NZ POLITICS DAILY: February 4 2015
NZ POLITICS DAILY: February 4 2015
Today’s content
Mike Sabin inquiry
RNZ: Labour questions PM's info on Sabin
Herald: Andrew Little says John Key is lying about when he knew of Mike Sabin allegations
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Sabin: a fishy smell, but nothing hookable
TVNZ: Police asked questions about Mike Sabin six months ago
Simon Wong (TV3): Little queries Key's handling of Sabin
Audrey Young, John Armstrong and Nikki Papatsoumas (Herald): Little: PM must have known about Sabin
Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Shorter Sabin Summary
The Standard: The Sabin issue timeline
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Dates around the Sabin allegations
Rob Salmond (Polity): I don't really care when John Key knew
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why it doesn’t matter that Key has been caught out lying again
Pete George (Your NZ): Garrett, Hide and Hooton on Sabin
Pete George (Your NZ): Sabin issue getting murkier
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Is Key really driving with his hands of the wheel?
Chris Keall (NBR): Shane Jones on those standing-for-Northland rumours (paywalled)
Treaty of Waitangi
Claire Trevett (Herald): Te Ururoa Flavell's Waitangi warning to PM: You're on your own
Lois William (RNZ): Promise of plain talk at Waitangi
TVNZ: Governor General to visit historic Treaty of Waitangi site
Graham Cameron (First we take Manhattan): Loving our enemies is how we can love Waitangi Day
Bruce Moon (Breaking Views): The True Meaning of the Treaty
NZ intervention in Middle East
Audrey Young (Herald): NZ asked by Britain to send 100 soldiers to help train Iraqis
Andrea Vance (Stuff): NZ expected to join coalition against IS as 'family'
Simon Wong and Patrick Gower (TV3): NZ 'not immune' to terror threats
No Right Turn: The Five Eyes are not my fucking family
Brennan McDonald: What is this “club” you speak of?
No Right Turn: SIS wants secret justice
Labour
Liam Hehir (Manawatu Standard): Andrew Little may seek lessons from ancient battles
No Right Turn: Andew Little would abolish knighthoods
Jono Natusch (Occasionally Erudite): Labour and the polls
Tom Peters (World Socialists): New Zealand: Labour leader outlines his pro-business agenda
National
Tova O’Brien (TV3): Should John Key stop texting Whale Oil?
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): The Electorate Strikes Back.
Kuneblog: The madness of King John …Key
Auckland
Herald: Editorial: Council tax plea hard to stomach
Jason Walls (NBR): Former Labour leaders’ stack list of potential Auckland mayoral candidates (paywalled)
Efeso Collins (Daily Blog): Nurturing future, civic leadership
Housing
Simon Collins (Herald): Iwi lobby for state houses ahead of sale
RNZ: Iwi wants social housing clarity
The Press: Average Christchurch home valued at $470,000
Elinor Chisolm (One two three home): The unwritten laws of housing affordability
RNZ: Chinese interest in NZ property remains high
Gareth Morgan (Gareth’s World): Why does the Green Party oppose taxpayer savings?
Other
Nevil Gibson (NBR): Did Norman jump before Greens sink further? (paywalled)
Peter Calder (Herald): A bad man's good idea on voting rights
Laura Bootham (RNZ): Lack of Maori Law Society consultation on judges
Ian Steward (Stuff): John Banks retrial set for July 6
Rob Kidd (Herald): John Banks' retrial set for July in High Court
Brian Rudman (Herald): Catton clash shabby, but trumps the Harawiras
No Right Turn: The law is an ass
Pete George (Your NZ): Post-Survey United Future’s Direction Charted
Tina Law (Press): Churches, charities may yet pay rates
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Fishing parks' future murky: Labour
Deidre Mussen (Stuff): DOC retreats from controversial $12.5m restructure
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ rated 2nd for climate change preparedness
Steven Cowan (Against the current): Poverty Voyeurism
Kate Dickie-Davis (Daily Blog): Bring on The Bachelor #DoucheDate
Rob Salmond (Polity): Intellectual bankruptcy from DPF; Taxpayers Union
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On a desperate health system merger of lab testing services
John Palethorpe (Shinbone Star): Decline
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ Govt 4th in world for open data strategies
Chris Hutching (NBR): CERA spin doctors spill the beans
Bryce Edwards
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