NZ POLITICS DAILY: 7th November 2013

Today’s content

‘Roast Busters’

Michelle Robinson (Herald): Professor: Police must explain Roast Busters inaction

Listener: Editorial: How far have we come? (paywalled)

Bill Ralston (Listener): A right roasting in order (paywalled)

Stuff: Independent inquiry into Roast Busters sex case

Joshua Drummond (Stuff): Rapists shouldn't rape, the end

The Standard: The sound of feet dragging: after Bazely

Anne Russell (Scoop): Roastbusters, rape culture and the problem of criminality

Deborah Russell (Bee of a certain age): Memo from the blue gang: women aren’t citizens

TV3: Independent inquiry into Roast Busters sex case

Danyl Mclauchlin (Dim-Post): Quote of the day, or rather: quotes from other days much like today

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Roast Busters scandal: UK sandwich maker changes name

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Crusher's cyber law comes just in time

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Where are the parents of the 'Roast Busters'?

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets on RadioLive’s ‘roast busters’ interview

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets on the Police and ‘roast busters’

Anna Leask (Herald): Roast Busters: Four girls laid complaints

TVNZ: Police defend handling of Roast Busters investigation

Radio NZ: Four girls made Roast Busters complaints

Dominion Post: Editorial: Police should have stopped Roast Busters

Stuff: Four complaints laid over Roast Busters group

Newswire: Labour to go to IPCA over Roast Busters

Herald: Roast Busters: Victim made complaint to police two years ago

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Jackson, Tamihere apologise after 'Roast Busters' interview

Patrick Gower (TV3):  OPINION: Govt must outlaw Roast Busters

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Radio hosts apologise over interview

Stuff: Roast Busters' female defenders

Audrey Young (Herald): 'Roast Busters' victims urged to come forward

Dan Satherley (TV3): Local MP Cunliffe in the dark over Roast Busters

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): An appalling interview

Pete George (Your NZ): Willy and JT keep roasting themselves

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Baby it’s creepy outside

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Normal for whom?

The Hand Mirror: How could this happen? - T/W

Man of Errors: Everything you need to know about rape

Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Blaming the rape victims

Ideologically Impure: THAT story

Tangata Whenua: JT & Willie apologise for offence caused over #RoastBusters interview

The Ruminator: On Roast Busters and Radio Live – rape isn’t a drunken oversight.

The Hand Mirror: Growing boys, not roast busters

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): No-one asks to be raped

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Another radio host in gun

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): More on Roast Busters

Labour Party

Vernon Small (Stuff): Will Cunliffe move Labour to the Centre? 

Claire Trevett (Herald): Party pruning begins but Labour men cling on

Jane Clifton (Listener): Cunliffe on a hot tin roof (paywalled)

Audrey Young (Herald): Cunliffe gets a bloody nose

Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): The rewards of immigration

Brian Rudman (Herald): Wanted: MPs to help Labour tick all the boxes

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): KiwiAssure war of words gets louder

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Labour’s Annual Conference 2013: Rediscovering The Road Not Travelled

Rachel Boyack and Stephen Judd (Speaker): Gender quotas (and helping journalists with their maths)

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On why we need a Kiwi-owned insurance company, and the TPP

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A dumb argument

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour’s gender quotas

James Dann (Rebuilding Christchurch): A Man, A Ban, The Banal – Paddy Gower

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Rewriting history

National Party retirements

Tracy Watkins and Glenn Conway (Stuff): MP Kate Wilkinson to retire

TVNZ: Kate Wilkinson joins list of retiring National MPs

Greg Presland (The Standard): Kate Wilkinson to stand down and Matthew Doocey may seek nomination

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Shanks to leave politics

Newswire: Wilkinson to step down as MP

GCSB

Radio NZ: Mega boss puzzled by need for spy legislation

Adam Bennett (Herald): GCSB boss: Ex-MP Keith Locke not spied on

TVNZ: Former MP not subject of GCSB spying

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Locke wins battle with GCSB

Radio NZ: Apple reveals NZ asked for account holder data

Sky City

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): John Banks accused of conflict of interest

3 News Online Staff (TV3): Greens lay complaint over Banks' SkyCity vote

TVNZ: John Banks 'not worried' about privileges complaint

No Right Turn: Is the House an ass?

UFB rollout

Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): An ultra-fast disaster

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Assessment ordered as CallPlus takes Adams to court

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Chorus' broadband contract ability under review

Newswire: Labour warns against 'crony capitalism'

Radio NZ: Government to announce Chorus options

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Taxpayers may pay for lower Chorus cost

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): UFB Project: Terms of Tender

Greg Presland (The Standard): Everything you wanted to know about the Chorus deal …

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Game over for ultra fast broadband?

Inequality, poverty, and unemployment

Cecile Meir (Stuff): Top boss tips strong jobs growth

James Weir (Stuff): More jobs but pay failing to keep up

Ben Irwin (Herlad): Len Brown wants living wage for Auckland Council staff

Morgan Tait (Herald): Fears of a tight Christmas

Heather McCracken (Herald): NZ women spending more time on unpaid work

No Right Turn: 45,000 out of work under National

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): 2013 Q3 HLFS

James Weir (Stuff): Unemployment falls to 6.2 pc

Robert Batemarco (Not PC): How the World Was Made Safe for Crony Capitalism

Housing

Newswire: Govt moves to slash home building costs

Catherine Harris (Stuff): Building material competition limited

Brook Sabin (TV3): New home enquiries 'plummeting' - Master Builders

Herald: Key reveals how he lost his fight for home loans

Economy

TVNZ: John Key unveils 'NZ story' export toolkit

Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Kiwis can help bring China to TPP

Beith Atkinson (Integrity Talking Points): Improving regulatory compliance

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The benefits of free trade agreements

Other

Karl du Fresne (Listener): Radio New Zealand’s courtroom drama (paywalled)

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Isolation isn't all that blissful

Stuff: Today in politics: Thursday, November 7

Beith Atkinson (Integrity Talking Points): New Zealanders have the good life compared with many others in the OECD

Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Law change to assist overseas firms keep quiet on NZ finances

John Gibb (ODT): Critical of Children's Bill

Herald: Editorial: Govt's new alcohol limit better late than never

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Dunne not prepared to speculate on future

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Mana, Maori Party not on same page over future meeting

Radio NZ: Peters accuses Govt of blunders in UN bid

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Satisfaction with state services continues to grow

Moana Mackey (Daily Blog): Green on the outside, red in the middle

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): We're going to Sri Lanks regardless – Key

No Right Turn: Stacking the deck

Michael Cummings (Manawatu Standard): Editorial: Bill a personal triumph for MP

Allan Alach (Daily Blog): The Return of She Who Must Be Obeyed

TVNZ: Bill English hints about possible election-year sweetener

John Armstrong (Herald): Five years of National Govt: Bromance at the top