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).
POLITIK understands...
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...
Government under fire over entry exemptions
Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford was under fire last night for preferring “glamour industries” like film making when granting Covid-19 entry exemptions for workers.
Twyford...
Robertson’s “Labour” budget; borrowing the future
Nasty, brutish --- but possibly short.
Or maybe shortish. That is what yesterday's Budget is picking the depression to be.
It was an unashamedly Labour document....
It’s budget day and the election campaign begins
The Prime Minister all but launched her-re-election campaign yesterday. In a speech in the Beehive Theatrette, she said that In the coming month the Government...
ACT is back with more members, more money and a bold new plan
What is increasingly looking a hard-fought contest between National and ACT for the centre-right vote took another turn last night with ACT releasing a...
The odd couple open up the Tasman
Air New Zealand could be flying the Tasman again in time for the July school holidays which start on July 1. Tourism industry sources believe...
Robertson’s revival plan
Grant Robertson is already well into what is likely to be a fundamental reconstruction of the New Zealand economy. This will be no collection of...
“Helicopter” handouts not yet cleared for takeoff
This weekend will see the Government leave the Level Four lockdown where the emphasis has primarily been on health matters and move to a...
Avoiding the depression
The Government is now considering the future of the $10 billion wage subsidy scheme and is considering whether it should be amended, continued or...
We’ve got a long way to go yet
One of Auckland biggest construction projects – presumably the Convention Centre --- will only be able to operate at 30 per under its usual...
Robertson: “It is the challenge I have been waiting for.”
In a major speech yesterday Finance Minister Grant Robertson made it clear that the recovery from the covid-19 recession – or very probably, depression...
