OECD tells NZ there’s no future in gas
Analysts from the world’s foremost economic forum have rebuked the Government’s plans to import liquefied gas and spark…
Hyper-ageing population can be exploited, ‘not treated as a burden’
New Zealand’s ageing population should be seen as an opportunity to unlock economic and social improvements, rather than…
Anne Salmond: Freedom for whom?
In New Zealand at present, a range of well funded think tanks and other groups fly the flag…
NZ needs to learn blunt lessons of business failure
Comment: New Zealand is closing businesses faster than it is learning from their failure. March 2026 was the…
Hard labour – under the hood of the stalled New Zealand job market (in charts)
New Zealand’s unemployment rate fell in the first quarter, but look under the hood and the jobs market…
New school curriculum cuts mention of ‘mental health’
Health and Māori experts have raised concerns over the draft health curriculum, which has erased all explicit mentions…
Questions grow over personal health data safety
More gay and bisexual men will, from today, be able to donate blood, as the New Zealand Blood…
What’s left behind when the water recedes
Comment: Pōneke Wellington, my hometown for more than a decade, was hit by flash floods last week. The…
A fresh look needed over state asset sales
Get set for election year battles over asset sales as warnings grow about our high costs and rising…
SPCA takes on big fish in cameras-on-boats feeding frenzy
The SPCA believes the overhaul of the Fisheries Act “significantly reduces” oversight of any possible animal welfare infringements…
Power bills are rising – but here’s what $1 of electricity can still buy
Comment: I’m not going to pretend that higher power bills don’t hurt. For many households, affordability is real,…
Solar isn’t the answer – so what is?
Opinion: There are some things I thought I knew about the complex crises afflicting this earth. I thought…