NZ POLITICS DAILY: 25th November 2013

Today’s links

Electorate seats and 2014 election

Rob Hosking (NBR): Key-vangelism and boundary issues

Matt McCarten (Herald): Battle of the egos in seat reshuffle

Herald: Editorial: Back-room deals aren't the way

RNZ: McCully indicates he will contest East Coast Bays

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): New electorate boundaries shock some

Patrick Leyland (The Progress Report): National’s targets for 2014

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Winners and Losers from boundaries

Jennie Michie (The Standard): The democracy challenge

Chris Trotter (Dom Post): Labour needs leftist edge back

Pete George (Your NZ): McCarten’s MP rankings

Lewis Holden: Colin or Winston?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Will Paula Bennett Win the National Selection in Upper Harbour?

Press: Parties grapple with new map

RNZ: Flavell says Maori electoral boundaries too big

RNZ: No political will to change Maori electorate boundaries – Flavell

TVNZ: Contest begins over Maori Party candidacy

Newswire: Six vying to replace Turia

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Reality of MMP

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): How Dopey is Peter Goodfellow?

Conservative Party

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Craig politics – nice and nutty

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Conservative Party: Crazy or credible?

Tracy Watkin (Stuff): Beware Craig's crazies, warns Dunne

Herald: Editorial: Stars aligning for Craig and his untainted party brand

Steve Braunias (Stuff): The secret diary of . . . Colin Craig

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Colin Craig’s Whaleoil approved/disapproved policies

Deep sea oil drilling

Matthew Hooton (NBR): Greenpeace doesn’t speak for me

TVNZ: Oil spill risk increases with depth – Greens

RNZ: PM wrong on deep sea oil risks – Greens

TVNZ: Anadarko push on with drilling programme

Stuff: Maori threaten legal action

Pattrick Smellie (NBR): Bureaucrats fumble oil spill plan release

Stuff: Thousands protest deep sea oil drilling

RNZ: Protest boat says it's stopping drilling

Newstalk ZB: Movement against oil exploration 'growing'

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Crowds hit the beaches

Isaac Davison (Herald): Advice on oil-drilling risks misleading, says minister

Harry Pearl (Stuff): Protest yacht in Anadarko boat sandwich

RNZ: Labour accused of misleading public over deep sea drilling

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Kiwi Greenpeace activists freed from Russian jail

Asset sales

Adam Bennett (Herald): Speculation Genesis selldown may be shelved

RNZ: Air NZ praises Govt's sale of shares in the airline

Adam Bennett (Herald): Have we got a deal for you ...

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Air NZ attracted only 6500 investors

Southland Times: Editorial: A $9 million right of reply

Rod Oram (Stuff): Buy into SOEs the smart way

Pike River compensation

John Armstrong (Herald): Cunliffe stays on top in Pike compo fight

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Govt must pay for Pike tragedy

Tracy Watkin (Stuff): Pike River decision may cause backlash

Kiwiblog: Guest Post by Flipper on Pike River

Spying

Brook Sabin (TV3): Key refuses to answer NSA spying questions

Dominion Post: Editorial: Just what snooping is going on?

Martin van Beynen (Press): Struth, another sleuth on the phone

Report on water quality

Jan Wright (Stuff): Dairying's impact indisputable

Southland Times Editorial: Huge reaction still needed

ODT: Editorial: NZ's 'difficult dilemma'

Press: Editorial: Water nutrient pollution is a slowly-evolving crisis

Taranaki Daily News: Editorial: Problem be damned: we'll just keep on growing

Olivia Wannan (Stuff): Pollution problem likely to worsen

Cunliffe/Collins trout controversy

David Cunliffe (The Ruminator): Them’s fighting words

Cunliffe to Collins (Herald): You're a trout. Collins to Cunliffe: You're sexist

Herald: Collins calls Cunliffe sexist over 'trout' barb

Peter Aranyi (The Paepae): Now, if Cunliffe had joked that Judith Collins was a ‘troll’ …

The Irascible: Loss of Humour- another victim of privatisation policies

No Right Turn: David Cunliffe: Sexist

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Cunliffe calls Collins a trout

Identity politics debates

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Is Giovanni Tiso racist? Is Graeme Edgeler a rape apologist and QoT proves hell hath no fury like a blogger scorned

Ideologically impure: A few minor points

Housing

John Minto (Daily Blog): Where is Paula Bennett’s baseball bat?

