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Dirty Politics
Bryan Gould (Standard): Supping with the Devil
TVNZ: John Key: I'm not making excuses, I'm a big boy
TV3: 'Txtg8' controversy enters second week
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): PM accepts texting Slater a mistake
Herald: John Key to stay in touch witch Cameron Slater
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The leverage Slater has over Key and Key’s claims about me on Breakfast TV
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Inside the beltway and outside the beltway
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Nothing like a brain fade for protection
Matthew Hooton (NBR): Key descending to Clark’s third-term depths (paywalled)
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Key's choice: bloggers or business community
John Roughan: PM lets some light into secret intelligence
Duncan Garner (Stuff): Creeping arrogance and deceit is no way to run the country
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): How is John Key going to spin this one?
John Armstrong (Herald): Outrageous behaviour leaves Key on the edge
Steve Braunias (Herald): ' I texted Cameron Slater and he agrees with me' - The secret diary of ... John Key
Rodney Hide (Herald): Rule No1 - Bosses are never wrong
NBR: 'I don't like the guy' — English on Slater
Bevan Hurley (Herald): PR guru still ready to shoot from lip
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Chaos and mayhem is never going to stop
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): If Whaleoil is so toxic why does it have such high ratings?
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Little clutching at straws, the reckoning is coming
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): John on John, and why I am poison
Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): Up – Did Cameron Slater plan this?
Chris Ford: Dirty Politics: Like Watergate a slow burning issue
Pete George (Your NZ): “Key’s answers have been found wanting”
Pete George (Your NZ): His blowhole is worse than his baleen
Anthony Robins (The Standard): Impeach John Key
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Five Reasons Why John Key Should Resign
Andrew Gunn (Press): How to dodge a grilling
Labour Party
Audrey Young (Herald): Little addresses the future of work
Rob Salmond (Polity): Modernisation
Newswire: Labour looks to redefine 'working class'
Jane Patterson (RNZ): Labour pitches for tomorrow's workers
Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Little targets jobs in first speech
Karl du Fresne: Labour picked the right leader
Claire Trevett (Herald): Fast track to front bench for Carmel Sepuloni
Rob Salmond (Polity): Carmel Sepuloni
The Shinbone Star: Cut The Crap
Countering Terrorist Fighters bill
Audrey Young (Herald): Kitteridge recalled for surveillance questions
RNZ: Terror threat not overplayed – National
Newswire: Key: Govt could tweak anti-terror laws
Grant Duncan (Policy Matters): Cancelling passports: A conundrum
No Right Turn: Hearing the submissions
Anjum Rahman (Daily Blog): is this what you call consultation?
Latifa Daud (Daily Blog): Using Muslims to justify new terror powers
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): She was practiced at the art of deception
Chris Ford: New anti-terrorism laws are un-necessary
John Banks
Andrew Geddis (Pundit): John Banks isn't (yet) innocent
Adam Bennett (Herald): How John Banks' wife's obsessive detective work cleared his name
Shabnam Dastgheib (Stuff): Banks buoyant, Dotcom disdainful
Sam Boyer (Herald): John Banks: 'If you don't give up in your heart you've never lost'
Education
Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): High-needs pupils low on funding
Bevan Hurley (Herald): Destiny failed school scrutiny
Newswire: Greens disapprove of costly charter schools
Jo Moir (Stuff): Charter school defends drop in roll
Newstalk ZB: Call for religious tolerance lessons in schools
Kim Dotcom
John Minto (Daily Blog): John Key’s Dotcom brainfade
David Fisher (Herald): Dotcom quizzed on extravagance, video games at bail hearing
TV3: Kim Dotcom a flight risk – Crown
Louise Upston on beauty pageants and feminism
Andrea O’Neil (Stuff): Beauty pageants great for women – minister
Stephanie Rodgers (On the Left): Louise Upston and beauty pageants
Timaru Herald: Editorial - Meaning of feminism eludes Upston
Kate Dickie-Davis (Daily Blog): Minister of Girl Power, Post Feminism Backlash and Being a Babe
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Feminism
Economy
The Nation (TV3): Interview: Finance Minister Bill English
TVNZ: Bill English says economy on right track despite 'headwinds'
Aimee Gulliver (Stuff): Economy 'in good shape' despite dairy price drop - Bill English
Newswire: English claims tax cuts still possible
Sophie Ryan (Herald): Bill English accepts Goff report but PM runs NZ's 'most transparent government'
Dave Burgess (Stuff): Mining key to rural wealth – report
Housing
Josh Fagan (Stuff): Boarding houses of scandal and shame
Teresa Cowie (RNZ): Insight for 30 November 2014 - Future State of Social Housing
One Two Three Home: Activism for state housing
Other
Stuff: Today in politics: December 1
The Nation (TV3): Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox has big plans
Deborah Hart (NBR): The Sutton fiasco, and how dispute resolution should work
Dion Tuuta (Taranaki Daily News): Treaty guarantees a place for Maori
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Why bother joining a union?
Newswire: Steven Joyce back in Australia to help recruit workers
Alex Fensome (Stuff): Cartoonist Tom Scott always quick on the draw
Michael Forbes (Stuff): Bridges: NZ can take lead on driverless vehicles
Manawatu Standard: Editorial: Booze a too-easy target in curbing violence
Herald: Domestic violence laws likely to change – Minister
Lois Cairns (Stuff): Dalziel looking at asset sales for rebuild
Stuff: Moderate success for venture fund
