The main issues in NZ politics today are Matt McCarten and Labour, Pike River, Tony Ryall, Act Party, and child poverty. [Read more below]
Today’s links
Matt McCarten
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): The McCarten Appointment
Brian Rudman (Herald): Good old days point way to Labour future
Jane Clifton (Listener): Snap, crackle and flop
Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim-Post): Reality check
Pete George (Your NZ): Where do Labour’s ABC’s fit in?
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): A ‘Game changer’? Really?
Radio NZ: McCarten admits Key will be a challenge
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The McCarten appointment
Pete George (Your NZ): Matt the Knife
Pete George (Your NZ): McCarten move a Green squeeze?
Will Matthews (Left estate): A Good Choice
Maiki Sherman (Maori TV): Matt McCarten appointed as Labour's Chief of Staff
Jeremy Muir (Gisbourne Herald): Political veterans could have major impacts in new support roles
Waatea News: Mana loses strategist
Waatea News: Organisation skills key to McCarten pick
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): McCarten still paying off overdue tax bill
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about Matt McCarten and Labour
Herald: Editorial: Double-edged sword in Labour arsenal
Dominion Post: Editorial: No easy task for McCarten
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Now Is The Time ... For A Game-Changer
Pete George (Your NZ): Presland never applied for chief of staff position
Lewis Holden: Prebble and McCarten
Willie Jackson (Stuff): Courage from David Cunliffe
Labour Party
Glenn Conway (Stuff): Anderton gives election advice
Stuff: Jones fights Labour's battle alone
Ian Anderson (Fightback): The Labour Party and popular participation
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Is Labour trying to kill the Greens?
Pike River
Newswire: Labour: Peter Whittall 'bought his own justice'
Radio NZ: MP claims dirty deal done on Pike charges
Adam Bennett (Herald): Pike River: Labour accuse Govt of dodgy deal
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Whittall 'part of Pike deal'
Rebecca MacFie (Listener): Pike River: the $3.41 million question
No Right Turn: A dirty deal
Radio NZ: No deal done on Pike payout says Key
Act party
Newswire: ACT leader regrets incest comments
Radio NZ: Act leader regrets incest comment
Adam Bennett (Herald): PM: Act leader's incest comments 'stupid'
Pete George (Your NZ): Act leader finds political learning curve can be harsh
Ellipsister: This talk about incest
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the Snowden revelations and ACT’s position on incest
Mark Hubbard (Life Behind the Iron Drape): My Comment on the Childishness Surrounding the Debacle over Jamie Whyte's Incest Statement
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Whyte and incest
TVNZ: Act leader's incest comments 'pretty silly' – PM
TVNZ: John Banks to officially stand down
Child poverty
Newswire: Opposition: Treasury can't count
Radio NZ: Govt disappointed by stats bungle
Susan St. John (Daily Blog): See no poverty, hear no poverty, speak no poverty and count no poverty
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Politics Explained: It’s all about the kids
The Standard: Bent Bill
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Children in poverty vastly underestimated
Simon Collins (Herald): Number of Kiwi kids in poverty jumps by 60,000
No Right Turn: Treasury, National, and child poverty
Raewyn Bleakley (Stuff): Flawed concept a real worry
Tony Ryall
John Armstrong (Herald): Ryall has done his time
Vernon Small and Stacey Kirk (Stuff): The 'brat pack' loses a member
Claire Trevett (Herald): Colourful reformer to sever ties
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Political Report: Squeaky clean Ryall bowing out
Online bullying
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): Cyber bullies ate Charlotte Dawson
Radio NZ: TVNZ sorry for fake abuse comments
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Celebrating the best in society
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Enough real abuse that TVNZ staff don’t need to make more up
Bill Ralston (Listener): Caught in the spotlight
Stuff: Trawling for trolls is a stab in the dark
Genesis sale
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Timing of Genesis sale driven by politics, not economics
No Right Turn: A bad deal for New Zealand
Greg Presland (The Standard): The Genesis share float has problems
Waikato Times: Silver lining a tad thin
Offshore oil and gas
Herald: No hearings for deep sea drilling – Govt
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Law will hit deep-sea drilling protesters
Radio NZ: Govt accused of oil & gas drilling muzzle
TVNZ: Exploratory drilling rule change upsets Greens
Economy
Maria Slade (Stuff): Looking out for the low-skilled
Jane Kelsey (Stuff): TPP too tough for Groser's talent
Brian Fallow (Herald): Strong case for Super changes
Herald: Migration climbs to decade-high
Tim Hunter (Stuff): Study sheds little light on NZ tax debate
Brian Fallow (Herald): Focus on: Tax - On a quest for revenue
Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Neoliberal Monetary Policy – Economics or Theology?
Lynn Prentice (The Standard): Hyping doesn’t help the economy, work does
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A fail for the press editorial
Maori politics
Radio NZ: Maori told to determine minimum wage
Herald: Iwi urged to unify
Radio NZ: UN getting false climate info – tribes
Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): "Property rights for some are property rights for none"
Radio NZ: MP fears for future of Maori health services
Christchurch rebuild
Glenn Conway (Stuff): Convention centre plans downsized
Alan Wood and Michael Foreman (Stuff): Level playing field sought
Radio NZ: Call for stronger Maori voice in rebuild
Other
Stuff: Today in Politics: Friday, February 28
Daily Blog: The Daily Blog Watch – 27/28 February 2014
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): TVNZ profit leaps
Matthew Beveridge: MPs on Twitter: Kevin Hauge
Will de Cleene (gonzo): The Bennett of the Doubt
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Good luck banning 3D printer designs
Simon Wong (TV3): Use of blunt force on calves reviewed
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Edwards vs Fair Go
Juliette Sivertsen (Newstalk ZB): New rural political party launches
Listener: Editorial: where’s the deep data?
Jonathan Coleman (Stuff): Royal commission not necessary
Dylan Moran (TV3): Greens upset with state housing sell-off plans
Karl du Fresne: When turning the other cheek is difficult
Lynn Prentice (The Standard): Nat techhead needs 3D brain transplant
Fightback: There’s pride in resistance, not apartheid
