Labour and National are being urged to strike a bipartisan deal to prevent overhangs from determining election outcomes, but former ACT leader Rodney Hide says the proposal risks overturning the will of voters.
New Zealand house prices have fallen back to mid-2017 levels after adjusting for inflation, with the housing market still struggling to recover from its November 2021 peak.
New Zealand families earning more than $200,000 a year say mortgage payments, groceries and other household costs are leaving little room for savings.
Insurance company Partners Life is facing questions over its decision to reject Long COVID insurance claims using mental health exclusions attached to policyholders' existing policies.
Auckland Council is requiring professional dog walkers operating on private rural land to obtain resource consents, with one business facing costs of up to $80,000 and operators warned of prosecution carrying potential fines of up to $10 million.
A month after Auckland's City Rail Link opened, passenger numbers have surged, but businesses that endured years of construction disruption report mixed results, with some seeing little improvement in sales.
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In her article, there was a shortish analogy of how the government goes about doing something like this, and the way it was explained sort of simplified the whole process really... and, when you really think about it, isn’t this exactly how government works?
Even if I separate myself as much as I can from the tweets, reels and photos of bad news, I can rationally collect enough evidence to know things are bad. Very bad.
The calculation is how many votes might be gained. Under MMP, a party can outrage most of the country but win an electorate or secure five per cent of the party vote. The gangs can make Te Pāti Māori and the Greens the kingmakers. Do the maths.
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