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Newsroom
Warnings of top-of-the-range 3 percent inflation through winter and into spring, emboldening central bank to finally pull back from stimulus
Newsroom
Complex law changes need cool heads, and serious consultation, to avoid overly strict interpretations by officials and pressure on the courts, writes Peter Dunne
The Conversation
The Miami apartment collapse is a grim reminder of why engineering matters, and why comprehensive education in ethics should be embedded in the training of engineers.
Stuff
OPINION: Better trained and better paid Kiwis could spark a virtuous economic circle.
the Guardian
Conservative rhetoric warning of wage-price spirals is disingenuous, says economics professor Mark Blyth
Stuff
Annual inflation of 3% or higher could cement tentative forecasts Reserve Bank will raise interest rate next month.
The Spinoff
When it was revealed the government was providing $2.75m in funding to help a Mongrel Mob chapter get its people off meth, National was quick to pounce. Laura Walters weighs up the evidence, and asks: will we ever be able to have a mature conversation about gangs? “Smashing the gangs” has long be
Newshub
Yesterday the OCR remained unchanged at 0.25 percent.
interest.co.nz
The Reserve Bank has swapped its dove clothes for hawkish attire - while we will all now be watching economic data like hawks over the next few weeks to see if the RBNZ is likely to kick off Official Cash Rate hikes as soon as August
The Conversation
Critics say only links to real or threatened violence should justify the proposed criminalisation of hate speech. But New Zealand law already regulates all kinds of non-violent speech.
Newsroom
They saw NZ as a chance to start a new life with their families. But the promise of a safe and stable future has been broken by the machinations of an unyielding bureaucracy.
Opinion: Ananish Chaudhuri lays out some concerns about New Zealand's proposed hate speech law, arguing it's in line with a pattern of authoritarianism.
Stuff
OPINION: Suggesting New Zealanders simply shift to Australia to access more affordable housing reeks of privilege.
Newsroom
Police in NZ have never proactively released footage of a serious incident involving them. Zac Fleming asks why.
Newsroom
The Reserve Bank is to decide whether the economy has hit 'maximum sustainable employment' – an unpalatable concept to those still struggling to find work.
Newsroom
Prominent freshwater ecologist wrings admissions from agencies about poor use of water statistics
Newshub
It comes ahead of this week's Official Cash Rate announcement from the Reserve Bank.
The Spinoff
In this month’s episode of Conversations That Count – Ngā Kōrero Whai Take, we take a good look at what we really know about money. No matter how much of it we have, how we make it, or how we feel about its role in our lives, few topics have such universal relevance in the modern world as money.
RNZ
United States citizens and companies are buying up New Zealand land for farming, forestry and wine-making, an RNZ analysis reveals.
Newsroom
A Palmerston North waiting job advertised at $15/hr highlights the industry's reliance on low wages. But now workers are turning the tables.
Asia Times
The extraordinary leap in wealth and wellbeing of the last two centuries came about also from the political order based on independent states set from the Treaty of Westphalia and the English Revol…
the Guardian
The crucial fix is more housing supply, experts say, as well more money for MÄori-led initiatives
Newsroom
Love in the time of war – New Zealand’s first pacifist memorial holds the story of Archibald and Millicent Baxter.
Stuff
OPINION: The formula for surviving the global financial crisis was cut, cut, cut. But it hasn't worked so well in this latest crisis.
Newsroom
Public health relies on statistics split into ethnic groups in order to target what they do - but researchers say one of the most-used terms is reductive to the point of masking important issues.
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RNZ
There are only 5 million people in New Zealand but we produce enough food to feed about 40m. Who's gobbling all our goods?
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