GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Matthew Hooton (Herald): Christopher Luxon sets ministers free to succeed or fail (paywalled)
Brian Easton (Pundit): Forward To 2017
Peter Dunne: Luxon's long and rocky road
Jack Tame (1News): The big what-ifs from the year in politics
Peter Dunne (Newsroom): It’s ‘winner take all’ under MMP too
1News: Bishop says it will be an 'interesting 3 years' working with Peters
John MacDonald (Newstalk ZB): Luxon needs to put Winston in his place
Brent Edwards (NBR): Dealing with Winston, the first 100 days, smoking backtrack
Brent Edwards (NBR): Political styles clash in coalition Government (paywaled)
Danyl McLauchlan (Listener): The week in politics (paywalled)
Joseph Los’e (Herald): Why Mark Mitchell can’t get rid of Police Commissioner Andrew Coster
Michael Reddell: Dismissing top public officials
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Chris Hipkins rips into Christopher Luxon's handling of Winston Peters' media comments, says Govt policies 'dangerously close' to 'endorsing conspiracies'
RNZ: 'Ashamed and embarrassed': Former Deputy PM Carmel Sepuloni reacts to government's 100-day agenda
Kerre Woodham (Newstalk ZB): Gone are the days of the waffle
Brent Edwards (NBR): Fair pay, clean car discounts scrapped by Govt (paywalled)
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): How to own the libs this Christmas
Dan Ahwa and Emma Gleason (Herald): Rating Cabinet ministers’ style: The power dressers in Christopher Luxon’s new Government (paywalled)
TREATY OF WAITANGI, EQUITY
Chris Trotter (Newstalk ZB): The Dangers of Equity (paywalled)
Eda Tang (Stuff): Hapū breaks silence on David Seymour: 'Don’t ever claim that you are Ngāti Rēhia if you want to tutū with the Treaty'
Glenn McConnell (Stuff): The uncertainty around how much it would cost to rebrand government departments
John Tamihere (Waatea News): What a new government means for Māori
Tema Hemi (Whakaata Māori): Turia, Mair call for Māori leaders’ national hui to fight new government’s Treaty dumping
Waatea News: Protest an option as treaty principles revised
Waatea News: Sykes optimistic as coalition spews anti-Māori policies
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Thomas Coughlan (Herald): ‘It’s the least they can expect of us’ - Winston Peters hints NZ warming on Aukus sub deal
1News: Foreign Minister Winston Peters on 'vacuum', US-NZ links
RNZ: Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters praises US engagement in the Pacific
Dita De Boni (NBR): NZ’s involvement in Aukus on the radar with bullish pro-US talk
Te Rina Kowhai (Whakaata Māori): Helen Clark hopes Winston Peters ensures NZ stands on the right side of history on Israel-Palestine conflict
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Joel MacManus (Spinoff): Tory Whanau, Nicola Young and the rumour that overtook the story
RNZ: Wellington mayor Tory Whanau: Some councillors question ability to stay in role
Ireland Hendry-Tennent and William Terite (Newshub): Wellington councillors call for mayor Tory Whanau to resign after alcohol problem admission
Georgina Campbell (Herald): Councillor calls for Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau to resign over drinking problem
RNZ: Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau 'open and honest' in admitting drinking problem
Stuff: Support, and questions, after mayor Tory Whanau's addiction admission
Newstalk ZB: Should Tory Whanau resign? Wellington city councillor has her say (paywalled)
Gianina Schwanecke (Post): Mayor due to return to office on Friday after Covid absence (paywalled)
Post: Mayor apologises as past alcohol-related claims surface (paywalled)
Vita Molyneux and Georgina Campbell (Herald): Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau reveals she has Covid-19 a day after admitting drinking problem
RNZ: Wellington mayor Tory Whanau: Some councillors question ability to stay in role
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Nick Truebridge (Newshub): Mayor Wayne Brown says new poll proves ratepayers support proposal to lease Ports of Auckland
Luke Kirkness (Herald):Auckland Council budget and future of Eden Park and Mt Smart Stadium (paywalled)
Sam Stubbs (Post): Has Wayne Brown just found a fiscal silver bullet? (paywalled)
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland's 2030 climate goals may be at risk in council budget
Todd Niall (Stuff): Auckland's urban regeneration agency chief picks his favourite do-ups
RNZ: Auckland Council chief financial officer resigns
RNZ: Auckland Council proposal to move from weekly to fortnightly rubbish collections
Louise Ternouth (RNZ): Allegations of blackmail over North Shore walkway stoush
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Marty Sharpe (Stuff): Councillor who acknowledged existence of secret document stripped of chair position
Michael Fallow (Southland Times): ICC advances proposals to sell or repurpose parks and reserves land
Tim Hunter (NBR): Dodgy legals in council company loans (paywalled)
Local Democracy Reporting: Gisborne councillor apologises to mayor over meeting comments
Waatea News: South Taranaki iwi see council as investment partner
MEDIA
Peter Thompson (The Conversation): Is Winston Peters right to call state-funded journalism ‘bribery’ – or is there a bigger threat to democracy?
Ben Espiner (The Platform): Peters vs Media
Liam Hehir (The Blue Review): The great media freakout of 2023 (paywalled)
Daniel Dunkley (BusinessDesk): The big media issues facing the new government (paywalled)
Aimee Shaw (Post): TVNZ tie up with Amazon could prove game changing for media (paywalled)
Shayne Currie (Herald): Media Insider: TVNZ shake-up - nine top roles gone; Newstalk ZB star’s close call with hacker; Big ad agency and PR departures (paywalled)
Chris Keall (Herald): TVNZ’s ambitious digital ad revenue target - and the AWS Clean Rooms and Amazon Personalisation AI tools it hopes will help (paywalled)
RNZ: Australian private equity firm eyeing up MediaWorks - report
Waatea News: Regulation needed for online media giants
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