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NZ POLITICS DAILY: October 1 2014

Bryce Edwards
Wed, 01 Oct 2014

Today’s content

Labour leadership

TVNZ: Cunliffe reveals 'family member' behind Twitter attacks on Labour MPs

Laura McQuillan and Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Robertson: Sexuality shouldn't be a barrier

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): The Soap Box: Nobody does factions like the Labour Party

Patrice Dougan (Herald): David Cunliffe's wife Karen Price reportedly targeted his rivals on Twitter

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Moveable feast for leadership

Andrea Vance (Stuff): David Cunliffe's wife in Twitter potshots

Peter Wilson and Sarah Robson (Newswire): David Cunliffe and Grant Robertson battle for supremacy

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Party members and affiliates – the real losers in Labour’s leadership fight (Meanwhile the NZ Herald is pimping for war)

Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour MPs undecided over front-runners

Chris Bramwell (Radio NZ): Labour Party leadership contest hots up

Jack Nohi (Stuff): Leadership goes beyond charisma

Danyl MacLauchlan (Dim-Post): Is New Zealand ready for an openly inane Prime Minister?

Pete George (Your NZ): Anecdote avalanche after Dann damns Cunliffe

Pete George (Your NZ): Labour needs more leadership contenders

Patrick Gower (TV3): Labour leadership battle turns dirty

Jono Natusch (Occassionally Erudite): The very public evisceration of David Cunliffe

Adam Bennett (Herald): 13 bizarre things Cunliffe has said in the past 24 hours

Claire Trevett (Herald): Labour leadership: 'We'll keep it seemly' – Parker

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Leadership battle may blind Labour

Brian Edwards (BEM): Long run or short season for David Cunliffe?

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Parker, King to lead Labour for now

Nelson Mail: Labour beware, only fools rush in

Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Who is backing Cunliffe and who wants change?

Chris Keall (NBR): Does it matter that Grant Robertson is gay?

Jono Natusch (Occassionally Erudite): The leadership characteristic that shall not be named

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Cunliffe, Cunliffe, Cunliffe

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Ilam candidate says he can’t be part of Labour if Cunliffe remains

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): David Cunliffe makes Grant Robertson’s homosexuality a primary issue

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about the Wellington/Labour beltway

Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB): Robertson the right man for the job?

 

Labour Party

Liam Hehir (Stuff): The trouble with Labour

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Changing Leaders Will Not Be Enough

Slightly Left of Centre: The place is here, the time is now

Charlie Gates (Stuff): Data suggests Labour out till 2020

 

National Party

Audrey Young (Herald): Deals crucial only if Key hits trouble

Elspeth McLean (ODT): PM vows to remain our humble servant

 

ACT

TV3: Seymour could oust Whyte in future

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the farcical elevation of David Seymour

David Slack (Metro): The Obituary of Jamie Whyte, Died April 2, 2060

 

Greens

Duncan Garner (RadioLIVE): Time for the Greens to go both ways

David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Greens Immediately Become the Opposition.

Fundamentally Useless: Greens 2014: What went wrong?

William Taylor (TVHE): Quote of the Day: Garner on the Greens

 

Pike River

Kim Fulton (Westport News): Pike River had 'worst of everything'

Jeff Hampton (TV3): Pike commissioner still shocked over disaster

 

Economy

Bob Jones (Herald): Cheap labour will fix housing crisis

Ifor Ffowcs-Williams (Stuff): 'Rock-star economy' ignores regions

Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Russian trade deal in limbo

James Weir (Stuff): Election jitters see confidence fall

Heinz Fellerhoff (Stuff): The poverty trap of Gen Y

Peter Lyons (Herald): Election is over, fire up the barbie

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The PM should not talk on where he wants the currency

Joseph Stiglitz (Irascible Curmudgeon): Europe’s Austerity Disaster

Paul Verhaeghe (Irascible Curmudgeon): The Damage Fallacies of Neo-Liberal economics cause

 

Maori politics

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Turia's 'beaten wives' slur rejected by Labour's Davis

James Ihaka (Herald): Haere ra Maori TV: Hirschfeld

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ First MP chairs Waitangi Board charging $15

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Turia 'beaten wives' speech angers

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Farewelling Tariana

Muriel Newman (NZCPR): The Danger of Constitutional Rights

 

ISIS

Herald: Editorial: NZ must be ready to join fight against Isis

Adam Bennett (Herald): Coleman rejects SAS claim

Redline: National and Labour close on foreign policy

No Right Turn: Key admits exiling people without trial

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Headline vs substance on SAS

 

Other

Peter O’Neill (Timaru Herald): Editorial: The cost of justice

Matthew Beveridge: Social Media Details of new MPs

Isaac Davison (Herald): Dunne unwittingly pays tribute to serial killer

NZ Parliament: Next steps towards the 51st Parliament

Herald: McCully states case for NZ representation on UN Security Council

Mike Yardely (Stuff): More than NZ flag will go into the skip

Isaac Davison (Herald): Key confident accused Malaysian envoy will return

No Right Turn: Pissing on the OIA

Bryce Edwards
Wed, 01 Oct 2014
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