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Fran O'Sullivan: China's sudden interest in CPTPP chance for Ardern to lead
Jacinda Ardern has a responsibility to take on board and support Xi Jinping's overtures.
Mark Lister: Infratil board needs to engage with bidder
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Hamish Rutherford: Aussies go hostile for Infratil
ACC inserts itself in hostile attempt to take over Infratil.
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New Zealand's closed border is causing immeasurable pain.
Juha Saarinen: Call centre tech gets realistic
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The Ex-Files: Can the rich and famous get spousal support after a divorce?
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Mark Fowler: Political posturing on China a balancing act
NZ 'hitched' its economic and trade wagon to China many years ago.
Bruce Cotterill: If honesty is the best policy, why don't we try it?
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Mary Holm: Making money on the sharemarket - the one 'free lunch' tactic
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Matthew Hooton: Who will lead us if our leader won't?
Parliament and traditional business lobby groups devoid of ideas.
Brian Fallow: Immigration — it's value, not volume
Time to focus on more than just the number of migrants.
Richard Prebble: Labour singing from National song sheet
Labour fiddling as productivity burns.
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Mary Holm: Share markets choc-full of temptation
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Steven Joyce: Focus on growth, not the property bubble
House prices a symptom of wider issues.
Matthew Hooton: How Jacinda Ardern can burst the house-price bubble
Investors take care — Labour has to intervene in market.
Ben Kepes: See, Chloe Swarbrick, Boomers can do some good
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Jamie Mackay: Can Ardern take the farmers of the nation with her
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Oliver Hartwich: An open letter to Mike Hosking on housing
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