NZ POLITICS DAILY: 11th November 2013

Today’s content

‘Roast Busters’

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Roast Busters: Political leaders shun spots on controversial radio show

Mark Blackham (Political Business): Professional outrage

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Harmful Digital Communications Bill could outlaw mainstream news sites

Michelle A’Court (Stuff): A tough week to be a woman

Josie Pagani (Pundit): We need to talk about rape culture

ODT: Editorial – Police credibility

Greg Presland (The Standard): Will JT be a Labour MP?

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Tamihere’s future as a Labour MP closes while opening a door to NZ First

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour member quits over Tamihere’s membership

Adam Bennett (Herald): Police Commissioner phones man

Newstalk ZB: Bill designed to reduce online bullying timely

Stuff: Petition against Roast Busters gains support

Herald: Roast Busters: Cops could've done more

Andrea Vance (Stuff): What's wrong with our rape laws?

Amy Maas (Stuff): Friends of Roast Busters speak out

Kirsty Wynn (Herald): Roast Busters: Pack-rape memories flood back to victim

Kirsty Wynn (Herald): Roast Busters: Young sex braggart does vanishing act

Paul Little (Herald): Victims face lack of respect

Kerre McIvor (Herald): Roast Busters freaks forced back to reality

Judith Collins (Herald): Girls dress to fit in, not for Willie and JT

Matt McCarten (Herald): Row clouds already nasty issue

TVNZ: Police on Roast Busters: We could have done more

Michael Cummings (Manawatu Standard): 'Good guys' respond briskly to sex claims

TVNZ: Kiwis to protest for action against Roast Busters

Taranaki Daily News: Police inaction must be explained

Sean Plunkett (Stuff): Rapists are the problem - not clothing

The Press: Editorial: Independent inquiry proper, and should be speedy

Anna Leask (Herald): Roast Busters: Watchdog's review in full swing

Heather McCracken and Anna Leask (Herald): Roast Busters: Girls hit back with online campaigns

Phil Taylor (Herald): Roast Busters: A long wait for justice

Herald: Editorial: Ball now in RadioLive's court after ad stampede

Wendyl Nissen (Herald): The truth about the Facebook generation

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Men's room talk no excuse this time round

Latifa Daud (Daily Blog): The sadness & anger of Roast Busters

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Dear Radio Live – what you need to do about Willie & JT before your radio station becomes a pariah

Ideologically Impure: A very important contribution to our current discussion of rape culture

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A political talk show with no politicians?

Pete George (Your NZ): Kea on Kiwiblog – rape culture and abuse

Karl du Fresne: The tyranny of the mob – again

Daily Blog: The Roast Buster Crisitunity*

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Tiki Taane wondering whether he can perform ‘Fuck tha Police’ now

Tim Selwyn (Tumeke): Operation: Pig Roast update

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Tamihere’s future as a Labour MP closes while opening a door to NZ First

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Advertising boycotts and freedom of speech

Rex Widerstrom (Whaleoil): Guest post: Rex Widerstrom on the Jackson /Tamihere debacle

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Collins on girls dressing

Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Fighting Rape Culture

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Elephant in studio eats Willie Jackson, gores John Tamihere

SA: Roastbusters - The creation of a sexist society

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): The ase must be hovering by now

Daphna Whitmore (Redline): John Tamihere and Willie Jackson consider moving to Saudi Arabia

Andrew Geddes (Pundit): Of speech and its consequences

Latest polls

Patrick Gower (TV3): Conservatives grab votes from National - poll

Radio NZ: National down in latest political poll, but still leads Labour

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Latest poll

MP’s housing

Jared Savage and Claire Trevett (Herald): Ministers' secret investment properties

Jared Savage, Claire Trevett and Keith Ng (Herald): MPs' property loophole: How the data was discovered

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): All within the rules

The Standard: Rorty rorty

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): MPs and Accomodation

United Future

John Armstrong (Herald): Crucial election seat is not a Dunne deal

John Armstrong (Herald): Dunne and the Nats - Is there a difference?

John Armstrong (Herald): United Future president: 'NZ media is a zoo'

John Armstrong (Herald): Dunne lashes out at Greens

TVNZ: Peter Dunne seeks National support

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Silver lining of sorts for United Future

Radio NZ: Dunne enthusiastic for politics again

Jacqui Stanford (Newstalk ZB): Tiny turn-out at United Future conference

Newswire: Labour policies need to change: Dunne

Jacqui Stanford (Newstalk ZB): Green MP offended by 'dispespectful' Taliban comments

Tova O’Brien (TV3): 'Not over yet' for Peter Dunne

RadioLIVE: Peter Dunne disappointed by 2013

Radio NZ: United Future faithful urged to keep the flame alive

Michael Fox (Stuff): Dunne's 'rise of the purple-greens'

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): United Future vs Conservatives?

Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): Dunne takes desperate measures

Pete George (Your NZ): United Future’s future?

National Party

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Many reasons behind National's purge

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): John Key - living the dream  

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Can a Carpet Bagger Win Selection Safe Blue Seat?

