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RNZ
Inexperience, personality clashes and infrastructure costs are at the root of ongoing council infighting around the country, a long-time councillor says.
Pundit
How Can We Make Wellbeing at the Centre of Public Policy If We Dont Measure It?
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Revolutionary Formula: " A new Aotearoa is on the rise. Tangata Whenua (Māori) + Tangata Tiriti (all other ethnicities who are committed to...
RNZ
Surging housing and sharemarkets pose some of the biggest risks to economies, according to Reserve Bank governor Adrian Orr.
Stuff
Reserve Bank governor cautions investors as ASB boss issues alarm over more customers “running out of rainy day funds”.
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People have arrived from near and far.
Grist
A reader asks, could we reduce waste by making people pay the full climate life-cycle cost of their purchases?
Pundit
During lockdown last year we cycled pretty fast through bingeing Tiger King, sourdough starters, and Zoom drinks. One year one from the first recorded COVID case in NZ, it shouldn’t be surprise the original messaging is getting stale.
The Spinoff
While it has since been deleted and an apology issued, an op-ed by former Labour MP Michael Bassett published by the Northland Age and the NZ Herald this week caused an uproar for its racist cherry-picking and false reporting of historical facts. Historian Scott Hamilton sets the record straight.
The Standard
Foundational Capital and Growth Capital, and what we should be doing with both.
RNZ
New Zealand's plummeting birth rate means we have some serious planning to do.
The Conversation
In a digital age, and with unequal access to vaccines, there are considerable potential downsides to so-called 'vaccine passports'.
Newsroom
We need to make radical strategy shifts in farming and food production, and we need to start now.
The Conversation
Recent political arguments about policing methods aren't supported by the evidence: New Zealand crime rates are static, and even declining in some categories.
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