NZ POLITICS DAILY: March 13 2015
NZ POLITICS DAILY: March 13 2015
Today’s content
Northland by-election
Toby Manhire (Herald): The kauri files - byelection leaks
Brent Edwards (RNZ): Playing politics in Northland
Jane Clifton (Listener): Bridges of sighs (Paywalled)
Chris Keall (NBR): Northland by-election: old guy wins social media war
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Nats: Roads in doubt if Winston wins
Rob Salmond (Polity): Buy election
Claire Trevett (Herald): Northland byelection: Peters evasive over long-term plan
Herald: Northland by-election: Q+A with leading candidates
Tova O’Brien (TV3): National's Northland promises nothing new
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Government rolls out more ultrafast broadband
Nevil Gibson (NBR): Why facts don’t stand a chance in Northland by-election
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Winston wrong – again
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): Northland - when do the people win?
NZ spying revelations
Evening Report: Posted: GCSB Targeted Ops Damaging to NZ’s International Reputation – Buchanan
David Fisher (Herald): GCSB's spying on Kiwis surges over year
No Right Turn: A further explosion of spying
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Not Understood.
Listener: Editorial – I spy a by-election
Keith Locke (Daily Blog): Please sign the Not in Our Name spying petition
Rob Salmond (Polity): Furtive legal opinions
No Right Turn: A good idea
No Right Turn: How to complain to IGIS
Greens
Patrick Gower (TV3):James Shaw - The 'Green-changer'
Andrea Vance (Stuff): James Shaw confirms tilt at Green leadership
TVNZ: Rookie MP to make Greens leadership bid
John Palethorpe (Shinebone Star): The XY Factor
Lydia Anderson and Simon Wong (TV3): Metiria Turei asks John Key on a lunch date
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Greens still against cell phone towers
1080 baby formula threat
Dave Hansford (Public Address): 1080, "eco-terrorism" and agendas
RNZ: Little gain in going public with 1080 threat – analyst
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): By Other Means: Eco-Terrorist holds New Zealand over a barrel of 1080 poison.
Employment
Anna Burns-Francis and Dan Parker (TV3): Campbell Live: Woodhouse aims to improve zero-hour contracts
Gail Pacheco and Bill Cochrane (Briefing Papers): Temporary vs. Permanent Employment: Is There a Wage Penalty?
RNZ: Few Maori business-owners – report
Flag referendum
Claire Trevett (Herald):Flag change referendums come one step closer
TVNZ: New Zealand is one step closer to a new flag
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Division over flag change referendum
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Could the flag be Key's lasting legacy?
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Key gets cornered by common sense on flag debate
ACC
Herald: Government 'cash cow' in excellent finacial health
Amelia Langord (RNZ): ACC Minister defends levy rates
Media
Corin Dann (TVNZ): TVNZ boss: 'Public broadcaster' an ill-defined term
John Drinnan (Herald): No Spark in Henry's new show
Colin Peacock (NZ Books): Lifting the lid (Paywalled)
National Government third term
Michael Coote (NBR): Beware third-term symbolism (Paywalled)
Rob Hosking (NBR): National takes Kiwi conservatism into risky territory (Paywalled)
MP pay
Corin Dann (TVNZ): They've got the numbers wrong - Govt confident MPs pay legislation is robust
Nevil Gibson (NBR): Incentives should determine politicians’ pay (Paywalled)
Economy
Brian Fallow (Herald): Trade disputes not so clear-cut
John Braddock (WSW): Protests in New Zealand against Trans Pacific Partnership
Rob Hosking (NBR): Surplus … to requirements (Paywalled)
Rob Hosking (NBR): Thirty years of floating currency – what has it delivered? (Paywalled)
Business Desk: Auditor-General's PGP report 'too polite' says Labour's O'Connor
Craig Stobo (Herald): Government assets sheet needs right balance
Other
Chris Gallavin (Press): Canterbury law expert calls for a NZ criminal cases review panel
Newswire: Amnesty: Govt must take in more refugees ASAP
Jo Moir (Stuff): Tree protection bill proposed by Labour
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Human rights groups push NZ on Syria
NBR: Editorial – NZ must fulfill Security Council obligations (Paywalled)
Newstalk ZB: Political battle over Kiwi troops outside the wire
Joe Burton (Listener): Role call (Paywalled)
RNZ: Defence defends not boarding illegal fishers
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Maori fisheries body review cost almost $1 million
Stuff: Democratic deficit fears at universities
Anne Gibson (Herald): NZ's most expensive state house sold to local iwi
RNZ: Police conduct authority funding tight
RNZ: Few votes on Maori Far North council wards
Herald: NZ abortion rate falls, but harassment continues
Manawatu Standard: Editorial: More harmful things than e-cigs legally sold
Stuff: Politics briefs: March 13, 2015
Herald: The Insider: Refresh for research
Josh O’Sullivan and Andrew Tait (ISO): The House and the streets: Lessons from the Mana campaign
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Opinion: The mating of two Wiggles is unnatural and an affront to family values
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