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Top tweets about the Northland by-election results

Here's a selection of some of the more interesting and insightful tweets in reaction to the Northland by-election results. The most recent tweets are first. 

  

Matthew Hooton ‏@MatthewHootonNZ  

debacle An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/debacle  #northvote

 

Matthew Hooton ‏@MatthewHootonNZ  

humiliation   The state of being humiliated, humbled or reduced to lowliness or submission. #northvote

 

Belinda McCammon ‏@BelMcCammon  

An election loss for the Nats, does this raise the stakes on the outcome of the flag referendum (aka Key's legacy)? #northvote

 

Andrew Chen ‏@andrewmeows  

The overall right->left swing in Northland is roughly 10,000 votes. That's a lot of votes to lose in less than 6 months. #northvote

 

Andrew Campbell ‏@Andr3wCampbell  

Northland result shows tide is turning on @NZNationalParty and @johnkeypm. And @stevenljoyce has gone from Mr Fix It to Mr Fail It #disaster

 

Philip Lyth ‏@philiplyth  

Now, let's hold the Gallery to account: who will be the first to get the quote "I'm just happy to be the MP for Northland"? #NorthVotes 

 

Watershitdown ‏@watershitdown  

Osborne yet to concede as John Key not returning his calls.. #NorthVote 

 

Belinda McCammon ‏@BelMcCammon  

The #northvote turnout looks pretty legal. #joycelegacy

 

Sacha Dylan ‏@kaupapa  

Has there ever been a 13,000 electorate vote swing within 6 months? #northvote #nzpol

 

Brent Edwards ‏@rnzgallerybrent  

This is big win for Peters and a message for National. But no party vote so can't jump to conclusions.

 

Holly Wallbank ‏@hollywallbank  

Winston doing what Winston does best, causing general mayhem and chaos in NZ politics

 

Joshua Drummond ‏@cakeburger  

It's almost like people don't like naked bribery mixed with thinly veiled threats! #northvotes 

 

A N G E L A ‏@mamamuriel  

I wonder if the first item on the agenda is figuring out how to make those new bridges look a little more 'Miami'. #Northland

 

Michael Stevens ‏@mstevnz   

I bet the Nats are really happy with their strategy of supporting Sabin last election now #NorthlandByelection #Northland

 

James Cardno ‏@jamescardno  

Seems like "I've got a bridge to give you" is actually equivalent to "I've got a bridge to sell you".

 

Grant Robertson ‏@grantrobertson1  

Shellacking complete for National. A humiliating loss for Key and Joyce. Will the ten bridges go down as the worst election move ever in NZ?

 

Andrew Little ‏@AndrewLittleMP  

Congratulations to Winston Peters for his convincing victory in Northland tonight.

 

Damian Christie ‏@damianchristie  

I've never seen so many urban liberals celebrating a Winston Peters' victory...

 

Felix Geiringer ‏@BarristerNZ  

Well done to the Electoral Commission, who had a target tonight of counting 50% of the polling places in the #NorthlandByelection by 9 pm.

 

Phil Twyford ‏@PhilTwyford  

Not to take away from Winston but humiliation for National in an ultra safe seat is commentary on directionless and out of touch Nat govt.

 

Warwick Rasmussen ‏@beanbiz  

Hey, Northland, looks like you're not getting those 2-lane bridges now. In fact, they might even start removing ones that are already there.

 

John Hart ‏@farmgeek  

Probably a good thing the Air Force no longer has a strike capability, or National might start removing bridges tonight ;-)

 

Dave Armstrong ‏@malosilima  

Key avoids bowling at the death. Throws ball to Joyce. 'You bloody try.'

 

rebeccawright ‏@rebeccawright  

Northland has spoken... #govtgetsabloodynose

 

Kim Baker Wilson ‏@kimbakerwilson  

#ByeByeElection

 

Samuel Hill ‏@SamHill886  

Worst moment for the National Party since the 2002 General Election? #landslide #northvotes

 

Philip Lyth ‏@philiplyth  

1,296 specials taken (but not counted, not even opened tonight) should include votes taken at Registrar of Electors offices around NZ

 

Toby Manhire ‏@toby_etc  

Might be best now if the prime minister could declare that the Black Caps have "zero chance" of winning the World Cup.

 

Grant Robertson ‏@grantrobertson1  

Staggered that John Key is not with Osborne in Northland. Who was telling who to show some guts recently? #Northland

> Matthew Hooton ‏@MatthewHootonNZ  

@grantrobertson1 He doesn't like funerals.

> Annette King. ‏@annetterongotai  

@MatthewHootonNZ @grantrobertson1 but perhaps he is arranging his own political one with gutless behaviour.

 

Kim Baker Wilson ‏@kimbakerwilson  

Key earlier this month: "It's critical that National holds the seat"… "We need Mark's vote" #northvote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lippcxrLFtY&feature=youtu.be …

 

Di W ‏@di_f_w  

If a government, left or right, is so arrogant to think they have safe seats that they can neglect & forget, this proves how wrong they are.

 

John Hart ‏@farmgeek  

From >9000 vote majority six months ago to a 3000+ vote loss today is a stunning turnaround for the blue team.

 

Dave Armstrong ‏@malosilima  

Dear Mark. Sorry you lost. Can't talk right now, busy schoomzing with cricket folk. If Black Caps lose I'ld drop them like a hot potato too.

 

Vernon Small ‏@VernonSmall  

Sabin got 52.74 % of vote in Northland in 2014. Peters could top that on current trend.

 

Gareth Hughes ‏@GarethMP  

This could be the turning point. The Teflon has well and truly worn off Key. It's all down hill here now for National

 

Joshua Hitchcock ‏@jcphitchcock  

Maybe, just maybe, this rotten, crony-capitalist, win & all costs Government will reassess where it is heading.

 

Dovil ‏@Dovil  

I wonder how long Winston will wait until he annexes Northland and makes it is fiefdom? End of the month?

 

Oliver Woods ‏@oiwoods  

Labour's Northland grandees overt display of support for @winstonpeters sign of closer, more functional ties between the two parties?

 

Patrick Gower ‏@patrickgowernz  

Winston Peters has dealt John Key and National a huge blow. A thrashing, humiliation for National. #NorthVote

 

Will de Cleene ‏@ZippyGonzales  

Campaign manager on $250K a year and still can't win a safe seat?

 

Chris Keall ‏@ChrisKeall  

Last election, some Labour voters strayed right to NZ First. Will Little come to regret giving Winston this platform?

 

Joshua Hitchcock ‏@jcphitchcock  

Northland, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!

 

David Heffernan ‏@kiwipollguy  

Fuck me, what a drubbing.

 

David Heffernan ‏@kiwipollguy  

I hereby relinquish my (self-awarded) title as New Zealand Best Next Top Political Pundit. (https://kiwipollguy.wordpress.com/2015/03/28/northland-by-election/ …)

 

Michael Wood ‏@michaelwoodnz  

First time NZF have won an electorate seat for 13 years. Will feel so very sweet after 05 Tauranga loss. Have proven considerable resilience

 

Danyl Mclauchlan ‏@danylmc  

I am cheerfully suspicious of what went on behind the scenes in this by-election. SOMEONE turned out a ton of left-wing voters for Peters

> Graeme Edgeler ‏@GraemeEdgeler  

@danylmc could it have been National, transporting voters who'd usually support them, but mistaking how they intended to vote this time?

 

Jordan McCluskey ‏@prinnbanktce  

Oh to be in the cabinet room on Monday.

 

Matthew Hooton ‏@MatthewHootonNZ  

.@stevenljoyce will be busy preparing PowerPoint prez for caucus on Tuesday, showing everyone to blame but him.No questions will be allowed.

 

Clare Curran ‏@clarecurranmp  

Let's have a competition about how John Key will underplay the imminent "staggering loss" of #northvote

> Dovil ‏@Dovil  

@clarecurranmp look at the end of the day it didn't matter and there's nothing to read into this...like that then?

> Mandy Hager ‏@MandyHager  

@Dovil @FoxyLustyGrover @clarecurranmp All the fault of anti-american leftie conspiracy theorists

 

Matthew Hooton ‏@MatthewHootonNZ  

What began in #Napier with @Stuart_NashMP continues in #Northland with @winstonpeters - @NZNationalParty losing touch with provinces. #nzpol

 

Will de Cleene ‏@ZippyGonzales  

Fake Muldoon no substitute for Real Muldoon. #LessonsfromNorthland

 

Bounder ‏@DawgBelly  

I know its Winston and he's a racist sexist bastard but oh my, can I enjoy this just a little bit?

 

Toby Manhire ‏@toby_etc  

Woah there. ALCP has surged out to 52, ahead of ACT on 43 and Mana on 44. #NorthlandByelection

 

Marie McNicholas ‏@MarieMcNicholas  

NZ's conservative and seemingly bullet-proof National Govt headed for humiliating defeat in by-election in blue-ribbon seat of Northland.

 

Steven Cowan ‏@StevenCowan  

No bridges over troubled waters for the Nats tonight.

 

Jordan McCluskey ‏@prinnbanktce  

I said I would shave my hair off and be nice about NZF for the rest of 2015 if Winston won. I will keep my word. I have honour. And hubris..

 

Steven Cowan ‏@StevenCowan  

Nats should have stood Aaron Gilmore in Northland.

 

Richard Harman ‏@RMAHarman  

Looks like the Zombie towns have decided it was 12 bridges too many ... And too late.

