It’s only four weeks to go, but it’s going to be a very long, intense four weeks of electioneering. Therefore politicos are advised to seek out whatever political humour and satire you can find, because much of the campaign is going to be pretty serious, and often very boring. Today’s recommendations, therefore, are Steven Braunias’ The Secret Diary Of ... Phil Goff, Imperator Fish’s The Leaders Debate: Some Predictions, and Dave Armstrong’s The miseries within a Treasury financial forecast.
Most attention over the last few days has been on the television opening addresses on Friday and Saturday nights. These are well evaluated and reported by the following items: David Farrar’s The Campaign TV Openings, Russell Brown’s We interrupt this broadcast ..., Vernon Small’s Key defends campaign advert, Matthew Hooton’s Labour/Green Axis Gets Boost from Opening Night Ads, and Andrew Geddis’ Politics on the radio without pictures.
Apart from the above pieces, there’s actually a wealth of important items today that are all worth reading. But in particularly, the following items stand out: John Hartevelt’s Politics, policy and personality, Andrea Vance’s Business supports super review: survey, Martin Van Beynen’s Hard to care about elections, John Armstrong’s Key boxes clever on assets, but public's not buying it, Matt McCarten’s 'Courage' costly for working-class Kiwis, and Kiwipolitico’s Is a Blue-Green Foreign Policy Possible?. [Continue reading below for a full list of the highlights of NZ Politics Daily]
Below are the internet links to all the NZ politics material from the last 24 hours that are either informative, insightful, interesting or influential. This list and the links are taken from a fuller document, NZ Politics Daily, which is emailed out, Monday to Friday, to various researchers, academics, journalists, MPs and so forth. The document is purely for research purposes only, and if you would like to be on the subscription list, please email: bryce.edwards@otago.ac.nz
Opening television addresses
Steven Braunias (Southland Times): The Secret Diary Of ... Phil Goff
Vernon Small (Dom Post): Key defends campaign advert
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Campaign TV Openings
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Politics on the radio without pictures
Rob Carr (Political Dumpground): Opening Night Broadcasts
Deborah Coddington (NZH): Key relaxed, Labour slick, Greens positive
Russell Brown (Public Address): We interrupt this broadcast ...
Rob Carr (Political dumpground): Minor Party Broadcasts
Ian Llewellyn (electionresults): Minor Parties Think National Will Win
Martyn Bradbury (Tumeke): Opening TV election addresses of ACT, Maori Party, NZ First, United Future, Alliance, ALC and Conservative Party
Matthew Hooton (electionresults): Labour/Green Axis Gets Boost from Opening Night Ads
Toby Manhire (Listener): NZ election 2011: the bloggers assess the opening salvos
Opinion polls
Duncan Garner (TV3): Gap closes between Key and Goff in poll
David Fisher (NZH): Phil Goff leads from bottom
Stuff: National maintains lead despite Rena crisis – polls
Ian Llewellyn (electionresults): A Plethora Of Polls
Voxy: Bean poll set to predict election winner
Leaders debates
Derek Cheng (NZH): Dunne wins debate by a hair
NZH: Tight, heated debate
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Goff's chance to show his mettle
Brian Edwards: How Phil Goff may come into his own in the televised election debates
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The first head to head debate
Imperator Fish: The Leaders Debate: Some Predictions
National’s state asset sales policy
John Armstrong (NZH): Key boxes clever on assets, but public's not buying it
John Hartevelt (Stuff): They're selling it, but are you buying it?
