NZ Politics Daily - 11 September 2017
11 September 2017
Today's content
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Election
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Can National play the underdog?
Audrey Young: Leaders identify the strongest elements of their campaigns - hope vs a plan
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Things are getting desperate out there
Claire Trevett (Herald): Chocks away! National and Labour get early voters in their sights
Herald: Housing and climate key to Sunday's policy announcements
Stuff: Welfare, housing and environment form Labour's 100-day plan for government
TVNZ: Plenty of action on the campaign trail, with promises and policies dominating the day
Bruce Munro (ODT): Minorities of none
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Debatable benefits of head-to-head clashes
Max Harris (Newsroom): People in prisons are people, too
David Farrar (Kiwilblog): The major donors so far
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Public polls August 2017
Francis Cook (Herald): Fear of a Labour/Green govt ‘gone’ says business leader
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Poll: National will be back in Government if Chinese voters had their way
Judy McGregor: Truth does matter and saying sorry counts
Dan Satherley (Newshub): National, Labour reject The Opportunities Party deal in Ōhāriu
Tom Sainsbury (Spinoff): Kiwis of Snapchat: David Seymour, leader of ACT
Lyndon Hood (Werewolf): From the Hood : ffPolicy Captcha
Esme Hall (Critic): Critic’s Guide to the 2017 General Election
Māori electorates
Māori TV: Flavell runs the polls
Māori TV: House of Mahuta rules in polls
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Te Ururoa Flavell beating Tamati Coffey to keep Māori Party safe
Joanna MacKenzie (RNZ): Mana and Māori Party relationship strong, but no merger yet
Labour
Isaac Davison (Herald): Labour-led government would ban foreign purchases of New Zealand property 'by Christmas', says Ardern
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Welfare, housing and environment form Labour's 100-day plan for government
Martyn Brabury (Daily Blog): The most important thing missing from Labour’s first 100 days and why you need to vote Green
Corazon Miller (Herald): Labour leader Jacinda Ardern tackles 'smear campaign' on abortion stance
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Anti-Abortion fanatics defame and smear Jacinda
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Is Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern distinct possibility?
Joel MacManus (Critic): Grant Robertson Talks About Homophobic Abuse
National
TVNZ: National promises 'couple on average wage' will achieve home ownership with new housing grants
Claire Trevett (Herald): PM Bill English welcomes restoration of Christchurch Cathedral
Dave Armstrong (Stuff): Joyce can't 'Stevesplain' his way out of fiscal hole bungle
Mike Yardley (Stuff):Is National to pay the price for neglecting key issues for too long?
Jo Moir (Stuff): Bill English continues the family theme on the campaign trail with his son tagging along
Greg Presland (Standard): The decline and fall in National’s polling under English
Greens
Mei Heron (RNZ): 'You cannot negotiate with the climate' – Shaw
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Greens leader James Shaw announces Kiwi Climate Fund
Mei Heron (RNZ): Greens want to replace Emissions Trading Scheme
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Dividend scheme spearheads Green Party's climate change policy
No Right Turn: The Greens on climate change
Pacific Media Centre: Jacinda has climate talk but Greens have the walk, says Greenpeace
NZ First
Patrick Gower (Newshub): Winston's tax attack shows he thinks Labour is winning
Bevan Rapson (Noted):How Winston Peters can turn an election campaign into Groundhog Day
Richard Harman (Politik): Labour closing in on Winston
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Winston Peters to Labour: Front up on your tax plans
RNZ: Winston Peters: Labour must spell out tax plans
TVNZ: Winston Peters says he'd only form government with Labour if they reveal tax plans first
Audrey Young (Herald): James Shaw hits out at Winston Peters over tax comments
Reesh Lyon (RNZ): NZ First told immigrant super changes not needed
Branko Marcetic (Spinoff): Winston’s children: meet the tempestuous youth wing of NZ First
Environment
NZ Herald editorial: Sleeper issue in election could awake with a fury
Rod Oram (Newsroom): What about the cities?
Scott Macindoe (Spinoff): NZ is running out of fish. We can see it, and our leaders need to see it, too
Herald: Quarter of Kiwis disagree NZ is clean, green – survey
TVNZ: Vast majority of Kiwis say government should do more to reduce water pollution
Brendan Moyle (Sciblogs): Watery Blues: Freshwater Quality Policy for the Election
Mental Health
Henry Cooke (Stuff): Green Party pledge free counselling to under-25s
Emma Hurley (Newshub): Greens promise free counselling for all under 25s
Dan Satherley, Annabella Garwood and Lisa Owen (Newshub): No apology from National MP Simon O'Connor over suicide comments
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Jacinda Ardern wants old, disabled to commit suicide, National MP claim
Henry Cooke (Stuff): National MP Simon O'Connor: Jacinda Ardern encourages suicide with euthanasia stance
Herald: National MP accuses Jacinda Ardern of being happy to 'encourage' suicide of elderly
Rachel Thomas (Stuff): Labour leader Jacinda Ardern tells families of those lost to suicide: 'You will be heard'
Dan Satherley (Newshub): 'Administrative' error behind suicide snub – English
Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Youth clinic forced to turn hundreds away
Welfare and inequality
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Are you really surprised that WINZ has withheld $200million from beneficiaries? Really?
Deborah Hill Cone (Herald): The true secret to wealth
Zoe Higgins (The Co-op): A Policy A Day: Sickness and Disability Benefits
Electorates
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): The battle for Christchurch’s heart
Gus Patterson (ODT): Younger voters answering the call
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Not everyone focused on New Zealand's general election
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Battlegrounds: Greens push for Maungakiekie
Ian Telfer (RNZ): Labour's water tax policy uppermost in voters' minds
Oliver Lewis (Marlborough Express): Is it 'stardust' or sea change for Blenheim voters in the lead up to election day
Craig Hoyle (Stuff): Hobsonville Point: Sounding the electoral mood of Auckland's newest suburb
Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): National's Hamilton East candidate barks, Green bites back
Critic: Clark V. Woodhouse | Is the New Zealand Health Care System “the Envy of the World”?
Housing
Anne Gibson (Herald): Getting more housing, making it more affordable: what's the plan?
Christopher Nesche (Herald): Lessons from Australia on capital gains tax
Imran Ali (Herald): Nervous wait in election year for house sellers
Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori
Herald: Māori language set to break down barriers
Patrick Crewdson (Stuff): Why Stuff is introducing macrons for te reo Māori words
RNZ: Will te reo Māori survive?
Auckland Now: Police reveal new te reo-inspired vehicle for Māori Language Week
Herald: Critic slams Te Reo police car: 'This is bullsh*t'
Derek Handley (Spinofff):My te reo Māori journey
Dennis Ngawhare: Celebrating Te Reo Māori
Other
Taroi Black (Māori TV): Prophet Rua Kenana gets his pardon but for the family it was bittersweet
Anna Connell (Newsroom): Never give in to election fatigue
Simon Draper (Stuff): Why North Korea matters to New Zealanders
Nicky Harrop (Herald): Weekend Rewind: New Zealand's best spy-related documentaries
Ellen Read (Stuff): Cecilia Robinson triumphs at Women of Influence
Jackson Thomas (Stuff): Auckland councillors scramble to prove eligibility after citizenship fears
RNZ: Corrections looks at options to reduce prison numbers
Andrea Jutson (Herald): Suggestion earthbound kiwi should make way for 'more elegant' shearwater pecked to pieces