The main issues in NZ politics today are Peter Dunne's capitulation on the GCSB changes, the Labour Party, and the Wellington earthquake. [Read more below]
Today’s links
GCSB
NBR: Swing vote Dunne supports GCSB Bill after changing tune on domestic spying
No Right Turn: Dunne sells us out
TVNZ: Dunne gives his backing to GCSB bill
Andrea Vance and Vernon Small (Stuff): Dunne backs expanded spy powers
Alan Papprill (The Irascible Curmudgeon): Why we should oppose The GCSB Bill in brief
The Standard: Dunne caves on GCSB spying
Anthony Robins (The Standard): Big Brother comes to Kindy
Newswire: Key confident of support for GCSB bill
No Right Turn: More arrogance and bullying
Audrey Young (Herald): Dunne supports controversial GCSB bill
Radio NZ: Dunne gives crucial vote over spy bill
Pete George (Your NZ): Dunne dissed if the sun rises
Audrey Young (Herald): GCSB bill has numbers to pass after Dunne wins changes
Katie Bradford-Crozier (Newstalk ZB): Sigh of relief for Key as Dunne backs his GCSB Bill
Radio NZ: Labour, Greens say GCSB bill remains flawed
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Fiery debate ahead on GCSB bill
Daily Blog: Peter Dunne, for a second there, we totally thought you were for real
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why you should march against the GCSB this Saturday if you are an environmentalist
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): GCSB Changes
Pete George (Your NZ): Shearer still opposes GCSB bill, but what does Labour want?
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Dunne turnaround on spy bill
Stuff: High-profile GCSB bill opposition
Tim Jackson (Timaru Herald): The spooks are coming to take me away
Russell Brown (Idealog): Dunne gives government the GCSB vote it needs - but doesn’t satisfy critics
Andrea Vance (Sunday Star Times): Politicians make hash of our privacy [not currently online]
Labour Party
Patrick Gower (TV3): Labour's woes continue
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Cuckoo in the Nest: In the name of God, David Shearer, go!
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Labour down in latest Poll – why Shearer may be the best option
Grant Miller (Manawatu Standard): Poll highlights Labour's drift
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): A lame duck whose days are numbered
Keeping Stock: "Shearer a "lame duck" - Edwards"
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): What is Labour’s policy on drilling?
Jenee Tibshraeny (Newstalk ZB): Labour out to convert anti-mining groups
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): So what is Labour’s policy on oil and drilling?
Wellington earthquake
The Standard: Key’s multi-billion dollar earthquake bet
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): The risks of living on the shaky isles
Chris Hutching (NBR): Quakes in capital will focus political minds
Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Wellington earthquake: 35 buildings damaged in CBD
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Politicising disaster
Peter Cresswell (Not PC): History is repeating in Wellington
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Perspective
Herald: Editorial: Big shakes deliver new pressures
Julie Anne Genter (Daily Blog): Disaster transportation
Inequality, poverty, employment
Rebecca Stevenson (Stuff): Kiwis no longer believe in job security
No Right Turn: Why doesn't Fairfax want to talk about inequality?
Mark Hubbard (Life Behind the Iron Drape): Beneficiary Fraud Versus Tax Evasion. Redux.
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): So why is this man taken seriously?
Industrial relations reform
Newswire: Unions to fight labour law changes
Radio NZ: Employment changes will hurt workers - CTU
Royal Baby
Mathew Dearnaley (Herald): Monarchists ready to light up NZ landmarks
Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Baby Talk
Stuff: PM congratulates royal couple on birth
TVNZ: New Zealand celebrates birth of Royal baby
Housing
TVNZ: PM's interest rate warning
NBR Staff (NBR): Accept loan limits or face higher interest rates sooner, PM hints
Rob Hosking (NBR): Why politicians are talking moonshine on housing, LVRs and bank lending
Economy
Ben Chapman-Smith (Herald): Multinational tax plan lacks punch - NZ expert
Thomas Pippos (Herald): Capital gains tax an inevitable part of future landscape
Radio NZ: PM concerned about Korean market
NBR Staff (NBR): Lobby group demands to know why copyright law review delayed until TPP talks complete
James Weir (Stuff): Single electricity market project completed
Newswire: Pensioners `softened up' for super cut
Other
Matthew Theunissen (Herald): Harawira's supporters outside court ahead of his appearance
Rachel Stewart (Stuff): Scheme a gamble
Bob Jones (Herald): Smash some education into them, Hekia
Rachel Simon-Kumar (Herald): Glenn inquiry review basically flawed
Nevil Gibson (NBR): Brash's 'Hollow Man' puts fear in British Left
Jock Anderson (NBR): Stephenson versus the General – time for truce
Stuff: Glenn staff: We got no right of reply
Stuff: Does NZ need a Technology Party?
Nelson Mail: Editorial: Gap between spin and communication
No Right Turn: More cronyism from National
Helen Kelly (Stuff): Legislation critical lever in resolving gender pay disparity
RadioLIVE: More social workers in low decile schools
Georgina Stylianou (Stuff): Lawyer says offers 'unfair'
Peter Aranyi (The Paepae): ‘…the classic kind of despotic manoeuvre Muldoon would have tried to pull off at his most power-drunk.’
Allie Cunninghame and Frazer Barton (ODT): Creditors come before compensation
