NZ POLITICS DAILY: 29th Oct 2013

Today’s links

Len Brown

Dan Satherley (TV3): New council, fresh focus for Mayor Brown

TVNZ: Hulse reappointed deputy mayor for Auckland

Pete George (Your NZ): Len Brown on Firstline

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Noble, honest, and decent…pity Len doesn’t have it in him

TVNZ: Poll shows Len Brown still has strong support

Rachel Stewart (Stuff): It was all her fault? The mayor couldn't say no?

Kirsty Johnston (Stuff): Chuang feels much 'better' now

Brendan Manning (Herald): Board distances itself from director's Len Brown comments

Matthew Hooton (NBR): Latest Len Brown allegations: Slater needs to front up

Newswire: Outed MP in Brown sex scandal gets apology

Kirsty Johnston and Tony Wall (Stuff): The mayor, the love rat and nudity

Josh Martin (Stuff): Len Brown would go if he was CEO, say lawyers

Steve Braunias (Stuff): The secret diary of...John Palino

Kerre McIvor (Herald): Time to be seen again, Mr Brown, back in the town

Herald on Sunday editorial: This is not the NZ way, Luigi

John Weekes (Herald): Luigi Wewege: 'I was very politically naive'

Kathryn Powley (Herald): Claim and more counterclaim

Kathryn Powley (Herald): Chuang cleared of criminality

Dita De Boni (Herald): Let Len deliver an abject lesson

Dana Wensley (Herald): Naughty mayors? They're everywhere

Jared Savage (Herald): Luigi Wewege flies out after Brown scandal

Herald: Councillor sorry for naming MP as informant on Len Brown affair

Michele Hewitson (Herald): Interview: David Lewis

Paul Thomas (Herald): One monkey business won't stop the show

Narelle Henson (Stuff): Memo to Len Brown: Don't shoot the messenger

The Standard: The Blame Game

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Len and Luigi

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Webster apologises to Mitchell

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Two dumb things

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): A mayor who won’t front is no mayor at all

Karl du Fresne: Scandal, smear and spin - the new normal

Peter Aranyi (The Paepae): Orchestrating smear campaigns against your rivals is seen as dodgy in business, so what about politics?

Simon prast (Daily Blog): Crimes and Misdemeanours

Latifa Daud (Daily Blog): I’m over the Len Brown scandal hysteria

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The Luigi Wewege Charm School

Latest polls

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Poll shows support for Labour unchanged under Cunliffe

The Press: Editorial: Cunliffe needs better ideas

Pete George (Your NZ): Cunliffe’s big challenge

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Margin of error changes

TVNZ: Left strong, but Labour flat in latest poll

Audrey Young (Herald): No rise in support for Labour, poll

Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): New opinion poll proves positive for National

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Poll suggests tight race for Te Tai Hauauru seat

Radio NZ: Poll shows Labour hasn't gained any traction

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): National sailing on unchecked

Tracy Watkins and Vernon Small (Stuff): Poll a major blow to Labour

NBR Staff (NBR): Poll setback for Labour

Newswire: Poll shows more support for National

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Latest poll

Pete George (Your NZ): Two polls, similar and different

National Party

Andrea Vance (Stuff): All join hands for the merry Ministerial re-jig dance

Greg Presland (The Standard): National’s civil war continues

Andrea Vance (Stuff): National MPs to retire

Newswire: Nat MP Calder to retire at election

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Coalition pickle gets Key thinking out loud

John Armstrong (Herald): Key comes out firing to show who's boss

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Rising economy may take National with it

Audrey Young (Herald): Hutchison, Calder will not seek re-election

TVNZ: Two National MPs won't seek re-election

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Calder not seeking re-election

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Paul Hutchison won’t seek re-election

The Standard: Two-term panic gripping the rightwing punditry

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Key’s hot milo with Colin Craig has been pencilled in

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Two more retirements

Bob McCoskrie (McBlog): National MP’s Pushed?

Conservative Party

TVNZ: Conservatives aiming for the Beehive next year

Newswire: Colin Craig gunning for NZ First

Newstalk ZB: Conservative Party targets NZ First faithful

Labour Party

Audrey Young (Herald): Labour to look at 'fairly representing' gay members in Parliament

Michael Cummings (Manawatu Standard): Cunliffe needs to provide details

Brennan McDonald: Chris Trotter Gets A Bit Carried Away, There Will Be No Revolution

Steve Maharey (NBR): Which ‘way’ for Labour?

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Labour’s Green problem

Maori Party and Mana

Radio NZ: Maori-Mana talks set for this week

Newswire: Maori Party offers olive branch to Mana

Michael Fox (Stuff): Mana and Maori to meet but merger unlikely

Audrey Young (Herald): Maori Party says merger with Mana Party unlikely

Radio NZ: National a no-go zone in Maori-Mana link

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Maori Party and MANA Party talks

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Maori Party not looking to merge with Mana

Greg Presland (The Standard): Mana Party and Maori Party to commence discussions

Labour Day

Waikato Times: NZ workers' labour pains

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): I don’t think I’ve ever endorsed vandalizing public art in Auckland, but Labour Day feels like the right time to attack and deface fascist art

Newswire: The Great Strike remembered on centenary

Matt McCarten (Herald): Labour Day nothing to celebrate

Bruce Munro (ODT): All work and low pay

Ross Henderson (Stuff): Public holiday linked to industrial history

John Sargeant (Stuff): Flexibility needed in our labour laws

Steve Kilgallon and Rob Kidd (Stuff): Worker sacked after criticism

Redline: Flashpoint of History: 1913 Strike Street Event

Inequality, poverty, employment

Simon Collins (Herald): Child poverty expert goes it alone

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Ye Are Many – They Are Few: Thoughts on Labour Day, 2013

David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Government Generosity Overwhelming

Stuff: Low income families get an extra $1

Taranaki Daily News: Protecting jobs is in the national interest

Philip Matthews (Stuff): Do Kiwis care about wage inequality?

