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NZ Politics Daily: 6 October 2023

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Bryce Edwards
Oct 05, 2023
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ELECTION
Felix Desmarais (1News): Poll: Willis, Seymour or Peters? Who Kiwis would prefer as deputy PM
Claire Trevett (Herald): Last pre-election Talbot Mills shows NZ First rising and in the box seat, National and Greens rising, Act and Labour dropping
Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): Election 2023: Polls show NZ First in poll position (paywalled)
Gordon Campbell: On the centre-right’s cynically divisive messages on race
RNZ: Checkpoint: Race relations commissioner on allegations of race baiting in election
Bruce Cotterill (Newstalk ZB): We need to be able to talk about difficult issues  (paywalled)
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Tova podcast: 'White people are stupid', Labour Minister '****ing useless' - the latest candidate in Twitter/X trouble
Josie Pagani (Post): Never mind the likeability, where’s the substance? (paywalled)
Tom Taylor (RNZ): Early voting numbers lagging behind last election
Niva Chittock (RNZ): Overcoming barriers to get Māori and young voters to participate
Alana Rae (Listener): Young people are enrolling in droves, but loom as a wildcard on polling day (paywalled)
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): A week of squabbles, scandals and harassment (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Covid, debates, political violence, fearmongering and hysteria
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): Yuck... history will not judge this campaign kindly
Tim Watkin (RNZ): Caucus: National and Labour's broken bungy and why we all need to grow up
Newsroom: Raw Politics: Winston’s late insurance policy?
Emma Hatton (Newsroom): Winston’s wishes: what is NZ First campaigning on?
RNZ: Labour promises to set up 'Anti-Scamming Unit'
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The glimpse of a new true Left voice in the midst of political oblivion and Morgan catches up to where TDB was in February
André Chumko (Post): How is AI affecting the election? (paywalled)
David Harvey (Listener): Expecting the government to solve every problem stifles creativity (paywalled)
Metiria Stanton Turei (ODT): Two out of three ain’t bad: using MMP’s strategic benefits (paywalled)
Brent Edwards (NBR): Voters deserve an honest debate during the election campaign (paywalled)
Greg Presland (The Standard): The weird and wacky 2023 election campaign
Julie Jacobson (Post): Why elections are family affairs  (paywalled)
Annemarie Quill (Stuff): Election day weather forecast revealed: Will it sway voters?

BUSINESS-GOVT RELATIONSHIP, POLITICAL FINANCE
Jonathan Milne (Newsroom): Businesses asked to prove honest dealings with politicians
Kate MacNamara (Herald): Power list: The top 10 staffing agencies and consultancies with the lion’s share of work for the public service
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Businesses need to run their own show and ignore the Wellington circus (paywalled)
Zoe Madden-Smith (Re:News): Which political parties get the most donations

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