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Avoiding Let's Get Wellington Moving's city deal fate
Infrastructure

Avoiding Let's Get Wellington Moving's city deal fate

Learn from Let's Get Wellington Moving; don't "do that again", Linda Meade says.

Dileepa Fonseka 12 Oct 2023
Nats commit to OIA review – Labour won’t
Law & Regulation

Nats commit to OIA review – Labour won’t

The Official Information Act last underwent major reform in 1987.

Jem Traylen 11 Oct 2023
The Business of Government: public servants as political football and not much more ...
Politics

The Business of Government: public servants as political football and not much more ...

Our weekly roundup of public service news.

Jem Traylen 11 Oct 2023
Car dealers brace for EV surge, ute slump
Politics

Car dealers brace for EV surge, ute slump

Drivers betting on National are holding off buying utes. But EV sales may surge.

Oliver Lewis 10 Oct 2023
Foresters seek judicial review over MPI fees
Primary Sector

Foresters seek judicial review over MPI fees

Staff reporters 09 Oct 2023
Whaddya mean there's too many public servants?
Politics Analysis

Whaddya mean there's too many public servants?

Jem Traylen 09 Oct 2023
Signals from outer space: National's aerospace policy
Technology Analysis

Signals from outer space: National's aerospace policy

Ben Moore 06 Oct 2023
Drop tariffs and move beyond FTAs, report
Trade

Drop tariffs and move beyond FTAs, report

Dileepa Fonseka 06 Oct 2023
New gas-fired electricity generation needed now
Politics

New gas-fired electricity generation needed now

Ian Llewellyn 06 Oct 2023
National launches space policy at Rocket Lab HQ
News in Brief

National launches space policy at Rocket Lab HQ

Ben Moore 05 Oct 2023
National vows to single out inflation
Economy

National vows to single out inflation

Rebecca Howard 04 Oct 2023
Business of Government: Christmas is cancelled, H2's new role, and more ...
Politics

Business of Government: Christmas is cancelled, H2's new role, and more ...

Jem Traylen 04 Oct 2023
EV sales surge ahead of election
News in Brief

EV sales surge ahead of election

Staff reporters 03 Oct 2023
Government department downsizes Christmas
Politics

Government department downsizes Christmas

Jem Traylen 03 Oct 2023
A nurse training school still sits empty. Why?
Opinion

Ana Maria Rivera: A nurse training school still sits empty. Why?

Ana Maria Rivera 03 Oct 2023
Why doesn’t the Treasury just do its own costings on election promises?
Editor's Picks

Why doesn’t the Treasury just do its own costings on election promises?

Jem Traylen 28 Sep 2023
The Business of Government: 'tis the season to restructure, and more...
Politics

The Business of Government: 'tis the season to restructure, and more...

Jem Traylen 27 Sep 2023
Foresters in uproar over new ETS levy
Climate change

Foresters in uproar over new ETS levy

Greg Hurrell 22 Sep 2023
Act’s alternative budget takes aim at public debt as well as public servants
Politics

Act’s alternative budget takes aim at public debt as well as public servants

Jem Traylen 21 Sep 2023
NZ to provide financial support to exploited migrants
News in Brief

NZ to provide financial support to exploited migrants

Staff reporters 20 Sep 2023
Business of Government: another Nats tax hole? OIA wins and fails, and more...
Politics

Business of Government: another Nats tax hole? OIA wins and fails, and more...

Jem Traylen 20 Sep 2023
The case for a pre-Christmas mini-budget
Economy

Pattrick Smellie: The case for a pre-Christmas mini-budget

Pattrick Smellie 19 Sep 2023
Nats dangle tax sweetener for startups
Finance Tax

Nats dangle tax sweetener for startups

Pattrick Smellie 15 Sep 2023
Economists dubious over National's foreign buyer tax claims
News in Brief

Economists dubious over National's foreign buyer tax claims

Staff reporters 14 Sep 2023
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