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Housing and RMA reform
John Armstrong (Herald): Nick Smith sets up RMA as straw man for housing
Vernon Small (Stuff): RMA reforms no long-term solution
Bernard Hickey (Herald): Cut it out, you RMA spoilsports
Fran O’Sullivan (Herald): Nick Smith's calculation stretch on housing crisis headline-grabbing but way off the mark
Bryan Gould: Solving the Housing Crisis – Facts or Ideology?
Southland Times: Editorial: A bit of RMA-wrestling
ODT: Editorial: 'Reforming' the RMA
Rob Salmond (Polity): Herald on Smith on RMA
Simon Collins (Herald): If you don't own a home by 40, you don't have much hope, warns study
Simon Collins (Herald): Mr Rental now thinking about buying house
Winston Peters (RadioLive): Govt trying to hide housing crisis
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Kill the RMA
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Gen Xers and Gen Y locked out of property ownership forever
Phil Hayward (Whaleoil): On Auckland and the RMA reforms
Brennan McDonald: Slimmer RMA won’t improve affordability
Eric Crampton (Offsetting Behaviour): Costs, benefits, and apartments
Eric Crampton (NZ Initiative): RMA changes necessary, but not sufficient
Peter Cresswell (Not PC): How the RMA continues to protect polluters
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): RMA reform will be an uphill battle
Cameron Slater (Whaleoil): Will Nick Smith slash and burn the RMA? Or will it be as effective as his housing efforts?
Isaac Davison (Herald): Auckland Council red tape in the spotlight
Pete George (Your NZ): RMA reform proposal
Craig McCulloch (RNZ): Keep RMA standards high says group
Nick Smith: Annual speech to Nelson Rotary
Parliament and political year
Claire Trevett (Herald): NZ's political leaders to push their plans
Matthew Hooton (NBR): The year the worm may turn (paywalled)
Dom Post: Voters await signs of a new game plan
RNZ: Key and Little to give State of the Nation
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Fairfax’s 2015 predictions
Rob Salmond (Polity): Speech duel
Newswire: National surges to highest rating since 2014 election
David Farrar (KIwiblog): 1st poll of 2015
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Is it over for the Greens?
Andrea Vance (Stuff): NZ First MPs make most of summer lull
Audrey Young (Herald): Meet the backbenchers: Back home to make a contribution – Mark Mitchell
NZ Parliament: Introducing Parliament 101
Lewis Holden: Restoring our upper house – I
Ian Steward (Stuff): Arthur Taylor claims John Key's election as MP unlawful
Craig McCulloch (Radio NZ): Greens reject purely green focus
Ratana
Claire Trevett (Herald): Andrew Little survives at Ratana but Peters steals show
Tova O’Brien (TV3): Opposition slams Key's Ratana no-show
Claire Trevett (Herald): Ratana: Turei launches stinging attack on Key
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Andrew Little at Ratana – ignoring the battle to win the war
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Of course the Greens should be political on a political day
David Kennedy (Local Bodies): Turei Ratana Speech Justified
Patricia Greig (Herald): MP attracts hoots of laughter
Key in Europe
Audrey Young (Herald): Davos 2015: John Key networking 'like speed dater in first class'
Melissa Davies (TV3): Key in Davos: 'Europe's time will come again'
Mellissa Davies (TV3): Key wants TPPA ready within six months
TVNZ: Key tries to woo Europe during 'speed dating' in Davos
Chris Trotter (Bowalley Road): To Lunchtime And Beyond! Why There’s No More Loyal Servant Of The Anglo-Saxon Empire Than The New Zealand National Party
Don Franks (Redline): Looking inside John Key’s club
David Farrar (Kiwiblog): Montgomerie on Key
Farming and free speech
Rachel Stewart (Stuff): Farmers not exempt from country's laws
Lucy Townend (Stuff): Police investigate threat to columnist Rachel Stewart
RNZ: Threat to columnist 'should be handled by police'
Anthony Robins (Standard): The image of farming
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): The Standard defends Farmer rape threats
Economy
Vernon Small (Stuff): Better Budget deficit renews Government surplus hopes
Herald: Govt's operating deficit smaller than expected
Fiona Rotherham (Idealog): Do we really have a rockstar economy?
TVHE: Why doesn’t NZ need a fiscal rule?
Death of Saudi King
Herald: Governor-General to attend Saudi King's funeral
Newswire: Key pays tribute after Saudi king dies
Scott Yorke (Imperator Fish): Our dear Saudi friends
Media
John Drinnan (Herald): Concert station gets a tune-up
Stuff: Prime News production moves to NZ
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Dear Lynn Prentice – I have no interest in Scoop closing
Bill Bennett (Scoop): How Freelancers & Bloggers Inform NZ's $23 Bn ICT Industry
Bill Rosenberg (Scoop): News Before Profits
Pete George (Your NZ): What’s happening On The Left?
Stephanie Rodgers (The Standard): The meaning of dirty politics
Pete George (Your NZ): Left versus lefter
Lynn Prentice (Standard): The prince and the pea
Martyn Bradbury (Daily Blog): Blogwatch: Has Lynn Prentice apologised to his best blogger for outing him yet?
Isis
Herald: McCully to go to Jordan to discuss Syria, Isis
Cameron Walker (Redline): Ramping up state powers: the Terrorism Suppression Act since 2007
The Civilian: Editorial: Why ISIL is great and we don’t want to die
Other
Bernard Orsman (Herald): Ratepayer cash won't go into convention centre, mayor promises
Tom Pullar-Strecker (Stuff): New cyber-defence system for NZ
TV3: The week in politics - January 22, 2015
Rob Salmond (Polity): Quadratic voting
Stacey Kirk (Stuff): McCully slates Russia, but shies away from attacking Putin
Andrea Vance (Stuff): History in bin when the PM deletes texts
Charlie Mitchell (Stuff): The language of John Key, akshually
TV3: Inequality in NZ - how bad is it?
Lisa Knight (Stuff): Pay boost for health board boss riles snubbed hospital staff
Integrity Talking Points: New Zealand remains an open data leader
Newswire: Little outruns Robertson in Wellington
Waikato Times: Editorial: My home, my castle
Steve Kilgallon (Stuff): Celebrity boxing pits Cameron 'Whaleoil' Slater against Jesse Ryder
TV3: Light rail gets thumbs up from opposition
TV3: Helen Clark pressures businesses to support sustainability
Isaac Davison (Herald): Elective surgery patients miss out on treatment
