Climate change
Adrien Taylor (TV3): Govt told to cut climate change target gap
Isaac Davison (Herald): Climate Change: NZ's emission impossible
Press: Editorial: Climate deal as remote as ever
Dom Post: A small step on climate change
Year in review
Colin James (ODT): The year of a man who’s been around a while
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): Why proclaiming Key as the Politician of the Year is ethically bankrupt
Dirty Politics
Matthew Hooton (NBR): Left reveals fascist tendencies over Judith Collins’ column (paywalled)
Rodney Hide (NBR): Imagine Winston’s Dirty Politics scenario
Giovanni Tiso (Bat Bean Beam): Tending fascist
Nick Grant (NBR): Hager named Waikato University’s 2015 writer in residence
David Cohen (NBR): Texting Slater: Non-story of the year? (paywalled)
TV3: Key criticised for Slater apology
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Key’s crocodile tears over dirty politics
Pete George (Your NZ): Transcript – Key on media, dirty politics and bloggers
Sydney hostage siege
Audrey Young (Herald): Sydney siege: Anti-terrorist law in NZ 100% justified, says MP
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the Sydney siege, and DHB budget cuts
Herald: Editorial: Sydney siege brings terror close to home
Voting
Claire Trevett (Herald): 126 voters referred to police for voting twice
TVNZ: Electoral Commission refers dual voting cases to police
Public service salaries
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Eye-watering salaries
Georgina Stylianou (Press): 'Top heavy' Cera has big salaries
Internet Party
John Armstrong (Herald): Mana deal was never 'till death us do part'
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Harre disconnects from Internet Party
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Laila quits her membership
Other
Demelza Leslie (RNZ): DHBs may face more funding cuts
Pete George (Your NZ): Collins should return as Minister but Williamson unlikely
Rob Salmond (Polity): Euthanasia
Mark Yardley (The Press): Restorative justice of little benefit to victims
Rob Hosking (NBR): Govt figures likely to show delayed surplus - but stronger underlying economy (paywalled)
Jamie Ball (NBR): MFAT slammed for ‘shameful misuse’ of $9m conference
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Why we are in inequality denial and climate change denial
Catherine Delahunty (Herald): Maori representation no threat to open democracy
RNZ: Rents stagnant across nation
Peter O’Neill (Timaru Herald): Editorial: Timaru case shows why we need spy laws
Angela Fitchett (Nelson Mail): Parliamentary prayer: Debate on update
Southland Times: Editorial: Want a pollie cracker?
Matthew Dearnaley (Herald): Key transport projects face delays
