NZ POLITICS DAILY: 20th January 2014

Today’s content

Kim Dotcom

ODT: Spicing up politics

Toby Manhire (Herald): Political upstarts adding sauce to barbie season

Colin Espiner (Stuff): Vanity driving Dotcom

Matt McCarten (Herald): Dotcom's bid doesn't compute

Jonothan Milne (Herald): Irked Dotcom takes a swipe at Key

Michael Cummings (Manawatu Herald): Dotcom a force to be reckoned with

Derek Handley (NBR): Why Kim Dotcom's Internet Party is good for NZ

Sean Plunkett (Dominion Post): Internet party amateur and vain

Dominion Post: Editorial: Dotcom winning public over

Duncan Garner (RadioLIVE): Craig, yes, Dotcom, yeah-nah, Horan, not a sh*t show

Corazon Miller (Newstalk ZB): I'm not Kim Dotcom's lawyer, says Edgeler

Derek Handley (Herald): Dotcom's party will shake things up

Isaac Davison (Herald): Kim Dotcom cans Auckland party

Charlotte Whiteacre (TV3): Kim Dotcom cancels Party Party

TVNZ: Kim Dotcom's 'Party Party' at Vector Arena cancelled

NBR Staff (NBR): Dotcom pulls plug on party

Isaac Davison (Herald): Dotcom's vision welcomed

Julie Moffett (Newstalk ZB): Dotcom's party a better chance than Horan's, says expert

Greg Presland (The Standard): Scoop and Whaleoil, a tale of two websites

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Retreating In Good Order: Kim Dotcom’s Fraught Entry Into Party Politics

Mike Butler (Breaking Views): Dotcom shows up shallow reporting

Sam Durbin (Recess Monkey): The Ideology of the Internet (Party)

Giovanni Tiso (Overland): Contesting the ‘Internet Electorate’: on the troubled roll-out of Kim Dotcom’s political party

Rob Crawford Jr. (The Watercooler): Politics: Views on The Internet Party

Keeping Stock: Is this the kiss of death to the Internet Party?

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Media must be open about bias

Pete George (Your NZ): The Bradbury flop

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Has Handley been caught lying about his connections to Kim Dotcom?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Herald vs. Whaleoil

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Which other politicians have been summonsed by Dotcom?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Media hoodwinked again, another undisclosed association with Kim Dotcom

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Who to believe, a Marxist or a German?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Some more commentary on Martyn Bradbury

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How not to launch a party

Keeping Stock: Scoop(ing) up a giant mess

Peter Cresswell (Not PC): Kim DotCon takes another scalp

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Where to for Scoop?

Andrew Chen (MCDP): We like to party (party)

Chris Ford (Voxy): The disaster of the Dotcom Party launch and what of Martyn Bradbury?

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Party time!

Keeping Stock: The party's over before the Party even began

Lynn Prentice (The Standard): Not a Party Party treat, Internet Party instead?

Pete George (Your NZ): Has Dotcom harvested emails?

Pete Goerge (Your NZ): PartyParty pooper

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Is Alastair Thompson’s resignation from Scoop mere window dressing?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): You don’t say?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Gordon Campbell on the Dotcom/Scoop fiasco

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): #occupydotcommansion

Andrew Geddes (Pundit): The death of an EDM dancer, well it happens a lot around here

Protection orders

Newswire: Collins' link to protection order issue

Kathryn Powley (Herald: Deaths cut close to home

Adam Bennett (Herald): Labour joins calls for review of protection orders

Jeff Hampton (TV3): Dunedin shooting sparks gun debate

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Protection Orders

Jan Logie (Forgblog): Domestic Violence and protection orders – updated.

2014 Election

Glenn Conway (Stuff): Party vote focus for Canterbury

Jonathan Milne (Herald): Parties prepare for early election

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): An earlier election?

