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An international expert is reluctant to suggest state intervention for our shipping problems, but can't think of much else.
Stuff
On paper, selling ethically conscious food products should be a winning business model, but the reality is proving anything but for niche milk suppliers.
Stuff
What cars are eligible? How much discount will you get? How much more will you pay for a diesel ute? We take a look at the biggest questions surrounding the new Clean Car Discount.
RNZ
Plenty of New Zealanders turned to the bottle to get through the ups and downs of last year's Covid-19 rollercoaster, documents show.
Newsroom
New Zealand's GDP rose 1.6 percent in the first quarter, but its continued volatility paints a murkier picture of the Covid recovery.
The Spinoff
Good morning and welcome to The Bulletin. In today's edition: Interest rate hike tipped after GDP figures, major changes to rules for commercial fisheries, and Covid vaccine rollout timeline released. They're probably not the sort of numbers you'd pop champagne over, but the NZ economy has avoide
Newsroom
That Anna Rawhiti-Connell is able to make the rash decision to buy a house in the suburb of Beach Haven - somewhere she'd never been - makes her wonder if she's now a villain of the housing crisis.
Stuff
ANALYSIS: The rate of economic growth surprised everyone. Here's why that might matter for borrowers.
Stuff
Boat builders and hospitality workers are not keen to lose the Cup's economic boon.
Stuff
OPINION: If people are denied the right to stray from the "correct" line, they'll become afraid to speak out. That's not good for society.
The Conversation
World Refugee Day on June 20 is an opportunity for New Zealanders to reflect on what more could done to protect some of the world's most vulnerable people.
the Guardian
Plan to focus on skilled migrants leaves sector concerned they will not be able to staff care homes
Newsroom
The all-important Consumer Price Index includes everything but the household cost that is foremost in most people's minds: mortgage payments. There's another little-known index that we should be using instead.
www.politik.co.nz
By Richard Harman - June 17, 2021
The Standard
We need less presumed hold over Team New Zealand, and more encouragement of more spinoff businesses that make their way in the world.
Stuff
National Party opens door to "structural separation" as Flick logs off PowerSwitch and appeals to the public over reforms.
Newsroom
Critics of the the decision to shut down and sell a vital Auckland facility for the disabled want to know why there’s been so much cloak and dagger from the trust responsible.
Stuff
OPINION: Living cost rises are in the wind, and they could hurt the Government
Newsroom
A walkout at a terrorism conference grabbed the headlines but what was simmering beneath it?
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
Speaking Rights: The spectacle of the nation’s prime minister being denied the right to speak to her fellow citizens, personally, on New Ze...
Stuff
Staff went on to sexually abuse children elsewhere despite complaint to police and social welfare about conduct.
Opinion: The Government needs a list of actions to address intergenerational harms caused by the Dawn Raids. Dylan Asafo explains what those actions should look like.
Newsroom
Reviewing transparency initiative and setting up one-stop-shop are more than 18 months behind schedule.
Opinion: Alex Sims writes about Bitcoin 2021 and how growth of crypto is confounding critics and even NZ’s Reserve Bank is investigating its own digital currency.
Stuff
OPINION: Cancelling the fledgling Superannuation Scheme led to New Zealanders losing out on at least $500 billion in savings.
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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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