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ANZ survey finds hiring slumped as fuel shock hit, but inflation views still soft; Yet RBNZ still expected to hike again on October 28; Auckland house price average under $1m for first time since 2020

A region of Antarctica with enough ice to raise sea levels by up to four metres is the least explored section of the continent, according to a research team including an NZ scientist. The Wilkes…

Treasury sees both real house prices & real wages falling in 2026/27. No Govt has ever been re-elected post-MMP with both falling; Formal bid lodged to cancel NZ-EU FTA over NZ’s climate back-sliding

NEW | Economist Shamubeel Eaqub got a lot of flak for his ‘zombie town’ theory. 10 years on, he dares to go back to provincial New Zealand.

The Government's top law officer warned that if ministers blocked Mike Smith's Fonterra lawsuit, the next case would target the Crown directly. She's been proven right, reports Jonathan Milne.

A Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis...

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Treasury forecasts lower Government deficits & borrowing in PREFU because inflation pumped up nominal incomes & spending, which boosted taxes; Sinking lid on investment & spending ‘improve’ books too

Willis says National to lower Govt spending below 30% of GDP from 33% now, not just to 30%; Labour capping spending at 33% GDP; Willis & Luxon talk up using budget space for tax cuts, vs lowering debt

Despite a court ruling they had to refund clawed-back ‘double dips’ from injured beneficiaries, ACC & MSD play ‘pass the parcel’ to avoid $63m - The Post-$; Labour pledges to cut student debt 10%

Ipsos poll shows healthcare fear up to record high & 2nd biggest election issue behind inflation/cost of living, but voter confidence in National & Labour falls; Coalition dispute delays council plans

NZ diesel prices & mortgage rates set to spike pre-election; US eyes diesel export ban, which would lift NZ wholesale diesel costs, just as US bond yields that drive NZ fixed mortgage rates also surge

Campaign Observer: Simeon Brown could end up minister of finance and a Labour MP could be Speaker if things go right and wrong for National

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he backed a ban on diesel exports, as ‌Republican candidates in some of the tightest election races in November called for the measure as a way to curb record...

Bernard Hickey dives deep into how to break up the supermarkets duopoly in a ‘Hoon’ with Labour’s Arena Williams & MonopolyWatch’s Tex Edwards. The key? The pace & scale of any growth of independents

Nicky Hager launches ‘Dirty Work,’ detailing how surge of Groundswell donations shifted Taxpayers’ Union focus to race relations from Govt spending; RBNZ’s Covid response criticised

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