The main issues in NZ politics today are the 'Roast Busters', the Labour Party, National Party retirements, the GCSB reforms, SkyCity, UFB/Chorus, and inequality and poverty. [Read more below]
Today’s links
‘Roast Busters’
Michelle Robinson (Herald): Professor: Police must explain Roast Busters inaction
Listener: Editorial: How far have we come? (paywalled)
Bill Ralston (Listener): A right roasting in order (paywalled)
Stuff: Independent inquiry into Roast Busters sex case
Joshua Drummond (Stuff): Rapists shouldn't rape, the end
The Standard: The sound of feet dragging: after Bazely
Anne Russell (Scoop): Roastbusters, rape culture and the problem of criminality
Deborah Russell (Bee of a certain age): Memo from the blue gang: women aren’t citizens
TV3: Independent inquiry into Roast Busters sex case
Danyl Mclauchlin (Dim-Post): Quote of the day, or rather: quotes from other days much like today
Patrice Dougan (Herald): Roast Busters scandal: UK sandwich maker changes name
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Crusher's cyber law comes just in time
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Where are the parents of the 'Roast Busters'?
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets on RadioLive’s ‘roast busters’ interview
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets on the Police and ‘roast busters’
Anna Leask (Herald): Roast Busters: Four girls laid complaints
TVNZ: Police defend handling of Roast Busters investigation
Radio NZ: Four girls made Roast Busters complaints
Dominion Post: Editorial: Police should have stopped Roast Busters
Stuff: Four complaints laid over Roast Busters group
Newswire: Labour to go to IPCA over Roast Busters
Herald: Roast Busters: Victim made complaint to police two years ago
Patrice Dougan (Herald): Jackson, Tamihere apologise after 'Roast Busters' interview
Patrick Gower (TV3): OPINION: Govt must outlaw Roast Busters
Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Radio hosts apologise over interview
Stuff: Roast Busters' female defenders
Audrey Young (Herald): 'Roast Busters' victims urged to come forward
Dan Satherley (TV3): Local MP Cunliffe in the dark over Roast Busters
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): An appalling interview
Pete George (Your NZ): Willy and JT keep roasting themselves
Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Baby it’s creepy outside
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Normal for whom?
The Hand Mirror: How could this happen? - T/W
Man of Errors: Everything you need to know about rape
Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Blaming the rape victims
Ideologically Impure: THAT story
Tangata Whenua: JT & Willie apologise for offence caused over #RoastBusters interview
The Ruminator: On Roast Busters and Radio Live – rape isn’t a drunken oversight.
The Hand Mirror: Growing boys, not roast busters
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): No-one asks to be raped
Patrice Dougan (Herald): Another radio host in gun
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): More on Roast Busters
Labour Party
Vernon Small (Stuff): Will Cunliffe move Labour to the Centre?
Claire Trevett (Herald): Party pruning begins but Labour men cling on
Jane Clifton (Listener): Cunliffe on a hot tin roof (paywalled)
Audrey Young (Herald): Cunliffe gets a bloody nose
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): The rewards of immigration
Brian Rudman (Herald): Wanted: MPs to help Labour tick all the boxes
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): KiwiAssure war of words gets louder
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Labour’s Annual Conference 2013: Rediscovering The Road Not Travelled
Rachel Boyack and Stephen Judd (Speaker): Gender quotas (and helping journalists with their maths)
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On why we need a Kiwi-owned insurance company, and the TPP
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A dumb argument
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour’s gender quotas
James Dann (Rebuilding Christchurch): A Man, A Ban, The Banal – Paddy Gower
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Rewriting history
National Party retirements
Tracy Watkins and Glenn Conway (Stuff): MP Kate Wilkinson to retire
TVNZ: Kate Wilkinson joins list of retiring National MPs
Greg Presland (The Standard): Kate Wilkinson to stand down and Matthew Doocey may seek nomination
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Shanks to leave politics
Newswire: Wilkinson to step down as MP
GCSB
Radio NZ: Mega boss puzzled by need for spy legislation
Adam Bennett (Herald): GCSB boss: Ex-MP Keith Locke not spied on
TVNZ: Former MP not subject of GCSB spying
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Locke wins battle with GCSB
Radio NZ: Apple reveals NZ asked for account holder data
Sky City
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): John Banks accused of conflict of interest
3 News Online Staff (TV3): Greens lay complaint over Banks' SkyCity vote
TVNZ: John Banks 'not worried' about privileges complaint
No Right Turn: Is the House an ass?
UFB rollout
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): An ultra-fast disaster
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Assessment ordered as CallPlus takes Adams to court
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Chorus' broadband contract ability under review
Newswire: Labour warns against 'crony capitalism'
Radio NZ: Government to announce Chorus options
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Taxpayers may pay for lower Chorus cost
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): UFB Project: Terms of Tender
Greg Presland (The Standard): Everything you wanted to know about the Chorus deal …
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Game over for ultra fast broadband?
Inequality, poverty, and unemployment
Cecile Meir (Stuff): Top boss tips strong jobs growth
James Weir (Stuff): More jobs but pay failing to keep up
Ben Irwin (Herlad): Len Brown wants living wage for Auckland Council staff
Morgan Tait (Herald): Fears of a tight Christmas
Heather McCracken (Herald): NZ women spending more time on unpaid work
No Right Turn: 45,000 out of work under National
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): 2013 Q3 HLFS
James Weir (Stuff): Unemployment falls to 6.2 pc
Robert Batemarco (Not PC): How the World Was Made Safe for Crony Capitalism
Housing
Newswire: Govt moves to slash home building costs
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Building material competition limited
Brook Sabin (TV3): New home enquiries 'plummeting' - Master Builders
Herald: Key reveals how he lost his fight for home loans
Economy
TVNZ: John Key unveils 'NZ story' export toolkit
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Kiwis can help bring China to TPP
Beith Atkinson (Integrity Talking Points): Improving regulatory compliance
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The benefits of free trade agreements
Other
Karl du Fresne (Listener): Radio New Zealand’s courtroom drama (paywalled)
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Isolation isn't all that blissful
Stuff: Today in politics: Thursday, November 7
Beith Atkinson (Integrity Talking Points): New Zealanders have the good life compared with many others in the OECD
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Law change to assist overseas firms keep quiet on NZ finances
John Gibb (ODT): Critical of Children's Bill
Herald: Editorial: Govt's new alcohol limit better late than never
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Dunne not prepared to speculate on future
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Mana, Maori Party not on same page over future meeting
Radio NZ: Peters accuses Govt of blunders in UN bid
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Satisfaction with state services continues to grow
Moana Mackey (Daily Blog): Green on the outside, red in the middle
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): We're going to Sri Lanks regardless – Key
No Right Turn: Stacking the deck
Michael Cummings (Manawatu Standard): Editorial: Bill a personal triumph for MP
Allan Alach (Daily Blog): The Return of She Who Must Be Obeyed
TVNZ: Bill English hints about possible election-year sweetener
John Armstrong (Herald): Five years of National Govt: Bromance at the top