 

Nicola ‏@NikkyD77  

Will love to see someone work out the swings and compare - this is a massive FU from the left

 

Nathaniel ‏@Nil_Joel  

I guess Novopay and the tertiary education sector can feel slightly better now - they're not @stevenljoyce's only failures

 

Danyl Mclauchlan ‏@danylmc  

The most shocking thing about Northland is that left-wing voters appear to have understood strategic voting

 

Rob Hosking ‏@robhosking  

Labour candidate currently on 4.5% of the vote #NorthlandByelection . Rekkin they've got the hang of this tactical voting thing

 

Caleb Tutty ‏@Caleb_T  

Turnout last four byelections: Chch East: 13726, Ikaroa-Rāwhiti: 11268, Te Tai Tokerau: 12339, Botany: 15421. Northland at 16701 #NorthVote

 

John P ‏@MrDuttonPeabody  

If the election film doesn't start with Key's 'No Chance' quote and then crash zoom to a 28 DAYS LATER title, I will be disappointed #nzpol

 

Will Matthews ‏@WillAMatthews  

Hey, The Left - this is what happens when you vote strategically #NorthlandByelection

 

Martyn Bradbury ‏@CitizenBomber  

So when Andrew Little brought Winston's age in as a negative at the beginning and Key said he had zero chances of winning... awkward

 

Martyn Bradbury ‏@CitizenBomber  

Someone call the Police, a 69 year old Maori chap is beating the living crap out of a pakeha bloke up north

 

Martyn Bradbury ‏@CitizenBomber  

This has got to be the worst by-election campaign I have ever witnessed - National stand to lose an electorate they've had for 7 decades

 

Stephanie Rodgers ‏@bootstheory  

Seriously, if this goes the way it's going I'm hoping to hear less moaning about NZ voters not understanding MMP strategy. #nzpol

 

Julian Robins ‏@JulianRobins  

National Party machine should've given them an advantage with getting out early vote. But not so much, huh? #northvote

 

NZ Needs Honest GOVT ‏@Colin_R_Gale 

@CitizenBomber Most of the National Supporters were late to the Polling Booths due to One Lane Bridge related traffic delays

 

Samuel Hill ‏@SamHill886  

National won 52.74% of the candidate vote in September. Currently Mark Osborne is on 41.22% while Winston Peters has 52.54% #northlandvotes

 

Jessica Williams ‏@mizjwilliams  

Meanwhile ACT's candidate Robin Grieve kicking all kinds of arse with 25 votes so far.

 

Dovil ‏@Dovil  

By this count Winston Peters is the new Prime Minister of NZ.

 

Jordan McCluskey ‏@prinnbanktce  

Oh fuckery.

 

Lew ‏@LewSOS  

Nobody comes back from a beating like this. All over bar Winston's epic acceptance speech #northvote

 

Will de Cleene ‏@ZippyGonzales  

Blood on the carpet at the next Cabinet meeting then.

 

Martyn Bradbury ‏@CitizenBomber  

Early booths coming in are rural polls - should be favouring National sternly - they are not #northvote

 

Grant Robertson ‏@grantrobertson1  

This has the makings of a right shellacking. #Northland

 

Lew ‏@LewSOS  

Winston is comfortably ahead at 8pc,and of these are advance votes being counted then the Nats are totally fucked #northvote

 

Clint Smith ‏@ClintVSmith  

Since 1985 same party or same person has always held seat after by-election #rtpt

 

Matthew Hooton ‏@MatthewHootonNZ  

Early results in #Northland suggest @NZNationalParty won't just be beaten but humiliated. #nzpol http://electionresults.govt.nz/electorate-35.html …

 

Clint Smith ‏@ClintVSmith  

Last time a seat changed hands in a by-election was 30 yrs ago (Timaru following Basil Arthur's death)

 

 

Top tweets about the IPCA Roastbusters report

Here’s some of the more interesting and insightful tweets in response to the release of the Independent Police Conduct Authority’s report into the Police’s handling of the Roastbusters case. The most recent tweets are first. [Read more below]

 

Cartoons about the Northland by-election

The following cartoons (and other related images) show how newspapers and cartoonists are portraying the Northland by-election race to replace Mike Sabin. [Read more below]

Murdoch - Sunday Star Times 15 March 2015

Final NZ Politics Daily - 13 March 2015: Northland by-election; NZ spying; Greens; 1080; Flag; Economy

NZ Politics Daily goes into hiatus today. Instead, from next week, I'll be concentrating on writing analytical commentaries on NZ politics. 

 

Northland by-election

Toby Manhire (Herald): The kauri files - byelection leaks

Brent Edwards (RNZ): Playing politics in Northland

Jane Clifton (Listener): Bridges of sighs (Paywalled)

Chris Keall (NBR): Northland by-election: old guy wins social media war

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Nats: Roads in doubt if Winston wins

Rob Salmond (Polity): Buy election

Claire Trevett (Herald): Northland byelection: Peters evasive over long-term plan

Herald: Northland by-election: Q+A with leading candidates

Tova O’Brien (TV3): National's Northland promises nothing new

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Government rolls out more ultrafast broadband

Nevil Gibson (NBR): Why facts don’t stand a chance in Northland by-election

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Winston wrong – again

Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): Northland - when do the people win?

 

NZ spying revelations

Evening Report: Posted: GCSB Targeted Ops Damaging to NZ’s International Reputation – Buchanan 

David Fisher (Herald): GCSB's spying on Kiwis surges over year

No Right Turn: A further explosion of spying

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Not Understood.

Listener: Editorial – I spy a by-election

Keith Locke (Daily Blog): Please sign the Not in Our Name spying petition 

Rob Salmond (Polity): Furtive legal opinions

No Right Turn: A good idea

No Right Turn: How to complain to IGIS

 

Greens

Patrick Gower (TV3):James Shaw - The 'Green-changer'

Andrea Vance (Stuff): James Shaw confirms tilt at Green leadership

TVNZ: Rookie MP to make Greens leadership bid

John Palethorpe (Shinebone Star): The XY Factor

Lydia Anderson and Simon Wong (TV3): Metiria Turei asks John Key on a lunch date

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Greens still against cell phone towers

 

1080 baby formula threat

Dave Hansford (Public Address): 1080, "eco-terrorism" and agendas

RNZ: Little gain in going public with 1080 threat – analyst

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): By Other Means: Eco-Terrorist holds New Zealand over a barrel of 1080 poison.

 

Employment

Anna Burns-Francis and Dan Parker (TV3): Campbell Live: Woodhouse aims to improve zero-hour contracts

Gail Pacheco and Bill Cochrane (Briefing Papers): Temporary vs. Permanent Employment: Is There a Wage Penalty?

RNZ: Few Maori business-owners – report

 

Flag referendum

Claire Trevett (Herald):Flag change referendums come one step closer

TVNZ: New Zealand is one step closer to a new flag

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Division over flag change referendum

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Could the flag be Key's lasting legacy?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Key gets cornered by common sense on flag debate

 

ACC

Herald: Government 'cash cow' in excellent finacial health

Amelia Langord (RNZ): ACC Minister defends levy rates

 

Media

Corin Dann (TVNZ): TVNZ boss: 'Public broadcaster' an ill-defined term

John Drinnan (Herald): No Spark in Henry's new show

Colin Peacock (NZ Books): Lifting the lid (Paywalled)

 

National Government third term

Michael Coote (NBR): Beware third-term symbolism (Paywalled)

Rob Hosking (NBR): National takes Kiwi conservatism into risky territory (Paywalled)

 

MP pay

Corin Dann (TVNZ): They've got the numbers wrong - Govt confident MPs pay legislation is robust

Nevil Gibson (NBR): Incentives should determine politicians’ pay (Paywalled)

 

Economy

Brian Fallow (Herald): Trade disputes not so clear-cut

John Braddock (WSW): Protests in New Zealand against Trans Pacific Partnership

Rob Hosking (NBR): Surplus … to requirements (Paywalled)

Rob Hosking (NBR): Thirty years of floating currency – what has it delivered? (Paywalled)

Business Desk: Auditor-General's PGP report 'too polite' says Labour's O'Connor

Craig Stobo (Herald): Government assets sheet needs right balance

 

Other

Chris Gallavin (Press): Canterbury law expert calls for a NZ criminal cases review panel

Newswire: Amnesty: Govt must take in more refugees ASAP

Jo Moir (Stuff): Tree protection bill proposed by Labour

Benedict Collins (RNZ): Human rights groups push NZ on Syria

NBR: Editorial – NZ must fulfill Security Council obligations (Paywalled)

Newstalk ZB: Political battle over Kiwi troops outside the wire

Joe Burton (Listener): Role call (Paywalled)

RNZ: Defence defends not boarding illegal fishers

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Maori fisheries body review cost almost $1 million

Stuff: Democratic deficit fears at universities

Anne Gibson (Herald): NZ's most expensive state house sold to local iwi

RNZ: Police conduct authority funding tight

RNZ: Few votes on Maori Far North council wards

Herald: NZ abortion rate falls, but harassment continues

Manawatu Standard: Editorial: More harmful things than e-cigs legally sold

Stuff: Politics briefs: March 13, 2015

Herald: The Insider: Refresh for research

Josh O’Sullivan and Andrew Tait (ISO): The House and the streets: Lessons from the Mana campaign

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Opinion: The mating of two Wiggles is unnatural and an affront to family values

 

 

 

NZ Politics Daily - 12 March 2015: NZ spying; 1080 threat; Northland by-election; Greens leadership; Kauri tree; Flag referendum

 

NZ spying revelations

Evening Report: Nicky Hager Interview on the Snowden Revelations 

Evening Report: Full Transcript: The Nicky Hager Interview

Ryan Gallagher (The Intercept): New Zealand targets trade partners, hacks computers in spy operations

Nathan Smith (NBR): New GCSB documents show China on target list for NZ spies (Paywalled)

Rob Salmond (Polity): The GCSB and the Unknown Unknowns

Andrea Vance (Stuff): GCSB spies 'collecting less intelligence'

Audrey Young (Herald): Little a bit less worried about GCSB activities

Audrey Young (Herald): 'Transparency is not an easy matter' - GCSB director

Jane Patterson (RNZ): GCSB: 'We do not do that'

Thomas Beagle (NZCCL): A suggestion for increasing intelligence service transparency

No Right Turn: Doing less with more

RNZ: Fiji military knew about NZ spying

 

1080 baby formula threat

Jamie Ball (NBR): Up to $30m of formula sent to China without 1080 certification

RNZ: Government tightens 1080 controls

Patrice Dougan (Herald): 1080 poison: Government introduces tighter regulations

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): China gives baby formula wide berth in wake of extortion threat

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): The ripples of the 1080 scare

Kate Newton (RNZ): International 1080 response low-key

Marta Steeman (Stuff): Anxious wait for milk producers

Myles Hume (Stuff): Milk poison threat affects supermarket security

John Weekes (Herald): Infant formula threat: Few could get hold of 1080 poison used – expert

Blair Ensor and Jo Moir (Stuff): Police visit anti-1080 party figures

Newswire: Labour: 1080 threat was overplayed

Herald: Editorial: 1080 warning a double-edged sword

Press: Editorial: 'Eco-terrorism' but no panic

Jonathan Mackenzie (Waikato Times): Despicable 1080 terrorist must be found

Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Authorities stood on 'knife edge' over revealing 1080 threat

Simon Wong (TV3): Tighter controls on pure 1080 movements

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Revealed: Threat to Tiger Woods in NZ in 2001

 

Northland by-election

Simon Wong (TV3): Video: No nail fail for Winston Peters

Stuff: Winston Peters hits nail on head

Claire Trevett (Herald): Winston Peters panic sees National roll out the (pork) barrel

Dita De Boni (Herald): Northland needs help, not hot air

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): The Bridge By-Election

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Forgotten electorate suddenly important

Claire Trevett (Herald): Act ups ante for Northland

Peter Wilson (Newswire): Northland by-election: ACT considers backing National

Benedict Collins (RNZ): ACT: Peters' victory would be 'very bad'

Anthony Robins (Standard): National’s Epsom branch to back National in Northland

Anna Burns-Francis (TV3): Bridge bribe money well spent?

