NZ POLITICS DAILY: September 30 2014

Labour leadership

Audrey Young (Herald): Enough support in caucus? 'I don't know', says David Cunliffe

TVNZ: 'Musical chairs' on Labour leadership won't work – Cunliffe

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Cunliffe seeks 'new mandate' to lead Labour

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): The Soap Box: Those who can't learn from history are destined to repeat it

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Cunliffe offers olive branch

TVNZ: Cunliffe says future Labour leader faces huge task

TV3: Cunliffe open to Robertson as deputy

Adam Hollingworth (TV3): Robertson takes swipe at Cunliffe

Laura McQuillan (Newstalk ZB): Social media support for Cunliffe

Susan Wood (Newstalk ZB): Susan's Editorial: Leadership race will be divisive for Labour

Mike Smith (The Standard): Point of Order

Radio NZ: Time for change, Robertson says

TVNZ: Robertson is in dreamland say Facebook users

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How much each vote is worth in the Labour leadership contest?

Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Nash equilibrium

TV3: Trevor Mallard sick of 'shutting up'

Lewis Holden: Grant Robertson and the Waitakere man

Audrey Young (Herald): High noon for Cunliffe, Robertson

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Running a political party by committee fails every time

Peter Cullen (Stuff): Good relationships hinge on trust and confidence

Waikato Times: Crunch time for Labour

Peter Wilson (Newswire): David Cunliffe set to defend re-election

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Cunliffe formally steps down

Taranaki Daily News: Labour must fix internal wrangles forthwith

Audrey Young (Herald): Cunliffe offers Robertson leadership deal

Jono Natusch (Occassionally Erudite): The Mystifying rise of Jacinda Adern

Patrick Leyland (Progress Report): “Unless you can perform miracles, it’s time to go David”

Colin James (ODT): Labour not “part of the communities we live in”

Jono Natusch (Occassionally Erudite): Labour Leadership meltdown continues

Stuff: David Cunliffe resigns as Labour leader    

Kevin Norquay (Stuff): David Cunliffe down, but not out

NBR: Cunliffe resigns — but will seek to regain leadership through primary contest

Matthew Hooton (NBR): No way out from Labour’s standoff (paywalled)

Duncan Garner (Stuff): MPs' wish will be Granted: it's curtains for Cunliffe

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): For Labour, leadership is everything

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Robertson-Ardern ticket takes shape for Labour

John Armstrong (Herald): Labour's shop of horrors

Claire Trevett (Herald): David Cunliffe fails to get union guarantee

Herald: What's wrong with Labour?

Claire Trevett (Herald): David Cunliffe supporters blamed for union vote leak

Stuff: David Cunliffe - in his own words

Will Matthews (Left estate): Time To Go

Tracy Watkins and Laura Walters (Stuff): David Cunliffe resigns as Labour leader    

Laura Walters (Stuff): David Cunliffe 'intent on destruction' 

Herald: Timeline: Labour's years of leadership pain

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Maori voters 'owed a Maori leader'

Stuff: Twitter reacts: David Cunliffe resignation

Matthew Beveridge: Steve Gibson returns

AAP: David Cunliffe stands down as NZ Labour leader but will stand again

Labour Party

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How Nash won

The Standard: The Monkeywrench

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Where do social conservatives go?

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour MP vs former candidate

Tim Shadbolt (Southland Times): Too many mis-steps for Labour

Grant Miller (Manawatu Standard): Reading the writing on the wall

Peter Cresswell (Not PC): National 1938-2014 [updated]

Russell  Brown (Hard News): A message from The Fabians

Nikki MacDonald (Stuff): Gillard urges purpose from Labour

Jack Montgomerie (Stuff): Steve Gibson quits Labour Party

Curwen Rolinson (Daily Blog): W(h)ither Labour (!/?)

Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Labour’s Angst

Coalition deals

TVNZ: Political newcomer, once-disgraced minister in Cabinet

Tova O’Brien (TV3): David Seymour's Parliamentary perks top $500,000

3 News Online Staff (TV3): National seals deal with United Future

Adam Bennett (Herald): Dunne deal: United Future signs agreement with National-led govt

Stuff: Rare Government role for ACT MP

Simon Wong (TV3): ACT's Seymour 'highly likely' to become Minister

No Right Turn: A model for unaccountability

Isaac Davison (Herald): Act deal: No portfolio for David Seymour

TVNZ: National-Act deal 'abuse of electoral system' – Peters

Stuff: Stitching a coalition together

TVNZ: Act's new $175k MP: I would have stayed overseas if concerned about money

Newswire: ACT 'a political corpse', says Peters

Herald: Editorial: Key must be courageous in choosing his Cabinet

ODT: Opportunity for equality

National Party

Jared Savage (Herald): Williamson lobbied colleagues over Liu partner's case

Isaac Davison (Herald): Paula Bennett 'a big asset' for National - Key

ISIS

Adam Bennett (Herald): PM won't rule out using SAS against Isis

Katie Bradford (TVNZ): PM seeking advice over action against terrorists

Newswire: No US request for help against IS: Key

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): NZ should help fight Islamic State if called upon

Maori politics

Audrey Young (Herald): Parliament loses 'a decent woman' as Tariana Turia departs

Mamari Stephens (Sparrowhawk): The unfortunate necessity of the ‘Ordinary Voter’

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Time for a referendum on the Maori seats

Adam Bennett (Herald): Treaty ground fee: 'You're charging people to see your history'

Peter de Graaf (Northern Advocate): $15 Treaty ground fee 'outrageous'

TV3: Waitangi Treaty Grounds entry fee angers local MP

Inequality and economy

Brian Easton (Pundit): How sustainable is New Zealand?

Dominion Post: Editorial: Key reads the signals on child poverty

Stuff: Boss 'on 120 times that of lowest paid'

The Press: Editorial: Reform should have twin goals

TVNZ: John Key wants to see Kiwi dollar at 65 US cents

Liam Dann (Herald): How's the economy? You choose.

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Defending the asylum wall

Spider and Me: One for the sociologists

Matt Nolan (TVHE): New Zealand politicians want everyone elses wages cut

Dirty Politics

Radio NZ: Slater abandons bid to get emails back

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): When the media say they covered Dirty Politics – did they?

Greg Presland (The Standard): Slater capitulates

Rachel Stewart (Stuff): What fresh hell awaits us all?

Internet Mana

Chris Keall (NBR): Internet Party leader bounces back with restaurant special

Joe Nunweek (Pantograph Punch): Thwarted Futurism, Internet Parties and the Wake

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The rise and fall of Kim Dotcom