NZ 2014 Leaders Index - week ending 29 August

Friday, 29 August 2014, 5:19 pm
Press Release: iSentia

NZ 2014 Leaders Index - week ending 29 August

Below is iSentia’s first weekly Leaders’ Index, showing the relative amount of coverage of nine Party Leaders in the lead up to the National Election across news media and social media. We will produce these reports for the next three weeks on a Friday.

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NEW ZEALAND POLITICS

Gordon Campbell: On The Dunedin Hospital Fiasco

The word “blow-out” is such a politically loaded term. Regardless, Finance Minister Nicola Willis was still insisting this morning that Dunedin’s promised new hospital project has gone “ off track” and that we all “need to be sensible.” So let's be sensible. Let's recognise that the increase in cost for Dunedin’s new hospital has been the absolutely normal, bog-standard cost escalation you would expect to see (a) seven years down the track from the original costings, and (b) after the government has added extra items onto the project shopping list, in order to exaggerate the size of its cost.

Health Coalition Aotearoa: Luxon Must Stand Costello Down And Reverse Tobacco Tax Cut Decision

"The Prime Minister cannot have confidence in a health minister implementing so many anti-health measures - he needs to stand down Associate Minister Costello and reverse the HTP decision immediately," Health Coalition Aotearoa Co-Chair Professor Boyd Swinburn said.

Kindergartens Aotearoa: Kindergartens Decry Government Moves To Cut Pay

The Early Childhood Council which represents private centres says the change will encourage teachers to return to permanent jobs but Kindergartens Aotearoa says the opposite is the case.

NZ Government: South Pacific Defence Ministers Meet In Auckland

“Collaboration through SPDMM continues to be an important component of New Zealand’s defence relationships with our closest neighbours”, Ms Collins says.

The Finance and Expenditure Committee: Climate Adaptation Inquiry Completed

The committee recommends the Government that it work with local government, researchers, and the private sector to compile information about what is currently being spent on climate adaptation and improve estimates of the potential future costs of adaptation.

NZ Government: Foreign Minister Completes Successful Week Of International Engagements

The UN Security Council remains at the centre of the international peace & security system. Our bid for a seat on the Security Council for the 2039-40 term is both important & necessary. As a small state and country of the Pacific, we look forward to again bringing a constructive voice to the top table.

Te Teko Residents Association: No New Liquor Store For Te Teko After Huge Community Opposition

From road deaths due to drink driving, punch ups at parties, family violence, neglect and abuse of our beautiful children, and all the health consequences, waipiro has damaged us. With all this history of harm we know we don’t want a liquor store in Te Teko.

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