NZ POLITICS DAILY: September 19 2014

Today’s content

Voting and end of campaign

Toby Manhire (Herald): We'll laugh about this ... in 50 years

John Armstrong (Herald): Intriguing end to remarkable election campaign

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On a campaign that is ending as it began

Stephen Keys: Election 2014 – Looking out for number one

Tim Watkin (Pundit): The story's not done yet - a final post

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Getting The Message

Russell Brown (Public Address): Time to Vote

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Will Judith Collins cost John Key his third term?

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): It's been a strange election campaign

Claire Trevett (Herald): Gamemakers wreak havoc but leaders battle on

TVNZ: The Campaign Trail: The final countdown

Mai Chen (Herald): Making the voters' decision work

Mark Blackham (Political Business): Voter bias

Rob Hosking (NBR): Election 2014: outliers will determine govt (paywalled)

Matthew Hooton (NBR): How Winston Peters could end up prime minister (paywalled)

ODT: An unusual election campaign

Toby Manhire (Guardian): New Zealand prepares to vote after 'strangest, dirtiest' election campaign

Glenn McConnell (Beehive Mandate): Election night coverage

Isaac Davison (Herald): Election 2014: Final legs turn into sprint

Dominion Post: Editorial: A world of reasons to vote

Andrea Vance (Stuff): On the road with Key

Neil Ratley (Stuff): Younger voters to buck trend in Wellington Central

Mike Mather (Stuff): Time to muzzle political opinions

Peter Wilson, Sarah Robson, and Julia Hollingsworth (Newswire): Last lap for party leaders

Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Election 2014: For and Against

Brent Edwards (Radio NZ): Final choice ahead as campaigning ends

RNZ: Last push for undecided votes

Herald: Advance votes 2014 total with two days to go

Herald: Election 2014: Winners, losers before we vote

Audrey Young (Heald): Forming a government - how it works

Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Mike's Editorial: Roll on Saturday

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Wet weather ahead for election day

Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Waiting for fallout of bizarre election

Kiwipolitico: A Brief Guide to Voting.*

Stephen Franks: Who to vote for?

Laura O’Connell Rapira (Public Address): Things I have learned running RockEnrol

Michael Wright (Stuff): A picture tells a thousand words

Conor Whitten (TV3): How can we reverse falling voter turnout?

Dylan Moran (Newstalk ZB): Education level affects voting behaviour

Predictions and polls

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): A few predictions...

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): 2014 General Election: Chris Trotter's Prediction

Rob Salmond (Polity): Go home election, you’re drunk

Rob Salmond (Polity): Last Poll of Polls

Audrey Young (Herald): DigiPoll: Conservatives fail to make 5 per cent threshold – again

Scott Yorke (imperator Fish): I’m praying

David Cormack (The Ruminator): Election Prediction

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): A firm prediction about what will happen on September 21

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim-Post): Election predictions and uncertainties and strategic voting

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The 2014 election polls

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Projected MPs for 2014 Parliament

Nick Grant (NBR): Internet Mana – 1% with a bullet

Russell Brown (Public Address): A call from Curia

Alastair Bull (Newswire): Maori seats crucial for two parties

Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB):  Tamaki Makaurau – and the appeals to urban Maori

Jono Natusch (Occassionally Erudite): Poll of polls update – 18 September 2014

NBR: Take your pick: National down, up in final polls

Audrey Young (Herald): Moment of Truth gifts Team Key a late bounce in polls

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Possible coalition line-ups after election

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Cliffhanger looms at general election

Adam Bennett (Herald): Minor players: How do they rate?

Rob Salmond (Polity): Shameful, innumerate reporting of Herald poll

Conservatives

Colin James (ODT): Craig could prove Key's best ally

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Craig demands answers over resignation

Patrice Dougan and Sophie Ryan (Herald): Colin Craig won't release 'I quit'

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Colin Craig's press secretary quits, reportedly calls him a 'manipulative man'

Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Colin Craig, press secretary part ways

Nick Grant (NBR): Craig's press secretary quits in tears, calls Conservative leader manipulative

TVNZ: Colin Craig hopes press secretary will 'come back'

