The main issues in NZ politics today are David Cunliffe's secret trust, the Labour Party, Judith Collins' alleged conflicts of interest, Labour's ICT leak, and Colin Craig. [Read more below]
Today’s links
David Cunliffe
Dan Satherley (TV3): Cunliffe turns tables in donations saga
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Key: Cunliffe's leadership a 'shipwreck'
Duncan Garner (RadioLive): Is David Cunliffe a fake?
Vernon Small (Stuff): Cunliffe: Three months, three gaffes
Rob Hosking (NBR): David Cunliffe and the Myth of Trust (paywalled)
Matthew Hooton (NBR): Secret trust last nail in the coffin for Cunliffe? (paywalled)
TVNZ: Cunliffe admits setting up trust for donations 'a mistake'
Claire Trevett (Herald): Cunliffe comes clean over donations
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Cunliffe to repay anon donors
Rob Salmond (Polity): Untidy and unnecessary
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Cunliffe’s secret trust
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Tech mogul donated to Cunliffe
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The Patrick Gower Hour of Power
Simon Wong (TV3): Cunliffe: Leadership trust a mistake
Pete George (Your NZ): Cunliffe’s trust and 3 strikes
Dominion Post: Editorial: It's all a matter of trust
Vernon Small (Stuff): Cunliffe's worst day
Claire Trevett (Herald): Cunliffe apologises for using trust
Duncan Garner (RadioLIVE): Is David Cunliffe a fake?
Larry Williams (Newstalk ZB): Larry's Memo: 4 March
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): About trusts
Keeping Stock: Cunliffe's lapse of judgment
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): The rolling list of David Cunliffe’s gaffes, stuff ups, and mistakes
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about David Cunliffe’s Labour leadership trust fund
The Inquiring Mind: Five little letters
Andrew Geddes (Pundit): For there are three that testify … and these three agree
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Strike Three
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Whaleoil: From being the story to bringing the stories
Clare Curran
NBR Staff (NBR): Broadband strategy doc by Labour's Clare Curran accidentally sent to Amy Adams
Isaac Davison (Herald): Labour accidentally leaks own policy details
Simon Wong (TV3): Labour sends ICT policies to minister
The Standard: Silver linings
Pete George (Your NZ): Has Curran been thrown under a bus in snowballing SNAFU?
Labour Party
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Dann on Labour’s monetary madness
Chris Trotter (Stuff): A lurch not to Left, but to sanity
Rob Salmond (Polity): Lurches this way and that
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Only one Labour MP facing a challenge
TVNZ: Labour claims province discrimination hampered Pike justice
Herald: TVNZ bias probe stalls Labour's candidate nod
Matthew Littlewood (Stuff): Labour has no runner
Adriana Weber (Herald): Tamati Coffey faces candidacy fight
Radio NZ: Labour delays naming candidate
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): “We should be very afraid”…apparently
Peter O’Neill (Timaru Herald): Editorial: Anyone out there?
Rob Salmond (Polity): Brownlee climbs high horse; falls off.
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Brownlee hits back after 'political manipulation'
Matthew Beveridge: BBQ season on social media: The warning signs of a leadership challenge?
Colin Craig
Ali Romanos (NZ Lawyer): Colin Craig's defamation suit “bound to meet scorn”?
Vernon Small (Stuff): Craig presses ahead with defamation action
Isaac Davison (Herald): Colin Craig to limit his defamation claim
Newswire: Craig pursues one part of defamation claim
Radio NZ: Craig taking limited defamation action
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Colin Craig to split defamation case
TVNZ: Greens call on the public to cover defamation defence
Briar Marbeck (TV3): Greens plead for defamation donations
Simon Wong (TV3): Colin Craig in for a fight for McCully's seat
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Craig proceeds with defamation suit against Norman
Greg Presland (The Standard): Colin Craig does not want to disclose his view on gays
Pete George (Your NZ): Fundraising for defamation case – Green on Green
Vernon Small (Stuff): McCully to campaign vigorously
Isaac Davison (Herald): I've nothing to hide in my emails: Craig
Pete George (Your NZ): Were National ever going to help Craig?
