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Fonterra
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Lawyer to chair Fonterra inquiry
Nelson Mail: Editorial: 'Pure' NZ would be worth working for
Simon Page (Herald): It's time we lived up to our image
Tim Mackle (Herald): No need to bring dairying down to let others up
Simon Wong (TV3): Govt fleshes out Fonterra inquiry
NZ Inc.: China responding ‘constructively’ to Westland Milk nitrate issue, timing ‘unhelpful,’ Key says
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): New contamination scare complicates inquiry
Andrea Fox (Stuff): Regulatory shakeup due for dairy industry
Audrey Young (Herald): Ministers, QC in food probe
Claire Trevett (Herald): Key downplays NZ's latest dairy scare
Newswire: Investigate ministry cuts, Labour says
Newswire: Inquiries bill to be rushed through
Judith Galtry (Stuff): Formula debate avoids breast mentions
GCSB
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Officials defend GCSB 'net secrecy
Pete George (Your NZ): Campbell Live GCSB campaign flop
Vernon Small (Stuff): Protest outside home not on - Key
No Right Turn: The other spy bill II
3 News Online Staff (TV3): VIDEO: Key walks out of press conference
Tova O’Brien (TV3): Promise, not law protects private info – Opposition
Sarah Harvey (Stuff): Rowdy crowd protest GCSB Bill at meeting
Brendan Manning (Herald): GCSB Bill protest meeting held in Auckland
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Spy bill hanging on single vote
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Laws would allow ministers to enlist internet companies
Newswire: GCSB to access some metadata under law
Audrey Young (Herald): Key: Opposition can get warrant details
Pete George (Your NZ): Shearer abdicating GCSB responsibility
Anthony Robins (The Standard): The voices of the GCSB protest
Pete Goerge (Your NZ): Campbell’s GCSB poll – too important
Newswire: Big crowd for anti-GCSB bill meeting
Newswire: More trench warfare in Parliament
Gay marriage
Peter Cresswell (Not PC): Marriage Equality
No Right Turn: Equality day
The Hand Mirror: Sour grapes from Family First
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): What’s liberals’ next cause?
Louisa Wall (Herald): Win for equality one we can all be proud of
Amy Maas (Stuff): Historic day arrives for same-sex couples
‘Tampon ban’
Dan Satherley (TV3): Tampon ban on WINZ cards 'not possible'
Telling it Left: On the caprices of the system
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The truth at the end of the story
Felix Marwick and Philippa Ormrod (Newstalk ZB): Paula Bennett takes to Twitter over tampon ire
Jan Logie (Frogblog): Govt needs to ensure welfare entitlements
Mark Hubbard (Life Behind the Iron Drape): The Great Train Robbery and the Beat Up About Feminine Sanitary Products.
Snapper quota
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Finally Shearer realizes that snapper is where it is all at
Stuff: Anglers may be off the hook
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Labour takes advantage of snapper row
Child abuse bill
Narelle Henson (Stuff): Draconian? How seriously do you take child abuse?
Gordon Campbell (Stuff): Paula Bennett's bells and whistles
Mediaworks receivership
Education
3 News Online Staff (TV3): Novopay problems remain a year on
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Waikato pulls out of NZUSA
Peter O’Connor (Stuff): League tables show parents little
Local body elections
Radio NZ: Maori seek voice in local body politics
Tessa Johnstone (Stuff): Mayor silences Twitter account
Matthew Dallas (Manawatu Standard): Contest should engage voters
Peter McCormack (Taranaki Daily News): Voting pointless
Thomas Mead (TV3): Chch mayoral race - who are the candidates?
ODT: Local democracy
Economy
Rob Stock (Stuff): Door could be open on PPPs
Alan Wood (Stuff): SME jobs on hold – survey
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): What will growth reach?
Hamish McNicol (Stuff): Indicators forecast economic growth
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Vested interests dressed up as an opinion piece
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Big Boys Club Membership Achieved
James Henderson (The Standard): Peak driving & what National’s doing with $12 billion of your money
Adrian Wimmers and Greg Knowles (Herald): Time to leverage PPP success
Parliament bomb scare
Isaac Davison (Herald): Sickly sweet ending to Parliament bomb scare
Stuff: Beehive goes into lockdown
Maori politics
Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): Public bodies and public criticism
Yvonne Tahana (Herald): Maori and prison: Probation introduces Maori principles
Yvonne Tahana (Herald): Maori and prison: Helping hand for those on outside
Radio NZ: MWWL tightening rules against Destiny
Radio NZ: Creative Waitangi Day ideas sought
Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): Updated: Desecration of wāhi tapu is morally repugnant
Inequality, poverty, and unemployment
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): How will Darien Fenton explain this?
Rob Stock (Stuff): One-size CPI doesn't fit all
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): SFWU ripping off low paid workers?
Other
Mike Underhill (Stuff): Driving towards carbon solutions
Dominion Post: Editorial: Good drivers have rights, too
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Boadicea Without An Army: John Armstrong Talks Up David Shearer’s Latest Chief-of-Staff.
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Goodbye
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Ratings warning
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Impact of reducing the drinking age
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How is seeking costs a threat?
The Jackal: Pete George vs Cameron Slater
Gary Lindsay (Kiwiblog): Guest Post: New Zealanders living in Australia.
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): No more drugs
Peter Creevey (The Press): Is there a Christchurch ethos?
Brian Rudman (Herald): Founder's great gift may need rethink
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Labour members still focused on man ban
Bryce Edwards
Tue, 20 Aug 2013
Tue, 20 Aug 2013
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