NZ POLITICS DAILY: 2nd December 2013

Today’s links

Christchurch East by-election

John Armstrong (Herald): Result cue for National soul-searching

Vernon Small (Stuff): Size of defeat a warning to National

Glenn Conway (Stuff): Anderton's by-election role master stroke

Vernon Small (Press): Labour's landslide relief

Josie Pagani (Pundit): Organise to Win

Newswire: Key not worried by by-election result

Stacey Kirk (Stuff) Key: By-election result 'unsurprising'

Rob Salmond (Polity): MMP history, East, and 2014

Dan Satherley (TV3): By-election signals 'mood shift' – Cunliffe

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Clinging to hope

Glenn Conway (Stuff): Chch by-election an easy Labour win 

TVNZ: By-election result 'sends message' to Government

Press: Editorial: Williams' first priority as MP

Rob Salmond (Polity): 3½ thoughts on a very good win

Adam Bennett (Herald): Christchurch win buoys Labour

Newswire: Labour celebrates decisive Chch East victory

Brook Sabin (TV3): Labour looks beyond Chch East victory

Tyler Adams (Newstalk):By-election result sends message to Government – Cunliffe

Herald: Labour's newest MP: Victory came down to meeting community

RNZ: Result not a reflection on Govt, says candidate

Your NZ: Good win for Labour

Kurt Bayer (Herald): Poto Williams wins Christchurch East by-election

Bruce Russell (Newstalk): Christchurch East have had enough - Williams

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Christchurch East a crushing victory for Labour

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Apparently there was a by-election yesterday

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Apathy was the winner

Guest Post (Kiwiblog): Poto wins Christchurch East

Brook Sabin (TV3): Quakes change dynamics of Christchurch by-election

Chris Hutching (NBR): And the winner of the Christchurch East by-election is...

TV3: Labour takes no risks in defending ChCh East

Rob Salmond (Polity): Turnout in East tomorrow

Greens leadership challenge

Adam Bennett (Herald): Greens leadership challenger calls for 'strike'

Scott York (Imperator Fish): David Hay: the All Blacks need me

Rob Salmond (Polity): Shorter: David Hay’s campaign

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Green Party suppression of dissent

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Greens at war

Pete George (Your NZ): Why Greens dumped David Hay

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Always a risk with candidates

David Hay (Seriously Green): Leadership challenge FECs (frequently expressed concerns)

Neil Reid (Stuff): Greens need new leaders - rejected candidate

Marama Davidson (Daily Blog): Fair democracy let David Hay speak and put his hand up. Fair democracy, common sense and strong leadership spoke back.

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dimpost): Inside outside upside down

Guest Post (Kiwiblog): Greens dump Hay

Jacqui Stanford (Newstalk): David Hay has some thinking to do

Pete George (Your NZ): Greens and real stories

TVNZ: Greens leadership challenger dumped from list

Torben Akel (TV3): David Hay could be expelled from Greens

Sophia Duckor-Jones (Newstalk) Greens decide not to accept Hay into candidate pool

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Rogue Green denied candidacy

No Right Turn: Spherical politicians in a vacuum

Guest Post (Kiwiblog): Pass the popcorn, more Greens action

Pete George (Your NZ): Will sour Green Grapes ferment?

TV3: Greens contemplate Hay's future

Isaac Davison (Herald): Green leadership challenge 'sour grapes'

RadioLive: Hay's political future decided today

RNZ: Green hopeful says being blocked from list

Keeping Stock: Where is the transparency Green Party?

Laura McQuillan (Newstalk): Leadership challenge dooms political career

Electorates and Election 2014

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Unknown knowns of the election

Peter Wilson (Newswire): Key can't afford to rule out any partners

Brook Sabin (TV3): Labour attacks National's coalition sweet-talking

Selwyn Manning (Daily Blog): National’s Electoral Boundary Strategy Designed To Erode Labour’s Votes

Whaleoil

Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Cameron Slater 'incredulous' over ruling

Bevan Hurley (Herald): Judge rebuffs Whale Oil, orders blogger to reveal sources

Steven Price (Media Law Journal): Is Whale Oil a journalist?

