ASB Bank is now forecasting interest rates to rise from May 2022. Keep Reading

Opinion: Seósamh Costello writes that investment in rail is a good start, but to reap the full benefits we will need to integrate it into a full transport solution. Keep Reading

Aotearoa's total population could reach 6 million in 20-30 years. Keep Reading

Opinion: Funding for Māori housing announced in the Budget will go a long way towards a radical scaling up of Māori housing delivery, writes Fred Astle. Keep Reading

The European ethnic group is projected to have the slowest growth. Keep Reading

Even sectors doing it tough are rebounding, economists say. Keep Reading

The National Party was promised women leaders would be able to speak during political talks at Waitangi next year. That commitment could still end up being broken. Keep Reading

Housing confidence has eased from a record high, but remains strong in the face of worsening affordability and the prospect of higher interest rates. Keep Reading

Its been over a year since we began to explore our vision for better government in Australia and New Zealand. What are we learning? Keep Reading

The budget saw a substantial rise to benefits announced. Whether it's enough to provide 'adequate income and standard of living' is another matter, writes Michael Fletcher, a Victoria University of Wellington based economist who worked as special adviser to the Welfare Expert Advisory Group. In l Keep Reading

New Zealanders are working longer hours and producing less compared with other OECD countries, says Productivity Commission chairman Ganesh Nana. Keep Reading

The owner of a 100-year-old glazing company says finding workers has never been this hard as the Government looks to turn off the migration tap in its post-Covid immigration reset.  Keep Reading

Together with the Sydney Policy Lab, we interviewed public servants across government in Australia who are placing relationships, care and complexity at the heart of what they do. Keep Reading

How would you feel about telling your problems to an AI doctor, or taking advice from a “robo-lawyer”? Would you be happy working alongside a robot co-worker? What about handing the care of your child or elderly relative over to a machine?  Keep Reading

It may be a hammer to the nail as Te Puea Marae gears up to build accommodation for whānau in need and the marae has begun to look at expanding its housing... Keep Reading

What role has the political left played in helping create some of the changes to the current way politics is debated? Below is a short five-minute speech I contributed to a panel discussion at an event hosted last week by Diplosphere, entitled: "Living in the Age of Outrage". The questions posed for Keep Reading

Paul Foster-Bell looks back at the opening of the Iron Curtain to explain why, against the backdrop of Covid-19, regaining freedom of travel must be a priority. Keep Reading

Consulting firms will be "preparing to feast" on a new set of planned public sector restructures a veteran company director says. Keep Reading

Labour might have done more with its pristine balance sheet, argues Bernard Hickey. Follow When the Facts Change on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or your favourite podcast provider. It’s great the government has righted one of the wrongs of the "Mother of all Budgets", but there were man Keep Reading

There were no specific initiatives for women's work in the budget, leaving New Zealand trailing Australia when it comes to gender balance. Keep Reading

Where there’s a will there’s a way - for now. The Law Commission is calling for submissions on a proposal to stop adult children from contesting being left out of their parents’ will. Keep Reading

If wellbeing had been made an explicit goal as it it is in New Zealand, Australia's budget would have been been different. Keep Reading

OPINION: This would be a good time to increase our investment in research and development, particularly in the technology space. Keep Reading

OPINION: The Government’s proposed Fair Pay Agreements will return the country to almost the same kind of centralised wage-fixing system that we had in the 1970s. Keep Reading

ANALYSIS: With the Covid recovery going better than planned, just what will happen to the Government's debt and how much is it spending? Keep Reading