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'Natural' to raise concerns over new Hong Kong security laws - Ardern
Economy

'Natural' to raise concerns over new Hong Kong security laws - Ardern

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it's completely natural to review its policy settings with Hong Kong.

Victoria Young 20 Jul 2020
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DAVID CHAPLIN: Afterpay, the payment system that ‘isn’t’
Finance

David Chaplin: DAVID CHAPLIN: Afterpay, the payment system that ‘isn’t’

How much for cash?In the good old days, your plumber would have an answer to that question. But the demise of physical money, a sustained regulatory crack-down on the ‘black economy’ and a surplus of anti-money laundering rules have rendered the ‘cashie’ obsolete: a piece of fina...

David Chaplin 15 Jul 2020
Telcos criticise Chorus price rise
Infrastructure

Telcos criticise Chorus price rise

Broadband retailers have expressed disappointment over Chorus’ plan to increase wholesale broadband prices, saying now is not the time. While it had delayed its usual price hike on March 23 as the country went into lockdown, yesterday Chorus said from October 1 it will impleme...

Victoria Young 09 Jul 2020
PETER GRIFFIN: US-China rivalry is playing havoc with the tech world
Opinion

Peter Griffin: PETER GRIFFIN: US-China rivalry is playing havoc with the tech world

A year ago this week I was in Beijing visiting tech companies and talking to scientists and entrepreneurs about the advances the country is making on the cutting edge of artificial intelligence research. Against the backdrop of US president Donald Trump’s escalating trade war wit...

Peter Griffin 08 Jul 2020