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Can NZ avert a disaster after a disaster?
1+ hour, 8+ min ago (743+ words) When we think of a major earthquake striking Aotearoa New Zealand, our minds first turn to collapsed buildings and the immediate toll on human lives. Few of us might ponder what happens in the days and weeks that follow, when…...
Why immigration has lost social licence
6+ hour, 17+ min ago (330+ words) I will start with the obvious and most important point: Winston Peters is racist and xenophobic. I am treating that as a fact. Also, a personal disclosure that is relevant to this analysis. I have been an immigrant for a…...
Labour wants to scrap Investment Boost as it unveils election policy for small businesses
1+ day, 17+ min ago (822+ words) Labour wants to scrap the Investment Boost tax policy if elected into Government, with plans to target that support towards small businesses. On Thursday morning, Labour unveiled its latest election policy, called 'Small Business Action Plan - A Fair Go'. The…...
Britain's long and consequential tradition of 'joke' candidates
1+ day, 11+ min ago (256+ words) The template was set by David Sutch, who stood as Screaming Lord Sutch. A previously aspiring rock singer, he entered politics in 1963. He campaigned to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, stood against Labour prime minister Harold Wilson in 1966, and…...
Prices rising twice as fast as wages
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (345+ words) Salary and wage data in Statistics NZ's latest labour market figures shows workers' pay increases lagging well behind inflation. Statistics NZ's labour cost index (LCI) shows salary and wage rates, including overtime, up 2% in the June year. Annual private sector wages…...
‘We’re New Zealand’s Monzo’
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (867+ words) NZ fintech Dosh is planning to drill into the home loan advice market and other areas as it considers whether or not to reapply for banking registration. The NZ fintech found itself at a crossroads last year when the Reserve…...
Inside the Capital: Greens write to Speaker of the House over Winston Peters’ comments to Lawrence Xu-Nan
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1416+ words) Foreign Affairs Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters won’t apologise for the comments he made about Green MP Lawrence Xu-Nan, which have been labelled "offensive" and "racist" by people inside and outside of Parliament. This comes as the…...
That's not the point, Prime Minister
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (460+ words) Christopher Luxon has formally ruled out working with the Opportunity Party. "We're a party of low tax," he said, "we don't think we want to do business with them." That's not the point, Prime Minister. God, please! You can negotiate…...
Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong talks coalition dealbreakers & more
1+ week, 22+ hour ago (1865+ words) By Mandy Te and Anna Whyte Opportunity Party leader Qiulae Wong says if elected into Parliament, she wants to be part of a Government where her party can further their objectives and policies. “If that’s not going to be the…...
A promising avenue for supporting the transition to renewable energy
1+ week, 1+ day ago (182+ words) Another alternative is thermal energy storage, in which energy is stored in the form of heat. While the efficiency of heat to electricity conversion would be improved at higher temperatures, turbines hardly withstand such elevated temperatures. The most recently developed…...