NZ POLITICS DAILY: February 25 2015

NZ in Iraq

John Armstrong (Herald): The fight against Isis: John Key is not winning the debate

Russell Brown (Public address):Haphazardly to war

Vernon Small and Mike Mather (Stuff): Brace for IS threats, analyst warns

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Parliament and public split like seldom before over Iraq

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Scepticism over Iraq deployment

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Off to Iraq

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On whether NZ troops are the least of Islamic State’s problems

Dan Satherley (TV3): Little: Doesn't take 'guts' to boss troops around

TVNZ: Key is sending our troops into the 'snake pit' - Winston Peters

TVNZ: ISIS militants will soon target NZ - foreign relations expert

Lauren Baker (RNZ):Iraq deployment 'waste of time'

Demelza Leslie (RNZ): 'Time to stand up and be counted'

Claire Trevett (Herald): National's allies and opposition unite to decry John Key's decision on sending troops

Simon Wong (TV3): Key on Iraq: Little would do the same

TVNZ: Sending NZ troops to Iraq sparks 'masters of our own destiny' debate

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about the NZ Govt decision to go into Iraq

The Wireless (RNZ): Bulletin: So we're going to Iraq

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Does anyone think Labour would have made a different decision?

RNZ: Australia to send more troops to Iraq – report

Herald: Editorial: NZ doing the right thing in a just cause

Patrick Gower (TV3): Key: Sending NZ troops to Iraq the 'right decision'

Newswire: Iraq deployment: John Key explains his 'get some guts' speech

Rachel Smalley (Herald): Opposition Must Get Behind Iraq Decision

Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Sending our boys overseas

Larry Williams (Newstalk ZB): Iraq

Tim Fookes (Newstalk ZB): Fighting ISIS Our Duty

Frances Cook (Newstalk ZB): Major details missing in Iraq announcement

Tim Fookes (Newstalk ZB): Great To See Patriotism

Audrey Young (Herald): New Zealand force to integrate Iraqi Army into training

Isaac Davison (Herald): Kiwis off to Iraq: 16 trainers among 106 NZ Defence Force staff

Claire Trevett (Herald): Defence chief: NZ trainers sent to Iraq will be armed

RNZ: Brownlee outlines Iraq deployment

Lydia Anderson (TV3): Kiwi troops Iraq training already begun

Alexander Gillespie (Herald): Sending troops to Iraq not illegal but it is highly dangerous

Mike Mather (Stuff): Terror threat is with the soldiers, not at the supermarket

No Right Turn: A predetermined decision

Ron Smith (NZCPR): Fighting Islamic Extremism

Muriel Newman (NZCPR): The Islamic State

Herald: NZ Catholic Bishops welcome decision to send troops to Iraq

Isaac Davison, Audrey Young, Claire Trevett, Nicholas Jones (Herald): John Key sending 143 NZ troops to Iraq to help combat Isis jihadists

Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Iraq deployment confirmed by PM John Key

Simon Wong (TV3): NZ to send non-combat force to Iraq

TVNZ: 'It's the right decision'- Key confirms NZ troop deployment to Iraq

Nick Grant (NBR): Key takes New Zealand to war in Iraq

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): PM on ISIL

Stuff: Prime Minister John Key's statement on Iraq

Simon Wong (TV3): Kiwi soldiers on diplomatic passports 'bizarre'

Manawatu Standard: Editorial: Questions remain over deployment to Iraq

Stephanie Rodgers (Standard): The price of the club?

The Ruminator: I racked my brains

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): How come we have the money to re-invade Iraq and can we trust the media to cover Key’s war objectively?

Mike Smith (Standard): Key’s Plazatoro guts

TrueblueNZ: John Key's pacifist drivel typifies West's submission to terror

No Right Turn: Protest against the war on Thursday

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): We need an anti-war event

Donghua Liu’s donation to National 

TVNZ: Key and junior MP forced to explain dealings with wealthy businessman

Brook Sabin (TV3): Cunliffe unleashes utu on Key

Jared Savage and Claire Trevett (Herald): 'Dodgy because PM was involved' - David Cunliffe attacks John Key over Donghua Liu's $25,000 donation

Vernon Small and Jo Moir (Stuff): David Cunliffe hit by Liu links while 'National was on the take

Brent Edwards (RNZ): Labour accuses PM of double standards over Liu

Herald: John Key: Political parties not obliged to tell of fundraising dinners

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Oh bugger…so many lies

Greg Presland (Standard): National’s electoral returns and the Donghua Liu donation

Education

Dom Post: Charter schools should expect no mercy

Taranaki Daily News: Editorial: Charter school spotlight on minister

Jo Moir (Stuff): Millions of dollars on the line with struggling charter school

Kirsty Johnston (Herald): Troubled charter school could be closed by May

RNZ: How well does the education system support Māori?

Press: Editorial: Schools should remain secular

Spy agencies annual review

Nicholas Jones (Herald): Spy watchdog: No assurances for agencies

Stacey Kirk (Herald): Spy watchdog withholding judgment of agencies

No Right Turn: Not reassuring

Living Wage

Simon Collins (Herald): Living wage estimate rises to $19.25/hour

TV3:Living wage increase 'small' compared to CEO pay hike

Lyndy McIntyre (Dom Post) Living wage gives a chance to lead a decent family life

Inequality

Simon Collins (Herald): Half of Kiwi families with new baby suffer hardship – report

Lauren Priestley (Stuff): Housing shortage hits young mum hard

Gareth Morgan (Gareth’s World): Tax Mega-Rich for their Kiwi Hideaways

Foreign Affairs

Audrey Young (Herald): MFAT Minister Murray McCully calls for UN to reform its standing

Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): All About The Veto

Nevil Gibson (NBR): UN role calls for new responsibilities, sacrifices

Gay Pride and Pinkwashing

Robbie van Dijk (Gay NZ): Gay Privilege

Steven Oates (Gay NZ): A witness account of the Pride protest

Matthew Dentith (Episto): We are primed to see – A reflection on the Pride #noprideinprisons

Superannuation

Waikato Times: Editorial: Pension age a tough call

Nelson Mail: Editorial: Backing off won't solve Super burden

Thea Muldoon dies

Patrice Dougan (Herald): Dame Thea Muldoon dies aged 87

RNZ: Dame Thea Muldoon dies

Stuff: Dame Thea Muldoon has died

TVNZ: Sir Robert Muldoon's widow, Dame Thea, dies

Other

Andrea Vance (Stuff): Labour wants probe of 'excessive profit taking' by petrol retailers

David Fisher (Herald): Green Party: SkyCity will make $27 million on convention centre by 2017

Erik Monasterio and Philip Pattemore (Press): Academics condemn secrecy over Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

Brian Rudman (Herald): Bain compo - no magic answer, so try humanity

Newswire: Law change means fewer parole hearings

No Right Turn: The hollowing out of the Labour Party

Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Economic issues deserve PMs attention

The Standard: NZ Banks are very worried…