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NZ Politics Daily: 5 October 2023

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Bryce Edwards
Oct 04, 2023
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ELECTION
Max Rashbrooke (Spinoff): Feeling fatigued and confused by this election? Here’s why
Morgan Godfery (Post): As the state’s ability to deliver has shrunk, so has the people’s willingness to vote (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (1News): Why this is the White Bread Election
Richard Harman (Politik): Election looks like foregone conclusion (paywalled)
William Hewett (Newsroom): Te Pāti Māori says candidate Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke's home invaded again
RNZ: Te Pāti Māori candidate's home entered unlawfully, man trespassed - party president
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Trespass notice served in Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s investigation
Derek Cheng (Herald): Who might become NZ First MPs - former ministers, MPs, councillors... and anti-vax conspiracy theorists? (paywalled)
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Labour's Chris Hipkins criticises 'serious error' from Electoral Commission as voting continues
RNZ: Unacceptable 1m Kiwis still don't have EasyVote packs - Chris Hipkins
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): Electoral Commission's 'one job': 1.4 million still waiting for easy vote cards
Newshub: Kiwis not rushing to polls, voter turnout down on 2020
Anna Whyte and Shannon Redstall (Post): Thousands take the chance to vote in advance of polling day (paywalled)
Anna Whyte (Post): New Zealand’s election rules: Redundant, inconsistent or not that bad? (paywalled)
Gray Gibson (Newshub): Newshub Nation's political party leader interviews with TOP, National, Labour, ACT, The Greens, and Te Pāti Māori
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Election 2023 video: The Greens' Marama Davidson faces new level of political pressure knitting with Newshub
Matthew Birchall (Herald): Beyond the election debate soundbites (paywalled)
No Right Turn: The duopoly's contempt for voters
Susan Glasgow (Herald): Child poverty in NZ not ‘sexy enough’ topic for electioneering
Sam Brooks (Spinoff): The only arts policy debate of the campaign wasn’t a debate at all
André Chumko (Post): Arts an election afterthought in cost of living crisis (paywalled)
David Williams (Newsroom): Defining issues: ‘I don’t think we have a rural divide, I really don’t’ – dairy farmer
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): Indian-origin candidates highlight election priorities
Jemima Huston (RNZ): Rural school open only few hours for voting 'unfair'
Michael Neilson (Herald): Chris Hipkins hosts online ‘town hall’, new poll shows National, Act need NZ First to govern
Spinoff: Haere mai, Christopher Luxon!
Newsroom: Good day/bad day: You had one job!
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Stuff): Electoral Commission gets rid of 'I voted' stickers, fans fight back with a sexed up Orange Guy

1NEWS VERIAN POLL
Felix Desmarais (1News): Poll: Labour stagnates, Peters still needed by National
Felix Desmarais (1News): Poll: 'Just being me' - Why Christopher Luxon thinks he's on the up

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