GOVERNMENT
Luke Malpass (Post): Government lays it out - now it will be held accountable (paywalled)
Verity Johnson (Stuff): This isn't the honeymoon period, it's the morning after
Gordon Campbell: On The Government’s Assault On Maori
Tova O’Brien (Stuff): 'Put the bravado aside' - challenge to government from Waitangi
Brent Edwards (NBR): Race debate overshadows coalition's first week (paywalled)
Mike Hosking (Newstalk ZB): The leaks shouldn't be happening this early
Ben Thomas (Post): Luxon may want to unite, but landmines remain (paywalled)
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): First 100 day agenda for Hard Right Government – Winners, Losers and Predictions
Bruce Cotterill (Newstalk ZB): Simple communications and a 100-day plan (paywalled)
Herald: Political wrap: Luxon and Hipkins face off, Te Pāti Māori and NZ First butt heads, Mitchell releases expectations for Coster
Grant Duncan: Can Luxon actually lead?
Ian Taylor (Stuff): The unintended consequences of the new government
Herald Editorial: Leaders must act now to bring New Zealand together (paywalled)
Daily Blog: Last Working Group for 2023 with David Seymour, Willie Jackson and Damien Grant
PARLIAMENT
Audrey Young (Herald): Parliament’s Question Time for MPs returns - new ministers, new opponents (paywalled)
Claire Trevett (Herald): Parliament debate shows changed friends and foes of Winston Peters, Christopher Luxon, Chris Hipkins, Act and Te Pāti Māori co-leaders (paywalled)
Michele Hewitson (Listener): Past mud-slinging set aside, Peters and Seymour settle into an uneasy alliance (paywalled)
Felix Desmarais (1News): Luxon, Hipkins unleash on each other: 'He's like an arsonist'
Michael Neilson (Herald): PM Christopher Luxon clashes with Chris Hipkins in fiery first Parliament debate
Jenna Lynch (Newshub): Christopher Luxon, Chris Hipkins sling sledges in fiery return to Parliament
Thomas Manch (Post): Chris Hipkins tries to drive wedge between coalition in opening salvo (paywalled)
RNZ: Chris Hipkins and Christopher Luxon trade barbs from unfamiliar seats
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): Shane Jones wants Speaker Gerry Brownlee to look at Te Pāti Māori 'harehare' or 'skin rash' comment
Russell Palmer (RNZ): NZ First urges Speaker to enforce rules over Te Pāti Māori behaviour
Claire Trevett , Adam Pearse , Michael Neilson and Thomas Coughlan (Herald): Parliament opening: Speech from Throne promises slashed spending and help for Kiwis ‘wearied and worried by brazen offending’
1News: Governor-General outlines Govt's priorities in Speech from the Throne
RNZ: Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro highlights government's 'extensive, ambitious' agenda at State Opening of Parliament
Felix Desmarais (1News): Inside the Speech from the Throne: Poker faces few and far between
Felix Desmarais (1News): Rookie MP impresses Parliament in moving speech
Jamie Ensor (Newshub): New National MP James Meager delivers powerful maiden speech telling the left they 'don't own Māori, the poor, or the workers'
Adam Pearse (Herald): Left doesn’t own poor, Māori: National MP James Meager’s revealing and personal maiden statement
RNZ: National MPs talk upbringing and astrology in Parliament debut
1News: Some of Parliament's rituals and traditions explained
1News: Full video: State Opening of Parliament
RNZ: State Opening of Parliament, in photos
Lianne Dalziel (Newsroom): The House has got its man in Brownlee
RNZ: Port Waikato by-election official results confirm large margin for Bayly
Newshub: Why Labour leader Chris Hipkins will have to be 'well behaved' at Christmas Party
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