Glen Sowry (Herald):New era in state housing best yet

Geoff Cumming (Herald): The Glen Innes social experiment

Cherie Howie (Herald): Maori history undermines home renovations

Health

Olivia Carville (Stuff): Big shakeup coming for Chch hospitals

Olivia Carville (Herald): Call to measure unmet health need

Brian Gaynor (Herald): Forget Obamacare debate - focus on NZ

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Child healthcare 'pays off' later

TVNZ: National MP calls for Govt leadership on child health

Kelsey Fletcher (Stuff): Call to ban anti-bacterial home products

Catherine Harris (Stuff): Academic uneasy over Kiwi infant formula exports

Investigation into rest homes

Martin Johnston and Simon Collins (Herald): Lifting the lid on NZ's rest homes

Martin Johnston and Simon Collins (Herald): Inside our rest homes: What's really going on

Christchurch

Brook Sabin (Herald): Leaders coy over hopes of Christchurch East seat

RNZ: By-election 'no litmus test' on Cunliffe

The Standard: The Christchurch East by election

RNZ: Christchurch East by-election looms

Rebuilding Christchurch: If you’re planning on voting for a crazy in Christchurch East, make sure you choose the right crazy

Glen Conway (Stuff): Leading lights in red and black ties

Lois Cairns (Stuff): Cabinet to see new housing rules in 10 days

Eric Crampton (NBR): A Thousand Days

Olivia Carville (Stuff): Families upset over CTV inaction

Lois Cairns and Anna Pearson (Stuff): Minister berates council

Thomas Mead (TV3): Chch council avoids Brownlee takeover

Newswire: Brownlee gives Chch council an ultimatum

Alan Titford

Simon Day and Adam Dudding (Stuff): Bittersweet vindication for iwi

Lindy Laird (Herald): Tribe thank Titford's wife for bringing him to justice

Kathryn Powley (Herald): Rapist starts new family

Other

Jordan McCluskey (Old Zealand): The National Party and Maoridom: An occasional partnership?

Simon Wilson (Metro): The Best and the Worst of Auckland

Rodney Hide (Herald): Horse-trading is unwholesome

Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Q&A: John Banks' judicial review

Rodney Hide (NBR): How seductive state massages masses

Steve Maharey (Herald): Stop arguing and help build a better boat

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On MPs’ pay hikes, and the JFK conspiracy theories

Felix Marwick (Newstalk): Look into pay of politicians and CEOs

Sean Plunket (Dom Post): Money better spent on tattoo removal than on court case

Audrey Young (Herald): Judges' long-service leave soars

Grant Bradley (Herald): Politics take puff out of wind farm building

Winston Peters (RadioLive): Racial division is our past, but not our future

Anthony Hubbard (Stuff): The Reluctant Prime Minister

David Fisher (Herald): Dotcom: 'If I die, don't stop digging'

TVNZ: Kim Dotcom labels New Zealand 'kind of mediocre'

RNZ: Economic growth attracts more migrants

Herald: Editorial: Film industry needs to stand on own two feet

Tony Wall (Stuff): Government 'unprincipled' Peters says

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Hekia’s last chance?

Haydn Green (Public Address): TPP: Nearing Endgame

RNZ: US trying to curb Pharmac's negotiating power – Kelsey

RNZ: Labour rubbishes claim of US bullying at trade talks

Fiona Rotherham (Stuff): Election jitters loom on horizon

ODT: Editorial: The Thai trade talks

Jim Sullivan (ODT): One can always do with some friends in high places

TVNZ: Government takes aim at tax evaders

Michael Cummings (Manawatu Standard): Suppression guidelines clearer

Brendan Manning (Herald): Luigi Wewege engaged in US

Martin Hawes (Stuff): A new tool to find the best fund

Geoff Cumming (Herald): Fine print allows shark finning to continue

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Backdated net bill 'in millions'

Stuff: Today in Politics: Monday 25 November

Stuff: Today in politics: Saturday, November 23

RNZ: Treasury advice being reviewed by international economist

No Right Turn: Climate change: We're hypocrites

TV3: Labour vows to repeal charter school legislation

TVNZ: NZDF yet to propose legislation to better support soldiers

Kirsty Wynn (Herald): Tamaki's kin get $10k to feed poor

Kathryn Powley (Herald): School soap ban sickens

Mike Butler (Breaking Views): No retreat on race-based funding

Taranaki Daily News: National needs bailout transparency

Colin Espiner (Stuff): School's job is not to police

Michael Laws (Stuff): We're racist and becoming more so

Matt Nippert (Stuff): Waipareira Trust wins court battle

Shane Gilchrist (ODT): Power to the people

TVNZ: Fake NZ university degrees 'worrying'

Stephen Franks (NBR): Companies Office another victim of National subjugation?