The main issues in NZ politics today are Nelson Mandela's death, Act Party, Colin Craig, child welfare, education, Chorus, the Constitutional Review, and spying. [Read more below]
Today’s links
NZ political reaction to Nelson Mandela’s death
Bryce Edwards (liberation): Top NZ tweets about Nelson Mandela’s death
Radio NZ: HART founder's memories of Mandela
Newstalk ZB: Tributes flow for Nelson Mandela
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): On Nelson Mandela
Newswire: Politicians pay tribute to Mandela
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Nelson Mandela RIP
Russell Brown (Public Address): Mandela
Michael Daly and Katie Kenny (Stuff): Nelson Mandela's New Zealand legacy
Stuff: Mandela mourned by Kiwis
Andy Warren and Philip Ferguson (Redline): Nelson Mandela and the travesty of liberation
Herald: Tributes to Nelson Mandela
TVNZ: NZ remembers 'inspirational, remarkable' Mandela
Chris Hyde (Stuff): Manawatu mourns the death of Nelson Mandela
Stuff: New Zealanders mourn Mandela's death
Emma Bailey (Stuff): Mandela cast instant spell on Timaru man
Radio NZ: PM pays tribute to 'inspirational leader'
Newswire: Mandela's marae visit unforgettable
Chris Ford: Nelson Mandela 1918-2013: The long road of struggle is over
AAP: South Africans in NZ grieve over Mandela
Bill Ralston (Listener): Mandela: a giant among us
Child welfare
Lachlan Forsyth (TV3): The truth about child poverty in NZ
Newswire: NZ still failing children - UN report
Simon Collins (Herald): Child welfare policies gain support
Simon Wong (TV3): Labour refloats Children's Ministry policy
Ben Heather (Stuff): Children suffering, say benefit cut critics
John Banks, ACT & new right wing party
Toby Manhire (Herald): Final Act - and the tea party's over
Dom Post Editorial: Sad end to Banks' career
Taranaki Daily News: Final act in twilight of irrelevant party
Frances Cook (Newstalk): Hooton not ruling out Epsom
Pete George (Your NZ): Hooton extends procrastination through summer
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Dumping ACT 'pulling a fast one'
Tova O’Brien (TV3): Philosopher contemplates ACT leadership role
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On John Banks, and blogging’s merits
Vernon Small (Stuff): Banks takes only viable option
Colin Craig
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Colin Craig may be playing media – Key
Katie Bradford (TVNZ): Colin Craig vows to always 'say what I'm thinking'
Newswire: Craig takes shots at media
Patrick Leyland (Progress Report): Colin and Russel crash land on planet fluoride
Education
Audrey Young (Herald): Charter-school trust spent Govt money on farmland, MP reveals
Michael Fox (Stuff): School to open in prefab buildings
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Hekia Parata on the PISA report
Herald Editorial: Best teaching will require political will
Judith Nowotarski (Stuff): Opinion: Education policies caused achivement drop
Forestry deaths
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Forestry deaths unacceptable: MBIE
Denise Roche (Frogblog): Dying for a job
TV3: Ministry clamping down on forest danger
Foreign farm investment
TV3: Bill would curb foreign farm investment
Adam Bennett (Herald): Farm-buyers face new rules
Spying
Keith Locke (Herald): More than reassuring words needed to get to the truth on spying
David Fisher (Herald): Dotcom suspected FBI spies when he heard his voice replayed
Patrick Gower (TV3): Kiwis fighting in Syria may pose terrorism threat
Adam Bennett (Herald): 'Put up or shut up' - Jones tells Flavell
No Right Turn: More police spying
Oil and Gas
Patrice Dougan (Herald): Simon Bridges website hacked by anti oil drilling activists
Isaac Davison (Herald): Global oil giants unfazed by opposition
TVNZ: Oil and gas search in NZ set to expand
James Weir (Stuff): Ten new exploration permits awarded
TV3/Newswire: Government awards oil permits
Chorus
TV3: Chorus contract was flawed – Labour
RNZ: Chorus gets hard word from Government
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Government warned over Chorus
Corin Dann (TVNZ): Price cut would hit Chorus hard – report
Matthew Theunissen (Herald): Broadband rollout will continue – Key
TV3: Copper cuts would impact Chorus – review
Newswire: Chorus 'committed' to broadband projects
Tim Hunter (Stuff): Chorus cash needs urgent
Justice
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Minister rejects 'Christie's Law'
Isaac Davison (Herald): Stricter bail decisions thanks to 'Christie's Law'
TV3: Select committee recommends stronger bail rules
Work
Shane Cowlishaw (Stuff): Thousands lose jobs in 90-day-trial
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The 90 day trial
Jan Logie (Frogblog): The gender pay gap – an update
RNZ: Census shows mixed job picture for Maori
Constitutional review
Audrey Young (Herald): Support for republic weak: report
RNZ: No Treaty inclusion for any written constitution – panel
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Constitutional Recommendations
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Constitutional review - timidity means little grist for the mill
Steven Price (Media Law Journal): Constitution, reviewed
Other
Vernon Small (Stuff): Ratana progeny likely candidate
John Drinnan (Herald): TV viewer numbers slump
Newswire: Jury told to ignore coverage of electoral fraud case
Brian Rudman (Herald): When PPP ends up down the sewer
Maria Slade (Stuff): Navigating the new media landscape
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Did the Maori Party know Te Ururoa Flavell had ended discussions between Maori Party & MANA?
Chris Trotter (Dom Post): Village thinking shows inequities
Joss Miller (ODT): Distinct Kiwi culture steadily evolving
Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): Who owns NZ media?
Rob Salmond (Polity): National's blundering on asset sales
No Right Turn: Transparency on Cabinet conflicts of interest
Morgan Godfery (Maui Street): The Golliwog is back (and still racist)
Amanda Parkinson (Stuff): Store criticised for selling 'Gollies'
Gordon Campbell (Stuff): Mixed messages of the digital age
Michael Daly (Stuff):Gaming grants probed
Barry Soper (Newstalk): The job has aged me, admits PM
Stuff: Today in politics: Friday, December 6
Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Inequality, Debt and Public Equity
