NBR Politics Daily - May 13
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Aaron Gilmore
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Job Done – Gilmore’s Gone
Keeping Stock: Gilmore does the decent thing
Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): MMP, Aaron Gilmore, and bollicks
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Aaron Gilmore quits Parliament
Will de Cleene (gonzo): Tooth and Nail
3 News (TV3): Aaron Gilmore resigns from Parliament
Daivd Farrar (Kiwiblog): Gilmore resigns
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Gilmore going
Adam Bennett (Herald): Aaron Gilmore to resign
The Standard: Gilmore Goes
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Exclusive: Aaron Gilmore is S.A.S.
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Nats regroup after Gilmore-gate
Ewen McQueen (RenewNZ): Aaron Gilmore – its not MMP, its character
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Don’t blame MMP for Aaron Gilmore
Kerre McIvor (Herald): Misery loves company on MP bludger bench
Matt McCarten (Herald): Another crisis, another Key bumble
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Gilmore fiasco at worst time for National
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Gilmore game about numbers, not lies
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Aaron Gilmore the Fanatasist
Newstalk ZB: Gilmore absent from National Party conference
Georgina Bond (NBR): Boag: how best to deal with Gilmore
Dominion Post: Editorial: Gilmore should accept it's time to go
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Gilmore no show at conference
Peter Aranyi (The Paepae): In the service of the 9th floor
Sean Plunket (Stuff): MP's resignation now only way to preserve shred of dignity
Kiwipolitico: Gilmore’s ghosts
Newswire: Gilmore stays away from party conference
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Gilmore warned to stay away
Isaac Davison (Herald): Old emails resurface to haunt Gilmore
John Armstrong (Herald): MP's week in politics is a really long time
Claire Trevett (Herald): Do you know who I am now?
Beck Eleven (Stuff): Come on Kiwis, let's have some real dirt
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): Cereal offender sugar-coats the facts
Patrick Gower (TV3): Aaron Gilmore caught out again
Brook Sabin (TV3): National Party shuns Gilmore
Andrea Vance (Stuff): MP quits with a 'heavy heart'
Peter O’Neill (Timaru Herald): Editorial: Rule needed for list MPs
John Armstrong (Herald): It's out with Aaron, on with Budget
Adam Bennett (Herald): Gilmore bows to the inevitable
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about the Aaron Gilmore scandal
Mike Smith (The Standard): Pot and Kettle
Housing
Heather McCracken (Herald): National's housing plans could benefit developers - Green Party
John Minto (Daily Blog): Auckland’s unaffordable housing – the latest crisis in a rising tide of market failure
Jason Rogers (NBR): Affordable housing - time for govt to roll up sleeves
Josie Pagani (Pundit): Housing affordability is about inequality
The Standard: Governing for their rich mates (again)
Rob Stock (Stuff): Govt plans to ditch Housing NZ properties
Bernard Hickey (Herald): Interest rates the pin that will prick bubble
NBR Staff (NBR): Fletcher brands targeted by govt building costs inquiry
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): National – the Political Party of property speculators
Newswire: Opposition scorns Auckland housing plan
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Auckland Housing Accord
Newswire: Government investigates building costs
John Roughan (Herald): Home buying not a fair contest
Anthony Robins (The Standard): Nats sign up for KiwiBuild?
