The main issues in NZ politics today are housing and immigration, the GCSB, MPs and Twitter, NZ First, John Banks, and the Labour and National parties. [Read more below]
Today’s links
Housing and migration
Brian Fallow (Herald): Balancing immigration a tricky task
Andrew McMartin (TV3): Migration will have little impact on house prices - professor
Radio NZ: Migration set to drive house prices up
Vernon Small (Stuff): Migration could be one-election wonder
James Weir (Stuff): Migration to boost demand for homes
Tova O’Brien (TV3): Immigration figures pose tripwire for Labour
TV3: Migrant numbers in NZ up 13 pct
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Facts needed about foreign ownership
Liz McDonald (Stuff): 'Warrant of fitness' for rentals closer
Andrew McMartin (TV3): Higher migration ups need for CGT - economist
TV3: Cunliffe: Housing in 'full-scale crisis'
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): How will Labour stop Aussies from coming here?
The Standard: Occasionally Erudite: Please, Labour, stop trying to link everything to the housing crisis
Ele Ludemann (Homepaddock): What about the provinces?
GCSB
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The deal with our intel
Dan Satherley (TV3): GCSB denials 'strain credibility' – Cunliffe
John Armstrong (Herald): Key surprisingly candid on complicity with US
Claire Trevett (Herald): Drones, spying off agenda
Patrick Gower (TV3): Key denies GCSB meeting claims
Audrey Young (Herald): PM dismisses Campbell Live claims
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): Key knocks Campbell 'conspiracy theories'
Greg Dawes (ODT): Blood on the hands of our spy agency
Michael Sergel (Newstalk ZB): PM says Campbell got it wrong over GCSB
Greg Presland (The Standard): Are John Key’s pants on fire?
Pete George (Your NZ): Finny on Fletcher
Russell Brown (Hard News): Circumstance and coincidence
Peter Cresswell (Not PC): John Key & the GCSB [update 2]
Danyl McLauchlan (Dim-Post): The Campbell Live GCSB story
The Standard: The smoke & mirrors of the surveillance-military-economic-complex
No Right Turn: Our dishonest Prime Minister
No Right Turn: Don't ask, don't care
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Not Proven: Campbell Live still searching for conclusive evidence against Key, Fletcher and the GCSB.
MPs and Twitter
John Armstrong (Herald): 'Nasty party' tweets in era of new lows
Claire Trevett (Herald): MPs sledging, tweeting - it's just, er, cricket
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): MPs on Twitter
TVNZ: MPs told off over Twitter behavior
Matthew Beveridge: Newstalk ZB
Adam Bennett (Herald): Parliament set to get rougher – Carter
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): House Speaker defends his performance
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Tweeting MPs given a ticking off
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): MPs tweeting and privilege
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): To Tweet or not to Tweet
No Right Turn: Twitter and Parliament
NZ First
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Horan's accusations against NZ First 'a lower low'
Newswire: Horan not holding breath for Peters apology
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Horan v Peters war of words continues
Radio NZ: NZ First accused of misusing fund
TVNZ: Horan calls for probe into alleged misspending of taxpayer money by NZ First
Adam Bennett (Herald): Peters dodges Horan's allegations
Jane Patterson (Radio NZ): Peters adamant no misuse of fund
Pete George (Your NZ): Where’s Winston? MIA
Pete George (Your NZ): Horan’s accusations against NZ First
Pete George (Your NZ): Winston Yeah/Nah
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Scurrilous, dirty attack by parliament’s biggest ratbag
John Banks
David Fisher (Herald): Eviscerator deals to Donor No 1
Jimmy Ellingham (Herald): Banks trial: Mona Dotcom backs her ex
Newswire: Banks trial enters fourth day
Ben Uffindell (The Civilian): John Banks asked mud to be thrown in two separate amounts
Labour Party
Vernon Small (Stuff): Shane Jones jokes and sings as he leaves Parliament
TVNZ: Shane Jones goes out on a high note
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Bishop selected for Hutt South
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour head office blamed for Tamaki Makaurau debacle
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): This explains a lot with Labour’s sums
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): The Jones valedictory
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Why is David Cunliffe so useless, ctd
National Party
Nelson Mail: Editorial: Collins has time to rest and reflect
Brook Sabin (TV3): Collins accused of illegal gun possession
TV3: Collins' accuser to appear at Parliament
ODT: Minister apologises for Gallipoli gaffe
Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): National – self-censoring embarrassing statements?
The Standard: The Woodhouse Family
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Another mistaken relative claim by an MP
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): John Key’s secret donkey
