The regions are being chipped away at... so here's an idea for a serious shot in the arm
Read MoreAir New Zealand
The Partial State Asset Sale poem
An ode inspired by National's mixed ownership programme, to the tune of 'Five Little Monkeys"... And a few thoughts about the sales and the Supreme Court
Read MoreWill Hobbit gold lift tourism’s gloom?
New Zealand has been slipping off the international tourism radar since the Rugby World Cup. Can New Zealand movie-makers put us back on screen with global travelers? The Peter Jackson Formula is about to be put to the test.
Read MoreMOM … Show me the money!
John Key’s hottest line from the last election campaign could come back to haunt him as he ploughs ahead with the expansion of the “Mixed Ownership Model” by selling shares in a batch of state-owned assets.
Read MoreSingle Serves: The Gastronomic Poetry of Don Brash
Big parties + big week+ state asset sales = big choices
Get your kit off, it's election year and the major parties are putting out already. We have a real choice about our economic future before the summer's over, so it's time to start asking the questions and doing the maths
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday February 26
Now is the time to buy a house; surgical super-hubs planned; pilots' union member joins Airbus investigation team; crime-stopping phone-line talks begin; identity fraudsters could be responsible for missing passports; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief Wednesday, February 25
Air NZ crash report: too low, too slow; 20 percent of workers fear for their jobs; Kiwi troops to stay in Afghanistan another year; Otago toga parade turns ugly; and more
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday January 19
Some answers in Airbus 320 crash; John Key breaks his arm; tax for criminals; boy racers too much for Christchurch mayor; more cafe protests against Gaza attack; sewage flowing onto Dunedin beaches, say surf lifesavers
Read MoreNational News Brief, Tuesday December 16
Redundancy plan offers nothing to some workers; Fiji to expel another NZ diplomat; NZ journalist detained in Fiji; mortgages affordable again; Air New Zealand will defend price-fixing claims; Peter Ellis may get another Commission of Inquiry
Read MoreNational News Brief, Wednesday December 3
John Key angry at $1 billion ACC shortfall; Hercules on its way to Thailand; Air NZ black box on way to US for analysis; climbers trapped on Mt Cook; armed bank robbery in Wellington; Meridian gains access to Waitaki River
Read MoreNational News Brief, Monday December 1
Answers in the Air New Zealand crash; New Zealand homes are making us sick; debt collectors want law change; HIV on the rise; climate change good for melanoma rates; Andrew Little's political ambitions
Read MoreNational News Brief, Thursday November 20
Air New Zealand to lay off 200 staff; Key and co to get pay rise; Rickards got $300,000 payout from police; $700 million development shelved; Kiwis 15th happiest in world; and more
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