Student travel ban: “a betrayal of trust”
Time is running out to save New Zealand’s Chinese university education market.
Universities have begun their orientation weeks this week, and there is still no...
National’s economic policy could include second Auckland harbour crossing
National Leader Simon Bridges is suggesting a National Government could bring forward Auckland’s second harbour crossing.
The Auckland Transport Alignment Project current does not have...
But wait — there may be more
It would seem highly likely that the Government has not finished making infrastructure announcements.
Finance Minister Grant Robertson has $4 billion of his proposed borrowing...
Robertson will need more migrants
Even Grant Robertson doesn’t sound like he believes he can pull off his $8 billion infrastructure boost without maintaining high levels of immigration.
He certainly...
Can shifting Auckland’s port save NZ First?
The decision yesterday by the Cabinet to confirm that Auckland’s port would have to go was as much about politics as economics.
Prime Minister Jacinda...
Beehive relieved at Reserve Bank pull back
The Reserve Bank pulled back from the brink of a full-on confrontation with the trading banks yesterday and moderated the requirements for them to...
Port row gets messy
Former Prime Minister John Key has perplexed his former National Party colleagues and antagonised Auckland business lobbyists with his surprise support to...
Parker’s big rewrite of the overseas investment rules
Associate Finance Minister David Parker has stopped the overseas investment regulatory loophole that Green Minister Eugenie Sage used to block the expansion...
Britain could shut NZ exports out
New Zealand diplomats have told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva they fear Brexit could see New Zealand shut out of the British market for some key agricultural exports.
Well, we got that wrong!
Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr is becoming predictably unpredictable.
Yesterday he and the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee followed up...
