Today’s content:
Meridian sale
Stuff: Meridian's worst foe: Drought
James Weir (Stuff): Meridian offer counters MRP disappointment
Radio NZ: Meridian shares expected to be popular
Tamsyn Parker (Herald): Meridian D-Day and Fed timing
Simon Wong (TV3): Govt reveals Meridian share price
Waikato Times: Editorial: Meridian nice for some
Rodney Hide (Herald): Referendums a waste of time
Andrew Geddes (Pundit): Put me on the board! Put me on the Cadillac board!
The Standard: Have National’s asset sales officially cost more than they’ll earn?
James Henderson (The Standard): Have the Nats been at the insanity peppers?
James Henderson (The Standard): You’re paying for interest-free loans to foreign bankers
Labour leadership
John Armstrong (Herald): Battle-ready Cunliffe musters dogs of war
Audrey Young (Herald): Now he's running the show
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Cunliffe faces balancing act
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Cunliffe to 'refresh' online CV
Ross Henderson (Stuff): Cunliffe needs to commit to Left
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Top Picks for the Top Floor: Who’s doing what in David Cunliffe’s office
Radio NZ: New Labour caucus line-up to be announced
Newswire: Women in the mix for top Labour jobs
Michael Fox (Stuff): Robertson and Jones tipped for Labour top roles
TVNZ: David Cunliffe: 'We're pale, male, but not stale'
Michael Fox (Stuff): Cunliffe up, but behind in PM poll
Herald: Politics: Cunliffe fails to make dent in PM's popularity
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Cunliffe carries a huge weight
Adam Dudding (Stuff): Key v Cunliffe: What the personality tests reveal
Matt McCarten (Herald): Labour has found its mojo at last
Andrea Vance (Stuff): 'Naked ambition' behind Cunliffe's rise to top
Paul Thomas (Herald): From one preacher's son to another
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Who is editing David Cunliffe’s wiki page
John Braddock (WSW): NZ Labour installs new leader
The Standard: Beyond the MSM? You Bet!
Greg Presland (The Standard): About Judith Tizard
Michael Timmins (Daily Blog): Election 2014
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Has Labour elected Aaron Gilmore as their leader?
Salient: Who is David Cunliffe, Really?
Ellipsister: Roman Candle Politics All Round
Christchurch East by-election
Newswire: Tough fight for Labour in by-election
Stuff: Labour reveals Chch East candidate
Newswire: Labour selects Christchurch East candidate
Radio NZ: Labour picks community worker for Chch East
Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Poto Williams selected as Labour candidate for Christchurch East
James Henderson (The Standard): Labour chooses Poto Williams for Christchurch East
Pete George (Your NZ): A candidate for Christchurch East or Labour?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Caygill misses out again
James Dann (Rebuilding Christchurch): Well, that’s one Poto view
John Key in the UK
John Hartevelt (Stuff): Keys wrap up royal visit
TV3: Queen drives the Keys around Balmoral
John Hartevelt (Stuff): Key sees healthier, optimistic UK
Bruce Russell (Newstalk ZB): Church service on agenda for Keys
Claire Trevett (Herald): An intimate weekend with the Windsors
Claire Trevett (Herald): Key family join royals for church service
Herald: John Key meets with the Queen
Stuff: One addresses royal baby as 'Sir'
John Hartevelt (Stuff): Key family arrives for weekend at Balmoral
Radio NZ: Key lays wreath at London memorial
TVNZ: John Key briefs UK Tories on how to beat Labour
Claire Trevett (Herald): Key boasts of NZ to London tourism group
Claire Trevett (Herald): Key family brush up on etiquette for Balmoral visit
Herald: Key family meet with the Queen
Herald: NZ visit in build-up to war commemorations
America’s Cup
Rachel Glucina (Herald): The Diary: Red-sock fever raises temperature and spirits
John Roughan (Herald): What will we do with our Cup?
Sean Plunkett (Stuff): Raft of ideas for Americas Cup
Dominion Post: Editorial: America's Cup is a NZ triumph
Newswire: Cup will be bigger and better - Brown
Paul Buchannan (Kiwipolitico): Whose Team New Zealand?
