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NZ POLITICS DAILY: February 10 2015

NZ POLITICS DAILY: February 10 2015

Bryce Edwards
Tue, 10 Feb 2015

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Mike Sabin investigation and Northland by-election

Andrea Vance (Stuff): PM felt no need to remove Sabin

TV3: Key stands by Sabin decision

Claire Trevett (Herald): John Key defends Mike Sabin's select committee role

RNZ: Key stands by his Sabin decision

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Labour: Sabin had 'conflict of interest'

Claire Trevett (Herald): Sabin case shows PM's 'cavalier attitude' – Little

Pete George (Your NZ): Sabin chaired Law & Order committee after Key knew

Pete George (Your NZ): Little on Key and Sabin

Pete George (Your NZ): Key painting a risky comparison

Mike Smith (Standard): Captain’s Call

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Peters says Northland seat 'winnable'

TV3/RadioLive: Will Winston Peters stand in Northland?

Jono Natusch (Occasionally Erudite): Peters for Northland? Not likely.

Saeran Maniparathy (Beehive Mandate): Time for National to start worrying, Winston’s coming

Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ellipsister): Reclaiming Northland not an impossibility

NZ intervention in Middle East

Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Good Samaritans?

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the reluctance to support the Kurds against Islamic State

No Right Turn: A war without a plan

Five Eyes

Andrea Vance (Stuff): NZ minister confirms attendance at Five Eyes meet

RNZ: Five Eyes considers terrorist use of social media

David Kennedy (Local Bodies): The Five Eyes Coalition, a Fossil Fueled Monster?

Waitangi

Audrey Young (Herald): Little's captain's call a sensitive issue

Jane Patterson (RNZ): Spat over Maori sovereignty versus separatism

Audrey Young (Herald): Key: Little's Waitangi comments push 'separatism'

RNZ: Hikoi leader says attitudes changing

Parliamentary year

Vernon Small (Stuff): 10 things politicians and pundits are watching

Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): The Big Issues for 2015

Rob Salmond (Polity): They're ba-ack

David Farrar (KIwiblog): How NZ PMs have left office

Andrea Vance (Stuff): MP's vege patch avoids the chop

NZ Parliament: This week in Parliament: 9 to 13 February 2015

Housing

Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Labour: Nats housing policy 'full of holes'

RNZ: State houses sale 'financial risk'

Elinor Chisholm (One Two Three Home): The sale of council housing in Hamilton

Maria Slade (SST): Bank of mum and dad now a home truth

TV3: First-home buyer struggles 'nothing new' – PM

Anthony Robins (Standard): Locking in housing inequality

Donal Curtin (Economics NZ): More house lending controls to come?

Environment

Geoff Simmons (Gareth’s World): Water trading rights a major tool for solving our freshwater problems

Harry Chapman (Howdy Stranger): National runs out of excuses to act on climate change

Steven Cowan (Against the current): Collaborating with the enemy

Malcolm Rands (Stuff): Jobs, sales from 'green revolution'

Education

Nicholas Jones (Herald): National Library book cuts will hit hard, says Labour

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Dunne on National Library services

Tom Peters (WSW): New Zealand First Party attacks foreign students

RNZ: Ministry picks top bidders for school PPP

Other

Newswire: Key faces uphill battle over flag change

Roshni Sami (Daily Blog): NZ Migrants

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Has NZ caved on copyright in the TPP?

RNZ: Iwi wants more clout over fishing body

The Hand Mirror: GAYTMs, diversity and respect

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Robertson on Future of Work

John Palethorpe (On the Left): State Of The Nation

Tahu Potiki (Press): Haka now integral part of New Zealand culture

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Half of arrest warrants are for people on welfare

Kelsey Wilkie (Stuff): Sensible Sentencing Trust calls for doubled offender levy of $100

Nick Leggett (Dom Post): 'Coalition of the willing' needed for Wellington

Bryce Edwards
Tue, 10 Feb 2015

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