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New Zealanders are feeling pessimistic about the economy, worried about rising interest rates and the prospect of new Covid-19 variant, data shows.
Newsroom
To remain silent is to be complicit in an unsustainable energy future for New Zealand, writes Jack Santa Barbara The Electricity Authority has released a document outlining a plan to achieve the Government’s goal of more than doubling the amount...
Stuff
It’s largely Covid’s fault. But has the pandemic single-handedly decimated an industry worth $11bn per annum – or has it exposed pre-existing issues?
Stuff
Some Crown agencies don't have to publicly report their carbon footprints until December 2023 - two years before they're meant to be carbon neutral.
Newsroom
The Climate Change Commission has been told to explore options for financial assistance to farmers facing a price on emissions from livestock,.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
God Given, Or Man Made? Historians might quibble that the “rights and freedoms” which a great many nineteenth century industrial workers (e...
The Conversation
Bad laws, political tribalism and cancel culture – philosopher Arthur Prior was describing similar things in the 1950s, and his challenge is just as relevant today.
Newsroom
After months of reviewing policy, Immigration NZ has granted dependent children of migrants the ability to study and work while waiting for residency.
Newshub
It's not great news for first-home buyers.
The Conversation
As the year ends, New Zealand has done well in important global measures of success. But closer to home, the numbers often told a different story.
RNZ
How long can the construction industry keep taking the hits? A look at another year of disruption in building.
Stuff
Shipping gridlock, empty shelves, a depleted workforce, record building permits and the rise of house prices have shaped the building industry.
Māori Television
Auckland Council's Independent Māori Statutory Board has commissioned a report based on whānau Māori who have lost their jobs in Tāmaki Makaurau because of...
Newsroom
Pro-vaccine vs anti-vaccine: it's a source of division and fury. Nicholas Agar looks at the anger and disappointment on both sides.
Newshub
Also, see which Wellington suburb has the highest median rent, at a massive $875 per week.
Newsroom
As the Great Powers battle for supremacy on the internet and through new innovations, how will other countries be affected?
RNZ
The planned overhaul of First Home Grant income and property price caps won't happen until the New Year.
Two researchers say it won’t be clear whether New Zealand society is coming closer together or drifting apart until more time has passed.
Newshub
Recent crises have put pressure on Kiwis' sense of community.
The Conversation
The number of New Zealanders with ‘negative net wealth’ is large and growing – reflecting widening economic inequality that remains an urgent political priority.
Stuff
Housing is getting worse for the "missing middle”, who earn too much money to qualify for social housing, but can’t save enough to buy a home.
Eighteen months ago, Aotearoa's frontline workers were lauded as heroes. Now, they’ve become targets of abuse for some. Why?
Stuff
MBIE's modelling predicted that increasing the minimum wage to $20 would result in 9000 fewer jobs.
Pundit
Legitimate pressures on government spending suggest we are going to have to raise total tax revenue or suffer a poorer quality New Zealand.
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
“ We’re from the Employing Class, and we’re here to help”: What the bosses are saying, in effect, is: “We are having none of this. We will n...
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