Radio NZ: Craig caught off guard by resignation

Ali Ikram and Lachlan Forsyth (TV3): Meet the Conservative's hopeful candidates

Patrick Gower (TV3): Craig: McGregor resigned 'without giving any reason'

Tim Watkin (Pundit): We need to talk about Colin (Craig)

Te Tai Tokerau and Internet-Mana

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): The truth about Hone

Stuff: We're not pushing Labour – Flavell

Herald: Kelvin's the man - Winston

Aimee Gulliver and Michael Fox (Stuff): Hone Harawira accuses Maori Party of sabotage

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Maori Party standing firm in Te Tai Tokerau

TVNZ: No deals in Te Tai Tokerau - Maori Party

Michael Fox (Stuff): Internet Party post-election kingmaker: Harre

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The NZ First-Labour Party attack strategy against Internet MANA better work

Jono Natusch (Occasionally Erudite): Meanwhile, in Te Tai Tokerau

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Winston Peters backs Labour's Kelvin Davis

Derek Cheng (Herald): Te Tai Tokerau: Peters backs Labour's Kelvin Davis

Brook Sabin (TV3): Peters backs Davis over 'Mana-Deutschland'

TVNZ: Harawira cries foul over northern Maori seat

Rodney Hide (NBR): Key ambush somersaults into Dotcom kibosh (paywalled)

Jonathan Hutchison (New York Times): Kim Dotcom, Online Renegade, Shakes Up New Zealand Election

GCSB and spying

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Greenwald's revelations could do more damage than good

Campbell Gibson (NBR): Kim Dotcom's talk of bringing Snowden to NZ lacks Labour backing

John Edwards (NBR): The GCSB and me

Radio NZ: Cunliffe, Key dismiss security proposal

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): 3rd Degree on Kim Dotcom and his staff

Newswire: Snowden asylum suggestion 'barking mad' – Key

Stephen Franks: Spying sustains peace

Newswire: Key: Australia terror raids show value of spying

Taranaki Daily News: The Five Eyes advantage

Dirty Politics

No Right Turn: Our democracy is at stake

Newswire: Harre: Dotcom TV story 'dirty politics'

No Right Turn: Right to the top

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Nats name staffer briefed over WhaleOil papers

Southland Times: Editorial: Cameron Slater ruling a sensible one

Guardian: The Guardian view on the New Zealand elections: dirty politics cannot be allowed to triumph

Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Cameron Slater tries to defend 'feral' post

David Fisher (Herald): Ex-Customs lawyer claims he was told to bury info that could embarrass the Government

Leaders’ debate

Stuff: Final leaders' debate: top five comments

Chris Keall (NBR): Fourth leaders' debate a tie as food metaphors fly

Anthony Robbins (The Standard): Stability vs Change

Labour Party

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): A missed opportunity for Cunliffe

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Vote Bishop to save Davis!

Jono Natusch (Occassionally Erudite): Labour candidates’ destiny out of their hands

Steve Braunias (Metro): Campaign Diary: Day 13

Newswire: Labour not ruling out two deputy PMs

Audrey Young (Herald): Men's support for Labour rises as pensioners' declines

Waikato Times: Diversions hinder Labour

Greens

Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Political endorsements rare in New Zealand

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Greens vow to oust Nats

Andrew Tait (ISO): The Greens: Soft on National, Soft on the Causes of National

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Love is all around for feisty Greens confident of hitting 15% mark

Rachel Smalley (Herald): Greens have moved past the stereotype

National

TVNZ: Power companies gain as investors bet on National Party win

Herald: Editorial: Economy rules - so change of Govt unlikely

TV3: Key: election clouded by Dirty Politics, Dotcom

Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Key's minnow fish

NZ First

Tova O’Brien (TV3): Leaders won't rule out making Peters deputy PM

Dan Satherley (TV3): Peters' indiscretions 'historic' – Key

Herald: The Insider: Sky-High Hopes

Claire Trevett (Herald): Election 2014: Key and Cunliffe cagey on Peters

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Ex-Labourites back NZ First

Radio NZ: Peters refuses to rule out Greens

TVNZ: 'Game of chicken' with Winston Peters looms

Tim Watkin (Pundit): What Winston Wants – the campaign edition

Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): What will a National/NZ First government look like?