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Gavin Evans: OPINION: Bigger issues in Matthews petition can't be ignored
The gathering storm over the firing of former Auditor-General Martin Matthews is not going to be easy for the government to ignore.It is an employment matter and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is right to not wade in, but the broader constitutional implications are far more import...
Markets
NZX, EEX eye carbon auction opportunity
The New Zealand stock exchange and the European Energy Exchange have inked a cooperation agreement to pursue carbon market opportunities, in particular the government’s plan to establish auctions of New Zealand emission units. Shane Dinnan, head of energy markets for NZX, told...
Work to do despite NZ’s high ranking for female entrepreneurs
Despite New Zealand being the second-best place in the world for female entrepreneurs, more work needs to be done, executives say. Mastercard’s Index of Women Entrepreneurs puts New Zealand just behind the United States with a score of 70.2 versus America’s 70.3. One in three bus...
Infrastructure
Workforce plan needed for emission reduction effort
Meeting the country’s 2030 emission reduction targets will require new skills and technologies that are not currently being planned for, the head of the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki says.The economic transformation envisaged to reduce emissions by as much as 50 per...
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