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Countering Foreign Fighters Bill
Andrea Vance and Stacey Kirk (Stuff):Labour backs anti-terror laws, despite attacking it
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Labour sell us out on warrantless surveillance
Chris Keall (NBR): Foreign fighters bill passes: a measure of Little's ambition, and Peters' guile
Nathan Smith (NBR): Key passes new terror laws in an age of...peace? (paywalled)
Chris Bramwell (RNZ): Parliament approves anti-terror laws
Audrey Young (Herald): It's 'Nazism' - Winston Peters lashes SIS law's new powers
No Right Turn: Sedition and terrorism
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Winston tried to bring back sedition laws
The Standard: The Roll of Shame.
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Terror bill passed by Parliament
Lana Doyle (Scoop): Spy surveillance laws: not listening to Kiwis
Andrew Gunn (Stuff): Watching you, watching them
Inequality
Lauren Baker (RNZ): NZ gap between rich and poor growing
Niko Kloeten (Stuff): NZ economy hard hit by inequality, OECD
TV3/Newswire: Inequality damaging NZ's economy – OECD
Guardian: New Zealand and Mexico the OECD economies most affected by inequality
Max Rashbrooke (Public Address): Inequality: Too big to ignore
Rob Salmond (Polity): OECD on inequality and growth
Rob Salmond (Polity): The "net tax" canard returns
Stephanie Rodgers (On the Left): The end of the inequality debate?
Nevil Gibson (NBR): What OECD really says about income gaps and growth
Standard: Rising poverty amongst Asians
The Standard: Poverty of Details
Foreign Ownership
Tim Watkin (Pundit): U-turn ahead? Or just a foreign buyer snarl up?
TVNZ: Stolen Chinese money likely spent on Auckland property – Little
Adam Bennett (Herald): Chinese CBD bid by Pengxin highlights issue of foreign ownership
Housing
Anne Gibson (Herald): To rent or own a house: At the landlord's mercy - for life
Richard Meadows (Stuff): Renting home for life gaining acceptance
Lawrence Yule (ODT): Co-operation housing shortage solution
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Good reasons for housing register
Extradition treaty with China
Press: Editorial: Treaty should be considered
Newswire: No list yet of corrupt officials
Nevil Gibson (NBR): Chinese need help not hindrance in their 'fox hunt' campaign (paywalled)
Health
Gordon Campbell (Werewolf): Public Health : The Silent Crisis
Isaac Davison (Herald): Big challenge in government's cancer treatment plan
RadioLive: Cancer survivors slam Govt's three-year plan
Rachel Smalley (Newstalk ZB): $11m a drop in the bucket for cancer
Peter O’Neill (Timaru Herald): Editorial: Pub smoking ban was one more nail
Climate Change
TV3: How can NZ save its green reputation?
Richard McLachlan (Werewolf): ‘This Changes Everything’
No Right Turn: Climate change: Sociopathic wankers
Dirty Politics
Spin Bin: Mandy Hager sends Patrick Gower to the spin bin
Steven Cowan (Against the current): You are being watched
Bradley Ambrose sues John Key
Adam Bennett (Herald): Taxpayer set to foot Key's defence bills over 'teapot tape'
Pete George (Your NZ): Ambrose sues Key – too late?
Pete George (Your NZ): Ambrose defamation suit appears to be outside limitation period
The year In review
Duncan Garner (RadioLive): The Political winners and losers of 2014
David Fisher (Herald): New Zealander of the Year: Hager's election bombshell book led to three inquiries
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): 2014 – Year of the angry white knuckle
Economy
TV3: Govt surplus 'a challenge' – English
Herald: NZ govt deficit bigger than expected
Vernon Small (Stuff): Budget deficit worse than forecast
Other
Jane Clifton (Dom Post): Secret's to talk nonsense with aplomb
RNZ: Key rebuts accusations of arrogance
RNZ: Scientists 'gag' up for debate
Mike Hosking (NBR): The real answer to Labour's election problems
David Fisher (Herald): Expert spells out rules for Iraq mission
Pramuk Perera (ODT): Expect NZ to get stuck in at UN
ODT: Editorial: Protecting the public
David Fisher (Herald): Kim Dotcom's fight for Hong Kong millions
Radio NZ: Single national Maori body 'nirvana'
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea news): How should Waitangi Tribunal ruling on Sovereignty be implemented?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Labour breaking their word on asset sales
Lois Cairns (Stuff): Govt makes U-turn on road repairs
Press: ECan won't feature in amalgamation plans
Jo Moir (Stuff): Seymour undaunted by charter failure
Peter de Graaf (Northern Advocate): Waitangi Tribunal bumps ex-MP Tau Henare
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Parliamentary prayer not to change
Herald: Anti-oil activists lock themselves to government building
Stuff: Second Auckland crossing still years away
Victoria Young (NBR): Greens concede judges register bill short-lived
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Fonterra still living in a state of denial
Colin Jackson (Public Address): Why churches should marry same-sex couples
Lyndon Hood (Werewolf): The Politician’s Song
Russell Brown (Public Address): Public Address Word of the Year 2014
Lyn Prentice (The Standard): Poor (and rather pathetic) Bomber
Pete George (Your NZ): Bradbury versus Scoop and The Standard
Bevan Chuang: Update on my Journo rant
