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NZ POLITICS DAILY: January 29 2015

NZ POLITICS DAILY: January 29 2015

Bryce Edwards
Thu, 29 Jan 2015

Today’s content

State of the Nation speeches

John Armstrong (Herald): 'Market' swept under social housing rug

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): “Jobs. Jobs. Jobs.” Reflecting On Labour Priorities: Past and Present

Vernon Small (Stuff): Key opts for state of state houses over state of the nation

Tim Watkin (Pundit): State of the Nation II - John Key

Tim Watkin (Pundit): State of the Nation I - Andrew Little

Vernon Small (Stuff): Key trumps Little on speech day

RNZ: Charities 'not ready' for housing

Kurt Bayer (Herald): Reaction to John Key's state housing policy: 'He's forgotten where he came from'

TVNZ: State of Nation speeches 'lacklustre' and 'underwhelming'

Chris Keall (NBR): Will Labour buy back state houses? Little responds (paywalled)

Rob Hosking (NBR): Key, Little, dribble the political ball (paywalled)

Nick Grant (NBR): Key provides post-speech executive summary, a Little sledging

Patrice Dougan (Herald): National's state house plan will push up rents: Andrew Little

RNZ: Emergency housing 'needs strengthening'

Herald: Editorial: Key's 'State of Nation' a lost opportunity

Dom Post: Both Labour and National offer crude positioning and suspect policies

Timaru Herald: Editorial: Don't forget that selling state houses affects people

The Press: Editorial: Leaders set out their agendas

ODT: Editorial: Social housing conundrum

Vernon Small (Stuff): Little gets message across, but questions remain

Duncan Garner (RadioLive): Little – Is that it?

Audrey Young (Herald): Labour's big ideas on small business

No Right Turn: Hot air

Ben Uffindell (Civilian): Key hopes state housing plan will ensure no one like him ever becomes Prime Minister again

Audrey Young (Herald): The Government's new social housing plan

Vernon Small (Stuff): Government to sell 1000 - 2000 state houses - John Key

Dene Mackenzie (ODT): State house sales likely this year

Dene Mackenzie (ODT): 'Pie in the sky wish list'

Jane Patterson (RNZ): PM states housing intentions

Stuff: John Key's state of the nation speech: 12 things to know

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Key’s Spite of the Nation – privatising state houses & abdicating social obligations

Rob Salmond (Polity): Key deluded on housing progress

Audrey Young (Herald): John Key's state of the nation speeches over the years

Briar Marbeck and Simon Wong (TV3): Social housing gets funding boost

TVNZ: Key reveals Govt plan to sell up to 2000 state houses

Paul McBeth (BusinessDesk): Govt to begin selldown of state housing, expand rent subsidies – Key

Rob Salmond (Polity): National's social housing plan

No Right Turn: Shuffling the deckchairs

Nicole Pryor (Radio NZ): Call for specifics ahead of PM's speech

The Jackal: Nationals housing failure

Simon Wong (TV3): At A Glance: Andrew Little's State of the Nation

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Zero-hour

Pete George (Your NZ): Little speaks to his strengths, needs to build on them

Tova O’Brien (TV3): Andrew Little: Show me the policy

Tova O’Brien (TV3): Little aims for lowest unemployment rate in OECDLittle aims for lowest unemployment rate in OECD

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Little’s state of the nation speech

 

Eleanor Catton

Danyl Mclauchlan (Dim Post): Literature and politics collide!

Simon Wilson (Metro): Eleanor Catton Confronts the Men with Scythes

Brian Easton (Pundit): How Shallow is Intellectual Life in New Zealand?

Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the Eleanor Catton rumpus

RadioLive: Sean Plunket addresses Eleanor Catton controversy

Herald: Booker prize winner Keri Hulme defends successor Eleanor Catton

Brendan Manning (Hreald): Hulme quick to back Catton

Andrew Geddis (Pundit): Theme of the Traitor and the Hero

Elton Rikihana Smallman (Stuff): Being called a 'hua' no big deal

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Key says there were better New Zealand novels than The Luminaries,  such as Lord of the Rings

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): John Key upset at “stuck up” New Zealand authors 

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog):Je Suis Traitor

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Dear Eleanor

Campbell Gibson (NBR): Eleanor Catton says NZ run by greedy politicians

Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): Sean Plunket pre-emptively takes self to boss’s office, stays there

Alan Duff (Herald): Why Eleanor Catton was right about NZ

RNZ: Catton's claim dismays judge

Curwen Ares Rolinson (Daily Blog): The (Neoliberal) Luminaries

Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A clarification

The Ruminator: Fisking Eleanor

The Standard: Taxpayers Union Press Release on Eleanor Catton

Steven Cowan (Against the Current): Sean Plunket is a hua korero

Dan Satherley (TV3): John Key: I'm not 'profit-crazed'

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Green Taliban fighter Eleanor Catton attacks most popular PM in recent history

Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Neo-lib anti-culture support for the arts

Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about #JohnKeyLiterature

 

Mike Sabin inquiry

Heather du Plessis-Allan (TVNZ): John Key refuses to comment on Mike Sabin assault allegations

Andrea Vance (Stuff): MP Sabin to grill cops

David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Should there be a stand down?

Patrice Dougan (Herald): National MP Mike Sabin to remain law and order chairman during investigation into alleged assault

Jamie Ball (NBR): National knew of Sabin assault allegations

Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Sabin to grill Police while he is under investigation for serious allegations?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): John Key between a rock and a hard place?

Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): National will have to lance the Sabin boil eventually, might as well be now

 

Other

Michael Field (Stuff): NZ farms eyed as 'boltholes' for world's super rich

Claire Trevett (Herald): Irish builders, burqas, tall poppies? Yep, still mad

Catherine Harris (Stuff): Unpaid caring hits household incomes

Anna Pearson (Stuff): Social service resources 'tied up' by chasing funds

Martin van Beynen (Press): Sutton to thank staff at farewell function

Neil Ratley (Dom Post): New Zealand passports targeted by criminals, terrorists

Brian Easton (Pundit): Treating Capital Gains Efficiently

Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Getting Behind The Rage

Bernard Orsman (Herald): John Banks back in the dock over charge of filing false electoral return

Stuff: John Banks faces retrial over electoral returns

Michael Wright (Press): Minister to hear judges' concerns

Stuff: New baby for Greens co-leader Russel Norman and wife

RNZ: Refugee status for blasphemy accused

Rosemary McLeod (Taranaki Daily News): Farmers and financial advisers are an arrogant bunch

Jenée Tibshraeny (Interest): Little to re-consider Labour's plan to establish new State-owned insurer 'KiwiAssure'

Nelson Mail:Editorial: Beware being spied upon

Thomas Carnegie (Café Pacific): Stop the press - a stimulating contribution to NZ media debate

Karl du Fresne (Manawatu Standard): Taking us for a ride with our own cash

The Hand Mirror: On the subject of David Rankin and his latest outburst

Phil McCarthy (Southland Times): Skills and expertise a trade asset – minister

Bryce Edwards
Thu, 29 Jan 2015
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