Treasury examines asset 'buy-back' scheme and taxing powers for Auckland Council
By Pattrick Smellie April 26 (BusinessDesk) - Central government could buy assets for Auckland on the city council's behalf under a buy-back scheme to help accelerate the infrastructure required to ensure the fast-growing city's housing and population needs are met more urgent...
Bennett 'taking advice' on cancelling 'dodgy' carbon credits
By Pattrick Smellie April 26 (BusinessDesk) - Climate Change Minister Paula Bennett is "taking advice" on whether to cancel some or all of the so-called 'dodgy' carbon credits bought mainly by power and petrol companies to cover New Zealand's future obligations to reduce emiss...
Half billion dollars pledged to upgrade Tauranga to Waihi route
April 22 (BusinessDesk) - The government is pledging roading projects to ease congestion and improve freight links for Tauranga worth $520 million over the next decade. The largest project, starting construction in 2018, will be the $286 million Tauranga Northern Link, which w...
Water needs a price, reforms require urgency, submitters say
By Pattrick Smellie April 22 (BusinessDesk) - The government's freshwater management reforms need to be re-energised, lack ambitious timetables and avoid hard questions like pricing water, say submissions from a range of tourism and environmental groups on the proposed "next s...
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