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Lending curbs won't solve the housing problem
Low interest rates coupled with a lack of houses are a bigger problem than investors.
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Infrastructure
Fringe benefit tax an obstacle to EV take-up - Transpower
Focus must go on reducing upfront cost of EVs to firms, councils and government departments, national grid operator says.
Economy
‘Eyes wide open’ to cost of saving jobs – Adrian Orr
Government didn't ignore potential for monetary policy to widen inequality, but had to make tough choices trying to save jobs, Reserve Bank governor says.
Policy
Fraught transition ahead as RMA repeal confirmed
The 30-year-old RMA will be repealed and replaced, starting with a new Natural and Built Environments Act.
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