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NZ POLITICS DAILY: 19th November 2013

Bryce Edwards
Tue, 19 Nov 2013
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Asset Sales

Tony Field (TV3): $1.60 share price for Air NZ sell-down

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): No suitable assets left to sell, English says

Pattrick Smellie (NBR): No more asset sales after next election, says English

Adam Bennett (Herald): Joyce scorns sell-down criticism

Richard Meadows (Stuff): Air NZ shares seen as volatile

TVNZ: Asset sales referendum voting papers on their way

RadioLive: No more asset sales after election – English

Herald Editorial: Right time to sell part of Govt's Air NZ shareholding

ODT Editorial: Forging ahead with asset sales

Dom Post: Editorial: Air NZ sale moderate and sensible

No Right Turn: A chronology of deceit

Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Does 74% have magical properties?

RadioLive: Air NZ or Share NZ?

 

Election 2014

Gordon Campbell (Dom Post): The appeal of the Conservatives

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): A Marriage Of Convenience: No love will be lost between National and the Conservatives – but power will be shared.

 

Police

RNZ: 0800 number opened in police corruption case

No Right Turn: No justice against the police

 

MP Salary and Perks

No Right Turn: Another day, another rort

Stephen Franks: Stereotyping useful, until we know better

 

Cunliffe Press Secretary

Audrey Young (Herald): Cunliffe appoints Cunliffe as chief press secretary

Stuff: Labour leader appoints press secretary

Newswire: David Cunliffe keeps it in the family

RNZ: Cunliffe appoints cousin as PR chief

 

John Key in Thailand

TVNZ: Deals struck with Thai firms as Key leads delegation

Claire Trevett (Herald): Trade talks take the heat off Key

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Key leads Thai business trip

TVNZ: Key lobbies Thailand for better free trade deal

RNZ: PM in Thailand looking to drum up business

Rachel Ward (Herald): Technophobe gives IT talk

 

John Key in Sri Lanka

Brook Sabin (TV3): Key didn't do enough - rights groups

TV3: Trade links, UN vote mute criticism of Sri Lanka

Selwyn Manning (Daily Blog): Horror Regimes, Identity Crises and Self-Serving Sycophancy

 

Environment

Michael Field (Stuff): Six boats protesting at oil drill site

RNZ: Seabed mining proposal defended

 

Phillippines

Michael Field (Stuff): NZ aid reaches Philippines

 

Housing

Adam Bennett (Herald): English tackles LVR critics

Adam Bennett (Herald): Taxpayers should cover development costs - report

Adam Bennett (Herald): Think tank urges housing rethink

Jason Krupp (Stuff): Incentives key to affordable housing

TVNZ: Call to give back GST on new homes

RNZ: Radical reforms in housing urged by think tank

 

Employment law

Laura Walters (Stuff): Bill 'undermines' justice for workers

TV3: BusinessNZ backs Goldsmith's bill

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Goldsmith bill on personal grievances

 

Health

Isaac Davison (Herald): Revealed: Official plan to health-check mums

Isaac Davison (Herald): Children's Health: Shift focus to care of young – MPs

Isaac Davison (Herald): Call for bold changes on children's health issues

RNZ: Govt urged to take action on unplanned pregnancies

RNZ: Urgent improvements in sex education urged

TV3: Spend more on children's health, govt told

Southland Times Editorial: Suffering in soft focus

 

Other

Giovanni Tiso (Bat Bean Beam): The business of free speech

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Killing kittens

Bernard Orsman (Herald): Inquiry into mayor affair dragging on

Bevan Hurley (Herald): SAS link to war payout

Stuff: Today in politics: Tuesday, November 19

Peter O’Neill (Timaru Herald): Editorial: 'Shock' the right word

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): PPTA responds on charter schools boycott

Dion Tuuta (Taranaki Daily News): Settlement process not to blame for iwi division

Liam Dann (Herald): Why I love my Twitter addiction

Mike Yardley (Press): Social media addicts a blight on our society

Cut Your Hair: We were rich once, before your head exploded.

Press: Editorial: Not a good fit for A&P Show

Michael Forbes (Stuff): 'Get stoned drivers off the roads'

RNZ: Maori Council annoys Queensland Maori wardens

Hamish McNicol (Stuff): Over 1600 NZ farms sold in 12 months

Stuff: More to ranking than fees

Geordie Hooft (Stuff): The black hole of tax

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Reputation

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Price hikes and binge drinking

Integrity Talking Points: Who’s doing the right thing? – State Services integrity and conduct survey

 

Bryce Edwards
Tue, 19 Nov 2013
© All content copyright NBR. Do not reproduce in any form without permission, even if you have a paid subscription.

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