The main issues in NZ politics today are the royal tour of NZ, Simon Bridges, the Labour Party and the Greens, and Mana and the Internet Party. [Read more below]
Today’s links
Royal visit and republicanism
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): Royal protester: I'm retired
Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Royal visit: The short and long of visits Downunder
Stuff: Royal tour sparks tourism flurry
TVNZ: Exclusive lodge confirmed as Royals' secret hideaway
TV3: Republican talk 'not appropriate' right now - Cunliffe
Nelson Mail: Editorial: A post-royal NZ brings hard calls
Julie Moffett (Newstalk ZB): Peters finds politicians royal fawning distasteful
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Royals rule… the media
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour keep focusing on the Royal Tour
Brian Rudman (Herald): Quick snip and we're a republic
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Another top sledge, this time from Key
Lee Suckling (Herald): Why the Royals are worth it
Shelley Bridgeman: The cost of the royal visit - is it worth it?
Claire Trevett (Herald): Royal visit: Politicians question timing
Carol Driver (Daily Mail): Kate and Wills effect: Flight searches to New Zealand soar 153% on DAY ONE of royal tour
Mike Yardley (Stuff): Incredible Cambridges are renewing the royal brand
Bonnie Malkin (Telegraph): Royal tour: New Zealand PM accused of exploiting visit for political gain
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Face time with the royals
Julia Hollingsworth (Newswire): Mooning activist plans royal protest
Philippa Mein-Smith (CNN): Cheering Prince George but planning to do away with the Queen?
Harry Mount (Telegraph): Why New Zealand will never be a republic
Simon Bridges
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Energy Minister offers conservation land for mining
Brook Sabin (TV3): Bridges errs in Norman comments
Newswire: Key stands by Bridges over forest park
Craig McCulloch (Radio NZ): Minister wrongly blames Greens co-leader
Radio NZ: Labour might rely on National over future mining legislation
Greg Presland (The Standard): Bridges is rattled, and confused
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Doesn’t NZs fragile environment deserve a better mate than Simon Bridges?
No Right Turn: Is the Minister of Energy a muppet?
Labour Party
Radio NZ: Labour won't campaign for Labour-Green govt
TVNZ: Labour rejects Green Party coalition offer
Audrey Young (Herald): Labour rebuffs Greens plans to get closer
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Greens spurned by Labour
Duncan Garner (RadioLIVE): Mr Cunliffe, you look stupid
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Cunliffe “looking hard”
Mana and the Internet Party
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Money motivating Mana talks, says Sharples
Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Dotcom's Mein Kampf furore continues
Tova O’Brien (TV3): Maori Party critical of Hone-Dotcom coalition
Claire Trevett (Herald): Harawira tells Maori Party to 'butt out' of Dotcom talks
Willie Jackson (Stuff): Harawira's deal with Dotcom raises issues
Jenny Woods (Newstalk ZB): Internet Party picnic will be BYO
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Maori party slams Harawira for dealings with Dotcom
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A Mega lawsuit
Chorus
Michael Shirley (Herald): Here's why NZ broadband prices are over-inflated
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Chorus in a pile of trouble
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): High Court rules in favour of Commerce Commission
Superannuation
Dene MacKenzie (ODT): Labour's Parker gets opportunity to shine
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Make KiwiSaver universal: Labour
Dan Satherley (TV3): Super report backs compulsory KiwiSaver, says Cunliffe
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Compulsory or universal
Education
TVNZ: Ministry of Education pursues Carter Holt over leaky schools
Radio NZ: PM says Phillipstown decision right
Bronwyn Hayward (Seeds): Philipstown: Not just another school closure post disaster
Peter Lyons (Herald): Teacher performance not an exact science
Herald: Controversial Christchurch school merger gets go-ahead
Sarah-Jane O’Connor and Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): Phillipstown, Woolston schools to merge
Thomas Mead (TV3): Phillipstown families 'exhausted'
Environment
Chris Gardner (Stuff): Seabed mining threatens Maui's dolphin
Tom Chivers (Herald): How to get it wrong on climate change and weather
Newswire: Academics: Take climate change seriously
Steven Cowan (Against he Current): Chained to the machinery of destruction
Greg Presland (The Standard): National thinks the best approach to climate change is adaption
Maori politics
Newswire: Justice system 'filled with prejudice' – Flavell
John Drinnan (Herald): The future of Maori TV gets political
Laura McQUillan (Newstalk ZB): Calls for Kohanga Reo shake-up
Radio NZ: Few checks on sensitive land effects
Radio NZ: Govt scheme could favour wananga
Radio NZ: Bilingual names possible in Tauranga
Don Brash
John Armstrong (Herald): Brash: I considered ending my life
Stuff: Don Brash talks break-ups, suicide thoughts
TV3: Don Brash reveals secrets in new book
John Armstrong (Herald): Brethren meetings - no regrets
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Don Brash bares all
John Armstrong (Herald): Scathing verdict on Key Govt's performance
Inequality and poverty
Daily Blog: GUEST BLOG: David Tank – How inequality forced me from my home
Michael Fox (Stuff): Housing NZ waiting lists swamped
Economy
Dominion Post: Editorial: We're all still employed
Waikato Times: Fiddling with the figures
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): 'Back office' public service is shrinking, maintains minister
Dave Burgess (Stuff): Local bodies consider targeted taxes
Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Furthermore . . .
Rob Salmond (Polity): Child-based tax rates?
Giovanni Tiso (Overland): Free to move, forbidden to live
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Control of prices major poll issue
Other
Stuff: Today in politics: Thursday, April 10
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): What will be the political response to Roast Buster rape culture this election?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Unions launch ‘Get out the Vote’
Radio NZ: NZ's Foreign Minister in Fiji for talks
Brendan Manning (Herald): New law lets woman list two mothers
Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): Biffo in Parliament
Paul Buchanan (Kiwipolitico): Foreign Policy after the Election.
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Parliamentary parental leave playgroup
Sarah Mackenzie (Stuff): 'Don't risk dudeness' campaign causes uproar
David Killick (Stuff): Is convention centre really needed?
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Countdown should front – Labour
