NZ POLITICS DAILY: 24th Oct 2013
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Len Brown
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): High-powered philandering doesn't matter
Bernard Orsman (Herald):Len Brown affair: Nat MP named as source of tip-off
Newswire: National MP knew Brown scandal was coming
Kate Harley (TV3): Chuang 'fell into a honey trap'
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): An open letter to mayor Len Brown from a reader
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Focus back on Brown team for threatening texts
Greg Presland (The Standard): Fight you bastards fight
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Right and wrong not left and right
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A helpful timeline
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): I have a confession to make
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): How about these rules Len? Do these apply to you?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Will the Slater blowback reach to the PM?
MPs pay
Dan Satherley (TV3): Pay rises out of MPs hands - Cunliffe
Michael Cummings (Stuff): When it pays to have more political nous
3 News Online Staff (TV3): Horan proposes changes to MPs' pay
Graeme Edgeler (Legal Beagle): Last Minute Lobbying: MPs' Pay
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Grandstanding Greens
John Banks
Alexia Russell (Newstalk ZB): Banks says case against him led by fraudster
Andrew Geddes (Pundit): "Nothing to hide, nothing to fear"
Offshore oil exploration
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Greenpeace 'scaremongering' over deep sea oil, says Key
Tova O’Brien (TV3): Concerns mount over Anadarko drilling
Simon Wong (TV3): PM: Another Rena more likely than oil spill
RadioLIVE: Twenty most recent oil spills worldwide
Gareth Hughes (Frogblog): Oil spill modelling a wake-up call
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How likely is an oil spill?
No Right Turn: What happens if National's oil gamble goes wrong?
James Henderson (The Standard): What a major oil spill means for NZ
Inequality, poverty, and unemployment
Alexia Russell (Newstalk ZB): Claims Government creating a generation of unequal children
Jill Galloway (Stuff): Jobs scarce for laid off workers
Ideologically Impure: Shock news: when you don’t punish beneficiaries for going into work, more of them go into work
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Progressivity
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): 99% respond to work testing sanctions
Asset sales
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Fewer buyers attracted to Meridian float
Audrey Young (Herald): Labour and Greens hurt share float, says English
The Standard: The Meridian flop
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Benefit cuts to 13000 parents, massive asset sale float flop and economic self-mutilation
3 News (TV3): Meridian share price set
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Meridian shares at $1.50
Greg Presland (The Standard): Government in trouble over Meridian Float
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): LabourGreen power policy already costly
Superannuation
Dominion Post: Editorial: Earth to Winston Peters
Radio NZ: Govt urged to think fast on retirement
Housing
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): New Auckland Monopoly to contain too few house pieces
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Construction costs
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A way to reduce housing costs
James Dann (Rebuilding Christchurch): The house that empty promises built
NZ Post cuts
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): NZ Post may reduce delivery in 2015
Radio NZ: Union slams postal delivery cuts
Economy
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Chorus agrees to new UFB plans
Brook Sabin (TV3): Health board cost-cutting revealed
America’s Cup
Dan Satherley (TV3): Lengthy regatta changes Govt's mind on America's Cup
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A plan to defend the Man Booker in 2014
Pike River
Daily Blog: We don’t mind coal mines, huh?
Don Franks (Redline): What’s the latest at Pike River?
Local body elections
Brian Rudman (Herald): You can wire 'em up ... but they still won't vote
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): More local body success stories
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Local Government success stories – Hon. John Carter
Other
Laura McQuillan (Newswire): MP Horan considers suing Peters
Martin Johnston (Herald): Calls to cut tobacco retail outlets
Audrey Young (Herald): Electoral boundaries: Power plays cranking up
Adam Bennett (Herald): Waterfront preferred Te Papa site
Rachael Goldsmith (Daily Blog): When the media eats its own community for breakfast
Allan Allach (Daily Blog): Eviscerating education through deliverology.
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Labour policy announcement forthcoming
James Henderson (The Standard): SkyCity deal gets sleazier
Newswire: MP Horan hints estate battle nearly over
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Ross Sea proposals offered
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Lee on Korean War
No Right Turn: Not so nice after all
Craig Hoyle (TV3): Transgenders caught in equality divide
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Pita Sharples backtracks on spending scandal
Mark Hubbard (Life Behind the Iron Drape): In Defence of Sir Bob Jones.
Charles Waldegrave (Stuff): Bishop has 'deep social conscience'
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Chances of economic recovery 'reasonable'
Brendan Manning (Herald): Monopoly Auckland edition unveiled - misspelling and all
Vaughan Elder (ODT): US whistle-blower enjoys quiet life in Otago
Jane Kelsey (Daily Blog): As tides are turning, Groser launches charm offensive
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Sky TV defiant over contracts
Anna Williams (Stuff): 'Not our fault kids buy legal highs'
Dan Satherley (TV3): Shearer looks to rejig food in schools bill
Bryce Edwards
Thu, 24 Oct 2013
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