NZ POLITICS DAILY - 21 August 2013

Today's content

GCSB
Brian Rudman (Herald): Trust honest John to keep spy laws on the level

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The GCSB law

Dan Satherley (TV3): Last-ditch effort to stop GCSB bill

Jane Clifton (Stuff): Key guts Shearer, makes a meal of him

No Right Turn: GCSB receives US funding

Paul Buchanan (Kiwipolitico): Crying wolf on terrorism for political gain.

The Standard: GCSB- Questions?

No Right Turn: More worthless promises

Andrea Vance and Vernon Small (Stuff): Labour's spy bill changes unwanted

Chris Trotter (Stuff): On-air victory for Key with GCSB bill battle

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): GCSB Protest Meeting

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the final round for the GCSB Bill

Audrey Young (Herald): Key: I'll resign if GCSB conducts mass surveillance

Pete George (Your NZ): Dunne’s GCSB response

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock):Information beats confrontation

Greg Presland (The Standard): Is this a question buddy?

Peter Cresswell (Not PC): #SurveillanceState: “But he’s such a *nice* man…”

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Media understand ramifications of Shearer’s secret meeting

Newswire: Key reveals 'confidential' meeting

Michael Fox (Stuff): PM accuses Shearer of terrorism fear

TVNZ: John Key's press conference walkout goes viral

Colin Hogg (Herald): Revenge a dish best served cold

Dan Satherley (TV3): Key slams GCSB opponents

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Officials defend GCSB web secrecy

Corazon Millar and Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Govt told greater transparency would lead to greater trust

3 News Online Staff (TV3): GCSB timeline of events

Cameron Slater (WHaleoil): Just one vote, a wafer thin majority?

Audrey Young (Herald): Key keen to allay concerns

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Kiwis do care, prime minister

Newswire: GCSB bill about to become law

Pete George (Your NZ): Shearer-Key secret meeting stuns mullets

TVNZ: Spy law set to pass despite final flurry of opposition

John Minto (Daily Blog): PM’s popularity poleaxed by GCSB Bill

Pete George (Your NZ): GCSB poll – 53.6% trust Government, 75.3% worried

Radio NZ: Final reading of GCSB bill today

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Demystifying the GCSB bill: Spies and lies

Tova O’Brien (TV3): Shearer and Key at odds over GCSB meeting

The Standard: Cross the floor

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Does the NSA subsidize the GCSB or not?

Mark Hubbard (Life Behind the Iron Drape): GCSB Bill: Today National, ACT and UF Will Transact Infamy … Here’s Why & Implications of it.

Graham Mandeno (Herald): Open letter to John Key

Neill Watts (Fearfactsexposed): Key’s walkout is news in Moscow but not Wellington

Snapper quota
TVNZ: Opposition stokes anger over snapper proposals

Isaac Davison (Herald): Shearer nets a few jokes with snapper stunt

Steve Deane (Herald): Labour hooks into fish row

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): David Shearer: Strike Three

Stuff: Fishy antics in the House

TVNZ: Shearer brings snapper to Parliament

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Shearer brings dead fish to Parliament

Brook Sabin (TV3): Snapper proposal not controversial – Guy

Radio NZ: Maori, Pakeha unite over possible snapper cuts

Meridian Energy float
John Armstrong (Herald): Govt's Meridian sales pitch worthy of a Suzanne Paul

TVNZ: Meridian incentives will appeal to Kiwis-experts

Vernon Small (Stuff): Asset sales could net $5b

No Right Turn: Selling it on credit

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Moneyscramble: round 2

Tamsyn Parker and Adam Bennett (Herald): Meridian float unveiled - 60pc up front

The Standard: Mighty Big Gamble on Mighty Big Gift

Radio NZ: Success of Meridian share offer tipped

The Standard: Key adds another $40m to the asset sales bill

Paul McBeth (Newswire): Meridian sweeteners may attract Kiwis

Herald: Editorial: Meridian float made much more enticing

Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Govt sugars Meridian deal

Dairy industry crisis
Rachel Stewart (Stuff): Why I'm fed up with those parasitic tiny-fish Feds

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Spierings leads charge of change

Winston Aldworth (Herald): How is botulism tourism's problem?

Vernon Small (Stuff): Fonterra probe may help in Westland miss

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Caught in Fonterra fallout

Brook Sabin (TV3): Milk scare further blow to NZ's reputation

Malcolm Wright (Herald): Brand New Zealand still vulnerable because it is weak

Laura Walters (Stuff): NZ tourism slogan still relevant

Andrea Fox (Stuff): Tighter dairy industry rules being looked at

Peter Wilson (Newswire): Fonterra inquiry bill on the fast track

Southland Times: Editorial: Getting tricky with averages

Newswire: MPI to look at improving dairy regulation

Housing
Richard Meadows (Stuff): 'Nation of renters' as home lending tightened

Dan Satherley (TV3): New home loan rules under fire

Richard Meadows (Stuff): Loan changes could ward off housing collapse

TVNZ: Reserve Bank cracks down on mortgage lending

Richard Meadows (Stuff): RBNZ cracks down on mortgage lending

Brian Fallow and Adam Bennett (Herald): Curbs unlikely to stop house hikes

Radio NZ: Banks, economists sceptical of Reserve Bank loan policy

Brian Fallow (Herald): Lending curbs expected to bite

Newswire: Greens support loan restrictions

Latest polls
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Shearer can't get any political traction

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Bold policy fails to grab new support for Labour

Isaac Davison (Herald): Labour, Greens overtake National in new poll

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Latest poll suggests Opposition could lead

Privileges committee enquiry
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Release of reporter's records probed

Audrey Young (Herald): Collins criticises leak probe inquiry

Adam Bennett (Herald): Inquiry head first to speak in journalist email probe

Newswire: Privileges committee opens its inquiry

TVNZ: Release of GCSB reporter's records probed

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Release of reporter's records probed

Mediaworks receivership
Matt Nippert (Stuff): MediaWorks debt higher than thought

Radio NZ: MediaWorks owes nearly $800m

Industrial relations reform
Ranjani Ponnuchetty (TVNZ): Thousands rally against proposed employment reforms

Shane Cowlishaw (Stuff): Workers rally against law changes

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): CTU “expert” doesn’t know international law

Education
Herald: One year on, Novopay system improving...slowly

Radio NZ: Bill will enable border arrests of tardy student loan debtors

Newswire: Student loan defaulters to face arrest

Jo Moir (Stuff): Money pumped in for Novopay

Jo Moir (Stuff): Charter school applicants lack 'calibre'

United Future
Vernon Small (Stuff): UnitedFuture gets status back

TVNZ: Dunne welcomes renewed recognition of his party

Katie Bradford-Crozier (Newstalk ZB): United Future back in official existence

Other
Newswire: Big drop in Maori youth offending

Paula Penfold (TV3): Opinion: When 'interfering in the justice system' is right

Stuff: Answers demanded over building results

Eloise Gibson (Stuff): KiwiSaver switch campaign suggested

Bob Jones (Herald): Even trees can't grow for dullards' fear of change

Fiona Rotherham (Herald): Women directors few and far between

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Minister to get gang-busting tips from US