content
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Election
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Inside a thrilling national election campaign
Nikki MacDonald (Stuff): Personality v policy: What really motivates New Zealand voters?
Kate Newton (Newshub): Hey, big political spender
Philip Matthews (The Press): Editorial: Is there truth in politics?
Grant Duncan (Stuff): Two-horse race to the finish for next government, after feisty debates and bombshell polls
Cherie Howie (Herald): How to keep calm amongst election madness
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Labour opens gap with women, young
Mike Yardley (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern, Bill English let off the leash at 'dog fight' debate
Weekend Herald editorial: Two horse race leaves little choice for a third party
Vernon Small (Stuff): Below the Beltway
Ophelia Buckleton (Herald): Election 2017: Polling booths to hit supermarkets
Simon Smith (Stuff): Seeing first home buyers out-bid led a tearful Degia-Pala to run for Parliament
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Politically Correct: Leaders patch up after dog fight to get back on the trail
Oliver Cowan and Paul Mitchell (Stuff): Moves are made to engage young people in politics
Gwynn Compton (Libertas Digital): Talking about the impact of social media on the election with Breakfast's Jack Tame
Listener: Poll: Labour, National and the crucial 8%
Laura Walters (Stuff): Deputy leaders Paula Bennett and Kelvin Davis go head-to-head over holegate
Adrian Beaumont (The Conversation): NZ Labour surges into poll lead; Merkel likely to win German election
David Fisher (Herald): The Big Read: Where are Northland's bridges?
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Leaders not addressing chamber
Katie Kenny (Stuff): What's the deal with NZ Super and who's really being sold down the river?
Sam Sachdeva and Shane Cowlishaw (Newsroom): Election 2017 Live: More roading announcements as poll gap widens
Philip Matthews (Stuff): Week in review: Is there a political climate for change?
Danielle Clent (Stuff): Housing and poverty issues faced Te Atatu
James Goodhue (The Spinoff): A housing plan for New Zealand
Amber Allott (Stuff): Capital's longest running political satire show back in time for another election
Fraser Thompson (ODT): Music, politics collide
ODT: Editorial – Promises, promises
Ian Harris (ODT): Election questions are for all of us
Herald: Labour ahead of National in new Bauer Media poll
Electorates
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Plumbing the depths of voter feeling on epic South Island roadtrip
Michael Wright (Stuff): The Canterbury electorate that might be a bellwether for all New Zealand
Julian Lee (Stuff): The north Canterbury town that has predicted the election outcome for 33 years
National
John Armstrong (Herald): Deja vu for sinking PM as Nats cling by fingertips
Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of The Hole
Hamish McNeilly (Stuff): Have Government ministers ignored the South Island?
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Shameless Steven Joyce digs himself a massive hole to lie in
Grant Miller (Stuff): National may not recover in time from its own goal
Henry Cooke (Stuff): The Prime Minister ventures into enemy territory
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): Emergency delivery of smug for the Beehive
Herald: MP Jami-Lee Ross apologises for sign-written vehicle in Auckland bike lanes
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Flurry of policies announced, some repackaged
Jeremy Elwood & Michele A'Court: You can't pick and choose who gets human rights
Labour
Eleanor Ainge Roy (Guardian): 'Jacindamania' soars anew as New Zealand PM sprinkles 'stardust' on rival
Phil Quin (Newsroom): In the right place at the right time
John Roughan (Herald): Everything rides on Labour's fiscal plan
Max Christoffersen (Stuff): Cult of personality swaps sides in the House
Narelle Henson (Stuff): Jacinda, I can't vote for you
Josh Van Veen (In the balance): Shopping with values
Newshub: Labour commits millions to Northland sports hub
Jo Moir (Stuff): Jacinda Ardern has arrived on Kelvin Davis' home turf but she's still captain
Richard Swainson (Stuff): It's taken three decades, but the Labour Party is back
Lizzie Marvelly (Herald): Let's have a talk about that tax
Steve Braunias (Herald): On the campaign trail with Jacinda Ardern
David Fisher (Herald): Election 2017: Jacinda Ardern in Far North
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Now is not the time to change
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Just say it, Jacinda - Capital gains tax
Minor parties, and the multi-party debate
Isaac Davison (Herald): Minor party leaders go head-to-head
RNZ: Minor parties clash in multi-party debate
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Marama Fox, David Seymour clash over te reo Māori in schools
Newshub: Twitter in la la land over new United Future leader Damian Light
1News: Maori Party has supported National but co-leader now picks up 'feeling for change' in electorate
1News: 'I don't trust them completely' - Marama Fox likens Foreshore and Seabed to Labour's water tax
1News: Minor party leaders slug it out, talk themselves up in two-horse election race
Newstalk ZB: Debates between minor parties heat up - on and off TV
Eleanor Barker (Herald): Election 2017: United Future's mystery man Damian Light goes viral
Herald: Minor Party leaders' debate: The verdicts are in
Katarina Williams (Stuff): Winston Peters cops criticism for sidestepping minor leaders' debate
Claire Trevett (Herald): Election 2017: Minor parties have major swipe at Winston
Stuff: United Future's new leader in the spotlight
Mei Heron (RNZ): Is there a road map for the Māori Party?
Brian Gaynor (Herald): Winston Peters' port plan fails to make grade
Tim Watkin (RNZ): Minor parties’ budget demands need scrutiny
Sarah Robson (RNZ): Act on track to keep electoral lifeline in Epsom
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Greens: we'll end 'wild west' free range labelling
Health policy
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Who should I vote for? Mental health policies at a glance
Herald: Vote 2017: The Big Issues - watch a rundown of the parties' health policies
Southland Times: Editorial – Public looking hard at anti-suicide initiatives
Vivien Maidaborn (Stuff): This breathtakingly bad health stat should be part of your election decision
Education policy
Simon Collins (Herald): Voters face tough choice between National and Labour education priorities
1News: Election policy comparison - education: What the major political parties will do for you
Rachel Comer (Stuff): Teachers want more support, not more money
Environment and water
Leith Huffadine (Stuff): Why haven't they talked about climate change during the leaders debates?
Herald: Labour's climate plan takes battering
Tim Cadogan (Stuff): Penalise abusers, not users, of water
Nicole Sharp (ODT): Water royalty point of divergence
Other
RNZ: Who is New Zealand's precariat?
Don Franks (Redline): Child poverty: the bullshit factor
Ricardo Simich & Kirsty Wynn (Herald): Sir John Key sells off Parnell mansion for $20m
Stuff: Sir John Key's sprawling Parnell mansion sold for $20m
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): Five NZ politicians more like Donald Trump than Jacinda Ardern is
Newshub: Helen Clark calls out National on Twitter, again
Alice Guy (Herald): Tuhoe prophet Rua Kenana pardoned by the Crown
Dan Satherley (Newshub): NZ won't quit UN, even if it is a 'bit of a talkfest' - English
Newshub: Metiria Turei joins other New Zealanders sharing beneficiary judgement stories