The main issues in NZ politics today are the Kohanga Reo scandal and Hekia Parata, the Dotcom Internet Party alliances, the funding cuts to the Problem Gambling Foundation, and NZ-China relations. [Read more below]
Today’s links
Kohanga Reo Trust
Steve Braunias (Stuff): The secret diary of Hekia Parata
Colin Espiner (Stuff): Parata should be sacked
Josh Fagan (Stuff): Parata says she's not the problem
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Parata was wrong – Trust board
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Parata & Sharples detective agency: 'I lost my money at home' - 'Let's look in the car'
Kathryn King (Stuff): Kohanga reo boss drained finances
Audrey Young (Herald): Act now, leaders tell Kohanga
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Leap of faith to believe Parata
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Kohanga Reo allegations reveal a lot about Govt's commitment to Maori
Tahu Potiki (Stuff): Is Kohanga Reo row a media beat-up?
Dion Tuuta (Stuff): Kohanga movement needs to survive scandal
The Press: One calamity too many
Radio NZ: Kohanga trust to release statement
Internet Party
Jonathan Milne (Herald): Dotcom claims first MP
Jonathan Milne (Herald): Politicians of all stripes welcome at Kim's place
Herald: Herald on Sunday editorial: Openness, not shock and awe
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Which MP has Dotcom bought and paid for?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Dotcom Mana alliance
Keeping Stock: The HoS on Dotcom
Greg Presland (The Standard): Which MP is Kim Dotcom talking to?
Radio NZ: Mana looking at links with Dotcom party
Vernon Small (Stuff): Mana waits to see Internet Party ideas
Ellipsister: Opposites attract?
Pete George (Your NZ): Establishing the Internet Party
Pete George (Your NZ): Mischievous tweet by NZ First MP spoof
Pete George (Your NZ): Concerns at Mana links with Dotcom
Pete George (Your NZ): Curran rules out Internet party
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about the Dotcom Internet Party’s alliances
Problem Gambling Foundation
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): Gambling body warned for politics
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Gambling funding reasons rejected
Sophia Duckor-Jones (Newstalk ZB): The Sallies didn't even tender, say Greens
Emma Jolliff (TV3): Funding ends for gambling foundation
Newswire: Salvation Army takes over from foundation
Russell Brown (Public Address): Taking a very big gamble
No Right Turn: Defunded
Pete George (Your NZ): Problem for Problem Gambling Foundation
Waikato Times: Dependants can't be critics
Herald: Editorial: Suspicions as anti-gambling voice silenced
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Desperate lies
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Problem Gambling Foundation loses Govt funding
Isaac Davison (Herald): Problem gambling contract surprises
Rob Salmond (Polity): National cuts charity funding because charity criticises National
Pete George (Your NZ): False allegations
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Service provision, service advocacy
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): PGF loses contract to Salvation Army
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Problem Gambling Foundation warned several times about politicking
NZ-China relations
Jacqui Stanford (Newstalk ZB): Norman expects 'better leadership' after Key's apology
Claire Trevett (Herald): Key cracks jokes after China trip
The Press: Editorial: New Zealanders need to work hard in China's market
Taranaki Daily News: Editorial: China visit marks genuine coup for Key
Herald: Editorial: Woe betide any mishap in AB's China trip
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Key's visit a triumph for New Zealand Inc
TV3: Key: Close with Chinese Premier after Tibetan flag incident
TVNZ: Key in China: NZ shouldn't have 'all eggs in one basket'
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Key's China trip appears flawless
Stephanie Flores (NBR): Making sense of trade announcements from China
Ahlee Tulloch (TV3): Key criticised for not addressing cyber-security in China
Julie Moffett (Newstalk ZB): Another dairy contamination scare would be disastrous – Key
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Rutherford on Key in China
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Fran on China
NBR Staff (NBR): NZ not too dependent on China – Key
TVNZ: Another food scare would be 'disastrous' for trade – PM
Herald: Chinese rolled out red carpet – Key
Latest polls
Newswire: NZ election too close to call - poll
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): New poll has Labour/Greens tied with National
Pete George (Your NZ): Roy Morgan – National = Labour+Greens
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): National Slumps in Polls As Ministers Struggle
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): No more polling pundit
Labour Party
Vernon Small (Stuff): Rallying Labour's lost loves
Audrey Young (Herald): Labour announces five new candidates
John Armstrong (Herald): Cunliffe's gloves off for economic battle
Fundamentally Useless: Workers vs. Progressives: the elephant hidden in Labour’s room
Josie Pagani: How the left could still win
Jamie Whyte (NBR): Cunliffe's policies of forced consumption
Cameron Slater (WHaleoil): A bigger fail than #Manban?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Another one bites the dust?
National Party
Rodney Hide (Herald): Keep smiling and carry on
Daily Blog: GUEST BLOG: Iain Lees-Galloway – Cowardly National Don’t Front For The Tough Stuff
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Another National candidate who has achieved stuff in the private sector
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Henare to quit after troughing trip
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): What on earth is going on in Hunua?
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Skullduggery in the Hunua selection?
