Let central government intervene on housing land, Productivity Commission says
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 21 (BusinessDesk) - The government should be allowed to force local authorities to release land for urban development in the face of rampant house-price inflation and current land allocation policies cause "a number of harmful social effects", the Prod...
Leaving agriculture out of global climate deal justified, NZ climate scientist says
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 20 (BusinessDesk) - Global efforts to combat climate change should focus first on eradicating carbon dioxide emissions, while less action on agricultural greenhouse gases is justified in the short term, a New Zealand climate change scientist says. A...
Further land sale restrictions possible under TPP, Labour 'very interested'
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 9 (BusinessDesk) - New Zealand will still be able to make its foreign investment rules "more restrictive" under the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade guidance note, opening up a way for the Labour Party to...
Labour says jury's out on supporting TPP
By Pattrick Smellie Oct. 6 (BusinessDesk) - Senior Labour Party politicians are waiting for the detail of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade and investment pact before declaring whether it breaches any of the five "bottom lines" the party says the TPP must meet before decidin...
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