NZ POLITICS DAILY: February 18 2015

NZ in Iraq

Brian Rudman (Herald): Peacekeeping UN, not warlike US, is our club

ODT: Editorial – Treading a delicate line

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How different is Labour’s re-invasion of Iraq from National’s re-invasion of Iraq?

Laura Heathcote (Newstalk ZB): Defence negotiators face tough ask

Michael Timmins (Daily Blog): Our Independent Foreign Policy

Tim Fookes (Newstalk ZB): Labour Wrong on ISIS

Isaac Davison (Herald): PM John Key: 'We've got to be part of standing up against Isis'

RNZ: Govt still to make shoot-to-kill decision for troops

Simon Wong (TV3): NZ decision on IS fight expected next week

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Labour’s latest stance on Iraq

Stacey Kirk and Vernon Small (Stuff): Kiwi troops need legal protection for lethal force in Iraq

Alexander Gillespie (Herald): Joining war on Isis a complex call

TV3: Govt needs to show it's ready for IS conflict – expert

Jo Moir (Stuff): Kiwi defence chief in Saudi Arabia for ISIS talks

No Right Turn: Fuck Andrew Little

No Right Turn: "Behind the wire"

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): We go take on ISIS, the war will come to NZ

Michele A’Court (Press): Passion good from our 'relaxed' prime minister

NZ spy agencies

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Labour, Greens stoush goes on

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Little leads Labour into the teeth of Green fury

Dom Post: Editorial: Andrew Little plays into PM's hands on spying

Dan Satherley (TV3): Turei: Spy watchdog a 'lapdog' without the Greens

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Labour leader Andrew Little 'broke law' over spy committee pick

Katie Bradford (TVNZ): National, Labour are running "old boys' club" - Russel Norman

Simon Wong (TV3): Greens see red over spy review snub

RNZ: Greens offended at spy committee snub

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Labour cut Green’s nose off despite mass surveillance face

Paul Buchanan (KiwiPolitico): So much for intelligence community reform.

No Right Turn: "As soon as practicable"

No Right Turn: Ask GCHQ if they spied on you

No Right Turn: A stitch-up on spying

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Hug a Greenie today

Finn Jackson (Daily Blog): To hug or hurt Labour?

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Little the law breaker

Claire Trevett and Isaac Davison (Herald): Labour acted unlawfully over security committee spot – Greens

Jono Natusch (Occasionally Erudite): And John Key didn’t consult either…

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog):If David Shearer was the answer, what on earth was the question?

John Palethorpe (Shinbone Star): A Little Mistake?

John Palethorpe (Occasionally Erudite): Ill tidings for oversight of spy agencies

Isaac Davison (Herald): New GCSB director named

TVNZ: Deputy Solicitor-General to be GCSB's Acting Director

Labour Party

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On Andrew Little’s not-so-great week

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Same as it ever was?

Rob Salmond (Polity): Untidy

Claire Trevett and Isaac Davison (Herald): Journalist's bill has been paid - Andrew Little

Jane Patterson (RNZ): Labour leader's invoice gaffe

David Cohen (NBR): My time with Andrew

Rob Hosking (NBR): Little undoes good start with stupid, shoddy gaffe (paywalled)

Patrick Gower (TV3): Little under fire for unpaid worker

Patrick Gower (TV3): Little's no-pay shocker

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Andrew Little coughs up months overdue bill

Jono Natusch (Occcasionally Erudite): Paying one’s debts (or the ongoing art of political stupidity)

RNZ: Labour leader questioned over journalist's bill 

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): An interesting appointment

Jo Moir (Stuff): Labour MPs line up for pic

SkyCity convention centre deal

David Fisher (Herald): SkyCity Convention Centre short on seats

RNZ: Labour continues criticism of SkyCity deal

RNZ: NZX to review SkyCity trading

Herald: Winston Peters: 'Huge volume' of SkyCity shares trading must be investigated

Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Winston Peters wants FMA to investigate SkyCity share trading

Nick Grant (NBR): SkyCity attempts to retain convention centre’s 'design integrity' while defending its own

Joshua Drummond (Waikato Times): They were selling our souls for pokie profits

RNZ: Govt confident SkyCity will consult Crown

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): SkyCity still on a winner despite stoush

Zero hours contracts

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Zero-hour contracts ban 'overreaction' by unions, Labour - government

Mathew Grocott (Stuff): Government not planning to end zero-hour contracts

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A confused article

Stephanie Rodgers (Standard): The right to strike

Cricket World Cup

Jonathan Carson (Nelson Mail): Fan banned for Cricket World Cup betting scam

Eric Campton (Offsetting Behaviour): A safe and proper tournament

Public Intellectuals

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Public intellectuals

Scott Hamilton (Reading the Maps):Public intellectuals, and other enemies of elitism

Team NZ funding

Dana Johannsen and Claire Trevett (Herald): Government to fund Team New Zealand as Auckland gets series

Stuff: Government funding for Team New Zealand appears a formality

Other

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Former MP Aaron Gilmore back with finger in politics pie

Stuff: Celia Lashlie: relentless in her pursuit of social justice

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Northland selection update

Daily Blog: The Daily Blog class of 2015

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Where, Oh Where, Are The Left's Heroes?

Herald: Hilary Barry joins Paul Henry's new show

Pat Brittenden: The new Paul Henry show

Catherine Beard (Herald): NZ can't afford to miss out on Trans-Pacific Partnership

Lynn Prentice (Standard): Condescending Catherine Beard on TPP

Not PC: Act dead. Act accordingly

Herald: Four new judges appointed to District Court

Jo Moir (Stuff): Staff member in Paula Bennett's office loses credit card

Mark Hubbard (Life behind the Iron Drape): Individualism, Euthanasia, Car Crashes & Purpose of Parliament.

Newswire: Labour: ComCom 'useless as tits on a bull'