Herald: Herald on Sunday editorial: Your vote is not for trading

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Silly season of political madness

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Why John Key should rule Winston Peters out again

Pete George (Your NZ): National and NZ First

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): More small party stuff

Colin Craig

Ross Henderson (Stuff):Why revive the smacking debate?

John Sargeant (Stuff): Craig's move is a waste of time

Kathryn Powley (Herald): Michael Laws accused in child-smacking case

David Farrar (NBR): Laws investigated for smacking

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Colin Craig’s gift from above: Michael Laws in smacking controversy in election year

Pete George (Your NZ): Smacking fans back Laws without facts

Jeff Stone (Taranaki Daily News): Smacking admission

ACT

Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): ACT hopefuls jostle for party leadership

TVNZ: Race on for Act Party leadership

John Roughan (Herald): Epsom knows the value of Act

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Who will lead ACT?

Adam Bennett (Herald): Boscawen seeks nomination for Epsom

TVNZ: John Boscawen makes bid for Act leadership

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Boscawen puts hand up for ACT leadership

Radio NZ: Boscawen throws hat in ring for Epsom

Julie Moffett (Newstalk ZB): Fresh blood, or a retread for ACT?

Simon Wong (TV3): Boscawen puts hand up for ACT leader

Pete George (Your NZ): Boscawen is Act’s best chance of survival

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Boscawen stands for Epsom and Leader

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Boscawen seeks Epsom selection

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): SST on Jamie Whyte

Len Brown

Marika Hill (Stuff): Brown not drawn on 'tough' year

Radio NZ: Len Brown silent on court action

Jane Luscombe (TV3): Len Brown heckled at first 2014 appearance

Russell Blackstock (Herald): Mayor Brown brushes off protests

Marika Hill (Stuff): Protests, heckling for mayor

Radio NZ: Councillor questions Brown's security

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): McCready vs Browns

Stuff: Len Brown's wife faces court action

Jimmy Ellingham and Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Len Brown's wife faces court action

Wayne Thompson (Herald): Mayor Len Brown's 'bevy of heavies'

3 News/RadioLIVE: More evidence against Brown expected

Economy

Peter Lyons (Herald): New Zealand selling its young people short

Rod Oram (Stuff): Diving into the global economy

Martin Hawes (Stuff): Get prepared for a good harvest

Bernard Hickey (Herald): It could be your year

Maria Slade (Stuff): New Zealand Inc needs to diversify

Gareth Morgan and Geoff Simmons (Herald): Many rivers to cross to fix dairy industry

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ 5th for economic freedom

Anne Gibson (Herald): Super City ... with pricetag that matches

John Drinnan (Herald): Newspapers edge closer to online news charges

Inequality and poverty

Newswire: Greens call on govt to address poverty

Brennan McDonald: Inequality Is Outside Your Locus Of Control

The Standard: UBI (2) Why should we push for a UBI? (Universal basic income).

Neesha Bremner (Daily Blog): New Zealand’s lucky country….just across the ditch.

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Helping low income families into home ownership

Welfare

TVNZ: Fewer people on benefits last year

Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Beneficiary numbers lowest since '08

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): 17,000 fewer on benefits

Offshore oil and gas

Geoff Cumming (Herald): Revealed: 5-week wait to plug well

Geoff Cumming (Herald): Oil: a risky business

Gordon Campbell (Stuff): Lies, damned lies and statistics

Radio NZ: Group sees benefits of exploration

Andrew Whiley (ODT): Gas hub gains a case of us or them

Brendan Horan

Adam Bennett (Herald): Horan: Police complaint 'more rubbish from Winston'

TVNZ: Police now involved in Brendan Horan case

Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): Contracts, consultants and public service cuts

RadioLIVE: Police meet with Horan's executor

RadioLIVE: Horan not fazed by police investigation

Labour Party

TVNZ: Labour affirms plan to regulate power market

Suze Metherell (Newswire): Labour reaffirms change in power policy

Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): A proposed Labour-Green-Mana(-NZ First?) agenda – part rua

Rob Salmond (Polity): Another pro-Labour editorial on tax

Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): Right versus left

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A newspaper that pays no tax complains about tax avoidance!

