NICKY HAGER’S DIRTY WORK AND THE TAXPAYERS’ UNION
Jamie Ensor, Thomas Coughlan, Julia Gabel and Adam Pearse (Herald): Journalist Nicky Hager releases latest book Dirty Work on Taxpayers’ Union
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Nicky Hager’s new book Dirty Work ‘exposé’ of Taxpayers’ Union
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Nicky Hager takes on Jordan Williams and the Taxpayers’ Union ‘spiderweb’
Henry Cooke (Post): Nicky Hager completes his trilogy on the right, but will sequel have same bite? (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): A dispatch from the sweaty, feverish launch of Nicky Hager’s new book, Dirty Work
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Nicky Hager bombshell (if it is a bombshell)
Henry Cooke (Post): Nicky Hager launches much-hyped new book (paywalled)
Stuff: New Nicky Hager book targets lobby group Taxpayers’ Union
1News: Hundreds attend launch of Nicky Hager’s new book in Wellington
Herald: Jordan Williams says Taxpayers’ Union may feature in Nicky Hager’s new book
Julia Gabel (Herald): Taxpayers’ Union denies allegations in Nicky Hager book Dirty Work that lobby group faced sexual harassment claim from staff member
David Fisher (Herald): Taxpayers’ Union Three Waters campaign driven by donation surge, Nanaia Mahuta says lobby group has ‘rotten stench’. (paywalled)
Richard Harman: Nicky Hager takes on Jordan Williams and the hard right (paywalled)
Peter Williams: What’s so wrong with Taxpayers Union?
David Farrar: Hager’s work of fiction
Jordan Williams (Taxpayers’ Union): We’re under attack
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The influence of the Taxpayers’ Union in the election
ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND PARTIES
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): Labour’s election pitch: Better starts now… only it looks pretty much the same
Ryan Bridge (Newstalk ZB): It’s obvious National and Labour are fighting for centre votes
Anneke Smith (Post): Chris Hipkins told ‘you’re not being bold’ at Wellington Bays meeting (paywalled)
Amy Ridout (Post): Unpopular decisions and divisive questions at local MPs’ debate (paywalled)
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Spinoff): One Candidate, One Pint: Labour’s Sophie Handford on finding zen in politics
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Star Vietnam-based Labour candidate Warrick Cleine quits election race
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): Labour candidate Warrick Cleine withdraws nomination
Lillian Hanly (RNZ): National attack ads against Labour use crime footage from government’s own term
Henry Cooke (Post): ‘Before our laws took full effect’: PM OK with attack ad using video of crimes from 2024 (paywalled)
Stuff: Crime footage in ad accusing Labour of ‘gaslighting’ happened under National’s watch
Lauren Crimp (RNZ): ‘We wrote the policy’ - Winston Peters denies copying campaign group’s health policies
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): ‘We wrote it’: Winston Peters denies copy-paste health policy
Stuff: Copy & paste Peters? Winston lashes out at health policy questions
Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Auckland leaders’ warnings over Māori votes ignored by Govt, bruising relationships
Whatitiri Te Wake (Te Ao News): Shane Jones defends Government’s Māori-Crown record despite poll showing relations have worsened
Deborah Coddington (Herald): Act’s ‘one law for all’ policy ties it in constitutional knots and ignores history (paywalled)
David Farrar: Questions media didn’t ask
Muriel Newman: Strategic Voting to Win
Oliver Hartwich (NZCPR): Unravelling MMP
Peter Ross (ODT): Show me the ideology (paywalled)
TAX AND INTEREST DEDUCTIBILITY
Brent Edwards (NBR): MPs jostle over cost of living and tax before the campaign (paywalled)
Herald: ‘They should eat their words’ – Government, Labour spar over ‘tax cuts for landlords’
Katie Bradford (Herald): Are National’s tax attacks working? – The Front Page
Sammy Carter (RNZ): Labour doing a ‘u-turn’ with landlord tax break promise, advocate says
Mandy Te (Interest): Labour rules out interest deductibility changes while PM celebrates India FTA
No Right Turn: The Landlord Party
POLITICAL DONATIONS AND LOBBYING
Adam Pearse (Herald): Greens calling for donations cap and register of lobbyists in new policy
RNZ: Green Party seeks to cap political donations, stop companies donating
Nick James (Post): Green Party push for $30k donation cap as millions of dollars flow to National and ACT (paywalled)
Sam Smith (Stuff): ‘It’s past time to act’: Greens pledge to cap political donations, introduce lobbyist register
1News: Greens plan to cap political donations, block companies
Mandy Te (Interest): Greens eye capping political donations and a Lobbying Integrity Commission
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