NZ POLITICS DAILY: Sept 30
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Local government
Emma Hurley, Jayne Mulligan (Salient): “It doesn’t have to be boring”: Chlöe Swarbrick vs. status quo
Elena McPhee (Stuff): Marlborough councillor says financial, practical difficulties stop women from running for council
Libby Wilson (Stuff): Council candidate opens hoardings for graffiti - by artists
Kirk Hope (Stuff): Infrastructure is crucial, and should get attention in local body elections
Jarred Williamson (Stuff): What can Auckland's local boards do?
Aaron Leaman (Stuff): Report card day for Hamilton City Councillors
Hayden Donnell, Mark Hanna (Spinoff): Quack hunt: Our vital tool for stopping anti-science crackpots infiltrating your DHB
Nicki Harper (Herald): Billboards shine spotlight on dairy intensification
Aaron Leaman (Waikato Times): Allegations of voting shenanigans sully Hamilton mayoral debate
Nick Truebridge, Debbie Jamieson (Stuff): Police asked to investigate complaint from Queenstown mayoral race candidate Jim Boult
Martyn Sharpe (Stuff): Council staff furious at CEO's 11 per cent rise when they were offered just 1.7 per cent
Louisa Wall (Daily Blog): No one ever complains when Federated Farmers are on Council…
Sally Lindsay (NBR): Brown lauds family and Maori in valedictory speech
Michael Cropp (RNZ): Compare Wellington's mayoral candidates
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Wellington mayoral candidate Jo Coughlan's photo faux pas
Iain White (Waikato Times): Election marks critical stage for Hamilton's CBD
Matt Stewart, Tali Shadwell, Jared Nicoll (Stuff): Wellington postie dumps - or hoards - up to 3000 items of mail and 667 voting ballots
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Runway funding decision 'totally different' to flight subsidy – Lavery
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Wellington Council defends airline payment
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Singapore Airlines has support from several local agencies
No Right Turn: Sack Kevin Lavery!
Martin Gregory (ISO):Living Wage win in Wellington
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Labour's Phil Twyford calls for actions on Auckland's Unitary Plan
Hayden Donnell (Spinoff): A small cabal of ancient NIMBYs seems to be holding Auckland to ransom – mostly by accident
Hobson’s Pledge lobby group
Barry Soper (Herald): Don Brash will survive a nuclear holocaust
Mihingarangi Forbes (RNZ): How Pākehā are you?
Toby Manhire (Herald): See you on Mars, Dr Brash
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Hobson's Pledge latest play of the race card from Brash
Simon Wong (Newshub): Brash a 'broken record' with new lobby group – Key
Caley Callahan (Newshub): Brash a 'redneck and racist' – Harawira
Matthew Martin (Rotorua Daily Post): Trust seeks to abolish all race-based privilege (+video)
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): End Maori privilege
Hannah Lee (Stuff):'Anti-separatist' group is modern day colonisation - New Plymouth mayor Andrew Judd says
Deborah Mahuta-Coyle (The Spinoff): ‘You’ll never undo the hurt.’ A Māori woman’s open letter to Don Brash
Benn Bathgate: NZ race relations: new start or new low?
Sam Sachdeva (Stuff):John Key: Kiwis uninterested in 'broken record' attacks on Maori favouritism
Justice
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Appeal over Filipo case could limit judge's powers
Lynzi Armstrong (Herald): Rugby bears some blame for off-field violence
John Weekes (Stuff): Tasers increasingly ineffective but still a strong deterrent
Housing
Benedict Collins (RNZ): New lending restrictions expected to have limited impact
Isaac Davison (Herald): Kiwis 'drowning' in housing debt – Labour
Sam Sachdeva (Stuff): Kiwis 'drowning in housing debt', Labour says after Statistics NZ figures
Collette Devlin (Stuff): Kiws feel wealthier and spending more as property values increase
Rhys Chamberlain (Stuff): Potential 600 new homes for Queenstown in proposed Special Housing Area
Colin Craig defamation trial
Amelia Wade (Herald): Judge sums up in Colin Craig defamation trial
Shane Cowlishaw (Stuff): Jury retires in Colin Craig defamation trial
Jacob Brown (Newshub): Colin Craig defamation trial jury retires
Greens reshuffle
Vernon Small (Stuff): Green portfolio reshuffle picks right man for pivotal finance role
Isaac Davison (Herald): Shaw takes on finance role in Green Party reshuffle
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Greens reshuffle their lineup: New MP and new finance and health spokespeople
Helen Clark UN Secretary-General bid
Nicholas Jones (Herald): New competition for Helen Clark in bid for top job at the United Nations
Education
Simon Wong (Newshub): Major tertiary sector shake-up recommended
John Gerritsen (RNZ): Student loan interest would harm graduates - Students' Union
Dan Satherley (Newshub): 'Smart' students want interest back on loans - ACT
No Right Turn: Against student debt-slavery
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Productivity Commission recommends vouchers for tertiary education
Karoline Tuckey (Manawatu Standard): Massey racism name-change debated by staff and students
Michael Crop (RNZ): Massey Uni named after racist PM, lecturer says
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Academic wants to rename Massey University
Patrice Dougan (Herald): Revealed: Top-ranking subjects of NZ universities
Kelvin Smythe (Daily Blog): Hekia Parata fighting for her job
Media
John Drinnan (Herald): Real housewives row rumbles on
Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): `I’m comfortable with that’ A review of Gavin Ellis` ‘Complacent Nation’
Andrew Chen (The Co-op):The Right to Know
Other
Mikaela Collins (Northern Advocate): Hui called over next year's Waitangi Day commemorations
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): The Centre Of Attention – But Not In A Good Way!
Nicholas Jones (Herald): Saudi Arabia free trade deal to be completed
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Hypocrisy in Mt Roskill
Dom George (Herald): Why is there such a divide between farmers and townies?
Listener Editorial: Three cheers for MMP
No Right Turn:Insult to injury
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Sri Lankan PM to make first visit to New Zealand
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Argentinian buyers of Onetai Station get two warnings from OIO
Rebecca Malcolm (Herald): Good investing boosts Ngati Whakaue's assets
Nickie Muir (Northern Advocate): Inside Out opinion: Band leader ignores letter on rock star economy
Brittany Baker (Stuff):First children's commissioner celebrates 50th wedding anniversary
Jeremy Wilkinson (Stuff): Mass rat sterilisation could be the answer to New Zealand's pest free future
Craig Young (Gay NZ): P&R: Dead End?
Craig Young (Gay NZ): Succession and Strategy
Tom Peters (World socialist website): New Zealand: Ex-Green Party MP launches pseudo-left think tank
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Comparing the leaders
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