Today’s content
Dirty Politics
Matthew Hooton (Metro): Key and Friends
Simon Wilson (Metro): A Monster in Their Midst
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): What Is Nicky Hager?
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): The "Dirty Politics" stories - where are we?
Russell Brown (Public Address): Earning Confidence
TVNZ: Nicky Hager says book soured Nats relations with blogger
TVNZ: More Dirty Politics revelations expected
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Dealers in dirt betray a nation’s trust
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Collins just keeps digging
TV3: Whale Oil back in NZ, will speak to police
Julie Christie (Herald): Julie Christie: Muck raking will draw a backlash
Stuff: MP considers legal action against Nicky Hager
Tim Watkin (Pundit):If this was Labour we'd be calling it a mess
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Positive!
David Fisher (Herald): Chief Ombudsman to probe ministerial offices
No Right Turn: About time
Mike Wesley-Smith (TV3): Poll shows drop in Collins support
Campaign
John Armstrong (Herald): Cunliffe must take charge in debate or it's all over
Patrick Gower (TV3): Labour's listless, shambolic campaign
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Dirty polls, what Winston wants & debates
Claire Trevett (Herald): Young voters could be key to National victory
TVNZ: The Campaign Trail: Leaders prepare for TV debate
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Desperate duo set for head-to-head
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Cunliffe and Key to face off in leaders debate
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): National accused of misleading over debt
Josie Pagani (Herald): Wage inequality reflects broken economy
TV3: Peters' difficult decision
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Govt slams Labour's housing policy as a 'shambles'
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The 1st leaders debate
Cathie Bell (Stuff): Wine industry reflects economy - Key
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Can't win at politics with a cheque, mate
Peter Fowler (Radio NZ): BlogWatch: Anatomy of misinformation
Maanya Tandon (MCDP): A Policy A Day: Food in Schools
Dan Satherley (TV3): Peters defends NZ First list shake-up
Jono Natusch: So is National’s campaign “slick” or “a mess”?
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Winston Peters’ latest bout of immigrant bashing, and Bob Dylan in the basement (again)
Rosemary McLeod (Stuff): Why try to spin it when a wobbly does the trick
Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): English left spluttering over question
TV3: Bill English battles for his job at Queenstown debate
Opinion polls
Patrick Gower (TV3): Latest political poll big blow for John Key
David Farrar (Kiwiblog):Is it 2002 all over again?
Dan Satherley (TV3): 'Trustworthy' Conservatives get Dirty Politics boost
Kate Chapman (TVNZ): Vote Compass: Leaders results not good for David Cunliffe
Michael Fox (Stuff): Labour firm in Te Tai Tonga
Pete George (Your NZ): Poor poll coverage by Gower and 3 News
Greens
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Greens pro-market: Russel Norman
Simon Collins (Herald): Greens propose to fund WOF tests for all rental homes
TV3: Rental homes focus of Greens' policy
TVNZ: Greens want 'Warrant of Fitness' test for rental houses
No Right Turn: The disappointment of winning
Labour
Andrea Vance (Stuff): 'Homes still out of reach under Labour'
The Standard: Bizarre attack on Cunliffe
Helen Harvey (Stuff): Shearer laments high cost of power
Brendan Manning (Herald): Election 2014: Labour promises 100,000 more affordable homes
Stephanie Rodgers (The Standard): Supporting all the colours of the rainbow
Election songs
Simon Sweetman (Stuff): Political songs backfiring
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): 'Kill the PM' a new low in politics
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Some lyrics from the Kill the PM song
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Can anyone in msm explain how after Dirty Politics that they all got played again over Hip Hop song?
Election ballot info
Derek Cheng (Herald): Electoral commission releases election information
TVNZ: 15 parties registered to contest election
Radio NZ: 15 parties to contest election
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Some candidate stats
Other
Juha Saarinen (Herald): The spies that searched
Brian Fallow (Herald): Seismic shift needed in perverse tax rules
Karl du Fresne: Planet Tiso (continued)
David Snell (Stuff): Capital Gains Tax: Relief for SMEs
Shaun Hendy (Stuff): Does New Zealand need a Tech Commissioner?
Bryce Edwards
Thu, 28 Aug 2014
Thu, 28 Aug 2014
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