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Don't bank on OCR cut to help housing affordability - Newsroom
11 小时之前 · The New Zealand experience illustrates the limitations of monetary policy in addressing housing affordability. While central banks can influence interest rates and credit conditions, they cannot directly control the supply of housing or the structural factors that drive long-term housing market trends. The recent drop in the OCR rate will ...
Govt to free up foreign investment in 'sensitive' NZ land and assets
2024年1月27日 · Business. Govt to free up foreign investment in ‘sensitive’ NZ land and assets. Act says the changes will encourage investment in New Zealand, but opponents warn of a threat to sovereignty. by Andrew Bevin 26/01/202428/01/2024. Winston Peters and David Seymour take a very different stance on overseas investment.
Crown cover-up? Limiting liability - Newsroom
11 小时之前 · Part 5 – Limiting liability. On Crown Law’s website the role of the Solicitor-General is outlined very clearly. “The Solicitor-General holds office as an official of government and is also the chief executive of the Crown Law Office. Subject only to the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General is the government’s chief legal adviser and ...
Power market task force drops gentailer separation idea
1 天前 · A task force to improve competition in the electricity market, run by the sector’s two regulators, proposed investigating the operational separation of gentailers but this did not appear in the group’s final mandate. The Energy Competition Task Force was created in August to respond to concerns around high wholesale power prices and a lack ...
Luxon: No excuse for NZ not to do ‘incredibly well’
2024年5月24日 · Politics. Luxon: No excuse for NZ not to do ‘incredibly well’. It’s tempting to host a lolly scramble on Budget Day, but the Prime Minister says he’s making the ‘tough calls’ needed to get the fundamentals right. He sits down with Newsroom political editor Laura Walters. by Laura Walters 24/05/202425/05/2024.
National aims high while struggling to take off
2024年5月5日 · Politics. National aims high while struggling to take off. Beyond the usual cheer following an election victory, National’s mainland conference featured talk about the tough environment facing the Government and suggestions the party must lift its polling. by Sam Sachdeva 05/05/202405/05/2024. National Party president Sylvia Wood is leading a ...
New Zealand broken and in decline – new survey
2024年4月18日 · Paul Spoonley, the former director of centre of research excellence He Whenua Taurikura, said the findings align with the long-running Edelman Trust Barometer study, which doesn’t include New Zealand. “What they’re recording internationally, which is repeated in this Ipsos survey, is a very rapid decline in trust, particularly in governments and in experts, and a decline in the level of ...
Policy wins for Act, NZ First but Nats hold the reins of power
2023年11月24日 · Politics. Policy wins for Act, NZ First but Nats hold the reins of power. While National has held onto the powerful portfolios, it’s Act and New Zealand First that have notched up significant policy wins in the new coalition government. by Jo Moir 24/11/202324/11/2023. The shape of the new government has finally been revealed, with a three ...