Business

Simplicity founder 'appalled' by community trusts $130m 'destruction'
Markets

Simplicity founder 'appalled' by community trusts $130m 'destruction'

Research by University of Otago found charitable trusts underperformed passive investment strategies, but the trusts say the report compares apples and oranges. 

Dan Brunskill 15 Jul 2021
$2.5b sweetener for three waters reform
Policy

$2.5b sweetener for three waters reform

The biggest holdout against the reforms and the country’s largest city, Auckland, is by far the largest beneficiary of the package.

Pattrick Smellie 15 Jul 2021
Farmers have right to protest, but ag minister won't be there
Primary Sector

Farmers have right to protest, but ag minister won't be there

The agriculture minister worries townies might get the wrong idea and think farmers don't care about the environment as a result of Friday's protests.

Rebecca Howard 15 Jul 2021
Time to show local government the ‘rabbit’
Policy

Pattrick Smellie: Time to show local government the ‘rabbit’

Is today the day that the government hopes to show local government leaders why the hotly contested three waters reforms will be worth their while?

Pattrick Smellie 15 Jul 2021