NZ POLITICS DAILY: 16th Sep 2013

Today’s content

Labour leadership

Patrick Gower (TV3):Carpe Diem - Cunliffe must go hard

Dan Satherley (TV3): Cunliffe's options: Olive branch or knife?

Brian Edwards (NBR): Congratulations David - and why John Key’s days are numbered

TVNZ: Cunliffe: Time to defeat the Key government

Tracy Watkins and Andrea Vance (Stuff): Cunliffe's first task: heal the divisions

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Cunliffe’s Caucus Challenge

Josie Pagani (Pundit): Five Challenges for David Cunliffe

Joanne Bennett (Stuff): David a born leader – mum

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): New leader's cult status sure to fade

Newswire: Cunliffe's sights set on 2014 election

Alanah Eriksen (Herald): Cunliffe promises senior jobs for Robertson, Jones after easy win

Isaac Davison (Herald): Ambitious MP seen right for fight

Audrey Young (Herald): King David puts Key on notice

Stuff: Cunliffe's main tasks lie ahead

Herald: Editorial: 'Job ready' Cunliffe still needs work

Audrey Young (Herald): Union, party support bolstered light caucus backing

John Armstrong (Herald): Rank-and-file make pragmatic choice for party's future

Radio NZ: New Labour leader congratulated by Greens

Radio NZ: Labour's Maori Council says Jones uplifted Maoridom

Radio NZ: Key warned to be on guard

Steve Braunias (Stuff): The secret diary of...Grant Roberston

Andrea Vance (Stuff):Labour leader foes to face down

David Farrar (NBR): David Cunliffe wins

TV3: David Cunliffe announced as Labour Party leader

Isaac Davison (Herald): Who is David Cunliffe?

Herald: Robertson pledges loyalty to new Labour leader

Anna Cross and Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): David Cunliffe the new Labour Party leader

Isaac Davison (Herald): Robertson pledges loyalty to Cunliffe

ODT: Jones offers Cunliffe 'unstinting' support

Patrick Gower (TV3): Cunliffe pledges to unite MPs

Tova O’Brien (TV3): Jones leaves Labour election with mana

Alanah Eriksen (Herald): Shane Jones: 'I started this race as an underdog'

Brook Sabin (TV3): David Cunliffe's rise to the top

TVNZ: Greens welcome Labour leadership vote

John Armstrong (Herald): Time for olive branches in Labour caucus

Duncan Wilson (RadioLIVE): What does 'Cunliffe' mean?

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Leadership race boosts Labour numbers

Alexia Russell (Newstalk ZB): Labour contenders will be scattered on results day

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Win may not bring a Labour of love

Rodney Hide (Herald): Rodney Hide: False moves will wreck fresh start

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Loved and loathed: the polarising politician

Stuff: Long path from Point to politics

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Hard-fought tussle on a 'knife edge'

Audrey Young and John Armstrong (Herald): Leadership battle will be a close race, says Cunliffe

Herald: Editorial: Robertson's sexuality of no relevance

Radio NZ: End bickering, say Labour party members

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Confidence new Labour leader can put division in the past

Matthew Hooten (NBR): Cunliffe gamble set to begin

Rodney Hide (NBR): Hidesight: Labour’s primary woos wrong voters

Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Leadership battle: Labour 'must be unified'

Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Gap closes in Labour leadership vote

Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Leadership could be a poisoned chalice

John Armstrong (Herald): It has to be Cunliffe for Labour's top job

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Poor listeners, slow learners

Simon Prast (Daily Blog): And the Winner is….

Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): But what are Labour members voting for?

Red Alert: Labour Leadership Virtual Hustings Meeting Questions – Full List Of Questions

The Standard: Do Armstrongs dream of electric sheep?

