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Local voice, environment key for Green's RMA reform support
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Local voice, environment key for Green's RMA reform support

Local involvement and environmental bottom-lines will be key to the Green Party's support to any future reform of the Resource Management Act, co-leader James Shaw said.  Last night, the party voted against a government bill to fast-track consent approvals for infrastructure p...

Dan Brunskill 03 Jul 2020
Clear border-opening strategy needed now: Gluckman, Clark, Fyfe
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Clear border-opening strategy needed now: Gluckman, Clark, Fyfe

Former chief science advisor to the prime minister Peter Gluckman says irrespective of whether a covid vaccine is developed or not, most of the world’s travelling population won't be effectively vaccinated for at least another year and New Zealand needs a clear strategy to re-eng...

Brent Melville 03 Jul 2020
PATTRICK SMELLIE: Holding APEC online - does it matter?
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Pattrick Smellie: PATTRICK SMELLIE: Holding APEC online - does it matter?

Aucklanders won't have their traffic made even more chaotic for a week by switching APEC hosting duties online. 

Pattrick Smellie 01 Jul 2020
RBNZ governor firmly dovish
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RBNZ governor firmly dovish

New Zealand’s reserve bank will not raise interest rates and could go negative, RBNZ governor Adrian Orr reiterated today. “We have no intention of raising interest rates. Our task now and for the foreseeable future is get them down, keep them down,” he told the AM Show.  “...

Rebecca Howard 30 Jun 2020