NZ Politics Daily - 4 January 2018
4 January 2018
Today's content
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Lorde not playing in Israel
Russell Brown (Public Address): Lorde's Call
David Cohen (Times of Israel): Lorde have mercy
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the attacks on Lorde, over Israel
RNZ: Lorde attack ad 'a step too far' - academic
Herald: Jewish Council distances itself from Lorde ad
RNZ: Rabbi continues criticism of Lorde
Dan Satherley (Newshub): Lorde's Tel Aviv gig controversy: Jewish Council says it tried to stop 'bigot' ad
Hannah Jane Parkinson (Guardian): Hey pop stars! If you fancy getting political, read this first
Frank Guan (Vulture): Lorde Is Not a Bigot
Ali Abunimah (The Electronic Intifada): Lorde shows why Israel should indeed fear New Zealand
Jenni Frazer (Times of Israel): Boteach’s ad will surely send Lorde to boycotters
Amith Gupta (Mondoweiss): Shmuley Boteach’s unhinged attack on Lorde will only help the movement to boycott Israel
Shafik Mandhai (Al Jazeera): Lorde 'bullied' after dropping Israel show
Rosemary Mcleod (Stuff): Entertainment does have a place in politics
Steven Cowan (Against the current): Juliet Moses speaks with a forked tongue
2017 in review and 2018 forecasts
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Predictions for 2018
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Fairfax 2018 predictions
Philip Burdon (Stuff): Former National Cabinet minister Philip Burdon sees 'agonies of generational change' for National
Greg Presland (The Standard): What will 2018 bring for National?
Finn Hogan (Newshub): The biggest winners and losers of 2017
Kiwifirewalker: New Zealand Politics 2017: A change is as good as a revolution
Policing, crime and punishment
Jared Savage (Herald): William Yan's aka Bill Liu's secret deal with China in $43 million money laundering case
Jarrod Gilbert (Herald): Rich should pay bigger speeding fines
Enzo Giordani (The Standard): Income related speeding fines – bring it on!
Sam Hurley (Herald): High priced visitors: The cost of keeping foreigners in NZ jails revealed
Laura Walters (Stuff): Police minister has his work cut out with plan for 1800 extra cops by 2020
Stuff: Police use Samoan officer to represent Sikh community in popular recruitment video
Other
Stephanie Rodgers (Boots theory): The year of living recklessly
Liam Hehir (Stuff): Sarcastic one-liners may be entertaining, but don't waste too much time there
Nikki MacDonald (Stuff): New Zealand slipping behind on medical freebie transparency
1News: NZ 'in a very difficult place' if war breaks out with North Korea - expert
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Balance tilts in Auckland housing market for first time in seven years
Herald: Meet the backbencher: Erica Stanford
Dominion Post: Editorial – A tax on overseas tourists is a good idea
Eric Frykberg (RNZ): Removing Te Mata Peak track 'not a cheap thing to do'
Derek Cheng (Herald): Medicinal cannabis: Ministry of Health advised against decriminalisation for those in chronic pain
Thomas Coughlan (Newsroom): The changing world of catastrophe insurance
The Listener: Best Advice I Ever Got: New Zealand's top politicians, artists and personalities
Majorie Cook (Stuff): Wanaka Rodeo: Defence Minister Ron Mark reminisces about his passion for horses
Newshub: MP wants litterbugs in the bin
Colleen Hawkes (Stuff): Beauty pageants have had their day, not just because no-one enters
Herald: Workplace bullying not properly policed in NZ: Culture Safe
Sam Stubbs (Stuff): KiwiSaver money could fund long term capital projects
Dominic Harris (Stuff): Simmering frustrations over water bottling mean new levy could be in the pipeline
Brendon Egan (Stuff): Leading Silver Ferns earn a 10th of salary of millionaire All Black Kieran Read
Michael Reddell (Croaking Cassandara): A bauble for underperformance
Herald: World media praises 'heroic New Zealanders' who built sand island to dodge liquor ban