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Sir Paul Callaghan had a vision for New Zealand. A decade after his death, a mission-based economic model involving government re-working capitalism might just give it a chance.
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Sir Paul Callaghan had a vision for New Zealand. A decade after his death, a mission-based economic model involving government re-working capitalism might just give it a chance. Keep Reading
Tourism New Zealand estimates Kiwi businesses will earn $1 billion from allowing Australians to travel to NZ quarantine-free. Keep Reading
Qualified To Give - And Take - Advice: Most Labour MPs are self-conscious members of the meritocracy, meaning they have succeeded where the... Keep Reading
For World Health Day, 7 April 2021, WHO is issuing five calls for urgent action to improve health for all people. Keep Reading
New Zealand's "productivity" figures aren't great and are artificially inflated by rampaging house prices. Toss in wellbeing and the picture looks murky. Keep Reading
OPINION: Late at night, Parliament has been debating big changes to the way human rights work in New Zealand. Keep Reading
Geotechnical engineer Peter Basaly is now considering taking his family and his skills to Australia. Keep Reading
By Susan St John - April 3, 2021 0 77 Keep Reading
OPINION: It's not about buyers, it's all about building more homes. Keep Reading
Workers who care for the frail, elderly and disabled in their homes report burnout, stress, poverty wages and bullying. Some have been striking, others are suing. What is going on in the home care support sector? Rebecca Macfie reports. Keep Reading
By John Minto - April 2, 2021 27 1264 Keep Reading
By The Daily Blog - April 1, 2021 36 1109 Keep Reading
New Stuff Business section and publication launches today. Keep Reading
Massey's Cossacks: New Zealand's employer class didn't need the services of a Pinkerton Detective Agency – strike-breakers par excellence ... Keep Reading
Spy agencies issue guidance to protect against foreign actors with nefarious intent. Keep Reading
You have to move fast in a crisis, but too much of the Government's policy has been circumventing proper process, with poor results Keep Reading
Submissions from students and parents to a select committee inquiry suggest the student accommodation sector is overdue for tougher regulation. Keep Reading
Workshops are in a problematic kind of no man's land for local government law and rather than being the exception, they have become the rule, a legal expert warns. Keep Reading
Rino Wilkinson, who won the Paeroa seat on the Hauraki District Council, sets the challenge. Keep Reading
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has told this afternoon's media conference that the minimum wage will increase to $20 an hour on April 1. She said... Keep Reading
Policies to improve development are taking effect in some areas ahead of time - but local government says more guidance is needed. Keep Reading
OPINION: The arrival of Covid-19 means we should let some people retire earlier, not ask them to work longer. Keep Reading
Debt campaigner identifies hundreds of people bankrupted for more than a decade, many simply because they failed to fill in the right forms. Keep Reading
“Takutai Moana is the law which, in name, repealed and replaced the inflammatory Foreshore and Seabed Act, but which, in substance, places the same heavy burden of proof on Māori.” — Connie Buchanan. Keep Reading
By The Daily Blog - March 28, 2021 14 595 Keep Reading
Collected stories and commentary, from New Zealand and elsewhere, on politics, economics and citizen voices. Keep Reading