Severe geological and financial earthquakes are inevitable. We just don’t know how soon and how they will play out. Are we putting the right effort into preparing for them?

This transcript of a recent conversation between the Prime Minister and his chief economic adviser has not been verified.

The invitation to comment on the proposed Regulatory Standards Bill opens with Minister David Seymour stating ‘[m]ost of New Zealand's problems can be traced to poor productivity, and poor ...

In summary the state of the current economy as similar to when National left office in 2017. As it promised in its election campaign, we are back on its track. * This column looks through the strong ...

Do its Property Right Provisions Make Sense? Last week I pointed out that it is uninformed to argue that the New Zealand’s apparently poor economic performance can be traced only to poor regulations.

Phil Vine has been a print, radio and television journalist for 30 years cycling between most of the current affairs shows in New Zealand, Sunday, Sixty Minutes, Fair Go and 3D investigates, winning a ...

Ganesh Nana is Chief Economist and Executive Director at Business and Economic Research Limited (BERL), which remains a privately-owned New Zealand research company (established in 1957). Ganesh ...

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