NZ POLITICS DAILY: #dirtypolitics

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Dirty Politics

Patrick Gower (TV3): Collins gave job to Whale Oil tipster

Vernon Small (Stuff): No PM involvement

Brook Sabin (TV3): 'Whaledump' account to leak more documents

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): John Key not concerned about Hager allegations that Judith Collins killed a man

Adam Bennett (Herald): Hacker dump: Emails released

Steven Price (Media Law): Did Nicky Hager “make stuff up”?

Simon Wong (TV3): Key dogged by Dirty Politics

Matthew Hooton (NBR): John Key's story doesn't add up (paywalled)

Rob Hosking (NBR): Cunliffe 'welcome' to keep talking about Nicky Hager book, says Key (paywalled)

Newstalk ZB: Key not worried by 'Whaledump'

Stuff: Hacked emails revealed online

Lynn Prentice (The Standard): Casualty of Dirty Politics?

TV3: Whale Oil 'hacker' uploads email screenshots

Herald: PM 'won't get away with a rugby analogy and a smile'

Adam Bennett (Herald): Key admits staffer accessed Labour data

Radio NZ: Prime Minister stands by minister and staff

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Farrar’s fake claim of being invaded + Slater’s claims of death threats + evidence that proves nothing = news oxygen from actual allegations

Pete George (Your NZ): Democracy hacked

TV3: Whale Oil 'hacker' promises more details

The Standard: Jordan Williams words & Nat sexism

David Fisher (Herald): Hacker comes forward: I'll publish more material on Twitter

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Open letter to Radio NZ – you need to make a retraction now

Gareth Morgan: Ethics shouldn’t have to be the Election Issue

Adam Bennett (Herald): Key admits staffer accessed Labour data

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How @whaledump might destroy the popular vote for National

Matthew Backhouse (Herald): John Key: Ede 'briefing the bloggers'

Greg Presland (The Standard): Why does Jason Ede still have Beehive access?

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Key dodges sticky issue with offhand denials

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): All stops out to protect 'brand Key'

Dave Armstrong (Stuff): How easy it is to subvert democracy

Jane Bowron  (Stuff): Wailing against the politics of douche baggery

Tova O’Brient (TV3): Kim Dotcom denies Cameron Slater's hacking allegations

TVNZ: Dirty start to campaign hurts Labour, National - poll

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Collins' husband's laptop targeted

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim-Post): Crime wave!

TVNZ: Hager book turns 9% against National - poll

Ben Peterson (Fightback): The politics, not the dirt is the problem.

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Hager’s Dirty Politics – Who is the source of Hager’s emails?

The Standard: The Left on policies and values

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Radio NZ are lying about me

Radio NZ: John Key says Collins claims a 'smear'

Pete George (Your NZ): Key links to dirty politics confronted

TVNZ: John Key braced for 'tough' election after dip in polls

TVNZ: Whaleoil blogger to file police complaint over hacked emails

Southland Times: Editorial: Consequential questions

Taranaki Daily News: Hager book's revelations impossible to ignore

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Cri du cœur

Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Key deflects questions over Collins

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Key dodges sticky issue with offhand denials

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Campaign trail off to a flyer

Herald: Race turning tighter and grubbier

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Cameron Slater claims Kim Dotcom funded hacking

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Jason Ede still has Beehive access

First we take Manhattan: Dirty Politics: it’s not about getting rid of them, but getting rid of the us & them

The Standard: What is the bet that Slater gets it wrong?

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Labour Party candidates told to cut ties with Cameron Slater

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Cameron Slater claims to know hacker

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Labour calls on Nats to name infiltrator

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim-Post): The Rodney Hide allegations

Rodney Hide (Herald): Hager's 'explosive' claim a fizzer

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Hager’s Dirty Politics – Is Jordan Williams deceptive enough to blackmail Rodney Hide?

