Opinion
Pattrick Smellie: Google, Facebook and tax: the search for conscience
Finance ministers from the world's seven largest economies have struck a deal to tax 'borderless' global companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. However, global tax nirvana is still a long way off.
Infrastructure
Transport upgrade cost blowouts kill Mill Rd highway
Transport projects costed at $6.8b 18 months ago are now costed at $12.8b, forcing cutbacks and reprioritisation – but still found $685m for a new cycling bridge across Auckland Harbour.
Policy
'3 waters', three problems: cost, timetable and Auckland
The numbers are huge, but so is the timeframe.
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