John Braddock (WSW): NZ Labour leadership contest signals a party in crisis

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Final Vote Model update

Will de Cleene (gonzo): True Colours

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A call for unity

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A question

No Right Turn: Appalling

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Life after the C Bomb

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Cunliffe getting the members vote

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The final pork barrel update

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Barnett backs Robertson, slowing down Cunliffe supporters joining

Anthony Robins (The Standard): Bryce Edwards needs to find a clue

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): The great Labour Party leadership poll

Chris Ford (Voxy): Now David Cunliffe has made it, it's time for Labour to lead the left charge to victory!

Ideologically Impure: David Cunliffe is the new Labour leader

Greg Presland (The Standard): TV3 needs to be fact checked

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about Cunliffe wining Labour leadership

Chris Trotter (Bowally Road): Cunliffe Wins Labour Leadership

No Right Turn:Another David

Rob Crawford Jr. (The Watercooler): Politics: Cunliffe: The Chosen One

The Standard: Media errors

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Winners & losers of Cunliffe win

The Inquiring Mind: Loyalty rash outbreak in Labour

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): And the losers are . . .

Michael Valley (The Standard): Labour leadership contest a fantastic innovation

Pete George (Your NZ): KIA: “The left will get their wish”

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why Cunliffe ain’t for turning

Julie Fairey (Daily Blog): Being a good ally

Keith Locke (Daily Blog): David could improve the Labour/Green relationship

Tony Maryatt

Glenn Conway (Stuff): Marryatt has 'ultimate responsibility'

Kurt Bayer (Herald): Tony Marryatt gets $270,000 payout

TVNZ: Tony Marryatt's $270k payout 'disgraceful'

Thomas Mead (TV3): End of the road for Marryatt

No Right Turn: Maryatt's golden handshake

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Marryatt gone

Stephen Franks: National/Labour protect dud fat cat rip-offs

America’s Cup

Herald: Dare we consider the next?

Colin Espiner (Stuff): Should we fund America's Cup?

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): PM likely to be in air for America's Cup final

Christchurch East by-election

Audrey Young (Herald): National chooses candidate for Christchurch East byelection

James Dann (Rebuilding Christchurch): Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Nats select Doocey

Solomons

Liam Hyslop (Stuff): NZ ends 10-year Solomon mission

TVNZ: Solomons deployment hailed as success

Copper tax

Matt McCarten (Herald): Taxpayers foot bill for corporates

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why the “Axe the copper tax” campaign is so very important

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): PM has questions about Chorus' future

Fiji

No Right Turn: National rewards dictatorship

Michael Fox (Stuff): New Zealand to ease Fiji sanctions

Media regulation

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): No unified media regulator

Michael Fox (Stuff): Media regulator nixed

Latest polls

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Slight bump for Labour in new poll

Newswire: Labour/Greens would win election: poll

The Standard: An interesting poll

Syria

Don McKinnon(Herald): We must do more to help Syria

Charlotte Whiteacre (TV3): Dunne jokes about solving Syrian crisis

Australian election

Stephen Franks: What will Cunliffe’s team learn from Aussie Labor’s fear of Tony Abbott – and jeering at Rudd?

Waikato Times: Editorial: Good idea, Ms Bishop

Other

Stuff: Today in politics - Monday, September 16

Jo Moir (Stuff): Gang patch ban to hit schools

Pam Corkery (Herald): Psst, John, don't mention flogging crown jewels

Brian Easton: State Leadership in New Zealand’s Economic Development

Alasdair Thompson (Fair Point): Supporting the Living Wage ( costs and benefits)

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Turei on house prices

Elsie Jacobson (Critic): Interview: Stevie Jepson

Michael Laws (Stuff): Laws: Legal high mobs need to target MPs

Rod ORam (Stuff):  Oram: Fonterra's burning issue

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): TVNZ spies new role in pay TV

Adam Dudding (Stuff): Review of terror laws stopped

Adam Dudding (Stuff): It's not easy to play God: drug boss

TVNZ: Murray McCully to visit US and Caribbean