GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT
Morgan Godfery (Post): We get what they pay for with this Government (paywalled)
Jenée Tibshraeny (Herald): Treasury opposed to Government’s extension of 90-day trials (paywalled)
Alexander Gillespie (The Conversation): NZ report card 2023: near the top of the class in some areas, room for improvement elsewhere
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Infamous TDB Political Awards 2023
Brent Edwards (NBR): Adrenaline junkie finds the pace of business slower than politics (paywalled)
Tusiata Avia: David Seymour and Me, The Saga, part 1
Tusiata Avia: David Seymour and Me 2
Martin Van Beynen (Post): Baby and pension prompt stock-take on life (paywalled)
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): How citizens' assemblies could resolve New Zealand's toughest debates
Anna Whyte (Post): The art and curios of Parliament (paywalled)
ECONOMY
Andy Fyers (BusinessDesk): Five charts that defined the economy in 2023 (paywalled)
Kirsten Patterson (Post): Not-for-profits more optimistic about the economy in 2024 than for-profits, survey shows (paywalled)
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Ex-Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker on how quantitative easing has exposed government finances to rising interest rates
Hamish Pepper (Interest): Understanding the RBNZ’s recent hawkish shift
LOCAL GOVERNMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE
Elias Visontay (Guardian): New Zealand mayor clarifies there’s no need to ‘stop pooing’ amid town’s sewerage stench crisis
Cushla Norman (1News): Lower Hutt residents fed up with 'vomit inducing' stench
David Norman (Interest): Powering up: Facing the infrastructure gap (Part 3)
Jim Quinn (Herald): Let’s talk about longevity of governance (paywalled)
CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSERVATION
Jamie Morton (Herald): Cyclone Gabrielle, Auckland flooding: How climate change hit home in 2023 (paywalled)
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): New community climate adaptation pilot for Northland
Fiona Ellis (ODT): Climate activist ‘won’t be silenced’ (paywalled)
David Williams (Newsroom): DoC dropped second probe into SailGP race
Ryan Anderson (Stuff): Where is Paora? The kiwi pulled from public life following US petting scandal
EMPLOYMENT, BUSINESS
Candice Harris, Barbara Myers & Jarrod Haar (The Conversation): Older workers still struggle with work-life balance – and there’s no one-size-fits-all remedy
Rob Stock (Post): Don’t be sucked in by manufacturers’ warranty claims (paywalled)
Tamara Poi-Ngawhika (BusinessDesk): Hospo spend up as retailers experience slightly weaker Boxing Day
RNZ: Boxing Day sales dip, retailers blame cost of living, interest rates
HOUSING
Kate McVicar (NBR): Failed foreign buyers’ tax ‘lost opportunity’ for NZ and Govt (paywalled)
Janine Rankin (Manawatū Standard): Heritage state houses made good as new while retaining character
Nicola Martin (One Roof): How much will house prices rise in 2024? Experts’ surprising predictions
HEALTH
Ruth Brown (Listener): GPs in crisis: Why can I never get to see my doctor (and why is it so expensive?) (paywalled)
Listener: GPs in crisis: Yes, you should be worried (paywalled)
Jemima Huston (RNZ): Life with Long Covid - what it's really like
EDUCATION
Sinead Gill (Post): Student nurses dropping out due to financial hardship (paywalled)
Gianina Schwanecke (Post): Costs jump $26m on Victoria University’s Living Pā project (paywalled)
RNZ: Fears incoming NCEA requirements will lead to drop in student pass rates
POLICE, CRIME, CORRECTIONS
Katie Ham (Stuff): Top cop remains coy over review into workplace sexual harassment
Frances Chin (Post): The software that is raising retail crime statistics (paywalled)
Zane Small (Newshub): Retail crime: Documents show fewer ram-raids but violence on the rise
Soumya Bhamidipati (RNZ): Corrections contractor disciplined over assault of prisoner
OTHER
Salene Schloffel-Armstrong (Newsroom): There is such thing as a society
ODT Editorial: IT fiascoes (paywalled)
Sue Middleton (Post): Sex, gender, and listening rather than insulting each other (paywalled)
Don Brash: The new government has one helluva a task in front of it: Compulsory indoctrination is unworthy of professional bodies
André Chumko (Post): Book bans rare in NZ despite spike in United States (paywalled)
Anna Murray (1News): 'How big is his hole?' And other quotes that summed up 2023
Janine Starks (Stuff): Will Bank-a-Claus deliver fast, secure banking?
Emma Stanford (RNZ): More women to get on boards in 2024, business leaders predict
Farid Ahmed (Newsroom): ‘This is your home brother!’