Rob Salmond (Polity): House highlight: Bridges' bridges edition

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): The silly Northland conspiracy theories

Greg Presland (Standard): Key crosses a bridge too far

Kelly Ellis (Daily Blog): Winter is coming

 

Greens leadership contest

Andrea Vance (Stuff): MP bids for Greens co-leader role

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Shaw runs after all

 

Threatened Kauri tree

Martin Johnston and Teuila Fuatai (Herald): Kauri battle: 'Let the tree stay' - site owners

Steven Cowan (Against the current): Tree huggers with a cause

Aimee Gulliver (Auckland Now): Kauri tree stoush catches Environment minister's eye

Auckland Now: Kauri protester gains support

Briar Marbeck (TV3): Auckland Council to meet over kauri tree

No Right Turn: "More than minor"

Peter Wilson (Newswire): Kauri felling a 'significant concern'

Shane Cowlishaw (Auckland Now): Rachel Hunter joins kauri debate

 

Mistaken school lunch figures

Simon Wong (TV3): Metira Turei fixes school lunch mistake

Jo Moir (Stuff): Greens co-leader admits lunchless kids number error

TVNZ: 'I personally will buy them lunch for the whole year' - Key challenges Turei

 

Flag referendum

Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour to oppose flag bill

Jason Walls (NBR): NBR poll participants sceptical of Key’s flag referendum (Paywalled)

Mike Hosking (Herald): New flag nothing to get in flap over

Pete George (Your NZ): Loony Labour line on flag questions

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Finally Labour does something sensible

 

MP pay

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Politicians could be paid more under new plan

Vernon Small (Stuff): Delay to MPs' pay law change

No Right Turn: Legislate in haste, repent before you've even started

 

NZ in Iraq

Andrea Vance and Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Doubt over Iraq mission aims

Liam Hehir (Manawatu Standard): History says to help in the fight

 

Women

Nelson Mail: Equality still a work in progress

John Anthony (Stuff): Sovereign NZ CEO's gender equality work gets UN nod

Johnny Moore: Here's why I'm a feminist

 

Media

Rosemary Rangitauira and Andrew Mcrae (RNZ): Maori TV accused of censorship

Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): On the role of criticism: Te Matatini

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A chance to be famous

 

Housing

Gareth Morgan (Gareth’s World): Reserve Bank throws another pail of water on house price inferno

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behviour): Against capital gains taxes: Sumner edition

 

Other

Vernon Small (Stuff): Political management a mixed bag

Olivia Wannan (Stuff): DOC accused of spin tactics

Herald: Ministry of Health investigates medicinal cannabis use

No Right Turn: Holograms, reptilians, and the OIA

David Clendon (Green Blog): Election Inquiry: Prisoners’ right to vote

Amelia Langford (RNZ): IRD accused of 'extraordinary' IT blow-out 

Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): Canterbury University's code of conduct a 'gag order'

Teuila Fuatai (Herald): Defence Force hosts first same-sex wedding

Vernon Small (Stuff): Surprise Government surplus on higher tax take

Nathan Smith (NBR): NZ must sell to 4.5 billion, not 4.5 million, says Key (Paywalled)

 

 

NZ Politics Daily - 11 March 2015: NZ spy revelations; 1080 baby formula threat; Northland by-election

 

NZ spy revelations

Nicky Hager and Ryan Gallagher (Herald): Snowden revelations New Zealand's spy reach stretches across globe

Matt Nippert (Herald): UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says it's time to 'move on' from Snowden

RNZ: NZ spies on Asian countries, says Hager

No Right Turn: Spying on friendly nations

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Latest Snowden revelations: NZ spies on China, Japan, North Korea, Vietnam, South America, South Pacific, Pakistan, India, Iran…

Andrea Vance (Stuff): John Key digs in over spying claims

Glenn Greenwald (The Intercept): NZ Prime Minister retracts vow to resign if mass surveillance is shown

The Guardian: Australian spy officer was sent to New Zealand to lead new surveillance unit

TVNZ: Key says he won't quit if mass collection of Kiwis' communications proved

RNZ: How could NZ spies get it so wrong, asks Fiji opposition

TV3: Pacific leaders 'laughed off' GCSB claims – Key

RNZ: NZ spying will affect Suva's settling of regional ties, says academic

Rob Salmond (Polity): Twitter gold on spying

TVNZ: Little says Key 'pretty tricky' over data collection, surveillance

RNZ: Claim of tricky behaviour over GCSB

RNZ: Melanesia: wait and see approach on spying

RNZ: NZ journalist says spying was to earn points with US

RNZ: Pacific politicians 'routinely' spied on

No Right Turn: Collection, surveillance, and interception

Nathan Smith (NBR): So what if the GCSB spies, it was never about you! (Paywalled)

Mata Lauano (PMC): NZ spying on Pacific to 'buy into' closer US relations, says Hager

Greg Presland (Standard): Northland’s decaboondoggle bridge building programme

Rob Salmond (Polity): Darby and Joan Kauri Bridge, Northland

Pete George (Your NZ): Norman versus Key, collection versus surveillance

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Keeping Watch Over America's Lake.

 

1080 baby formula threat

John Armstrong (Herald): Key's silence right way to handle crisis

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Lessons have been learned from botulism fiasco

Patrick Gower (TV3): Political fallout from the 1080 threat

Dom Post: Editorial: An eco-crime of towering proportions

Jamie Ball (NBR): Govt ignored industry advice by giving 1080 scare 'oxygen' – food industry leader (Paywalled)

RNZ: Government will not give in to threat, says Key

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the dairy contamination threats, and parental policing of scary movies

Heather McCracken and Nikki Papatsoumas (Herald): Formula threat: Retailers ramp up security

Jo Moir (Stuff): Baby formula 1080 poison threat: 1080 controls tightened

TV3: Key, Little eye-to-eye on 1080 delay

Teuila Fuatai (Herald): From parents to politicians, outrage at threat to baby formula

Jason Walls (NBR): 'Kiwi panics,' 'Eco-terrorism’ threat' -1080 saga hits international headlines

TV3: Campbell Live: MPI 'disappointed' with 1080 threat

Herald: Threat to contaminate baby formula

Stuff: 'Criminal blackmail threat' to poison baby formula with 1080

Simon Wong (TV3): Fonterra blackmailed over 1080 poison

Kloe Palmer (TV3): Anti-1080 campaigners call blackmail 'ludicrous'

The Guardian: New Zealand prime minister says poison threat to milk powder ‘ecoterrorism’

TV3: John Key: Fonterra 1080 threat 'likely a hoax'

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Key, poisoned milk threats and ‘Eco-Terrorists’

Ben Uffindell (Civilian): Police release instructions on how best to panic about 1080 threat

 

Northland by-election

No Right turn: Pork and poor governance

TV3: Key: Dotcom, Hager prevented bridge announcement last year

RNZ: Northland roads were already in pipeline

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): What is Labour’s optimum strategy in Northland?

Pete George (Your NZ): Little confirms premature white flag

Timaru Herald: Editorial: Northland voters will be just loving this

Taranaki Daily News: By-election may bring home the bacon

Rob Hosking (NBR): Northland by-election: how not to do it (Paywalled)

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): If we're gonna go that way you're gonna need a bigger knife

Donal Curtin (Ecomics NZ): Northland jobs: fact or fiction?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): MMP by-elections – who and why?

Kuneblog: By Elections and MMP

Herald: Nailed it! Not... John Key admits: 'I'm no handyman'

Newswire: John Key's nail fail goes viral

 

Threatened Kauri tree

Aimee Gulliver and Jo Moir (Stuff): Cunliffe offers to climb threatened kauri

Sarah Robson (Newswire): Cunliffe considers scaling threatened kauri

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Cunliffe’s plan to climb kauri tree may actually encourage it to be felled

 

MP pay

Steve McCabe (Herald): Teachers happy to follow MPs' lead

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): MPs pay law change may see pay rises twice as large

 

NZ flag

No Right Turn: The flag referendum bill

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): A panel of lepers judging a beauty contest

Rob Mitchell (Manawatu Standard): Flag debate honours sacrifice of our troops

 

Economy

Vernon Small (Stuff): Andrew Little criticises John Key's "megaphone" inflation talk

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Once again, PM should not comment on Reserve Bank decisions

 

ACC

Jason Walls (NBR): NBR poll doesn't surprise ACC minister (Paywalled)

Stephanie Rodgers (Standard): John Key’s weird “gotcha” moment on ACC

 

Other

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Solid Energy 'may not be viable': English

Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Nothing new here, move on….

David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Are the Greens really on the extreme left?

