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‘Having to argue with a lady in Taupō about my right to call myself tangata whenua’

The year ahead: Our job is to make Aotearoa a country that our children and mokopuna want to come home to, writes former Te Arawhiti Māori-Crown Relations chief executive Lil Anderson

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Why we should walk backwards into our vexed future

The first time Ngāti Toa went to the courts it was told the Treaty was 'a simple nullity'; the iwi's chief executive asks if New Zealanders will stand up today against similar political attacks?

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More signs the NZ economy is turning – but risks remain

The NZ economic recovery is gaining momentum, with stronger retail sales and improving confidence, but risks remain around growth, rates and key sectors

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Have we wasted two years on RMA when progress could have been made?

Opinion: It was good to hear Chris Hipkins say Labour are open to working with the Govt to achieve a framework they wouldn't repeal when they get into office

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EPA’s strategy to mitigate fast-track stigma: keep it as far away as possible

The fast-track’s administrator already said it was an ‘uncomfortable’ fit, but with the bill set to further restrict decision-making, it’s unsure what the future holds

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If this is employment law, the law needs to change

Opinion: Uber drivers can keep several apps open and accept trips from whichever app riders choose. But they cannot logically be the employees of all of those apps at the same time, as the Supreme Court seems to think

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A failed braking system led to his son’s death – it wasn’t the first, or the last

Today from The Detail: For years, a father has been fighting for Waka Kotahi to do more about the dangers of a vehicle braking system involved in his son's death. Now a coroner's report backs him up, but NZTA still disagrees.

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Billion-dollar banks slow to pass on rates cuts so ‘shop around’, says PM

Analysis: Your bank is banking on you not changing banks – so it's offering better interest rates to new customers than existing ones. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Going, going … the 10 state-owned assets atop ministers’ sales block

Newsroom asks Associate Finance Minister David Seymour which Crown businesses need to justify their continued public shareholding.

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Northwest grossed over $300m through Vital Healthcare management contract

The NZX-listed hospital owner thinks it could save $20.9m a year through a $214m deal to bring management in-house

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Foreign ministry eyes greater powers for Russia sanctions enforcement

As an NZ company faces investigation for ties to 'dark fleets' carrying Russian oil, officials may soon be able to compel the release of information that could prove sanctions breaches. Sam Sachdeva reports.

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EU mistaking paperwork for power, acronyms for armies

Opinion: Its industries are gutted, its military infrastructure is hollow, its economies are sclerotic, but Europe still boasts of its invincibility

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Bank repossesses a vehicle a day in debt crackdown – starting with a Maserati

NZX-listed Heartland Bank's 'enhanced' recovery strategies improve performance of its motor finance portfolio. Alice Peacock reports

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Small banks pass on mortgage rates while big banks ‘pad profits’

Smaller lenders like SBS Bank say they’re wooing customers away from the Australian-owned banks, offering mortgage rates as low as 3.99 percent while the big banks drag their feet. The Reserve Bank began cutting the official cash rate 15 months ago, but analysts say the big high street banks haven’t…

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Be careful what you wish for – cost-benefit analysis can pave paradise

Opinion: Critics wanted to change how cost-benefit assessment was undertaken so projects with up-front costs and long-term benefits would be easier. They were often thinking about environmental initiatives but have ended up with more road funding.

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Settlement gets Z Energy out of court – not ‘out of the petrol business’

After a long legal fight the fuel giant, consumer and environmental groups find one thing to agree on: the Govt must step up to ensure NZ's emissions targets are achieved, they say. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Labour to campaign on narrow capital gains tax, no wealth tax

Labour has agreed to campaign on a capital gains tax (CGT) covering just property – excluding the family home and farms – to help fund three free doctor visits for everyone. The policy was announced abruptly on Tuesday morning after RNZ was earlier leaked details over the long weekend. RNZ…

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‘Even in the darkest times, he understood the need to build our nation’

Friends and friendly foes alike recall Jim Bolger as a leader who confounded expectations. He was warm and always open-minded. He listened to experts, he asked questions, he challenged received wisdom.

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Finance minister urges education and health to ‘recycle’ redundant properties

Previously, visitors to Ascension winery in Matakana were after a glass or two of wine; now they're more likely to enjoy a cup of tea and a biscuit after communion. Auckland's Catholic Diocese is selling its old church in Warkworth to pay to convert the former winery into a new…

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When social licence is revoked

Today from The Detail: It's very valuable but you can't buy it, and if you lose it there can be serious consequences. Why a social licence to operate is now a must for corporates.

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Why loss and damage matter in the Pacific

For many Pacific Island nations, climate change isn’t a distant threat or an abstract statistic – it’s an everyday reality reshaping homes, traditions, and futures. Rising sea levels, coastal erosion, increasing temperatures and severe weather events – from cyclones to drought to unpredictable deluges – all combine to threaten traditional…

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Big new diesel power plant will help in energy crises, says Marsden Point chief

The day will come when the big oil tanks on the headland south of Whangārei will no longer contain petroleum; when the site’s owner will get out of fossil fuels entirely, says Channel Infrastructure chief executive Rob Buchanan. But that day is still decades away and so, this month, he…

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Govt could allow capital raises by gentailers to build new power plants

Ministers are set to announce a package of energy reforms tomorrow morning, based loosely on recommendations from a long-awaited report by international consultancy Frontier Economics. It’s understood the Government has stopped well short of the radical shake-up sought by NZ First and its associate energy minister, Shane Jones. At present…

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Ministerial compromise seeks efficiencies in buying $1.5b of medical devices

Analysis: It’s only taken 13 years! But this afternoon, health ministers are expected to announce a compromise that shares responsibility for procuring $1.5b of medical devices a year. Simeon Brown and his associate David Seymour are seeking to stamp their authority on Health NZ and Pharmac, after the agencies and their predecessors…

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Open mayoral races throw up uncertainty

This coming month, New Zealand could elect two Karen Morgans as mayor – one in Mackenzie District, one in Hutt City. But these aren’t the pejorative stereotype ‘Karens’; rather than complaining about the problems in their communities, they’re stepping up to make a difference. Mackenzie’s Karen Morgan, who’s been acting…

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