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Minimum wage to increase by 2%
Economy

Minimum wage to increase by 2%

It will rise by 45 cents an hour to $23.15 from April 1.

Staff reporters 01 Feb 2024
National's first tax priority: passing Labour's legislation
Finance

Pattrick Smellie: National's first tax priority: passing Labour's legislation

Will changing the trust tax rate also discourage direct share investment?

Pattrick Smellie 30 Jan 2024
Public servants do their best, slow to admit error: survey
Politics

Public servants do their best, slow to admit error: survey

Public services need a 'learning loop' with their customers, say experts.

Jem Traylen 29 Jan 2024
Business of Government: Scrappy New Year?
Politics

Business of Government: Scrappy New Year?

Welcome back to our weekly roundup of public sector news and analysis.

Jem Traylen 24 Jan 2024
'NZ wastes a lot of money': tips for megaprojects
Infrastructure

'NZ wastes a lot of money': tips for megaprojects

Oliver Lewis 23 Jan 2024
ComCom opens fair trading probe into Woolworths, Foodstuffs
Retail

ComCom opens fair trading probe into Woolworths, Foodstuffs

Rebecca Stevenson 22 Jan 2024
Act seeks total GMO law rewrite
Primary Sector

Act seeks total GMO law rewrite

Rebecca Howard 10 Jan 2024
Christchurch housing upzoning hearings adjourned
Property

Christchurch housing upzoning hearings adjourned

Oliver Lewis 09 Jan 2024
MBIE considers tweaks to food labelling rules
Primary Sector

MBIE considers tweaks to food labelling rules

Riley Kennedy 08 Jan 2024
Progressive Meats fails with appeal over workplace safety

Progressive Meats fails with appeal over workplace safety

Tamara Poi-Ngawhika 04 Jan 2024
Tread softly but carry big gun of virtual separation
Markets

Tread softly but carry big gun of virtual separation

Ian Llewellyn 03 Jan 2024
Top summer reading on the public sector
Politics

Top summer reading on the public sector

Jem Traylen 26 Dec 2023
Parliament over for year, MPs to return on Jan 30
Politics

Parliament over for year, MPs to return on Jan 30

Ian Llewellyn 22 Dec 2023
Wellington getting ready for skyfall moment
Economy

Paul McBeth: Wellington getting ready for skyfall moment

Paul McBeth 21 Dec 2023
Treasury warns about climate risks
Markets

Treasury warns about climate risks

Ian Llewellyn 20 Dec 2023
Willis draws bright line to revive deteriorating books
Economy

Willis draws bright line to revive deteriorating books

Paul McBeth 20 Dec 2023
Adrian Orr fronts MPs on the economy
Economy

Adrian Orr fronts MPs on the economy

Staff reporters 20 Dec 2023
Business of Government: a Christmas wrap
Politics

Business of Government: a Christmas wrap

Jem Traylen 20 Dec 2023
MBIE officials wary of extending 90-day trials to big end of town
News in Brief

MBIE officials wary of extending 90-day trials to big end of town

Staff reporters 19 Dec 2023
Govt reverses act to reduce IRD's workload
News in Brief Free

Govt reverses act to reduce IRD's workload

Tamara Poi-Ngawhika 19 Dec 2023
Hodgson resigns as Callaghan chair
Finance

Hodgson resigns as Callaghan chair

Pattrick Smellie 19 Dec 2023
Kāinga Ora solvent, but 'troubling reports'
Finance

Kāinga Ora solvent, but 'troubling reports'

Pattrick Smellie 19 Dec 2023
Six things to look for in the mini-budget
Finance

Cameron Bagrie: Six things to look for in the mini-budget

Cameron Bagrie 19 Dec 2023
LGWM dead: second Mt Vic tunnel approved
Infrastructure

LGWM dead: second Mt Vic tunnel approved

Pattrick Smellie 17 Dec 2023
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