Alexander Gillespie (Herald): If NZ is entering Isis conflict, let's accept more refugees

RNZ: PPTA unconvinced by education proposal

Peter Landon-Lane (Herald): How science binds us to China

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Soak the tourists?

Herald: Malaysian diplomat trial begins in November

Muriel Newman (NZCPR): Inherent Failings of Bureaucracy

Rob Salmond (Polity): Poll performance

Josh Fagan (Stuff): E-cigarette nicotine ban criticised

Liam Hyslop (Stuff): 'That's over half my income': Parents frustrated by child support formula change

Stuff: ACT leader: not a hologram

 

 

NZ Politics Daily - 10 March 2015: Northland by-election; NZ spying; Economy, employment, inequality; MP pay; Media

 

Northland by-election

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): To call each thing by its right name

John Armstrong (Herald): National crosses into the cynical side of politics

Dom Post: Editorial: Northland may be a bridge too far

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): National rolls out pork barrel in bid to stop Winston Peters' juggernaut

Phil Quin (Herald): Little looking ready to take bullet meant for Key

Peter Wilson and Sarah Robson (Newswire): Peters: National bribing Northland voters

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Deals

Rob Salmond (Polity): More pork

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): What are their BCRs?

Claire Trevett (Herald): John Key unapologetic about Northland byelection promises

Herald: Editorial: Andrew Little loses his nerve over Northland poll

TVNZ: Gaffe from the chair as Northland candidates front public meeting

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Northland By-Election: Hang on Winston, help is on its way.

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the Northland by election, and a TPP news round-up

Jason Walls (NBR): Bridges from Bridges, Winston talks figures

Demelza Leslie (RNZ): Government pulls out the stops for Northland

Simon Wong (TV3): Whangarei port growth eases Auckland's burden – Peters

Claire Trevett (Herald): Northland byelection: Nats promise bridges upgrade

Caitlin Smith (TV3): At a glance: Brief history of New Zealand by-elections

Pete George (Your NZ): National’s positive plan for job growth in Northland

Wayne Brown (NBR): Northland by-election: A dispatch from the front

Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): Yo Labour – I’mma let you finish … but Winston Peters gonna run the best by-election campaign of all time

Simon Buckingham (Daily Blog): Democratic Process in Northland

 

NZ spying revelations

RNZ: Mass collection vs mass surveillance

Audrey Young (RNZ): Cheryl Gwyn will tell me if GCSB breaks law on Kiwi spying – Key

Keith Ng (Public Address): Leviathan

Denis Tegg (Daily Blog): Is warrant-less spying on NZers lawful?

The Standard: Hager: “The GCSB is not a New Zealand operation”

Nathan Smith (NBR): Ferguson confirms 'mass surveillance', Key reiterates GCSB acting lawfully

Tom Peters (WSW): Snowden documents reveal New Zealand’s spying in Pacific

 

Inequality

Eric Frykberg (RNZ): One in six children in poverty – research

Brian Easton (Pundit): Why Children are in Poverty

 

Employment

TVNZ: Concern over migrant 'exploitation' in Queenstown

Phil Duncan (Redline): So much for bosses’ support for the ‘free market’

Don Franks (Redline):A mate for solidarity

 

Economy

Vernon Small (Stuff):John Key says inflation rate is too low

Liam Dann (Herald): Goldilocks economy in a complex world

Rodney Hide (NBR): Politicians’ free lunches end up costing more (Paywalled)

Timaru Herald: Editorial: Small deficit won't do for National

 

MP pay

Andrea Vance (Stuff): MPs act to lower own pay rises

Corin Dann (TVNZ): MPs pay increase set at 1.5%

Audrey Young (Herald): Law cutting MPs' pay rise to be urgently passed

RNZ: Cabinet approves MP pay boost

 

Auckland’s Asian populations

Lincoln Tan (Herald): Asian Auckland: How our city has changed - Explore our interactive

Lincoln Tan (Herald): Asian Auckland: Influx changing face of city

Murielle Baker (RNZ): Auckland 'ethnoburbs' on the rise

 

Customs

Herald: Editorial: No foundation to Customs' password call

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaivour): Passwords, Please.

 

NZ flag

Rob Hosking (NBR): Flag referendum law to be unveiled this week

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Flag shortlisters earn $640 a day

RNZ: RSA plans to fight NZ flag change

 

Media

Mandy Hager (Standard): A little case study of media misrepresentation

Audrey Young (Herald): PM transcript release a small victory

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Comments are now closed

Selwyn Manning (Daily Blog): Tonight on EveningReport.nz – Extended Interview with Nicky Hager and more

Pete George (Your NZ): New online journalism based media site

Lyn Prentice (Standard): New site – Evening Report

John Drinnan: NZME. converges on new site

Brian Edwards: Sufferin Succotash – Mike Hosking is really, really huge!

Ruminator: TV3: Seemingly prepared to help the Nats with a dirty deal

 

Women

NBR: Marilyn Waring's International Women's Day speech: 'Get some guts and join the right side'

Jan Logie (Green Blog): Women in NZ: Where we’ve come from & where we need to go

 

Housing

Bernard Hickey (Herald): The renting generation

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Renter Rights now

Davd Farrar (Kiwiblog): Could the IRD do a test case on property speculation

 

Other

Herald: Govt uses ACC as 'cash cow' – Little

Nick Grant (NBR): Government convention centre spin – you be the judge (Paywalled)

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): The Glutton Seagulls. Thoughts on a Friday Afternoon in March.

Shelley Robinson (Press): Domestic violence plan leads to 'service duplication'

Brian Fallow (Herald): Another way to save on super

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): 2014 election results

Ben Uffindell (Civilian): Colin Craig denies rumours he’ll be replaced with a wooden spoon

Charles Anderson (Nelson Mail): John Key in Nelson, applauds cycleways

Cherie Howie (Herald):Auckland's mayoral polling bill nears $250k

RNZ: Defence Force acquires three Seasprite helicopters

RNZ: Navy considers ships' future

Isaac Davison (Herald): Fire in Parliament's library

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Kiwis more satisfied with public services

Mike Butler (NZCPR): Amalgamation tactics underhand

 

 

 

 

 

NZ Politics Daily - 9 March 2015: NZ spying; Northland by-election; NZ in Iraq; MP pay; Greens; ACC; Zero hours contracts

 

NZ spying revelations

Brent Edwards (RNZ): PM refuses to rule out mass surveillance

RNZ: PM confident spy agency acts within law

Nicky Hager, Ryan Gallagher and Anthony Hubbard (Stuff): Snowden files: NZ's spying on the family

Nicky Hager and Ryan Gallagher (Stuff): Snowden files: Inside Waihopai's domes

Sunday Star Times: Snowden files: which satellites are targeted by Waihopai?

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Silence on surveillance not healthy

Ryan Gallagher (The Intercept): Documents shine light on shadowy New Zealand surveillance base

Dom Post: Editorial: Spying demands an explanation

John Minto (Daily Blog): Blather, blah, blah, – John Key – blah, blah, blather

No Right Turn: Massively disproportionate

RNZ: PFF calls for regional response to NZ spying

David Fisher (Herald): Inquiry must look at spy practices: Peter Dunne

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): John Key burning up political capital following Edward Snowden revelations

Greg Presland (Standard): Key’s credibility and the Snowden leaks

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Key should get over Hager hang-up

John Roughan (Herald): No shock and awe in Nicky Hager's revelations

Toby Manhire (Herald): All-seeing PM a match for Five Eyes

James Robins (Newstalk ZB): Screaming left-wing conspiracy theorists

Press: Editorial: If we must spy, it should be to secure NZ interests

Kate Newton (RNZ): Security experts dispute ex-GCSB boss claims

RNZ: PM: Spying complaint political stunt

TVNZ: Greens ask watchdog to investigate Pacific spying claim

TV3/Newswire: Filtering Kiwis' data 'mission impossible'

David Fisher (Herald): Snowden revelations: John Key - You're still wrong

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Spying on Pacific neighbours 'protects NZ'

Claire Trevett (Herald): Island nations not worried by spying claims

Grant Bayldon (Herald): Nothing to hide, nothing to fear?

Nathan Smith (NBR): GCSB spying

RNZ: Cooks not NZ spy target – Puna

Taranaki Daily News: The China connection

Denis Tegg (Daily Blog): GCSB & mass surveillance of NZers – definition of “private communication” the key

No Right Turn: Depraved indifference

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): So mass surveillance is happening – sleepy hobbits get the Government they deserve

Manawatu Standard: Editorial: Is NZ an intelligence player, or just a pawn?

Peter O’Neill (Timaru Herald): Editorial: We don't much like being kept in the dark

Ruminator: John Key: I don’t even know what the GCSB is

Pete George (Your NZ): Hooton: Snowden should be executed

Gordon Campbell  (Scoop): On the legal fudging of the GCSB revelations, Tikrit and Jake Xerxes Fussell

Greg Presland (Standard): Is mass surveillance of Kiwis occurring?

Steven Cowan (Against the current): John Key’s media poodles

Narelle Henson (Stuff): I spy with my little eye...

Pete George (Your NZ): Andrew Little buys into Hager and Dirty Politics

 

Northland by-election

Vernon Small (Stuff): Northland by-election: National pledges to replace 10 bridges

RNZ: National promises new Northland bridges

TV3: National promises Northland bridge overhaul

Rob Salmond (Polity): Pork bridges

RNZ: Labour candidate staying the course

Stacey Kirk (Dom Post): Stakes high as Little gives Winston the nod

TVNZ: Andrew Little gives big hint to left voters on Peters support

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Andrew Little prods Northland to vote for Winston Peters

TV3: Labour hints to Northland: Vote Peters

Isaac Davison (Herald): Northland byelection: Andrew Little drops Winston Peters hint

Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of ... Winston Peters

TVNZ: Winston Peters 'is trying to give Government a black eye' - Key

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): No surprise – hypocrisy from Labour

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Northland is sick of Labour screwing them over

TVNZ: National fires first big shot in Northland by-election

Tim Watkins (Pundit): Everything to play for in Northland

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Latest Q+A poll highlights foolishness of Labour Strategy

RNZ: Big support for Peters if Labour pulls out – poll

Rob Salmond (Polity): Strategic retreat

Rob Salmond (Polity): Dirty deal?

