Housing and RMA reform
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): New Zealand Doesn't Need A "Developers' Charter"
Herald: Editorial: RMA move too important for bare majority
Dominion Post: Editorial – Scant detail on Nick Smith's proposed RMA overhaul
Brent Edwards (Radio NZ): Powerplay
Audrey Young (Herald): RMA will do 'nothing' for house prices - Winston Peters
John Armstrong (Herald): We all know the act is not the problem
Isaac Davison (Herald): Govt to unveil home affordability plans in new-look RMA
Isaac Davison (Herald): Nick Smith announces 10 dramatic changes to Resource Management Act
Vernon Small (Stuff): Smith lays some bait lines on RMA remodeling
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Renters Rights
Pattrick Smellie (BusinessDesk): A reform that would give healthy gains
Dominion Post: Editorial: Many facets to housing solution
Hamish Rutherford and Kelly Dennett (Stuff): National pushes on with Resource Management Act reform
Rob Hosking (NBR): Nick Smith declares full speed ahead on RMA reform (paywalled)
Rob Salmond (Polity): Nick Smith's gambit
TVNZ: 'There is no silver bullet to housing' - Housing Minister
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): On the RMA changes
Duncan Garner (Radiolive): Smith’s sentiment right but it lacks details
Bill Moore (Stuff): Smith vows to cut 'red tape gone mad' in RMA
Peter Cresswell (Not PC): RMA reform? Mush, without any details to give it form
Nevil Gibson (NBR): Why Labour must support RMA reforms (paywalled)
Eric Crampton (Offsetting behaviour): Auckland SimCity
David Kennedy (Local bodies): RMA Changes, A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
TV3: Labour: RMA reforms won't build more homes
TVNZ: NZ house prices could fall by up to 25% - Brian Gaynor
Gareth Vaughan (Interest): Brian Gaynor says he's not quite as positive as he was a year ago
Craig McCulloch (Radio NZ): Smith's RMA speech strident, says Dunne
Tova O'Brien and Simon Wong (TV3): RMA changes 'biggest in 25 years'
Greg Presland (The Standard): Nick Smith’s RMA reforms – low cost housing in Epsom?
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The real problem with affordable housing
Eye of the fish: RMA vs Affordable housing
Pete George (Your NZ): RMA reform – same old opposition
Elinor Chisholm (One Two Three Home): Building housese for poor people in 1912 and 2013
Stuff: Cost of building a new home rising fastest in Auckland
Amy Brooke (100 Days): Is this fair play for New Zealanders? Unaffordable housing a disgrace…
Waikato Times: Editorial – Resource Management Act reform needs support
Catherine Harris (Stuff): Investors driving Auckland property market
Rebecca Quilliam (Herald): Haggle, but rents will still rise: expert
Andrew McRae (RNZ): Home truths for property buyers
RNZ: Call for thousands of new homes
TVNZ: Wages must increase to make housing affordable - Andrew Little
Duncan Garner (Dom Post): Time to boost workers' pay, and first home buyers
Laura Walters (Stuff): Auckland in world top ten for housing unaffordability: report
Anne Gibson (Herald): Property: Mad truths on home prices in Auckland
ODT: Editorial: Heeding housing advice
Anne Gibson (Herald): Government's Auckland Housing Accord: Where are all the houses?
TV3: Auckland housing fix underway
Chris Hutching (NBR): Smith tries to take heat out of scorching housing report
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Special housing areas a total failure
RNZ: Call for more stable housing for Maori
The Standard: Where have all the houses gone?
Anna Pearson (Stuff): Housing fraud investigations 'free up' 180 houses
Andrew Chen (Mashed Calculus): Property Price to Income Ratios
Duncan Garner (RadioLIve): Ten reasons why houses are unaffordable
Asher Goldman (On the Left): Instability, home ownership and kids
Simon Wong and Dan Satherley (TV3): Govt's RMA changes gains some support
Dan Satherley (TV3): Greens: RMA changes won't make a dent in house prices
RNZ: Marama Fox wants closer look at RMA
Hamish Rutherford (Stuff): Government has numbers to pass RMA vote
TV3: Govt passing RMA change without support 'unwise'
Jono Natusch (Occasionally Erudite): (Almost) unconditional support: Act forgets to play its hand
The Standard: RMA reforms … be very afraid
Peter Cresswell (Not PC): So they’re “reforming” the RMA again?
John Key in Europe
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): PM can strut rock star economy in Davos
Rob Salmond (Polity): Davos
Andrea Vance (Stuff): John Key and David Cameron compare notes over jelly and icecream
Herald: Editorial: 'Club's' rules of engagement not set in stone
Audrey Young (Herald): Prime Minister John Key: Isis fight 'price of the club'
TVNZ: John Key: The price of being part of Five Eyes is joining ISIS fight
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): A statement from the Prime Minister
Stuff: NZ part of international anti-Islamic State coalition - Prime Minister John Key
Audrey Young (Herald): John Key meets David Cameron: Isis fight tops the agenda
No Right Turn: Not worth the price
Mike Smith (Standard): But which club?
