COALITION AND ELECTION RESULT SPECULATION
Chris Trotter (Democracy Project): Reckless Speculation
Chris Trotter (Interest): National starts to panic
Gordon Campbell: On why Winston Peters could be National’s new BFF
Brent Edwards (NBR): The compromises needed in a centre-right government (paywalled)
Richard Harman (Poitik): Chaotic coalitions (paywalled)
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Winston Peters says he can assure Kiwis of 'stable Government'
RNZ: Luxon defends National claims around hung Parliament, a fresh election
RNZ: Checkpoint: 'No particular reason' National can't cut deal with NZ First - Jim Bolger
William Hewett (Newshub): National defends raising chance of second election as Labour says 'Winston gamble' backfiring
Stewart Sowman-Lund (Spinoff): Second election ‘unlikely’, says Luxon
William Hewett (Newshub): ACT's David Seymour thinks National has 'forgotten' about some voters with warning of second election
Ireland Hendry-Tennent (Newshub): Labour warns of 'US-style Government shutdowns' if National, NZ First enter confidence-only deal with ACT
Anna Murray (1News): What needs to happen for there to be a second general election
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): Hung parliaments and second elections
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Second election call - Panic? Or a plan?
Newstalk ZB: The Front Bench: Could we be facing a second election?
ELECTION
Denis Welch (Post): The ideology that has sucked the life from our politics (paywalled)
Keith Rankin (Evening Report): Does Christopher Luxon Understand MMP?
Max Harris (Guardian):When people feel hopeless about politics, ‘vote-tripling’ can inspire them. Could it work for New Zealand?
Toby Manjhire (Spinoff): What are we asking Google about New Zealand political leaders?
1News: Hipkins teases Jacinda Ardern campaign appearance
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): The major parties don’t have the answers to NZ’s failing infrastructure and housing crisis (paywalled)
Lachlan Grimwade (Newsroom): How political ads influence voting
Suze Wilson (The Conversation): Romantic heroes or ‘one of us’ – how we judge political leaders is rarely objective or rational
Rob Campbell (Newsroom): It’s vital, not dangerous, to question democracy, Mr Seymour
Gray Gibson (Newshub Nation): Simon Shepherd talks to Freedoms NZ's Brian Tamaki, the New Conservatives' Helen Houghton, and Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis' Michael Appleby
Stuff: Liz Gunn political party fails to overturn candidate registration blunder
Katie Harris (Herald): Man accused of driving at National candidate pleads not guilty to all five charges
Shannon Redstall (Press): Minor parties set for clash at Press Leaders Debate (paywalled)
Herald: The Front Bench - it’s all or nothing for Hipkins and Luxon in final week of the campaign
1News: Voter turnout key for Labour's narrow pathway to power
Anna Rawhiti-Connell (Spinoff): How the voting tally looks after a week of advance voting
Shanti Mathias (Spinoff): Making elections accessible for everyone
Gabi Lardies (Spinoff): The welfare, equity and representation policies in two minutes
Tommy de Silva (Spinoff): The wai and whenua policies in two minutes
Newsroom: Good day/bad day: When size really does matter
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The 2023 Election is a class war without the political vocabulary
Grant Brookes (International Socialists): Te Pāti Māori
Denis O’Reilly (E-Tangata): Circus, opera or rodeo?
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): Final Thoughts on Election 2023