Anthony Robins (Standard): Northland is not a “dirty deal”

The Standard: Nudge Nudge in Northland

Katie Bradford (TVNZ): Front-runners woo Northland voters as by-election gains momentum

Newswire: National fights to keep Northland seat

Sophie Lowery (TV3): National pulls out 'Team Key' in Northland

Claire Trevett (Herald): Northland byelection: John Key turns up Nats' heat

John Armstrong (Herald): Shock lead adds weight to NZ First campaign

Alicia Maree Burrow (Stuff): John Key brushes off Winston Peters' Northland surge

Dan Satherley (TV3): Can National's newbie catch Winston Peters?

Vernon Small and Stacey Kirk (Stuff): John Key to boost National's Northland by-election campaign

Duncan Garner (RadioLive): National’s now officially scared of losing

Rodney Hide (Herald): Fun and games if Winston wins

No Right Turn: The Northland by-election matters

Rob Salmond (Polity): More on 3news Northland poll

Rob Salmond (Polity): Game on

Andrew Gunn (Press): Who needs the media? No-one more than Winnie

Pete George (Your NZ): National, Sabin, Osborne, train wreck

Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): Northland by-election – a damning poll and a damnable lie?

Don Franks (Redline): Northland by-election: worker solidarity or Winston Peters?

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Five things to remember re Winston and Northland

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Your money, his campaign

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Some thoughts on Winston and Northland

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Northland

The Standard: Northland Polls; Horrorshow for National

Kuneblog: Northland By Election Week 4

NZ Parliament: By-elections and empty seats

Women in NZ Pols: Q & A with Willow-Jean Prime

 

NZ in Iraq

RNZ: Brownlee rejects Canada, NZ similarities in Iraq

Matthew Hooton (NBR): Andrew Little chooses Jihadi John (Paywalled)

James Robins (Newstalk ZB):Friends in unlikely places

 

MP pay

John Armstrong (Herald): He who pays the piper finally calls the tune ...

Jane Clifton (Listener): Payback time (Paywalled)

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Employing Representatives: How Limiting MPs Pay Rises Increases The Democratic Deficit.

Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Paying Politicians and Managers

ODT: Editorial: Disclosing MPs' allowances

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): MPs salaries vs Judges salaries

 

Zero hours contracts

Helen Kelly (Herald): Zero hour exploitation

Dita De Boni (Herald): Flexibility at its stretchiest for employers

RNZ: Union wants end to zero-hour contracts

 

Greens leadership

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Green Co-Leadership a battle for the ideological direction of Party

Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB): Tava's inclusion adds twist to Greens election

Newswire: Greens co-leader contender: Abandon partisanship

Vernon Tava: Why I Am Standing for Green Party Male Co-Leader

TV3: Third contender joins Greens co-leadership race

 

Labour on ACC

Stuff: Labour leader Andrew Little attacks Govt over ACC 'rort'

Demelza Leslie (RNZ):Labour accuses Govt of ACC rip-off

Newswire: Labour: ACC levies should be cut

Chris Keall (NBR): Govt overcharging businesses for ACC levies by $373m a year, Little says

Rob Hosking (NBR): Little is right about ACC over-charging - but he needs to go further (Paywalled)

Stephanie Rodgers (Standard): Little: ACC levies need to come down

Stuff: Andrew Little hints at ACC announcement by Labour

 

Teina Pora

Duncan Garner (Dom Post): Teina Pora needs a payout, not a retrial

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Let’s be clear – the Police framed Teina Pora

Latifa Daud (Daily Blog): Teina Pora a victim of our system

 

Voluntary Euthanasia

Collette Devlin (Stuff): Euthanasia will be in NZ soon, says advocate

Herald: Voluntary euthanasia architect says people should be allowed to return God's gift

 

Sexism and women’s pay

Deborah Hill Cone (Herald): Let's turn focus to women's pay

Aimie Cronin (Stuff): I'm not sexist but....

Ali Mau (Stuff): The curse of #casualsexism

RNZ: Women's equality progress 'painfully slow'

Anthony Robins (Standard): Gender pay gap still growing – of course

Tess McClure (Stuff): Women losing boardroom battle

Daphna Whitmore (Redline): Right-wing women ungrateful whingers

 

Other

Jared Savage (Herald): John Banks wants his retrial aborted

Suzanne McFadden (Herald): When Pacific Islanders were raided in their beds

Adrien Taylor (TV3): Thousands march against TPPA free trade agreement

 

 

 

NZ Politics Daily - 6 March 2015: NZ spying revelations; Northland by-election

 

NZ spying revelations

RNZ: GCSB in mass collection of Pacific data: Ferguson

Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): NZ breached our trust - Tongan PM

David Fisher (Herald): Snowden revelations / Complaint lodged over GCSB spying on Kiwis in the Pacific

Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Complaint laid over GCSB spy claims

David Fisher (Herald): Snowden revelations / PM John Key tight-lipped on why spying claims are 'wrong'

Vernon Small (Stuff): John Key dismisses spy claims

Tova O’Brien (TV3): Pacific spying allegations 'incorrect' – Key

Jane Patterson (RNZ): Pacific spy revelations reignite debate

TVNZ: Pacific leaders demand answers from NZ over alleged spying

No Right Turn: Contributing to the international relations and well-being of New Zealand

TVNZ: 'Backdoor spooks' damage NZ's relationship with Pacific – Norman

NBR: Mass collection of Pacific data affects Kiwi holidaymakers — InternetNZ boss

RNZ: NZ's Pacific spying creates unfair advantage in regional talks

Jamie Ball (NBR): $40 million of NZ fisheries aid allocated to spied-on neighbours (Paywalled)

Herald: Editorial: Pacific spying - at least we know about it

ODT: Editorial: The question of spying

RNZ: Tonga PM: Spy allegations 'a pity'

Michael Field (Stuff): Samoa not bothered by spying

Vaimoana Tapaleao and Sophie Ryan (Herald): 'Samoa has nothing to hide' - Samoan PM supports spying

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): GCSB not spying; just ‘inadvertently looking’

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Spying justified because Nauru is ‘serious threat to New Zealand’, says Prime Minister

Jordan McCluskey (NZCCL): Why spying for another country matters

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why mass spying revelations are outrageous and when will Key resign?

RNZ: Samoa PM says surveillance 'waste of time'

The Guardian: New Zealand spying on Pacific allies for 'Five Eyes' and NSA, Snowden files show

Scott Hamilton (Reading the Maps): It's about China, not ISIS

Rob Salmond (Polity): Pacific surveillance

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Let’s cut short this pathetic media circus

 

Northland by-election

Patrick Gower (TV3): Peters on track to win Northland seat

Claire Trevett (Herald): Northland byelection: Winston Peters' showy start wins pay-off off in polls

Newswire: Age no barrier for Winston Peters

Stuff: Poll puts Peters ahead in Northland

David Farrar (Kiwiblog):3 News Northland poll

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Kelvin Davis asks Laila for donation

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Peters: campaign staffer taking leave

 

Vigilante behaviour against tourists

Nikki Papatsoumas (Herald): Police Commissioner Mike Bush: 'NZ no place for vigilante behaviour'

Ben Uffindell (Civilian): Tourists take law into own hands by confiscating New Zealanders’ alcohol

 

Political finance

Herald: Money in politics: Explore each and every candidate donation for 2014 NZ election

Waikato Times: Donations a bit whiffy

 

Customs

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Customs seek more power as dangerous weapons enter country

No Right Turn: Customs wants your data

 

Protests

Paul Easton and Laura Walters (Stuff): Protesters disrupt John Key Auckland appearance

Briar Marbeck (TV3): John Key forced off university campus by protesters

 

Greens

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Gareth Hughes 'underdog' for Green Party leadership

Corin Dann (TVNZ): New Green Party co-leader candidate wants generational shift

 

Environment

Newswire: Greens support call to test air quality

Matthew Hooton (Metro): Burning the Tax-Payer

 

Other

Timothy Brown (ODT): Budget tight for tertiary, Joyce warns

Michael Sharp (Briefing Papers): Why A Free Market Wage System Doesn’t Work

Felicity Lamm (Briefing Papers): How Are We Measuring Up?

No Right Turn: Bizarre

David Rutherford (Herald): Kiwis lead world in human rights protection

Chris Barton (Herald): Something rotten in our Commerce Commission

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Government proposal looks at cellphone antenna consent

Manawatu Standard: Editorial: Closed minds on euthanasia hinder debate

Kathryn King (Manawatu Standard): Routine carrying of Tasers urged

Lynda Brendish (Idealog): The Red Potential

 

 

NZ Politics Daily - 5 March 2015: NZ spy revelations; Northland by-election; Teina Pora; Conservatives; Work & wages

 

 

NZ spy revelations

David Fisher (Herald): Snowden revelations: John Key failing leadership test with terrorists-under-the-bed response

Herald: #snowdenNZ / How foreign spies access GCSB's South Pacific intelligence

Nicky Hager and Ryan Gallagher (Herald): #snowdenNZ / The price of the Five Eyes club: Mass spying on friendly nations and sending vast amounts of intelligence to NSA

David Fisher (Herald): #snowdenNZ / Leaked documents show New Zealand spies on its Pacific friends and sends the data to the US

Glenn Greenwald and Ryan Gallagher (The Intercept): New Zealand launched mass surveillance project while publicly denying it

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): And we’re off

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim-Post): GCSB in the Pacific

Russell Brown (Hard News): To defame and deflect

No Right Turn: Unscreened

No Right Turn: Spying on our friends

Keith Locke (Daily Blog): The reasons why New Zealand’s comprehensive spying on Pacific states is wrong

TVNZ: Spying claims in Pacific may spark French anger - security analyst

RNZ: NZ Pacific spying imperils French links – analyst

Michael Field (Stuff): Snowden docs show Digicel hampering spying

Michael Field (Stuff): New Zealand right to spy on Pacific Island neighbours

Michael Field (Stuff): Diplomat: GCSB must have a really boring job

Rob Hosking (NBR): Spying revelations: sorting the substance from the silliness (Paywalled)

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Nicky Hager: NZ spying to secure our place in the 'club'

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): This is the big revelation?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Investigative journalist Nicky Hager “leaks” more data

Mark Hubbard (Life behind the iron drape): Left’s Hypocrisy Over This Morning’s Pacific Spying Revelations | #GCSB #Privacy

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The hypocrisy of Key on freedom of speech

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): So we spy on the Pacific for America?