Ukraine
Adam Bennett (Herald): Unanimous backing for McCully stance on Ukraine
John Armstrong (Herald): Ukraine crisis puts Russian free-trade pact on hold
Dan Satherley (TV3): Expat Ukrainians 'appreciate' NZ's stance
Siobhan Downes (Stuff): Ukrainians in NZ worried, anxious
TVNZ: Murray McCully could recall NZ ambassador
Herald: Key: Kiwis should compete in Paralympics despite crisis
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The Cold War all over again
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On our response to Russia’s actions in the Ukraine
The Standard: NZ independence? back to the future
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A message from Vladimir Putin
Royal visit
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Political Report: A Royal Visit
Matthew Backhouse (Herald): Key: Prince's $1m visit 'value for money'
Radio NZ: Maori King defends royals rejection
Newswire: Maori King blasts Royal visit officials
Guardian: Maori king snubs Prince William after being offered 'only 90 minutes'
Judith Collins
TVNZ: Concerns over Minister's trip abroad
Brook Sabin (TV3): Collins says Oravida visit not conflict of interest
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Collins and Oravida
Claire Trevett (Herald): Judith Collins accused of potential conflict of interest
The Standard: Collins and Oravida
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Milkgate it isn’t, but useful to distract
Kiwi Rail
Newswire: Asbestos trains need quarantine – MP
Radio NZ: Minister defends KiwiRail over asbestos
Simon Wong (TV3): Brownlee to meet KiwiRail over asbestos tests
Education
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Train teachers in schools: report
Jo Moir (Stuff): Performance pay report sparks row over author
Newswire: Four new schools to be built by PPPs
Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): No change to religious instruction policies
Colin James (ODT): Now for a generational change in education
Daily Blog: Worse than incest: Jamie Whyte’s vision for education
Economy
Alan Wood (Stuff): Subcontractors want law change on losses
TVNZ: NZ's wealthiest man on Forbes rich list
Ganesh Nana (Pundit): Is global economy really on the mend?
Brian Scott (NZCPR): Controversy Surrounds the Living Wage in New Zealand
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Guest Post: 85% OF TAX REVENUE COMES FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR
Muriel Newsman (NZCPR): Regulating Wages
Mojo Mathers
Waikato Times: Bigger fish to fry than Mathers
Pete George (Your NZ): The Mojo story and a Masterton coincidence
GCSB
David Fisher (Herald): Spy agency slow to put fixes in place
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): So how many times have you gone onto Facebook and Twitter boasting about poaching?
Internet Party
Lynn Prentice (The Standard): National’s ICT failures.
Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Internet Party Watch
Maori politics
Radio NZ: Peters questions Maori heritage plans
Louisa Wall (Daily Blog): Maori – the original guardians of the RMA
Other
Stuff: Today in politics: Wednesday, March 5
Stuff: ECan review gets under way
Andrea Vance (Stuff): From SAS to court boss
Talia Shadwell (Stuff): Minister calls for crackdown on wreckers of state houses
Tim Hunter (Stuff): Empty seats, empty pockets
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Stopping the double dippers
Radio NZ: Greens aim for Cabinet seats
The Ruminator: A question for our readers
Russell Brown (Hard News): Diverse Auckland: are we there yet?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Returning the DVDs
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Pokie numbers down 13% since 2008
Chloe King (Daily Blog): Combating the stigma around mental health
Russell Brown (Hard News): Drugs, development and reality
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Back on the payroll, or last throw of the dice?
Matthew Beveridge: Does this look plausible?
Katherine Stewart (Ruminator): Won’t somebody think of the children (for real)?
Bob Jones (Herald): The politics of charisma