Anthony Robins (Standard): The price of the club
TVNZ: John Key talks Charlie Hebdo with British PM David Cameron
Tony Field (TV3): Davos 2015 to focus on wealth gap
Melissa Davies (TV3): NZ's links with UK, EU focus of London talks
Gordon Campbell (Scoop): On the similarities between John Key and David Cameron
Karl du Fresne (Dom Post): John Key: Mr Nice Guy's unbelievable aura of serenity
Treaty of Waitangi and Ratana
Andrea Vance (Stuff): Greens use Ratana meeting to attack John Key
TV3: Joint politicians' welcome a first at Ratana
Newswire: Political year kicks off in Ratana
Gareth Morgan’s Ratana speech
TV3: Treaty settlements not 'genuine partnership' – Greens
Dan Satherley (TV3): Gareth Morgan: Rednecks 'off their tree' over book
Claire Trevett (Herald): The great crusader comes up short
David Fisher (Herald): Gareth Morgan: Get radical on race issues
Claire Trevett (Herald): Gareth Morgan lays down challenge on Treaty and Maori seats
Mike Butler (Herald): Morgan errs on land-loss rhetoric
Gareth’s World: We need to lift Pakeha understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi
Rob Salmond (Polity): I agree with Gareth Morgan
RenewNZ: Gareth Morgan has been studying fashion – not facts
Newswire: Pakeha 'ignorant' about Waitangi – Gareth Morgan
Matthew Grocott (Stuff): Ratana birthday celebration begins
Inequality
Manawatu Standard: Editorial: Power and money in the hands of a few
RNZ: Over 100,000 NZers in world's top 1%
Catriona MacLennan (Herald): Benefit debt punishment out of all proportion to 'crime'
Donna Wynd (CPAG): We must get on the same page about child poverty numbers
Anthony Robins (Standard): Beneficiaries falling
Education
Jamie Morton (Herald): Cost of 'free' education in New Zealand: $35,000 or more a child
Dom Post: Editorial: Time to revisit government-funded food in schools
Jody O’Callaghan (Stuff): School costs pile up for parents
Audrey Young (Herald): Rise in tertiary fees outstrips living allowance
Michael Forbes (Stuff): High debt scares off Victoria University prospects
Media
Alastair Thompson (Scoop): Reinventing News As A Public Right - A Public Conversation
Alison McCulloch (Scoop): Stop The Press : Alison McCulloch
Scoop: Setting Free The News - The Story Of Scoop #1 | 500 Words
Scoop: Scoop Independent News Launches "Operation Chrysalis"
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Scoop’s latest attempt to rebrand itself
Damian Christie (Public Address): Absolute Genius: The New Paul Henry Show
Labour Party
Andrea Vance (Stuff): A game-plan that may just work for Little
Martyn Bradbury (Waatea News): What can Maori expect from Andrew Little's first speech on January 28th?
GCSB
The Press: Editorial: Confidence in agency crucial
Herald: Editorial: Opposition should help pick spy chief
Rob Salmond (Polity): Herald on GCSB appointment
Employment
Katherine Percy (Herald): Bill puts focus on safe health practices
Geoff Simmons (Gareth’s World): Ten Types of People Who Would be Better Off with an Unconditional Basic Income
Audrey Young (Herald): Public sector staff on hunt for pay rise
Audrey Young (Herald): English: Smaller wage increases on the table due to low inflation
Paul McBeth (Newswire): English to restrain public sector pay
Colin James (ODT): Work is not what it used to be
Christie Hall (Stuff): Where next for equal pay
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Time for Andrew Little to give unions teeth
Other
Herald: The Insider: MPs bask in a longer summer
Adam Bennett (Herald): Meet the backbenchers: Mother's courage showed the way
Chris Trotter (Daily Blog): Why Jamie Whyte’s Daughter Is A Better Philosopher Than Her Dad
Dita de Boni (Herald): NZ daftly addicted to smart solutions
TVNZ: NZ flag change a matter of patriotism - John Key
Patrice Dougan and Kurt Bayer (Herald): Cabinet to look at David Bain compensation
Susan Devoy (Herald): We can't afford complacency in race relations
No Right Turn: More harassment of Dotcom
Liam Hehir (Manawatu Standard): Democracy's bitter taste worth bearing
Audrey Young (Herald): McCully denies he's quitting for UN envoy role
Michael Cox (Herald): Clark's sad legacy in '84 affair shrinks UN hopes
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Is Islam intrinsically evil? Reflections on Rupert Murdoch’s text
Scott Hamilton (Reading the maps): A quick non-contribution to a constitutional debate
Eric Crampton (Offsetting behaviour): False equivalences
Greg Presland (The Standard): Dirty Politics in 2015
Deborah Morris-Travers (Herald): Kids should top Key's New Year resolutions
Rebecca Macfie (Listener): Dying wishes (paywalled)
Redline: Capitalism and the state
Greg Presland (The Standard): What John Key actually believes in
Carrie Stoddart-Smith (Ellipsister): Twitter. It can be rough
Fairfax: How accurate were our political predictions for 2014?
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): 2015 predictions
Dominion Post: Editorial: New Zealand faces big choices in 2015
James Griffin (Herald): My 2015 to-do list by PM John Key
Fran O'Sullivan (Herald): Sloganeering offers little protection for our freedoms and values
Steve Braunias (Herald): The secret diary of ... 2015
David Fisher (Herald): NZ spies to combat new terror threats
