NZ Politics Daily: Aug 22
NZ POLITICS DAILY: August 22 2016
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Maori King political allegiance
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Māori King gives nod to Mana/Māori parties
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): Māori King rejects Labour in unscripted speech closing
Rosanna Price (Stuff): The Maori King shuns Labour, talks up Maori and Mana parties
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): Māori King dumps Labour, backs Māori and Mana
Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): Kingitanga pitch political party plans
Simon Collins (Herald): Maori King wants Maori share in NZ sovereignty by 2025
Health
Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Something in the water - How the Havelock gastro outbreak began
Kate Newton (RNZ): Timeline: Havelock North's water contamination crisis
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Gastro outbreak: Charges could be laid over water contamination, says John Key
Belinda Feek (Herald): Gastro outbreak: Mayor defends claims of poor response to outbreak
Heather du Plessis-Allan (Herald): Hastings council got it so, so badly wrong
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): 4000 sick NZers poisoned by contaminated water and it still isn’t a crisis?
Laura Walters (Stuff): Labour MP calls on mental health services to do more for those in need
Local government
Nick Truebridge (Press):Mayoral candidate John Minto pledges to cut high council salaries and fight 'widespread homelessness'
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Battleground Auckland - Key match-ups to determine outcome of October's elections
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Phil Goff rules the race - call for the right to unite
Todd Niall (RNZ): Insight: The Contest to be Auckland's Next Mayor
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Complaint over Goff's blue billboards
Guyon Espiner (Listener): Can Auckland mayoral candidate Victoria Crone go from Xero to hero?
Simon Plumb (Herald): Identity thief wants your vote
Aaron Leaman, Mike Bain (Stuff): Political office fails to entice hopefuls in Matamata-Piako
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Waikato Regional Council members close ranks around misbehaving councilor
Janine Rankin (Manawatu Standard): Candidates' imagination tested in the quest to be noticed
Nikki Macdonald (Dom Post): Wellington mayoral candidate profile: Andy Foster
Colin Williams (Stuff): Old and the new square off in Upper Hutt mayoralty race
Christine Rose (Daily Blog): Local Government: Seldom Sexy but Always Essential
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Ratepayer funded propoganda
United Nations
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Has New Zealand held back on the Security Council because of Helen Clark?
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Fulfilling the promises of NZ's Security Council bid a tall order, but not impossible
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): NZ has made waves on the UN Security Council, but has it made a difference?
Claire Trevett (Herald): UN Secretary-General ballots show 'old boy network' still goes on
Child welfare
Press Editorial: Ministry for Vulnerable Children is a welcome change for NZ children
Brian Easton (Pundit): Another Ministry of Silly Walks?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Ministry for Vulnerable Children
Kiwisaver
Matt Nippert (Herald): KiwiSaver clusterbomb: Banks run for cover
Mark Lister (Stuff): The ethical investment dilemma
Education
Matt Rilkoff (Taranaki Daily News) Editorial: Interest free student loans have more benefits than costs
Shamubeel Eaqub (Stuff): Education is the key to preparing for economic change
Eric Crampton (NBR): Dump interest-free student loans
Immigration
Lincoln Tan (Herald): Tenfold increase in interest from Brits wanting to move to New Zealand since Brexit referendum
Liam Dann (Herald): Brits keen on NZ, but who do we really want?
Guy Williams (Stuff): The quiet racism of New Zealand
Jane Bowron (Dom Post): Selling it to them before they buy us up
Duncan Garner (Stuff): 'Hardworking Kiwis'? Not quite
Bernard Hickey (Herald): Too many visas, not enough pay
Rodney Hide (Herald): Sigh of relief for au pairs
Housing and homelessness
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Labour slams Govt's 'hare-brained' housing plan
Polly Gillespie (Herald): I’ll admit it, I’m not poor
Media
Colin Peacock (RNZ): Kicking against complacency
Bevan Hurley (Stuff): Paul Henry denies reports he's bumping Heather and Duncan out of the 7pm slot
John Drinnan: Funny Versus Grumpy
John Drinnan: Fun And Games And The Paul Henry Show
John Drinnan: Slums ‘R’ Us: The Guardian And Kiwi
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): TV adverts to be allowed on Sundays during 'special events'
NZ wars commemoration day
David Burroughs (Stuff): Date to be set for a national day to commemorate the New Zealand Wars
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A new public holiday
Chris Trotter (Press): Sleeping ghosts don't need to be woken
Jonathan Milne (Stuff): And here are three more public holidays you need
Cannabis law reform
Karl du Fresne: The lingering consquences of idealistic 60s liberalism
Mike Yardley (Press): Legalising cannabis 'not in the public interest'
Other
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): 2017 - popularity, predictability and Peters
Dan Satherley (Newshub): I get bugged too, just like the All Blacks - Key
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Saudi farm project stalls over abattoir sign-off
Simon Maude (Stuff): Vietnam veteran defends lashing Prime Minister John Key over inaction on fallen soldiers
Dom Post Editorial: Match the talk with action on climate change
Barry Soper (Herald): Power should remain where it belongs
Tao Lin (Stuff): Women of Influence finalists announced
Rob Salmond (Public Address): Why did the TPP fail?
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