Claire Trevett (Herald): The backbenchers: Andrew Little, Labour Party

Greg Presland (The Standard): What should David Cunliffe say in his state of the nation speech?

Pete George (Your NZ): Cunliffe cringe

National Party

Newswire: Wairarapa's Hayes won't contest election

Southland Times: Editorial: Exit Eric, integrity intact

Richard Prebble (Listener): Results may vary

Herald: Editorial: MP's plan for bad parents unrealistic

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): National selection season is upon us

Vernon Small (Stuff): Wairarapa MP Hayes calls time

Radio NZ: John Hayes to stand down at election

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Finlayson embarks on jargon jihad

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Hayes retires

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): To tediously bore

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Finlayson style guide

Rob Salmond (Polity): National breaches Crown copyright

Forestry

Michael Daly (Stuff): Death and injury add to pressure on forestry

3 News online Staff (TV3): Labour: Govt slow to act on forestry safety

TPP

Stuff: TPP talks undermine environment – Greens

3 News Online Staff (TV3): Environment 'major casualty' in TPP talks

Health

Rodney Hide (Herald): Quit the fags for sake of baby

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The cost of smoking

Pete George (Your NZ): The cost of smoking, and excuses

Education

Lauren Hayes (Stuff): Novopay problems 'seem to be easing'

Newswire: Minister happy with latest teacher pays

Lianne Dalziel

The Press: Mayor must be accessible

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Press on Mayoral accessibility

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Empire Building by Dalziel in Christchurch

ACC

Rob Stock (Stuff): Your ACC claim: It's govt policy

Carla Penman (Newstalk ZB): Labour says ACC claims harder to make under National Govt

Other

Toby Manhire (Listener): Why John Key’s round with Obama really was special

Chris Trotter (Stuff): Anti-smacking move challenges left

Adam Bennett (Herald): Minister softens over claims of rort in ACC workplace safety training

Andrew Chen (MCDP): Why the "Asian" MPs don't represent me

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Welfare costs reducing

Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Satirical Civilian Party confirms launch plans

Listener: Editorial: tuning in

The Standard: The politics of food: Oxfam report

The Standard: Off The Pages – reminder

3 News Online Staff (TV3): Govt gives $5M to aid Syrian refugees

The Standard: Polity: Taxpayers Union on wine

Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): Is NZ politics dominated by wealthy pakeha male Aucklanders?

Andrew Chen (MCDP): Political Predictions for 2014

Andrew Chen (MCDP): Roy Morgan Voting Intention 2012-2013 with Political Events

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Whale strandings: what can we do?

RadioLIVE: Collins confident in cyber bullying bill

John Minto (Daily Blog): Key government an embarrassment after cyclone in Tonga

Stuff: Apocalypse then, and now

Newswire: Coat of arms threat a 'joke'

TVNZ: McCully to visit Middle-East, South Asia, Africa

Newswire: Ministers hit the road

Taranaki Daily News: Editorial: Tempest in a prison teapot

Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Call for MPs to revisit liquor laws

Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Announcement of Turia's replacement could be months away

Simon Wong (TV3): Peters: KiwiRail 'keeps picking lemons'

Rob Salmond (Polity): We The Taxpayers: Media Release

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): BusinessNZ misses the point

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Don’t mine it. Litigate it. Mne it. Double charge it.

Amy Brooke (100 Days): Soft corruption? Party politicians? Why vote for them?

RadioLIVE: Group questions seabed mining grant

Lynn Prentice (The Standard): There is science, and then there are dickheads

No Right Turn: All your TXTs are belong to them

Kerre McIvor (Herald): Parents should share the blame

Joshua Hitchcock (Ka Tōnuitanga): This Week in Māori Politics: The Summer Holiday Edition

Keith Locke (Daily Blog): What Obama’s spying reforms mean for New Zealand