The main issues in politics for today are NZ First, National Party, housing and immigration, John Banks, Roastbusters, and MPs and Twitter. [Read more below]
Today’s link
NZ First
Isaac Davison (Herald): Complaint laid over Collins' pistol pic
Adam Bennett (Herald): Horan makes bullying allegations
TVNZ: Speaker to probe Horan's claim NZ First misused funds
Hamish Rutherford and Michael Fox (Stuff): Horan's accusations against NZ First 'a lower low'
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Win for Horan in battle against former Party
Simon Wong (TV3): Investigation into alleged misuse of NZ First funds
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Transtasman on Winston
National Party
Newswire: National ahead in latest poll
Newswire: PM says Collins gun complaint 'ridiculous'
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Judith Collins back, on the attack
Simon Wong (TV3): Private prosecution possible against Collins
3 News Online Staff (TV3): Bennett confirmed as Upper Harbour candidate
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): National picks another tobacco man
No Right Turn: National: The Big Tobacco party
Pete George (Your NZ): Woodhouse relative to Gallipoli
Matthew Beveridge: John Key’s Facebook Page
Newswire: Key not worried by candidate selection
Housing and immigration
Dominion Post: Editorial: Immigrants aren't scapegoats
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Why housing affordability hits glass ceiling
Herald: Editorial: Wrong time to remove our welcome mat
Jane Patterson (Radio NZ): Power Play
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Latest immigration figures are good news
Don Franks (Redline): Another “word on foreigners, xenophobia, and racism”
GCSB
Chris Trotter (Stuff): Was he really Al Qaeda?
Benn Bathgate (Stuff): Cunliffe attacks PM over spy agency
Greg Presland (The Standard): Death by remote drone
Roastbusters
TVNZ: Police apologise to teenage girls over Roast Busters case
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Police misled public over Roast Busters
Anna Leask (Herald): Friends fear for Roast Busters girl
Jessie Hume (Daily Blog): Lack Of Confidence In Police Over Rape Handling Justified
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Police accept criticism in 'Roast Busters' case
Radio NZ: Police accept 'Roastbusters' findings
John Banks
Jimmy Ellingham (Herald): Banks trial: 'No memory' of cheque from SkyCity boss
Ian Steward (Stuff): Banks: Dotcom offered $200k
Radio NZ: MP told Dotcom donation could be anonymous
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Conflicting evidence
Radio NZ: Sky City boss to appear in Bank's case
MPs and Twitter
Radio NZ: Mind your manners, parties warned
Michael Cummings (Manawatu Standard): MPs show disdain for Parliament
The Standard: Pot: Kettle, you’re black!
Mana and Internet Party
TVNZ: Mana and Internet Party closer to a deal
Adam Bennett (Herald): Internet Party to hold candidate search events
Vernon Small (Stuff): Mana and Internet Party close in on deal
Home insulation
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Here’s one policy costed for Labour
No Right Turn: Short-sighted
NZ Aid
Radio NZ: NZ taxpayers group hits out over Cooks aid use
Brigitte Masters (TV3): NZAid rules need to change – Greens
Jan Logie (Frogblog): Budget 2014 and Overseas Development and Aid
Economy and inequality
Keith Locke (Daily Blog): Budget Surplus 2015 – is it good?
Eileen Goodwin (ODT): 'Spirit Level' authors to speak in Dunedin
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Worker rights
Stuff: China set to miss trade target again
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Shouting From Beyond The Crossroads
Narelle Henson (Stuff): Patience running out on employer wage mistakes
Jan Logie (Frogblog): Immigration law changes fail exploited migrantworkers
Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Silence by Omission
John Minto (Daily Blog): Who pays tax, who pays the most tax and who doesn’t pay tax?
Keith Ng (On Point): Why does the top 10% paying more tax? (An interactive story)
Peter Cresswell (Not PC): Inequality Myths
Other
Stuff: Today in politics: Friday, May 23
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On New Zealand secretly agreeing to extend its copyright term
Radio NZ: Watered-down TPP deal possible
David Fisher (Herald): IT crash seen as crippling court reform
Southland Times: Editorial: Tiwai not going down the lieu
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Let’s shut down the internet
TVNZ: TVNZ archive content to be 'more accessible'
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Cairns didn’t feel Black Caps getting paid to lose was unusual
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Why Google should not be hiding information
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Civilian Party
Michael Fox (Stuff): Housing NZ ticked off
Radio NZ: DHBs criticised for Maori reporting
Radio NZ: Forest researchers frustrated by ruling
TVNZ: Attack over 'artificially high' ACC levies
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): John Campbell shocks nation by reading politicians’ Wednesday schedules to eerie music
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Ahmed Zaoui a New Zealand citizen
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Readers Forum
Matthew Beveridge: Twitter convo of the day: Asenati vs. Lloyd
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Do as we say, not as we do
Newswire: Rules around suicide reporting set to change
Stephen Franks: When you ban free speech, don’t expect financial literacy
Mike Butler (Breaking Views): Maori TV ambushes blogger Ansell
