NZ POLITICS DAILY: 1st Oct 2013

Today’s content

Local body elections

Vaimoana Tapaleao (Herald): Super City Elections 2013: Aucklanders urged to vote

Simon Collins (Herald): Super City elections 2013: Living wage gets a big tick

Jean Drage (Stuff): Your vote counts in local elections

Gordon Campbell (Stuff): Wellington voters smarter this time

Vaughan Minto (Stuff): Focus on income

Michael Daly (Stuff): Making excuses for not voting

Grant Miller (Manawatu Standard): Mayor's rivals provide choice

Paul Barlow (Stuff): Vote 1 Darth Vader for Hamilton?

Radio NZ: Wellington election issues

Stuff: Dave Mac out of Hamilton mayoral race

James Dann (Rebuilding Christchurch): Clean, Green, Keen, Mean, Has-been

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Local Government Roulette – come play, it’s free

Housing

Hamish McNichol (Stuff): Building cooling in 'hot' areas

Brendan Manning and Adam Bennett (Herald): Key rejects builders' fears mortgage rules will reduce home starts

TVNZ: Changes to help more Kiwis into homes – Govt

Katie Bradford-Crozier (Newstalk ZB): Labour push for exemptions to home loan policy

Hamish Rutherford and Simon Day (Stuff): Key says lending rules good for interest rates

Radio NZ: New lending rules on low deposits now in effect

RadioLIVE: New rules on low-deposit mortgages start today

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour’s pin up example for a needy first home buyer

Brendan Manning (Herald): Labour steps up attack on mortgage changes

TV3: Loan-to-value limits unfair on first home buyers - Cunliffe

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Loan rules won't hurt housing – PM

Dan Satherley (TV3): 'Dodgy' lenders eye up low-deposit mortgages

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Dann on LVRs

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Green MP says she shouldn’t save for a deposit on MPs salary

Labour Party

Greg Presland (The Standard): Matthew Hooton apologises … sort of …

Peter Aranyi (The Paepae): Matthew Hooton regrets (cough) using ‘that particular word’. Of course he does.

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): I Have nothing to apologise for

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Cunliffe and Miliband, peas in a pod, and a rotten one at that

Mark Blackham (Political Business): Cunliffe connects

Steven Cowan (Against the Current): The Empty politics of Chris Trotter

National Party

TVNZ: Cabinet minister to make move to private sector

TVNZ: National MP Chris Tremain not seeking re-election

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Chris Tremain to quit politics for his family

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Tremain to retire

Newswire: Napier MP Tremain to step down at election

Economy

Jazial Crossley (Stuff): Business confidence soars

Brook Sabin (TV3): Electricity prices rise, even as demand drops

TVNZ: New Zealand economy tipped to speed up

Newswire: International education a big earner

Isaac Davison (Herald): Older people to make up 12% of workers by 2031

Radio NZ: Drought payments totalled $1.1m

Jazial Crossley (Stuff): Foreign students a $2.5b bonus

Newswire: Drought caused economic slowdown – Treasury

Josh Martin (Stuff): Employment confidence dips

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Copyright Chilling Effects

Tim Hunter (Stuff): MediaWorks sale delayed

Radio NZ: MediaWorks NZ sale details not settled yet

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Economic policy crucial for election

Asset sales

John Armstrong (Herald): National hopes Friday 13th will kill fight

Adam Bennett (Herald): Ballot won't stop asset sales – PM

Adam Bennett (Herald): Govt sets date for asset sale referendum

Simon Wong (TV3): Asset referendum set for November

Greg Presland (The Standard): Breaking news on the Keep Our Assets Referendum

Katie Bradford-Crozier (Newstalk ZB): Asset sales referendum infuriates opposition

Shani Annand-Baron and Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Referendum will take place with by-election

No Right Turn: Referendum time

RadioLIVE/3 News (TV3): Asset sales referendum unlikely to sway Govt

Christchurch East by-election

Simon Wong (TV3): Date set for Christchurch East by-election

Herald: Greens announce candidate for Christchurch East by-election

3 News: Greens pick Christchurch East contender

TVNZ: Date for Christchurch by-election announced

Maori politics

Marta Steeman (Stuff): Iwi firm eyes farm division

Marta Steeman (Stuff): Ngai Tahu treaty payment top-up in dispute

Radio NZ: Maori Council moves against branch chair

Education

Jo Moir (Stuff): Schools shun discipline to cut red tape

Timaru Herald: Editorial: Hard to be fair to all

TVNZ: Christchurch school takes battle to stay open to court

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Use of child IDs referred to watchdog

NZ-Aust relations

Stuff: John Key to take day-trip for Abbott catchup

Newswire: Key makes Aust day trip to see Abbott

Audrey Young (Herald): Key to meet Australian PM on flying visit

Other

Stuff: Today in politics - Tuesday, October 1

Charles Anderson (Stuff): Tougher line to protect migrant workers

Stuff: Old offenders may die in prison

Isaac Davison (Herald): By George, he's made a difference

Morgan Tait (Herald): Smoking review for exclusive casino lounge

Radio NZ: Former prison doctor calls for review

The Press: Editorial: Gentle nudge to tardy judges

Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB): Campaign for carers' fair pay not giving up

Willie Jackson (RadioLIVE): America's Cup all about money

Herald: Dotcom served summons over Banks donation

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Hear Me!

Audrey Young (Herald): Key: I'm not a colonial clot

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Greens keen on Gareth’s fat tax

The Standard: Warfare of welfare

Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): Paula Bennett's voodoo economics