The naysayers are out in force. The Budget 2011 cuts to KiwiSaver have the usual bunch of pessimists saying: "That's it…
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Diana Clement: It's worth counting actual cost of KiwiSaver
David Farrar: Labour's lack of discipline
Logically the Labour Party should be rising in the polls, after last week's Budget. For the first time since the Great Depression…
Fraud office budget doubles to $15m
The Serious Fraud Office's budget has been doubled to $15 million as it takes its complex and long-running Hanover and South…
Garth George: Give frontline services what they need
More action, less talk, needed to lift the economy and help our poorer, most at-risk families .
Sell-off spectre over Kiwibank
Outlandish Treasury forecasts for Kiwibank's mortgage lending have been challenged by the bank itself and raise questions…
Dita De Boni: Trying to keep the faith
It depresses me to think that inevitably, one if not all of my children will make their futures offshore.
John Armstrong: Labour confined to a fiscal straitjacket
The message is simple - but one Labour knows it must drill into voters' minds relentlessly this side of the November election. The…
Budget 2011
Matt McCarten: Emperor Key has no clothes - and no ideas
Do you get the sense that the Budget forecast figures are just made up? On Thursday, the Government…
Bernard Hickey: Forecasts hard to believe
The government has forecast a return to budget surplus by 2014/15 and the creation of 170,000 jobs. It has forecast economic…
KiwiSaver changes called 'great tax switcheroo'
For savers who earn more than $58,000, the Government is taking more of previously tax-free employer contributions than…
SOE sell-off avoids interest, says Treasury
The Treasury estimates the proposed sell-down of state owned enterprises will save taxpayers more in…
Post Budget: National and Labour react
After the Budget: National Prime Minister John Key and Finance Minister Bill English yesterday defended some of the optimistic…
Editorial: Family fine example of decent Kiwis
The Budget should not pass without a pat on the back for Joe and Annemieke Sonneveld, orchid growers at Drury. When…
Brian Gaynor: Wishful thinking and not enough saving
The problem with this week's Budget, and most of its predecessors, is that they are more fiction than fact as far as long-term…
Liam Dann: Key embraces principles of Art of War
Budget 2011 Archives
Economist versus currency trader - who'd win in a bar room brawl? The economist might be finely…
Politics
Mana Party policy aims to get more Maori into home ownership
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The Mana Party will build homes and offer financial support to get more Maori into home ownership, under…
Employment
Man sacked for squirting high-pressure hose at colleague's face
A meat worker sacked for squirting a colleague in the face with a high-pressure hot water hose has failed in his bid to…
Restaurant's $4 an hour wage claim
An Auckland restaurant chain alleged to have paid workers less than $4 an hour has been taken to the Employment Relations…
Economy
Current account gap narrows on dairy, tourism spend
New Zealand's current account deficit narrowed as expected in the first quarter as volumes and prices of dairy exports rose…
Education
School counsellors blamed suicides for stress disorders
A married pair of school counsellors who developed…
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John Armstrong on politics
John Armstrong: Political stunt falls flat but still manages to score points
The inquiry's report was predictably dismissed by National. But it makes some valid points about the plight of manufacturers…
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