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Snowden documents: NZ spied on Pacific Island neighbours

Rob O’Neill (ZDNet): Documents reveal New Zealand's Pacific spy role

TVNZ: Edward Snowden's documents claim NZ targets Pacific in massive global spying network

Nathan Smith (NBR): Snowden docs show extent of NZ spying on South Pacific nations

TV3: Hager: NZ spying on neighbours

Newstalk ZB: New Zealand spies on Pacific neighbours

Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Spying back in the headlines

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Spying revelations unsurprising

RNZ: NZ spies target Pacific – Hager

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about the new Hager-Snowden-Greenwald spy revelations

Stuff: Live blog: New Zealand spies on neighbouring countries

Stuff: What's in Edward Snowden's latest New Zealand spying files?

Hamish Rutherford and Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Nicky Hager: Kiwis will be 'shocked' by spy claims

Aimee Gulliiver (Stuff): Q&A: Spying and NZ

RadioLive: John Key discounts possible spying revelations

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): So it turns out that Kim Dotcom was right after all

 

Northland by-election

Vernon Small (Stuff): Wily Peters opens up a range of possibilities

Claire Trevett (Herald): Rival old dogs' paws crossed for win-win in North

TV3: Peters: 'Labour can't win - we can'

Tova O’Brien (Herald): Peters launches Northland campaign with 'The Force'

Newswire: Winston Peters launches Northland campaign

Laura Walters (Stuff): Winston Peters launches bid for Northland seat with bus tour

TVNZ: ‘Send them a message' Winston Peters tells Northland by-election voters

Lynn Prentice (Standard): On Northland

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Sorry Winston: Why Labour needs to stand in Northland

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): John Key’s ongoing ethics problems

 

Teina Pora conviction quashed

John Campbell (TV3): Should Teina Pora receive compensation?

Herald: Editorial: Pora's ordeal shows review panel needed

Dom Post: Reasonable doubt about the justice system

Stuff: Justice system just fine says Key

Duncan Garner (RadioLive): Teina Pora retrial pointless

No Right Turn: We need to talk about our police

Phil Taylor (Herald): A shy man: I believed it would happen one day

Sophie Ryan and Kurt Bayer (Herald): Malcolm Rewa faces 'very rare' trial after Teina Pora's murder convictions quashed

Audrey Young  (Herald): Teina Pora: Labour's Jacinda Ardern calls for independent criminal review commission

Paula Penfold (TV3): Teina Pora 'in very good shape'

RNZ: Maori Party calls for racism inquiry

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Pora conviction quashed

 

Work and wages

Stephanie Rodgers (Standard): What has Michael Woodhouse actually got right about employment relations?

Spider and Me: Dear Mr Woodhouse: working people deserve a living wage

Redline: Zero-hour contracts

The Standard:Is Human Resource Management in New Zealand Ethical?

 

Conservative Party

Isaac Davison (Herald): Colin Craig dismissed rumours as 'storm in teacup'

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Colin Craig: Conservative Party doing fine

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Colin Craig tries to paper over the cracks

 

Greens

Gareth Hughes (Green Blog): Why I’m running for Green Party Co-Leader.

Isaac Davison (Herald): Hughes joins contest for Green's leadership

David Farrar (KIwiblog): Hughes standing for co-leader

 

Customs

TVNZ: Customs wants law change to allow password demand

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): And now Customs want the right to examine your phones and computers and make you provide the passwords

 

NZ in Iraq

Manawatu Standard: Editorial: Let's hope Iraq won't be price too high to pay

Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): Mike Hosking – Minister for War Propaganda?

 

Housing

Garth Bray (TVNZ): Can your landlord chuck you out with just days' notice?

RNZ: Fewer houses being built than decade ago

RNZ: Auckland housing activity on target

 

TPPA

Geoff Simmons (Gareth’s World): Why we haven’t talked about the TPPA

Sarah Wilson (Nelson Mail): TPPA threatens Pharmac's right to choose drugs

 

Carmel Sepuloni’s mother

Herald: Mother of Labour MP Carmel Sepuloni admits $100K benefit fraud

Isobel Ewing (Stuff): Carmel Sepuloni's mother guilty of benefit fraud

 

Other

RNZ: NZ MP slams government as Indonesian minister visits

Liz McDonald (Press): Christchurch's rebuild begins with massive $4 billion construction spend

Press: Editorial: Netball players in short skirts

No Right Turn: Should we limit local government pay as well?

Libby Wilson (Stuff): Selfies in vogue as PM calls on O-Week crowd

 

 

Cartoons about #snowdenNZ and the GCSB (updated)

This is a collection of recent cartoons and images relating to various state surveillance issues over the last six months. [Read more below]

Moreu - Timaru Herald 6 March 2015

 

Top tweets about #snowdenNZ

Here’s some of the more interesting and insightful tweets about the latest Snowden revelations about NZ spying as investigated by journalists such as Nicky Hager and Glenn Greenwald. The most recent tweets are first. To be updated. [Read more below]

Top tweets about the new Hager-Snowden-Greenwald spy revelations

The most recent tweets at at the top. To be updated.

 

David Slack ‏@DavidSlack  

When the PM launches once again into his "Hager is a liar" spiel, just remember that's as accurate as saying Richie McCaw is a wimp.

 

mjfield ‏@mjfield  

Will Pacific states wake up tomorrow and discover NZ has been spying, bugging their phones and changing governments? http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/66944644/nicky-hager-kiwis-will-be-shocked-by-spy-claims …

 

Sacha Dylan ‏@kaupapa  

So long as our media unthinkingly regurgitate his lies about Hager, Key's onto a winner again #nzpol

 

Hayden Eastmond-Mein ‏@h_yd_n  

With Key trotting out the preemptive horseshit on Hager, you know it's about to turn into a fun week in Parliament.

 

The Harpoon ‏@ArbyHyde  

How has Nicky Hager been proven wrong about #dirtypolitics? Serious question.

 

Watershitdown ‏@watershitdown  

John Key calls Nicky Hager's #Dirtypolitics "categorically wrong" from someone who "categorically can't recall shit"

 

Tim Murphy ‏@tmurphyNZH  

Interesting attempt at prebuttal from the PM on the Snowden documents. They are just a little detailed about what has gone on. #snowdenNZ

 

Jackson James Wood ‏@_jjw_ 

Hager to reveal that John Key actually has five eyes. You've seen two of them, but where are the other three? Find out tomorrow.

 

Alex Coleman ‏@ShakingStick  

I reckon the main thing about spy-leak stories, like the Snowden stuff, is that they exist. That they exist; shows the spies failed.

 

DM Me Your Cats ‏@raquelxmoss  

I just don't understand how Key can continue to call Hager a lier but not specify exactly how.

> Watershitdown ‏@watershitdown  

@sunnyhamiltonnz @raquelxmoss @kaupapa A cynic would say it's become their job to never challenge him with fact, and history likes cynics.

 

Marianne Elliott ‏@zenpeacekeeper  

Watching Citizenfour in preparation for Hager & @nzherald's promised new information tomorrow on NZ's role in 5Eyes spy network. With wine.

 

Kim Dotcom ‏@KimDotcom  

Spy Poll: Who do you believe? RETWEET: Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald and Nicky Hager FAVORITE: John Key - Prime Minister of NZ / #GCSB

 

Nicola ‏@NikkyD77  

Anyone managed to discredit Nicky Hager yet? Didn't think so.

 

Chris ‏@slackjawdtownie  

"Nicky Hager is saying it. I guarantee it'll be wrong." "What they've decided is they'll play the man, not the ball." John Key, 19 Aug 2014

 

nømmøpikelet ‏@nommopilot  

Nicky Hager & John Key : One always lies and one always tells the truth...

 

Alex Coleman ‏@ShakingStick  

John Key doesn't care that his pre-emptive defences re Hager contradict. It's a smorgasbord for supporters & pundits to 'pick one' of.

 

Paul Rooney ‏@roonsopo  

You'd expect @nzlabour to tell Hager to bugger off considering the help he gave them in the General Election.

 

Lamia ‏@LI_politico  

Is this what the police raid on Hager was really about?

 

Craig Robertson ‏@CraigTRobertson  

"[Nicky Hager's] interests are his own self-serving interests, not the rest of the country." A bit rich coming from John Key.

 

John P ‏@MrDuttonPeabody  

Key called Hager a screaming left wing conspiracy theorist despite Hager being right about #dirtypolitics, proven by investigation #nzpol

 

nømmøpikelet ‏@nommopilot  

that pesky Nicky Hager and all the lies he's _going_ to tell you!!! I know exactly what he's going to say, cos I've been spying on him...

 

Bill ‏@wiremusix  

Prediction. Key's popularity increases will increase following Hager's latest spying revelation.

 

Scott Milne ‏@LostArcNZ  

I should mark my Student's tests the same way Key treats Hager's allegations: "Look, I haven't seen your answers, but they are wrong"

 

Alex Coleman ‏@ShakingStick  

Shorter Key: 'Hager's claims are things everyone would expect us to be doing, it would be irresponsible not to. Also, it's all lies'

 

Scott Milne ‏@LostArcNZ  

So Jon Key says the Stuff in Hager's last book was "Categorically Wrong". Did he read the same book I did? #DirtyPolitics

 

fictional ‏@nzjames  

I remember the public not caring about dirty politics. But I don't remember Hager being wrong. The opposite in fact.

 

Danyl Mclauchlan ‏@danylmc  

No doubt the Seven Sharp team and Jay-Jay from the Edge will hold Key to account over Hager's new claims.

