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Nash wants tougher freedom camping rules for next summer
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Nash wants tougher freedom camping rules for next summer

Freedom camping abuses are the most consistent complaints Tourism Minister Stuart Nash hears. 

Paul McBeth 09 Apr 2021
Freedom camping review a case of form over substance
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Paul McBeth: Freedom camping review a case of form over substance

The NZ Motor Caravan Association is fighting a rearguard action in taking councils to court over their freedom camping rules.

Paul McBeth 09 Apr 2021
Surge in MIQ covid cases prompts suspension of Indian flights
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Surge in MIQ covid cases prompts suspension of Indian flights

Health officials are grappling with how to cope with surging covid rates from high-risk countries. 

Staff reporters 08 Apr 2021
Heavy industry closing plant as power prices sky-rocket
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Heavy industry closing plant as power prices sky-rocket

The risk of political intervention in the electricity market is rising as a dry winter looms, pushing spot market power prices sky-high.

Pattrick Smellie 08 Apr 2021
Trans-Tasman 'bubble' from April 19
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Trans-Tasman 'bubble' from April 19

Pattrick Smellie 06 Apr 2021
MPs question why KiwiRail is still a state owned enterprise
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MPs question why KiwiRail is still a state owned enterprise

Ian Llewellyn 03 Apr 2021
Super insufficient for growing number of retirees who don't own homes
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Super insufficient for growing number of retirees who don't own homes

Ian Llewellyn 02 Apr 2021
Minimum wage increase may pave way for higher rents
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Minimum wage increase may pave way for higher rents

Rebecca Howard 01 Apr 2021
Hardest hit regions first in line for tourism infrastructure fund
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Hardest hit regions first in line for tourism infrastructure fund

Staff reporters 31 Mar 2021
Fonterra: We'll ditch coal, but it'll be challenging
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Fonterra: We'll ditch coal, but it'll be challenging

Rebecca Howard 31 Mar 2021
Tracey Martin to lead public broadcasting merger group
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Tracey Martin to lead public broadcasting merger group

Staff reporters 31 Mar 2021
Power companies issue warnings and advice over climate change policy
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Power companies issue warnings and advice over climate change policy

Ian Llewellyn 29 Mar 2021
Predictions of falling power prices do not stack up say major electricity users
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Predictions of falling power prices do not stack up say major electricity users

Ian Llewellyn 29 Mar 2021
Tourism needs its own special law – taskforce
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Tourism needs its own special law – taskforce

Staff reporters 26 Mar 2021
‘Implausible outcomes’ in govt advice on three waters reform
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‘Implausible outcomes’ in govt advice on three waters reform

Pattrick Smellie 26 Mar 2021
How the housing package will tank property investors' returns
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How the housing package will tank property investors' returns

Brent Melville and Andy Fyers 26 Mar 2021
Housing package: this term’s oil and gas ban?
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Pattrick Smellie: Housing package: this term’s oil and gas ban?

Pattrick Smellie 25 Mar 2021
Govt's 2025 carbon free target unreachable for vehicle fleet
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Govt's 2025 carbon free target unreachable for vehicle fleet

Ian Llewellyn and Andy Fyers 24 Mar 2021
Strings attached to new $3.8b housing infrastructure fund
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Strings attached to new $3.8b housing infrastructure fund

Pattrick Smellie 23 Mar 2021
Uninhabitable home insurance law change dropped
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Uninhabitable home insurance law change dropped

Ian Llewellyn 22 Mar 2021
Nash dangles targeted support for tourist centres
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Nash dangles targeted support for tourist centres

Paul McBeth 19 Mar 2021
PM coy on trans-Tasman bubble date
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PM coy on trans-Tasman bubble date

Pattrick Smellie 18 Mar 2021
Govt targets trans-Tasman bubble in first half of April
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Govt targets trans-Tasman bubble in first half of April

Pattrick Smellie 17 Mar 2021
Anti-competitive conduct under spotlight with law change
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Anti-competitive conduct under spotlight with law change

Ian Llewellyn 17 Mar 2021
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