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ELECTION 2020: Labour’s tax hikes give it room to spend
Paul McBeth | Thu, 01 Oct 2020

Labour reckons it can spend more and repay debt faster.

Business wants more from next finance minister
Business wants more from next finance minister Victoria Young
Expensive solar solution to cut Parliament's emissions
Expensive solar solution to cut Parliament's emissions Gavin Evans
Northport keeps dry dock hopes alive
Northport keeps dry dock hopes alive Gavin Evans
Benefits stable as 100,000 come off wage subsidy
Paul McBeth | Fri, 25 Sep 2020

Benefit numbers are holding steady as employers lose wage subsidy support. 

Profitable firms have ‘moral obligation’ to repay wage subsidy – KPMG
Profitable firms have ‘moral obligation’ to repay wage subsidy – KPMG Paul McBeth
ELECTION 2020: Scared or excited about a Labour-Green govt?
ELECTION 2020: Scared or excited about a Labour-Green govt? Paul McBeth
Govt's pumped hydro scheme 'disturbing, dreamland' project - Mercury
Govt's pumped hydro scheme 'disturbing, dreamland' project - Mercury Gavin Evans
Partnerships vital for 'massive' emission reduction investment
Partnerships vital for 'massive' emission reduction investment Gavin Evans
Seasonal work visa for fruit and wine harvests
Seasonal work visa for fruit and wine harvests Dan Brunskill
Entitled or unethical? Big business and the wage subsidy
Entitled or unethical? Big business and the wage subsidy Rebecca Stevenson
Govt transport plan weak on EVs
Staff reporters | Mon, 21 Sep 2020

The government’s transport blueprint falls short on the electrification needed in the coming decade, Drive Electric says.The government policy statement on land transport out to 2031 acknowledges that transport accounts for almost 20 percent of the country’s emissions and makes c...

Tina Schirr: There is opportunity in a crisis
Tina Schirr: There is opportunity in a crisis Tina Schirr
Erik Zydervelt: There is no time to waste on climate change
Erik Zydervelt: There is no time to waste on climate change Erik Zydervelt
Capital for gas security getting more challenging
Capital for gas security getting more challenging Gavin Evans
Jobs likely from govt's low-carbon construction policy - Red Stag
Jobs likely from govt's low-carbon construction policy - Red Stag Gavin Evans
PREFU: Short term looks better but recovery to take longer
PREFU: Short term looks better but recovery to take longer Rebecca Howard
NEIL HOLDOM: Labour's costly, puzzling energy policy
NEIL HOLDOM: Labour's costly, puzzling energy policy Neil Holdom
ELECTION 2020: Bipartisan approach needed on EVs - Drive Electric
Gavin Evans | Fri, 11 Sep 2020

New Zealand risks becoming a dumping ground for the world’s fossil-fuelled cars if it doesn’t move quicker to phase them out in favour of electric vehicles, lobby group Drive Electric says. The National Party policy announced today to exempt EVs from fringe-benefit tax until 2...

ELECTION 2020: ‘Don’t stuff the country’ – minor leaders make their pitch
ELECTION 2020: ‘Don’t stuff the country’ – minor leaders make their pitch Paul McBeth
Thousands lose more generous unemployment benefit
Thousands lose more generous unemployment benefit Andy Fyers
Hash brownies and high tea; cannabis edibles NZ's next big thing?
Hash brownies and high tea; cannabis edibles NZ's next big thing? Brent Melville
Election 2020: Every policy in one place
Election 2020: Every policy in one place Andy Fyers
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