11+ hour, 3+ min ago   (766+ words) Revenue Minister Simon Watts has identified his target: overseas student loan borrowers who deliberately avoid Inland Revenue communications. A change Parliament has been asked to pass does not expressly require deliberate avoidance to be proved. The change appears in clause…...

14+ hour, 49+ min ago   (270+ words) Population growth from migration more than doubled in the 12 months to July compared to the previous July year. The latest figures from Statistics NZ show a net population gain, being long-term arrivals minus long-term departures, of 20,350 people in the year…...

16+ hour, 13+ min ago   (597+ words) This is a re-post of an article originally published on pundit.co.nz. It is here with permission. More recently, when National announced it would extend cervical screening to women aged 24 to 69 if re-elected (Labour pledged a similar policy in…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (645+ words) The current housing market slump may be making it more difficult for existing home owners to move up the property ladder, because it's likely reducing the amount of equity they have to put towards their next home. Interest.co.nz…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (659+ words) The current housing market slump may be making it more difficult for existing home owners to move up the property ladder, because it's likely reducing the amount of equity they have to put towards their next home. Interest.co.nz…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (1180+ words) Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news both Iran and the US are targeting oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in the sharpest escalation in their conflict since Trump's war began. The oil…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (291+ words) Labour is following Australia's artificial intelligence (AI) roadmap, promising to introduce an Office of AI, a minister responsible for AI, tight new rules for data centre electricity use and copyright protections for artists and media. Labour leader Chris Hipkins said…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (568+ words) Here's our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news inflation is high and rising around the world and central banks are confronting a change in priorities to get it under control. Their slow action is…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (742+ words) The ACT Party wants to scrap New Zealand’s net zero emissions target and repeal the Zero Carbon Act as part of its election climate policy. Net zero has been a long-term target for New Zealand, where all greenhouse gases except…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (985+ words) Reserve Bank (RBNZ) Assistant Governor Karen Silk says an Official Cash Rate increase should see deposit rates increase as well as floating mortgage rates, but they're not moving at the same pace. "We’re definitely not seeing the same level of…...