NZ POLITICS DAILY: September 3 2014

Today’s content

Dirty Politics

David Fisher (Herald): Hacker hits back at Collins' conversation denial

David Fisher (Herald): Rawshark emails reveal details of 'hit' jobs

Patrick Gower (TV3): Hacker: Slater, Collins Facebook messages authentic

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Not all wine and roses for Cunliffe or Key

Michael Fox and Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Labour would increase watchdog powers

John Drinnan (Herald): PR men say Dirty Politics claims don't hurt

Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Double standard over hacking cases

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Key must widen probe

Russell Brown (Public Address): Show some decency

No Right Turn: Legacy questions

Lynn Prentice (The Standard): Dirty politics in Dunedin

Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ellipsister): Employing “dirty politics” as a weapon not a tool

Russell Brown (Media Take): Extended Interview with Matt Nippert and Raymond Miller

Newswire: SIS witnesses to be interviewed under oath

Brian Rudman (Herald): Dotcom's been pipped ... but it's politics as usual

John Armstrong (Herald): The trouble with showing too much of your bottom line

TV3: Key 'condemns' Slater's smear campaign

James Ireland (Stuff): Judith Collins: Cunliffe is a moron

Colin Jackson (Public Address): On the upland road

Dominion Post: Editorial: Key's strategy to remain king

Claire Trevett (Herald): Kingmaker Peters spells it out: No deal without a royal commission into Dirty Politics

Dan Satherley (TV3): Cunliffe: Collins inquiry a 'joke'

Glenn McConnell (The Beehive Mandate): Whale Dump

Pete George (Your NZ): Key on bloggers

Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Right wing can’t help but use scum

Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): Are Cameron Slater and Judith Collins both bare-faced liars?

Muriel Newman (NZCPR): Stealing an Election

Campaign

Brendan Manning (Herald): Epsom - so true-blue it won't vote for a National MP

RNZ: Economic issues still dominate – poll

Martyn Bradbury: The Daily Blog 2014 progressive voter guide – who to vote for to change the Government

Stuff: Housing divides candidates

Newswire: Key hints at 'moderate' tax cuts in debate

Greg Presland (The Standard): National’s campaign train wreck

Michael Sergel (Farming Show): Maori Party fares well in poll

Michele A’Court (Press): In the beginning, people created govt for the people

TVNZ: The Campaign Trail: Labour calls for Commission of Inquiry

Stuff: Campaign Diary: Wednesday, Sept 3

Mamari Stephens (Sparrowhawk): Confessions of a moderate Maori voter…(If that’s OK with you, that is).

Matthew Beveridge: Eugenie Sage fails to grasp key facts

Isaac Davison (Herald): Proposed Cera changes an admission of defeat – Labour

Sarah Robson (Newswire): Labour: National admitting defeat on Chch rebuild

John Braddock (WSW): Economic downturn shifts New Zealand election campaign further right

Thomas Vautier (MCDP): A Policy A Day: Universal Basic Income

TV3: Markets nervous ahead of tight election

Lee Suckling (Herald): Should we teach civics in school?

Katie Bradford (TVNZ): Selfie craze follows Key, Cunliffe election roadshows

Leaders’ debate

Patrick Gower (TV3): Opinion: John 'Bantam' Key takes debate

Derek Cheng (Herald): Election 2014: PM condemns blogger during leaders' debate

Herald: Election 2014: Who won the second leaders' debate?

Peter Wilson (Newswire): Key hits back at Cunliffe during fiery debate

Corin Dann (TVNZ): Key condemns Slater, taunts Cunliffe over tax

Stuff: Key v Cunliffe: Your verdict

TVNZ: Key lands hit on Cunliffe over capital gains tax

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The Press Leaders Debate – proof a newspaper can kill the internet

Vernon Small (Stuff): Debate a more even playing field

Radio NZ: Key and Cunliffe face off in Chch

Chris Hutching (NBR): Peter Townsend spilled the beans to PM (paywalled)

Radio NZ: Questions over election period advert

The Standard: Blogging isn’t the problem Mr Key

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top Tweets about the Christchurch Press leaders’ debate

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Key returns stronger in second debate

Chris Keall (NBR): Key wins second debate as Cunliffe freezes

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Cunliffe's fatal failing

Sarah Robson and Dan Satherley (TV3): Key: Leaders debate a 'spirited' affair

Derek Cheng (Herald): PM condemns Slater as Cunliffe slams inquiry

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Factchecking Key’s Leaders debate claims

Labour and capital gains tax

Tracy Watkins and Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): John Key using 'gotcha' politics - Cunliffe

Corin Dann (TVNZ): Key, Cunliffe spark up over capital gains tax

RNZ: Labour affirms capital gains tax rules

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Labour on the offensive over extra taxes

Rob Hosking (NBR): Election 2014 fact check: The capital gains tax (paywalled)

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): On Labour’s Capital Gains Tax

Brian Roper (International Socialists): The Second Leaders Debate: A Response to Key on Capital Gains Tax

Voting

Derek Cheng (Herald): In early to make your vote count - from today

No Right Turn: Get out and vote

TVNZ: The Campaign Trail: Voting opens

James Fyfe (TV3): Advance and special votes: a how-to guide

Newswire: Cunliffe, Dotcom to cast votes today

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Please don’t vote

Internet Mana

TVNZ: Internet-Mana differ over cannabis policy

TV3: Internet Mana alliance shaken by trust issues

Southland Times: Georgina gets forthright (part 123)

RNZ: Mana slates current polling techniques

Newswire: Mana rejects Beyer's criticism of Dotcom

Greens

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the Greens proposal to gradually lift the minimum wage

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Unions back Green wage policy

Cassandra Pokoney (Southland Times): More voters eye Greens as viable option

Matthew Beveridge: The Press debate and the Greens

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Greens running a cool campaign

Other

TV3:Should NZ tighten anti-terrorism laws?

Simon Collins (Herald): NZ should abandon Security Council bid – Act

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Malaysian diplomat OIA refusal probed

TV3: NZ pushes for UN veto reform

Seamus Hogan (Offsetting Behaviour): Jobs for Everyone

Stuff: More tax hikes needed to be smokefree