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The number of people in jobs has risen for 13 months in a row, and bigger wage rises are not far away as life continues to get more expensive, economists say.
Māori Television
Māra Kai Aotearoa Facebook page encourages whānau to return to growing their own kai.
Stuff
OPINION: From China to Norway, tremendous infrastructure projects have been built in the past decade to better the health and lives of people.
Numbers released by the police confirm that firearms violence is on the rise.
Stuff
OPINION: Waitangi Day is a time to think about the missing fibres from our nation’s fabric that could help entwine our nation together.
Stuff
The number of homes for sale is on the rise, but experts say that does not mean buyers should expect a buyers' market.
The Standard
Neil Young's decision to withdraw his music from Spotify because of its insistence on highlighting self declared idiot Joe Rogan has seen a number of people either cancelling their subscriptions or considering alternatives.
Pundit
There are quality economic forecasts and there are entertaining ones.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
You ’ ll Look Better Without It: Authoritarian males admire men of power, enthusiastically replicating their controlling behaviours in their...
Newsroom
Māori applicants succeed in seeking marine title and coastal rights in Hawkes Bay, but old legal requirements block one group winning a long fight over the Mōhaka River entrance
RNZ
The new record inflation figures come as no shock to many, with rising housing, fuel and construction costs putting the pinch on even those with means.
Stuff
More than half of current home loans will need to be refinanced in the next year and for many that will mean their interest rates doubling, CoreLogic say.
Stuff
OPINION: Those who are resolutely anti-socialism confuse it with communism, and have no idea what either actually is.
Newsroom
Corporates are potent players in our democratic politics and responsible global decision-making, writes Rod Oram, but their response so far is rhetoric, not reform.
Newshub
Inflationary pressure will continue into 2022.
Newsroom
Dear Commerce Commission, writes NZ Initiative chief economist Dr Eric Crampton, why can’t I parallel import a house, one piece at a time?
stoppress.co.nz
Digital OOH audience measurement platform LENS Analytics has shown through its traffic reports that Kiwis are back to work in large numbers.
Stuff
OceanaGold says decarbonisation is difficult when power prices range from one cent to $384 per megawatt-hour within a week.
Stuff
House prices surged and the public housing waitlist ballooned in 2021. Record construction demand is set to continue this year.
Newsroom
There is still considerable uncertainty about the trajectory of the Covid-19 pandemic and its effects on the global economy. Inflation has risen worldwide recently and many central banks around the world will raise their policy rates to stabilise inflation in 2022, argues Dr Murat Ungor.
Newsroom
The benefits of open prisons have been recognised for decades. So why doesn't New Zealand, where the majority of prisons are low- and medium-risk, follow international example?
Stuff
New Plymouth's long awaited and sometimes controversial Kiwibuild development is a little over one year old and residents say their small, tight-knit community is a raving success.
ZB
The South Island continues to struggle with worker shortages. Lincoln University researchers have found that by next year Canterbury will reach a peak in
Stuff
OPINION: After the Queen dies is the right time to take control of our constitutional destiny.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
Lifelines: New Zealand, as we know it, would be impossible without the existence of a global transportation and trading system. Should Clima...
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