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Fran O'Sullivan: Key wins - now let's focus on real issues
John Key goes into the home straight of the election campaign with his integrity publicly intact after the Kim Dotcom fiasco.
Kiwisaver: Under-18s miss employer contributions
My 15-year-old daughter has had a KiwiSaver policy since the system began and has just started working one day a week at a local hotel.
Liam Dann: Economy where Key wants it
This week a nation heads to the polls for one of the most important votes in its history, Liam Dann writes.
Opinion: What the parties can offer you
Do you vote on your back pocket? A good chunk of the country does, writes Diana Clement. So what do each of the parties have on offer for you?
Is a Reserve Bank inflation rethink in order?
What should an inflation-targeting central bank do when inflation is proving unexpectedly slow to make an appearance?
Peter Bromhead: Get what Willie has
When I casually mentioned that I might trade in my old truck for a later model, my children immediately said, "Get a matt-black Hilux, Dad!"
Fewer, slower rates rises due
The Reserve Bank still sees interest rate increases in our future but fewer and further between than it foreshadowed three months ago, writes Brian Fallow.
Brian Fallow: Housing costs back under spotlight
The Productivity Commission has been sent back into the minefield of housing costs.
Liam Dann: Webpage has host of new features
This morning the Business Herald relaunches its online homepage with a host of new features and content to keep you better informed - both on desktop and mobile.
KiwiSaver: Regular payments needed for subsidy
Can you please clarify the rules around "regular" contributions toward KiwiSaver and the impact this has on the deposit subsidy.
Liam Dann: Recovery's still got a mountain to climb
Here we are again, hearts in our mouths, as we watch an international commodity slump knock the shine off New Zealand's economic recovery.
Kym Niblock: Online TV a galloping force to take seriously
The article by Liam Dann in the Herald on August 25, "TV war not so fierce in real world", caught my eye.
Brian Fallow: Economic data will drive voters
The National Party's pitch for a third term boils down to the slogan: Don't mess with success.
Fran O'Sullivan: Key must widen probe
Was there a conspiracy to defeat the course of justice after the collapse of the Hanover Group of companies?
Brian Gaynor: Reporting season reveals important truths
The June 2014 reporting season is over, the results have been counted and analysed.
Brian Fallow: Seismic shift needed in perverse tax rules
How's this for an anomaly: if a commercial property is munted in an earthquake, and maybe even kills someone, it gives rise to a tax deduction, but seismic strengthening work to reduce the risk of that happening does not.
Brian Fallow: Free-riding on emissions not an option
Just how far we still are from political consensus on climate policy was evident at a pre-election debate on the issue organised by Business New Zealand in Auckland on Tuesday.
Liam Dann: Govt needs to change message on tribal dairy debate
Why are dairy prices falling? Well, if you read industry commentary from places like the United States and Europe they know who's to blame. It's us.
Brian Fallow: US data crucial to the fate of kiwi dollar
Exporters can only hope that the economic news out of the United States this week will reinforce, or at least not reverse.
Fran O'Sullivan: Changes in China offer us a prize
Xi Jinping's version of what the move to the free market means China-style is said to come down to the "invisible hand of the market guided by the visible hand of Government".
Inside Money: How to share and enjoy finance again
I don't ever recall enjoying waiting in queues or arguing with a person behind a plexiglass panel about cheque clearance times.
Brian Fallow: Poverty Street not a lifetime address
Is poverty for life? A Treasury report suggests not, writes Brian Fallow. Only 24 per cent of those at the bottom decile in 2002 were there seven years later.
KiwiSaver: Can I pay less than 3pc?
I am not in Kiwisaver as I can't afford to lose the minimum 3 per cent from my wages.
Liam Dann: Crises water off bull market's back
This bull market won't be stopped. As tragic and worrying as the big geo-political crises in the Ukraine and Gaza may be, they have failed to rattle Wall Street.
Brian Gaynor: Rock-star economy needs plan if it's to last
Our addiction to debt could bring New Zealand's so-called rock star economy to a sudden halt, writes Brian Gaynor.