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NZ intervention in Middle East
Claire Trevett (Herald): Afghanistan asking for extension of training mission, says McCully
John Armstrong (Herald): Iraq deployment rattles Brownlee's good nature
Taranaki Daily News: Editorial: We're in for a fight – maybe
Philip Matthews (Press): Is New Zealand discriminating against Muslims?
Narelle Henson (Waikato Times): Sending soldiers to fight Isis is right
Dirty Politics
Torben Akel (TV3): In search of Jason Ede
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): ‘Stalking’ Ede
Tessa Johnstone (Stuff): Tau Henare accuses TV3 of stalking
Pete George (Your NZ): Tau Henare accuses TV3 of stalking
RNZ: Hager's launch timing naive – Peters
John Palethorpe (Shinbone Star): Unloseable
Rodney Hide (Herald): Tantrums and trauma over texting
Judith Collins
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets in reaction to Judith Collins' newspaper column
Bryce Edwards (Liberation): Top tweets about Judith Collins as a newspaper columnist
David Williams (Herald): Feeley: Collins clearance 'inevitable'
Adam Dudding (Dom Post): A new crush-free Judith Collins
The Standard: The tipline has a SST column
Judith Collins (Sunday Star Times): New 'wood' worries
Foreign property investment
Stuff: Chinese property investment 'just beginning'
Patrice Dougan (Herald): More Chinese expected to buy NZ property
Labour Party
Tracy Watkins (Stuff): Key might be in for a Little surprise
John Anthony (Stuff): Labour looks at small business
Brian Easton (Pundit): Grumbling About Political Grumblers
Wellington super city
Kate Chapman and Michael Forbes (Stuff): A super-charged debate
Graeme Edgeler (Public Address): Wellington Super City? Not even if it’s the best idea ever.
Duncan Garner (Dom Post): Ignore the squeals of self-interest
John Palethorpe (On the Left): Super?
Employment
John Roughan (Herald): Zero-hour contracts give Little a mission
Claire Trevett (Herald): Big public service pay gap for women
Matt Nippert and Simon Collins (Herald): Women miss top uni jobs
Thomas Heaton (Stuff): Expert urges quota for working women
Caleb Harris (Stuff): BP investigates pay-docking claim
Roger Sutton
Martin van Beynen and Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Roger Sutton and his dramatic downfall
Adam Bennett (Herald): Top brass tight-lipped over Sutton concerns
RNZ: Commission confirms earlier complaint
RNZ: Labour sceptical of SSC review
Maori Wardens
Gareth Thomas (RNZ): Crown berated over Maori Wardens
TVNZ: Maori Wardens should be controlled by Maori - Waitangi Tribunal
Stuff: Tribunal urges review of Maori wardens
Christchurch
RNZ: Asset sales plan 'may be too timid'
Lois Cairns (Press): Asset sales may face ratepayer opposition
Press: Editorial: Council shows new maturity
Steven Cowan (Against the current): “Christchurch is still a mess”
Korotangi Paki
TVNZ: Maori King's son's discharge without conviction overturned
Stuff: Maori king's son convicted
Rob Kidd (Herald): King's son convicted on appeal
Marami Stephens (Sparrowhawk): The curious case of Korotangi Paki and inherited privilege in modern New Zealand.
Tim Selwyn (Tumeke): Korotake III
Environment
Michael Forbes (Stuff): Heads in the sand in climate change protest
Herald: NZ climate protesters draw line in the sand
NBR: NZ will push the envelope on emmissions targets, Groser says
Jamie Morton (Herald): Auckland must prepare for climate change – scientist
Parliament’s prayer
Audrey Young (Herald): Mallard baulks at MPs' new prayer
Ewen McQueen (RenewNZ): Parliamentary prayer should reflect our spiritual DNA
RNZ: Catholic leader supports biligual prayer
Health
Ben Heather (Press): There's a doctor in the House now
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): MP and ex-GP Jonathan Coleman shows no love for medical marijuana
The Standard: Dirty Politics and the health advocates
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): The voice of presumption
Stuff: Overdose of propaganda
Auckland Council ‘Secret Room’
Russell Brown (Public Address): Some reprehensible bullshit
Cherie Howie (Herald): What secrets are concealed in Len Brown's flash new office?
Bevan Chuang: This is how some journo talk to subjects
Herald: 'Secret room' spending shows need for recall elections
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Taxpayer Union, the NZ Herald and Len Brown’s secret hidden love den
NBR: Time for recall option lobby group says as Len Brown's $30K secret rooms revealed
Destiny Church
Herald on Sunday Editorial: Destiny shows its true object of worship
Bevan Hurley (Herald): Destiny's $6 million windfall
Paul Little (Herald): Your Destiny is to pay and pay
Other
Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of ... Kim Dotcom
Andrea Vance (Stuff): The year's weird Beehive buzz-iness
Herald: Kiwis fighting Isis also targeted under anti-terror bill
ODT: Editorial: New Zealand and corruption
Keith Locke (Daily Blog): Unjust to imprison us for crimes we haven’t yet committed
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Pacific ministry's large travel bill
Vaughan Elder (ODT): Stalwart of student politics finishing
RNZ: Tolaga Bay launch for Horomia biography
Jo Moir (Stuff): Unregistered teachers 'no cause for concern'
Wayne Thompson (Herald): The bloody riot that shocked the country
Zoe Ferguson (RNZ): Feature: Tackling rape culture in NZ
TV3: Mana Party goes big for 2017
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Time to turn the key on electric future
Integrity Talking Points: New Zealand in the digital vanguard
Isaac Davison (Herald): Victims freed up to speak
Bernard Hickey (Herald): Housing up, fishing down
Frank Macskasy (Daily Blog): A degree in Urban Mythology, courtesy of Massey University
Anthony Robins (Standard): NZ Media and blogs vs blogs
Myles Thomas (Daily Blog): Media Watch: It’s Time to ‘Activate the Rest Button’
No Right Turn: A funny definition of charity