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Hager’s Dirty Politics – Why ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ is not a bloody answer to the allegations

Amy Maas (Herald): MP burgled and hacked

Herald: Hager's tell-all chapters

Patrick Gower (Herald): Key's weak link is enemy within

Bryce Edwards and Geoffrey Miller (Herald): Twitter 2014: Dirty Politics - the verdict in brief

Steve Braunias (Stuff): The secret diary of ... John Key

Radio NZ: Cunliffe tells Key to stand down Collins

Jacqui Stanford (Newstalk ZB): PM asked to apologise over downloaded Labour files

Kerre McIvor (Herald): Hager 'dirty' bombshell is old news

Kate Shuttleworth (Herald): Blogging, money and blurred lines

Duncan Garner (Stuff): Politics is a sleazy business - regardless of who is in power

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Dirty tactics, or just politics at play?

Dominion Post: Editorial: Questions linger after Hager book

Phillip Matthews (Stuff): Clean Greens overlooked in dirty week

Andrea Vance (Stuff): SIS gave blogger first dibs on papers' release

Herald: Whale Oil to keep journalism award

Adam Bennett (Herald): Bloggers revealed Hager's address

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): 

John Armstrong (Herald): Vilification of author revives Muldoon-era tactics

Greg Presland (The Standard): Who took Slater’s emails?

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim-Post): Dirty politics and consequences

Daphne Lawless (Fightback): The Whale Oil leaks: Anti-politics from above

Matthew Dallas (Stuff): Playing the man not the haul

Greg Presland (The Standard): The Hager Book – National fights back

Metiria Turei (RadioLive): Dirty politics not good enough for Greens

Unframed: What Whale Oil says about us

Stacey Knott (Stuff): Hager book selling 'like wildfire'

Stuff: Cameron Slater to keep Canon award

Alexander Robertson (The Wireless): Spicing up the election campaign

Mike Smith (The Standard): Well-known conspiracy theorist

TVNZ: PM challenges Nicky Hager to release emails

Matthew Hooton (NBR): Master of the dark arts (paywalled)

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the ongoing fallout from Nicky Hager’s book

Rob Hosking (NBR): Election 2014: an echo rather than a choice

Campbell Gibson (NBR): Carrick Graham alleged to be Slater’s main source of income

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Wouldn’t it have been a good idea to interview people before publishing?

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Cameron Slater is the real victim

Paul Buchanan (Kiwipolitico):Ducking for Cover

Jono Natusch: Was a crime committed when Slater accessed Labour’s computer system?

TV3: What are your thoughts on Dirty Politics?

Craig McCulloch (Radio NZ): Dirty Politics: claims, counter-claims

Pete George (Your NZ): Lynn Prentice on radio on The Standard

Brennan McDonald: 10 Things Nicky Hager Is 100% Correct About

The Standard: Pagani and the Straw People

TV3: Dirty Politics 'points out' Key's relationship with Slater - Panel

Scott Hamilton (Reading the maps): Caving with Nicky Hager

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Day 1: Release dirty politics. Day 2: Push polling

Man of errors: Truth please

Katie Kenny (Stuff): Slater pushes back against Hager

Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Slater receives death threats following Hager's book publication

Newswire: Nicky Hager book: Cameron Slater defends Judith Collins

The Standard: Shadow play: Key’s 2-track politics

The Jackal: Death threats and Dirty Politics

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Hager’s Dirty Politics – the TV political panels are ridiculous

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Hager’s Dirty Politics – response to Canon NZ

Lynn Prentice (The Standard): Some confirmation about Collins and Slater

Newswire: Dirty Politics: What they said

Andrea Vance (Stuff): SIS gave blogger first dibs on papers' release

Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB): Slater will keep media award

Radio NZ: Slater admits accessing Labour Party website

Martyn Bradbury (Kiwiblog): Hager’s Dirty Politics – Farrar oxygen stealing stunt backfires

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Hager’s Dirty Politics – Release the emails and prove Key wrong

Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Influence and managing the message

Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): Crisis management 101

Toby Manhire (Herald): Nothing to see in dirty politics

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