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NZ POLITICS DAILY: We're over World Cup finger-pointing

New Zealanders are turning on to the World Cup, but tiring of the political wrangles.

Bryce Edwards
Fri, 16 Sep 2011

A week into the Rugby World Cup and political fatigue is probably setting in – people are sick of all the finger pointing, point scoring, and the passing of the buck. Yet it’s still the major story of the moment, and David Farrar does his best to eloquently put the political right’s point of view through in his Herald blog post, Rugby World Cup and the blame game, which is worth reading.

And Brian Rudman asks Who dropped the ball? Point the finger at everyone. But the most interesting analysis on the issue comes from Chris Trotter, who takes a historical view in Chaos on tracks: Auckland parties like it's 1949. Clearly it’s been a tough week for both the National Government and the Auckland supercity authority, so they’ll both be hoping that the worst of the RWC politics draws to the finish today.

Bryce Edwards, NZPD Editor (bryce.edwards@otago.ac.nz)

Today’s content:

RWC politics

Brian Rudman (NZH): Who dropped the ball? Point the finger at everyone

Chris Trotter (Dom Post): Chaos on tracks: Auckland parties like it's 1949

David Farrar (NZH): Rugby World Cup and the blame game

John Hartevelt (Stuff): Mallard tears into McCully over World Cup

Robert Winter (Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow): The RWC: turning the political tide?

Belinda McCammon (Stuff): Party Central backup may be 'ghost town'

Michael Dickison (NZH): Police find flaws in Party Central

TVNZ: Revised Party Central prepared for second weekend

APNZ: Auckland train boss: 'take buses'

NZH: Superpower Rugby World Cup clash lures big guns

RadioLIVE: Key meets Russian deputy PM

Kim Savage (Newstalk ZB): Russian free trade negotiations could get boost

Stuff: Politicians cross ditch for RWC match

Vaimoana Tapalaeo (NZH): Trains full during the World Cup? Drive to the game, it's the Auckland way

Isaac Davison (NZH): World Cup yet to do the business for firms

Vaimoana Tapaleao (NZH): World Cup patriotism's fine in little doses

Audio-visual coverage of RWC politics

Legal reform

Derek Cheng (NZH): Govt concedes right to silence in law reforms

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): National backs down over bill changes

Amelia Romanos (APNZ): Ignoring child abuse becomes a criminal offence

No Right Turn: Another backdown?

RNZ: Trial reform legislation changed

Audio-visual coverage of legal reform

Education

Elizabeth Binning (NZH): Labour to put National Standards cash towards helping kids catch up

TVNZ: Claim national standards could lead to social mayhem

ONE News/NZN: Labour would scrap National Standards

RNZ: National standards opponents welcome Labour policy

Political Dumpground: Labour Promises Better Standards

Pete Lyons (ODT): Free market could work in education

APNZ: NZ tuition fees among world highest

Audio-visual coverage of Education

Urewera four

Jock Anderson (NBR): Urewera objectives included murder and kidnapping

Edward Gay (NZH): Why Urewera charges were dropped

NZH: New indictment filed against Urewera four

RNZ: Crown details allegations against Urewera Four

ODT Editorial: Sorry saga of terror raids

RNZ: Defence trying to stop release of suppressed information

ETS

John Hartevelt (Stuff): Slow down ETS implementation – report

Natasha Burling and Newstalk ZB staff (Newstalk ZB): ETS changes may prevent reaching targets

No Right Turn: Climate change: Gutting the ETS again

Mana Party

Claire Trevett (NZH): Bradford to seek Mana Party votes in Waitakere

Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): Bradford for Mana

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Mana selections

NZH: Harawira escapes fine

Other

John Hartevelt and Andrea Vance (Stuff): Campaign countdown: 71 days to go

Kate Chapman (Stuff): Whistleblower wins defamation appeal

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): The Opening Skirmish Ended, Let the Battle Proper Commence

Stuff: New Zealand business takes a hit

Amelia Romanos (APNZ): MPs deem quake labels unreliable

Vernon Small (Stuff): EQC investment mandate widened

Alan Wood (Stuff): Quake rebuild cost jumps

Adam Bennett (NZH): Taxpayer-backed quake insurance on Govt list

Stuff: Axe falls on Christchurch teacher jobs

Newstalk ZB: Child poverty report described as totally political

Gareth Hughes (frogblog): Youth! Y U NO ENROL?

Homepaddock: Valedictory schedule

Derek Cheng (NZH): SAS had key role in Kabul firefight – report

NZN: Govt denies SAS battle reports

Newstalk ZB: SAS had no direct role in attack – Govt

RNZ: Unions still against 90-day probation period

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Research shows effect of abolishing youth wages

Laura Mills (Greymouth Star): Police chief delivers a tearful apology

TV3: Did your ancestors support women's suffrage?

RNZ: TPK chief says Maori can regain their trading tradition

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Political Report: September 16

NZN: Investigation rules no issue with appointment of Bill English's brother to job

Kate Chapman (Stuff): Transmission Gully decision fast-tracked

Adam Bennett (NZH): Treasury boss tops big earners list

NBR: Public sector bosses earn less

Mark P Williams (Scoop): Book Review: Nicky Hager's "Other People's Wars"

Bryce Edwards
Fri, 16 Sep 2011

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