The major issues in NZ Politics today are: the NZ Herald's 'Mood of the Boardroom' reports, the Labour Party, National Party, GCSB, Hone Harawira, royal baby, and Maori politics. [Read more below]
Today's links
‘Mood of the Boardroom’
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Mood of the Boardroom: English - star of the show
Steve Hart (Herald): Green alliance causes CEOs to shudder
Steve Hart (Herald): Why Shearer doesn't have what it takes
Herald: Do Nats need a partnership with Winston?
Liam Dann (Herald): A positive charge in these difficult times
Herald: Managing the hot potatoes
Brian Fallow (Herald): Australia top area of concern for CEOs
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Press on with partial privatisation - CEOs
Bill Bennett (Herald): Government needs a Chief Tech Officer - Drury
Herald: Minister right Guy for the position
Herald: RMA frustrations dog Sealord Group
Bill Bennett (Herald): CEOs cautiously back Brown bid
Brian Fallow (Herald): Doing hard labour
Bill Bennett (Herald): If you build it...
Herald: First timer buyers have lofty expectations
Anne Gibson (Herald): The 'monster' project - Fletcher Building
Bill Bennett (Herald): Christchurch rebuild not on track
Herald: Bigger companies needed for NZ to prosper
Herald: What the Iwi CEOs are saying - Rob Hutchison
Herald: What the Iwi CEOs are saying - Mike Pohio
Brierley Penn (Herald): Giving a boost to Maori business
Alexander Speirs (Herald): Partnership with China important
Herald: What the CEOs are saying - Mike Bennetts
Steve Hart (Herald): Support for councils to sell assets
Herald: Targeted tertiary study funding finds favour
Steve Hart (Herald): RMA roadblock to progress
Herald: What the CEOs are saying - Erica Crawford
Herald: What the CEOs are saying - Peter Reidie
Steve Hart (Herald): Shortening the skills gap
Herald: Adrian Littlewood - Auckland Intl Airport
Herald: Simon Mackenzie - Vector
Herald: Disruptive technology forces change
Herald: A gigabyte way of life
Thomas Pippos (Herald): Whetting an appetite for change
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Time for underarm bowling Kiwi style
Nigel Stirling (Herald): Dollar dominates for agribusiness
Herald: What agribusiness CEOs are saying - Lain Jager
Herald: What argibusiness CEOs are saying - Sir Graeme Harrison
Rob Crawford (Watercooler): The Mood of the Boardroom; why it matters
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Love!
Labour Party
John Armstrong (Herald): 90 days to save Shearer's bacon
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Leadership back under the spotlight
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A new chief of staff
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Right-wing Left-wingers: Labour’s Oxymoronic Tragedy 1946-2013
Vernon Small (Stuff): Labour close to taking stance on devolution
Matt Robson (Daily Blog): Dutch Lessons For New Zealand Labour
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): More news from Fraser House
Keeping Stock: Has David Shearer been drinking Tui again?
Kate Shuttleworth (Herald): Shearer: Staff shake-up wider than new chief
Kate Shuttleworth (Herald): New chief 'just part of shake-up'
Twisted Hive: How not to handle staffing matters
National Party
Patrick Gower (TV3): Voters tolerate Key-Peters alliance
The Standard: John Key: These are my principles …
Radio NZ: National supporters want PM to work with Peters – poll
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Key's coalition signal upsets opposition
Greg Presland (The Standard): Winston Peters, King Maker
State sector reform
Jane Clifton (Listener): Regional rush-hour
ODT: Changes to the 'engine room'
Pete George (Your NZ): “The biggest transformation to the public service in a generation”
GCSB
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the GCSB Bill protests, and the outpouring of Royal Baby Love
Dan Satherley (TV3): 'Conspiracy theorists' were right on GCSB - Minto
RadioLive: MPs must question GCSB bill - Dame Anne
No Right Turn: Weak safeguards
Pete George (Your NZ): National should address remaining GCSB flaws
Kate Shuttleworth (Herald): Anti-GCSB group garners support on social media
The Press: Editorial: Changes to bill far from trivial
Peter O’Neill (Timaru Herald): Editorial: What's the hurry?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Coalition to Stop the GCSB Bill Urgent Public Meeting 7pm tonight streamed live on The Daily Blog
TVNZ: Kim Dotcom to speak at anti-GCSB bill meeting
Economy
TVNZ: NZ welcomes Japan's addition to TPP talks
Stuff: Tiwai Point power talks continue
Newswire: Government dangles R&D tax-free loan
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Writedown likely for Meridian sale
Brian Easton (Listener): New Zealand’s trade dilemma
Linda Sanders (Listener): Considering capital gains tax
Royal baby
Claire Trevett (Herald): Royalists can party, mince and cheese back on top
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Key can't contain himself over royal baby
Savage (Herald): Savage: New Zealand ready to lead itself
The Standard: A king is born: Long Live Inequality!
