NZ Politics Daily: 30 December 2024

GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, YEAR IN REVIEW
Steve Braunias (Newsroom): The Secret Diary of .. 2024
Sam Sachdeva (Newsroom): Peters on NZ First: ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet’
Kelly Dennett (Post): Nicola Willis: Relentless optimist, trying not to be perfect all the time (paywalled)
Herald Editorial: Opportunity for alternative principles on Act’s Treaty Bill (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Just for one day (paywalled)
Shane Te Pou (Herald): Seymour, Swarbrick among standout MPs in eventful year in Parliament (paywalled)
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Will Maori Party over cook the hangi and gift Winston another term?
Mike Houlahan (ODT): The ins, outs, twists and turns of the political year that was (paywalled)
Ella Stewart (RNZ): Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini - A historic year for Māoridom
Ian Hyslop: We shall overcome
Charles Finny (Newsroom): My robot waiter reminds us what really matters
Philip Matthews (Post): 2024 in review: Fresh starts or false hopes? (paywalled)
Post: Summer off politics: Barbara Edmonds’ special potato salad recipe (paywalled)
Harriette Boucher (Post): The Art of Parliament: In the inner sanctums (paywalled)
Harriette Boucher (Post): The Art of Parliament: Koru (paywalled)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Tom Hunt (Press): Who wants to be Wellington's next mayor? (paywalled)
Brittany Keogh (Post): Birth rates, job losses and the brain drain: The year in review in five charts (paywalled)
Justin Wong (Post): Could these new fans spell the end of Spicer Landfill’s smelly woes? (paywalled)
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Karanga Plaza: Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown unhappy after new pool declared unsafe for swimming
Rachael Kelly (Press): No Government intervention on Gore’s controversial proposed district plan (paywalled)
Alisha Evans (Local Democracy Reporting): Tauranga’s new rainbow crossing installed after six-year campaign
Linda Hall (Local Democracy Reporting): Roll call please - how many meetings are Hawke’s Bay’s councillors missing?
Adam Burns (RNZ): Is Ashburton boring? Teenagers take on mayor and council
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): Meet Kaipara’s fishing-mad mayor – the 'Trump of the North'
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): Mitimiti magic for Far North Mayor, at the end of the winding gravel road
Susan Botting (Local Democracy Reporting): Whangārei Mayor’s waistcoats add aplomb to summer gardening

CHILD WELFARE, POLICING
Anusha Bradley (RNZ): Government coy on police plan to target 'at risk' children for social investment
Stuff: Police refer 12yo boy to Youth Aid for wearing boxing club t-shirt ‘featuring Black Power type insignia’
1News: Twelve-year-old stopped by police for wearing a boxing club shirt

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