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Dirty Politics
Toby Manhire: Amid the dirt, here's a glossary
David Fisher (Herald): Slater faces prosecution for breaching privacy
John Drinnan (Herald): Slater has a friend in Israel
Adam Bennett (Herald): New questions over Key claims
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Front up so we can start talking policy
No Right Turn: Key fails to keep his lies straight
Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Key's SIS claims contradicted by video
Vernon Small (Stuff): Key pushes the democracy button
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Key hoses down hearsay, rumours continue
Rob Hosking (NBR): The Slater-Hager Syndrome and its threat to New Zealand politics (paywalled)
James Ritchie (Daily Blog): Hate Politics has no place in NZ Politics
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Credibility stretched in political pot-boiler
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Former National candidate contemplates legal action against WhaleOil
Joshua Drummond: Wintec Press Club: Rachel Glucina edition
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Bill English is a pious hypocrite
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Attempts to undermine Whaleoil financial viability continue
Russell Brown (Public Address): Friday Music: A Strange Road
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Lesson No 4: Don't hug a corpse
Mike Smith (The Standard): Newspeak
TV3: David Cunliffe: Key's SIS explanation 'defies belief'
Simon Collins (Herald): Key and Collins under fire
Adam Bennett (Herald): John Key hits out at 'stealing of election'
Claire Trevett (Herald): Book fallout not all bad, poll shows
TVNZ: PM faces ongoing scrutiny over spy agency saga
The Standard: English to lead the National Party?
Peter Bromhead (Herald): Author envy
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Goff tried to suppress the fact he was briefed
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Steering By The Real: Chris Trotter Responds To Paul Buchanan
The Standard: Collins speaks – to Glucina
Pat Brittenden: Time for John Key to admit he has mislead the country
Campaign
Duncan Garner (RadioLive): How big will National go on Sunday?
TV3: Let's Get Political: Episode 3
Marc Wilson (Stuff): Give fence-sitters something to vote for
Herald: The difference between you and an MP
Audrey Young (Herald): In the Hot Seat: Key predicts Cabinet shake-up
Isaac Davison (Herald): Steady hand up against a wider vision
Audrey Young (Herald): John Key: Dropping Maori seats would mean 'hikois from hell'
Russell Brown (Public Address): In The Green Room
Rob Hosking (NBR): Election 2014: Arrogance of power and the silence of the Greens (paywalled)
Radio NZ: Planet Key removed from internet
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Two parties fail to register in time
Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Conservatives funding battle fails
Audrey Young (Herald): Cunliffe has sights set on long-term leadership of party
Herald: Editorial: Dunne should make super a bottom line
Elton Smallman (Stuff): More pay before benefit cut
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Herald Poll – Why the Greens will hit 15%
The Standard: Greens, Labour, NZH Hot Seat: coalitions
TV3: Internet Mana, ACT candidates clash at debate
Newswire: Opposition parties chase parent vote
Polls
Audrey Young (Herald): Greens spring in polls as National takes hit
Colin James (Radio NZ): Poll of polls
Radio NZ: National dips in poll but still well ahead
Other
Blake Crayton-Brown (Stuff): Bowen St's long history with politics
Andrea Vance (Stuff): More cash dished out for MPs' housing expenses
Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ellipsister): Not a very feminist party
Nicole Mathewson (Stuff):Judith Collins defends lane name
Steve Braunias (Stuff): Politics, and life and death
Jo Muir (Stuff): Rejection of education plan 'not surprising'
Stuff: Today in politics: Friday, August 22
Rachel Glucina (Herald): The Diary: Crusher Collins gets a laugh from resignation
Mathew Grocott (Stuff): Education policy a problem for National
No Right Turn: This should not have taken five years
No Right Turn: Unsurprising
Campbell Gibson (NBR): Race equality party collapses due to internal spats (paywalled)