Opinion

Winston takes charge – and it’s his way or the highway

19 Jun 18, 7:37am

Deputy and soon-to-be acting Prime Minister Winston Peters put his own stamp on this week's post cabinet press conference, as Jason Walls describes
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A test of Govt's resolve on housing

18 Jun 18, 1:07pm

David Hargreaves

90 comments

David Hargreaves argues that the Government needs to commit 'all in' to the Kiwibuild programme to ensure our chronic housing shortage is resolved
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The pension train has no seat belts

18 Jun 18, 9:02am

John Mauldin

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John Mauldin continues his 'Train Crash' series, this week looking at the pension crisis and its 'catastrophic' potential damage
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Welcome to MMP, New Zealand

17 Jun 18, 7:09am

Jason Walls

46 comments

It has taken a while but tensions are finally starting to show within the parties that form the Government. Jason Walls argues Andrew Little put it best: ‘This is just coalition government’
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Why tax house building in a housing crisis?

16 Jun 18, 6:31am

Guest

62 comments

Brendon Harre says to solve our housing shortage the simplest solutions should be tried first, such as reducing taxes and removing impediments on building decent housing. Taxing housing more won't deliver more housing
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Why tax house building in a housing crisis?

16 Jun 18, 6:31am

Guest

62 comments

This week's guest Top 10

15 Jun 18, 10:00am

Siah Hwee Ang

6 comments

Siah Hwee Ang with the latest happenings across the Asia-Pacific, including China and imports, e-commerce in India, Malaysia back in the mix, Australia goes at China, meaty matters, the Trump-Kim summit and more
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Trump’s ‘China first’ foreign-trade policy

15 Jun 18, 9:31am

David Cay Johnston

10 comments

David Cay Johnston argues President Trump may have promised to put America & American workers first but his actions show he's pursuing a strategy of Make China Great Again
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'The next 12 months have suddenly become more interesting'

14 Jun 18, 10:48am

Peter Dunne

13 comments

Peter Dunne looks back at the collapse of the Coalition Government in 1998 and sees warning signs in the current Government
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A guide to buying cryptocurrencies using NZ dollars

13 Jun 18, 3:11pm

Henry Chueh

14 comments

Henry Chueh compares the different brokers, exchanges and P2P services that enable you to buy cryptocurrencies in New Zealand dollars
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The murky migration picture

11 Jun 18, 3:45pm

David Hargreaves

83 comments

David Hargreaves says the country is in urgent need of a clear approach to its migration policy
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Debt clock ticking

11 Jun 18, 8:44am

John Mauldin

34 comments

John Mauldin continues his 'Train Crash' series as he charts the path to the 'Great Reset'; this week he points to the fact that the world has so much debt that the cracks could happen anywhere
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Business-friendly Budget already undermined by poor Governance

10 Jun 18, 7:02am

Jason Walls

53 comments

The Government’s handling of the oil and gas exploration ban has undone much of the goodwill it earned with its business-friendly Budget, Jason Walls says
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'Auckland Council’s rejection of evidence will see poor people further impoverished'

8 Jun 18, 2:49pm

Sam Warburton

57 comments

The NZ Initiative's Sam Warburton says it's time to push back against a lack of evidence in local & central government policy making
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Oil and gas exploration ban more of an aggravator than a game-changer

8 Jun 18, 10:17am

Jenée Tibshraeny

45 comments

Jenée Tibshraeny questions why the Government decided to draw a line in the sand on climate change by threatening an already threatened form of energy - gas
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This week's Top 10

8 Jun 18, 10:00am

David Chaston

50 comments

Great Chinese advice; why NIMBYs should be ignored; why pessimists are losers; a look at Ethiopia; the trap of prescriptive regulation; a coming centralised bargaining inflation jolt, and heaps of cartoons
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Labour's preoccupation with 'The Vibe'

7 Jun 18, 8:22am

Peter Dunne

25 comments

Peter Dunne argues that the Government is not prepared to confront lessons from the past and says that the idealism - not the failure - of the 1970s Labour administration is what is being remembered
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Millennial renters have a BIG problem

5 Jun 18, 12:56pm

Guest

2 comments

On the off-chance the Government doesn’t fix the housing crisis tomorrow, what can they offer millennials - who’ll think they will be renting forever? Robbie Nichol investigates.
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Govt opens the gate to NZ for degree students

5 Jun 18, 12:51pm

David Hargreaves

76 comments

The new policy as proposed by the Government would triple the amount of no-strings work time degree-level students would enjoy in NZ
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The Italian trigger

5 Jun 18, 8:50am

John Mauldin

35 comments

John Mauldin continues his 'Train Crash' series examining his thesis that we are heading for a 'Great Reset'; this week he focuses on Italy as a potential trigger point
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