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Opinion
Rebecca Howard: My bet? Ardern says the EU-NZ FTA needs more work
Arden’ll just say it’s very close, but more talks are needed. That’s much easier to spin than a deal at any cost.
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Markets
Carbonz to resume trading
After a troubled start, a new carbon trading platform says it will resume operations next week.
Policy
Slow visa processing stalls $3b+ of foreign investment
New Zealand stopped processing investor visas at a time when the wealthy were lining up to come up here.
Business confidence dire in June
A net 62.6% of respondents said they expected economic conditions to worsen over the next 12 months.
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