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Prominent developer says event celebrated 'overdue' CBD work kicked off by commission.
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No economic growth in Thames-Coromandel for 12 months
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Labour leader Chris Hipkins sets out hopes for a one-term National-led Government
Hipkins was speaking at Labour's regional conference in Wellington.
Editorial: Top Chinese delegation's NZ visit came at critical time for Luxon
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Letters: Key points missing from migration debate; the meaning of 'equality'
OPINION: 'For years, many people have used NZ as a way station.'
David Seymour announces review into farming sector ‘red tape’
'If we don’t remove barriers to productivity, we will fall behind our global competitors.'
Opinion: Why fixed income investments are back in favour
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NZX boss Mark Peterson: Unlocking access to funding
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KiwiSaver, private-public partnerships and investment challenges in New Zealand
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Opinion: A credibility gap in the Nicola Willis Budget
OPINION: National hasn’t done itself any favours on economic front with Budget delivery.
Opinion: The Māori economy has huge potential with the right investment
OPINION: The end game is to lift Māori life expectancy and quality of life.
Confessions of a reporting season: How New Zealand companies are faring
The good, bad and ugly of the May reporting season. Plus, some tips for the year ahead.
Opinion: Quick takes on Nicola Willis' first Budget
OPINION: Nicola Willis’ first Budget has done exactly what she had put on the tin.
Placing a bet on space industry
NZ's space industry will be spotlighted during Christopher Luxon's visit to Japan.
When will interest rates fall... and will they save the market?
Will rate cuts arrive to boost equities before the AI bubble bursts? We should hope so.
Politicians to have a crack at bank bosses and regulators via new competition inquiry
Inquiry to be broader than ComCom's study, including business and agricultural banking.
'Massive' opportunities ahead for food and fibre sectors - KPMG
KPMG has released its 2024 report "Today’s potential, tomorrow’s possibilities".
Letters: Cancer patients don't have time to wait; why I marched down Queen St
OPINION: 'The Government would be wise to stop prioritising potholes.'
Dairy farmers will need to tighten belts this season, says DairyNZ
Inflation has eaten into what historically would have been a strong farmgate milk price.
Music to their ears: Truckies and motorists welcome pothole repair funding boost
Northland is getting a funding boost to deal with a scourge of potholes on state highways.
Another 146 job losses at Ministry of Education take total past 700
The ministry's digital division will cut about 146 positions.
New poll: National drops post-Budget, Hipkins pulls ahead of PM
A new poll has shown no great affection for the Budget.
PM says low- and middle-income Kiwis get 'emphasis' of tax package, Treasury figures say the opposite
About 130,000 households receive nothing from the package and 8000 are slightly worse off.
Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills
OPINION: 'If we mine the land, it will heal, just as it has in the past.'
Mining sector body decries 'hysteria' in debate on fast-track bill
It comes just days after thousands marched in Auckland against the bill.
Editorial: Tension between environment and economic development looms
OPINION: 'We've got unavoidable trade-offs to make,' says Shane Jones.
'It's insane': Patient advocate criticises tax cuts as people fundraise for surgeries, cancer treatments
Budget 2024 did not deliver the much-promised funding for 13 new cancer drugs.
Letters: Another family caught up in ridiculous red tape
OPINION: Immigration NZ delivers 'a brilliant gem of bureaucratic lunacy'.
Auckland house prices: The biggest falls and the district bucking the trend
Analysts CoreLogic say Auckland is among the regions with the biggest price falls.
Number of frontline police from Budget boost an illusion – Police Association
The funding for 500 new cops will actually result in only 300, the association says.
Letters: PM's integrity on line over cancer drugs U-turn
OPINION: 'Cancer patients need action now, not lame excuses.'