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Affordable housing required in Auckland deal
GCSB
Vikram Kumar (NBR): A jackboot intercept bill
Thomas Beagle (NBR): Govt proposes GCSB control over NZ communications in new TICS Bill
Phoebe Fletcher (Daily Blog):Inquiry must be held into GCSB before Bill extending their powers is passed
Audrey Young (Herald): Telcos bill draws flak from Labour
Toby Manhire (Herald): Spy bill papering over cracked masonry
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Germany asked to intervene with Dotcom
Will de Cleene (gonzo): The American Disease
Will de Cleene (gonzo): Obligatory Lazy Link Post
Asset sales
Ellipsister: Electricity belongs in the commons
NZ Fabian Society: Asset Values, Regulation and Power Prices
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Greens “desperately” seeking signatures after “debacle”
Radio NZ: Asset sales protest takes to the river
Rodney Hide (Herald): Proposed power plan full of holes
Paul Little (Herald): Organisation is a great asset
Waikato Times: Having fun with figures
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): If only National had kept its nerve longer
Ben Uffindell (Herald): Mighty River Power shares sell out on first day
No Right Turn: Ripped off
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Will the Greens take their own advice
Peter Aranyi (The Paepae): Chris Trotter on National’s privatisation agenda
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Crocodile tears
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Sledge of the day – Bill English
2014 Election
Pete George (Your NZ): Hooton tootin’ for National+Winston
ODT: Game of thrones
Paul Thomas (Herald): Teflon bound to wear off Key eventually
Budget 2013
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Budget to focus on health and education – PM
Newstalk ZB: PSA: Government squeezing public service too hard
Matthew Hooten (NBR): Key back to deuce before Budget
Bert Hannah (Stuff): 2013 Budget: The path to riches
RadioLIVE: Green Party to unveil new economic plan
Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): A budget primer
Audrey Young (Herald): English keeps focus on savings
Audrey Young (Herald): Departments trim their PR teams
Inequality, poverty, and unemployment
NZ Fabian Society: The Important Thing About Income Inequality is What You Do about it – Exploring the Path to Reducing Income Inequality in Aotearoa New Zealand
Pete George (Your NZ): Vile Blogpost of The F—-n Year
Pete George (Your NZ): There’s poverty and there’s NZ ‘poverty’
James Henderson (The Standard): Spin-bustin’: unemployment drop
Alan Wood (Stuff): Christchurch rebuild a major boost for jobs
NZ Fabian Society: What should be our Economic Priorities?
Education
Paul Buchannan (Kiwipolitico): Not surprising.
Newswire: Dozens of charter schools on horizon
Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Charter schools on track
The Standard: The neoliberalisation of Universities
Southland Times: Editorial: Educational dollars and sense
David Henderson (Local Bodies): Parata Cuts Programmes to Cover Mistakes
Media
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Real Social Media Lessons for MP’s _ Just Don’t Do It
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): MPs and social media
Radio NZ: MEDIAWATCH FOR 12 MAY 2013
Jenny Davis (LSE): The legitimacy and usefulness of academic blogging will shape how intellectualism develops
Kate Chapman (Stuff): Social media lessons for MPs
Future News: Canon Media Awards – the most innovative players
Keeping Stock: Curran on media freedom
Brian Gaynor (Herald): Time for APN's NZ assets to float locally
Maori Politics
Anne Gibson (Herald): Property push: Iwi's big plan for lasting wealth
Herald: Huge housing plan for Bastion Pt
Yvonne Tahana (Herald): Nanaia Mahuta to continue with tribe's governance review
Radio NZ: More money for Maori cadetship programme
John Ansell (Treatygate): Kupe’s descendant confirms other races were here first
Radio NZ: Mana to field candidate in by-election
Charities
Ideologically Impure: Top 10 best things about Family First’s deregistration notice
Social Development Partners: Charity registration for NCWNZ reinstated
The Standard: Advocacy is the core of any charity
Sky City
Adam Bennett and John Armstrong (Herald): $350m SkyCity casino deal to be signed off
3 News/Newswire: Convention centre deal signed off
The Standard: Sky City, pokies and corruption
Other
Kate Chapman (Stuff): Lending bill falls short, says Labour
Radio NZ: John Banks to stand again in Epsom
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Rust Never Sleeps: Nuclear-Free New Zealand And Its Enemies
Rob Kidd (Stuff): Lesbians' faster burnout tops civil union splits
Paul Brislen (NBR): Visiting Wellington, Huawei boss delivers a master class in politics
Rodney Hide (NBR): Faith, not facts, drives global warming
Karl du Fresne: Confessions of a dinosaur
Laura McQuillan (TV3): Nats return Greenpeace art to sender
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