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Author: Bryce Edwards
GOVERNMENT, PARLIAMENT, 2024 IN REVIEW, 2025 PREDICTIONS
Dave Armstrong (Post): The sweet, the exotic, the fragrant and the bruised: the 2024 Basil Awards (paywalled)
Harriette Boucher (Post): A brief history of 2024’s political brouhaha (paywalled)
David Farrar: Kiwiblog’s 2025 predictions
Post political reporters: How our 2024 political predictions fared (paywalled)
Newsroom: The cultural Cabinet’s top picks
Thomas Manch (Post): Summer off politics: Chris Bishop will be doing ‘nothing' (paywalled)
Brianna McIlraith (Stuff): What 2025 has in store for your wallet
David Chaston (Interest): Time to make 2025 predictions
NEW YEAR 2025 HONOURS
Herald Editorial: New Year 2025 Honours: The exceptional Kiwis who stepped up (paywalled)
ODT Editorial: Recognising the great and their teams (paywalled)
Cherie Howie (Herald): Lydia Ko a dame; former All Blacks coaches and My Food Bag founders recognised
BusinessDesk: Business leaders recognised for decades of service (paywalled)
Karyn Scherer (NBR): Two new knights in New Year Honours for business (paywalled)
Anne Gibson (Herald): Billionaire philanthropist Ted Manson knighted (paywalled)
Alka Prasad (Post): Sir Ted Manson on helping build the dream for young Kiwis (paywalled)
Andrea Fox (Herald): Waikato’s John Gallagher earns a knighthood for a lifetime of community leadership and giving (paywalled)
Matthew Martin (Post): Arise, Sir John Gallagher (paywalled)
Sandra Conchie (Bay of Plenty Times): New Year 2025 Honours: Transpower chairman Keith Turner of Bay of Plenty receives high honour
Ian Llewellyn (BusinessDesk): Keith Turner: Gong a nod to whole sector's work (paywalled)
Herald: Nadia Lim and Carlos Bagrie appointed officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Anne Gibson (Herald): New Year 2025 Honours: Olly Newland rewarded for work in real estate, Jewish community, music (paywalled)
Will Harvie (Press/Post): Canterbury’s newest knight: Environment lawyer Peter Skelton (paywalled)
Natasha Hill (Te Ao Māori News): Tama Potaka praises Māori on the New Year Honours list 2025
Natasha Hill (Te Ao Māori News): 35 Māori celebrated in New Year’s Honours list 2025
Mildred Armah (Post): New Year Honours: 50 years of service to Māori (paywalled)
Mike McRoberts (NBR): He Toa Rangatira (paywalled)
RNZ: KidsCan founder Julie Chapman becomes a Dame
Kevin Norquay (Post): Mixed feelings for Dame Julie, as child poverty work remains (paywalled)
Press/Post: Decades of dedication: Defence leaders honoured for service (paywalled)
Kevin Norquay (Post): ‘Incredibly humbling’ survivor Keith Wiffin honoured with KSO (paywalled)
RNZ: Lydia Ko believed to be youngest Dame of Commonwealth
Will Toogood (Herald): New Year Honours 2025: Lydia Ko youngest ever dame, for services to golf
Jordan Oppoert (1News): Lydia Ko on her 'fairytale' year, becoming a Dame
Kelly Dennett (Post): Another title for Ko: NZ’s newest, youngest, Dame (paywalled)
Matthew Martin (Waikato Times/Post): Fozzie gets his gong (paywalled)
Gaurav Sharma (RNZ): New Year Honours 2025: Asians recognised for service to community
Maxine Jacobs (Press/Post): Antarctic pioneers honoured for decades of preservation and conservation (paywalled)
Natasha Hill (Te Ao Māori News): Contemporary art pioneer Fred Graham recieves New Year Honour
Sharon Fergusson (1News): Honours recognise contributions to design, film, food, and entertainment
1News: Full list: New Year Honours 2025
Herald: New Year Honours 2025: The full list
RNZ: New Year Honours 2025: The full list
There are links to 42 items above in today’s free version of “NZ Politics Daily”. But below the paywall there are an additional 25 categorised items, and today’s newspaper cartoons.
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