 

Danyl Mclauchlan @danylmc · 

Better update my Hager spin-bingo card to include 'Putting the country at risk' and 'Siding with the terrorists'. https://dimpost.wordpress.com/2014/08/13/nicky-hager-spin-bingo/ …

 

Benjamin Rachinger ‏@B3nRaching3r  

Do we still think Hager got raided for the DP book? Or Govt got him under Surv and raided him after MoT for NZ specific Snowden Docs? Lol.

 

The Egonomist ‏@TheEgonomist  

Hager's timing of this Snowden file reveal is a shameless attempt to disrupt the 2017 election!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Danyl Mclauchlan ‏@danylmc  

I wish Greenwald, Snowden et al had done this in the first place instead of teaming up with Kim Dotcom: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11411221 …

 

Mandy Hager ‏@MandyHager  

Go Nicky! Proud of you bro! Snowden files expose NZ's part in America's spy network http://nzh.tw/11411221  via @nzherald

 

 

 

 

NZ Politics Daily - 4 March 2015: Teina Pora; Law & Order; Mike Sabin inquiry & Northland by-election: MP pay; Iraq

 

Teina Pora conviction quashed

The Wireless (RNZ): The trials of Teina Pora

Brook Sabin (TV3): Political fallout from Pora's victory

Anna Pearson and Paul Easton (Stuff): Teina Pora conviction quashed

Newswire/TV3: Pora case proves need for review panel – expert

RNZ: Teina Pora 'happiest man' as conviction quashed

Anna Leask and Phil Taylor (Herald): I hope to get justice for my sister - Susan Burdett's brother on Teina Pora decision

TV3: Retrial decision delay surprised Pora's legal team

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): What next for Teina Pora?

Newstalk ZB: Burdett family welcome Pora verdict

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the Privy Council’s Teina Pora decision

TVNZ: Teina Pora case: Who killed Susan Burdett?

TVNZ: Teina Pora decision highlights need for better legal system – expert

TV3: Teina Pora 'probably the happiest man in the country' – lawyer

Julian Drape (TV3): Teina Pora's convictions quashed by Privy Council

TVNZ: Support flows for Teina Pora - 'Time a waiata was busted out'

 

Law & Order

No Right Turn: NZ police violated legal privilege

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): If Police can bug calls to lawyers, why did they have to have new surveillance powers?

RNZ: Police target change for Māori

Manawatu Standard: Editorial: Arming our police step into a darker future

Alex Mason (Newstalk ZB): Call for more female QCs

 

Mike Sabin inquiry and Northland by-election

No Right Turn: A cover up

Jamie Bell (NBR): Eagleson shuts down Sabin probe (Paywalled)

John Armstrong (Herald): Peters faces uphill battle in byelection

Brian Rudman (Herald): Labour misses chance to rattle Govt with Peters

Lois Williams (RNZ): Labour urged to make way for Peters in Northland

Rob Salmond (Polity): Herald on Northland

Claire Trevett (Herald): Eleven candidates to contest Northland by-election

Stuff: Eleven candidates contest Northland by-election

Nick Grant (NBR): The fix isn’t in – Labour to contest Northland

Jono Natusch (Occasionally Erudite): And Winston Peters proves me wrong

 

MP pay increases

Dom Post: Editorial: Overdue pay shakeup a win-win for Key

Herald: Editorial: Critics of politicians' pay increases should be careful what they wish for

TV3: Labour will back pay law 'in principle'

Max Rashbrooke (Inequality): Next step after MPs’ salaries: Pay ratios?

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): MPs' pay move will have public sector nervy

Peter Lyons (ODT): Key's MP pay legislation magics problem from view

Newstalk ZB: MPs unlikely to fight for pay rises

Press: Editorial: Being an MP not about the salary

TV3: Key: Pay rise law has to 'strike fairness'

RNZ: Recruiter says salary link to PM flawed

Brent Edwards (RNZ): Curb stratospheric salaries, says Little

Newswire: Labour: CEOs' pay should be reviewed

Newswire: Greens join call for review of CEOs' pay

Eileen Goodwin (ODT): Curran: what about CEOs?

Rob Salmond (Polity): Politicians' pay 

Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): MPs Pay Saga

 

Work and wages

Anna Burns-Francis (TV3) Campbell Live: Minister to zero-hour employers: Rethink your rosters

Rob Salmond (Polity): Zero Hours

Anthony Robins (Standard): Nats getting squeamish on zero hour contracts

RNZ: Home care workers win right to minimum wage

RNZ: Unions to take more cases to court

ODT: Editorial: Mitigating workplace risk

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Hammond vs Credit Union Baywide

Donal Curtin (Economics NZ): Our labour market in perspective

 

Key-snatching vigilantes

Kurt Bayer and Hamish McNeilly (Herald): Don't take keys from bad drivers, warns John Key as he attacks Kiwi driving skills

Stuff: John Key: Tourist key-snatching could lead to a 'terrible incident'

Thomas Mead (TV3): Key slams tourist driving vigilantes

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A guide for foreign types who might be considering a trip to Aotearoa

 

NZ in Iraq

Kevin Clements (ODT): Scrutinising Iraq intervention

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): War And Democracy

Dan Satherley (TV3): Ex-captive says UN should lead Iraq mission 

Brent Edwards (RNZ): NZ Muslims extend hand to PM

Greg Presland (Standard): Why are we going to war?

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Responding to Fran O’Sullivan’s and Mike Hoskings’ war cheerleading

Liam Hehir (Manawatu Standard): Just try to do right thing in no-win scenario

 

Electoral finance

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): National’s election finance loophole highlights double standards

Phil Duncan (Redline): Money can’t buy you love – the sad story of InternetMana

 

Solid Energy

No Right Turn: Another bailout for Solid Energy

RNZ: Solid Energy in 'delicate' position - Key

 

New MFAT head

Business Desk: Brook Barrington, state sector veteran, named head of MFAT

Audrey Young (Herald): New Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade head named

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Former diplomat Brook Barrington to head MFAT

 

Euthanasia

Neil Ratley (Stuff): Euthanasia campaign rides surge of support

Karen Brown (RNZ): Opposition to euthanasia call

 

Other

David Fisher (Herald): Snowden files expose NZ's part in America's spy network

Simon Collins (Herald): Child support changes: $163m blowout expected to increase further

Newswire: Questions over child support reform costs

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): 2014 NZ general election results – the definitive stats

James Shaw (Green Blog): Election Inquiry – Advance Voting

Gareth Morgan (Gareth’s World): Democracy Under Threat in New Zealand

TVNZ: NZ flag panel 'totally independent' from Govt – chair

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): What to do with our flag?

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Transtasman allies must look to future

Rose Patterson (Interest): The economy and society are built by people, not by governments

Joelle Dally (Press): John Key says shoddy quake repairs should be fixed

Phillipa Yalden (Stuff): 'New Zealand's biggest killer' billboard replaced with John Key sketch

Rob Salmond (Polity): Heart Foundation billboard

Rachel Stewart (Stuff): World's changing fast, MPs need to get on board

The Ruminator: Opaque transparency

Redline: Herbert Marcuse and the passivity of the New Zealand working class

Einat Wilf (NBR):NZ’s vote ‘pivotal’ to Israel’s future

 

 

2014 NZ general election results – the definitive stats

For the definitive details on the 2014 New Zealand general election, the Parliamentary Library has just published John Wilson’s research paper, Final Results and Voting Statistics (PDF). It contains more than just the raw voting results, but a lot of other very interesting stats about the electoral process and the resulting Parliament. I’ve drawn out some of the more interesting facts, below.

 

NZ Politics Daily - 3 March 2015: NZ in Iraq; Electoral finance; MP pay rises; Northland by-election

 

NZ in Iraq

Colin James (ODT): Statecraft and sending troops to Iraq

TVNZ: PM 'sensitive' over troop deployment backlash - Little

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Anything Key can bomb, Little can bomb better, Labour can bomb anything better than you

Tim Watkin (Pundit): A fight with limits: The right choice against Islamic State

Josie Pagani (Pundit): The opposite of intervention isn’t peace

Keith Locke (Daily Blog): Labour’s mistake on US bombing in Iraq

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Loving Their Enemies? New Zealand’s Catholic Bishops Come Out In Support of the Iraq Deployment.

Rob Salmond (Polity): Iraq deployment: Flow-on effects

TVNZ: Growing number on NZ terror watch list – PM

TVNZ: Muslims leaders closer to cup of tea with John Key

Corazon Miller (Newstalk ZB): Are NZ's troops vital to fight the Islamic State?

Nathan Smith (NBR): The first rule of SAS is: you do not talk about SAS (Paywalled)

 

Electoral finance

Matt Nippert (Herald): Money in Politics: Labour Party candidate Stuart Nash received donations to the tune of $99,000

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim-Post): What we talk about when we talk about donations and political corruption

Radio NZ: Harawira tops election donation list

Newswire: Hone Harawira, Stuart Nash top donations list

The Standard: Brassneck

Stephanie Rodgers (The Standard): Political donations and conflicts of interest

No Right Turn: This stinks

Frances Cook (Newstalk ZB): Donations loophole 'bending the rules'

Jack Montgomerie (Stuff): Biggest election spends pay off

Mathew Grocott (Stuff): Naylor wins Palmerston North campaign spending stakes

Demelza Leslie (RNZ): Fundraising 'wake-up call' for Labour

Brook Sabin (TV3): Internet Party's election returns revealed

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): This should have been known before the election

Whaleoil:Bryce Edwards has an agenda

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Stuart Nash wins the money primary

 

MP pay rises

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Public servants could lose out on MP pay change: Andrew Little

Nicholas Jones (Herald): PSA warning over MPs' pay increases

Benedict Collins (RNZ): Support for law change to stop MP pay hikes

Nicholas Jones (Herald): MP salary system to be overhauled

RNZ: Govt to change law to stop MP pay hikes

Stuff: Law to change on MP pay rises

TV3: MPs' pay rises curbed

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Law to change on MP pay rises

TVNZ: MPs' pay rise trimmed - Key warned not to curb public servants' increases

Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): MPs' salary raise: Now you see it, now you don't.

No Right Turn: I want MPs' pay reformed, but not like this

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): MPs pay rises to be cancelled!

