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NZ heading in the wrong direction - Goff
Labour's leader launches an attack on next week's Govt budget, accusing it of creating an unfair NZ which is increasingly lagging behind Australia.
<i>Catching up with Australia:</i> Annah Stretton
Annah Stretton, clothing designer, entrepreneur and publisher on how New Zealand can catch up with Australia.
Key says personal tax cuts still on Govt agenda
Prime Minster John Key has indicated personal tax cuts, as well as wider tax reform, will be on the Government's agenda this year.
<i>Catching up with Australia:</i> Stuart McCutcheon
In the first of an nzherald.co.nz series, the University of Auckland Vice Chancellor shares his ideas on how NZ's economy can catch up with Australia's.
Don Brash to Garth George: You're wrong
Don Brash takes issue with Herald columnist Garth George's criticisms of the 2025 report on how NZ can catch up with Australia.
<i>Don Brash:</i> 2025 advice best shot at bridging gap
Recommendations which simply endorsed currently popular measures would have meant that the 2025 Taskforce had achieved nothing at all.
<i>John Armstrong:</i> 2025 report too extreme to promote
The 2025 Taskforce has delivered exactly the kind of extreme right-wing-policy prescription its critics had predicted it would.
'Too radical' - English rejects Brash plan
A plan to close the wealth gap with Australia is "too radical" for Bill English, who says economic parity by 2025 is an "aspirational" rather than realistic goal
Catching Oz not possible without slashing Govt spending - Brash
Govt spending would have to be slashed by $9 billion for NZ to catch Australia in the wealth stakes, Don Brash said today.
<i>2025 Report:</i> Brash comes up with predictable prescription
The 2025 taskforce report, on ways to catch up with Australia, presents radical suggestions to cut taxes and government spending.