Decades of foreign-funded local governance projects yield little while debt moun
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‘We cannot allow yet another industry to close’
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Worried about your finances in 2026? Here are 5 money moves recommended by experts.
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Open Mike 27/12/2025 – thestandard.nz
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Report warns millions of Americans are ‘functionally unemployed’
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