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OPINION: Will Government be brave enough to make the changes the evidence suggests are required? More importantly, is our team of 5 million willing to go on this journey?
RNZ
The big budget for a new non-car harbour bridge in Auckland sparked a big 'bike-lash' in the media last week - and how we build and use our roads has become a huge wedge issue all around the country. Mediawatch asks a journalist dedicated to covering transport: do the deep divisions and inflamed opinions make it hard to report all this effectively?
Stuff
OPINION: Sir Tim Shadbolt needs to go — and we need to take stock nationally of the calibre of our local councillors.
Pundit
Child Poverty Levels Are only Slowly Coming Down, What Next?
RNZ
Slowing house prices, rising inflation pressures, and sooner-than-expected rises in interest rates will be prominent in the near-term economic outlook, according to ASB Bank.
Stuff
OPINION: The awful Centrepoint story is a warning to the Republican Party.
the Guardian
Knight Frank index shows highest rate of global growth since 2006, with NZ recording 22% rise over year
Asia Times
The extraordinary leap in wealth and wellbeing of the last two centuries came about also from the political order based on independent states set from the Treaty of Westphalia and the English Revol…
Newshub
Here's when ASB thinks the OCR will rise.
1 NEWS
Property development and new builds are exempt from new interest deduction rules.
RNZ
The government has already made "massive strides" in addressing concerns raised by the Auditor-General on a joint venture to reduce family and sexual violence, according to the minister in charge.
The Spinoff
Last week Paul Goldsmith got himself in some hot water when he told Newshub Nation that colonisation had been good for Māori 'on balance'. Ātea editor Leonie Hayden dusts off her calculator. Revisiting a piece he co-wrote in 2019 for the Tuia 250 commemoration, Paul Goldsmith's (Ngāti Epsom) comm
Stuff
OPINION: If you're still bemoaning the expense of having to install a heat pump, let's remember who has been bearing the brunt of cold housing.
Newsroom
Immigration NZ has used fake social media accounts to covertly watch suspected offenders hundreds of times in the past 15 months.
Newsroom
The country's flagship freight company is now chartering ships to get around major international supply chain delays, says managing director Don Braid in a wide-ranging interview with Newsroom Pro.
1 NEWS
Richard Ussher, from Cable Bay Adventure Park in Nelson, said the boost had made the last 12 months positive.
1 NEWS
Renters and those under 35 are disproportionately affected.
Stuff
Data from Centrix indicates no happy ending for many mortgage deferral stories.
The Spinoff
Two fresh scandals in a week, around Nick Smith and Jake Bezzant, have left the National Party stuck firmly in the mire. But tempting though it might be to pin it on Judith Collins, there's something else at play: successful leaders the world over have powerful lieutenants and key advisers, writes D
www.bbc.com
Around the world, voters appear to be turning away from traditional political organisations, but can democracy survive without them?
Newsroom
The new requirement that public sector bosses write assessments of the country's long-term risks and opportunities is in itself a golden opportunity, write Roger Dennis, Wendy McGuinness and David Skilling.
1 NEWS
Figures reveal prison staff had been accused of corruption, bringing in contraband and having inappropriate relationships with inmates.
the Guardian
New Zealanders increasingly believe you need money and connections to get ahead in life
Newsroom
The precedent-setting ruling could have far-reaching effects for the way courts deal with places of significance to Māori
Stuff
Aotearoa's bridges are under regular assault. Sometimes they bend and break, ripped away by raging waters.
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RNZ
There are only 5 million people in New Zealand but we produce enough food to feed about 40m. Who's gobbling all our goods?
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