TVNZ: Government keen for more teams in America's Cup
Michael Fox (Stuff): Regions would share in America's Cup – Joyce
Herald: How much will America's Cup cost NZ?
Herald: Kiwis buy 25,000 pairs of lucky red socks
Local body elections
Anna Turner (Stuff): Dalziel in pole position
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Message on resilience a pointed one for Labour
The Press: Editorial: City 'tension' needs easing
Mathew Grocott (Manawatu Standard): Voters have no truck with trailers in way
TVNZ: Young adults urged to vote in local elections
Michael Forbes (Stuff): Local body election voting papers botched
Paul Little (Herald): Ugly mugs spoil billboard effort
Rob Stock (Stuff): Trouble in Paradise
Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): Making the Wellington local body elections REALLY easy
John Minto (Daily Blog): Finally – an inspiring meeting on the campaign trail
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Who not to vote for if you don’t want huge rate increases
Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Kid gloves for the council kid
Ruataniwha Dam
NBR Staff (NBR): Dam or be damned?
Tova O’Brien and Dan Satherley (TV3): Smith knew about draft dam submission
Cameron Slater (WHaleoil):A day of sledges
No Right Turn: More lies from Smith
Alasdair Thompson
Simon Collins (Herald): Former CEO for bosses now backs 'living wage'
Alasdair Thomspon (Fair Point): Alasdair Thompson, candidate for election to the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB)
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Arguing against your own public position
UFB rollout
Damien Grant (Herald): Crown trips in tangled copper web
TVNZ: Opponents being 'cute' with copper tax claims
Education
TVNZ: Schools consider ditching science
TVNZ: Christchurch school fights costly battle to stay open
Colin Espiner (Stuff): What's wrong with Partnership Schools?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Espiner on charter schools
Legal highs
Pam Corkery (Herald): New synthetic drugs law is simply insane
Andrew Laxon (Herald): Legal highs back on sale
Economy
Vikram Kumar (NBR): The jagged edges of the TPP
Carla Penman (Newstalk ZB): Brownlee off to Montreal
RadioLIVE: Greens stage Auckland protest against rail delays
Rob Stock (Stuff): Godzone: Just the business
Jazial Crossley (Stuff): Not so great and powerful Oz
Radio NZ: Guy going to Argentina
Taranaki Daily News: The 'lucky' country light years behind NZ
David Williams (NBR): Ye Gods! Did a council-owned company just do something right?
Annette Kendall (Idealog): Fighting the underlying bias against local entrepreneurship
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A Govt contribution towards an international cable
The Standard: Nats’ City Rail Link delay to cost $500m
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Russel Norman, sanctimonious hypocrite
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Russel Norman thinks tax is not a burden!
Inequality, poverty, and unemployment
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Legal Aid 8% penalty rates the final blow to the poor buying justice in NZ
John Sargeant (Stuff): Houses that Labour built - no thank you
Shane Cowlishaw (Stuff): Hearing loss threshold 'penalising thousands'
Radio NZ: Auckland University Vice-Chancellor tops public sector pay
Rodney Hide (NBR): Why welfare needs health warning
Syria
Michael Fox (Stuff): Govt slams Oxfam criticism over Syria aid
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Oxfam out by 4000%
Other
Radio NZ: NZ campaigning in New York for Security Council seat
Michael Botur (Stuff): The courage of their convictions
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Treating sugar like tobacco
Stuff: Uni more than 'beer and skittles'
Herald: Our drink law is a bad joke
Ben Heather (Stuff): Holiday park battles to lose sacred status
Khyaati Acharya (NBR): Recognising the true value of diversity
TVNZ: Study finds Pakeha teens feel privileged but guilty
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A nice problem to have
Clare Curran (Red Alert): The right to know: Tariana Turia
The Inquiring Mind: This drivel is news
Metiria Turei (Frogblog): Building a good society
Clare Curran (Red Alert): The right to know: Judith Collins
Tahu Potiki (Stuff): Why is cricket given priority over kapa haka?
The Inquiring Mind: What is this obsession with trousers?
Bryce Edwards
Mon, 23 Sep 2013
Mon, 23 Sep 2013
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