NZ First
Bevan Hurley (Herald): 'Bully' MP drives women out
Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Williams dismisses claims of bullying women out of their jobs
Ukraine
Newswire: NZ imposes travel sanctions over Ukraine
Vernon Small (Stuff): NZ joins in 'personal sanctions' over Crimea
Audrey Young (Herald): NZ announces 'modest' sanctions over Crimea seizure
Radio NZ: NZ announces Crimea travel sanctions
NBR Staff (NBR): NZ won't recognise Crimea referendum outcome, imposes travel sanctions
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Time for action on nuclear security
TVNZ: John Key to attend Nuclear Security Summit
Audrey Young (Herald): Sanctions against Russia symbolic, McCully admits
Shane Jones
Adam Bennett (Herald): Jones scotches speculation
Dan Satherley (TV3): Jones denies plotting waka jump to NZ First
Pete George (Your NZ): Jones rubbishes NZ First speculation
Education
Lauren Hayes (Stuff): New glitches spark call to ditch Novopay system
Jo Moir (Stuff): Teacher sees value in online connection
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Charter school 3 teachers down
Newswire: Digital portal for schools launched
RadioLIVE/TV3: Vulnerable students 'let down' by charter schools - NZ First
Paul Little (Herald): Funding model doesn't add up
Inequality and poverty
Bernard Hickey (Herald): Baby Busters pay the price
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): Benefit cuts here to stay, author tells forum
Selwyn Manning (Daily Blog): Spin And Myth Are Powerful Bedfellows
The Standard: And now for the real news…
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Behind the headline
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Is welfare part of the problem?
Radio NZ: Govt minimising power rises – Greens
CPAG: Youth Forum Invite
Economy
Jamie Morton (Herald): NZ needs to review its direction - economic report
Martyn Bradbury (Herald): PM selling NZ out for three beans
Wayne Brown (NBR): Why can’t we be more like Singapore?
Murray Sherwin (NBR): Opinion: What can be done about regulation
The Standard: Corporates for TPP
Jacqui Stanford (Newstalk ZB): Mining royalties could be shared with local authorities
Housing
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Priced out of the Kiwi dream
No Right Turn: The real barrier to fixing the housing crisis
Genesis Energy
Brian Gaynor (Herald): Treasury finally gets it right with Genesis IPO
Tim Hunter (Stuff): Genesis dividends the drawcard
Kim Dotcom
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Supreme Court rules against Kim Dotcom
TV3: Dotcom's injunction: What does he have to hide?
Teuila Fuatai (Herald): Dotcom access to FBI files denied by Supreme Court
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Dotcom loses at Supreme Court
NBR Staff (NBR): Supreme Court denies Dotcom full access to files in extradition proceedings
Guardian: Kim Dotcom loses case to access US extradition evidence
Adam Bennett (Herald): Dotcom show wears thin for Kiwis
Teuila Fuatai and Patrice Dougan (Herald): Dotcom vows to continue fight after court knockback
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Liar, liar XXXXL pants on fire
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Not Kim Dotcom’s week
Flag
Herald: Flag change gains international support
TVNZ: New York Times backs Key on flag change
Michael Field (Stuff): 'Ditch the flag' - New York Times
Christchurch rebuild
TVNZ: $2.5m to restore historic Canterbury buildings
Sarah-Jane O’Connor (Stuff): Politicians battle for Christchurch
Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Wealthy property investors need our help!
Maori politics
Radio NZ: Call for agency to only fund Te Reo TV
Radio NZ: Harawira defends treaty claim body
RadioLIVE: Flavell open to coalition possibilities
Matthew Beveridge: MPs on Twitter: Te Ururoa Flavell
James Ihaka (Herald): Maori one of most borrowed languages
John Drinnan (Herald): Maori TV rejects change
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Can’t blame this on Whitey, but they’ll try
Greens
John Sargeant (Stuff): Greens may try two bob each way
Salient: Russel Norman
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Greens Support Innovation and Hi-Tech Wood
Mana Party
Ellipsister: Harawira declares his totalitarian darkside
Cameron Slater (WHaleoil): Harawira wants to execute legal high retailers
Other
Michele Hewitson (Herald): Interview: Matthew Hooton
Stuff: Today in Politics: Monday, March 24
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Labour warns of tech disaster facing Customs
Madeleine Foreman (Salient): Paying Gold to be Green
Susie Nordqvist (TV3): Govt cuts blamed for psychologist shortage
Herald: Press Council to offer membership to blogs
Steve Braunias (Stuff): Coffee solace for indignity
Siobhan Downes (Stuff): Whaling: 'Govt needs to do more'
Martin Hawes (Stuff): Time for a new clearer trusts act
Michael Field (Stuff): Court battle looms over wages
Lynley Bilby (Herald): Chuang denied 2nd term
Matthew Theunissen (Herald): Back-pay bonus for ousted MPs
Radio NZ: Cambodia opposition seeks NZ support
Radio NZ: Anti-racism protest at supremacy rally
Michael Cummings (Manawatu Standard): Justice expedited is justice denied
Newswire: Dunne says he's sticking around
Amanda Parkinson (Stuff): DHB keen to wipe off $1.8m bills
Geoff Cumming (Herald): Helicopter trust flush with cash
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Journalist’s First Obligation: Learning the Difference between Information and Propaganda.
Matthew Backhouse (Herald): Migration to NZ reaches highest point in decade
Newswire: Voluntary supermarkets code 'a joke' – Opposition
Brian Rudman (Herald): Cave-in to bullying truly alarming
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Fonterra's views on fresh water management kept under wraps
Richard Meadows (Stuff): Banks respond to lifting deposit rates
Alex Fensome (Stuff): Kiwis pay extra high mortgages over 'risk'
