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Follow Me: Could it be that Labour has found the same electoral sweet-spot that kept John Key’s National Party in the mid-to-high 40s for t...
Opinion: Councils need guidance on the contradiction of making environmental improvements while hand-in-hand with economic growth, writes Stephen Knight Lenihan.
Stuff
Tourism operators have let out a cry for help as the trans-Tasman bubble pause dashes hopes of a winter visitor influx.
Newsroom
Stephen Knight-Lenihan looks at the contradictory pressures on regulatory authorities, businesses, employees, and landowners to accommodate massive global shifts while running a system out of kilter with those goals.
Newsroom
Minister for Climate Change James Shaw says the Climate Change Commission’s “blueprint” for a net-zero carbon economy pathway is the only game in town. But a net-zero target that ignores imported carbon is conceptually dishonest. And unless...
Stuff
In 2016 a move to lift KiwiSaver contribution rates failed, and it's cost savers dearly.
The Standard
Hate speech is about to get a lot more criminalised with much stronger penalties. It’s worth going back to what the Royal Commission actually considered, since that’s the basis of proposing this law. The Royal Commission in fact found that trying to protect religion from very strong opinions is simply not a good idea: … we acknowledge that there […]
RNZ
Dairy giant Fonterra has defended the slump in its share price brought on by its capital restructure plans.
Pundit
Architectural designer, Jade Kake , claims that ‘debt is a colonial construct – the implications of which continue to be felt in the colonies’.
the Guardian
The international mediaâs adulation of the New Zealand prime minister has complicated her challenges at home
Missing out on funding is a reality for so many in the creative world. It’s harsh, it’s confronting. For many it’s soul-crushing, for others it’s just another locked door, and it’s on to try the next one. But Dance Aotearoa New Zealand (DANZ) has gone a different route - into unchartered territory in the arts in this country. They’ve taken it to the High Court.
Newsroom
Civil society groups tell government to slow down, do it once, do it right – or risk 'feeding cynicism' about open government strategy
Newsroom
Governments' policies have treated housing as a speculative asset, not a place to live.
Newsroom
Newsroom has pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge relating to a documentary about a controversial 'reverse uplift'.
Newsroom
A $2.6m Mackenzie Basin project abandoned its business case, lacked oversight, and achieved little.
Newsroom
A factory in Christchurch could help solve the housing crisis - but a reluctance to adopt new building methods means its future is unclear.
Newsroom
The Budget's signalled move towards an unemployment insurance scheme could open opportunities to expand the principles of the ACC scheme to even more of the welfare system, Peter Davis argues
Opinion: We are currently accepting a low number of refugees compared with other similar countries and could easily welcome many more, writes Jay Marlowe.
Opinion: A signalled move towards unemployment insurance could open opportunities to expand ACC principles to even more of the welfare system, Peter Davis argues.
Stuff
New research from the University of Otago says financial gains of net zero emissions outweigh the costs.
RNZ
A British doctor says she feels let down by a government which pleaded for healthcare workers but has now gone silent on how they can become residents.
Stuff
The former finance minister talks about the memoir that lifts the lid on some of New Zealand's most turbulent political times.
RNZ
A researcher says it is time to change building habits with sea levels predicted to rise.
The Standard
One of the details announced in the budget was funding to explore a ‘social unemployment insurance’ scheme. This scheme has been pushed by the Council of Trade Unions and Business NZ, which will work with the Government in a newly set-up Tripartite Working Party. When we dig into it though, we realise it is no safety net. It’s a parachute that slows our drop, giving us time, before we hit that real net – down so far below.
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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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