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Opinion - Despite the latest inflation figures for New Zealand coming in slightly lower than expected by many economists, the rate remains stubbornly high.

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Opinion - You may have seen the news: In its attempts to tackle inflation, the Reserve Bank is going to increase unemployment.

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Sign-on bonuses and generous benefits packages are not being offered to workers at the bottom end of the labour spectrum, Michael P Cameron writes.

It has never ceased to surprise me that those who profit at the expense of others are so unaware of the harm suffered by those they exploit, and are so convinced that they have a right to do the exploiting and that their profit is a proper and justifiable reward ... 3 days ago The government’s recent housing package may work; will it do enough? Trick Question: Does New Zealand have a capital gains tax on housing? If you ask the Prime Minister she will say not. It is true that her government ...

Written By: Guest post - Date published: 11:40 am, February 2nd, 2021 - 20 comments The huge tyre fire near Amberley in North Canterbury last Friday is in an area with a high water table, extreme fire risk in summer, two kilometres from a town of 2000 residents, and on the edge of one of NZ’s premier wine regions. Written By: ...

The media was again incredibly frustrating at the 4pm covid update yesterday, and in this mornings Herald. Having Audrey Young doing a grumpy old woman routine asking the same gotcha question a million times ("why are we not told these business now?", and the switcheroo "why were this businesses blindsided by releasing their information before informing them?") was bad enough but her personal annoyance has become the subject of her piece this morning in the paper, where for some vague reason th...