Bill Ralston (Listener): Bill Ralston: baby trumps earthquake
Nicole Pryor (Stuff): Is this shawl the NZ royal baby gift?
Southland Times: Editorial: Heir-raising journey ahead
Peter Cresswell (Not PC): So the world’s most highly paid beneficiaries had a baby [update 2]
Olivia Wannan (Stuff): Could the new prince be heading to NZ?
Wellington earthquake
Listener: Editorial: the realities of earthquake proofing
David Killick (The Press): Wellington shaken out of its complacency
TVNZ: Recent quake unlikely to raise reinsurance costs
Stuff: Plea for action on quake building rules
Hone Harawira
Matthew Theunissen (Herald): Harawira tells court he was ensuring protesters' safety
Stuff: Harawira 'protecting protesters against police brutality'
TVNZ: Hone Harawira in court for housing protest
Maori politics
Rawiri Taonui (Listener): Mana & Maori at the crossroads
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Hours are dropping for Maori language TV
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Maori TV forecast to be in the red
Radio NZ: Iwi warned not to be dependent on council
Radio NZ: Maori language TV funded hours cut
Radio NZ: Five year wait for Maori voters to switch rolls
Industrial relations reform
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Changes would cause 'suffering'
Newswire: Cleaners protest against labour law change
Kate Shuttleworth (Herald): Cleaners fight back against employment law changes
Anthony Robins (The Standard): Labour stands by 6A
Media
Stuff: Fairfax appoints NZ chief operating officer
Radio NZ: Fairfax plans further job cuts
John Key overseas
Tova O’Brien (TV3): Key set to meet South Korea's 'Iron Lady'
Radio NZ: Key marks anniversary of Solomon Islands mission
Radio NZ: Backing for PM's drive to get trade talks moving
Michael Field (Stuff): NZ marks 10 years in Solomons
Adam Bennett (Herald): Men of 'forgotten war' remember
Housing
Efeso Collins (Daily Blog): Fat chance of owning a house!
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): The Housing Crisis and Crocodile Tears
Drug reform bill
Jay Boreham (Stuff): Synthetic drugs may return in weeks
Matthew Littlewood (Stuff): Year to test drug law
Auckland
Simon Collins (Herald): Sports groups fear impact of 'sinking lid' on pokies
Stuff: Auckland passes widespread smoking ban
Newswire: Auckland reins in pokies and TAB venues
Inequality and welfare
Ben Heather (Stuff): Grandparent carers forced back to work
Newswire: Grandparent carers attack welfare shakeup
John Minto (Daily Blog): Welfare dependency and affordable housing
Nicola Brennan-Tupara (Stuff): Babies taken at birth from risky mothers
Steve Deane (Herald): Hart returns to top of wealthier NBR rich list
Stuff: Graeme Hart returns to top Rich List
Migration
Bernard Lagan (Listener): Harsh treatment for asylum seekers
Dominion Post: Editorial: Tough measures to stem boat people
TVNZ: Christchurch gains 22 migrants a day
Other
Isaac Davison (Herald): Councils' spending overshoots by $700m
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Govt responds to election recommendations
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Bye bye excessive development contributions
Vaughan Elder (Herald): University campaigns for students to 'say no'
Newswire: MPs volunteer to go deaf for a day
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): Do equal numbers of men and women want to be MPs?
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Health Minister told cough up for disability
Richard Meadows (Stuff): More women in NZ boardrooms
Beith Atkinson (Integrity Talking Points): Disclosure of agencies’ chief executive’s expenses now entrenched
Joss Millar (ODT): An unwritten constitution allows us some flexibility
Muriel Newman (NZCPR): Constitutional advisory panel members reveal bias
