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NZ POLITICS DAILY: 6th Nov 2013

Bryce Edwards
Wed, 06 Nov 2013
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Drink driving

Michael Forbes and Olivia Wannan (Stuff): New limit won't touch the sides

Dominion Post: Editorial: Drink law a sound step

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Rule won't hit 'moderate' drinkers

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behavior): .05

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The drink driving limit

Peter Cresswell (Not PC): The New Puritanism of 0.05 [updated]

Mark Hubbard (Life Behind the Iron Drape): Nanny State's New Wowser Blood Alcohol Limit

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Alcohol's awful superpower - road toll edition

Pete George (Your NZ): Drink driving changes proposed

 

‘Roast Busters’

Grant Shimmin (Timaru Herald): Editorial: Stop this outrage now

Patrick Gower (TV3): Govt weighs toughening cyber bullying bill

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Cyber-bullying law doesn't address core issue – Cunliffe

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Don't be a vigilante, says Collins

TVNZ: Cyber bullying bill introduced amid Roast Busters fury

Newswire: Govt under pressure over sexual crime law

TVNZ: Law change would target Roast Busters copycats

Herald: Roast Busters: 'Violence will not be tolerated' – police

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Laws to lock-up cyber bullies

No Right Turn: A massive police failure

Tim Selwyn (Tumeke): NZ Police: Rape club patrons since 2011

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): What Roast Busters has taught us and why Radio Live! is making it worse

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Too stupid to breed – Roast Busters

Mark Hubbard (Life Behind the Iron Drape): Free Speech Versus Cyber Bullying Law: The Roast Busters (Rapists).

 

Chorus

Herald: Editorial: Govt must bite the bullet on copper pricing

Adam Bennett (Herald): PM won't rule out Chorus intervention

Hamish Fletcher (Herald): Broadband blow-up: Chorus talks 'default event'

Tom Pullar-Strecker and Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Broadband price ruling worry

Newswire: Commission cedes ground on broadband

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A suggestion for the Government

Greg Presland (The Standard): Does Key want to nationalise Chorus Soviet style?

 

Sky City

David Fisher (Stuff): Casino risks kept a secret

Peter Wilson (Newswire): SkyCity bill passes second reading

Radio NZ: SkyCity bill passes second reading

Peter Wilson (Newswire): Opposition targets convention centre bill

The Standard: Gambling harm: “commercially sensitive”

 

GCSB

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Spying bill passes into law

Newstalk ZB: Controversial spying law passes third reading

Newswire: Telco interception bill becomes law

Adam Bennett (Herald): Warning as second part of spy bill passes

Chris Barton (Herald): Am I bovvered?

 

Labour Party

ODT: Insurance and risk

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Cunliffe chickens out, Norman steps in

Alan Papprill (The Irascible Curmudgeon): The Line in the Sand

 

Len Brown

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Chuang confirmed she was in a relationship with Brown when he acted as a referee

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Not in a relationship!

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Front? For what?

Pete George (Your NZ): Brown, Chuang and the job reference

 

Marriage equality

Newswire: Same-sex marriages pass 100 mark

Stuff: Over 100 same sex marriages already

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Marriages and Unions

 

Christchurch rebuild

Charles Anderson (Stuff): Brownlee defends EQC performance

Glenn Conway (Stuff): EQC report echoes long-standing complaints

Adam Bennett (Herald): EQC performance 'mixed' - Auditor-General report

Stuff: Damning report into EQC practices

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): It’s the Anglican Church, not Gerry, who decided on the Cathedral

 

Maori politics

Radio NZ: Maori Party criticises delay in report on Te Urewera raids

Willie Jackson (RadioLIVE): Rihanna's ink and Beyonce's haka

Stuff: Iwi irate at Anadarko oil prospecting plans

Vernon Small (Stuff): Tariana Turia set to go

Radio NZ: Turia annoyed with Labour MP's comments

Simon Hendery (Hawke’s Bay Today): Iwi: Dam should be scaled back

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Tariana Turia: I am still standing down

Edward Ellison (ODT): Ngai Tahu plays the long game

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Who will cut a deal with MANA first? The Maori Party or Labour?

 

Housing

3 News Online Staff: Restrictions not cooling market – Harcourts

Josh Martin Stuff): Auckland housing market eases

Matthew Backhouse (Herald): Housing costs high, pay low

 

Other

Stuff: Today in politics: Wednesday, November 6

Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Adams ignores EPA advice over water inquiry head

Adam Bennett (Herlad): Key wins on horses, collects on pokies

Rachel Glucina (Herald): The Diary: Key pins down pearler of a pre-election coup

John Minto (Daily Blog): Why John Key must not go to Sri Lanka

Chris Ford (Voxy): Vive La Republica! Is John Key desperate for a Prince William and Prince Kate royal visit?

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Achtung – sugar must be banned

No Right Turn: How... convenient

No Right Turn: This is what happens if you underfund public services

David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Roads, PPPs and DDDs

Sue Kedgley (Herald): Elderly Kiwis in care deserve national watchdog

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): A brief angry word on Auckland Uni gutting 50% of their Arts courses

Bryce Edwards
Wed, 06 Nov 2013
© All content copyright NBR. Do not reproduce in any form without permission, even if you have a paid subscription.

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