Lasik-linked suicides raise alarm as former US regulator and doctors speak out
“Pain, pain and more pain…”
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Public sceptical of Budget 2025, but business backs investment incentives
“Farmers, tradies, and other business owners… are buying new machinery, tools and equipment this weekend because of Investment Boost.”
Z Energy uses U-GO to give the illusion of competition while tightening its grip on the fuel market
Prices under $2.20 are welcome but may be unsustainable.
Former MPs launch ‘people’s committee’ to challenge pay equity changes
The real debate is this: should equal pay laws be based on verifiable discrimination or activist framing?
New sanctions for beneficiaries aim to restore accountability and move people into work
“At the end of the day, we want fewer people on welfare and more people in work,."
Jones defends mining push, says NZ won’t be ‘guilt-tripped’ over environment
“We are not going to sit around and read poetry to rare lizards, whilst our current account deficit goes down the gurgler.”
Greyhound Racing NZ takes government ban to court, citing flawed process
“The industry has done itself no favours.”
Semicolon use is plummeting; most students don’t know how to use them
A 50 percent decline in semicolon usage over two decades.
Luxon admits Bayly handling was ‘wrong,’ says he should’ve answered clearly
“...didn’t want to put the boot in.”
Winston Peters visits crisis-hit Sri Lanka to strengthen trade and dairy ties
“We discussed the growing number of New Zealand companies working with and investing in Sri Lanka.”
What’s the MATTR? COVID-era ‘trust tech’ firm reemerges as the government’s silent partner
The firm behind New Zealand’s COVID vaccine pass is back building digital ID, but this time with much less visibility.
Carbon capture plan collapses, blowing hole in NZ’s emissions strategy
“Had a regulatory framework been in place five years ago, the commercial viability of the project would look quite different.”
Golden visa boom: wealthy Americans drive NZ residency surge under looser rules
“Many of the people applying are of a different political persuasion to President Trump.”
RFK Jr. backs US withdrawal from WHO, citing China’s influence and pandemic failures
“I urge the world’s health ministers and the WHO to take our withdrawal from the organisation as a wake-up call.”
‘In the interests of our students’: School cancels youth-targeted LGBTQ+ event
“Our key role is in educating our students in a safe, happy and healthy environment.”