While I link to a range of news stories, the blogs I link to are usually from the centre to the bluer end of the political spectrum or the more reasonable or witty bits of the pink to red end.
You’re welcome to leave links to other news and blogs in comments.
John Banks
Colin Espiner @ Sunday Star Times – Banks’ public fall from grace
Southland Times – The plank must look pretty good
Grant Shimmin @ Timaru Herald – Banks situation a right mess
Dominion Post – Hard lessons for all in Banks verdict
Inventory 2 @ Keeping Stock – Tweet of the Day – 8 June 2014
David Farrar @ Kiwiblog – Geddis on Banks
Michael Cummings @ Manawatu Standard – Stench of corruption may affect election
Rodney Hide @ NZ Herald – They’re all winners more or less
Kerre McIvor @ NZ Herald – Shame sticks to both sides of this episode
Sunday star Times – Laughing all the way to the Banks
Labour Party
Chris Trotter @ Bowalley Road – The right divide
Election
Jon Sergeant @ Taranaki Daily News – Bad pre-election policy from Left
TV3 – Lisa Owen interviews Epsom candidates
Mike Williams @ NZ Herald – Higher voter turnout could topple Nats
Cameron Slater @ Whale Oil – Mark or Mike? Doesn’t really matter the missing million isn’t really a million or missing
Cameron Slater @ Wahle Oil – Labour’s former general secretary isn’t hopeful for Labour
Economic Development
TV3 – Lisa Owen interviews Steven Joyce
IMP
John Weekes @ NZ Herald – Dotcom to stand for parliament in 2017
David Farrar @ Kiwiblog – Dotcom wants citizenship so he can then become an MP
Inventory 2 @ Keeping Stock – Citizen Kim – yeah right
Cameron Slater @ Whale Oil – Never going to happen
Other
Andrea Vance @ Sunday Star Times – What’s the real deal on the theories
Beehive – New Akaroa Marine Reserve opened
Matthew Beveridge – Leaving on a plane
Cameron Slater @ Whale Oil – Nashy’s pimped poor person makes the news, is a Mob associate and owns a pitbull
Steve Braunias @ Sunday Star Times – Secret diary of . . . Julian Assange
David Farrar – Kiwiblog – Adult Community Education
FRANK MACSKASY says:
JUNE 8, 2014 AT 3:15 PM
“I don’t know why the media continue to report the so-called Taxpayers Union press releases. It’s been amply shown that they are a front organisation for National/ACT.”