NZ Politics Daily - 2 January 2018
2 January 2018
Today's content
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Lorde not playing in Israel
Herald: Advert in US paper labels Lorde a bigot
Stuff: Pro-Israel group calls Lorde a 'bigot' in full-page newspaper ad
Damon Rusden (Newsroom): Lorde deserves kudos for courageous stand
Hind Awwad (Al Jazeera): Lorde set an example for young celebrities to follow
Nada Elia (Mondoweiss): Lorde didn’t bow to pressure, she rose to the occasion
Jonathan Marks (The Algemeiner): Lorde Is Swimming in Antisemitic Waters
David Gerstman (The Tower): Lorde, Did She Pick a Bad Time to Boycott Israel!
Damien Grant (Stuff): Lorde's taking His name in vain
John Minto (Daily Blog): After Lorde’s courage, why has WOMAD invited Israeli singer to New Zealand?
2017 in review
Joe Pagani (Newsroom): My year as a Labour supporter
Stuff: 2017: Did our political reporters predict what would happen? Kinda
Metro: The Metro Dubious Achievements Awards 2017
Newswire: Politics keeps business world on its toes in 2017
Bryan Gould: We didn’t do badly in 2017
Peter Wilson (Newswire): Politics 2017: National to test Labour mercilessly
Oscar Kightley (Stuff): How 2017 made weird the new norm
Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ellipsister): 2017: The year I ran for Parliament
Grant Shimmin (Stuff): A Christmas wish that we find the greatest privilege of all
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Fairfax scores their 2017 predictions
2018 forecasts
The Spinoff: Our experts’ wild predictions for politics in 2018
Dominion Post: Editorial: What will 2018 bring for New Zealand?
Stuff: The year that may be: Our political predictions for 2018
Steve Braunias (Herald): From tucked-in shirts to peace on earth - a wish-list for 2018
NZ Herald editorial: Hopes are high for a sparkling year
Paul Little (Herald): 2018 - The Year in Preview
Government
NZ Herald editorial: Prosperity for all Ardern's New Year task
Chris Trotter (Stuff): Can Jacinda Ardern, like President Kennedy before her, inspire youth?
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): Dead Reckonings
Tom Peters (World socialist website): New Zealand government offers false promises to reduce poverty
Liquor laws
Thomas Manch (Stuff): A $250 trip to the beach: No box of beer is safe in Whangamatā
Donna-Lee Biddle (Stuff): New Year's revellers build sandcastle in Coromandel estuary to avoid liquor ban
Environment
Tara Shaskey (Stuff): Protest to stop fossil fuel exploration hits the water in Taranaki
Mike Watson (Stuff): Taranaki MP calls for balance in offshore exploration debate
Rod Oram (Newsroom): From zero to hero in 18 months
Nita Blake-Persen (RNZ): Greenpeace slams govt's funding for Irrigation NZ
Te Mata Peak track
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Iwi frustrated as locals take to Te Mata Peak track
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Mayor seeks legal advice on Te Mata Peak track
RNZ: Woman fights to keep controversial Te Mata Peak track
Euthanasia
Paul Little (Herald): Death with dignity
Tom Dillane (1News): Watch: National's Nikki Kaye on how the death of a family member swayed her 'sympathy' for euthanasia into 'firm' support
Audrey Young (Herald): Meet the backbencher: Jenny Marcroft says the euthanasia issue is too big for MPs to decide
Law and order
Graeme Edgeler (Public address): On citizen’s arrests; or yet another law change I missed when Parliament created the Criminal Procedure Act
Deena Coster (Stuff): Housing NZ defends having a say on bail, after policy labelled 'inconsistent'
Dileepa Fonseka and Helen King (Stuff): Increase in tobacco tax worrying for fearful dairy owners
Kelly Dennett (Herald): Calls for legalisation of e-cigarettes following surging crime but Government in no hurry
Education
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): One year free tertiary study comes into force
John-Michael Swannix (Newshub): Minister questions need for special-needs education review
Kelvin Smyth (Networkonnet): A coherent analysis would require Labour to respond in a coherent way
Other
Stephanie Rodgers (Boots theory): Why I’m Quitting Tobacco
Carly Thomas (Stuff): God's changing place in New Zealand society
Tom Hunt (Stuff): Staggering divide between super-rich and rest of us in property markets
Josie Pagani (Herald): Misplaced generosity hampers aid efforts
Grant McLachlan (Herald): Rail a saga of missed opportunities
Brian Easton (Pundit): The Fallacy of the Uniformed Celebrity Opinion
Dileepa Fonseka (Stuff): Upheaval at NZTA resulting in 'poor quality roading upgrades'
Stuff: Ali Mau to leave RadioLive Drive after four years
Cherie Howie (Herald): Life in the war-zone: Former Labour leader David Shearer's year in South Sudan
Brittany Keogh (Herald): NZ First MP Shane Jones and fiancee Dot Pumipi's Rarotonga wedding almost wasn't legal
Laurel Stowell (Herald): Government gives to rural trusts to support drought-stricken farmers
Mike O’Donnell (Stuff): Digital Inclusion is not just good for people but for the economy
Natalie Akoorie (Herald): Politicians invited to rodeos as Michael Laws tries to change image
Michael Hayward (Stuff): Public to have say on EQC inquiry into Christchurch earthquake response
Martin van Beynen (Stuff): 2017 belonged to the beggar scourge
Stuff: Governor-General uses New Year's message to call for gender equality
Derek Cheng (Herald): Meet the backbencher: Jamie Strange and his mannequin
Pete George (Your NZ): New generation government ending failed ‘neo-liberalism’?