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Agriculture sector debt in 10 charts and tables

12 Dec 18, 10:13am

A government Farm Debt Mediation Bill would be 'a useful tool in the tool kit' Federated Farmers says as farmers' satisfaction with their banks drops
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Employment law reform: Nothing left to fear

3 Dec 18, 9:48am

Chris Trotter

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Chris Trotter says employment law reform changes leave Labour’s ideological nakedness covered, business lobbyists quietly satisfied & Winston Peters claiming credit
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'Complex and complicated' issues in focus as final TWG report nears

29 Nov 18, 5:00am

Gareth Vaughan

76 comments

Tax Working Group members Craig Elliffe and Robin Oliver discuss the challenges of creating a comprehensive Capital Gains Tax that excludes the family home
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Govt's inaction on migration not a bad thing right now

25 Nov 18, 7:21am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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A look at the economic indicators that show the Government should keep avoiding introducing measures to majorly reduce migrant numbers
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It's important to keep asking the right questions

22 Nov 18, 2:12pm

Peter Dunne

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Peter Dunne says carefully crafted Parliamentary Questions are the primary weapons of an Opposition to get the answers it needs to do its day to day job of holding the Government to account
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Meeting with Adrian Orr among those not disclosed by Shane Jones

12 Nov 18, 11:14am

Jenée Tibshraeny

11 comments

Opposition pulls up Shane Jones for not disclosing 61 meetings he had with a variety of business, government and community leaders over seven months
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'Kiwibank would need to undergo fundamental change'

12 Nov 18, 10:33am

Gareth Vaughan

Treasury to probe 'fundamental change' and growth required by Kiwibank to take on core government banking in 2023
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Jones finds new punch bags in the FMA, the RBNZ & the Super Fund

11 Nov 18, 6:30am

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Shane Jones accuses the FMA of being 'chummy' with banks, the RBNZ of being too independent and the Super Fund of using the wrong investment strategy
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NZ First to hold Jami-Lee Ross' proxy vote

7 Nov 18, 4:00pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

22 comments

Jami-Lee Ross to have his vote cast in Parliament as an independent MP for Botany thanks to New Zealand First
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Say what?! Winston Peters talks approvingly of a whopper bank profit

1 Nov 18, 5:00am

Jenée Tibshraeny

15 comments

Winston Peters cites ANZ attributing its $1.99 billion profit partially to the strong economy, as the Govt comes under attack for business confidence remaining in a slump
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How much more tax are we paying under the Coalition Government?

28 Oct 18, 7:02am

Jenée Tibshraeny

65 comments

Jenée Tibshraeny crunches the numbers to figure out whether criticisms that the Labour Party is the 'tax party' are well-founded
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'The next 12 months will determine the Government's fate'

25 Oct 18, 9:59am

Peter Dunne

64 comments

Peter Dunne suggests recent moves by NZ First and the Greens to promote their brands more vigorously are more significant than this week's opinion poll
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National loses 2% support in poll as Ross saga unravels

23 Oct 18, 7:07pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

98 comments

One News/Colmar Brunton poll puts support for Labour ahead of National and Ardern way ahead of Bridges, despite respondents' pessimism on the economy
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When kindness meets tough reality

11 Oct 18, 8:48am

Peter Dunne

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Peter Dunne says when the Govt Budget is in surplus, the focus comes much more onto the quality and overall value of the new spending being proposed, and that requires Ministers to make some very strong judgements
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Treasury seeks views on new infrastructure agency

8 Oct 18, 3:14pm

David Hargreaves

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A discussion document has been released for consultation on the proposed independent infrastructure agency through which it is planned to lift the quality of infrastructure investment in New Zealand
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Blame the politicians, not the system

21 Sep 18, 9:34am

Peter Dunne

22 comments

Peter Dunne says Jacinda Ardern's apparent unwillingness to ruffle coalition feathers is starting to work against her, suggests she takes a leaf out of Helen Clark's playbook
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'We are a government of change'

16 Sep 18, 7:50pm

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87 comments

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern outlines 'blueprint' setting out the Coalition Government's priorities and steps 'to build a more modern and fairer New Zealand'
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Robertson distances himself from Jones' regional banking push

6 Sep 18, 2:05pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

5 comments

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says location of bank branches is up to banks, but notes banks need a 'social licence' to operate
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Who is really pulling the Government's strings?

6 Sep 18, 9:12am

Peter Dunne

51 comments

Peter Dunne says the Government has to all intents and purposes become a New Zealand First/Labour coalition
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The sheer scale of the Provincial Growth Fund could be problematic for the Government

2 Sep 18, 7:02am

Jason Walls

14 comments

Shane Jones’ multi-billion-dollar Provincial Growth Fund still has a long way to go before reaching its $3 billion target, Jason Walls says the next couple of years might prove to be a political headache for the Government
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