NZ POLITICS DAILY: December 4 2014
NZ POLITICS DAILY: from Dr Bryce Edwards
Today’s content
Dirty Politics
Karl du Fresne: Stop bullshitting us, prime minister
RNZ: Parker raises Hotchin, SFO allegations
Simon Wong (TV3): Parker wants Hotchin allegations probed
Stuff: Labour demands SFO probe
Simon Day (Stuff): Scientists are 'undermined by attack campaigns' – expert
Adam Bennett (Herald): 'Unloseable' election blown – Peters
John Palethorpe (Shinebone Star): A Change Of Key
The Standard: Is John Key on the skids?
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Someone isn’t telling the truth Russel…here’s a clue, it’ s you
Wellington super city
Andrea O’Neil (Dom Post): Wellington super city: Good, bad and indifferent
Simon Wong (TV3): Wellington super capital 'biggest change in a generation'
TVNZ: Wellington super city plan riddled with 'same mistakes made in Auckland'
Duncan Garner (RadioLive): Super City – Why on earth not?
Countering Terrorist Fighters Bill
TV3: Maori Party opposes anti-terrorist bill
Vernon Small (Stuff): Terror bill a pragmatic accord by parties
Jono Natusch (Occasionally Erudite): Labour supports 24 hr surveillance: the unenviable job of being in opposition
Transparency International Corruption Index
Integrity Talking Points: Standing still means New Zealand loses least corrupt status
Santhosh Srinivasan (Transparency International): Putting public sector corruption on the map
Srirak Plipat (Transparency International): Asia Pacific: Growing economies, growing corruption
Bryce Edwards (Herald): Is New Zealand becoming more corrupt?
Dan Satherley (TV3): Trade links seen as risk to NZ's corruption-free image
Stuff: NZ no longer least corrupt
Newswire: Don't take NZ's corruption rating for granted – Labour
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Second place is not good enough
NZ intervention in Middle East
Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Kiwi troops training for Iraq deployment: Mark
No Right Turn: Unbelieveable
Trans Tasman MP rankings
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Key 'head and shoulders above rest'
Danyl Mclauclan (Dim Post): Rank
VUW Post-election conference
Colin James: Election in a bubble
Rob Salmond (Polity): VUW Post-Election Conference
Inequality
Tristram Clayton (TV3’s Campbell Live): Key: 'Extremely few' Kiwi kids without lunch
Timaru Herald: Editorial: Poverty message we'd rather not hear
State funding for America’s cup
Isaac Davison (Herald): Turning public opinion has Government cool on funding help
Duncan Garner (RadioLIve): Time to say no more America’s cup funding
Nelson Mail: Time to sail away from funding
Amanda Gillies and Greg Pearson (TV3): Bermuda 'less attractive' option for America's Cup - Govt
Housing
TV3: NZ could follow Australia with foreign property buyer register
RNZ: Crackdown on foreign buyers urged
Adam Bennett and Teuila Fuatai (Herald): Housing angst spurs rethink on property investor register
Education
No Right Turn: Time to close failed charter schools
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Charter school funding facts
Law and order
Patrice Dougan (Herald): Trust and confidence in police drops
Jared Savage (Herald): Disgraced cop case: 'Errors were made' – police
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Murder and the Media: The relentless pursuit of pain and pathos.
John Weekes (Herald): Civil servant found guilty of corruption avoids jail time
Other
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): All agree - campaign was memorable
Claire Trevett (Herald): Inquisitors make their mark on new minister
Natalie Mankelow (RNZ): Tribunal: Maori failed over Rena
Steven Cowan (Against the current):How Andrew Little failed the Pike River miners
ODT: Editorial - Action starts by changing attitudes
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Eyes on NZ to deliver in UN Security Council
Gareth Morgan (Herald): We need a fresh look at the Treaty
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