NZ POLITICS DAILY: January 29 2015
NZ POLITICS DAILY: January 29 2015
NZ POLITICS DAILY: January 29 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