3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (286+ words) The principle sounds simple enough. When a developer builds houses, they pay councils for the pipes, roads, parks and stormwater their project triggers. Growth pays for growth, and existing ratepayers don’t get stung for the cost of accommodating new arrivals....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (384+ words) KiwiSaver has crossed the point where it stops being a personal finance story and becomes a capital markets one. Total balances hit $138.37 billion across 3,351,406 members as at 31 December 2025, according to the Retirement Commission’s demographic study. That sits inside a managed…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (425+ words) The last six government carbon auctions have failed to sell a single unit, and over three years only two of 24 auctions have cleared at all. That is not a market misfiring. It is a market that no longer exists. As…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (342+ words) That is a serious commitment of public capital and a serious use of state power to seize private assets. So the obvious question, put to co-leader Chloe Swarbrick on Morning Report, was how much cheaper groceries would actually be. She…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (360+ words) The number of people in apprenticeships and workplace-based training fell to 108,315 in 2025, the lowest count since 2011 and down 32% from the record 158,570 reached in 2022. This is not a plateau. A July 2026 briefing to Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds showed Q1 2026 enrolments running…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (358+ words) On 31 August 2026, the General Practice Owners Association (GenPro) released a seven-point election manifesto aimed squarely at parties heading into November’s poll. The headline ask is a 30% cumulative increase in general practice funding over three years, plus an independent cost-adjustment mechanism,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (688+ words) Three Otago councils – Central Otago District, Queenstown Lakes District, and Otago Regional – were on the verge of signing a regional deal with the government when National changed course. On Sunday 24 August, the party unveiled a ‘no new taxes’ election platform…...

3+ week, 13+ hour ago   (382+ words) For a government that scrapped the Clean Car Discount within weeks of taking office and slashed emissions penalties by nearly 80 percent, the decision to keep Labour’s Clean Vehicle Standard is a genuine reversal. Transport Minister Chris Bishop confirmed the government…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (377+ words) New Zealand’s largest emitters can stop worrying about being sued into a courtroom climate regime. The Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill passed its third reading 67 votes to 53, blocking tort lawsuits against companies for greenhouse gas emissions, and it…...