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Matthew Hooton: Lockdown 4 sparks PM's wrath

1000 jobs have gone — all because health bureaucrats failed to make one connection.

Brian Fallow: Cutting farm emissions - without cutting farm output

Fewer animals can produce same amount of product, says Climate Change Commission's plan.

City Rail Link boss: Project forges on despite challenges

We have a tremendous and exciting year ahead, says Sean Sweeney.

Damien Venuto: Has PM Jacinda Ardern lost the room?

The messaging isn't coming through as clearly this time, writes Damien Venuto.

Jeremy Sutton: The high legal cost of getting protection from an abusive partner

OPINION: What is legal aid and who qualifies for it?

Fran O'Sullivan: Business knock, knock knocking on PM's door

Patience fraying on access to Government's Covid strategy.

Opinion: Why 2021 will be the year of the IPO

Look for a healthy pipeline of initial public offers this year.

Richard Prebble: Covid-19 requires a Royal Commission

OPINION: Another lockdown shows New Zealand has lessons to learn. We need our own inquiry.

Juha Saarinen: How to online during lockdown

If you have kids, they're going to school where you work and live.

Brian Fallow: Unhappy returns set to remain for hard-hit savers

Got money in bank? Real interest rates are negative — and not likely to get better soon.

Matthew Hooton: Govt had no idea of Team NZ's foreign pitch

Team NZ may be looking overseas but they don't hold as many cards as they think.

Jamie Mackay: Stuck at home — but what a home it is

Global travel's off limits so go see our stunning country.

Fran O'Sullivan: Rating Grant Robertson's $50b bet

Borrowing to buffer Covid hit has won ultimate salute with S&P credit rating boost.

Liam Dann: Ratings upgrade a big tick for NZ, but what will it mean?

While NZ's ratings upgrade is definitely good news, the immediate impact may be muted.

Opinion: Housing crisis? You ain't seen anything yet

Tinkering the edges of demand will do little to address the problem.

Kate MacNamara: Storm brewing for the Climate Change Commission

Drip-feed of info now threatens to reduce the window of public consultation to theatre.

Opinion: Facebook and the disinformation wars

The rise of the big platforms has led to a whole host of digital harms.

Liam Dann: Riding Dr Ashley Bloomfield's Covid roller coaster

The analogy applies to the economics of lockdowns as well as the psychology.