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Māori Television
The first chair of Te Ohu Kai Moana and Sealord and former New Zealand First MP Shane Jones has a long history with the country’s fisheries sector and Māori...
NZSIS director Rebecca Kitteridge said it did not mean efforts to detect and investigate violent extremism would decrease.
Newsroom
There should be no need for a flawed legal device attempting to 'entrench' our freshwater assets from possible privatisation - the waters are the life blood of the land, beyond ownership
Stuff
OPINION: Times are troubled. But beneath the headlines, there is another future emerging, in which we step up and do this together.
ANZ's new fixed home loan rates will come into effect from tomorrow, however it isn't all bad news.
Newsroom
The Green Party’s push to protect Three Waters assets from privatisation using a 60 percent majority threshold was an idea inspired by a university academic who is now leading the charge against it, writes political editor Jo Moir.
Stuff
Lifting age of eligibility would further disadvantage Māori, Pacific people, and women.
Newshub
The funding for lending programme allowed eligible banks to borrow directly from the central bank at the same rate of the OCR for the past two years.
RNZ
An external member of RBNZ's monetary policy committee has taken the unusual step of replying to media questions about his role and reaction to last week's super-sized rise in the official cash rate.
Democracy Project
When governments become tired and lose their popularity – usually in their third term – they often become desperate to get their way and prone to misusing their power. This is currently in evidence with the Labour Government’s push to lock in elements of their Three Waters reform programme by sne
E-Tangata
“After two centuries and more of living together on the same islands, you’d think Māori and Pākehā would have got to know each other.” — John Bluck in his book ‘Becoming Pākehā’.
Stuff
OPINION: When it comes to youth crime, there is some evidence a quiet revolution is happening in NZ and will hopefully result in greater demand for moving away from punitive policies.
The Conversation
As recession looms, some have called for a windfall tax on record corporate profits. But do such taxes actually work? And what does history teach about them?
RNZ
What do closer trade ties with Vietnam mean for New Zealand?
The Standard
This week has seen some extreme rhetoric from various quarters about who to blame for a recent senseless killing. But news that the person arrested had recently been extradited from Australia has shown the rhetoric to be entirely misplaced.
Stuff
OPINION: We made it through the pandemic alive, and now we’re going broke. Happy Christmas, Adrian Orr.
Newshub
How would a recession impact you?
Stuff
The economic climate is taking an emotional toll on job-seeking students, says Melissa Lama, the Otago University Students' Association president.
Stuff
Deputy governor Christian Hawkesby hedges the bank's bets on what sort of downturn to expect next year.
The Conversation
The government is currently examining refugee settlement and integration strategies – our research suggests encouraging entrepreneurship would make a tangible difference.
Stuff
Adrian Orr isn’t threatening anybody, all he’s saying is if you don’t stop spending then he’ll crash the economy.
RNZ
Explainer - Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr says it's the price New Zealanders will have to pay to get inflation under control - but what exactly is a recession and what could it mean for you?
Stuff
Experts say we're heading for a recession, but what does that even mean?
Stuff
If you thought things might have been improving, Wednesday was probably a shock. But amid the gloom, there may just be some good news.
todayfm.co.nz
When you owe the bank more than half a million bucks, you really do care about how it all works.
RNZ
Tory Whanau has won the Wellington mayoralty, with Phil Mauger winning in Christchurch, Jules Radich prevailing in Dunedin and Wayne Brown claiming victory in Auckland. Follow RNZ for results as they come in.
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