NZ politics this week...

NZ Politics Daily - 16 September -  The Political Right's opinion...

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 a close today. [Continue reading below for a full list of the highlights of NZ Politics Daily]

Below are the internet links to all the NZ politics material from the last 24 hours that are either informative, insightful, interesting or influential. This list and the links are taken from a fuller document, NZ Politics Daily, which is emailed out, Monday to Friday, to various researchers, academics, journalists, MPs and so forth. The document is purely for research purposes only, and if you would like to be on the subscription list, please email: bryce.edwards@otago.ac.nz


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

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