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Labour’s tax plan by the numbers
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Labour’s tax plan by the numbers

Labour has chosen a small target CGT and a popular health target.

Pattrick Smellie 28 Oct 2025
Labour's CGT: 'the moderates have won'
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Labour's CGT: 'the moderates have won'

A 'first step' policy that may not raise much revenue.

Pattrick Smellie 28 Oct 2025
Online gambling receipts balloon amid efforts to regulate sector
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Online gambling receipts balloon amid efforts to regulate sector

Offshore online gambling providers filed $290.3m of GST receipts in six months to July.

Gregor Thompson 28 Oct 2025
How Pharmac's set-up risks higher health costs
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How Pharmac's set-up risks higher health costs

Pharmac's fixed budget discourages use of cost-saving medicines common elsewhere.

Pattrick Smellie 23 Oct 2025
RBNZ and the curious case of prudential stacks
Opinion

Andy Macdonald: RBNZ and the curious case of prudential stacks

Andy Macdonald 21 Oct 2025
Asset recycling: privatisation or better housekeeping
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Asset recycling: privatisation or better housekeeping

Dileepa Fonseka 20 Oct 2025
Open banking's red tape may stifle lenders' innovation: fintechs
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Open banking's red tape may stifle lenders' innovation: fintechs

Andy Macdonald 17 Oct 2025
Government to set up single science funding body
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Government to set up single science funding body

Staff reporters 14 Oct 2025
Reserve Bank to ease mortgage loan-to-value ratios
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Reserve Bank to ease mortgage loan-to-value ratios

Rebecca Howard 14 Oct 2025
LNG imports: Watts open-minded on scale
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LNG imports: Watts open-minded on scale

Pattrick Smellie 09 Oct 2025
Adrian Orr launches new company as restraint of trade lifts
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Adrian Orr launches new company as restraint of trade lifts

Denise McNabb 07 Oct 2025
Auckland’s Milldale housing project approved
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Auckland’s Milldale housing project approved

Michael Neilson 03 Oct 2025
Govt outlines strategy to deliver Defence Capability Plan
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Govt outlines strategy to deliver Defence Capability Plan

Staff reporters 03 Oct 2025
Energy reforms: Government waves the chequebook
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Energy reforms: Government waves the chequebook

Pattrick Smellie 01 Oct 2025
Reserve Bank of NZ looks to widen usage of word 'bank'
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Reserve Bank of NZ looks to widen usage of word 'bank'

Staff reporters 01 Oct 2025
Council eyes single buyer for Maungawhau Station super-site
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Council eyes single buyer for Maungawhau Station super-site

Oliver Lewis 26 Sep 2025
Willis, Edmonds offer 'boardroom' bipartisan vibes
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Willis, Edmonds offer 'boardroom' bipartisan vibes

Pattrick Smellie 24 Sep 2025
Fear, panic and a sour mood in the boardroom
Opinion

Dileepa Fonseka: Fear, panic and a sour mood in the boardroom

Dileepa Fonseka 24 Sep 2025
New Employment Leave Act aims to reduce complexity
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New Employment Leave Act aims to reduce complexity

Staff reporters 23 Sep 2025
Auditor general's fast track warning
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Auditor general's fast track warning

Michael Neilson 22 Sep 2025
Nash cuts ties with migrant investor pitch
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Nash cuts ties with migrant investor pitch

Pattrick Smellie 19 Sep 2025
Fish-hooks snag Nash's US foreign investor pitch
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Fish-hooks snag Nash's US foreign investor pitch

Pattrick Smellie 19 Sep 2025
Cloudfunding: what next for Auckland events centre
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Cloudfunding: what next for Auckland events centre

Oliver Lewis 19 Sep 2025
First residential housing fast-track consent granted
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First residential housing fast-track consent granted

Gregor Thompson 18 Sep 2025
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