The Standard: Cameron Slater and the protection of journalistic sources

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Am I a journalist? Steven Price examines

Russell Brown (Hard News): The judge is not helping

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why Slater isn’t news media and doesn’t deserve protecting

RNZ: Blogger protecting his source could have good case – lawyer

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Oh look I’m making the news again, HOS only tells half the story

Whaleoil: Matthew Blomfield – Right of Reply [UNEDITED] 

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Whaleoil hoisted by his own harpoon

Pete George (Your NZ): Whale Oil judged to be ‘not a news medium’

Ideologically Impure: News media and blogs: where’s the line?

Deep sea oil drilling

John Armstrong (Herald): Drilling gift for Greens a dilemma for Labour

Matt McCarten (Herald): Selling our future for $75 each

Colin Espiner (Press): Espiner: Time for oil perspective

Rodney Hide (Herald): Greens' scary predictions fall flat

Martin van Beynen (Press): Drilling for oil: The great imponderable

Maria Slade (Stuff):It's not easy being green

John Sargeant (Taranaki Daily News): Drilling gains well worth risk

APNZ: Oil Free Seas Flotilla returns to NZ

Forestry workers safety

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Forestry deaths demand an inquiry

John Minto (Daily Blog): Capitalism is killing workers so let’s put health and safety in workers’ hands

Duncan Garner (RadioLIve): The personal face of our national shame

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Protect forestry workers: Labour

Nicole Pryor (Stuff): Forestry worker killed in accident

Chorus

Herald on Sunday: Editorial: Economy better for this revolt

Dom Post: Chorus of warnings for the Government

RNZ: Chorus determined to build UFB project 

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Is Matthew Hooton the biggest wrecker of NZ business’

Newswire: Labour wants 'the whole truth' on Chorus

Hamish Rutherford and Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Chorus committed to UFB rollout

Asset sales referendum

Herald: Editorial: Referendum on asset sales misuses system

The Standard: NZ Herald editorial smears the Referendum

Trade agreements

TVNZ: New trade deal with Taiwan kicks in

Newswire: Taiwan tariff cuts kick in for NZ exports

Matt Robson (Daily Blog): The TPPA and the Promised Land – A Critique of the Fran O’Sullivan Doctrine

Christchurch

TVNZ: Gerry Brownlee dismisses claims of rebuild apathy

Joelle Dally (Stuff): Christchurch red zone could be watercourse

Trans-Tasman MP ratings

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): English the star performer in Parliament's class of 2013

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Mr Fix-it

Pool fencing and child safety

Isaac Davison (Herald): She's back - return of the Nanny State

Herald: Editorial: Govt should curb its love of regulation

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Beware the regulation

Kerre McIvor (Herald): Pool-fencing laws suit bureaucracy, not children's water safety

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Nanny State? More like more Herald bullsh*t

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Paddling pools may need fencing

Guest Post (Kiwiblog): Paddling pool nuttiness

Other

John Minto (Herald): Fight to save state housing rights

Rodney Hide (NBR): Welfare wins in $5 an hour wage trap

Rob Stock (Stuff): Mail decline changes NZ Post

Russell Blackstock (Herald): Metro apologises for rape 'joke'

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Uncle Ernie’s 20 questions

Marika Hill (Stuff): Switching over and switching off colour boxes

TVNZ: New Zealand to join 2014 G20 meetings

RNZ: NZ invited to G20 next year

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): G20 spot proof of NZ's status in Aussie eyes

Matthew Hooton (NBR): Let’s end climate talks farce

Stuff: Today in politics: Saturday, November 30

Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Climate change and socialism

David Beatson (Daily Blog): Our Digital Switchover creates the Marginalised Majority

Taranaki Daily News: Retiring health members say Maori neglected

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Pay top state bosses even more: report

Matt Nippert (Stuff): Banking it on the bench

Dave Armstrong (Dom Post): Turbine attraction makes my head spin

Hank Schouten (Stuff): Ministry head office on the move, big time

Liam Dann (Herald): China v USA - New Zealand's dilemma

Colin James (Management Magazine): Opening opportunity - a government's real test

Catherine Harris (Stuff): Insurers put focus on future growth