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Wellington super city
Kate Chapman, Michael Forbes and Andrea O’Neil (Stuff): Super-city: Capital conundrum
Stuff: The super-city explained
Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Mayors voice concerns over Wellington super city
Emma Jolliff (TV3): Division over Wellington super capital
Nikkio Papatsoumas (Herald): Wellington super city plan runs into flak
TV3/Newswire: At a Glance: Wellington's super city plan
No Right Turn: Wellington's people should vote on its supercity
RNZ: Maori represented in supercity plan
Newswire: Wellington super city would mean rate hike – union
Press: Supercity should be on agenda
NZ intervention in Middle East
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Army's Iraq mission poses problems for Brownlee
Isaac Davison (Herald) Winston Peters: NZ troops kitted-out for Iraq mission
Barry Soper (Newstalk ZB): Blustering Brownlee confuses media over military deployment
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): What's In A Name? Let The Anzacs Rest In Peace, Mr Key.
Countering Foreign Fighters bill
Jane Patterson (RNZ): An uneasy truce on anti-terror bill
Philippa Tolley (RNZ): Muslims facing discrimination in NZ
Media
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about Judith Collins as a newspaper columnist
Wayne Hope (Daily Blog): Who owns NZ media?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Has Laila Harre been blacklisted from Radio NZ?
Sarah Stuart (Herald): Twelve Questions: Rod Emmerson
Keith Ng (Public Address): Sunlight Resistance
John Drinnan (Herald): Radio rivals play a pricey game
Peter Bromhead (Herald): PR confusion
Dirty Politics
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Du Fresne has fallen out of love with John Key
Radio NZ: More evidence of unethical alliances
The Political Scientist: ‘Everybody knows …’ the politics of dissimulation
Housing
Herald: Editorial: Figures will help answer worries over foreign buyers
TVNZ: Proposed NZ foreign property register labelled 'popular racism'
Duncan Garner (RadioLive): Time to find out who’s buying our houses
Adam Bennett (Herald): Govt quietly drops 'RightSize' housing
Trans Tasman MP rankings
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Norman attacking the media
Dene Mackenzie (ODT): Key 'straightforward choice' as top politician
Pete George (Your NZ): Russel Norman versus Trans Tasman
Quote of the year
Stuff: Quote of the year competition open for votes
Newswire: Cunliffe's 'sorry for being a man' best quote finalist
Herald: Election campaign offers feast of quips
Labour Party
Willie Jackson (RadioLive): A great start for Andrew Little
Jane Clifton (Listener): All talk and no sign of trousers
Jim Chipp (Dom Post): Little's Labour lineup a capital city bonanza
Stephen Keys (Unframed): Policy ideas for Andrew Little and Grant Robertson
Taranaki Daily News: Little's 'Future of Work' a good start
Education
Jo Moir (Stuff): 5000 teachers not registered to work
RNZ: Thousands of teachers not authorized
Ben Clark (Standard): Charter Schools: F
Health
Michael Daly (Stuff): Health: How NZ compares on every measure
Lisa Knight (Stuff): War on smoking 'needs cash'
Other
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Government By (Some) Of The People.
John Clarke: New Zealand, a User’s Guide
Benedict Collins (RNZ): Lord hear our prayer?
Mike Treen (Daily Blog): Unite Union conference declares war on zero hour contracts
Toby Manhire (Herald): Welcome to Ellison Wonderland
Pete George (Your NZ) Harrés rethinking the system in the north
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Public servant numbers climb
Jared Savage (Herald): Revealed: $30m government IT blowout
Max Rashbrooke: Treasury contemplates turning SOEs into co-ops
Keith Rankin (Daily Blog): Retirement Saving and the Crises of 2030
Chris Keall (NBR): A simple plan for the Dotcom's Internet Party to succeed in the US
Peter Wilson (TV3): Labour's paid parental leave bill hanging by a thread
Selwyn Manning (Daily Blog): Five AA Australia: New Zealand Almost Ranked Least Corrupt + Auckland’s House Prices Hike Upwards Again
No Right Turn: A modern Treaty breach
Lois Williams (RNZ): Bolger urges end to Ngapuhi row
On the Left: Open letter to Louise Upston
Stuff: New Zealand government passes match-fixing bill
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Sutton prompts SSC workplace bullying review
Simon Wong (TV3): State Services to review workplace bullying policy
Jane Clifton (Listener): Isn’t it rich?
No Right Turn: No consideration of corporate manslaughter
Conan Young (RNZ): Council to vote in secret on asset sales
RNZ: Maori Warden leadership 'in limbo'
Roeland van den Bergh and Richard Meadows (Stuff): Watchdog told to stand up to big business
Mai Chen (Herald): Hey Cabinet, we really need to talk
Claire Trevett (Herald): Phil Twyford apologises after making cat claw gesture at Paula Bennett