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why I don’t begrudge MPs getting a pay rise and why Key’s move is so craven

 

Northland by-election

TVNZ: Winston Peters is too 'twilight' for Northlanders - Andrew Little

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Peters back at the bach

Dom Post: Editorial: Peters in search for grumpy voters

Waikato Times: Editorial: Peters always entertaining

Rob Hosking (NBR): Northland by-election: Winston's destructive play (Paywalled)

 

Immigration

Vernon Small (Stuff): Migrant influx will be housed, says Key

Vernon Small (Stuff):Immigration may boost house prices: Treasury

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): David Howells on immigration and prosperity

 

Foreign ownership

Gareth Morgan (Gareth’s World): Don’t be Xenophobic, Make Money Out of the Foreigners

Nelson Mail: Editorial: Foreign land register sensible move

 

IT for child support reform

Simon Collins (Herald): Child support: Cost of reforms rockets up $133m

Stuff: $130m child support IT blowout

 

Solid Energy

Nevil Gibson (NBR): Solid Energy's lessons in putting taxpayers at risk (Paywalled)

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): TSB Bank confirms ongoing talks with shaky Solid Energy

 

Other

Brian Easton (Pundit): What Is Happening at the Top of the Income Distribution?

Chris Hutching (NBR): U-turn on asset sales in Garden City (Paywalled)

Gareth Morgan (Taranaki Daily News): Special privileges for Maori replace doing the right thing

Kurt Bayer (Herald): Winz charged over Ashburton shooting

RNZ: $50,000 principal allowance defended

Ben Heather (Stuff): Anti-smoking group urges NZ to adopt plain tobacco packaging

Evan Harding (Southland Times): Private health details of 60 patients leaked

Catherine Harris (Stuff): SkyCity extends convention centre design deadline

Audrey Young (Herald): War criminal claim checked

Audrey Young (Herald): PM plays down claim war criminals are living in NZ

Sarah Robson (Newswire): Cameraman's defamation action to go to trial

Stuff: Cameraman to take Prime Minister John Key to court

Donal Curtin (Economics NZ): What's happening at the petrol pump?

Simon Lambert (Maori Economy): Post-disaster Iwi demographic changes

Herald: Office of Ethnic Affairs renamed

David Clendon (Green Blog): The Serco corrections circus

TV3: Manure-thrower guilty of assault

TVNZ: Doping rules stop PM from having a beer with victorious Black Caps

 

 

NZ Politics Daily - 2 March 2015: NZ in Iraq; Northland by-election; Political finance; Spy agencies; Labour; MP pay; Media

 

NZ in Iraq

John Armstrong (Herald): Where US goes, Key follows - on his own

Audrey Young (Herald): Air strikes make sense, Labour leader Andrew Little tells Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott

Tacy Watkins (Stuff): Tony Abbott blunt in Iraq war message to NZ

Matthew Theunissen (Herald on Sunday): Fight against Isis: NZ troops can opt out of Iraq

John Minto (Daily Blog): Covering John Key’s backside

TVNZ: John Key promises to visit Kiwi troops in Iraq

TVNZ: Returning IS fighters present tremendous risks - John Key

Newswire: Goff: Troops in Iraq is what IS wants

Jess McAllen (Stuff): Secret death panel planned

RNZ: Govt watchlist number grows

NBR: Key, Aussies at odds with Abbott over time-limit on Iraq mission

Brian Edwards: Catch 22 and the war on terrorism

Paul Buchanan (Kiwipolitico): Internationalists versus isolationists in New Zealand.

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): John Key doing right thing in Iraq

John Roughan (Herald): Aiding those under Isis rule the right call

Pete George (Your NZ): Little and Goff contradictions over Iraq

Latifa Daud (Daily Blog): A NZ Muslim view on re-invading Iraq

Jane Bowron (Press): Our subservience to 'the club' is baby-minded

Māmari Stephens (Sparrowhawk): Deploying to Iraq: NZ & the nouveau (Facebook) isolationism

Paul Little (Herald): War details put us in a pretty pickle

Liam Hehir (Manawatu Standard): Families help each other, but not blindly

Matt Heath (Herald): Horror of war hard to fathom from idyllic NZ

Dougal McNeill (ISO):Iraq: the Price of the Club

Redline: No to NZ, US and all western military intervention in the Middle East

 

Northland by-election

Vernon Small (Stuff): Winston Peters win in Northland could alter balance of power

Newswire: John Key confident National can retain Northland seat

Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): The Northland by-election; or The so-called Tizard Effect

Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): Northland voters carry big responsibility

Audrey Young (Herald): Conservatives skip north's byelection to avoid giving Peters a fillip

Pete George (Your NZ): Conservatives opt out of Northland by-election

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why National might lose Northland and why Labour can’t win

Newswire: National announce Northland candidate

Herald: National Party names Northland by-election candidate

RNZ: National selects by-election candidate

David Gadd (Stuff): Mark Osbourne to face Winston Peters for Northland electorate

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Osborne wins National’s nomination

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): National selects candidate for Northland by-election

Isaac Davison (Herald): Peter Dunne wants rethink if Winston Peters wins Northland

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): NZ First 'match-fit' for ignored Northland

Nick Grant (NBR): Northland: secret poll puts Peters in dead-heat with National

Vernon Small (Stuff): Peters' paradoxical call to National voters  video

Duncan Garner (RadioLive): Cynical Winnie come-lately, but that’s politics

The Standard: Winston: We Will Fight Them on The Beaches of Northland!

Rob Salmond (Polity): Easy National win

Isaac Davison (Herald): National nightmare: Winston Peters takes aim at Mike Sabin's Northland seat

TVNZ: Winston Peters calls for donations for his campaign in 'marginalised' Northland

Whena Owen (TV3): Winston Peters' Northland knowledge tested

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Timeline: Winston Peters and Northland

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Winston to run in Northland

Kuneblog: Northland By Election Week 3

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Key doesn’t rate Winston Peters’ chances in Northland

 

Political Finance

Matt Nippert (Herald): Money in Politics: Why businesses are donating to politicians

Matt Nippert (Herald): Loophole: National Party donors stay secret

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): You can't have it both ways

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Curiouser and Curiouser

Waikato Times: Editorial: Close funding loopholes

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Not quite right

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): NZ Herald crowdsourcing: we found nothing, but let’s smear National anyway

Anthony Robins (Standard): Nats laundering donations (as ever)

No Right Turn: National is laundering donations

Patrick Leyland (Progress Report): Digital campaigning in New Zealand

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Candidate returns

 

NZ spy agencies

David Fisher (Herald): Badly needed changes to spy network come slowly

Martyn Bradbury (Daily News): So the spy watchdog has been neutered into a lap dog

 

Labour Party

Andrew Little (Stuff): Dream run so far as Little clocks up 100

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Labour has to look outwards: new president

RNZ: Labour set to become government-in-waiting

 

Housing

Simon Collins (Herald): New state houses - minus the view

Catherine Harris and James Weir (Stuff): Slow pace of house building a 'disgrace'

Susan Edmunds and Kirsty Wynn (Herald): Average Auckland house price hits record $764,000

 

Christchurch

Lois Cairns (Press): Council sees no viable alternative to asset sales

Bryan Gould: A Fair Deal for Christchurch

Lois Cairns (Press): Gerry Brownlee says Christchurch rate rise as 'too much'

Rebuilding Christchurch: Bizarro Brownlee

 

MP salaries

Grant Duncan (Policy matters): Politicians' pay rises an annual embarrassment

Nelson Mail: Editorial: MPs' pay rise can't be justified

Dom Post: Editorial: Stop hollow politicking over MP salaries

Jack Montogomerie (Timaru Herald): MP's pay increase destined for good cause

David Kennedy (Local Bodies): John Key Disingenuous Over MP Salaries

 

Work and wages

Max Rashbrooke (Briefing Papers): Insecure Work

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Charting the Minimum Wage

 

Media

Martin Van Beynen (Press): Keep our media incorruptible and independent

Clare Curran (RadioLive): The threat to our freedoms

Tim Hunter (Stuff): Stuff looks at premium membership

Pete George (Your NZ): Stuff – no paywall but pay for premium?

 

Maori Wards

Robin Martin (RNZ): Maori Wards - Partnership or Separatism?

RNZ: New Plymouth to spend $80k on poll

 

Aus-NZ agreement on Student Loans

Catherine Hutton (RNZ): Agreement aims to recoup unpaid student loans

Newswire: Student loan recoup for Kiwis in Australia

 

Tony Abbott visits NZ

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): John Key vouches for Tony Abott, a mate in need

RNZ: Tony Abbott officially welcomed

Julia Hollingworth (Newswire): NZ and Aus' friendship tested

 

Election Inquiry

Mojo Mathers (Green Blog): Election Inquiry – Getting accessible voting on the agenda

James Shaw (Green Blog):Analyse this – the 2014 Election Inquiry

 

Other

Matthew Hooton (NBR): Where is Colin Craig (Paywalled)

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): There's no reason the Maori Party can't succeed

Geoff Cumming (Herald): Can foreign owners save our country?

Rodney Hide (NBR): Why prosperity is best to protect environment (Paywalled)

Press: Taxpayers get big bill for Bain compo case

Herald: Editorial: Gift-of-life donors need more help

Leslie Bravery (Daily Blog): NZ’s timid silence at the Security Council

Juha Saarinen (Herald): The chilling effect of tech law

TrueblueNZ: National Party blog attacks on Kim Dotcom put politics over principle

Peter Cresswell (Not PC): Getting people out of the shit

Rodney Hide (Herald): Mann up and take responsibility

Wayne Brown (NBR): Does a conference centre need a casino?

Jenny Harper (Press): Canterbury's provocative t-shirt exhibit needs debate

Marika Hill (Stuff): Condoms given out at school

Libby Wilson (Stuff): Under-achieving schools' principals to get salary top-up

Stuff: DHBs agree on pay for ultrasound specialists

Herald: Editorial: Super fund's unlucky punt

Stuff: Bosses may be underestimating the economy

RNZ: 20 years since Moutoa Gardens occupation

TVNZ: John Key would 'welcome' a visit by Prince Harry