EEconomy Read More Fuel crisis money and the complainers – Heather du Plessis-AllanMarch 28, 2026 Higher-income earners with no children complained that they are yet again subsidising the country’s breeders, many of whom…
NNew Zealand Read More National fuel plan: Nicola Willis promises no overnight alert level shift ahead of Friday announcementMarch 26, 2026 Willis also told MPs in the House that the Government’s goal was to “avoid ever getting to response…
EEconomy Read More Fitch warning on debt puts pressure on Nicola Willis, Reserve Bank Governor pushes back on market panic – Inside EconomicsMarch 25, 2026 That sentence needed reading twice. A rating downgrade would have been a real shock … a downgrade to…
NNew Zealand Read More Thomas Coughlan: Nicola Willis tells Labour there’s a new sheriff in townMarch 24, 2026 There’s very much a new sheriff in town. And the differences don’t stop there. Willis has funded this…
BBusiness Read More Nicola Willis urges motorists not to panic-buy fuel as oil prices spikeMarch 15, 2026 “So the first thing I’m doing tomorrow is finding out from my officials why is the media reporting…
NNew Zealand Read More Government open to scrapping 12 cent fuel tax hike next year if conditions worsenMarch 9, 2026 If the conflict lasted for three months or more, there would be an inflation impact of between 0.5…
NNew Zealand Read More Nicola Willis and David Seymour attack ‘alarming’ Barbara Edmonds Reserve Bank remarksMarch 3, 2026 The attack referred to Edmonds’ remarks, which suggested returning the Reserve Bank to a dual mandate, which tasked…
NNew Zealand Read More Nicola Willis’ planned Tesco meeting on breaking supermarket duopoly revealedFebruary 28, 2026 The Government did announce a suite of legislative and policy changes in August last year, with the key…
HHeadlines Read More Willis, Luxon and the perils of trying to be too clever – Heather du Plessis-AllanFebruary 15, 2026 The inquiry itself is a good idea. There should be an independent stocktake of whether former bank governor…
BBusiness Read More Government instigates surprise inquiry into Reserve Bank’s $55 billion Covid money-printing bingeFebruary 11, 2026 The cost to the taxpayer of the LSAP programme alone was more than half the cost to the…
BBusiness Read More Nicola Willis unlikely to get in the way of insurers hiking premiums with new review – Jenée TibshraenyFebruary 4, 2026 The Government is hesitant to intervene in the market – either by directly influencing the price of insurance,…
EEconomy Read More Thomas Coughlan: Chris Hipkins and Nicola Willis go to war over who broke the economyJanuary 30, 2026 The annual debate on the Prime Minister’s statement is one of the few parliamentary fixtures that live up…