NZ Politics Daily - 30 December 2017
30 December 2017
Today's content
Below are the links to the items online. The full text of these items are contained in the PDF file (click to download).
Lorde not playing in Israel
Herald: Editorial: Lorde's stand on Israel does her credit
Mark Dawson (Wanganui Chronicle): Editorial - Good Lorde, what a dilemma
Damon Rusden (Daily Blog): Lorde has spoken; a courageous move in a complex struggle
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Lorde's apology & ignorance, unfair hard left criticism, claims of hypocrisy and the power of Israeli propaganda
Te Wharepora Hou: If Liel Leibovitz is Serious About His Māori Politics He Shouldn't Be Undermining Indigenous Sovereignty in Palestine
Liel Leibovitz (Tablet Magazine): If Lorde is serious about her politics, she shouldn't boycott Israel but her native New Zealand
David Cohen (Times of Israel): Our Lorde
David Sedley (The Times of Israel): Lorde should have contributed to 'spirit of hope and peace' - ambassador
Jess (The Jewish Chronicle): A letter to Lorde from a devastated fan
Jerusalem Post: Editorial - Lorde and the BDS bullies
Amy Spiro (Jerusalem Post): After Lorde nixes Israel gig, envoy to NZ asks to meet with her
Newswire: Israel ambassador seeks meeting with Lorde after Tel Aviv concert cancelled
John Small (Small Torque): Cheers Lorde
The Australian: Teenagers worship Lorde but the Kiwi pop princess is very wrong to boycott Israel
RNZ: 'Music should unite not divide' - Israel's ambassador to NZ
Alex Braae (Newstalk ZB): Activist faces death threats after urging Lorde Israel boycott
Karl Quinn (Brisbane Times): Lorde's Israel backdown shows doing the right thing in music is far from black and white
Yousef Munayyer (Forward): Thank You, Lorde, For Standing Up For Palestinian Human Rights
Josh Brown (Scoop): Some Sympathy for Lorde's Israeli Fans
New Year Honours
Jo Moir (Stuff): Former MPs honoured for services to Parliament and state
Catherine Groenestein (Stuff): Borrows awarded QSO for Government, community service
Dominion Post: Editorial - Honours should go only to the truly outstanding
Chris Hutching (Stuff): Business women power ahead in New Year's honours
Herald: Editorial: Honours list a way to say thank you
The Press: Editorial: health critic Philip Bagshaw deserves public recognition
2017 in review
Liam Hehir (Newsroom): My year as a National supporter
Louis Houlbrooke (Newsroom): My year as an ACT supporter
Chris Ford (Newsroom): My year as a Greens supporter
Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of Looking at the year in satire
Steve Braunias (Herald): Surviving the Fear of Trump - making it through
Ophelia Buckleton (Herald): From National's rule to Paddles the cat: what we lost in 2017
Herald: Metiria Turei's benefit fraud tops list of 2017's toughest PR gigs
Employment and inequality
Dennis Eichert (Stuff): New Zealand isn't working
Rob Stock (Stuff): 'Unfair' wealth divide hurting middle NZ
Rob Stock (Stuff): Can middle New Zealanders still get ahead?
Rob Stock (Stuff): 'Harsh' retirements not felt by most over 65s
The Press: Editorial - When wealth grows, who pays?
Government
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): Multination tax rorts in Minister's sights
1News: Whanau Ora about to be re-booted under new government
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Jacinda And The Bard.
Matt Shand (Stuff): PM demands meeting with troubled NZ Ballet amid anger at failure to tour locally
Gerard Hutching (Stuff): Government does not expect Landcorp to pay dividend
Drug law reform
Leighton Keith (Stuff): Medicinal cannabis legislation disappointing say Taranaki couple
ODT: Editorial - Caution on cannabis
Chris Fowlie (Daily Blog): Govt medicinal cannabis Bill a huge step but should go further
Rebecca Reider (Newshub): Government's medicinal cannabis bill doesn't go far enough
Other
Karl du Fresne (Stuff): Taking a hands-off approach to male guilt
Kathy Spencer (Stuff): Tax burden unfair on smokers
Megan Gattey (Stuff): Why rent really is too high for Kiwi battlers gallery
Millie McCaughan (1News): Five questions with human rights lawyer, refugee and Green MP Golriz Ghahraman
Murray Horton (Evening Report): Independent foreign policy? Fine words, but not reality
Brian Easton (Pundit): What is New with the HYEFU?
Sam Hurley (Herald): First te reo speaker Justice Joseph Williams appointed to Court of Appeal
Tom Peters (World socialist website): Anti-Chinese witch-hunt against New Zealand MP intensifies
Ian Hyslop (Newsroom): High hopes for children
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): A rotten OIA story
Stuff: My wife reversed her Do Not Resuscitate order - I can't support euthanasia
Anna Bracewell-Worrall (Newshub): NZ First website down for more than a month