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‘Not making the connection’: Kiwis grim over cost of living despite economic upturn
Pessimistic outlook despite steady inflation and falling interest rates.

Editorial: For too long many of our veterans have gone unrecognised
OPINION: The recognition comes on the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War.
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Opinion: How NZ can better protect women MPs from online harassment
OPINION: Women MPs face increasing misogynistic and racist online abuse.

Opinion: Risk of another GFC rises as trade war takes world to the brink
Dangerous stand-off: This is the economic equivalent of the Cuban missile crisis.

Alex Powell: Liam Lawson’s moral victories in Bahrain disappointment
OPINION: What we learned from the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Jonny Wilkinson: The systemic barriers failing disabled New Zealanders
OPINION: NZ's disabled face healthcare crisis amid staff shortages.

Forget the Treaty Principles Bill, Luxon's first real crisis lands – and could be the making of him
Luxon has had the luck of being landed with a crisis that is right in his wheelhouse.

'Euphoria': Waikato-Tainui makes biggest investment in 30 years
'For us, this is a line in the sand to say to our people this is just the beginning.'
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Treasury keen on crisis time OCR cuts, not spending and money printing
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Abusive bully: Phil Goff blasts Donald Trump again
Goff described the US President as an abusive bully before a packed lecture hall.

'Bizarre binary cult': David Seymour wishes he was born 20 years earlier to tackle Treaty
The Act leader's Treaty Principles Bill was 'annihilated' yesterday.

Watch: Luxon plans free-trade talks blitz as Trump changes tune on tariffs
Luxon will call other world leaders today in a bid to save the trading system.

'False economics': Union blasts Health NZ's proposed job cuts
Each team member recovers $430,000 annually, says the PSA.

Editorial: The world’s economy is in the hands of powerful 'morons'
OPINION: Our road to economic recovery just got harder.