LABOUR’S POLLING
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Should Labour roll Chris Hipkins after dreadful poll? (paywalled)
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Newstalk ZB): Is Labour really in it to win it here?
Adam Pearse (Herald): ‘Love to see better numbers’: Chris Hipkins on Labour’s 25.9% poll result
Henry Cooke (Post): ‘Polls move around’: Labour leader says there is ‘work to do’ following shock poll result (paywalled)
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): Labour’s former chief of staff says it’s not 2017-type panic stations yet, despite dipping below 26%
Stuff: Only one poll really matters, Hipkins says
Stuff: ‘We’re going in to win this election,’ Hipkins says after horror poll
Lauren Crimp and Giles Dexter (RNZ): Labour leader Chris Hipkins brushes off latest poll result
Joel Maxwell (Stuff): Labour’s ghost campaign risks driving voter turnout into the ground
ELECTION POLLS
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Poll of polls: Labour slumps on back of latest poll (paywalled)
Post: Historic shock poll: Both National and Labour below 30% for first time ever (paywalled)
Stuff: Labour down to 25.9% as Seymour and Greens surge in new poll
ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND PARTIES
Bryce Edwards (Democracy Project): The politics of meh
Chris Trotter (Interest): The overhang strategy
Toby Manhire (Spinoff): The calls on the right to ‘rort’ MMP by engineering a National Party overhang
Nik Dirga (RNZ): Explainer: What are the rules around election advertising?
Chelsea Daniels (Herald): What’s stopping nearly half of eligible young voters from enrolling?
1News: Māori voters encouraged to consider their vote carefully and act strategically
Fox Meyer (Newsroom): National schtum on its AI attack ad policy while other parties draw clear lines
Michael Swanson: What’s the point of billboards?
Henry Cooke (Post): Where are all the non-enrolled voters? South Auckland and the South Island (paywalled)
Te Ao News: ‘Kia orana, Winston, I am a descendant of the Cook Islands’: Greenpeace responds to Peters’ racism claim
Laszlo Szollosi-Cira: Tactical voting in MMP regime: The threat to the stability of government
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Why is National not releasing reports on race-based issues?
1News: Peters signals benefits, as well as super, require citizenship under NZ First policy
Sam Smith (Stuff): NZ First used Kneecap song in social video despite Winston Peters calling them ‘low IQ weasels’
Jack Riddell (Herald): David Seymour in Hastings: Act leader says Greens ‘certainly are people’ after Paul Henry jibe
Zoe Mills (Herald): Shane Jones responds after clashing with protesters at Gisborne public meeting
RNZ: Labour says fuel tax policy has been costed, but won’t reveal details yet
Peter Sara (ODT): Avoiding the coalition lucky dip (paywalled)
Paula Penfold (Stuff): A political candidate says a topic has ‘haunted’ her for years. We fact check her claims
Rebecca Hogan (Post): Young people hold Palmerston North’s first candidates’ debate (paywalled)
David Farrar: Debates and polls
NATIONAL’S NEW CANDIDATE TO REPLACE CHRIS PENK
Emma Ricketts (Stuff): National selects Louise Upston’s ministerial adviser to replace Chris Penk
Adam Pearse (Herald): National selects candidate to replace Chris Penk in Auckland seat
Nick James (Post): New National candidate for Chris Penk’s safe seat selected (paywalled)
Russell Palmer (RNZ): Former journalist Jessica Rowe named as candidate to replace Chris Penk
SUPERMARKETS
Isaac Davison (Stuff): The Greens want a Government-owned supermarket. Could it actually work?
RNZ: Greens can’t say how much cheaper KiwiMart would be, say government won’t set prices
Stuff: Parties promising big changes to two of the biggest costs facing Kiwis
No Right Turn: Time to smash the supermarkets
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): This shopper isn’t buying the Kiwimart idea
ODT: Editorial – Is a state-owned supermarket really the answer? (paywalled)
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