Greg Presland (The Standard): Is society collapse and inequality linked?

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The value of work

Caleb Morgan (Cut Your Hair): Inequality is equality

Housing

TVNZ: New social housing initiative for Auckland

Heather McCracken (Herald): Govt to spend $16.7m on new social housing in Auckland

Radio NZ: Govt to partly fund social housing in Auckland

The Press: Battle to climb housing ladder

NBR Staff (NBR): Auckland developers should use land or lose it - Colin Craig

Deborah Hill Cone (Herald): Get real, young house hunters, you're not special

Alanah Eriksen (Herald): Rents rise as buyers forced out of market

Peter Lyons (Herald): Housing at heart of our cost of living conundrum

TVNZ: Proof loan restrictions will hurt first home buyers – Labour

Mathew Dearnaley (Herald): Out better than up for city, say many in poll

Fiona Rotherham (Stuff): Capital gains tax will level the playing field

3 News Online Staff (TV3): Christchurch housing projects to help supply

Ashleigh Stewart (Stuff): $17.3m plan for Canty social housing

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Spencer on LVR policy

John Banks

Simon Wong (TV3): Solicitor-General to take over Banks case

TVNZ: Crown takes over John Banks' electoral fraud case

Victoria Young (NBR): Crown to take over in Banks case

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Crown Law to prosecute Banks

Heather McCraken (Herald): Crown Law to take over John Banks prosecution

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Good to see Crown Law Independence

Mike Smith (The Standard): What’s in a glance?

Asset sales

NBR Staff (NBR): Float not a Flop - English

ODT: Selling our SOEs

Bernard Hickey (Herald): Asset float a flop

Caleb Morgan (Cut Your Hair): Possibly the stupidest thing our deputy prime minister has said

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Government confirms partial sale of Genesis to proceed

Michael Valley (The Standard): Asset sales: Key’s scorched earth tactics will backfire

Gender equality

Alanah Eriksen (Herald): NZ: A top place to be a woman

Cathy Odgers (NBR): Gender pay inconsequential when you're the boss

Radio NZ: NZ slips in world pay equity stakes

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ in top ten for women

No Right Turn: Women go backwards again

Afghanistan

Rob Kidd and Alex Fensome (Stuff): Kiwi soldier wounded by 'insider attack'

Teuila Fuatai (Herald): NZ soldier wounded in Afghanistan

TVNZ: Afghan attack could have been fatal, Defence boss says

Alex Fensome (Stuff): NZ to fight for trust despite attack

Newswire: Labour questions Defence Force capability

GCSB

Dominion Post: Editorial: Spy agencies need watchdogs

Green Party (Infonews): NZ must front up on international spying

Waihopai 3

Newswire: Waihopai trio lose liability appeal

Stuff: Protesters face $1.2m bill

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): GCSB gets its pound of flesh plus pies, beer and juice

Radio NZ: Doubts over whether Crown will get Waihopai repair costs

Economy

Stuff: Joyce: Regions lifting NZ out of GFC

Richard Meadows (Stuff): Go-ahead firms can access new fund

Hamish Fletcher (Herald): $450 million broadband battle

TVNZ: Calls for Government to help provinces

Michael Forbes (Stuff): New figures paint a brighter roading picture

Jenny Chetwynd (Stuff): Massive gains down the road

Newswire: Roads will create jobs, says minister

The Press: More Kiwis are returning home

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): More good news for the economy

NZ Post cuts

Taranaki Daily News: NZ Post changes deliver for farmers

Newswire: Union proposes bikes for five day delivery

Asylum seekers

RadioLIVE: People smugglers over-selling NZ

Audrey Young (Herald): Asylum 'cruises' to NZ touted

Environment

Alex Fensome (Stuff): Warrior in tweet war with minister

Rodney Hide (Herald): Invasion is violence not peace

Kevin Hearle (Whaleoil): Guest post – NZ’s Kyoto commitment (a farce) and heres why

Education

Lynley Bilby (Herald): Threat over school data

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Schools cross the digital divide

Dianne Khan (Daily Blog):  To improve student achievement, we must face the real problems

Local body elections

Tahu Potiki (Stuff): E-voting could dumb down the electoral process

Radio NZ: New Christchurch mayor slams staff spending

Cherie Howie (Herald): From mayor to handyman

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Not how but who and why

Other

Alanah Eriksen (Herald): Auckland hits the Top 10 in world best-cities list

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Dilbert understands academia

Will de Cleene (gonzo): The Grillo Brand

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Let's make everything like the Rugby Sevens?

Claire Trevett (Herald): High-flying MPs reluctant to hand over controls on perks

Tim Selwyn (Daily Blog): TV review: The Paul Henry treatment

TVNZ: Former US officer settles in New Zealand

Russell Brown (Hard News): Movie Disaster

Michael Laws (Stuff): Tua's political plans may pack a punch

Ian Steward (Stuff): From fried beetroot to legal champion

John Weeks (Herald): Navy seeks replacement for two ships

Tim Hunter (Stuff): The right thing to do with Kiwisaver

Beith Atkinson (Stuff): New Zealand will be part of Open Government summit

Tim Selwyn (Tumeke): NZ Police: wrong to swear