TVNZ: Q+A: John Key and Bill English interview

Herald: PM: No succession agreement for National Party

Herald: Editorial: Retiring Nats steal march on opponents

ODT: Fresh political faces

Newswire: Key sees many potential replacements

Duncan Garner (RadioLive): Five years on – Key passes the test

RadioLIVE: Governor-General urges transparency

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Key credits team for National's success

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Key post politics

James Henderson (The Standard): National’s litany of economic failure

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): National selection roundup

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): National selection update, ctd

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): National shouldn’t take it’s support base for granted

Labour Party

Dominion Post: Editorial: Cunliffe needs to have cleanout too

Peter Wilson (Newswire): Cunliffe caught between left and centre

Vernon Small (Stuff): Cunliffe eyes rodents on offer

Rodney Hide (Herald): Self focus alienates voters

Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Politics and the art of seduction

Ross Henderson (Stuff): What a good idea: State insurance

John Sargeant (Stuff): Labour delivers PC nonsense

Radio NZ: Nats need to act on provisional tax says Labour

Radio NZ: NZ seat on Security Council wanted by Labour

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Cunliffe refusing Farming Show

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Rejuvenation

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Cunliffe’s negatives worse than Shearer’s

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil):Prefix it with Kiwi…and you have a metaphor for the Labour Party

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Who are ya gunna trust?

Keeping Stock: Where's David C?

Conservative Party

Rodney Hide (NBR): Hidesight: Soundbite gobbles up Colin Craig's hopes

Pete George (Your NZ): Conservative – yeah, nah

CHOGM in Sri Lanka

Andrea Vance (Stuff): MP defiant after being held in Sri Lanka

RadioLIVE/Newswire: Green MP has passport seized in Sri Lanka

Radio NZ: Detained MP adamant on boycott of CHOGM conference

TVNZ: Green MP's passport returned in Sri Lanka

Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB): Green Party MP released after drama in Sri Lanka

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Calls for Key to boycott Sri Lanka trip

John Minto (Daily Blog): John Key’s invertebrate flexibility on human rights 

UFB rollout

Colin Espiner (Stuff): Unbundling the Chorus saga

RadioLIVE: Govt review into Chorus price claims

Dominion Post: Editorial: A Chorus of disapproval

Brian Gaynor (Herald): Govt path inconsistent

Drink driving

Colin Espiner (Stuff): Drink-drive change bows to popular view

Susan Edmunds and Russell Blackstock (Herald): Ban drink-drivers, poll says

Herald: Herald on Sunday editorial: Roadside fines no deterrent

Steve Deane (Herald): 'I'm well hammered, but still okay to drive'

Matt Greenop (Herald): Bigger effort needed to get rid of drunk drivers

Nick Bosma (ODT): Crackdown expected on 'sober drivers' group

Bob McCoskrie (McBlog): Alcohol at school fairs criticised

Education

Alanah Eriksen (Herald): Grammar zone pulls $500k premium

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Why school zoning should go

Dianne Kahn (Daily Blog): Try walking the walk, Hekia

Auckland Council

Herald: Editorial: Living wage could miss its family target

Richard Meadows (Stuff): Praise for reining in executive pay

Heather McCracken (Herald): Len Brown announces new Auckland Council CEO

Dan Satherley (TV3): Poorest miss out on council's living wage

Brian Rudman (Herald): Living wage the only decent option

No Right Turn:A Living Wage for Auckland

Awatere

Jo Moir (Stuff): KiwiRail denies Aratere's 'scrap'

Winston Peters (RadioLIVE): Aratere is a disaster waiting to happen

NZ On Air

Olivia Wannan (Stuff): NZ On Air wants TV shows available online

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): We paid for it, we own it

Economy

Rob Stock (Stuff): Foreign-owned firms not filing accounts

Matthew Backhouse (Herald): NZ's deadliest industry under court scrutiny

Radio NZ: Australia behind NZ in Asian free trade deals

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Public debt climbs by $27m a day

Michael Pickford (NBR): Roading economics: A reply to the NZ Transport Agency

TVNZ: New tax legislation due later this month

TVNZ: Government deficit smaller than forecast

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Foreign investment isn’t easy here

Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Public Private Capitalism

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): “Good” Kiwi Capitalism? Only Thanks To Good Kiwi Labour!

Film industry

Geoff Cumming (Herald): Cruel cut for NZ film industry

Geoff Cumming (Herald): Joyce seeks film-incentive tweaks to build rescue plan for troubled industry

Dave Armstrong (Dominion Post): Look to Danes, not hobbits

GCSB

Matthew Hooton (NBR): Spy agencies must keep information secure

Beith Atkinson (Integrity Talking Points): Spying, transparency, trustworthiness and the most Open Governments

Keith Locke (Daily Blog): GCSB assurance it hasn’t ‘conducted surveillance’ of me isn’t the end of the story

Other

Stuff: Today in politics: Monday, November 11

Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Aquifer fears spur call for exploration rethink

Andrea Vacne (Stuff): Ban aims to end NZ shark fin slaughter

Sarah Harvey (Stuff): Minister denies problems with benefit

Newstalk ZB: Study busts beneficiary myth

TVNZ: Charges laid after Kiwis killed in Afghanistan firefight

Kathryn Powley and John Weekes (Herald): Site names sexual predators

Nathan Smith (NBR): Fixing Democracy - Does anyone else get that sinking feeling?

James Dann (Daily Blog): Christchurch resets its political agenda

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Steven Joyce off to China

Richard Meadows (Stuff): Norman plans to 'rebalance' economy

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Ted Thomas and the Lombard case