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OPINION: New Zealand now has the worst discrepancy between incomes and house prices in recorded history.
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OPINION: New Zealand now has the worst discrepancy between incomes and house prices in recorded history. Keep Reading
Attribution Error: “Well, Sir, the Ministry of State Security has absolutely nothing to gain by going after Microsoft Exchange. It’s not it... Keep Reading
The quarter-acre dream isn’t an historical hangover — it's driven by economic realities that hurt renters, according to one Auckland academic. Keep Reading
Q+A understands Canada’s model is one of the schemes being assessed, but it has pitfalls. Keep Reading
A review of Des Gorman's comments about Covid over the last 15 months, pretty well all of which have been negative, makes you wonder how it is possible that we have been able to maintain an effective Covid free status in Aotearoa New Zealand. Keep Reading
The data is clear: economists' forecasts are often wrong. Given their track record, shouldn't these prognostications come with more caveats and disclaimers when they're broadcast by the media? Keep Reading
OPINION: On many of their points, the Groundswell protesters are wrong. They are also on the wrong side of the argument. Keep Reading
Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it. Keep Reading
It's time to stop demonising cyclists and cycling activists as elitists — the accusation fails at the first test. Keep Reading
New research shows household with two median-income earners in world's "upper middle class". Keep Reading
By John Minto - June 21, 2021 13 530 Keep Reading
People are going hungry even though New Zealand produces enough food to feed 40 million - and it's spurring calls for the country to 'feed the five million first'. Keep Reading
OPINION: New Zealand’s version of quantitative easing will die on Friday, but has seen so little action in recent months it might as well have died months ago. Keep Reading
Forget CGT or land tax, this is the best way to address equity issues, researchers say. Keep Reading
Opinion: Farmer Shelley Krieger knows why rural people took to the streets last week. Keep Reading
If I look back over my various OneRoof articles over the past few years, it’s apparent that a sizeable proportion of them are about the possibility of a housing market crash – or, more accurately, me responding to claims that a crash is imminent by reassuring readers that it isn’t. Keep Reading
If you feel like red meat is more expensive than it used to be, you're right. Keep Reading
The Detail explores what makes our food so pricey when we produce enough to feed 40 million people. Keep Reading
A few weeks of football heroics have forced the Tories into a tactical retreat â but fighting back will take more than optimism, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik Keep Reading
Tam says the contentious Kahukura drug rehab programme can help tackle meth addiction within gangs. Keep Reading
OPINION: Revenue Minister David Parker cited an economist who fears return to days of Jane Austen in justifying $5m tax research project. Keep Reading
OPINION: The Government needs to start crafting a proper plan and narrative about how to overcome the problems of New Zealand’s relative success. Keep Reading
Polls show New Zealanders accept that life will be different in future and they still feel their country is headed in the right direction Keep Reading
OPINION: New Zealand built a new future under Labour in the mid-80s. Where is the current government's vision of the “new normal” post-Covid and the steps towards it? Keep Reading
Warnings of top-of-the-range 3 percent inflation through winter and into spring, emboldening central bank to finally pull back from stimulus Keep Reading
Collected stories and commentary, from New Zealand and elsewhere, on politics, economics and citizen voices. Keep Reading
There are only 5 million people in New Zealand but we produce enough food to feed about 40m. Who's gobbling all our goods? Keep Reading