The main issues in NZ politics daily are the Christchurch East by-election result, the Green Party leadership challenge, media law about bloggers, deep sea oil drilling, and forestry worker safety. [Read more below]
Today’s links
Christchurch East by-election
John Armstrong (Herald): Result cue for National soul-searching
Vernon Small (Stuff): Size of defeat a warning to National
Glenn Conway (Stuff): Anderton's by-election role master stroke
Vernon Small (Press): Labour's landslide relief
Josie Pagani (Pundit): Organise to Win
Newswire: Key not worried by by-election result
Stacey Kirk (Stuff) Key: By-election result 'unsurprising'
Rob Salmond (Polity): MMP history, East, and 2014
Dan Satherley (TV3): By-election signals 'mood shift' – Cunliffe
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Clinging to hope
Glenn Conway (Stuff): Chch by-election an easy Labour win
TVNZ: By-election result 'sends message' to Government
Press: Editorial: Williams' first priority as MP
Rob Salmond (Polity): 3½ thoughts on a very good win
Adam Bennett (Herald): Christchurch win buoys Labour
Newswire: Labour celebrates decisive Chch East victory
Brook Sabin (TV3): Labour looks beyond Chch East victory
Tyler Adams (Newstalk):By-election result sends message to Government – Cunliffe
Herald: Labour's newest MP: Victory came down to meeting community
RNZ: Result not a reflection on Govt, says candidate
Your NZ: Good win for Labour
Kurt Bayer (Herald): Poto Williams wins Christchurch East by-election
Bruce Russell (Newstalk): Christchurch East have had enough - Williams
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Christchurch East a crushing victory for Labour
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Apparently there was a by-election yesterday
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Apathy was the winner
Guest Post (Kiwiblog): Poto wins Christchurch East
Brook Sabin (TV3): Quakes change dynamics of Christchurch by-election
Chris Hutching (NBR): And the winner of the Christchurch East by-election is...
TV3: Labour takes no risks in defending ChCh East
Rob Salmond (Polity): Turnout in East tomorrow
Greens leadership challenge
Adam Bennett (Herald): Greens leadership challenger calls for 'strike'
Scott York (Imperator Fish): David Hay: the All Blacks need me
Rob Salmond (Polity): Shorter: David Hay’s campaign
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Green Party suppression of dissent
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Greens at war
Pete George (Your NZ): Why Greens dumped David Hay
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Always a risk with candidates
David Hay (Seriously Green): Leadership challenge FECs (frequently expressed concerns)
Neil Reid (Stuff): Greens need new leaders - rejected candidate
Marama Davidson (Daily Blog): Fair democracy let David Hay speak and put his hand up. Fair democracy, common sense and strong leadership spoke back.
Danyl Mclauchlan (Dimpost): Inside outside upside down
Guest Post (Kiwiblog): Greens dump Hay
Jacqui Stanford (Newstalk): David Hay has some thinking to do
Pete George (Your NZ): Greens and real stories
TVNZ: Greens leadership challenger dumped from list
Torben Akel (TV3): David Hay could be expelled from Greens
Sophia Duckor-Jones (Newstalk) Greens decide not to accept Hay into candidate pool
Patrice Dougan (Herald): Rogue Green denied candidacy
No Right Turn: Spherical politicians in a vacuum
Guest Post (Kiwiblog): Pass the popcorn, more Greens action
Pete George (Your NZ): Will sour Green Grapes ferment?
TV3: Greens contemplate Hay's future
Isaac Davison (Herald): Green leadership challenge 'sour grapes'
RadioLive: Hay's political future decided today
RNZ: Green hopeful says being blocked from list
Keeping Stock: Where is the transparency Green Party?
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk): Leadership challenge dooms political career
Electorates and Election 2014
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Unknown knowns of the election
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Key can't afford to rule out any partners
Brook Sabin (TV3): Labour attacks National's coalition sweet-talking
Selwyn Manning (Daily Blog): National’s Electoral Boundary Strategy Designed To Erode Labour’s Votes
Whaleoil
Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Cameron Slater 'incredulous' over ruling
Bevan Hurley (Herald): Judge rebuffs Whale Oil, orders blogger to reveal sources
Steven Price (Media Law Journal): Is Whale Oil a journalist?
