The main issues in NZ politics today are Kim Dotcom, the supermarket industry, education, Odd Future, and inequality, poverty and employment. [Read more below]
Today’s links
Kim Dotcom
Herald: Editorial: Kim Dotcom is testing the public's affections
ODT: MPs must come clean on Dotcom
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Political Report: Zaoui and Dotcom both made a splash
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Key denies Peters' spy claim
Pete George (Your NZ): The “self destruct” VonSchmitzicuddy Party
TVNZ: Winston Peters: Spies watched me meet Dotcom
Radio NZ: Peters accuses PM of spying
Pete George (Your NZ): The Left “reduced to such delusionist fantasies”
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Peters and Dotcom have lost it big time, paranoia setting in
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): The multiple positions of Winston Peters
Pete George (Your NZ): Is National+NZ First now more than “very unlikely”?
Education
Herald: Novopay still struggling to pay teachers, say principals
Matthew Dallas (Stuff): Time to broaden religious scope
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): Role of education is to broaden the mind
Dr Paul Moon (Herald): Bible in Schools battlers denying our heritage
Stuff: Hekia Parata live chat
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Lies, damn lies and Labour’s stats
Radio NZ: Charter school brushes off boycott
Supermarket boycott
Dominion Post: Editorial: Inquiry into supermarkets needed
Southland Times: Countdown claims incendiary
Sue Kedgely (Herald): Supermarket spotlight overdue
Andrew Koubaridis (Herald): Jones' claims adds fuel to fiery clash between food rivals
Newstalk ZB Staff (Newstalk ZB): Minister bats away calls for supermarket inquiry
Adam Bennett (Herald): Progressive: Big liquor payment OK
Newswire: ComCom urges Countdown suppliers to come forward
Mahara Tahuhu (Stuff): Beware the 'boycott brigade'
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Countdown denies standover tactics
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Govt wasn't aware of Countdown allegations
Simon Wong (TV3): Minister writes to ComCom over Countdown
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Corporate interests sink Team NZ and Countdown really the free market at work
Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): The supermarkets of August
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Countdown allegations
MTNZ: Countdown makes crisis communication mistakes
Tim Watkin (Pundit): Bullies, brown shirts & butter: Shane Jones & the uncomfortable truth about the supermarket business
Inequality, poverty, employment
Nelson Post: Editorial: Child poverty an emotional battle
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): NZ Herald on Sallies report
The Standard: Smirks & inversions
Steve Bowron (Breaking Views): New Zealand's Titanic Problem
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Real wages – the brutal truth
Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Miserly Politicians don’t understand Debt
Josie Pagani (Pundit): Sex, Lies and Valentines Day.
Ellipsister: Reviving Georgism: George was a root hacker not a branch wriggler
Odd Future
Herald: Door shut on Eminem support act
Radio NZ: Banned rappers could apply again
Radio NZ: Rappers banned from entering NZ
Guardian: Odd Future banned from entering New Zealand
No Right Turn: Muldoonist bullshit
John Key, Lizard Man?
Liam Hyslop (Stuff): Man who asked if PM is reptilian 'isn't crazy'
Tim Selwyn (Tumeke): John Key refutes he is shape-shifting reptilian alien - silent on ushering humanity towards enslavement
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Our reptilian overlord?
Defence
3 News Online Staff (TV3): Less harassment in Defence Force – report
Radio NZ: Women 'going backward' in military
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Goff says halving the harassment rate is going backwards
TPP
Pattrick Smellie (Stuff): Here's 10 things TPP critics do not want you to grasp
Waikato Times: Trade deal details needed
Brian Easton (Listener): The elephant in the room
Simon Terry (Stuff): Trade deal intrudes too far
Nauru
Radio NZ: Nauru cronyism claims baseless - opposition MP
Radio NZ: Call for NZ to axe Nauru funding
Team NZ
Isaac Davison (Herald): Govt holding on to its cash
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Government wants greater control over Team NZ
Parliamentary protocols
Radio NZ: Call to rethink Parliament protocol
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Rethink of how MP and journalist info is handled
Other
Stuff: Today in politics: Friday, February 14
Newswire: Fizzy drink tax could save lives
Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): Challenging the rulers of the world
Newswire: Labour amends bill to keep Easy-Vote card
Daily Blog: The Daily Blog Watch – 13/14 February 2014
Felix Marwick (Newstalk ZB): Rare meeting between Fiji, NZ and Aus
Brian Fallow (Herald): Immigration good - up to a point
Radio NZ: Questions over Tiwai smelter.
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): What is Peter Goodfellow doing to get more women in caucus?
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): If it ain't broke, why fix it?
Dave Hansford (The Standard): Muddying the Waters
3 News Online Staff (TV3): Key wrong on US no-spy agreement - Norman
Karl du Fresne (Listener):Fate of The Nation
The Press: Editorial: Affordable housing move
