Election 2014: Election jibes hog tweet-space – NZ Herald

Steve Braunias’ Campaign Diary: Day 1 – Metro

Key asked to investigate Katherine Rich – NZ Newswire

The media, they’re our friends – The Ruminator

No conflict with PR co: councillor – Radio NZ

The return of Luigi Wewege – NZ Herald

Collins inquiry pushed out past election – Newstalk ZB

Health agency won’t probe Rich – Radio NZ

Bridges denies Slater’s influence – Radio NZ

Rodney Hide: ‘Sideshow’ fuels wildest poll race – NZ Herald

Simon Bridges: Smears didn’t influence me – NZ Herald

Nicky Hager Q&A on ‘Dirty Politics’ – International Socialist

Labour Minister hits back at ‘Dirty Politics’ claims – Newstalk ZB

Who is getting our vote? – Wairarapa Times-Age

Dirty Politics, Mike Hosking drive the word cloud – Scoop

English plays dumb on Dirty Politics – The Jackal

Call for Rich to be sacked from HPA – Radio NZ

Many grenades on this campaign trail – Stuff.co.nz

Unsure Wairarapa voters tip poll – Hawke’s Bay Today

Blogger seeks to injunct media – Radio NZ

Toby Manhire: Trying for a clean break after digging the dirt – NZ Herald

John Key talks about the Judith Collins inquiry – Radio NZ

Privacy and the Public Interest – Public Address

David Cunliffe concerned that court action could gag media – One News

Hacker known as Rawshark quits – NZ Herald

Dotcom: Slater hacker did ‘great service’ to NZ – 3 News

Collins inquiry to start a week before the election – NZ Herald

Inquiry to question if Collins ‘undermined’ – Radio NZ

Government inquiry announcement – Scoop

Rachel Smalley: Whaleoil vs Whaledump – Newstalk ZB

Judith Collins inquiry led by ex-High-Court judge – Stuff.co.nz

Cunliffe getting deja vu over election build-up – Newstalk ZB

National cannot investigate themselves: Greens – Yahoo News

Whaledump announces retirement – Newstalk ZB

‘It is time to go’: Whaledump – One News

Collins inquiry to be headed by former judge – 3 News

‘Dirty Politics’ symposium streaming today – The Standard

Slater wants court to stem hacker’s flow – Otago Daily Times

Court showdown over Slater’s hacked email – Radio NZ

Jordan Williams denies Dotcom allegations – RadioLive

Kim Dotcom takes his right of reply, calls Sean Plunket – RadioLive

@whaledump2 came back to Twitter yesterday after his original account was suspended. A few hours after it was created, he leaked three data troves.

The first was correspondence between Cameron Slater and Carrick Graham regarding strategies for the alcohol lobbying industry after a 9-year-old boy was filmed intoxicated in a Hamilton skatepark. The link can be found here.

Afterwards, another set of leaked emails showed the proposed commercial ‘hit’ on United Cleaning Services. In one email, Slater received advice about sacking UCS boss Lillian Small from Carrick Graham to pass on to then-Minister Judith Collins. The USC link can be found here.

The final collection on documents showed the correspondence between Jordan Williams, CEO of the NZ Taxpayers’ Union, and Cameron Slater. Some of the information from these files is very offensive.

More evidence of the need to clean up the system – Scoop

Cameron Slater takes legal action – Stuff.co.nz

Slater’s High Court bid to stop publication – NZ Herald

Rawshark files: The blogger and the politician – NZ Herald

Dear John – The Ruminator

Gordon McLauchlan: Why are our politicians sleepwalking? – NZ Herald

Whaledump makes return to Twitter – Stuff.co.nz

Inquiry gets ZB input – Newstalk ZB

John Key: Suspension of Whaledump Twitter account has nothing to do with us – NZ Herald

Greens call for Rich to step down – Radio NZ

Where to for values-driven politics? – The Press

Files point to frequent Collins-Slater contact – Otago Daily Times

All together now: We love John Key! – Waikato Times

Dirty Politics hacker back online – 3 News

Letters to the Editor: Thank you, Hager – Malborough Express

Food council boss won’t resign – Radio NZ

Correspondence between Katherine Rich, Carrick Graham and Cameron Slater has been released by @whaledump today. 

Details of the release can be found here.