The Standard: Cameron Slater and the protection of journalistic sources
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Am I a journalist? Steven Price examines
Russell Brown (Hard News): The judge is not helping
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why Slater isn’t news media and doesn’t deserve protecting
RNZ: Blogger protecting his source could have good case – lawyer
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Oh look I’m making the news again, HOS only tells half the story
Whaleoil: Matthew Blomfield – Right of Reply [UNEDITED]
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Whaleoil hoisted by his own harpoon
Pete George (Your NZ): Whale Oil judged to be ‘not a news medium’
Ideologically Impure: News media and blogs: where’s the line?
Deep sea oil drilling
John Armstrong (Herald): Drilling gift for Greens a dilemma for Labour
Matt McCarten (Herald): Selling our future for $75 each
Colin Espiner (Press): Espiner: Time for oil perspective
Rodney Hide (Herald): Greens' scary predictions fall flat
Martin van Beynen (Press): Drilling for oil: The great imponderable
Maria Slade (Stuff):It's not easy being green
John Sargeant (Taranaki Daily News): Drilling gains well worth risk
APNZ: Oil Free Seas Flotilla returns to NZ
Forestry workers safety
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Forestry deaths demand an inquiry
John Minto (Daily Blog): Capitalism is killing workers so let’s put health and safety in workers’ hands
Duncan Garner (RadioLIve): The personal face of our national shame
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Protect forestry workers: Labour
Nicole Pryor (Stuff): Forestry worker killed in accident
Chorus
Herald on Sunday: Editorial: Economy better for this revolt
Dom Post: Chorus of warnings for the Government
RNZ: Chorus determined to build UFB project
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Is Matthew Hooton the biggest wrecker of NZ business’
Newswire: Labour wants 'the whole truth' on Chorus
Hamish Rutherford and Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Chorus committed to UFB rollout
Asset sales referendum
Herald: Editorial: Referendum on asset sales misuses system
The Standard: NZ Herald editorial smears the Referendum
Trade agreements
TVNZ: New trade deal with Taiwan kicks in
Newswire: Taiwan tariff cuts kick in for NZ exports
Matt Robson (Daily Blog): The TPPA and the Promised Land – A Critique of the Fran O’Sullivan Doctrine
Christchurch
TVNZ: Gerry Brownlee dismisses claims of rebuild apathy
Joelle Dally (Stuff): Christchurch red zone could be watercourse
Trans-Tasman MP ratings
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): English the star performer in Parliament's class of 2013
Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Mr Fix-it
Pool fencing and child safety
Isaac Davison (Herald): She's back - return of the Nanny State
Herald: Editorial: Govt should curb its love of regulation
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Beware the regulation
Kerre McIvor (Herald): Pool-fencing laws suit bureaucracy, not children's water safety
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Nanny State? More like more Herald bullsh*t
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Paddling pools may need fencing
Guest Post (Kiwiblog): Paddling pool nuttiness
Other
John Minto (Herald): Fight to save state housing rights
Rodney Hide (NBR): Welfare wins in $5 an hour wage trap
Rob Stock (Stuff): Mail decline changes NZ Post
Russell Blackstock (Herald): Metro apologises for rape 'joke'
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Uncle Ernie’s 20 questions
Marika Hill (Stuff): Switching over and switching off colour boxes
TVNZ: New Zealand to join 2014 G20 meetings
RNZ: NZ invited to G20 next year
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): G20 spot proof of NZ's status in Aussie eyes
Matthew Hooton (NBR): Let’s end climate talks farce
Stuff: Today in politics: Saturday, November 30
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Climate change and socialism
David Beatson (Daily Blog): Our Digital Switchover creates the Marginalised Majority
Taranaki Daily News: Retiring health members say Maori neglected
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Pay top state bosses even more: report
Matt Nippert (Stuff): Banking it on the bench
Dave Armstrong (Dom Post): Turbine attraction makes my head spin
Hank Schouten (Stuff): Ministry head office on the move, big time
Liam Dann (Herald): China v USA - New Zealand's dilemma
Colin James (Management Magazine): Opening opportunity - a government's real test
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Insurers put focus on future growth