New Zealand Politics Daily is a collation of the most prominent issues being discussed in New Zealand. It is edited by Dr Bryce Edwards of The Democracy Project.
NZ Politics Daily: 28 September 2023
NEWSHUB LEADERS’ DEBATE
Spinoff: Leaders’ debate #2, election 2023: the verdicts
Claire Trevett, Shayne Currie, Audrey Yount and Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Who won Newshub leaders’ debate? The verdicts on Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon (paywalled)
Steve Braunias (Herald): Christopher Luxon bores himself to sleep at Newshub debate (paywalled)
Jo Moir (Newsrom): Hipkins steps up yet leaders lack human touch in debate
Mark Jennings (Newsroom): More gameshow than gamechanger
Luke Malpass (Post): Debate shows that Hipkins won’t go down without a fight (paywalled)
Newshub: Did Chris Hipkins or Christopher Luxon win the Newshub leaders debate?
1News: Latest Hipkins v Luxon debate: Former Cabinet ministers’ verdicts
RNZ: Newshub leaders’ debate: The new commitments and refusals to rule out
Derek Cheng (Herald): Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon come to life in fiery leaders’ debate
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): The crescendo of Chrises: Epic debate a shot in the arm for the campaign – and Hipkins
Farah Hancock (RNZ): Hipkins vs Luxon: The one word Christopher Luxon said 76 times in Newshub’s debate
Dan Brunskill (Interest): Hipkins goes in for the kill
Mike Houlahan (ODT): Plenty of huff and puff as leaders battle to get their jabs in
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Debate moments: Chris Hipkins says he’s not holding back, Christopher Luxon admits ‘clanger’
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Newshub Leaders Debate: Chris Hipkins hits Christopher Luxon with NZ First candidate quote, Winston Peters responds
Mark Quinlivan (Newshub): Newshub Leaders Debate: Chris Hipkins, Christopher Luxon reveal if they’ve taken MDMA
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Finally – where has this Chippy been!
Marc Daalder, Matthew Scott and Tim Murphy (Newsroom): Fact check: Did Hipkins and Luxon say anything false?
Lyric Waiwiri-Smith (Stuff): Leader’s Debate: Paddy Gower and the Chrises on the most powerful drug of all – politics
1NEWS VERIAN POLL, NEWSHUB-REID RESEARCH POLL
1News: Poll: Luxon likely to need that coalition phonecall to Peters
RNZ: Major parties dip further, NZ First and Greens up – 1News-Verian poll
Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): The centre/right bloc leads as NZ First rises (paywalled)
Lloyd Burr (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research poll: Does Christopher Luxon or Chris Hipkins understand Kiwis’ struggles best?
Amelia Wade (Newshub): Newshub-Reid Research poll reveals who Kiwis trust more to be Finance Minister
WELFARE
Gordon Campbell: On the cynical brutality of the centre-right’s welfare policies
Hanna Wilberg (The Conversation): Forcing people to repay welfare ‘loans’ traps them in a poverty cycle – where is the policy debate about that?…