Audrey Young (NZH): PM reveals asset sales fund plan
Kate Chapman (Stuff): National touts partial asset sales
TVNZ: National defends feel good asset sales spend up
TVNZ: Asset sale funds will 'transform' schools – Key
Vernon Small and Tracy Watkins (Stuff): National Party outlines asset sales plan
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Kiwibank could get asset sale cash: Key
RadioLIVE / 3 News: Investigation launched into National security breach
Steven Price (Media Law Journal): Political protesters
Labour’s retirement/economic policies
Matt McCarten (NZH): 'Courage' costly for working-class Kiwis
RNZ: Mana Party says Maori should get superannuation at 60
Bernard Hickey (interest): 'Dear Sir John Key. Happy 65th birthday. Hope you are enjoying your pension…
Fran O’Sullivan (NZH): Goff not as brave as he seems over super
Tim Watkin (TVNZ): The elephant in the room
Waikato Times: Editorial - The courage to change
Adam Bennett (NZH): No need to raise NZ Super age – Key
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Eating Crow
Dim Post: Inelegant metaphor of the day
Press: Editorial – Labour faces the economic realities
Mike Booker (Idealog): Retiring at 67? Baby boomers need to think about who pays
Kerre Woodham (NZH): Few votes, lots of respect
Jazial Crossley (Dom Post): Should capital gains be taxed? [Not currently online]
John Pagani (Stuff): What Business NZ is wrong about
Election
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Business supports super review: survey
Claire Trevett (NZH): Election 2011: Head to head with Labour
Claire Trevett (NZH): Leaders draw swords in clash of the Scrooges
John Armstrong (NZH): Labour grabs initiative with risky voter choices
Vernon Small (Stuff): Misleading attack lines: the tedium
Vernon Small (Dom Post): Goff passes the point of no return
Kiwipolitico: Is a Blue-Green Foreign Policy Possible?
Philip Matthews (Press): Head-to-head: KEY or GOFF? [Not currently online]
John Hartevelt (Dom Post): Politics, policy and personality
John Hartevelt (Press): Campaign strategists [Not currently online]
John Hartevelt (Stuff): Don Brash: The voters want me in Government
Tracy Watkins and Vernon Small (SST): Nats' turn to catch voters' attention
Matthew Hooton (NBR): Sense in Labour’s Goff-free strategy
Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Propaganda wars
Kate Chapman (Stuff): Maori Party keeps deal options open
Derek Cheng (NZH): Mana, Maori divided on asset sales
Alice Neville (NZH): Don keeps his cool on the edge of oblivion
Rachel Glucina (NZH): Party's really Acting up
Chris Philpott (Stuff): Trading emails with Bomber Bradbury
NZH: Online posts can backfire for politicians
John Weekes (NZH): Feelers won't stand up for Key
Alexia Russell (Newstalk ZB): Sue Bradford calls for Paula Bennett to front
Derek Cheng (NZH): Labour woman tells it like it is
Ian Llewellyn (electionresults): Palmerston North Electorate Wide Open Says Poll
Martin Van Beynen (Press): Hard to care about elections
Claire Trevett (NZH): NZ First targets tax at launch
Danya Levy (Stuff): Singer endorses NZ First campaign launch
Danya Levy (Stuff): NZ First targets tax with musical campaign launch
TV3: Food labelling a must in Greens deal
Amelia Romanos and David Fisher (NZH): Party's opening promises
Kathryn Powley (NZH): Labour sips Greens policy
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Labour pushes to regain Auckland central
Michael Field (Stuff): Goff offers up rail loop election incentive
APNZ: Labour backs Auckland rail plan
Stuff: Campaign diary: Monday, October 31
Electoral reform referendum
Jonathan Milne and David Fisher (NZH): Big business to fight poll-topping MMP
Elizabeth Binning (NZH): MMP front-runner in survey
Steven Price (Media Law Journal): Radio NZ supports SM?
Danya Levy (Stuff): Peters poster used to oppose MMP
Manawatu Standard: Editorial - First Past the Post had its chance
Jonathan Milne (NZH): Driven to drink over MMP
Graeme Edgeler (Leagle Beagle): Referendum Fact Check 4: The MMP Debate
Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Up to 11
TV3: Panel discusses the pros, cons of MMP
Roger Kerr dies
Kathryn Powley and APNZ (NZH): Kerr lauded as strong advocate
Kathryn Powley (NZH): Last fight for Change
Victoria Robinson (Stuff): Tributes paid to 'patriot' Kerr
Fran O’Sullivan (NZH): Kerr's courageous stances kept Government honest
Other
Dave Armstrong (Dom Post): The miseries within a Treasury financial forecast
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On evidence that New Zealand is a more socially just society than Australia
Dom Post: Editorial - Hiring policy leaves youth vulnerable
TV3: Scandals take their toll on MP numbers
RNZ: Claims former NZ SAS member involved as Gaddafi's son fled
NZH: Kiwis 'among mercenaries who helped Gaddafi's son flee to Niger'
Tahu Potiki (Press): Bite bullet on infrastructure
David Fisher (NZH): Hide pushing Watson's case
TV3: Bill Ralston, Brian Edwards on the week in politics – Video
iPredict: 2011 ELECTION UPDATE #50
