NZ POLITICS DAILY: 15th October 2013

Today’s links

Local government elections

Mark Blackham (Political Business): Voters, it’s your fault again

Debbie Porteous (ODT): 'Dire' voter turnout spurs inquiry suggestion

Chris Trotter (Stuff):Putting voting online would be risky

Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Major reform of local elections needed

Christine Cheyne (Stuff): Voter apathy solutions needed

Duncan Garner (RadioLive): Big lesson in lost opportunity

Michael Edmonds (Sciblogs): Should voting be made compulsory … or just easier?

Dean Knight (Laws179): Local elections: Trifecta STV and modifying DHB representation

Mike Yardley (Stuff): Christchurch's own Arab Spring

Herald: Editorial: Mayor must heed voters and control spending

The Political Scientist: Great minds? Or just something in the Veuve Clicquot?

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Leaving Politics At The Door: Len Brown Wins a Second Term

Katie Chapman (Stuff): E-voting may help lift wilting response

Dominion Post: Editorial: Voting needs online stimulus

Wayne Thompson (Herald): Dose of youthful injection to Auckland's local boards

Taranaki Daily News: Editorial: New Plymouth goes grey and frugal

Brian Rudman (Herald): Palino's vote wake-up call for Brown

Grant Miller (Stuff): Mayor now has to harness talent

Mathew Grocott (Manawatu Standard): Editorial: Online look for elections

Nelson Mail: Measured approach wins day for Reese

Alexia Russell (Newstalk ZB): New rules for new mayors

No Right Turn: Local bodies

The Progress Report: Where to now for Labour in local government?

Pete George (Your NZ): Addressing voter turnout

Maori politics

Dan Satherley (TV3): Kohanga Reo board 'not happy' with spending

Morgan Godfery (Maui St): How not to manage a crisis: why the Kohanga Board must resign

Peter Cresswell (Not PC): ‘Native Affairs’ scoop

Adrien Taylor (TV3): Kohanga Reo National Trust spending investigated

Amelia Wade (Herald): Kohanga spending alarm

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Push back from Iwi on Curran, calls for her resignation

Labour Party

Claire Trevett (Herald): Mallard attends first meeting since demotion

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Cunliffe starts with a bang at CTU address

John Armstrong (Herald): Cunliffe delivering the 'wow' factor

Peter Wilson (Newswire): Cunliffe searches for his missing voters

Liam Dann (Herald): Cunliffe's Labour smart to play dumb

Greg Presland (The Standard): What should Labour do with Red Alert

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Did any of these munters demand Labour release details of any FTA’s they signed?

Offshore oil exploration and Simon Bridges

TV3: Simon Bridges defends Kaikoura drilling exploration

Jason Krupp (Stuff): More debate needed on oil & gas

The Standard: Angry Simon implodes on Campbell Live

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Compare and contrast

Alan Papprill (IC): Petulence and Arrogance no replacement for Responsible and Coherent Response

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): John Campbell burns Simon Bridges

Superannuation

Steven Cowan (Against the current): Work until you’re dead

Nelson Mail: Editorial – There comes a time - eventually

Stuff: Superannuation scheme 'elegant' – PM

Fiona Rotherham (Stuff): Labour mounts attack over KiwiSaver

Stuff: 'Change in KiwiSaver needed'

Dene MacKenzie (ODT): Call for cross-party agreement

Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Call for KiwiSaver shake up

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Superannuation battle continues among MPs

Jane Luscombe (TV3): Tax system punishes KiwiSaver users – FSC

Electoral fraud

Lincoln Tan (Herald): Labour man fights election fraud charges

Michael Field (Stuff): Sikh leader denies election fraud

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Electoral fraud trial starts

No Right Turn: Justice for electoral fraud?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Finally! Labour candidate finally makes court for electoral fraud

Sky City

Isaac Davison (Herald): Casino deal shown in cardboard

TVNZ: Greens set-up cardboard casino

Simon Day (Stuff): Greens build cardboard casino protest

TV3: Greens protest with cardboard casino

The Standard: Granny Herald tries to de-legitimise political opposition, again

Independent case review body

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): PM rules out criminal case review body

TVNZ: David Bain's lawyer issues challenge to John Key

Asset sales

Jamie Whyte (Herald): Economic ignorance skews asset victory

Tim Hunter (Stuff): Meridian price seen at low end

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Are we paying for the billboards?

Defense court martial

Stuff: Court martial begins for Defence Force boss

TVNZ: Woman tells commodore's Court Martial of affair

Euthanasia

Michelle Duff (Stuff): Coroner urges MPs to decide on euthanasia

Georgina Ball (TVNZ): 'Vexed' issue of euthanasia needs review – Coroner

Lydia Anderson (Herald): Coroner to MPs: Debate euthanasia

Radio NZ: Coroner says Parliament must address voluntary euthanasia

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Killing yourself home alone

TICs bill

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Another 'heavy-handed' spy bill

Newswire: Changes signalled to telco spy bill

Adam Bennett (Herald): Govt rejects Big Four's bid to avoid NZ spy law

TVNZ: Government makes late tweaks to telco intercept bill

Clare Curran (Red Alert): The chilling effect of TICs

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Dump spy law, IT giants urge MPs

Economy

Michael Fox (Stuff): Kiwis fleeing as regions stagnate, says Labour

Stuff: Government property squeeze impact 'limited'

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): US woes could damage New Zealand

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Journal and some jobs set to get lifeline

Newswire: Census 'will show exodus from regions'

Martin Jacques (Herald): NZ has a headstart in growing strategically with China

Linda Sanders (Listener): Growing gains

Housing

Radio NZ: 'Too early' to gauge effect of new mortgage rules

Peter Wilson (Newswire): First home buyers dropping out

Brook Sabin (TV3): Labour: First-home buyers 'hammered' by loan changes

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Danger Will Robinson, danger

Radio NZ: 'Too early' to gauge effect of new mortgage rules

Other

Matthew Hooton (NBR): Greens’ plan to outfox wily Peters

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Questions

Bob Jones (Herald): Racial jibes - times have changed

Nevil Gibson (NBR): Don't trust those who don't trust markets

Stuff: Today in politics: Tuesday, October 15

Andrea Fox (Stuff): Russia offered MiGs, tanks to settle NZ debt

Waikato Times: Editorial: Police should heed poll

Isaac Davison (Herald): Overhaul in wind for war pensions scheme

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Doubts on school system exposed

TVNZ: Govt in denial over prescription costs - Labour

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Weight of the nation

Robb Kidd (Stuff): Flights delay Banks court case

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Stewart Island to be renamed Harry Styles as a result of online poll

Beith Atkinson (Integrity Talking Points): Using public funds for personal interests

Russell Brown (Hard News): Sick with Anger

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Much better than trying to ban things

Rachel Stewart (Stuff): Our country's being run by the Keystone Cops

Beith Atkinson (Integrity talking points): Australian approach to post election Ministerial briefing

Audrey Young (Herald): Jet-setting week with the leaders

Brian Easton (Listener): Book Review: Inequality: A New Zealand Crisis, edited by Max Rashbrooke

Guyon Espiner (Listener): The God solution