Ardern turns to business
If you want to measure how much this Government is different to the last consider this. Almost exactly three years ago, on November 8, 207,...
The debate we didn’t have
The statistic that National had hoped would come out before the election appeared yesterday and confirmed that not only are we in a recession...
It could have been worse
Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson were able to breathe a massive sigh of relief yesterday. The figure for the June quarter GDP showed a fall...
Has National’s moment come?
The election campaign will now turn to the economy with Treasury yesterday publishing forecasts showing that the economic hangover from Covid-19 could stretch out...
Parker hints at Tiwai Point survival
Environment Minister David Parker is now hinting that the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter may be able to survive. New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS),smelter at...
National tries to cheat the debt target
National’s proposal yesterday for an infrastructure bank will have the effect of cheating the Government accounting system to make it look like it is...
Covid “here for some time” say Ardern and Collins
In a rare mood of consensus both the Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, and the Opposition Leader, Judith Collins, yesterday both warned that Covid 19...
Health Ministry refuses Covid exemption for potato crisp and biscuit workers
The Ministry of Health is moving to counter criticism that it is using its powers to exempt trucks and workers moving in and out...
Labour’s rethink; now it wants international students
Labour appears to have had a rethink about international students coming here and is now saying the sector has a vital role to play...
Why the shovels aren’t ready
The election campaign and coalition politics along with bureaucracy appears to have got in the way of the Government's plan to announce a whole...
Auckland votes close smelter
Auckland voters decided the fate of the Tiwai Point smelter. Opposition from the city, and particularly its business community, to proposals, put up in 2016...
Wage subsidy might extend to the election
New Treasury figures show that the bounceback after leaving Level Two has been greater than forecast, but there are warnings that the worst is...
Ardern shuns Greens’ wealth tax; Nats mount scare campaign
The Greens proposal for a wealth tax seems to be more or less dead on arrival.
Labour leader Jacinda Ardern yesterday signalled that her party...
NZ ready to get heavy with the UK
New Zealand now stands between the United Kingdom and its hopes of entering the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement (CPTPP).
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Visa uncertainty threatens farm crisis
The Government is considering extending temporary work visas due to expire over the next few months so that essential businesses do not lose semi-skilled...
